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Proper Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations
As title says, is there a Stack Exchange site for hardware recommendations?
Mistakenly, I thought that general (non localized) question about hardware without specific prices and stores would be ok ...
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Can a Q&A be too minor?
I tried a bit and finally found out how to set the + and - key for zoom in Notepad++ with a German keyboard layout*. I thought about writing my first Q&A here, but it might be a too small question ...
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Re-migrate or unlock question
Updated question (I originally misread the history and Ben N picked it up.)
The following question originated on Server Fault and was migrated here: Accidentally left a small form factor PC in ~100F (...
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What is the appropriate disposition for "hiccup" questions?
I use the term "hiccup" to refer to an unusual. one time problem that can't be replicated, can't be diagnosed or solved, and disappears on its own. The unanswered question pool has many of them. A ...
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What is the etiquette regarding asking a question again on another Stack Exchange site?
I've asked a question on SuperUser before I realised that Ask Different existed. I feel that my question would be better served on the the Ask Different Stack Exchange site. How should I go about ...
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How to deal with questions regarding Windows 10 icon troubles
So the day has finally come and it seems there are even more people having problems with this "Windows 10 icon" now.
Three of the newest questions are related to this icon: 1, 2, 3. I have seen quite ...
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Posting a "progressive" answer to one's own question
I posted this question. It doesn't seem likely to get a suitable answer any time soon, and as such I've decided to work on the problem myself. I want to describe my solution in an answer while I'm ...
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Legal basis for restriction of discussions?
A recent discussion of policy here left me wondering about the legal reasoning behind it.
On any computer-related forum, there will sometimes be questions related to usage that may violate the EULA. ...
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plasma tag itself is too generic, should be compounded and split into TV and workspace
As things stand right now, plasma is ambiguous. Questions labeled with it refer both to plasma TVs and to the KDE graphical environment, and this doesn't seem correct to me.
I suggest deleting the ...
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Did the flood gates open?
Just wondering as the question states. 323 new first posts in the review option so a lot of first time visitors?
On a side note, would having the ability to review more than 20 posts in a day be ...
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Should I delete my own question if no new answer can be validated?
A while ago, I asked this question for which no solution was found. I have since re-installed the host in question and gave it to a family member.
So now I will be unable to validate any answers given ...
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I'd like to dispute a closure "How do you figure out what CPUs are compatible with a Desktop?"
Question in question here
While I've got the power to reopen it unilaterally, I've answered the question, and I think I'd like to take the opportunity to bring this up on meta.
While in general ...
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So, here's a stats site for the challenge!
Edit: As of 2015, I've stopped maintaining that domain and site. Someone else owns the domain now. If anyone is still interested in the data or wants to see the site back up, leave a comment and I'll ...
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Should the upvote/downvote tooltips on meta.su be harmonised with meta FAQ?
The upvote/downvote tooltips on meta.superuser are the same as on the main site.
For the question downvote it is "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not ...
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TrickleEdit: Queuing edits to prevent flooding
Is there a thing to queue edits and automatically apply them slowly (assuming there hasn't been a preempting edit)?
— Ben N on chat
Let's write a script!
StackApps (placeholder): https://stackapps....
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SharePoint questions
We have https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/ (currently nearly 60,000 questions compared to less than 300 here).
Should we edit the various sharepoint tags to suggest asking on sharepoint....
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The [failure] tag, a story of fail?
Please look at the 226 questions under failure.
We are a site for computer problems. Tags such as "error" often don't add any additional value. The same goes for "failure", and it's probably a bit ...
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We should cleanup/remove the [combine] tag
There are around 100 questions with the tag combine. Some of them are related to combining or merging items, and for others, I don't know why they're tagged with it at all.
I don't think this tag adds ...
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The next [selection] for burnination
The selection tag has 131 questions and 0 followers. Questions with this tag cover the entire scope of the site. The tag serves absolutely zero purpose and should be wiped from the face of Super User ...
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Let's change our [background]
There are actually a few 'background' tags floating around in the... background.
...Ok, that one was terrible. In all seriousness:
Updates
These tags have been removed:
background - used ...
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Super User Question of the Week #31
Now we're into week 31 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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Questions about WordPress on Super User
I was updating my blog by installing wordpress on a server of mine, and I had a particular question.
As it seems, it is not allowed to ask any questions about WordPress the software, since the ...
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Let's [bypass] usage of this tag
I saw the bypass tag a few moments ago. I think it is redundant. It has no tag wiki.
I saw it when a question was asking how to bypass school controls. The tag seemed totally useless in that question.
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Merge [web-crawler] [webcrawling] [crawler] [spider] tags
web-crawler x 20
spider x 12
webcrawling x 6
crawler x 5
They're all identical and refer to Web crawler:
Other terms for Web crawlers are ants, automatic indexers, bots,
Web spiders, Web robots,...
