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What's the best place to ask this question: "Should I Worry About Modifying a Database that Serves Content on the Fly in ASP.NET"?
What's the best place to ask this question?:
I have a database that serves up the content for what will be a public
website. In this site, certain users that work for our organization
will be ...
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Reopening my question about destroying file contents
I rewrote my question
How to destroy file contents without deleting files. I believe now it's not asking for the shopping advice.
Is there anything I can do to the question so that it is no longer off-...
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Difference between [recording] [record] and [copy] [file-copying]
Since these don't have tag wiki's, what is the difference between recording and record?
It looks like they overlap.
It also looks like both copy (from tag wiki: "copying in the context of file ...
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Asking about a specific virus when others are closed
After searching virus questions on Super User, I've noticed that many are closed. Is this site the place to ask a question about a specific virus on a home PC running Window 7?
Specifically, I want ...
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Question closed for offtopic, does not make sense
Closed (-2 votes):
https://superuser.com/questions/461215/ultra-deep-fractal-viewer
Not closed (+7 votes):
Good fractal visualizer
May I hear the logic in that? The both questions are basically the ...
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Why was "Microsoft Office Professional vs. Home and Business" closed/deleted
Just saw a sudden drop in reputation, and I would like to know why that question got closed?
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The right place
I have asked this: Can I have a QR code that will create a contact on the device?
I got the answer, but it was closed as off topic. How bout moving it maybe to StackOverflow? or another more suitable ...
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Why was my comment removed?
I asked Why is Chrome using 1.5 CPU cores even though I just started my computer and only opened Chrome (didn't go on any website yet)?, and an answer suggested:
The task manager of Chrome tells you ...
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Remove OpenID Question from FAQ?
The Stack Exchange network has deprecated OpenID and on July 1, 2018 users will no longer be allowed to logon via this authentication method.
Given this, should we remove the question This is an ...
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Can I add a stackexchange login?
I see that now stackexchange has removed wordperss login, or at least it isn't showing on my system. But i'm not necessarily asking how to get that back, I recall there was some bug with that. I had ...
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Is the close vote on my question regarding hugo justified?
First thing first, it is my understanding that Superuser is for questions about computer software. Therefore I have posted a question regarding the use of hugo, which is static site generation tool.
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Synonize [hangouts] with [google-hangouts]
hangouts has 12 questions, all referring to Google Hangouts. We also have a google-hangouts tag with 38 questions. Suggest synonomizing hangouts with google-hangouts.
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Reputation decreased but not shown in history
I'm pretty sure yesterday I had rep. 1,597. Today, I have 2 points less, 1,595. I wanted to make sure that I didn't mess up with some answer and see which one was it, so I went to my profile and ...
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Deleting Questions - Result in lockdown / Disciplined Badge
I just figured out a potential difficulty with one of the badges I'm not certain whether this should be migrated to Meta SE (I'm not sure if the badge system is the same for all sites). But there is a ...
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Adding 'language-highlighting' tag to a question, necessary?
Consider this question.
I provided an answer with a bash script. I did remember to add embedded Prettify language hints. The highlighting didn't get turned on. Then I found this post on Meta SE ...
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Clarification on reviews - 2
I'm looking for guidance on reviewing answers. I forget whether this example was listed as a first answer or a low quality answer, but I've encountered several with this type of issue. This example ...
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Merge [xbox] and [xbox360]
Can we merge xbox and xbox360? I think all of the questions tagged with xbox refer to Xbox 360.
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Appropriate site for question regarding my findings?
I did some research about solving a problem and have couple of possible solutions. One of them seems most appropriate according to my requirements. I would like to share my findings and confirm if my ...
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Linking to shops product page
I just saw a post which suggests a few books, each suggestion has a link to the page on Amazon.
I assume by the URL that this allows tracking by the shop. The link is http://rads.stackoverflow.com/...
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When would editing or adding the 'regular' windows 8 tag be appropriate? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What will happen to the Windows-8-Preview tag once Windows 8 goes live?
Now that windows 8 is out (and soon to be released), we've come to the point where we almost need to ...
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Why don't flags on comments show up with the rest of my flags?
I've flagged some comments, and that have been removed. Why can't I view the comments I've flagged?
Also how do flagged comments affect your flag weight?
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confusing `rm` command corner behavior [migrated]
I am trying to understand the corner case behaviors of rm command. In a folder owned and grouped by root, I have a file owned by user alice. However, user alice does not have any permissions on the ...
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How is this question about resolution off-topic?
I have asked a question about Upschaling and Pixel Replication
I have frequently heard that it is better to have a display resolution
with the resolution of the content you want to display on the ...
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Is there a dark theme available at the website "superuser.com" [duplicate]
Looks like there is no dark mode for this website exists, hoverer it's color is quite bright and unpleasant when working in shady places.
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Is the "microsoft" tag of any use? [duplicate]
I have found a tag named microsoft which was created August 26 with 10 questions. Does the tag have any use, or should it be removed?
