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Asking which laptops have a particular keyboard design: on or off-topic?
The keyboard layout of the Lenovo S210 is easy and intuitive for me to use. The laptop is just a little underpowered for me. I asked Lenovo support if any of their other models have a similar keyboard ...
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Where should we ask non-desktop/laptop questions?
I notice that non destop/laptop questions appear off topic here...Kindles, iPads, etc. Is there a SE site dedicated to asking questions regarding those devices, their configurations, and software?
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kvm tag should be re-synonymized to linux-kvm
Way back in the early days of SU the tag kvm was synonymized to kvm-switch apparently without a whole lot of discussion. But this is resulting in a lot of confusion, as most people seem to expect the ...
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Quote markdown for the whole answer
I left two comments under both of Pimp Juice's answers on this question asking to consider editing out the quote markdown because both answers are >90% quoted and it doesn't look sensible to me to ...
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Procurement vs hardware compatibility
There is a problem specific to Canada that needs some consideration on SU.
Until relatively recently (2003), all Prime Ministers ("Presidents") had come from Quebec -- for 43 out of 50 years. As a ...
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How come you can ask an unqualified "how do I do $x?"
This is in response to this question
Why can't I ask if hardware exists that does something, or fits a need?
I'm going to try one more way to address this. How come you can't ask,
Does $x exist?...
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When and Why did this website almost completely die? Did I miss something? [closed]
I've been gone a while, but I've poked my head in a few times in the last 6 months and noticed the number of questions answered has dropped DRAMATICALLY. The number of questions that even get a ...
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Should old opinion-based questions be significantly edited?
This question What display size and resolution is good for reading PDF in double page view? is closed as primarily opinion-based. I attempt to edit it like this, but it says I'm editing too much. What ...
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Low liquidity on superuser?
I am new on super user,I asked a question a little while ago,and it feels like the website has much lower liquidity than stackoverflow! which am a little active on.Is it always like that?
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Why was this question of mine closed? [duplicate]
Question edited for clarifications.
I did not ask for a software license or license recommendation, I asked about the implications. I still haven't got the answer about why the two different close ...
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Question closed automatically; how to improve?
I asked a simple question (only visible to 10K+ rep users) about Facebook terminating my Internet connection, provided all the information I had available.
What am I doing wrong? How to reopen and ...
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Top Questions: superuser Alltime
How do I search and explore Top Questions: All Time on superuser?
I thought I could be sneaky, and try "copy link address" and replace keyword hot, week or month
https://superuser.com/?tab=alltime
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Add SoftwareRecommendations website to the close vote (when post belongs on other SE site)
I guess (I have no stats other than my experience) one of biggest reasons posts are closed as off topic (but there is another suitable SE site) is people asking for software!
We have https://...
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Difference between tags virus, malware, trojan, infection,worm
From most used to least used (including related tags):
virus x 501
anti-virus x 453
virus-removal x 56
malware x 256
malware-removal x 37
malware-detection x 13
anti-malware x 11
trojan x 70
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Can I ask what the definition of "enterprise services" is?
Can I ask this here? If not, what other stack exchange site would best?
Apple’s New Era Has Begun
Now Apple has set its sights on a much larger bite of the apple: enterprise services. It’s such a ...
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Why was my question about attempting to stop USB viruses downvoted?
I made a question about something I didn't know a lot about: Are dummy autoruns enough for virus prevention?
I asked if something was possible and my question got downvoted for kingdom come. Isn't ...
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Move a question to another SE site
I recently flagged learn ActionScript or keep the html5 path for mod attention to be moved to programmers.se, as it was relevant for that site. The question was closed by a mod without any other votes....
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Unable to clear my REPUTATION - deadly embrace
My reputation got hammered by an Admin, as I:
1) Answered my own question
2) and placed it in the wrong "forum" - ServerFault instead of SuperUser.
So I deleted it. BAD IDEA.
I am now locked out of ...
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Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more
I'm not good at being synthetic.
This tool for checking the low quality is indeed really a great tool. When it went out there was no notice of a possible ban. I was critic about that and I'm happy ...
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Different between Superuser and superuser meta
What is different between Super user and super user meta?
I know that I shouldn’t ask this question in this site.But I was forced.
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Why was question about Windows 7 install downvoted?
Downvotes are for questions from one of the following categories:
zero research effort,
unclear,
not useful.
I'm trying to install Windows 7 and explain the problems I encounter here. I explain ...
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Is explaining the existence or construction of Easter eggs in scope?
I posted a question about an Easter egg where a moderator almost immediately closed it as off-topic.
I've been around on here long enough to know that my question isn't a lone exception, and that ...
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How do I contribute my knowledge to StackExchange?
EDIT:
My initial impression was flawed. I had apparently not tried to submit NEW answers, and only was trying to rate and/or comment on old answers that I thought were good or mostly good to help ...
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Can you break this down Barney Style for me? [closed]
I occasionally come across SuperUser content. This most recent question was a link from another Stack Exchange, and sounded interesting, so I thought I would check it out.
I'm not very active here, ...