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Tag "lock" is a mess
The tag lock seems to be a mess.
It's used for among other things:
file locks
lock screen
keyboard lock
locking of preferences
excel
We should do something about it.
We should probably ...
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Flash is peppered with ambiguity
Update: Looks like pepper flash is adobe flash-player and should be made a synonym when it shows up.
This was addressed once, but this time it's different.
See Tags flash, adobe-flash and flash-...
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Against the "restrictions" tag
So, we have a restrictions tag. I believe it is much too vague and general.
Now, true, it has 95 associated questions, but they should either just lose the tag or get more specific tags, existing or ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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Should [clock] be split up into 3 tags?
I was writing a question about how the clock changes between Linux and Windows, and noticed the clock tag. However, after looking over the questions, it seemed broad - or, at least, had multiple ...
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Tag synonym request: vmware-player to vmware-workstation-player
Someone asked a question that was explicitly about VMware Workstation Player. They tagged it with the vmware-workstation tag, which has traditionally been used for the product that is now known as ...
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Pummel [panel]?
panel is an undefined tag with 42 questions. Even if it was defined, it begs misuse because it can apply to so many different kinds of things, and people don't read the wiki excerpts. Should we beat ...
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Should [tag:dynamic-dns] and [tag:ddns] be merged?
Should dynamic-dns and ddns be merged?
I see a few questions that are tagged with both, and from the descriptions it's not clear what differences, if any, exist between them.
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Are answers duplicate if they use different aliases of the same command?
This answer came up in the First Posts queue. It uses the Windows rd command to accomplish the task in the question. The accepted answer (from 2010), however, uses rmdir with the same parameters. rd ...
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Merge [email-rules] and [email-filter]
email-rules has 1 follower and 61 67 uses:
Actions performed automatically on incoming or outgoing messages, based on conditions that you specify.
email-filter has 0 followers and 48 51 uses:
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The blog editor room has been frozen – now what? [duplicate]
Our blog editor room has been frozen due to inactivity. It's now been more than two weeks that someone posted in it. Our last blog entry is almost two months old.
This is a bit sad.
We've had a ...
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Stack Overflow Worldwide Meetups 2012 [closed]
We're having a Stack Overflow meetup to get together with fellow programming, web, and other technology enthusiasts. But not all of our programmers and technology enthusiasts live on Stack Overflow, ...
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July 2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest
The following is a "digest" version of the July 2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat. The format, as described on Meta Stack Overflow, is one answer to this question for every question asked in the ...
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Help me understand a comment and downvote that a user made on my answer
https://superuser.com/a/963738/99549
On a windows 10 question I gave the above answer, only known to work in earlier versions. I got an (seemingly authoritative?) downvote saying:
"answer should be ...
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Question of the Month... #1 [April '16]
QoTM has been restored. This is the nomination page for April 2016. Post you favorite questions (or answers) from this month and one (or more) will be featured on the SU blog.
The rules:
Please post ...
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Top Questions of the Week #19
Now we're into post 19 of the "Top Question" of Super User in the Super User blog. Please post and vote for your favorite question for this week.
Please post any question that you feel is of worth ...
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Are the predictions on what percentage of the questions in superuser the solution would be to reboot?
I'm going to guess about 5%.
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Are test questions off-topic?
This question IMHO is a test question. Should it be closed as off-topic?
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Suspicious downvote pattern
I have noticed some suspicious downvotes on my questions recently.
Jul 25
-2 23:44 downvote XML, XHTML, SGML and HTML
Jul 23
-2 51 mins ago downvote GUI editor for editing djvu ...
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How do you use Super User and Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I have come across several questions/answers that I would like to vote up or contribute to. However, I am not cool enough with reputation points.
Anyone know how you can be cool without asking ...
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Should answers encouraging to "restart" be flagged?
Lately, reviewing the queues, I'm seeing a lot of answers encouraging the OPs to simply restart the service that isn't working or even their computer/server to see if that solves the issue.
It's ...
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Why is commenting everywhere restricted to those with enough reputation?
I frequently run into the problem on this site that I have a general idea of a solution to a problem, but I need extra information about the issue. However, I can't comment to ask for that information ...
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Best way to handle answers with just links in them?
For Super User how tolerant of answers with just links to a blog post with the answer are we supposed to be?
On meta.stackoverflow.com I've seen conflicting opinions;
Some say we shouldn't:
Why ...
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Are cloud-storage and online-storage synonyms?
cloud-storage and online-storage seem like tag synonyms to me.
I would prefer online-storage to be the master (19 questions), because it is more generic, though cloud-storage has more questions (...
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How do we get people to add more information to their question?
Ok. I searched first, and I read through a pile of the questions presented with similar titles to this one, but I just didn't spot one that seemed to ask what I'm asking now. It relates to this ...
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