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Why was Straighten Microphone Cables closed?
Why was my question Straighten microphone cables closed?
It is a practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that I currently face. It is not chatty or open-ended.
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Are pictures in comments possible?
I added a comment to a question, and instead of an image popping up, this did:
![http://i.imgur.com/DXSVh.png][1]
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My question was wrongly "put on hold" as "off-topic"
My question is truly clear-cut: Do devices that implement certain machine code instructions (which are an extension to the ARMv8 ISA) exist? (I give instructions for how to check it.)
As per the ...
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Why did my comment get removed?
I left a comment answering another comment on
Eraser: "Warning: This computer has had System Restore or Volume Shadow Copies enabled.". Does my USB flash drive contain any copies of files stored?. I ...
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Is superuser.com or another StackExchange site an appropriate way to ask information about websites?
I was going to post to superuser.com a question of "I had a rough encounter with X; people should really be warned. Where besides Yelp should I post?" However, I'm not sure that questions about ...
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How can I find my the question I asked?
I asked a question in superuser about 3 hours ago. And then I closed my browser and opened it some time ago. Now I want to see question. I searched and was unable to find it. I don't deleted it. How ...
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Require users that plan to edit flood over a certain rate / amount to get permission
TL;DR: Users shouldn't flood edits without a consensus. Read my post but skip the optional stuff... :)
Every now and then, we get an edit flood at our front page. This sometimes happens without any ...
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Undelete the List of free antivirus solutions for Windows
I went out to search for antivirus solutions, and quite a few questions are on super user for this. I believe a question like "what free antivirus solutions are there" is a valid question for this (...
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Preview does not accurately represent code
<pre> tags are lined up with my bullet indents in the code preview, but not in the answer.
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Why asking about computer software is closed as off-topic?
Upgrade Visual Studio 2019 to 2022 for free?
this has been closed as off-topic. I just looked at the super user topics article and it clearly says "computer software".
Please reopen
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superuser - 1 quest... with new activity
Why does superuser display "1 question with new activity" , why not simply 1 new question.
What is the significance of "activity" here ?
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How to log out? [duplicate]
How does one log out of Superuser - Stackexchange?
I created a user id and password, and was able to post as a result,
so I'm pretty sure I'm logged in.
But I cannot find a "log out" button or link....
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Why has this question been downvoted?
Based on the fact that it's a specific problem that applies to many people, could be invaluable to those using MediaMonkey, and has no answer anywhere else I was expecting it to get at least a handful ...
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SuperUser posting for FrameMaker
I have tried three times to contact, who I thought, was the mediator for the SuperUsers site and cannot seem to get a response. The following is what I wrote:
DavidPostill - When I look at the first ...
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Please migrate my question on Automatic Wallpaper Manager?
Accordant with the answer at Would the displacement of this question help?, would you please migrate https://superuser.com/questions/679640/automatic-wallpaper-manager to another apt website like ...
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Should we really have the 'disciplined' badge?
I think the disciplined badge is a bad idea.
We are trying to get good answers and questions on this site (and, I guess, all SE sites). There have been 192 of these badges awarded to users, but, ...
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How are bounties cancelled?
How is a bounty canceled when the person is asking for nonsensical details about a question that has been clearly asked and answered?
Why do some RJ45 plugs have the lock release clip under a rubber ...
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First time visitors cannot upload images - This is annoying
First time visitors cannot upload images.
This is very annoying I would imagine for both parties!
Can we create something which (for a totally wild example), when a first time user tries to upload ...
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Didn't recive mortarboard badge
The info about the Mortarboard badge says that anyone who has earned 200 reputation (or more) in a single day should get this badge.
Yesterday I earned 267 reputation,
But I didn't get the badge.
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Which Stack Exchange site should I post a question about certificate providers to?
https://superuser.com/q/571905/172193
That was closed as being off topic. In my mind it ''does'' "relate to computer software" just as much as such questions as "What's a good free GUI zip client for ...
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Why did my answer to this question get deleted?
Why did my answer to this question get deleted? I think I was misunderstood in my intention to clarify the problem and to help with a program I've written myself.
I posted a link to my website and I ...
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Can someone explain to me about reputation?
I don't understand how to get Reputation. I have tried searching for the answer, but to no avail. Even a link to the correct page will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Account locked after I deleted questions that attacked griefer?
Several of my questions attracted griefer who bombarded the comments with nit picks, so I deleted them, now my account is locked from making new posts because the question that are left are boring and ...
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Why can’t I post an answer to a question titled: “ASUS Armoury Crate installation fails with error 102”
Of the questions I have only one: why, if I found a possible solution and registered only to write an answer, I can't do it because I don't have a reputation? It turns out to be absurd.
But I have an ...
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Can the "migrated from StackOverflow" notice expire, please?
There are questions that were migrated from other sites, e.g. Stack Overflow.
These questions have a migration notice, e.g. Remove audio from video file with FFmpeg
(Sorry, I didn't know where to ...
