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Edit link on answers
Someone downvoted and commented on an answer I posted.
I thought I better edit it.
I was logged in.
There was no edit link and it re-appeared a few hours later.
That was very strange behaviour.
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Document general project Multiroom-Multimedia with multiple Questions/Self-Answers?
But this may result in that there are also some questions that do not natively belong to Raspberry Pi. The context is that the answers are needed for the general project. The idea is to have a general ...
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What's wrong with “I followed this tutorial” kind of questions?
This meta topic is meant as a reference to users asking questions along the lines of "I was following this tutorial/guide/whatnot [link] and got an error message, how do I fix that?". I'll provide my ...
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A user bumping a lot of old questions with trivial edits
There's a lot of old questions on the front page today. They have been bumped by edits which follow a pattern of replacing Raspbery with Raspberry in the question title, sometimes along with other ...
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Is it possible to edit Schematic created using CircuitLab?
Is it possible to edit Schematic created using CircuitLab?
When attempting to edit an answer the source shows "please don't edit this section directly.
Click the "edit" link below the image in the ...
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There are three tags… for rpi gpio
rpi.gpio , pigpio and pi-gpio all appear to be the same tag, they should be merged.
rpi.gpio refers to the package name of a Python module for accessing the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins. The module ...
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Dear Stack Exchange: a statement and a letter from your moderators
Crossposted from Meta.Stackexchange
Dear Stack Exchange, Inc.,
We know you know about this already, so we'll keep this brief. The past two weeks have been rough. Lots of moderators have lost ...
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Sometimes NO is an answer
I respectfully disagree with this review: the question asks whether something is possible, and the answer says "No". It is indeed an answer.
Either we forbid the "Yes/No" questions altogether, or we ...
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How do I post my code in a proper way?
I am not able to post my code properly. If I post my complete code, both the preview and the final post look horrible.
Here I am posting my code using {} symbol.
import threading
import queue
import ...
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Should the headline marked with [Solved]?
Here I had a discussion about to mark the headline with the tag [Solved]: Rpi4B Raspbian 10 buster Adafruit-blinka Installation Problem [Solved]. I remember that one of the moderator has written for ...
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New to this site, can't ask a 2nd question
New to this site, but not StackExchange network. I asked this question earlier today. I would like to ask another. But everytime I click the "Ask Question" button from various places on this RPi SE ...
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Call to action: Cast close votes
Since begin of May only three non-mod users reviewed any tasks in the Close Votes Review Queue. Add two or three users that cast close votes outside the queues and another very small number of users ...
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Close questions that have issues that cannot be reproduced?
Here's a question where the OP determined that his original problem was down to having the wrong part number:
128x64 OLED Display Issue
On other SE sites, there's a flag for that saying it should be ...
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Is cross posting acceptable?
Is it ok to cross post a question here and on unix/linux stack exchange? My question relates to the apt package manager, so I would think it should be equally on topic there. Or is there a community ...
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Source of lost reputation points
Checking in just now, I noticed a 25 point decrement (-25) to my "point total". I followed the explanatory link, and learned this was due to a user being expelled or leaving voluntarily; in this case, ...
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What to do with duplicate answers?
I was just doing a review queue and saw something I'd never seen before. A question was marked duplicate, and a "late answer" came in on both of the duplicate questions that was the same. In other ...
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Should spam be edited to conceal its content on this site
There were a couple of recent spam posts which I edited to remove the content.
They were both actually deleted within a few minutes of my edit.
As a general rule what do the moderators want to ...
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Closure questions
I have two separate, but related questions regarding the "vote to close" process, and the logic behind it:
I'll use a specific example to hopefully make my question clear.
I click the Close button....
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GPIO audio in vs using analog microphone - closed as duplicate
There are two questions that I think are quite different if you read them whole, not just the title.
Analog Microphone with Raspberry PI [duplicate]
Can I get audio input through the GPIO
I don't ...
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Stack Exchange Annual hacking
Do we REALLY have to have this childish prank each year?
This is hardly encouraging responsible adult behaviour.
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Congratulation Joan for 50k!
Congratulation to Joan for being the first user on RaspberryPi to reach the astonishing amount of 50k rep.
Thanks for putting in that much effort (close to 2k answers) to help countless (stats say "~...
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Help narrowing down a broad question
I'm building a security project on a Raspberry Pi and want to ask the following:
Is motion detection and facial recognition best done in real time or taken from still photo?
Some Context
I want ...
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Is my question “opinion-based”?
I asked a question about how to recognize counterfeit Pis: Recognizing a counterfeit Pi
It's getting close votes as "primarily opinion-based".
I don't see how asking for clear, definite indicators ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2019
2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of Community Promotion Ads! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads ...
