diff --git "a/pooled/dev/questions.forum.tsv" "b/pooled/dev/questions.forum.tsv" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/pooled/dev/questions.forum.tsv" @@ -0,0 +1,10097 @@ +0 The Rules of Writing +1 Dear Stack Exchange, I am very disappointed in you - How to construct a strong opening line in a letter? +2 How do you write a Stack Exchange answer? +3 How to write a prompt email? +4 Whats the modern way to handle gender in tech writing? +5 How can I write about historical realities that readers mistakenly believe are unrealistic? +6 Using real words from a foreign culture feels like Calling a rabbit a smeerp +7 Do You Use Any Version Controlling Software/Methods As Writers? +8 Should an emoji come before or after a full-stop? +9 How do I translate into a gendered language where the gender would be a spoiler? +10 The Good, the Bad, and the Semicolon +11 The protagonist cant defeat the antagonist without the antagonist being stupid +12 How do I know if a concept is sexist or not? +13 How to overcome the fact that I cant write? +14 A critic made a comment that my female character sounds like she was written by a man +15 Is there a special software for writers? +16 How to avoid turning dialogue into Q&A session? +17 Avoiding racist tropes in fantasy +18 How do you communicate to people that writing is a job and prevent interruptions? +19 Is the hero guy saves girl trope misogynistic? +20 How to write a story without conflict, like My Neighbour Totoro? +21 Whats the least distracting method to inform editors Im a woman? +22 Is Wikipedia Trustworthy? +23 What kind of protagonist or writing style is Jack Sparrow? +24 Choosing character names is a constant difficulty +25 Sometimes a banana is just a banana +26 What are good reads about writing? +27 How do I write Show, Dont Tell as a person with Asperger Syndrome? +28 All of a sudden... ? +29 Traits of Bad Writers - Analysing Popular Authors +30 How to write a character that knows a lot about explosives? +31 How do I avoid the chosen hero feeling? +32 Should you use two spaces after a period, or just a single one? +33 How can I write an attention-grabbing first line? +34 How does one deal with world builders syndrome? +35 How to make the reader think that the *characters* logic is flawed instead of the authors? +36 How to trick the reader into thinking theyre following a redshirt instead of the protagonist? +37 How do I go from 300 unfinished/half written blog posts, to published posts? +38 What makes a poem a poem? +39 My kids first story +40 Killing the protagonist - should it be done? +41 Convincing argument about something I dont agree with +42 How to creep the reader out with what seems like a normal person? +43 The art of clickbait captions +44 I wrote a novel, now what? +45 Is there any good time-line software out there? +46 The Chosen One paradox +47 The flux capacitor--its what makes time travel possible. When to keep world-building explanations short +48 Is it a bad idea to have multiple bad endings and only one good ending? +49 If Im writing in US English, am I not allowed to use the metric system? +50 Avoiding spectacle creep +51 How to avoid mentioning the name of a character? +52 What are good places to post your work where it will be read by others? +53 How to make travel scenes interesting without adding needless plot diversions? +54 Why write a book when theres a movie in my head? +55 Help! Ive got Writers Block +56 Uh oh - My book stinks. Now what? +57 I have written my first novel and I think its ready. What next? +58 Do Writers Use LaTex/TeX for writing? +59 How unadvisable is it to flip the protagonist into a villain? +60 How to perpetuate the plot-driving riddle without frustrating the reader? +61 Im producing a play with a character who the audience isnt supposed to know is alive, can I credit the actor in the program? +62 What is the correct usage of P.S. in Emails? +63 Avoiding the not like other girls trope? +64 Averting Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses +65 What can a novel do that film and TV cannot? +66 How long can a fantasy novel stay in metaphorical Kansas? +67 What is a normal length for a chapter? +68 Do hard to pronounce names break immersion? +69 How do I recover my confidence after a harsh writing group? +70 Editors: Edit on first read, or read and edit on second round? +71 How do I say that a character said something without resorting to said Character every time? +72 Is it worth switching to Dvorak? +73 How do I hide Chekhovs Gun? +74 How do I convey that a relationship is platonic? +75 How can I explain my world if the character is technologically not yet capable of understanding it? +76 Is there a need for better software for writers? +77 How can I catch more errors when I proofread? +78 How often should I remind my readers of the setting? +79 How does one write a character smarter than oneself? +80 How do I keep the gender of my main character purposely ambiguous? +81 How can I portray body horror and still be sensitive to people with disabilities? +82 Is it expected that a reader will skip parts of what you write? +83 How do I construct a plot out of my many setting/character details? +84 Avoiding the as you know trope in exposition +85 Writing first programming book +86 Getting Inside Someone Elses Head +87 How do you avoid purple prose? +88 How to write a nice frame challenge? +89 How do I write LGBT characters without looking like Im trying to be politically correct? +90 Can I write a book of my D&D game? +91 Would readers feel cheated if the villain is successful in convincing the protagonist to change sides? +92 How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities? +93 How do you make characters relatable if they exist in a completely different moral context? +94 When is it okay to tell, instead of show? +95 Self Editing tips/tricks +96 Is it acceptable to use words like heaven and god when the narrator is agnostic? +97 What are the Pros and Cons of long names? +98 Protagonists race is hidden - should I reveal it? +99 Is it bad if I dont like the best books in my chosen genre? +100 How important is writing for games? +101 How does the 10,000 hour rule apply to writing? +102 Should software product release notes be in marketing voice or technical voice? (software documentation) +103 What is the balance between stating a problem clearly and Hemingways literary iceberg? +104 What is meant by purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous actions? +105 How to represent jealousy in a cute way? +106 How do I stop using the to start sentences so much? +107 How to prevent ebook piracy from stealing your livelihood? +108 Real people dont make good fictional characters. Really true? +109 How should I respond to a supervisor/editor who thinks my technical writing is too conversational? +110 How to show a character being bored for multiple chapters without boring the reader +111 How can I avoid a predictable plot? +112 Is it true that good novels will automatically sell themselves on Amazon (and so on) and there is no need for one to waste time promoting? +113 Is the first page of a novel really that important? +114 Are there advantages in writing by hand over typing out a story? +115 Want to write, have ideas, no story telling techniques or experience, feeling lost? +116 How do I find an agent? +117 Why do hardcover books retail for more than three times the cost of softcover books? +118 Should I use the words pyromancy and necromancy even if they dont mean what people think they do? +119 How to write female characters with agency? +120 My story is written in English, but is set in my home country. What language should I use for the dialogue? +121 Should I self-publish my novella on Amazon or try my luck getting publishers? +122 How to *show* a controversial reality without seeming like Im treating it as acceptable and without stating that this is wrong? +123 How can I answer high-school writing prompts without sounding weird and fake? +124 How do I spot an unintentional promise in my story? +125 Why does an author need an editor? +126 The psychology of starting a piece of writing +127 Where to draw the line between fantasy and reality in a story? +128 Is no religion a bad thing? +129 Would it be cheating to change the main characters name partway through the story? +130 How can you write when youre upset? +131 Do I have any control over the grammar of my novel? +132 How to manage getting depressed by what my main character goes through? +133 How much can a reader remember? +134 Decide on a theme/overarching meaning before writing a short story? +135 Im afraid of quashing the hopes of a new writer +136 Is it okay to publish a book at a young age? +137 How many characters are too many? +138 Should I write a novel if I havent read many? +139 How to get my book taken seriously as a teenager? +140 Evil plans - how do you come up with interesting ones? +141 An LGBT main character, but the book isnt about LGBT issues +142 How to write a sincerely religious protagonist without preaching or affirming or judging their worldview? +143 How can I convince my reader that I will not use a certain trope? +144 Writing a novel, can I do [this or that]? +145 How Much Can You Make From Writing a Book? +146 Writing a Super Intelligent AI +147 Using fake swear words without them seeming out of place to the reader +148 Are illustrations in novels frowned upon? +149 How to write dialogue for someone who is intelligent but barely speaks the language? +150 Is there such a thing as too inconvenient? +151 How do I tell the reader that my character is autistic in Fantasy? +152 Is it a bad idea to adopt an English pen name as an Asian American writer to reach a wider audience? +153 Is there a hemisphere-neutral way of specifying a season? +154 Pitfalls of writing a main character of different gender to the author, specifically first-person perspective? +155 How can I get into the mindset to write? +156 Fan Fiction: a crutch or a good start? +157 Writing a love interest for my hero +158 When blogging recipes, how can I support both readers who want the narrative/journey and ones who want the printer-friendly recipe? +159 How does a writer go about consulting experts? +160 Avoiding repetition when there are two unidentified individuals +161 Organizing your Universe? +162 Explicitly correcting yourself while writing - how appropriate is it ? +163 How can Santa keep his lists when the GDPR is around? +164 How would Facebook Sysadmins prevent the summoning of Cthulhu? +165 Tomorrow is Groundhog Day... For everyone. How does society respond? +166 How do you prove youre from the future? +167 Whats the smallest change to physics required to allow magic? +168 How to safely check if you are immortal? +169 Is there a single historic event which could be changed to