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Why was that question was declared off-topic?
I thought all questions about browser add-ons where on topic.
In that case, I’m failing to understand, why this question is not in the scope of this website :
Does Encrypted Media Extensions is ...
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Reasonable flags are getting declined left, right and center
When I first came to SU, if I flagged a comment, it would vanish. Back then, mods seems to have a deletionist tendency towards flags. Nowadays, mods almost always decline comment flags.
But things ...
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please review hold on my blocker question
https://superuser.com/questions/1057348/blocker-setup-to-protect-non-technical-users has been rewritten with objective criteria.
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Question deleted with no recourse?
I have a question closed https://superuser.com/questions/831078/yosemite-osx-install-stuck-on-first-step and a moderator comment "Don't use pirated software?" when this is not the case.
There isn't ...
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Feature for Contesting a Duplicate Designation
There needs to be a better way for users who have questions marked as duplicate to contest the designation.
As of right now, there is no formal mechanism in the system for a user to be able to ...
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Why can't I delete my own question?
So today I asked this question: https://superuser.com/questions/464472/why-do-all-my-usb-devices-malfunction-now-and-then
It was closed within an hour. Fine, OK, bad question, whatever. I'll delete ...
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Is it unethical to ask someone you know to review your posts?
Is it wrong if (hypothetically) person A asks person B to look at some of person A's best answers, hoping that person B will notice their quality and upvote them.
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Why questions are closed and why asking new questions are banned?
Its good to organize and maintain the forum and make it look good and have question or research or knowledge sharing. As in stack exchange specially super user i have faced strict rules of closing ...
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How do I log out of superuser? [duplicate]
I logged in to superuser to uprate a good answer, and I prefer to log out of sites before leaving them for my (and their) security, but I don't see any "Logout" button in the title bar or in any of ...
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Did I do something wrong with my question?
I just got a question removed, without any comment or explaination.
I'd like some opinions to know whether I did something actually wrong, or if my question might have just been hastly judged, due to ...
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Should a short error message be formatted as inline code, bold or simply with double quotes?
Should a short error message be formatted as inline code, bold or simply with double quotes?
Example:
What is the difference between Error: blabla and Error: huhu?
... or ...
What is the ...
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Is there any chance to return ability to make question or should i open a new account
My account is blocked , so I can't make any question anymore.
Is there any chance to be unblocked or I just should open a new account ?
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Q&A Posts - The Question
I'm looking at starting to do Q&A posts here on SuperUser for problems that I encounter, from uncommon problems to common problems. Obviously, the answer will have the most info in the entire post,...
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Highlighting questions with accepted answers as [solved]
I've seen this elsewhere and personally think it's a very useful feature. When questions have an answer marked as accepted, [solved] gets added onto the end of the page title. This then appears in ...
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Question was removed before I could provide clarification
My Inbox today had an alert to a comment on a question, where it seems some clarification was being asked for in order to make the question more useful. However, when trying to view the comment, I ...
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Is there an easy way to see your starred questions?
There are some questions I tend to need to reference quite often.
Is there a way for me to see my starred questions, without clicking on my username and viewing my list of starred questions?
(this ...
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My comment(replies) to other user were deleted
I have a question about my Super User post: Recovering Windows 11
My comment(replies) to other user were deleted. They didn't violate any rules and they were on topic and valid replies to the user. ...
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Full Screen Width not used [closed]
Superuser does not use full width of my screen in browser.
My questions are small in the middle, need to be scrolled while there is much border left and right.
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Deleting a question that was unsuitable
Why is not possible to delete a question where another user has posted an answer ?
What if the original poster realized afterwards that it as in fact a bad question to ask; and perhaps should have ...
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Would the [desktop-shortcut] be the same as the [file-shortcut]? [closed]
Would the [desktop-shortcut] be the same as the [file-shortcut]?
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Is there a way to show people why their -1 was wrong?
So my question comes from How to automatically hide files put in a specific folder? Bon Gart was very quick to downvote my answer (be sure to look at it post terdon's edit) Is there anyway, other than ...
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Add 'Fault' to the Meta required tag list
Is it possible to add something like 'Fault' or 'Failure' or 'Crash' to the list of tags that you have to pick one of in order to post to Meta? For example, with yesterday's data centre down-ness ("...
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What do I do when a question was closed for "needing clarity", but doesn't state what needs clarification?
I recently asked a question that was closed about 1 minute later due to it needing "details or clarity".
However, there weren't any comments in the closure remarks, and there were no ...
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It happened again: My question has been closed inadvertently
So it happened again. One of my questions has been closed inadvertently. The folks who have closed it claimed that it is not about hardware as outlined in the help center.
However:
1) I have read ...
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I asked a question that is a month old, is it okay to delete?
I asked a question about Windows 10 and its start menu here. It's one month old, has no answers, and only one comment I forgot to respond to. Should I delete it and ask it again, or should I respond ...
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