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It's disconcerting when that happens, isn't it?
First time it happened to me, I googled something I needed to do and top of the list was a tip here.
That I'd written... and then forgotten... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thanks for the suggestion.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: What other site(s) might I join in hopes of finding nerds who can answer the weird fringe questions ?
Have you tried Darknet?[^] 
Marc
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Yeah, that is a guaranteed way to get on a permanent watch list. Just remember, the government actually created Darknet and the Navy created TOR.
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There could be a lull in activity due to temporary to permanent burn out. Most knowledgeable people, who answer the questions, can't do this day in and day out, indefinitely. Also, if you are asking a "rare" question, which is a question that pertains to a topic or issue that not many developers have, then you may be waiting forever.
-- There are no other sites. Honestly, if your search criteria is spot on, and you are not getting the results from Google, then "most" likely, there is no existing info to answer the question.
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I do not like Stack overflow. It can be great, but it is in slow-self destruct mode. Vanity and pride have killed it.
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Bob Van Wagner wrote: it is in slow-self destruct mode.
Absolutely agreed !
The 5 Mongolian Stompers rule has turned it into the biggest clique oriented idiocy I've ever seen.
My favorite is where the stompers close your question because it "...has been answered in this question here..."
And you go look there and you can't find your answer.
Then they explain that it's (tangentially, something they omit from their reasoning) referenced in the 7th paragraph after two code snippets (of 37 and 41 lines, respectively) of the post which "contains the answer".
You know, there is probably some valuable business, psychological, economic, and sociological data being generated there in StackOverflow which could be extremely useful for study. The history of such sites could lend valuable insight to group bechavior, and who knows; possibly economic forecasting.
I just get the idea that there are parallels with corporations of the past that had to end their businesses.
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I was going to write a few paragraphs, and am that glad I didn't because the "5 mongolian stompers rule" covers the same, or pretty much the same, territory. The word I first tried was "clique-ish" which was too "My Rainbow Pony"-ish. The mongolian Stomper is much stronger a term.
See also http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/270505/two-suggestions-for-the-five-mongolian-stompers-problem-jury-and-dissent[^]
It's impossible for a decent programmer or software maven to get any cred on Stack Overflow, should they join now, especially the pain it would take to rise to the level of "points" needed to have any say.
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On this occasion, I'd like to bestow my down-vote of StackOverflow and all things StackOverflow. Apparently, if a question wasn't answered before 2010, it shouldn't be asked. StackOverflow can be a mean and nasty place to demonstrate one's lack of knowledge on a subject.
Down with OverflowImperialism.
Viva la revolución!
However, Stack UX and Stack Programmers, for user interface and programming subjects in general, respectively, are very much thriving these days. Sorry I didn't answer your question.
Remain Calm & Continue To Google
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... I'm not working either!
veni bibi saltavi
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In your case it's the other way around: Everyone celebrates when you once in a while actually do some work. 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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What to say...Not such a news...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I've had to correct a number of retards who think this is a holiday in which we honor the military. It's actually a socialist holiday for "workers".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Maybe it's just a really, really expensive bunny appendage
Which movie?
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Mission: Useful SCRUM meeting.
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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Who framed Roger Rabbit
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ann summers the movie
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Tom's Playbo Magazine
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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It was
V. wrote: a really, really expensive bunny appendage
And I mistakenly bought it.
So couldn't go to the cinema to watch the movie.. 
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Elmer Fudd: Wabbit hunter,
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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