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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by NaturalPhallacy on Thursday June 17, 2021 @11:38AM (#27540788)
>This system makes the person arguably _least qualified_ to understand the situation the single arbitrator as to which answer is accepted.

Devil's advocate: If it fixed their problem adequately, it's acceptable.

Maybe separate "acceptable" and "ideal" answers would be a nice feature?

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Re:The most copied StackOverflow snippet of all time is flaw... by dotancohen on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:20PM (#27544131)
In the vast majority of cases, OP did not check (or even define) edge cases, race conditions, memory usage, network activity, etc etc etc.
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