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Does this sound a bit condescending?
It is a bit condescending... but that's not against the rules.
It comes as both part of an answer to the question, and in answer to a question from somebody starting out with Bash scripting. Variabl …
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EOL Policy Revisited: a case for letting Ubuntu questions be on-topic
I think various wildlife control policies are an apt analogy. Out-of-support Ubuntu systems (or Windows XP or any other distribution) are vermin in that they are responsible for spreading disease. All …
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What do you do about unexplained downvotes?
I also vote for things I see being down-voted when I don't agree on the votes. Similarly, I'm fairly sure that isn't what you're supposed to do but when people drive-by down-vote and there's nothing w …
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Is there a URL to ask a pre-tagged question?
Well who knew? There is!
http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask?tags=tag,tags2
You can also suggest the initial title with title=something (join the two with an &)
Example from developer.ubuntu.com (S …
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How should answers which basically equate to "give up and use x instead" be handled?
Just to address these cases:
Marco Ceppi's explanation of why a (now deleted) user's answers were being removed
With the exception of the third answer (which I believe we converted to comment) the …
OliMod
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How should I decide which duplicate to close?
In this case (between these two questions) I'd be inclined to leave both as they are. One is dealing with two distinct applications (a browser and not a browser) and the other is dealing with two brow …
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What is a good attribution while reusing StackExchange content within StackExchange ?
No, it's against the license. Give attribution as specified. Not only is it a legal requirement, it's a moral indicator that your answer is not your work. I hate it when other people try and pass my …
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$ (prompt) in command line instructions
Wasn't an edit war. Dana clicked edit before I edited, then clicked save after I had. My change was lost. It happens sometimes ;)
But on topic, I think it makes most sense to have something that is c …
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