cause the USA to use SI units? +170 Whats the most reasonable way to fit Monsters in your Pocket? +171 How can a Horror from Beyond Reason reliably communicate with mortals? +172 Im stranded on an alien planet. How do I measure an earth year without a clock? +173 How might modern humans leave a message for 50,000 years? +174 How do I protect my shop from teleporters? +175 How could dragons be explained without magic? +176 Humans are Gone: Do the Chickens Make It? +177 Russian Dolls - How do they reproduce? +178 You are an advanced AI that controls a smart house. How do you kill your master? +179 What is the least world changing reason why the government would pay for you to keep a llama during your 44th year of life? +180 If everyone in the world disappeared except 35 random people, how long would it take for one of them to realize theyre not alone? +181 Why fill a dungeon with puzzles? +182 Can a substance be more lethal in smaller doses? +183 Anatomically Correct Strange Women In Ponds Distributing Swords +184 How to best upgrade your Towel for military combat? +185 Would a bear cavalry be feasible? +186 If time travel is possible in the future, no matter how distant, why havent they come back to tell us? +187 The AI that fails to be evil +188 How to take down the internet? +189 Santa is Satan, but why? +190 You can control a Demon by knowing its True Name, but why? +191 What is the minimum human population necessary for a sustainable colony? +192 What single change would have given the best chance for the Axis to win World War 2? +193 A Most Subtle Magic +194 Why are there no toilets on the starship Exciting Undertaking? +195 How do Glass Ants create their tunnels? +196 Everything alive in the world dies this instant. Without bacteria to decompose anything, what happens to the remains? What does this look like? +197 Why would giant mechs use melee weapons? +198 How can I break down the task of creating a world into manageable chunks? +199 Everyone believes everything Joe says. How can he get around it? +200 What could people notice about someone who is two times as dense as a regular person? +201 How would I know if I were a 1 mm tall robot? +202 What cheap modern items can I use to bribe medieval people? +203 What vehicle would be the best one to start a >1000 km travel in a post apocalyptic zombie situation? +204 Releasing a T-Rex into a modern ecosystem wouldnt be that bad, right? +205 How can I ensure my Evil Tower is always stormy? +206 How can a banker successfully (and safely) lend money to an autocrat? +207 Why would characters spend time answering imaginary questions to fictional hypotheticals? +208 Could a planet made completely of water exist? +209 How can a Dragon keep humanity in check? +210 My carrier pigeons have been replaced by spoons: how can I send messages? +211 How does Santa protect himself from IP lawsuits? +212 In space, do shipping lanes make sense? +213 How many humans can I abduct without getting noticed? +214 How does a species who cannot distinguish left from right build their cities? +215 Which major solar system body could most realistically be artificial? +216 How far back in time would English be understandable to a modern speaker? +217 How long would it take to create a Windows 1.0 capable machine from complete scratch? +218 Could a Dwarven Civilization Exist? +219 In a medieval setting, how far apart should towns be? +220 What would make scientists realize they were on a flat world? +221 How can a race of eldritch abominations help humanity? +222 How would having multiple moons affect tides? +223 Would intelligent life evolve any other body plan than humanoid? +224 Who is spreading the rumour that Santa isnt real? +225 This sword is forged from meteorite iron - but how is that any good? +226 Why would a staff increase the magic power of a mage? +227 If our universe was a simulation, what could a bug look like? +228 What mechanism can prevent super-healing heroes from accidentally budding? +229 Truth Stone: Effects on the justice system, and criminal world +230 Would planets be cubic in my cuboverse? +231 How fast can I flood the Netherlands entirely and permanently? +232 How to build a trap to last the ages? +233 How to survive the heat death of the universe? +234 If 120 experts in 12 different fields were sent back 10,000 years, could they recreate the 21st century in 100 years? +235 If I went back in time, how could I handle being among the Black Death and survive? +236 Would relatively primitive people really confuse technology with magic? +237 What could make a star green? +238 A believable place for your secret lair +239 Would somebody from the middle ages be able to identify an atomic / nuclear bomb? +240 How to monetize uploaded consciousness? +241 Awesomeness powered magic - why would a group of awesome magicians want to keep their kryptonite near them? +242 Would a Moon made of water pose a threat to Earth during eclipses? +243 If the Romans found one working steam engine would they have been able to copy and use it? +244 The Challenge of Controlling a Powerful AI +245 A mosque on Mars? +246 Is there a scientific explanation as to why aliens should look similar to us? +247 How would it make sense that spellbooks or grimoires teach only one spell? +248 Great Old Ones Limited, or Why does Cthulhu need a Company? +249 How to keep humans pilots instead of AI in sci-fi future? +250 My time machine needs to know when it is +251 Why would vampires be incapable of entering a non-vampire human’s house uninvited? +252 What could an average modern human achieve in medieval times? +253 A poison that only works if you know it is there +254 How would society react if the existence of a god was scientifically proven? +255 Are there logical gaps in the periodic table in which you could insert a new mystery element for use as a fuel? +256 Would a submarine make a great spaceship? +257 Lembas bread (2000 Calories per bite) +258 How do you check if a room behind a door aboard a spaceship has an atmosphere/pressure? +259 Would a robot really need to use a heads up display (HUD)? +260 A list of worldbuilding resources +261 Effects of know before you vote political system +262 How to stop evil site moderators? ⦋quite firmly closed⦌ +263 Possible distance travelled by horse over 6 weeks? +264 Building a phone charger 500 years ago +265 For fiction purposes, are there any reserved or non-existent top-level-domains writers can use in stories? +266 My star will explode as a supernova. What can I do in order to ensure that my planet survives that? +267 Encrypting maps +268 Why would dead languages be the only languages that spells could be written in? +269 How to monetize free energy without revealing its existence? +270 Does a hive mind race need a written language? +271 0g pool: can I keep a big ball of water in space? +272 How soon can the first stars form? +273 How can a colony of teleporters make the most money while keeping their teleportation a secret? +274 What would be the best way to get clean, drinkable water in a medieval city? +275 Humans can now run 40 mph. How do I keep the stupid people alive? +276 Conquering a Metropolis with near-zero own casualties +277 Would a World Tree be feasible in real life? +278 Is it worth sending a manned mission to a black hole? +279 Are there techniques for creating alien or foreign sounding names? +280 Humans as Pets? +281 Tree Shape on a Tidally Locked World +282 How can I develop names for my fantasy land? +283 Can a casino system prove my (divine) luck as cheating? +284 How much mayhem could I cause as a sentient fish? +285 How can I build a door to repel a horde of zombies? +286 Whats the most likely post democracy form of political government? +287 How to protect shops in the medieval era against thievery? +288 How many cows would you need to drop on Mars to successfully terraform it? +289 Can stars that are not powered by nuclear fusion exist? +290 Random body shuffle every night—can we still function? +291 How many people can you feed per square-kilometer of farmland? +292 Could astronauts find their bearings in the Universe after being transported 6 gigalightyears from Earth? +293 Sword in the rock - make it last the ages +294 Must magic be tied to medieval tech? +295 Is it physically possible for a planet to have seasons of different lengths? +296 Plausible Reasons for usage of Combat Mecha +297 Is there any real reason for Dwarves not to have cavalry? +298 Which professions warranted travel in Medieval times? +299 How Long Could an Eternal Fire Last? +300 Is there something like Open Source Elvish? +301 Concealing my earth-changing invention +302 Spiders In Space: How to design a space suit for an arachnid? +303 How quickly and accurately should news travel in a rural medieval setting? +304 What (modern) weapons could be used to destroy skeletal enemies as completely as possible? +305 Slow teleportation +306 How can Santa exist when adults buy the toys? +307 How would an aquatic race develop computers? +308 How can a pacifist country protect itself? +309 If magic is real, can it be true that rational scientific thought should exclude it? +310 Why would a country make a declaration of war instead of just invading? +311 How could an apocalypse kill off all adults -- leaving only those under the age of 18? +312 How can I move a planet? +313 Can Average Joe reboot the nuclear power plant? +314 Why would a God of Murder be worshipped by a society? +315 Why would a decision making machine decide to destroy itself? +316 How does the government cover up alien crash landings? +317 The opposite to Worldbuilding: World Destruction +318 What would be the possible issues with an IQ based voting system +319 What is the fastest way for a robot with superhuman capabilities to make money? +320 If the insects declared war, who would win? +321 Why would society not cremate its dead in a world where necromancy is possible? +322 Im on the Titanic, what should I do to survive? +323 Would we find alien music meaningful? +324 What makes supervillains want to tell their plans to adversaries? +325 What questions should I ask myself when designing a legal system for a fantasy world? +326 Is there any job that cant be automated? +327 How would primitive peoples detect radiation? +328 Is using the Sun as a sort of garbage dump safe? +329 How can Elsas power fuel my Industrial Revolution? +330 How could an ancient race warn the future in a universally understandable way? +331 Anatomically correct XKCDius lethalissimus +332 Ugh, Im stuck in an orbital spaceport. But why? +333 How could we fake a moon landing now? +334 Could aliens colonize Earth without realizing humans are people too? +335 How to prevent tiny mistake in programmable language magic spell causing horrible disasters? +336 Are geographically typed