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1 vote
1 answer
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Can you post this answer for me? - Happy for it to be "community wiki"
Can you post this answer to this 14-year old question? - Detect init system using the shell Wrote a neat answer and think others will benefit from it; I don't have the rep to post it myself: Following ...
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9 votes
2 answers
209 views
Do we want to enable an "AI-generated content" banner?
Given the recent announcement Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content and given our stance in How do we want to handle AI-generated answers?, it ...
25 votes
8 answers
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How do we want to handle AI-generated answers?
New software has been released recently named ChatGPT that is causing quite a stir around the network: Could ChatGPT be a viable way to answer people's questions? Temporary policy: ChatGPT is banned ...
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10 votes
2 answers
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Answer question not expertly but with gathered information if Q has no answers
I like to investigate when I find a question that is interesting to me, mainly navigating the man pages, since part of my journey in this site is learning. I can reach, after such investigation ...
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17 votes
2 answers
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Would you like to have the accepted answer pinned or unpinned on UNIX & Linux?
I've just been made aware of Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers where it says: Currently we are planning to move forward with one of two scenarios, based on your ...
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-9 votes
2 answers
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What's wrong with this answer?
Which rules (if any) make this answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/665367/232326 Invalid, or, at least, wrong ? Just shocked to get 3 downvotes so quickly for a perfectly correct (IMO) answer. If ...
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12 votes
5 answers
205 views
Answer with alternative solution not addressing the question directly
I read the meta question Are answers using alternative tools not welcome?, but I'm not sure if my question has nuances that the other doesn't. I have no issues if you consider this is a duplicate. I ...
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5 votes
1 answer
72 views
Completely changed answer: edit or new answer?
In a recent post I changed my answer completely, so I edited it. But then I thought that, being a "new" answer, it should be a separate one, so I posted a new answer. (I just let the previous one ...
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