Tagged Questions
This tag is for questions about the entire network of Q&A; sites that make up the Stack Exchange network.
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The android app crash [on hold]
When I look a question with the stackexchange android app for a while(about 6s),then the app crash.
3
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0answers
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How to see a user's profile in the Stack Exchange Android application?
In the Android application of Stack Exchange, I can't see my profile, nor other users' profiles. Is there any way to see a user's profile in the Android app?
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1answer
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StackExchange cross-site signup: login with StackExchange doesn't work
Third time I've encountered this problem over the years..
Every time I go to a new StackExchange site, I think that (because I'm a SO member) I should use the "login with StackExchange" option. It's ...
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0answers
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Change the login email address of my StackExchange account [duplicate]
I log into all the StackExchange sites using my StackExchange account which has a [email protected].
Now I'm trying to organise my digital life and I'm changing all my accounts on the ...
12
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1answer
106 views
What is wrong with consumer electronics?
I'm beginning to think, that I'm the only person on Earth that has quite a lot of SE-like questions about consumer electronics. About all the devices and device's hardware that are:
not a computer ...
20
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2answers
239 views
Why is it supposed to be Stack Overflow when the logo is stackoverflow?
I've seen it a number of times, whenever someone types "StackOverflow", someone comes along and corrects it to "Stack Overflow" for trademark reasons. I'm just wondering, if that's the case, then why ...
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2answers
56 views
What does Stack Overflow do with similar questions? [duplicate]
I don't know if this could be combined to include a recommendation as well as 2 questions, but I noticed that quite a few questions on SO have duplicates.
I would like to know whether these ...
0
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1answer
77 views
Open ID going away [duplicate]
I read that Open ID is going away soon. Is this true?
I've always been authenticated into the Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange sites using my Open ID. If this is true, what is the easiest way to ...
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0answers
46 views
Not sure which Stack Overflow site would be best for this type of question
The question that I want to ask is about Tor, here is the question:
I have the new alpha version of Tor (version 3.0). My goal is to have Tor get a new identity using a Bash script. I have done this ...
0
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0answers
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openId login to stackoverflow [duplicate]
I'm using myopenid to login to stackoverflow. myopenid is going to be shut down after February of 2014 and I want to see if there is a way I can still use my account and login using stackexchange. ...
0
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0answers
56 views
Why don't we have timeout for review audit questions?
Why don't we have timeout for review audits?
Consider the following scenario:
User A access the review queue.
He/she chooses one question, which happens to be a review audit.
User A won't take any ...
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1answer
153 views
Is there something under way to solve the topic intersection and mess of SO and sibling sites? Is there already a plan for this matter? [closed]
I had a situation, searched the web, found nothing, wanted to ask on SO, thought to ask on http://dba.stackexchange.com/ , but saw that on SO is also a huge community and 30 times more questions to ...
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0answers
162 views
Build and strengthen the Stack Exchange community with “crossover questions” between sites
I've been a StackExchange contributor for a couple of years now, currently most active on travel.SE. One thing that keeps coming up is questions that would appeal to audiences on two different ...
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1answer
59 views
Where is the appropriate place to get help for specific code examples?
Is there a place on Stack Exchange where I can find code for subjects which are otherwise off-topic for Stack Overflow? Such an example question "Simple multithreading Delphi example?". I'm not saying ...
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0answers
38 views
Unified common editor icons [duplicate]
Now this might sound like it's not a big deal but I was just passing by ux stackexchange , and I tried to post something in there . The insert link icon is different than the other stackexchnage ...
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0answers
59 views
Search globally in Stack Exchange
In Stack Overflow, there is this search page, where I can do advanced searches such as hasaccepted:0 user:me (- find all my questions without an accepted answer).
In Stack Exchange, there is also a ...
7
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0answers
119 views
Has something been recently done to speed up Stack Exchange sites?