planets realistic? +337 How would people in 17th century Salem react to modern day clothing +338 Can Communism become a stable economic strategy? How? +339 How do I keep my slaves happy? +340 Everything Joe says will become true. Can anybody notice? +341 How do I make an alien technology feel alien? +342 How can a single person with unlimited lifetimes and persistent memory affect the world? +343 Taxing the superhero industry +344 Do centaurs suckle from horse nipples or human nipples? +345 How would a dragon be used in a modern military? +346 What is the utilitarian purpose of artificial waterfalls? +347 What kind of weapons could squirrels use? +348 Designing an animal that wants to be eaten +349 What would it take for society reach a point where the time it takes to learn leaves no time to discover? +350 Can a human colony survive on a hot world? +351 How to harness Jupiters gravitational energy? +352 Start a coup online without the government intervening +353 Can you simply scale up animals? +354 How to give a rationality-inducing drug to an entire software company? +355 How can you possibly stop/kill a person who has the ability to stop time? +356 Humans are gone - what can I harvest from their cities 30M years later? +357 In what war would one modern military vehicle make a difference? +358 Why Would Aliens Enslave Humans? +359 Why would any interstellar starship still bother with streamline body design? +360 How to keep a military technology secret while using it? +361 Would a culture with magic consider it magic? +362 Being reborn with your memories - Knowledge is power, but how much? +363 How could a natural road form across a sea? +364 How to butcher your dragon? +365 Why should humans risk a robot apocalypse by modifying Asimovs laws? +366 How can an unimaginably huge life form reliably communicate with mortals? +367 How can powerful telekinesis avoid violating Newtons 3rd Law? +368 How can I prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union? +369 How would a war between immortals be fought? +370 Is it possible to make an alloy that melts at low temperatures and solidifies at high temperatures? +371 Is it possible to create a practical sword thats naturally toxic? +372 Eternal space battle around a planet. But why? +373 Mineral that explodes when cooling down +374 Would earthlike planets in other solar systems have well-known Earth gemstones such as rubies, emeralds and sapphires? +375 How do I drug a population in the most efficient way? +376 Any good way for an AI to prove that they are an AI? +377 How often must carnivorous grassland eat? +378 Is there a real life substance like movie acid? +379 In a world with very advanced computer science, how would people be taught sufficient programming skills? +380 What modern technology would be most revolutionary to ancient Greeks? +381 How do we tell if were living in a virtual reality world? +382 Stealth in Space: How realistic is it? +383 Charging phone in medieval times +384 What single change would have given the best chance for the Allies to win the Battle of France in early WWII +385 How to monetize magical mirrors in todays world? +386 Where should a galactic capital be? +387 What would be left of a civilization founded in dinosaur times? +388 Why does the Conjoined Alliance of Space Travellers keep producing red uniforms? +389 Help! Our merchants keep turning into villains! +390 Can humans interact meaningfully with the economy when robots are better at everything? +391 How would an astronaut conclude hes on Earth, but 600 million years in the future? +392 Are flying plants possible? +393 How could a language that uses a single word extremely often sustain itself? +394 Is it possible to kill all life on Earth? +395 Is a pig-mounted cavalry possible? +396 Architecture of the perfect zombie apocalypse refuge +397 How much steel armor can you wear and still be able to swim? +398 On a world with differently sized humans, how do I keep wages fair? +399 The first McDonalds restaurant on Mars +400 How does vampire-dad keep the masquerade to his daughter +401 Lets weaponize jellyfish +402 I duplicate the U.S. President. What happens? +403 How can I hide my island? +404 How do I justify spending time to create a world in the first place? +405 Dealing With Dragonslayers +406 How can a hive mind secretly monetize its special ability to make lots of money? +407 Would a full body diamond armor and sword guarantee survival and victory against a medieval battalion? +408 How could I have modern computers without GUIs? +409 How can I imprison a wizard who can walk through walls? +410 Could a disaster kill all (human) life on Earth but leave astronauts in low orbit alive long enough to return? +411 How would people living in eternal day learn that stars exist? +412 How to verify or establish identity where shapeshifters exist +413 How can the NSA capture Santa Claus? +414 Justifying why a trolls skin would turn to stone in sunlight +415 What would a Boeing 747 look like if it were left in a hangar for 5,000 years. Could it still be flown? +416 Why might wizards be unable to wear armour? +417 How to prevent superluminal traveling idiots from wrecking half of the universe? +418 Is there any plausible reason for a robots eyes to glow? +419 Ultimate Australian Canal +420 Ensuring an endless war, and an endless stalemate +421 How to make money from a browser who sees 5 seconds into the future of any web page? +422 Making a sword in the stone, in a medieval world without magic +423 I dont want to live on this planet anymore +424 What would happen if an alien race gave us a computer capable of 2^256 calculations per second? +425 The land grows evil and corrupted ... but why? +426 Is Cancer Biologically Universal? +427 Magic rules without logical loopholes +428 Mosquito Armageddon +429 How can I make my languages structurally less like English? +430 Where can I transform without being noticed? +431 What sort of problem would drive a near omnipotent civilization to seek an outside the box solution? +432 How to solve the old gun on a spaceship problem? +433 Other blood colors +434 How to enforce a Ban on Vegetarianism +435 How can waste from the body be removed without being expelled from the anus? +436 A 40km diameter alien saucer is floating 2km above the ocean for a long time. What are the effects on the sea ecosytem below? +437 Making the Master Swordsman fantasy realistic? +438 I travel back in time: how could I know when I landed? +439 An Earth-like planet is found in another solar system. What are the top priorities after landing in order to create a self-sustaining colony? +440 Why would people bury their dead in tombs when they might become zombies? +441 Are there any rules or guidelines about designing a flag? +442 A city to last ten million years: Construction +443 Physically, how do dragons grasp and *transport* the contents of their hoards? +444 Are there any ways to allow some form of FTL travel without allowing time travel? +445 What would a medieval war against an aquatic race look like? +446 Zero Privacy: Culture +447 Is there a credible way a shapeshifter could gain/lose body mass when changing forms? +448 Could an average person take over the world? +449 What kind of natural armor would stop bullets? +450 How would humanity enter a Dark Age? +451 Is it plausible to have two written forms of one spoken language that are so different as to be indecipherable? +452 How could a planet have a sky without stars at night? +453 What is the minimum radius of a circular corridor for the walls to appear straight? +454 How can I get my DeLorean to 88 miles per hour without a train? +455 Realistic Santa and Reindeer +456 Why would two species of predator with the same prey cooperate? +457 How can humans coexist with an intelligent carnivorous species? +458 Is there a more effective way to build a language than a word frequency list? +459 Would the human body support living on planets with a greater gravity than Earth? +460 Is there such thing as a one-person door? +461 How would a medieval city get cold drinks? +462 Why would technology dictate graphical interfaces to be rare on spaceships? +463 What would be the impact of a modern programmer and laptop being dropped into World War II, possibly breaking Enigma? +464 My perfect evil overlord plan... or is it? +465 How to find out a year Im in? +466 Modern warfare theory in a medieval setting +467 How would merfolk society dispose of their dead? And would disposing of the bodies in the ocean have any negative effect on marine life? +468 Whats the most entertaining way to prove to someone that they arent real? +469 What are the conditions in which a creature would evolve more than one brain? +470 What realistic way could limit an FTL drive to only travelling between stars? +471 How to Kill the Thought-Crime Killer +472 What would it take to build a ship capable of crossing the Pacific? +473 How would government change if everyone died by the age of 25? +474 How does Santa fit down the chimney? +475 How would I limit the amount of magical bling a person could wear? +476 Why cant spaceships go underwater? +477 How quickly will government realize that I am printing money? +478 An infinite train circling the planet that never stops +479 Why would a Dystopian government promote education to its citizens, instead of ignorance? +480 Could extreme climate zones exist next to each other? +481 What would it feel like on the surface of a planet while it collides with another planet? +482 Does a grenade kill you the same way a gun does? +483 Safe way to eat zombies? +484 Dangerous pending task in world managing A.I +485 Why is this creature afraid of water but not of body or plant fluids? +486 From which point on would including a dragon on one side of a historical battle not be an instant victory? +487 How does the Booze-Rat fuel its defensive mechanism? +488 A Bird that Never Touches Ground +489 How would an AI self awareness kill switch work? +490 If reality were frame-rate based, how could we detect it? +491 Is space piracy orbitally practical? +492 Could a human engineer comprehend alien electronics? +493 What is the least expensive way to annihilate humanity? +494 How to Defeat a Precognitive Warrior? +495 Why would anyone build robots when they have human rights? +496 Could a submarine built during the cold war maintain pressure underwater for 50 years? +497 How do I make a space battle both realistic, with physics in play such as no sound and weird motion, but also very epic and intense still? +498 How Would a Post-Planetary Civilization Measure Time? +499 Galactic Law Enforcement - Handcuff Alternatives +500 What does Earth have to offer for an alien civilization +501 Why would there be any use for sea shanties in space? +502 Prehistoric messages to the future +503 Why is my Dark World so dark? +504 What impact would a dragon the size of Asia have on the environment? +505 How can there be different religions in a world where gods have been proven to exist? +506 What could a self-sustaining lunar colony slowly lose that would ultimately prove fatal? +507 How can a group of immortals hide in a modern society with extensive record-keeping? +508 Where in the solar system is the most viable place to put my colonists, after Mars and Luna? +509 How far away would an alien civilization need to be for us to not notice them? +510 How would someone hide an asteroid in the void of space so only they could find it? +511 How can Dwarves produce honey underground? +512 How would Muslims adapt to follow their prayer rituals in the loss of Earth? +513 Would it be possible for an Earth-sized world to speak a single language? +514 Million-year-old records +515 How long will an ageless person live? +516 Quenching swords in dragon blood; why? +517 Why would a civilization outfit buildings with separate portals for entering and leaving them? +518 Killing off Indiana Jones +519 Anatomically correct metalhead, part 1 - headbanging +520 Building a bridge to the stars +521 The Benign Apocalypse +522 Creating a realistic world map - Currents, Precipitation and Climate +523 Socialist country with good economy? +524 Would a fighter pilot with an invincible space ship be able to conquer the galaxy? +525 Is there a way to create a bomb to destroy a star? +526 What software is available for keeping and organising notes about your world? +527 If every star in the universe except the Sun were destroyed, would we die? +528 How do you power all the nanobots? +529 Would gorillas with human-level intelligence make effective soldiers? +530 How do spaceships determine each others mass in space? +531 I want to become a living god! +532 What is valid evidence in a world with perfect CGI technology? +533 FTL travel is impossible. How is interstellar trade possible? +534 How far is too far when worldbuilding? +535 Santa is broke. How much does it cost for someone else to be Santa? +536 How can an organ that provides biological immortality be unable to regenerate? +537 What circumstances could lead to city layout based on hexagons? +538 Can stone be recycled by melting and cooling it? +539 Build an impregnable fortress in the middle ages with modern technology +540 Why do people in Cryogenic sleep not wear clothes? +541 Is there a maximum size an ocean bound creature could grow to? +542 Military Tank drone, why are they not common yet? +543 Could a joke be funny enough to kill? +544 Is a man-eating plant realistic? +545 Plausible explanation for lack of reflection in a mirror +546 Explaining where energy comes from to power magic +547 Why would a civilization develop a taboo against a highly nutritious food that grows well in its climate? +548 How would people conceivably escape a planet too large for chemical rockets? +549 What would be the best way to fight a duel with lightsabers? +550 Selling the right to kill ones convicted abuser: how could an NGO make this profitable? +551 Would a castle built at the top of a mesa have unusual weaknesses? +552 Speedrun to the moon in one lifetime? +553 Hacking the universe +554 What sort of punishment would replace fines in a post-scarcity society? +555 Identify Batman without getting caught +556 Would charging unicorns survive the impact with a line of infantry? +557 If we put humans on planets with atmospheres different from Earths atmosphere, but still containing oxygen, would humans be able to breathe? +558 Are gunswords feasible? +559 Could a society use bullets as money? +560 How fast would a sword need to be to avoid getting blood on it? +561 Why would merfolk have hair? +562 Why would a race with high longevity but low numbers be aggressive and warlike? +563 What are the disadvantages of a long living race? +564 What could prevent players from leaving an island? +565 An environment where round beds are easier to build than rectangular +566 Can you shoot someone with a bullet... from orbit? +567 What skills would an early-1500s era ship captain need to learn to become a modern-day sailor (and eventually a captain again)? +568 How to subtly identify a weapon as powerfully magical? +569 Need to start a religion with a predefined self-destruct +570 What could cause sugary rain? +571 Infinite flat world +572 Crucial and unlikely discoveries in history +573 Why zero tolerance on nudity in space? +574 Plausible reason why my time machine can only go back a certain amount of time? +575 The 10,000 year skyscraper +576 Reasons why healthy people would intentionally want to get infected? +577 Are endothermic bombs possible? +578 Is roof-hopping through a city realistic? +579 How to introduce my perpetual motion invention to the scientific community? +580 How can a fish that explodes by itself prosper enough to reproduce on a grand enough scale to persist as a species? +581 Could two planets be tidally locked to each other so close they share their atmosphere? +582 Would a steam powered plane be able to cross the Atlantic ocean? +583 Most useful knowledge from the 30s to understand current state of computers & networking? +584 How do I defend an island nation from attackers with 15th century technology? +585 Farming after the apocalypse: chickens or giant cockroaches? +586 What could make an area of land be accessible only at certain times of the year? +587 Only the Swiss Are Left - Can They Survive? +588 Would a non-lethal military be effective? +589 Designing Hacking Arrows +590 Is it possible to have a planetary system with planets having perfectly synchronized orbits? +591 Realistic economic impact of a Hero +592 How would law enforcement be different if we could talk to the dead? +593 What technology would Dwarves need to forge titanium? +594 What if the speed of light were 100 times higher? +595 What US states are most likely to rebel? +596 If I travelled in time to 1979... would my smartphones gps still work? +597 How would exposing a female warriors (mostly) bare bottom help her in combat? +598 Create a world where Necromancy isnt considered as an evil type of magic +599 How would you bring wealth back to the past? +600 Wooden sticks are the only allowed weapons in a technological society - how far would these weapons have progressed by now? +601 How to be hidden from world for a year +602 Does my shipboard computer slow down as I approach light speed? +603 How could mushroom/fungi forests be possible? +604 Could dinosaurs breathe modern air? +605 In an atheist alien society where bodily functions (reproduction and waste elimination) are not taboo what would be used to curse? +606 What all stops working when I pause time? +607 How would an order of Monks that renounce their names communicate effectively? +608 What would an out-of-water submarine (for water-breathing mer-people) look like? +609 In a society of flying beings, would the wheel ever be invented? +610 Lifeform - resistant to gunfire but vulnerable to melee +611 Is there any organization to a shantytown of storage containers? +612 Implications of Newtonian universe +613 Planetary Scale Artworks +614 Creating a realistic world map - Landmass formation +615 How can I build a Nuclear Reactor in my backyard? +616 For how long after an apocalypse would modern cars remain usable? +617 How to completely destroy a city, without leaving clues for humanity 4,000 years later? +618 Is there an effective way to design a realistic religion for a world? +619 How long would it take to “domesticate” humans? +620 How can I provide reasons for racism? +621 What would induce a country to actively guard an empty wasteland? +622 Logical reason why my dystopian government exiles rebels instead of killing them? +623 What does the Minotaur eat? +624 If an FTL spacecraft entered Earth orbit, how long would it take for humans to build a FTL spacecraft? +625 Would a ring language be possible? +626 Reason for an exterior control panel on a space ship +627 If a large space ship crashes on a planet, what could kill passengers without obliterating the ship? +628 Creating a realistic world map - Coastlines +629 Assassinate a semi-omniscient crime lord +630 What possible scientific reasons could there be for a vampire to only be killable via wooden stake to the heart? +631 Shapes for an infinite animal? +632 How would an independent, illegal and secret group of assassins accept assignments? +633 Why was 1984 set in 1984? +634 How do we know Humpty Dumpty was an egg? +635 Snoopy can balance on an edge atop his doghouse. Is any reason given for this? +636 What is Hobbes? +637 Has copy protection ever been used in physical books? +638 Did Arthur Conan Doyle code Holmes and Watson as a gay couple? +639 Where did the idea of a true name come from? +640 Why is The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy referred to as H2G2? +641 Why was The Call of the Wild banned? +642 What is Tom Bombadils importance in The Lord of the Rings? +643 Does Dr. Manhattan have free will? +644 Why is there so much technical detail of whaling included in Moby-Dick? +645 History of Spoilers +646 How did Wonkas Golden Ticket sweepstakes ensure that children would win? +647 What message is Bradbury trying to convey in Fahrenheit 451? +648 Why does Watchmen use the 9-panel grid? +649 Was the title The Lord of the Rings picked on purpose to be ambiguous? +650 Did Gaiman and Pratchett troll an interviewer who thought they were religious fanatics? +651 Why is a raven like a writing desk? +652 The author of a literary work disagrees with critics about meaning—whos right? +653 Should I read The Silmarillion before or after reading The Lord of the Rings? +654 Does Snape talk in code? +655 Meaning/translation of title The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett +656 Is there anything that definitely confirms that Svidrigailov actually committed murder in Crime and Punishment? +657 Was there a reason Victor Hugo chose 24601 as the number for Jean Valjean? +658 Did Shakespeare write his own stage directions? +659 In 1984, why did OBrien wait so long? +660 Is Judaism represented in the Narnia books? +661 George Orwells 1984 banned for contradictory reasons? +662 Why has Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) been retired for so long? +663 How many of Poes stories are interconnected? +664 Why do many Korean folk tales start with back when tigers smoked? +665 Why is Aragorn so weird to Pippin when they make their final farewell before going back to the Shire? +666 Did H. G. Wells use an emoticon in “The Time Machine”? +667 Is Babar an African or Asian elephant? +668 Has the phrase Elementary, my dear Watson ever truly appeared in a Sherlock Holmes book? +669 Is there any textual evidence