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How can I make sure the question I'm going to post is not going to be duplicate?
Background
I recently posted a question on the main site, and later pointed out by another user that the question has been answered, not once, but a couple times already. Soon, I found a working ...
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Old question, new technology, new answer
What should be done when a question is similar to an old question, but the answer to the new question depends on technology that did not exist, or was not usably mature, at the time of the old ...
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What does the "That solved my problem!" button do?
Why does this button appear? Because someone's suggested this is a duplicate?
What happens when I click this button? Will my question be closed? Will score from the guys who've already answered my ...
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Should I really ask the same question again if the old one was closed as a duplicate?
The duplicate banner tells me:
Your post has been associated with a similar question. If this question doesn’t resolve your question, ask a new one.
Should I keep reposting my question until I ...
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Should I improve/rewrite an existing, unanswered question or ask my own near-duplicate?
I recently had a problem and looked for a solution here on Stack Overflow.
I found a similar question asked by someone else, but with almost no details, which might be the reason why no answer has ...
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Why isn't this obvious duplicate offered when asking the question
I just closed https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24016013/whats-the-difference-using-var-f-functiona-and-function-fa as an exact duplicate of var functionName = function() {} vs function functionName(...
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What to do if I want to ask a question that is almost identical to an old question, but with a key difference?
Recently I asked a question about filtering a dataset within a certain date interval in SQL. I got some good responses, but then realized I forgot to mention I was actually using HIVE/hiveQL, so the ...
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"Ask Question" similar questions workflow
I wonder if this would be possible using the data that SO produces. There is a common C# question "null reference exception" (with various flavours etc). Someone created a lovely answer to cover this ...
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Can subjects other than Null Pointer Exceptions be given popups on the Ask page pointing to a canonical question?
When I ask something about NPE, there will be a popup that says please read "What is a Null Pointer Exception, and how do I fix it?"
I wonder how can I make one of my questions behave like this. When ...
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Can I ask a partial duplicate? (Buried in the middle of a Bob Question)
The question I'm considering asking is: Can I see (while debugging) the full SQL that will be sent to the server for my parameterized query (after all the parameters have been escaped, substituted, ...
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What if my question with many details is a duplicate of an existing much simpler question? [duplicate]
I have a fairly technical question (regarding whether a particular C++
program is valid according to the standard). I have done quite a bit of
research to try to answer it on my own, and while that ...
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Need a better top hit/suggestion for Swift "unexpectedly found nil" questions in the "Questions that may already have your answer" list
The Swift error "fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value" is a common error that new iOS or Swift users encounter as they struggle to grasp the concept of Optional types ...
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When the "Best Answer" is not always the "Right Answer"
I have recently joined SO, interested in Python, pandas, and NumPy, and have noticed a tendency for questioners to favour, and often explicitly request the following:
"One-line" answer
"Most efficent"...
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What is the algorithm/metric used to determine question similarity?
When one asks a question on stackoverflow, a list of already asked questions (ranked in order of most similar to least similar?) are displayed to the user.
How is this similarity determined? Does ...
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Should I ask a new question if I have doubts/confusion about the answer?
I came across this question where the OP is asking for some inheritance concept. Here is the overview:
One.java
public class One {
private void run() {
System.out.println("one");
}
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