In the past month or so, I've noticed that Stack Exchange sites have loaded in a half a heartbeat. I remember times when I had to wait for certain pages to load. Yet lately, everything I do has been ...
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1answer
73 views
SE general should have a reputation metric which you can gain from any site
As a SE poster, I can only suggest things.
SE should have reputation metric to measure that you are entity of general good character- not spammer, not marketer, not flamer, general awareness of the ...
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2answers
355 views
What is the Stack Exchange (Staff) process of launching a site?
I've heard bits and pieces from various sources, but I would really like to know, what does the Stack Exchange staff do to launch a new site? What are the milestones? I'm talking about Area 51 ...
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5answers
129 views
Is there a description of Stack Exchange/Stack Overflow sites?
I frequent Stack Overflow a lot and there are many questions that get downvoted because they don't fit in the "Code only" question format. There are many users who will immediately downvote people for ...
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2answers
177 views
Does StackExchange have 1 multi-tenant environment, or many single-tenant environments?
With so many StackExchange.com sites, in addition to StackOverflow.com, I was curious which approach is taken for the multiple sites:
One deployment environment (data/site/etc.) that is multi-tenant ...
49
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2answers
407 views
Has Stack Exchange ever considered offering a scholarship?
Has Stack Exchange Inc. ever considered the possibility of offering a scholarship to help college students?
I think this would be a great way to encourage and support those going into the software ...
6
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0answers
44 views
How to isolate my programming related accounts from my other accounts? [duplicate]
I have several accounts on StackExchange, but I would like keep my programming and IT accounts separated from the others.
Is there a way to create two personas ?
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1answer
40 views
Stack Exchange profile page doesn't show all my top questions
StackExchange profile page has an option of showing the top posts(ie, with score of 5+).
In my profile page, it doesn't show all my top questions.
This meta question is missing.
What's the reason ...
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2answers
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Is it allowed/does it make sense to ask a question on more than one StackExchange site? [duplicate]
I have a question, and I am not sure which site is more suitable (StackOverflow or Programmers).
I've tried to read the about it and haven't found a conclusive answer.
Is it allowed/does it make ...
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0answers
47 views
Bug: Closing Questions with Comment [duplicate]
Replicate
Go to any question
Click "close" to vote to close the question.
Select "Off-topic".
Click "Other (add a comment explaining what is wrong)".
Click any other close reason.
Expected Results
...
6
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1answer
54 views
How to find duplicate questions across on SE sites?
If a question is asked on one of SE site and ditto same question is asked in another SE site,
How can one find out?
How to find out if such duplicates exist?
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1answer
80 views
resource question sub-site [duplicate]
There are many general resource questions that ask questions such as "what is the best programming language?" or "How do I implement this commonly-confusing thing?", which get closed for being ...
6
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0answers
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Why did the Stack Overflow team decide to use Mercurial for version control?
According to this blog post from 2010, Stack Exchange is using Mercurial for version control for the benefits of collaborative code development.
Why did you decide to use Mercurial over say, ...
4
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1answer
72 views
See all questions I have asked in all the Stack Exchange sites in one place
A feature to display/list all the questions I have asked in every site on Stack Exchange (whether they are questions with upvotes or downvotes (positive points are negative points)).
Now only ...
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4answers
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Members discussing other members
I would like to make a suggestion. I suggest that SE considers
adopting a policy of Not discussing members publicly on the site. To
me it is totally at odds with the sites aim of being Q&A and not ...
4
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1answer
61 views
Is it allowed to use the content of a (not-closed) SE site to A new Q & A site based on an SE clone?
Related: Is it allowed to read the data dump of a closed SE site into a clone SE site model to start a new Q&A site?
Similar to the related question, but what if the site is not closed? ...
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2answers
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1answer
287 views
Will Stack Exchange support SPDY?
SPDY is an alternative protocol to HTTP that is specifically designed to reduce page load times. I heard that Google Chrome, and Firefox support it, and that Internet Explorer 11 will support it. ...
