@Alex As far as I can tell, the discussion is only about the accepted answer being pinned, not about getting rid of the feature or about allowing more than one answer to be accepted. So the difference between upvoting and accepting is currently not being discussed.
@Tsundoku Right. And I’m saying that there is no benefit conferred by allowing it to be pinned. If you want a way for the questioner to express the usefulness of an answer, we already have a privilege based system for that.
While reading the Wikipedia article about Belarusian literature and the articles about individual authors who were active before World War II, it struck me that most authors were poets, with some of them also producing drama or translations. The main article doesn't mention novels until after Wor...
Deus ex machina is a plot device in which a seemingly unsolvable problem is resolved by a sudden and unexpected external event. For example: "The villain has our hero backed in a corner with no way out. He's finished for sure! Just then, a car swerves out of nowhere and hits the villain."
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