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What if the moderator was unreasonable and blocked me?
I asked a questions on superuser, it was technical question and I added some more details why I want to block a certain youtube channel.
instead of getting technical answers, I got parental advises !!...
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Why is the voting on SU so negative?
Why is the voting on Superuser so negative?
After looking around at other Exchange Sites, I've noticed this website is the harshest site to gain reputation. Perfectly good questions get down-voting ...
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Why was this question about securely wiping SSDs closed as "too broad"?
I asked the following question, and it was closed as "too broad". This boggles my mind, as the research I did for the question meant that I'd made it as specific as a question could possibly be, and ...
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Send message in private in Superuser
OK, good day to you.
I'm actually trying to answer some questions, and i need answers to some of mine. Really, all my posts are actually edited. No problem about that, nothing bad. But in fact i ...
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I'm a bit confused about votes
I know y'all are going to downvote this post just like that guy 2 posts below this one... idc because this is meta, but... just whatever.
I've been asking lots of questions in the past, and I.. I don'...
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I need 50 reputation points to post a comment? [duplicate]
This restriction is really blocking me. I'd like to comment on a working solution, and confirm that it is working.
I'd like to comment here:
How to bring back Photo Viewer in Windows 10?
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Effect of downvote on reputation
Should downvotes result into bigger reputation loss than -2 ? I believe that compared to +10 for an upvote, -2 is negligible and it would be fair to increase it.
Also, since the community is ...
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Why is the SuperUser Community so Arrogant and Toxic to New Users? [closed]
In the SuperUser forums, the majority of the comments have negative undertones and more focus is placed on subtle low-key comments that create a toxic culture by its very nature. Users ignore the ...
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would a discussion concerning my emacs fingers growing a bit stiffer be appropriate?
I've been an emacs user for many years. The last couple of weeks I've noticed my fingers loosing their "fluidity" and feeling a bit stiffer (resulting in a lower keys per minute count and more ...
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Is the subject of software licensing now off-subject?
My question is about the closing of the post
Should the code of my app that include libraries under LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c have to be public?
I have encountered and answered on this site ...
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Anyway to contact moderator? I believe they closed my thread because of misunderstanding
I'm talking about this thread Where to get boot image for Windows
I'm looking for boot image FOR Windows, not boot image OF Windows. The moderators closed the thread for "duplicate" and ...
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How should I have known the Duck was an April Fools prank and not a browser infection?
I was browsing SuperUser.com looking for a way to fix Widnows (Tantalus level effort, but still), and I noticed a duck asking me if it could help me.
My first thought was that my browser was infected!...
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Migrating this question killed the chances of getting a response
I asked this question
here last week. It was quickly migrated to Android Enthusiasts and since moving has seen very few views, no answers and no comments. The AE site has so few members (3500 vs 13K ...
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Why put on hold by Dave and DavidPostill?
This is my question Saving website leads to incomplete save. Flagged as off topic but i think It is software realted, or in which stackexchange should i ask this instead?
Can someone tell me why is ...
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Isn't it better to remove Linux and Windows tags?
Every time i see a question related to linux, i have to ask the user what distro are you using? Same applies to Windows.
I think a linux tag is appreciated on unix.stackexchange.com since some users ...
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Retags should not bump a post
I think (following the cd incident) that retags, as a maintenance operation, should not bump the question to the front page. What do you think?
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Alias nvidia to nvidia-graphics-card
There is no Nvidia tag. Confer, https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/nvidia.
It may be a good idea to make nvidia an alias for nvidia-graphics-card.
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Trying to log off StackExchange [duplicate]
I was told this is a duplicate and I know people don't like duplicates but I don't know what else but to ask again. I checked the StackExchange icon and there is no log off there. PLEASE I'm so tired ...
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Very ironic and ridiculous [duplicate]
I'm blocked for making questions , because someone think that my previous questions were BAD.
But my reputation is increased because my previous questions are taking up-votes.
Well , i think it's ...
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Meta tag for tag-request
I think it would be helpful to have a meta tag tag-request in order to distinguish requests for new tags from other tag-related questions. Are there any reasons why this is hasn't been implemented?
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I just want to leave this off-topic question here
I just got back from work.
I have to do some cleaning in the house, then watch something to relax in order to go to sleep for the iteration of the next day.
So, why this question was off-topic I leave ...
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Why do I have to use a bookmark to logout of SuperUser? [duplicate]
I entered SuperUser via a standard Login. Then I couldn't Logout. There was no button or link to do that. I looked under the StachExchange sign at the upper-left, and all it produced was a message ...
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Wouldn't it be better to reverse the reputation used by superuser.com?
Situation:
1) I am an expert software professional
2) I recently found superuser.com from a search engine, because I found a particular Q&A useful
Desire:
1) Vote the two answers as useful
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Should the Vote to Close option be altered?
This question and my comment there made me think, and it seems to me that to completely avoid any sense of a "pack mentality" that could be applied to when votes are cast to close a question, the ...
