I never liked that SO/SE relied on the external gravatar service, so I was glad to read that it doesn't any more. However, it turns out that one cannot use as profile picture a PNG file with transparent background (something that is supported by gravatar): Above is a screen capture of my p...

If we append m (or s) to our uploaded images file names, we get the medium (and small) versions. I noticed quite some artifacts in the medium sized. Original http://i.stack.imgur.com/Z8pOz.png Medium (artifacts on white on blue, white on purple, and blue/purple edges, blurred text) http:/...

I'm declining this formally because it's been ongoing for years and incredibly unlikely to ever be fixed. The decision to make this change is up to Imgur and Imgur alone. In order to resize and create new images, they have to do image processing themselves. It's their decision whether or not the...

Unix.SE doesn't seem very popular, and there are many reasons for it. But there is another thing that can be improved, and that's the name. I believe that for many (especially young) people, "Unix" is something that is old and not used anymore. If you look at Ubuntu, they position it as an alter...

We get a lot of off-topic questions on Meta Stack Exchange, where users are either confused or are making a bad attempt to sidestep a ban on a main Q&A site. To help ensure a quick closure and deletion of the question, I do the following steps: Cast a recommend closure flag on the question (tho...