to support that Dumbledore was gay? +670 What is the symbolism of Atticus killing the mad dog? +671 Why is Snape so fond of Malfoy? +672 What does Mark Twain mean by cheers and a tiger? +673 Did Lenore merely leave or is she dead? +674 What is the pun in Kiplings poem The Three-Decker? +675 How could sixty cents of $1.87 be in pennies? +676 Why did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle decide to kill off this character? +677 Are there any recorded discrepancies between The Odyssey as oral tradition and The Odyssey as Homer transcribed it? +678 Why dont Mr. Bennets daughters get to inherit the Longbourn estate? +679 In Brave New World, what caste is Lenina Crowne? +680 Was Odysseus considered unfaithful to his wife in the Odyssey? +681 Are quote marks used selectively in The Handmaids Tale or do I have a bad scan of the book? +682 Whats it called when a short quote appears at the beginning of a chapter? +683 Why does Mr. Poe cough so much? +684 English short story where a wife makes an investigation officer eat the murder weapon +685 Why are haiku usually of 17 syllables? +686 Is Sherlock Holmes religious? +687 Did Poe plagiarise someone elses work when writing The Raven? +688 Isnt Gríma Wormtongue a very revealing name? +689 What were the parts of each of the six Seuss books that ceased publication in March 2021 that were problematic? +690 Did J. K. Rowling base platform 9 3/4 on the Gump? +691 Why did Old English lose both thorn and eth? +692 What characteristics are unique to English (or at least rare among language as a whole)? +693 Why did early Indo-European languages seem to be morphologically complex? +694 When should one use slashes or square brackets when transcribing in IPA? +695 Why do we have interest in (dying) language preservation? +696 Is there an online tool to convert IPA symbols into audio sound? +697 Do unschooled people use cases correctly, e.g. in Germany and in Russia? +698 Is there a linguistics term meaning its grammatically correct, but nobody says that? +699 Why do English transliterations of Arabic names have so many Qs in them? +700 Why do most words for mother, across languages, start with an [m], and for father with [p]/[b], but not vice versa? +701 Could the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs have been deciphered without the Rosetta Stone with modern tech? +702 Whats the difference between syntax and grammar? +703 Is there any language that uses different pronouns for we depending on whether the spoken to person is included in the group? +704 Whats the difference between phonetics and phonology? +705 How do linguists place the vowels of a language precisely on the vowel trapezoid? +706 Is English tonal for some words, like permit? +707 What is word order used for in free word order languages? +708 Languages that are gaining morphological distinctions +709 Is there a word in a dead or lost language that we lost the definition to? +710 Why is there (almost) no variety to the Hebrew accent in Israel? +711 Why isnt Ive a proper response? +712 Why does speech speed seem to vary between different languages? +713 Is there really a difference between agglutinative and non-agglutinative languages when spoken? +714 Were ancient languages as sophisticated as modern languages? +715 Why do the Romance languages use definite articles, when Latin doesnt? +716 Are there languages that dont have this kind of ambiguity? +717 Are there languages with other spatial deixis besides here, there and over there? +718 Why is “ß” not used in Swiss German? +719 Why are certain there-sentences infelicitous in English? +720 Why the prevalence of ph in transliteration? +721 Why do Japanese people have difficulties in pronouncing English? +722 How do I format an interlinear gloss for HTML? +723 Is the connection between right in the sense of direction and concepts like correct limited to Indo-European languages? +724 Can Modern Hebrew be considered an Indo-European language? +725 Is there any evidence to support the claim that English grammar is unusually straightforward? +726 Why is the word war in Romance languages predominantly of Germanic origin instead of Latin? +727 What languages lack personal pronouns, and why? +728 Can you rhyme words in sign language? +729 What are the fundamental differences between Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics? +730 Is there a difference between an affricate and a plosive+fricative consonant cluster? +731 Is it hard for software speech synthesisers to handle IPA? If so, why? +732 Is future tense in English really a myth? +733 Why do English verbs inflect so little, especially in regard to person? +734 Why does English not have a cognate of words like heter, in Swedish, or llama, in Spanish, etc? +735 Is it unusual that English uses possessive for past tense? +736 Articles before the name of a person +737 What meaningful distinction is there between morphology and syntax? +738 Why do so many core Romanian words with Latin roots come from different roots than in the other Romance languages? +739 Is there a language where there are personal pronouns for the first or second person that have gender? +740 Is there a technical name for when languages use masculine pronouns to refer to both men and women? +741 Lists of linguistic resources +742 Why is English classified as a Germanic rather than Romance language? +743 Why dont you get back the original text when you use translation software to translate something into another language and then back into English? +744 Do the Khoisan languages resemble the worlds first language? +745 English text corpus for download +746 Is there a list of mutually intelligible languages? +747 What do you call an IPA symbol that lacks a name (e.g. ɲ)? +748 Do some languages have articles besides the definite and indefinite articles? +749 Is there a language without gender in third person pronouns? +750 Why did English lose declensions while German retained them? +751 The relationship between orange the colour and orange the fruit +752 American English : are [ə] and [ʌ] different phonemes? (schwa vs. chevron) +753 Is the seeming relation between the sound /n/ and negativity purely coincidental? +754 Are consonant mutations in Indo-European languages specific of the Celtic group? +755 Which Romance languages have reflexes of the Latin nominative in nouns? +756 Is it common to use the minor third for calling someone? +757 What are the historical origins of terms for north, south, east and west? +758 Are there any languages or cultures that have genderless given names? +759 Are some languages inherently harder for children to acquire? +760 Whats the origin of Youre welcome? +761 Fourth person (in Slavey language) +762 Are there any non-Indo-European languages with go-periphrasis? +763 Why was מֹשֶׁה‎ transliterated as [moʊzɨz]? +764 What has NLP/CL brought to the table of pencil-and-paper linguistics? +765 Is Sanskrit really the mother of all languages? +766 Can Someone Identify This Diacritic? +767 Why do languages not share a root for butterfly? +768 Animals’ names change when we eat them: is that universal? +769 Why is constituency needed, since dependency gets the job done more easily and economically? +770 How did Korean become a language isolate? +771 Was there a Semitic influence on Proto-Germanic? +772 How do field linguists begin to study an undocumented language which they cannot speak? +773 Deciphering a handwritten script +774 What are some alternatives to Chomskian generative grammar? +775 What did the Greeks and Romans believe about language relationships? +776 Are there grammatical analyses of languages that are extremely different from IE grammar? +777 False-belief verbs +778 Is there a language whose writing is 100% phonemic? +779 Whats the difference between a false cognate and a false friend? +780 Does Japanese have determiners? +781 What is the origin of non-natural grammatical genders in Indo-European languages? +782 Why do some Indo-European languages have genders and some dont? +783 Is there a linguistics equivalent to Turing completeness? +784 Why do Polish and Belarusian have an atypical greeting if compared to other Slavic languages? +785 What is case? +786 In languages with grammatical gender, how do they determine the gender when a new word has been created? +787 Connection between right (opposite of left) and right (legal term)? +788 Do onomatopoeias resist sound change? +789 Why do different languages have different amounts of unique words for numbers between 10 and 20? +790 How do linguists distinguish between case endings and postpositions, especially in languages which have both and/or have no traditional grammar? +791 Why did some Hebrew words beginning with Yod become transliterated into Latin as hi? +792 Is double positive meaning negative a common phenomenon? +793 Is Yiddish a creole language? And if not, what is it? +794 Do any languages mark social distinctions other than gender and status? +795 Where did Spanish get its /x/? Arabic influence? +796 Is there a single origin for the connection between time and weather? +797 Is the schwa sound consistent? +798 What is the name for a placename that contains what the thing is in a different language? +799 Reversal of kinship terms when speaking to a child +800 Is the Dené–Yeniseian hypothesis widely accepted, and has it led to further research? +801 Paucal number without singular +802 Why was korea able to remove kanji but japan wasnt when both languages use homophones? +803 Why is /h/ called voiceless vowel phonetically, and /h/ consonant phonologically? +804 Do absolute synonyms exist? +805 When does copula absence occur in African-American Vernacular English? +806 How are languages deciphered? +807 Why 11 am + 1 hour == 12:00 pm? +808 How does the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop... joke work? +809 Canonical Post #2: What is the perfect, and how should I use it? +810 How should I refer to a friend who is a girl but not a girlfriend? +811 Why grand theft auto, not grand auto theft? +812 “GOD is real, unless declared integer.” +813 Is there any difference between “which” and “that”? +814 Why do we say I love cake but I love cars? +815 What does the line So long and thanks for all the fish! mean? +816 Is there any difference between being ill and sick? +817 How can native English speakers read an unknown word correctly? +818 Free as in free speech, not as in free beer +819 How do you say 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 in words? +820 What is the difference between “nope” and “no”? +821 Why does the i in naïve have two dots? +822 Should I say She is in the park or She is at the park? +823 As following vs as follows +824 Does a couple always mean two? +825 Whats the difference between center and centre? +826 