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Parsing out what you do versus what you say you do
The decision by several mods on Using pirated copy of old windows versions puzzles me.
Yes, the poster knows he's courting disaster. However, if we stopped helping the clueless, we'd be whistling in ...
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Why was my answer deleted?
I posted this answer, which was deleted. Why was it deleted?
Added image of deleted post for <10k users.
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Why Attribution Alone Can't Prevent a Plagiarism Suspension
Question: Does attributing and referencing content sources in your answer alone protect you from having your SuperUser account suspended for plagiarism?
Important: Clear guidelines, consistent ...
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Why was this question closed as "Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations"?
I asked the following question:
Is there a list of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems that
Dragon Professional Individual intentionally do not
support?
http://shop.nuance.com/store/nuanceus/...
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My post was unfairly closed
I asked a question about my internet abnormality.
Bad internet connections running my program but most speed test results are normal except for one
I explained
How I discovered the problem.
How I ...
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Im Losing a lot of rep to edits that are not really necessary
I'm getting a lot of edits that are personal opinion, like the order of words, where I put links (see THIS example). Is there any way I can not accept the edits? There was also some capitalization, ...
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Why was this closed? [closed]
How many guesses per second are possible against an encrypted disk?
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question is closed without proper reason
This was my question How can I benchmark Linux PC
I see its closed as not constructive. Which means,
This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve ...
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I Need to Ask a Poll-Type Question
I am trying to find out the pronunciation of a computer term, but since it is (mostly) a poll-type question, I figured I would ask for advice first in order to avoid getting raped by the seemingly ...
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Open-ended questions... That old chestnut
I know there's plenty of hardcore users here who despise open-ended questions more than anything else on the planet, but aren't we going a little too far sometimes? There are times when asking the ...
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How do I earn reputation points on Superuser?
I am new here.
I am trying to thank (ie: vote up) or comment on existing questions/answers. But those activities all seem to require points.
Ok - I need points... but all the activities to get ...
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Instagram v VSCO v 'website or forum'
How can I simultaneously download original pictures from someone else's public VSCO?
How can I download some original-sized bigger pictures from Instagram simultaneously?
https://superuser.com/...
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Make the use of an OS tag compulsory for all questions
EDIT: You are all quite right. This is not a good idea.
If I had a penny for every time I have left a comment on a question asking the OP to state which OS they are using I would be one rich geek. ...
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Is the question about floating panel less unclear now?
Why isn't the floating panel focused when clicking on it?
Has it been clearer? If not, why is that?
PS: why is that question (which is now clearer) still bad?
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Proposition to add a tag for "high refresh rate"
I searched for questions about high refresh rate displays and I found that they mostly use the general tag for refresh-rate. I think it makes sense to subdivide it further into questions about 60hz+ ...
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How many down-votes are "enough" down-votes
Let us say that a question is attracting down-votes because of being off-topic / no research effort / recommendation or any other reason for that matter.
How many down-votes can be considered ...
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Are coding cash bounties allowed on SuperUser?
I wish to offer payment for a 5 minute configuration via remote connection on my router to fix a configuration issue.
Are offers like this allowed on SuperUser?
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Where can I ask this question about Computer Screen Technology?
I have asked a question about Computer Screens on Super User. Specifically, about understanding their (supposedly different) technology, certainly not a question about their use as computer screens (...
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Unintended consequence of cheap downvotes and possible solutions
In our pursuit of great answers, we seem to have forgotten that even good questions can start out a little rough, or even very rough.
Downvotes are very common, and based on the comments following in ...
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How can I undelete this to answers
I posted this two answers, although they work and I test the solution, it seems that there is not very obvious since they were deleted on sight with this comment:
Please read the question again ...
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Tag suggestion for the new kind of browsers extensions
Can we have a "webextension" tag, (and/or a tag for E10s)?
PS: Saying "I disagree" if you disagree, is enough, no need to downvote every tag suggestion.
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1 ATI Radeon card in PCIe 2.0 slot for display. How to make use of AMD FireStream cards placed in empty PCIe 2.0 slots?
I have an AMD ATX board with 4+ PCIe 2.0 slots. 1 of the slots is
occupied by a ATI Radeon card which handles display. There are at
least 3 empty PCIe 2.0 slots on this ATX board. Suppose some AMD
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Closure of question and rude approach
My question here has been closed. Rename files 000…001…002… to 001…002…003 as too broad. From my point of view, it is clear what I am asking. I'm asking of a simple way for these files to be renamed, ...
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Why were my 2 edits suggesting formatting changes to numbering rejected?
Please see https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756634 and https://superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/756633. Adding numbering helped clarify the multitude of solutions.
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Silently deleting comments: Not Cool Super User!
So, someone deleted a couple comments I made in response to someone else's comments. There was no messaging to me about when or why. That is totally uncool. This is cencorship, pure and simple.
Yes ...
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