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Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

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List of bounties with no deadline

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What's so great about code-golf. We're in the 2020s and memory isn't an issue. How about code-FormulaOne instead?

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Is “A solution wins if there's no strictly better solution in multiple measures” a valid winning criterion?

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Golfing Class of a language

discussion code-golf

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Goodbye PPCG, everybody stay healthy!

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Why are some users so quick to jump on a bandwagon?

discussion answers down-votes

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Duplicate between the main site and a Sandbox entry

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Omitting trailing closing parentheses in Excel

discussion policy code-golf

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When it is and is not acceptable to edit someone else's post

discussion editing

modified Jun 12 at 23:44 Community♦ 1

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Default for Code Golf: Input/Output methods

discussion faq policy code-golf defaults

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Where do good questions go? [closed]

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How to ask for a parser

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How can hash be allowed in a input-testing challenge?

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Stack Exchange API Sandbox

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Lack of obviousness about how to use this site

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May, I ask a question about inputs that give a false positive for my Exact Cover Solution? [closed]

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Where to find an online testing environment for specific programming languages?

discussion testing

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Community Promotion Ads — 2020

discussion community-ads

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Community Promotion Ads — 2019 [duplicate]

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Best of PPCG 2019 – Now Accepting Nominations!

discussion best-of

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Is this REST API question way too practical for the site?

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Do any of you golf for a living?

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Are we allowed to submit an answer which executes a shell command?

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How should the length of a Commodore 64 BASIC program be measured?

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How do I count C64 BASIC score? [duplicate]

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CGCC Data Analysis #1: Tags

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How do I get upvotes for my answers? [closed]

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Are Rubik's Cube fewest move type challenges allowed? [duplicate]

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Loopholes that are forbidden by default

discussion faq policy answers defaults

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How does this site work?

discussion code-golf faq-proposed

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Any tips for running a low-maintenance KotH?

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Would randomness-based languages be allowed? [duplicate]

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How to deal with an accidental chameleon challenge

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Why did I just get a 3 year old review?

discussion reviewing

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New users' guides to golfing rules in specific languages

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How can we help users who are put off by the use of golfing languages?

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Challenge post-mortems

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Dark Mode Coming Here?

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Standard definitions of terms within specifications

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Ruleset for RGS's Golfing Showdown - competition is over!

discussion code-golf

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Why are all the answers here being downvoted?

discussion votes down-votes voting

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For fastest-code questions are new compiler optimisations as non-competing allowed?

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Do golfing languages support arbitrary-length integers?

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Cannot award a bounty during grace period

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Best of PPCG 2019 — Call for Categories [duplicate]

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On “golf this for me” tips questions

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Is it acceptable to rerun an old coding challenge as a new thread?

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