Once, twice, thrice,..., what comes next? +827 Why is 7 the most feared number? +828 firstly ... secondly ... or first ... second ... ? +829 Why should we say play the piano instead of play a piano? +830 Whats up with the pun (not) intended thing? +831 (In, On or At) GitHub? +832 Meaning of respecting in no law respecting an establishment of religion +833 Difference between Do we have a blog? and We have a blog? +834 If potato chips come in contact with humid air, they become what? +835 Is there any more respectful word than beggars for these wonderful guys? +836 Shouldnt it be Nobody touch him! +837 Why do native speakers say Come on in rather than Come in? +838 Why is the correct spelling eating and not eatting? +839 Two thousand seventeen VS twenty seventeen: What is the rule for year pronunciation? +840 Why can low become lower and lowest, while up cant? +841 Wow, what a car! - Is it okay if I say Wow, what the car! +842 What is the right word to refer to a black person, when you dont know their name? +843 Why is a Japanese offensive? +844 How do native speakers guess the pronunciation of the letters in a word they see for the first time? +845 Is series Plural or Singular? +846 Can I write nonsensual data for data that makes no sense? +847 What do you call the act of drinking a whole bottle of, say, water in one go? +848 Is it OK to mix American and British English? +849 Whats the meaning of bee in hand and beauty in eye? +850 Conveince: A word commonly used in Pakistan having to do with transportation but no English person knows about it +851 Great Expectations [is written vs has been written] by Charles Dickens +852 Is I was had standard English? +853 Difference between illegal and very illegal +854 What does Although the Second Amendment people mean? +855 [I]t literally scared her to death - Why is I in brackets? +856 What does the Twelfth mean in Article 7 of the US Constitution? +857 In and on: How can I decide which one to use for vehicles? +858 What is the correct pronunciation of the? +859 Use him or her in this sentence about a hypothetical gender switch? +860 When a girl mentions her girlfriend, does she mean it like lesbian girlfriend? +861 Why is Zika capitalized and chikungunya and yellow fever are not? +862 Meaning of sesquiannual? +863 Why is Mary told the cake to be cut by John ungrammatical? +864 Whats the meaning of break your legs? +865 How do I avoid misspelling receive as recieve? +866 Im being corrected I had a headache yesterday vs I have had a headache yesterday +867 Usage in spite of and despite of +868 Why are nice picture/gif/video about foo called foo-porn? +869 The college in Electoral College +870 Explain why Who is she playing the piano? is incorrect +871 Is cops (= police) a slang/derogatory term? +872 Whats the difference between last and latest? +873 What does viewer discretion is advised mean? +874 Meaning of Sue me +875 Can I say fingers when referring to toes? +876 Ice cold vs. ___ hot in a professional context? +877 To death vs to the death +878 In the sentence: Drinking and driving IS dangerous, why does the verb to be need to be singular? +879 How it works? vs. How does it work? +880 Better way to say No bulls--t +881 What does call BS mean in the sentence We call BS? +882 Ask away - what does away mean? +883 What is explain like Im five? +884 Do all native English speakers actually pronounce the th sound? +885 How many meanings does I am in have? +886 IS or ARE? The only thing that I want you to hit right now IS/ARE the books +887 I demand that he leave or leaves? +888 What is understood if I say Im an English teacher? +889 Does the English language have a word explaining a song in your head that you cant stop singing? +890 How to understand I had two try +891 Using very to emphasize a noun where emphasizing is NOT possible! +892 “I had a flat in the centre of town, but I didn’t like living there, so …” +893 What do we call ketchup, cheesy dip , oregano and things like that collectively, as they arent side dishes? +894 What is the meaning of prairie-dog in this sentence? +895 What does it mean? I cant people today +896 A boiled egg in the morning is really hard to beat - explain the pun please +897 What does the expression seven for seven thirty mean? +898 When is the past perfect exactly needed? +899 Agnostic vs Atheist +900 Why do people, incorrectly, begin a sentence with the word But? +901 The Jesus who said - why is there a definite article before the proper name Jesus? +902 Why did he reject my thank you? +903 What is the difference between me neither and me either? +904 Help to do something or help do something? +905 Do you really answer “How do you do?” with “How do you do?” +906 Is she dont sometimes considered correct form? +907 How do I say “±” in English? +908 Husband is dead: He and his wife {are/were} great scientists +909 I hate red color or I hate red: why exactly is the first option ungrammatical +910 Do native English speakers notice when non-native speakers skip the word the in sentences? +911 Do native speakers still use ought to? +912 What is mom-pkin? +913 What is the difference among Sign up, Sign in and Log in? +914 Is it rude to say Id appreciate if you could reply as soon as possible? +915 The difference between Older and Elder +916 Plural of thats my boy +917 How to say something like my company without sounding like I own the company? +918 I cant login or I cant log in? +919 Can you please explain this joke: Im going bananas is what I tell my bananas before I leave the house? +920 Photo Vs. Picture Vs. Image : What is the difference between them? +921 An hour or a hour +922 What does Nailed it mean? +923 co-worker vs. colleague +924 Is Negro an offensive word, or do some people just take offense to it, and why? +925 Possible responses to thank you +926 He borrowed me some money.; right or wrong? +927 How can you recognize if an uncle is fathers brother or mothers brother? (Is there any default option? ) +928 Why is iron pronounced EYE-URN but not EYE-RUN? +929 as rich as him, as rich as he or as rich as he is +930 What does `s` mean in What CPUs will it run on?? +931 The first time I met my wife I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves - Alun Cochrane +932 What is the basic unit of a chain called in English? +933 Who is frowning in the sentence Daisy looked at Tom frowning? +934 Whats the meaning of Can it, will you? +935 Whats the meaning of Ordinary shampoos need not apply! on a shampoo bottle? +936 Should nouns after any be singular or plural? +937 What is the difference between IMO and IMHO and IHOP? +938 Why is aircrafts bad English, while crafts is okay? +939 Bathroom or Restroom +940 Didnt use to get or Didnt used to get? +941 Whats the opposite of the phrase pay under the table? +942 How can one differentiate between who and whom? +943 Whats a polite way of asking who are you? on the phone? +944 What is the difference between do you like and would you like? +945 Why is a ph or gh used instead of an f in commonly used English words like Elephant and Enough? +946 What is the brown cardboard covering coffee cups called in English? +947 Can fluent English speakers distinguish between “steel”, “still”, and “steal”? +948 How can I get rid of my Indian accent and sound more neutral/native +949 Can I say: When was your train leaving? if the train leaves in the future? +950 Can I say Call it a project similar to Call it a day +951 What do you call this way of stacking rectangular objects on each other? +952 Why did my seldom get corrected? +953 What would natives take for Today is so yesterday? +954 Why do we not use the definite article in Where can I find the room 401? +955 What is the difference between wait and await? +956 Is it I or me in Keep Tom and I/me updated? +957 Is Let us = Lets? +958 What is the correct term back-end, back end or backend? +959 What does the very next day mean? +960 Why is The Chinese have invented the printer wrong? +961 How should I reply when I answer some question on Stack Exchange sites, people thank me and say it helped? +962 Is says you grammatically correct? +963 When you tell a joke and nobody laughs +964 Does unbuild in Unbuild your Legos before putting them back into the box sound natural? +965 Why is wine made from grapes, but tables are made of wood? +966 Is thru for through acceptable? Tho for though? +967 Important to me or Important for me +968 What does resp. mean in these sentences? +969 Possible meanings of IN CASE OF FIRE, DO NOT USE ELEVATOR. +970 Are the terms girlfriend and boyfriend limited to some age in the spoken language? +971 Is there an English equivalent for the Italian saying Its another pair of sleeves? +972 Why is science in Bachelor of Science singular, whereas arts in Bachelor of Arts is plural? +973 What does two-by-four mean in this context? +974 Why are south and southern pronounced with different vowels? +975 Whats the meaning of phrases that include ship, shipping, when there is a conversation about the heroes of TV series? +976 How to understand throwing science at the wall here to see what sticks? +977 What does have a pop-up feel mean? +978 Why would you say it changed me instead of it changed myself here? +979 Why is the t in often silent? +980 Your English is better than my > +981 Why are the pronunciations of bicycle and recycle so different? +982 Working in / for / at? +983 Differences between mandatory and compulsory +984 How do native speakers say the light bulb has stopped working +985 Grammatical gender of the word child +986 “When did you born?” +987 What is the difference between robbing and stealing? +988 Explanation for a joke about a three-legged dog that walks into a bar +989 Usage of they / them / their when the persons gender is not known +990 English equivalent of a Spanish expression that translates to iron fist, crystal jaw +991 What is the official criteria to measure current level of English? +992 Is until inclusive or exclusive? +993 Does one call regular men Sir in the UK? +994 What is the difference between can and could in Can/could you please explain this to me? +995 Is the language of The Economist artificially complex? +996 What does He has insurance, but Christ mean? +997 What does IKEA-like mean? +998 What does this will date me mean? +999 How do Americans respond when asked for their names? +1000 When is it acceptable to omit the subject I? +1001 Pronunciation of beaches and bitches +1002 What does chrome mean besides the metal? +1003 What is the difference between feet and very feet? +1004 Indefinite Article: Why a agreement rather than an agreement? +1005 a ten years old boy or a ten year old boy +1006 What is the name for these keys on a computer keyboard? +1007 How to write a plural form of ex (ex girlfriend..etc) +1008 One of THOSE days vs one of THESE days +1009 What do we call