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@Rinzwind tired of it tbh, but there is a linux mint forum: forums.linuxmint.com

Rinzwind

9:16 AM

>:-) so why do mint users not use it?

Videonauth

he ybut ... but mint is ubuntu based !!! :P

weird still

@Rinzwind every single subsection of the “main edition support section” there shows recent activity, in fact most of them show activity today – that seems far from being unused, no?

Feb 4 at 6:51, by Zanna

Eliah's answer explains that...

:)

and I can only repeat myself: If we don’t send users with their Mint questions (definition: a question raised by a user using Mint) over there, of course they lose that content and traffic. “Using Mint is off-topic here, please ask on the Mint forums.” is all it needs.

Jacob Vlijm

9:50 AM

@Rinzwind Essential info on the case is missing: TIMING. If a good answer has been posted and I think the info is useful here, I'd edit out the OS info. Same if I know a good answer + I think it is useful here -> edit it out.

terdon

> And I really don't understand the concept that answering a question here somehow steals it from another community. The question was posted here, after all, we didn't go out and mug the OP in an alley and steal their question. They chose to come here and we chose to edit the question so that it fits this site's scope.
Not to mention that AU is one of the more visible Linux sites on the internet, which means that having solutions here helps far more people than having them on the forums of a lesser known distribution.

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Jacob Vlijm

^ this

Rinzwind

10:29 AM

@JacobVlijm #metoo :-)

Jacob Vlijm

Hehe, finally we are allowed to speak out :)

^ kidding

cl-netbox

1:47 PM

@terdon and ... another valid argument from you ! :)

Rinzwind

2:03 PM

@terdon Technically it is. Stack owns the copyright to what we post.

terdon

@Rinzwind it is what? And no, they don't own the copyright. They get a license to it.

Seth

7:36 PM

@terdon maybe something you can take a stab at? askubuntu.com/questions/1116470/…

Looks like their webcam isn't working

8:20 PM

UGH! OP is not making any sense, well at least to me. askubuntu.com/questions/1116444/…

ok this spam call thing in the US is getting annoying

I had one call me (at least) 8 times in a row, instantly redialing every time I hung up, from 3 different numbers

I finally just blocked the latest number which seems to have worked

I was reading [Can I answer my own question?](https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer) There's a sentence which says: *To encourage people to do this, there is a checkbox at the bottom of the page every time you ask a question. If you have more than 15 reputation and already know the answer, click the checkbox that says "Answer your own question" at the bottom of the Ask Question page.*

In my understanding, if the user wants to post Q&A together then 15+ reputation is required. But if answer is posted after a while, say some hours, then they can accept his answer regardless how much reputat…

Actually the comment by Charles Green confused me a little bit

@durn2000 It's two or three days to accept your own answer - Please see https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer There is a 15 point requirement, but you should have 10 pts now :) — Charles Green 50 mins ago

8:50 PM

er… what exactly is confusing you there? :)

Charles says There is a 15 point requirement and I think that if OP answers his question later on, there is no such requirement but if OP wants to post self-answered Q&A there is no such requirement. Am I missing something here? If user has rep<15 then he can't answer his own question?

"@Kulfy Please clarify what is the question. You question seems to be unclear and is likely to be closed as unclear what you're asking" :P

you mean there is a way to work around the 15 rep requirement for self-answering a question if you post solely the question first and only then answer instead of posting the two together – that might be. 15 rep is nothing anyway.

a user can answer questions with 1 rep, see askubuntu.com/help/privileges

@dessert Yup. But I'm little bit confused. Does the later said thing require 15 rep?

@dessert Yeah I know. Does this applies for the question posted by the same person also?

I hope not, that would certainly be bad if a user found the solution and wants to share their knowledge

if there would be a rep requirement, I mean

I don’t know for sure though – 15 rep are just three upvotes to the question after all…

I doubt on above attached Charles' comment.

@dessert Depends on question too.

9:18 PM

@TheWanderer My favorite of those calls you get that actually leave me messages will say that this is my final warning. Apparently, they don't follow what the message says as they keep calling me. They need to make it their final warning to me then. ;)

final warning, then threats

Usually I have them blocked by then, or they are calling my google number which I never answer until the message that gets deleted anyways.

Or I just delete the message without ever listening to it.

I like the ones talking about a flaw in my Windows computer system, I answer that with “You must have called the wrong number, this is a Windows free household.”

I don't own a computer. ;)

only doors here :)

9:22 PM

=)

"what's a computer"

Watch those guys like JimBrowning, or ScammerRevolts on YouTube as they take down those scammers. It is awesome!!

there's a computer in my windows? I KNEW THE GOVT WAS SPYING ON ME

all the spam calls I actually pick up are bots

LOL! I need new glasses again. Took me a moment to read "computer in my windows" LOL! That was a good one!

9:36 PM

VTC off-topic. Winders question, but they keep asking it in other locations on AU.

I already VTC'd as unclear.

you sure that's OT?

they're using BASH

might be WSL and they don't know how WSL paths work

Yes, they said Windows 8.1 in the comments. The bash came from another answer. Look at the links OP posted in the comments.