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Worldbuilding

Repeatable, Unavoidable Cataclysmic Events

apocalypse 13 answers | asked 14 hours ago by James Hunt on worldbuilding
Mathematics

Am I just not smart enough?

elementary-number-theory soft-question advice 10 answers | asked yesterday by Kun on math
Academia

What do I do if a professor at a foreign university doesn't respond to my emails?

research professors etiquette email 4 answers | asked 9 hours ago by ML_TN on academia
Code Review

Smart but simple pointers

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Information Security

Why is “something you know” the weakest factor of authentication?

authentication 3 answers | asked 11 hours ago by Ulkoma on security
Role-playing Games

How does one find new spells?

dnd-5e 2 answers | asked 1 hour ago by dambros on rpg
Academia

Are postdoctoral scholars considered students or researchers in other countries?

postdocs titles international 3 answers | asked 5 hours ago by Gabriel on academia
TeX - LaTeX

Show only two year digits

macros 3 answers | asked 7 hours ago by niekas on tex
Super User

Is “HKLM” an alias for “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”?

windows windows-registry 2 answers | asked 14 hours ago by Joe Kearney on superuser
English Language & Usage

What's the opposite of “pro bono”?

phrase-requests vocabulary latin 6 answers | asked 12 hours ago by hoc_age on english
Role-playing Games

I failed to open a lock. Now what?

gm-techniques dnd-5e 3 answers | asked 44 mins ago by Bradd Szonye on rpg
Code Review

Basic OOP Poker - Deck, Cards and Hands

java beginner oop game playing-cards 2 answers | asked 2 hours ago by dan on codereview
Space Exploration

What would a lunar eclipse look like from the surface of the moon?

the-moon eclipse 3 answers | asked 12 hours ago by briligg on space
Programming Puzzles & Code Golf

The Retro Rocket

code-golf ascii-art kolmogorov-complexity 5 answers | asked 12 hours ago by Lilac on codegolf
Mathematics

Do mathematicians, in the end, always agree?

soft-question math-history 8 answers | asked yesterday by Kasper on math
Aviation

Can a passenger realistically replace suddenly incapacitated pilots?

passenger pilots 5 answers | asked 21 hours ago by sdfsdf on aviation
Unix & Linux

How to find the command with the biggest manual?

man 3 answers | asked 4 hours ago by Nom on unix
Worldbuilding

What are the power options for intelligent humanoid robots?

science-based technology earth-like power-sources 7 answers | asked 6 hours ago by Monica Cellio on worldbuilding
History

What would have been the carrying capacity for 11th-13th century backpacks?

13th-century 11th-century 3 answers | asked 6 hours ago by shatterspike1 on history
Emacs

How can I practice searching and replacing with regular expressions interactively in Emacs?

regular-expressions learning 6 answers | asked 14 hours ago by Felix Hoffmann on emacs
Arqade

What is Vanilla?

terminology 4 answers | asked yesterday by Damek on gaming
Programmers

Choosing a Language Systematically

programming-languages web-development web-applications career-development 5 answers | asked 9 hours ago by Lance on programmers
Skeptics

Does a pair of trainers (shoes) hanging on a telephone wire mean the house nearby is a crack den?

drugs culture 1 answers | asked 13 hours ago by Liam on skeptics
Academia

Can frequent messages to an editor about the status of a paper under review be a cause for rejection?

publications peer-review paper-submission editors rejection 4 answers | asked 12 hours ago by Nora on academia
Server Fault

Best ways to discover servers in a public cloud?

ubuntu amazon-web-services cluster service discovery 2 answers | asked 6 hours ago by dan on serverfault
The Workplace

A contact's glowing referral has exaggerated my volunteer/work experience

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Stack Overflow

Why can't virtual functions use return type deduction?

c++ c++14 2 answers | asked 1 hour ago by remyabel on stackoverflow
Super User

Does streaming use the same amount of bandwidth as downloading?

download streaming bandwidth data-transfer 5 answers | asked 17 hours ago by stemie on superuser
Role-playing Games

Where can I find information on familiars?

dnd-5e familiars 2 answers | asked 4 hours ago by Nicholas on rpg
MathOverflow

Why do roots of polynomials tend to have absolute value close to 1?

pr.probability polynomials complex-analysis 13 answers | asked Oct 2 at 20:54 by Andrej Bauer on mathoverflow
Gardening & Landscaping

What can I do with unripe tomatoes when prepping a bed for winter?

compost tomatoes harvesting 5 answers | asked 14 hours ago by Mutmatt on gardening
Science Fiction & Fantasy

Are the shields and hull of the USS Enterprise-D capable of withstanding a direct nuclear strike?

star-trek star-trek-tng weapon 5 answers | asked yesterday by Thomas Boxley on scifi
Parenting

Is there a benefit or harm in letting a 3 year old control her own bedtime routine?

discipline daily-routine 8 answers | asked 23 hours ago by milesmeow on parenting
English Language Learners

Is this BBC article ambiguous, or am I interpreting it incorrectly?

ambiguity interpretation 3 answers | asked 12 hours ago by M A on ell
Puzzling

The Sheikh dies

brainteaser 4 answers | asked yesterday by Alexander on puzzling
English Language & Usage

Why is the word “Holy” used before swear words?

adjectives usage ambiguity 9 answers | asked yesterday by AeJey on english
Salesforce

Are trigger frameworks ALWAYS necessary?

trigger design-patterns 3 answers | asked 7 hours ago by jmrjulian on salesforce
Linguistics

Can a vowel and a consonant be allophones of the same phoneme?

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Graphic Design

Is it frowned upon as a designer if you don't use “top” software?

designers software 5 answers | asked 15 hours ago by SaturnsEye on graphicdesign
TeX - LaTeX

Latex Binomial tree (space and overlapping)

tikz-pgf tikz-trees trees 2 answers | asked 4 hours ago by mark on tex
Code Review

Finding longest word in a string

javascript strings parsing programming-challenge 5 answers | asked 21 hours ago by user2801122 on codereview
Blender

short view distance in 3d view?

viewport 2 answers | asked 1 hour ago by DragonHeart on blender
Cross Validated

“Best” series of colors to use for differentiating series in publication-quality plots

data-visualization 8 answers | asked 2 days ago by David Hollman on stats
Programmers

Algorithms: How do I sum O(n) and O(nlog(n)) together?

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Role-playing Games

Why do the starter set characters have unexpected attack bonuses?

dnd-5e 1 answers | asked 7 hours ago by Dieselboy on rpg
Worldbuilding

Can an atmosphere englobe a planetary ring?

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Biology

What limits our healing speed?

healing 3 answers | asked 8 hours ago by vsz on biology
Stack Overflow

Java: Why does casting based on Class.class work but not getClass?

java class generics casting 2 answers | asked 9 hours ago by user3170530 on stackoverflow
Craft CMS

Plugin won't enable

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The Great Outdoors

Do mountains regularly (for a mountain) change height?

mountains geology 3 answers | asked 13 hours ago by Liam on outdoors
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