the half closing of eyes? +1010 What does on a day with no y in it mean? +1011 Not funny ha-ha, what does Siri mean? +1012 What is the cover of the head of a pen called in English? +1013 Do native speakers distinguish well the pronunciations of L and R? +1014 What does M.C. in M.C. Esker mean? +1015 What does it mean by my days-of-the-week underwear only go to Thursday in this context? +1016 When you Frankenstein a team together... - Is Frankenstein a new verb? +1017 Whats the English phrase to describe men who are standing next to each other, facing in opposite direction),? +1018 Does the question mark mean this is a question? +1019 The grammar of Stop Asian hate +1020 How can I negate or confirm a question tersely using negation? +1021 What is the correct way to write 1.5 hours? +1022 “file doesn’t exist” or “file doesn’t exists” +1023 You can contact me on/over/by Skype +1024 Word for someone who says yes, then no, then yes +1025 Do native speakers use ultima and proxima frequently in spoken English? +1026 Is there a word for the unutterable feeling when listening to a beautiful song? +1027 You prefer to eat soup or drink soup? +1028 Why is the W silent in sword but not in swore? +1029 Should I use a or an when I abbreviate a word? +1030 2 for 5 (bucks) vs 5 (bucks) for 2 +1031 Follow me, and your urologist will be buying himself a new yacht +1032 Is Whom a deprecated word? +1033 Why is for a tortuous three days singular even though days is plural? +1034 How is double negation interpreted in English? +1035 Whats the accepted way to use criterion, criteria, criterions? +1036 What is the difference between hug and embrace? +1037 Do digits after the decimal point have a specific name? +1038 My son/daughter or Our son/daughter? +1039 What is the word for the metal things on boots where the laces go? +1040 How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb? +1041 Idiom request for describing a situation in which people pay attention to their minor problems rather than the fundamental related ones? +1042 I often buy fruits when I go to the supermarket – illogical? +1043 Whats the word meaning “normal-temperature” water? +1044 What do you call the things inside a fruit? +1045 Why is wont used instead of doesnt sometimes? +1046 scissors cut/cuts paper, which is correct? +1047 What does Scary-lookin fing, inee mean? +1048 Why is letter not plural in two letter words? +1049 Are there any solid reasons for the -st, -nd, -rd, and -th suffixes for numbers? +1050 Verb tenses when asking a question +1051 Why is the adjective for mutate not mutatable? +1052 Who decides whether something is standard English or not? +1053 Do we say - in the meeting or at the meeting +1054 I am cumming or I am coming +1055 Thank you in advance - how to replace? +1056 What do they mean with Hi, how are you doing? +1057 Which is the correct question (Who has vs Who have)? +1058 Is there a polite, formal way to say sh!t happens? +1059 Is She is under the shower a proper English sentence? +1060 What does go blue mean here? +1061 Sarcastic Idioms for being slow to notice something +1062 What do we call the gesture of hitting each others fists gently? +1063 What do you call an action that is less serious than a crime (that is not illegal, just against rules)? +1064 How do I respond to my Professors email, wherein he has mistaken my gender? +1065 Why are beef and pork and mutton used to refer to the meat of cows and pigs and sheep? +1066 Plastic part on the tip of a shoelace +1067 Why is “deal 6 damage” a legit phrase? +1068 Does the English language have a grammatical gender? +1069 Whats wrong with Most people in the country would like to own their house some day.? +1070 Whats the meaning of youre being G.O. Sixteened.? +1071 How to answer a negative question? +1072 I dont get this joke Massive Attack On Pentagon Page 14 News, can anybody explain me its meaning? +1073 Keeping my mouth shut, referring to avoiding weight gain +1074 Was twelve pronounced as TPELF? +1075 How are silent letters important? +1076 Why do we pluralize congratulations when we say it? +1077 Are some offensive words always masculine? +1078 When should I use thaw and melt? +1079 Why is it correct to say We should go see a movie, but not We should have gone see a movie? +1080 What is the meaning of Brown-Bagged it? +1081 Why cant I contract it has sometimes? +1082 Uses of the definite article (the) in generic noun phrases +1083 Does red apples and bottles mean the apples are red and the bottles are red or only apples are red? +1084 In how many ways can something not be right? +1085 dogs, not cats -> why not? +1086 Allow (to) + infinitive, substantive, verb+ -ing +1087 Difference between in time and on time +1088 Why is it If I were you and not If I was you? +1089 Is rain is falling entirely wrong? +1090 A user is it or he/she? +1091 Was it impolite for me to say Thats alright when someone ran into me? Are there any better expessions? +1092 quite vs pretty +1093 What does at 19.45 hours mean? +1094 What would you call someone who sneaks into and stays in places where they have to be signed up, e.g. classes/country clubs +1095 Verb for just opening a bit a window or door +1096 “I’m too tired to drive”: Why does removing too make this sentence ungrammatical? +1097 I have a doubt about whether this phrase is acceptable English +1098 Why is it correct to say me busy.? +1099 Why it is called Black Friday? +1100 Whats the meaning of be broker than the Ten Commandments? +1101 Whats the name for non-bribe payments taken forcefully and illegally? +1102 Is there a verb for listening stealthily? +1103 How to get rid of mistakes in spoken English? +1104 What is the Kool-aid reference? +1105 Why is it crouching tiger hidden dragon but not crouching tiger hiding dragon? +1106 Is there a verb that means to accept doing something unwillingly just to make the other person stop nagging? +1107 What is the document called that parents have to sign so their underage children can take part in something? +1108 “The,” “a” or no article: “See you in _____ court.” +1109 I cant imagine John is driving a car +1110 Whats the child doing in this picture? Is it called tongue twister? +1111 Difference between where are you from and where do you come from +1112 There is a lot vs. There are lot +1113 Two consecutive gerunds? -ing -ing? +1114 Meaning of the On guard! exclamation +1115 How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? +1116 Is plugging out electronic devices an American expression? +1117 coronavirus - Why no c capital? Why is there no space? +1118 Is Raining Cats and dogs still used nowadays? +1119 What do Americans call a person when they cannot remember the right name? +1120 What is the sports hall in schools called in English? +1121 Transgender versus the obsolete term transgendered +1122 Call yourself God +1123 How to deal with unknown genders in English? +1124 What are the correct pronouns for referring to someone whom I have never met in person when the gender is apparent? +1125 What does One CPU is going to smoke another CPU mean? +1126 Crashing at the Y What does it mean? +1127 Why do native speakers use the present continuous tense when talking about people in a picture? Why not the past continuous tense? +1128 An (obvious) problem or a (obvious) problem? +1129 Why dont we use articles for variables in math problems? +1130 Assigned to a job I know nothing about it - is there an idiom for that idea? +1131 What is the word for a property no more necessary but still present in a object? +1132 Youve earned the Nice Answer badge vs. Youve earned a Nice Answer badge +1133 Canonical Post #1: When to Trust Your Grammar Checker +1134 The summer training or (just) summer training +1135 Dates and times: on, in, at? +1136 Can you reply you too to wishes such as Good luck? +1137 When a word ends in s or x, do you add s or just an ? +1138 Is no more used to mean dead in English? +1139 Why is He knows to swim incorrect? +1140 Is there a word for losing something in order to gain some other thing? +1141 What is a non-vulgar synonym for this swear word meaning an enormous amount? +1142 Thanks, but no thanks OR No, thanks. Isnt thanks in the former redundant? +1143 Is the SVOMPT word order necessary in creating a sentence? +1144 what is the difference between yet and still? +1145 Whats the polite way to say I need to urinate? +1146 He is 80 years young +1147 What is the filling of the stapler called in English? (picture attached) +1148 What is the opposite of picky? +1149 Greeting with Ho +1150 Can any time on clock be spoken as it is in numbers only (hour + minutes)? +1151 Asking the position of a person in a sequence +1152 The female equivalent of dont break my balls +1153 Why doesnt the couple want to eat the dessert in this comic strip? +1154 What do we call English with dots and dashes? +1155 When to say I need money as opposed to I need the money? +1156 Is there any difference between temporary and provisional? +1157 What is the meaning of Dog ate my car? +1158 A pro and a con at the same time +1159 What does mean to get to the nuts and balls of something? +1160 The antonym of diss +1161 Why is New York often said with the word City in English? +1162 Why should are be used here instead of is? +1163 Meaning of 8 going on 48 +1164 No more Hiroshima or No more Hiroshimas +1165 I get “the” train and “a” bus +1166 Terms to refer uniquely to each of the grandparents +1167 (Noun) the sh*t out of this — What nouns work? +1168 Why there are two weres in one sentence? +1169 a joyous and restful three days -- a three days? +1170 What is the expected response to Whats up? +1171 When to use drank and drunk +1172 Hi there! -- What does this there mean? +1173 Which pronunciation of either is preferred? +1174 My lady, Your honour, Your grace, how to decide whether to use my or your? +1175 Does this have two meanings: how do you like your coffee? +1176 I did my best vs I did the best I could +1177 Difference between One to One and One on One +1178 Rollbacked or rolled back the edit? And what about double-click? +1179 What should I say if someone from the opposite side of the earth says “good morning”? +1180 Theres vs There are +1181 An adjective for a woman showing lots of skin? +1182 What is the difference between you are being and you are? +1183 Whats the difference between words number, count, amount and quantity? +1184 Add-in salt to injury? +1185 How would a native speaker understand Time flies like an arrow? +1186 Is hello followed by ! or .? +1187 Does I have a daughter mean I have one daughter? +1188 None of the kids were hungry Or None of the kids was hungry +1189 Back in 2000 vs In 2000 +1190 What does Rabbit hole mean? +1191 What does meat mean? +1192 How to pronounce Gradle? +1193 What does ima mean in ima sue the s*** out of em? +1194 