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  • Palestine support is banned network-wide, even on the politics site, even as an answer to a question.
  • Data dumps are locked behind an illegal paywall.
  • 2019 was the beginning of the end.
  • Stack Exchange broke the law: https://substack.evancarroll.com/p/the-erasure-of-luigi-mangione
  • Any criticism of the way Stack Exchange investors run the site results in a ban.
  • I was banned from the Stack Exchange network for one month for deleting my own comments.
  • I was banned from Meta Stack Exchange for one year for asking if it's okay to delete my own comments.

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'\0' evaluates false, "\0" evaluates true
Apr 30, 2016
113
To compare UUID, can I use == or have to use UUID.equals(UUID)?
May 11, 2014
73
Why not call nullptr NULL?
Aug 31, 2015
60
What is "compiler compliance level" in Eclipse?
Mar 22, 2014
25
What is the relation between Linux kernel and GNU C library?
Jan 14, 2020
25
How to check if two boolean values are equal?
Jul 12, 2015
25
Why is it legal to re-throw a Throwable in certain cases, without declaring it?
May 10, 2014
22
What is the difference in pointers when defining char and int?
Mar 14, 2016
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How to rename key in JSONObject using java?
Mar 16, 2015
20
How can I find the length of a given GArray?
Nov 20, 2015

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Policy: Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) is banned
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Collectives: The next iteration
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Unrelated "related questions" keep appearing because of high vote count
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New Post Notices (Closed/On Hold/etc.) rolling out on Stack Overflow
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Introducing Text Ads! AKA Sponsoring That Fine Manual!

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Suspicious GitHub fork
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How to explain buffer overflow to a layman
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Should functions that take functions as parameters, also take parameters to those functions as parameters?
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Why does the following bash script delete itself?
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What makes Let's Encrypt secure?