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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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15 votes
0 answers
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U&L Help Center article for our policy on AI-generated content
Minutes after I posted Do we want to enable an "AI-generated content" banner?, the Main Meta question was updated to ask us to fill in the "Learn more" link with our site's policy ...
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9 votes
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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 ...
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1 answer
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Example: The number of lines matching the pattern G in file and Example: The number of matches in the same file, but counting each match individually
I am currently on a crusade regarding this question. The edits that I made were reverted with a comment saying: Please don't change your question after receiving answers. You can clarify, but not ...
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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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7 votes
1 answer
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How to help others when you don't have a complete solution?
I've recently joined StackExchange after using it as a resource for many years. Therefore I don't have a high reputation (26), and so cannot use the comments field. Is there any way to PM a user ...
user516667
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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9 votes
4 answers
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I use pre-written answers to frequently asked Qs. Is this wrong?
In answering many of the frequently asked questions on Unix& and on AskUbuntu, I use canned answers. I have written answers that, while generic, will usually solve the problem. Is this contrary to ...
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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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5 votes
2 answers
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when to make an answer community
I've just asked a question, and someone made two comments which in fact answered my question; since the answer was in the comments, I wrote an answer and made it community wiki. Now the commenter has ...
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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 ...
user232326
13 votes
2 answers
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Was my behavior correct in this situation?
I'm opening this post in reference to this question: Access ext4 disk that lost superblock and its backups The only person who answered seem to be a a highly regarded member of this community, not ...
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12 votes
5 answers
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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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4 votes
1 answer
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Answers that add information but don't solve the problem
I would like to know whether answers like the following one, should get deleted. On the one hand, it does provide relevant information on the problem, but on the other hand, it doesn't solve the issue....
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5 votes
1 answer
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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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