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Please undelete Automatic Wallpaper Manager?
I ask NOT for a reopen here, but would you please undelete [this question](https://superuser.com/q/679640/269574, so that at least, it can be shared, viewed, and benefit those who can't seek or see ...
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Does nobody answer questions on this site?
My last question got nothing at all. Not even a comment or anything.
I'm not sure if my most recent question will get anything either. I looked at the most recent pages of questions (about 12 hours ...
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Including a reference to the proposed "Software Recommendations" site
There is a plethora of questions here (in meta) that involve what to do about questions involving "Software recommendations". None of them seem to mention the proposal for the Software Recommendations ...
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Where is Hall of Fame of this site?
Where is Hall of Fame of this site and of the entire group of 174 sites?
Hall of Fame, showing things like who are top 10 or 100 highest rep members, who all have most badges, who all crossed rep or ...
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Tags Taking out the trash Or Creating a bigger mess?
There are hundreds of tags that do not even need discussion, and
never should have been created. They are at the Far end of the tags,
and they are not magically dissapearing. And many of them do not
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Unreasonable closure of question
Q: TERM value for Windows 10 terminal
Who closed this question? How is this question not clear? It looks to me whoever closed this should not have the power to close questions because he is ...
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How is it helping Superuser to prevent me from being able to vote up / down comments?
Genuine question.
I'm sure I'm not the only person who's been using this forum for several years, and constructively contributing every time.
Do Superuser maybe need to employ some better UX staff to ...
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"Please stop berating the mods" -- should we start doing this or what?
https://superuser.com/users/707676/attie said "please stop berating the mods" to me in setting up external 1TB SSD . I made no single comment about the mods (at least, in their function as the mods; I ...
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Why was my edit, correcting a fact, rejected?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756623 refers to 'Accent colors', but this ought be 'Theme colors'.
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The comments should not be deleted [closed]
Every time that someone don't like a someone else comment , they are deleted.
This should not going to happen in a free and open forum.
Of course , if comments contains insults , denigration , racism ,...
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Where would a question about a Firefox extension be on topic?
Web Applications do not take questions about Firefox extensions, for the obvious reason that they're not about applications related to the web. It's about Web Applications, i.e. server-side.
Firefox ...
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How can I use email receipt to trigger Windows 10 processes
My question was closed - not before I had some useful advice from some users - and been arrogantly dismissed. I cannot see the benefit of this site when it allows behaviour that discourages people ...
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Question limit?
Is it my mistake that people were not able to answer questions that I ask, or they do not bother to answer some petty questions?
I sent a request to enable my question limit, according to the admins, ...
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Anyone in for improving / reopening the "Why is boot time still relevant?" question?
Why do people care so much about boot time of an operating system?
This question can certainly be scientifically approached. Let's attempt to improve and reopen it...
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How do we clean this up?
What Why can't I find a USB-C hub with multiple USB-C ports? was looking for did not exist at all previously (except for one Dell hub). Yet, people posted many answers because USB C is confusing ...
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A hidden passive-aggressive attitude toward questions
Some moderations to close a question do not make sense here. The reason stated for the closing of question the at the top of the page, for example, says this question needs clarity. The OP has asked ...
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(Robo-review) Can my edit please be approved?
https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/962137
The question is quite old and it has been closed a long time ago. Therefore, the edits will NOT push the post into the queue. The OP rejected it ...
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Should there be a tag for MSRPC?
Should there be a tag for Microsoft Remote Procedure Call or does the DCE tag suffice for people? I was running a search and can find nothing on Stack Overflow or Super User Stack Exchange sites. What ...
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Is Community-Bot Useless?
If I am right then the community bot is next to useless because it commented that my answer was unclear. I don't see how it could be any clearer? Do you?
Let's duke it out!
If the bot is wrong, please ...
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How do I disply a list of all Super Users who have not been active here for more than a certain length of time?
I had seen a clever solution to an excel problem online which brought me to Stack Exchange's "Super Users" service. But I have forgotten the user's name as well as the excel problem that I ...
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Since when were command-line tools off-topic?
I previously asked this question on Meta to query the overzealous closing of this SU question as a duplicate. The moderator who initially closed it, without justification or explanation of the ...
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Rename Tag: [attachments] into [email-attachments]
I would like to suggest to rename the attachments-tag into email-attachments, analogue to the email-signature-tag.
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Reputation doesn't increase
Please help. I don't know if I'm exactly correct. I've used StackExchange with a Google account previously. I earned good reputation. But for some reasons I don't wanna use it now. I created another ...
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Are these question edits okay or did I take it too far?
I am talking about this question.
I want to talk about intent. I can see the question is far from perfect but I'd like to argue we can derive the askers intent: He seems to me quite desperate to ...
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How is this question opinion based?
Does GTX 1650 encode/render videos at better speed/performance than RX 6500 XT?
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Why this question didn't get any attention even after my edit?
I asked very much beautiful question: https://superuser.com/questions/1050126/how-to-remote-upload-the-torx-download-links
First moderators complained about unclear, so I edited it. still no reply or ...
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