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Microsoft Office desktop/app version
Despite the confusion with the payment model between Microsoft Office (one time payment) and Microsoft Office 365 (subscription). There is the issue between the different installation versions. You ...
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bold to emphasize main points? [duplicate]
I've been using bold to emphasize the main point I'm looking for, so people can see that and then read the details more. Is this a good idea? Example: How to not change title with winscp batch
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My question still on hold after adding details?
I have asked this question and it got put on hold for the lack of details and for asking many question.
I have edited it to one question and I have added the details that have been requested from me ...
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Questions are no longer being accepted
Right now Super User is no longer accepting questions from my account. Is there a way to override this?
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Comments disappearing on question [duplicate]
I commented earlier, on this question. Now, the comment is gone, along with at least 3 other comments both by the question author and at least one other user.
The comments I remember, in order, were:
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Many models, same manufacturer and the same question
There are a lot of switches and routers out there whose manuals doesn't specify whether or not they're supporting Jumbo Frames.
Searching for it on the web doesn't bring up any good answers so it's ...
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Upvoting interesting or seems useful answer, without knowing its accuracy
So, I've been upvoting several answers and questions that catch my interest, mainly because:
it's well written
the topic shares my interest
it might be helpful to me in the future - yes, I know there'...
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Is comparing motherboards primarily opinion based? [duplicate]
I am seeing people ask questions about Intel and AMD motherboards and trying to compare the features.
Do we entertain these opinion based questions?
This is tricky to flag. We know that motherboard ...
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It's time we managed [time-management] [duplicate]
Tags time-management and time-tracking both exist. With very few questions (44 total) and haven't been used in a year (or two).
Perhaps these should be synonyms. I'd say keep time-management, but ...
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Tag cleanup: Delete / merge [function] tag
function has no description, but it has cc 130 questions.
In most of the cases it's used as synonym of worksheet-function (with or without it), and sometimes referring to functions in scripts or ...
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How could I have failed this review audit?
Recently I was reviewing this post and I got result as failed.
What I observed as per this one post was:
The original poster provided instructions.
The original poster provided how to access the ...
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Question modified by Community-trace of edits? [duplicate]
This question says - that it has been modified by Community X mins ago.
But when I went through the question, it was last edited 21st Aug 2011. I checked all the answers also to see if any of the ...
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There are rip-off sites that blatently copy the stack exchanges? [duplicate]
I created this question on Superuser:
Cannot resolve hostname "raspberrypi" on home network
I'm still having trouble, so I'm searching the net and I stumbled across this page, which is a ...
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Why cant we close bounty questions? [duplicate]
i believe this question might be a duplicate of this one,while i tried to flag it there was an error message stating that bounty questions cant be closed?
Can i flag it do moderator attention instead?...
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Bad audit question - failed audit on question that should have been closed
I just failed the following close vote audit https://superuser.com/review/close/354906.
The question is asking about an issue on a work pc in a corporate network.
As it stands the question should ...
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Can "why" functionality questions be asked? [duplicate]
I have a question based upon observations I've noticed while working in Active Directory. Can I ask a "why" question in Superuser about functionality that I've observed or is Superuser strictly a "...
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Approve this question edit by another user?
I came across this edit in the suggested edit review queue. Original was from user utsav, edit from user3782114. Strange.
It could be someone mistakingly using a new account (in which case I'd ...
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My question was closed for an (in my opinion) incorrect reason
My question was closed a while ago. I forgot to make this post until now, sorry it's so late!
Anyway, it was being closed for being primarily opinion-based. However, this was not the case.
The ...
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What is NerdAnswer and why do I find my question on this website too? [duplicate]
I posted a question on superuser and when I googled it I stumbled upon : this website whith my question and username. I've never saw a link between superuser (and any SE site in general) and ...
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Make [hardware-selection] a synonym of [hardware-rec]
All hardware-selection questions are actually hardware-rec. It's only 6 questions, but hardware-rec has just 192, so hardware-selection makes 3% of the total - I think it's popular enough to be ...
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Merge metro tags [duplicate]
The tags metro and modern-ui are duplicate. The proper term is neither; it’s “immersive”. (Confirmed in Windows 8.1)
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Is it appropriate to ask hardware questions here? [duplicate]
Such as system build question such as "how to most efficiently cool a setup or setup your case fans?" or stuff like that?
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What should you do when your question has already been asked, but none of the answers work? [duplicate]
What should you do if your question has already been asked, and you've tried all of the answers but they either didn't work, or wouldn't be acceptable solutions in your situation? Should you:
Open a ...
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Belongs on another SE site [duplicate]
When you click close, off-topic, belongs on another SE site, there are a few common options. I believe iPhone/iOS (thinkdifferent.stackexchange.com) should be on the list. Ideally, one should be ...
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Badges and potential retire
I see that the analytical badge is retired, would the precog badge be a retire target as well? It was only available to those involved back in area 51 days, correct?
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