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Is it possible to have a code block that isn't highlighted? [duplicate]
There are some languages that get highlighted incorrectly. Is it possible to specify a code block that does not have any highlighting when it gets displayed?
Here is an small example of CSS that is ...
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Is accepting an answer discouraging more answers?
Sometimes I read a question that has an accepted answer, and I feel I won't add any value if I answer.
Should one wait to accept an answer in order not to discourage a potentially better answer?
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Do you ever not upvote a question that you answer? [duplicate]
Whenever I submit an answer (a real answer, not some @someone comment) I upvote the question. I generally do this because if the question is good enough to take time to answer it, it's good enough to ...
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What is the etiquette for modifying posts?
I'm getting pretty close to the reputation where I can start to edit others' posts, and I'm wondering what the etiquette for when (and when not) to do so.
I figure that I should edit in the following ...
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Would it be a problem if all Amazon links were converted to affiliate links? [duplicate]
I'm thinking that one way Jeff and the Stack Overflow team could squeeze some extra money out of this site would be to automatically convert all Amazon links posted here into affiliate links, e.g. ...
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How can I indicate that I am a "cooperative" questioner?
I pretty regularly scan my asked questions and upvote good answers. I figure if somebody's going to take the trouble to answer one of my questions, it's the least I can do.
I'd like to be able to ...
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Is the Stack Overflow source code available? [duplicate]
Do the SO admins have any plans to release the underlying code for SO at all? I appreciate that the code may be part of their competitive advantage, but it strikes me that the underlying system would ...
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Should Stack Overflow be Inclusionist or Deletionist? [closed]
Inclusionism vs. Deletionism has been a philosophical debate at Wikipedia for some time, and has already started to be discussed on this site during Stack Overflow's very short life (see here, here, ...
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Why aren't people voting for questions?
While at least some answers from every question seem to have been up-voted as a "helpful" answer:
about 49% of questions have score of 0 or 1.
another 21% of questions have a score of 2.
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Can I answer my own questions, even if I knew the answer before asking?
I might want to answer my own question because:
I arrived at a solution before there were any other correct answers or I like mine better, can I still answer my own question?
I have a folder with ...