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Is it unethical and/or against rules to offer a solution for a fee, when the question is invalid? [duplicate]
I recently saw a question where someone asked for StackOverflow users to convert some Javascript code to PHP, since he didn't know how. Unsurprisingly, this questions was downvoted and flagged, as it'...
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What if two different users post nearly identical answers to a question at the same time?
Yesterday on Stack Overflow, another user and I posted the same answer at the same time co-incidentally. Today he has commented below my answer that I have copied him and he voted me down as well. - ...
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Report errors not asked by the user [duplicate]
A user posted his/her code and asked a question regarding a specific section. However, it is clear from whatsoever code he/she posted that the program inherently has several other bugs. However, the ...
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It is fun to have fun but you have to know how: answer the question!
I noticed this question on SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20360181/how-can-you-programmatically-simulate-a-keypress-mousemove (removed for moderation, available to 10k users).
The question ...
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Question is getting responses critiquing every aspect of my program except for the actual question
Disclaimer: I am not trying to chastise anyone for their answers, as I appreciate receiving answers attempting to assist me which are given entirely out of a desire to help others. So please don't see ...
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Should the [jailbreak] tag from Stack Overflow be removed? [closed]
As good programmers, should we support illegal jailbreaking of devices (which includes Android phones as well), and support the jailbreak tag?
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Is there some mechanism for preventing a two-person team from farming rep?
Does Stack Overflow have any mechanism to guard against "mutual" cheats?
I noticed that sometimes, when someone asks a stupid and easy-to-answer question, almostly instantly, a full, good answer from ...
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Should we and how can we report suspected vote rigging?
An example:
I noticed a user who received 90 points of votes in the space of 5 mins on 9 different answers. This looked suspicious as the user hasn't been very active and usually gets votes every few ...
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What percentage of questions asked here are people doing their homework?
I've long been out of college, never cheated, but knew plenty of students who cared nothing about learning and would cheat anytime they could. I can't help but think that a large percentage of ...
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Has there been an uptick in spam votes against established questions? [closed]
The last few days seem to have seen the resurgence of some old conflicts on Stack Overflow. In particular there have been attempts to delete some old and popular but non-technical questions(*) and a ...
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Homework questions are one thing... but what about exams/quizzes?
I know that there are a lot of homework questions here, but do you think it's possible that SO enables people to get help with exams? Many computer science exams are open-web.
Is this something that ...
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Spam without links?
So I just visited the front page of SO and noticed this user had bumped like 5 questions that were all very similar and all about Algorithms. I suspected spam, so I looked on all of them. He posted ...
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Is Ethics a valid tag for Stack Overflow? [closed]
I have seen questions of all kinds on Stack Overflow, many have something to do with sofware development but never seen an ethics tag?! Kind of weird. Is this kind of question allowed of what to do ...
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