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New Contributor inputs to a “Protected Question”
In this thread, an apparently well-meaning new contributor has run into a roadblock. The situation as I understand it is as follows:
This "vintage" Q&A has been "protected"
Existing answers ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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How to read electronics notation like 3V3, 1V8 and 1k8?
The use of 3V3 and 1V8 can be seen in several posts here and in the recent Raspberry Pi video Introducing the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. I've spotted 1k8 as a resistor value in a few places (e.g. here ...
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Do we need the “Close vote” review process to show answers already in existance?
I am trying to do my duty by participating in the Review process but I find that when looking through the "Close Vote" review I have to look at the question in the normal view in order to see what ...
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How did the editor get around the six-character limit?
I'm looking at revision number two here.
The editor said "previous suggested edit rejected: please do not add padding to get around the 6 char limit".
However, when I load the side-by-side markdown ...
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Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC/Mac
What do we do with questions about the RPi OS for PC/Mac? On one hand, it's not designed to run on the RPi, so the natural reaction is to close questions about it as off-topic and point users to Unix....
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Edits which add extra information that doesn't come from the OP
Based on past experience of some of my earliest rejected edits (1 and 2), I would have thought that this suggested edit should have been rejected.
Adding information from the comments (made by the OP)...
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Raspberry Pi updated site theme is ready for testing!
As part of implementing the new unified themes across the network, we're gradually rolling out updated site themes for each site. As of today, we have enabled your updated site theme for testing.
If ...
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OpenCV questions relating to a Raspberry Pi Project
Is this the correct Forum to ask OpenCV questions in relation to a Raspberry Pi Based Robotics project? I asked one previously but a moderator moved it to Stack Overflow as they did not believe it was ...
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Please remove the limits on user access to the schematic tool
I'm in a discussion with a user who doesn't seem to have access to the schematic tool. Is there a "reputation threshold" for access to this tool? If so, can we get rid of them?
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Police / policy replies
Since this site is so fond of statistic in general and not in technical resolution to posts - can administrators let the people who just post "policy requirements" to STOP that?
Freedom of speech is ...
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Would an armbian question be on-topic here, even if it is running on a different board?
would this question:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/462785/armbian-dm-raid-module-has-gone-missing
be on-topic here? In fact, the actual machine running the armbian is not a Raspberry Pi (...
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Our policy regarding product recommendations seems inconsistent
I'm referring specifically to this part:
This refers to questions such as, "What power supply should I buy?" (= off-topic). However, if you have a specific product and you want to know if it is ...
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“Community” the moderator, and resurrection of old questions
I'm aware that we have a robot called "Community" that performs various chores, including removal of abandoned questions. I've also read the policies for removal of questions. That's all well and good;...
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Incorrect answers
Is there a process for arbitration of disagreements with respect to the "correctness" of an answer, or something presented in an answer as factual? Or, is the voting process considered to be the ...
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Can I ask questions regarding Adafruit here?
Raspberry Pi is the most related community to Adafruit on stackoverflow, I am wondering if I can ask questions about Adafruit here?
Thanks
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Is my installation-related question off-topic?
I've recently asked:
Installing a Linux distribution on a Pi using an Android phone and no other MicroSD slot
and a user keeps telling me in the comments that my question is off-topic. I'm sure that'...
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Url shortener Crusade
The Request
I set out on the Crusade for the Holy Grail of no-redirections (named by Denilson Sá) to eliminate every shortened URL on Stack Overflow. But the foreign hordes are overwhelming me, ...
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Problem with markup
I posted an answer https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/85871/8697
This contains the following, but the numbers I included on the 2 actions seem to prevent code formatting from working
Modify the ...
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What are the limits of sarcasm for a tongue-in-cheek answer?
I'd appreciate some feedback on an answer I just posted. If I've gone overboard with the sarcasm, please advise asap.
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Stack Overflow downgraded
Stack Overflow seems to been downgraded.
You now do not see "New" questions only "Interesting"
These only show the title (plus a lot of irrelevant crap) rather than the first few lines of the ...
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This answer is a comment
In this answer the author says: "I don't have enough rep to comment on your question so I had to post as an answer."
The description text for the flag "not an answer" says: "This was posted as an ...
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How to handle conceptual questions?
I'm looking for a good way to help OP's with conceptual issues. Unlike StackOverflow, the Raspberry Pi forum is bombarded with people in genuine need of help in thinking about their problem. These ...
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How do I add a schematic to my question?
I see some questions and answers here that include schematic drawings. How do I add a schematic to my question (or answer)?
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Unfriendly for first Users
It seems that Stack Exchange in general is unfriendly to first time users. Most first time users come to this site with a quick question and do not read the FAQ (Who Does?)
It basically cannot be ...
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Do we need a canonical question about cron setup on the Pi?
I've just read another question that was the result of the Poster's erroneous assumption that "cron = pi" in terms of path, permissions, etc. Seems we get that once or twice a week. Would it be of any ...