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Jun 5, 2022 at 13:44 history edited NNL993 CC BY-SA 4.0
Added links to variations with other languages
Dec 11, 2019 at 15:34 history edited Timur Shtatland
Add missing tag
Mar 16, 2019 at 0:23 history rollback Picachieu
Rollback to Revision 8 - "the" is grammatically correct as the problem is always the same, just used in many different situations
Mar 16, 2019 at 0:20 history edited smci CC BY-SA 4.0
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Oct 23, 2018 at 18:18 comment added Him Relevant section in "How to ask questions the smart way".
Jul 23, 2018 at 15:46 comment added Daniel R. Collins Contrast with "frame challenges", which are now discouraged or prohibited on a number of SE sites: interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1495/…
May 20, 2018 at 14:19 history protected CommunityBot
Mar 20, 2017 at 10:30 history edited CommunityBot
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Nov 11, 2015 at 18:59 answer added Philip Couling timeline score: 78
Mar 9, 2015 at 12:57 answer added Peter Krauss timeline score: 6
Mar 5, 2015 at 16:52 answer added Chains timeline score: -17
Mar 5, 2015 at 10:51 answer added Peter Krauss timeline score: 73
Nov 21, 2014 at 14:04 answer added Jonathan Benn timeline score: 135
S Jun 8, 2014 at 23:11 history bounty ended Handoko
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S Jun 6, 2014 at 13:30 history bounty started Handoko
S Jun 6, 2014 at 13:30 history notice added Handoko Draw attention
Jun 6, 2014 at 4:24 answer added Zombo timeline score: 648
Apr 23, 2014 at 13:38 history edited CommunityBot
Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
Apr 23, 2014 at 13:35 history edited CommunityBot
Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
Apr 23, 2014 at 9:13 history edited CommunityBot
Migration of MSO links to MSE links
Aug 16, 2013 at 9:12 comment added Tobias Kienzler sad example of the XY problem: stackoverflow.com/questions/2691018/… disclaimer I'm biased there, being the one claiming spotting X instead of solving Y
Jul 31, 2013 at 19:34 comment added ikegami See a PerlMonks post on the same subject.
Dec 6, 2012 at 12:34 history edited hippietrail
terminology tag
Feb 23, 2012 at 5:05 history edited Adam LearStaffMod
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Oct 1, 2010 at 23:14 history edited Gnome
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Oct 1, 2010 at 22:56 answer added Gnome timeline score: 2118
Oct 1, 2010 at 22:56 history asked Gnome CC BY-SA 2.5