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1answer
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Remove Featured tab hover un-required link reference
The feature tab in main page on mouse hover shows as below.
<a href="?tab=featured" title="Looking for more featured questions? Browse the <a ...
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1answer
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Error while accessing Activity option in Stack Exchange profile
I am getting error page that stating "Oops something bad happened" when I click on Actity to see the graph in stackexchange profile.
I am getting this response page.
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1answer
104 views
How to hide activity on Stack Overflow
Why do Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange show all activity of user publicly? It's a problem sometimes, like when on your profile you can see 'last seen' and sometime 'visited' will be shown, but ...
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2answers
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why Stack Overflow more crowded and other stack Exchange Q&A sites not?
I can see the view count and participation of Stack Overflow Questions are much better than other Stack Exchange Q&A sites.
I don't have any statistics to prove it, but when we are in those sites ...
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0answers
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Will/Does SO/SE support any way to migrate accounts from myOpenID [duplicate]
myOpenID have announced they are closing from February 2014.
All my SE accounts are linked using a single myOpenID id and I'm sure many thousands of others have the same situation. How are we advised ...
2
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2answers
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How can I fully log out of all Stack Exchange sites so I don't keep auto-logging in?
So this was swept under the rug, and that's well and fine and all.
But I can't log in to my other account because I keep getting pushed through auto login whenever I sign out and then try to log in ...
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0answers
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On what site can I ask how TAP (e.g. Presto) cards work?
I am interested in learning how TAP (e.g. Presto) cards work. Its funny how -
There is no bar-code, no magstripes (black stripe) and no chip visible on the card, yet it has the same functions as a ...
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2answers
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Stackoverflow plan-b [duplicate]
Stackoverflow have come to the point (and way beyond) where all geeks and programmers out there would suffer a great deal if it went black tomorrow.
I don't doubt that Stackoverflow have a good ...
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1answer
145 views
Will StackOverflow still suggest third-party Android apps after official StackExchange Android application goes out of alpha?
I remember looking at the discussion in the comments regarding the StackExchange Android application testing and there was a mention of Stack Remote and how it was not officially affiliated with the ...
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0answers
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when can I ask a question next?
on my system (hope I'm doing that right):
thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ date --utc
Wed Aug 28 23:31:14 UTC 2013
over on askubuntu I see
JAR and jnlp (webstart) fail to launch or display correctly ...
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7answers
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Do the benefits of having SO in multiple languages outweigh the risks involved?
I recently visited area51 for the first time and was disturbed to see proposals for Stack Overflow variants in other languages dominating the site.
Turkish
Spanish
Russian
Portuguese
I'll admit ...
0
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1answer
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Where would I ask a question about screenshot automation?
I am searching for a solution that makes an automated screenshot of an AJAX-heavy page 10 seconds after it loaded. But Stack Overflow doesn't seem to be the right site for the question: Static caching ...
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1answer
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Is there a Stack Exchange site dedicated to music learning?
I am a die hard SO fanatic. Completely addicted. I saw that there are Stack Exchange sites for movies, travel, English, maths, etc.
I have just started using an acoustic guitar. So now I'm ...
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0answers
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Tag links in “About Me” in your Stack Exchange profile (for all sites) link to a 404 page [duplicate]
When looking at your profile page for the entire Stack Exchange network, if you link to specific tags in the About Me section, clicking on them takes you to a 404 page instead of following them to the ...
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0answers
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How does Stack Overflow manage notifications and templates? [duplicate]
Each Stack Exchange site has the same kind of style. How are these styles maintained in a uniform fashion? Is there some sort of base template that each site shares and overrides as necessary?
And ...
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3answers
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Why did the Home Improvement stack exchange get the DIY sub domain?
I'm wondering how come diy.stackexchange.com ended up being called Home Improvement?
This is not a purely philosophical question but rather I found it confusing that there is actually not ...
