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That question is clearly not a programming question

Not programming? When the first and only answer contains JavaScript code? Looks like SO has a rather odd definition of "programming".

I don't use SO myself but often stumble across interesting bits of info on there from Google, and also a lot of the puzzling "is this really off-topic?" questions. That's mainly what put me off from registering and participating, even to answer someone else's question/leave a comment - the community looks far too rigidly moderated for my taste.



Fair point; you're totally correct. For some reason, I didn't see the 'from JavaScript' trailing words at first (i've seen a lot of genuine, 'how do I use this software' questions on SO before, which are definitely not programming)




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