Why do Russian names transliterated into English have unpronounceable ks before hs (e.g. Mikhail instead of just Mihail)? +1195 Hard work never hurt anyone Why not hurts? +1196 I dont have the time to cook or I dont have time to cook? +1197 Do native speakers pronounce found the remark without the the? +1198 Whats the difference between vanilla and plain when talking about yogurts? +1199 We missed the bus, which made us late for school - erroneous use of which? +1200 When is me used as a possessive pronoun, instead of my? +1201 Sorry for your loss. But why? +1202 Should cooking and cleaning be taken literally in ...two men at once. One cooking. One cleaning. +1203 Unusual meaning of wet +1204 Specific word to describe someone who is so good that isnt even considered in say a classification +1205 How much should I trust Wiktionary? +1206 How can I describe being temporarily stupid? +1207 Why do you say air conditioned and not conditioned air? +1208 Four is better vs Four are better. Which one is correct? +1209 Why is He is the kind of person who, if he had lived ..., people would not have been able to categorise him. ungrammatical? +1210 Why can populace be used as an adjective in most populace cities? +1211 What are the differences between to talk and to speak? +1212 Why do my How to questions often get renamed to How do I? +1213 Should always use uppercase I? +1214 Why is there a p in assumption but not in assume? +1215 Toward vs. Towards +1216 Does It snowed hard Monday require an on? +1217 my vs mine (adjectives vs. possessive ) +1218 at which time vs. at what time +1219 Out of curiosity means Im not curious at all. Isnt it? +1220 Is there a word or slang word to call a girl who loves brand products? +1221 Glass vs Cup - differences in usage +1222 Would saying who is this in normal tone be rude in an occasion not on the phone? +1223 very unique - Is it wrong? Why? +1224 What is this type of road called in English? +1225 What defines a native English Speaker? +1226 Phrases that express afraid of wife in English +1227 Is the term Invalid applicable for human beings? +1228 I dont give a rip! Whats a rip? +1229 Correct me if Im wrong +1230 to fart in child language +1231 Is calling a woman madam offensive? +1232 The meaning of half woman, half girl +1233 Is it good to call someone Nerd? +1234 She dressed like/as an owl. Which is correct? +1235 What are these holes in sinks and tubs called? +1236 a most talented writer - why not the most talented writer? +1237 Should I say: She is no student or She is not a student? +1238 Is there an idiom that means that you are in a very strong negotiation position in a negotiation? +1239 Does take a second mean take a second look? +1240 What is this mop-like tool called in English? +1241 What does Yes, you can. But you may not. mean? +1242 Why is a road incorrect in this test? +1243 Syntactical problem? Musks tweet I Am Become Meme, Destroyer Of Shorts +1244 Plurality of verb depending on plurality of list elements +1245 Are you an English? Are you a British? +1246 An idiomatic expression for the situation when a punisher in fact punishes himself rather than the one he intended to punish +1247 Is Ram married his daughter ambiguous? +1248 When people brag about their abilities and belittle their opponents before a battle, competition, etc +1249 Is it proper to use broke in Broke his feelings? +1250 Whats the pun in Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”? +1251 To Google something: capitalize or not? +1252 The bass drop is so sick!... - What does it mean? +1253 The girl I love hates me or The girl who I love hates me +1254 Why write does instead of is What time does/is the pharmacy open? +1255 Term for bed sheet that embraces and partially encapsulates the mattress +1256 Can I say I speak Chinese as well as Spanish? +1257 What does Bless you mean in this context? +1258 must vs shall - are they the same, or is one a softened version of the other? +1259 Using present simple when talking about a past event in spoken English +1260 What does the word though mean and on which occasions can be used? +1261 Which one is correct, in the USA or in USA? +1262 fits or suits my needs? +1263 Difference between nice to see you and nice to meet you +1264 When is seems to be used instead of seems? +1265 Difference between fast food and junk food +1266 Double zero, double zeros or double zeroes? +1267 If something seems too good to be true, it probably is (not?) +1268 Difference between uptown, downtown and midtown +1269 The correct capital G and J in cursive +1270 Stuck writing a sentence because tea is a beverage and water is not! +1271 Are dude and man disrespectful words? +1272 Do never... vs. Do not ever... +1273 English equivalent of garam (warming) food? +1274 Can I use Dress for mens wear? +1275 $2,000 worth of items: two thousand dollar or dollars? +1276 Why cant we say snakes crawl? +1277 What is the English name for the palms spots of the working hands? +1278 What do you call or how do you describe this in English? overcooking the food? What do you call the black stuff? +1279 Why does the phrase drop dead gorgeous mean very gorgeous? +1280 Is there any difference between friendly and kind? +1281 Im baffled at this expression: If I dont talk to you beforehand, then...... +1282 What do you call a plan thats an alternative plan in case your initial plan fails? +1283 What do you call the imprinted pattern left behind a car in mud? +1284 I do not really understand the proposal: Dont hate Monday. Make Monday hate you +1285 Can he and man refer to all genders? +1286 I broke my arm vs my arm was broken +1287 You better did - is this acceptable? +1288 In “a so-called HPACK Bomb attack”, if so-called is not sarcasm then what is it? +1289 What is the meaning of stool” in the context of getting a job? +1290 it was backwards in heels +1291 Difference between ignite and kindle +1292 Why is it come and not comes in it is important that he come...? +1293 Do most Americans pronounce months as mons, and clothes as clos? +1294 Does upset victory mean a victory that people are not happy about? +1295 What does cap mean in this football (soccer) context? +1296 What is the name for this sarcasm-like form of words? +1297 Day vs 24h day? +1298 Any chances spell means pronounce? +1299 First, second and third conditional +1300 Best regards vs. Best Regards +1301 Aim vs Goal whats the difference? +1302 What do M, G and B buttons mean in an elevator? +1303 Can we use former and latter for plural nouns? +1304 Why do people say I am broke instead of I am broken? +1305 What does it mean to talk over someone? +1306 If “I woke up at 10” is okay, what about “I slept at 10”? +1307 Pretty versus quite +1308 How to parse these crazy sentences +1309 Can we call a divorced woman single? +1310 What is the plural of octopus? +1311 What does aye mean in this context? +1312 What do we call the small towel that we use only for hands +1313 What is the word meaning people who sell something in forceful way on the street or places? +1314 What do you call the bunch of hair you grow long on the back of your head? +1315 What would be a word for a product that is below the expected level of quality? +1316 Difference between pardoned and forgiven +1317 Is there any difference in pronunciation between the words fiancé (a male) and fiancée (a female)? +1318 What does my name was down for Eton mean? +1319 I immediately got her with child? +1320 a dollar and change. What does change mean? +1321 Does Excuse him. make sense? +1322 One of my friends OR friends wife? (My friend has only one wife) +1323 What do you call candidates in elections who dont actually have a chance to win and only create an illusion of competition? +1324 Does 49er mean A 49-year-old man? +1325 How to understand dont code today what you cant debug tomorrow? +1326 What does web-mistress imply as a job title +1327 What do we call these squeezed papers? +1328 Is tin foil for aluminium foil deprecated? +1329 I bought this shirt offline. Is this correct usage of the word offline? +1330 Do kidnappers only kidnap kids? +1331 What is the spelling of `~`? +1332 Which is correct, and why? My friend hasnt / hadnt been in church in two weeks +1333 Is mating only used with males? What if I use it with females? Is it incorrect? +1334 What is the word for searching for leftovers in a destroyed minimart in a zombie infested world? +1335 Why was not were in Nearly £20 was taken from my bank account +1336 Is there a special word for the numbers 11 to 19? +1337 Is The life is beautiful incorrect or just very non-idiomatic? +1338 Why has strangely been used instead of strange in the sentence Harry felt strangely? +1339 Why should rip a man apart like a rag doll be read ... like [it can rip apart] a rag doll instead of ... like a rag doll [can rip apart a man]? +1340 Whats the hidden joke/meaning behind Dont drink and park - accidents cause people? +1341 Idiom for not doing something that makes oneself look more awkward in an already awkward situation? +1342 Isnt charge a fee redundant? +1343 What is the inner cover of the winter shoes called in English? +1344 When do we use no women instead of no woman? +1345 How to pronounce the s in apples in English and American English? +1346 What does there lived here then mean? +1347 In cartography, what do you call the line that separates land from water? +1348 What is the meaning of the so-called pregnant chad? +1349 In-depth explanation of the difference between will and going to? +1350 Is it necessary to use commas in lists before the conjunction? +1351 How can I remember the difference between lay and laid? +1352 Hope this help or Hope this helps? +1353 What preposition is correct sleep on the bed or sleep in the bed +1354 In the morning VS on the morning +1355 Talking about inanimate objects in plural: they or it +1356 What does How come mean? +1357 it VS. this Vs. that +1358 Most of something is plural or singular? +1359 Too many tos? I am not able to come to office +1360 Tap, faucet, spigot - what are the differences? +1361 What does I have straight As. mean? +1362 Why do you get in a car but get on a train +1363 He likes swimming or He likes to swim? +1364 to versus in order to +1365 Is it correct to say I have class? +1366 What is wrong with have put in I have put the water in the freezer? +1367 Each others / each others +1368 What is the difference between look, see, and watch? +1369 What does “stop by my desk later” mean? +1370 What does I made him a cake mean? +1371 What is the drop in music? +1372 How do I invite a friend on my expense? +1373 Who is/are they? +1374 She does homework every day vs She does her homework every day vs She does the homework every day +1375 Word for a small burst of laughter that cant be held back +1376 Is uncle really limited to siblings of parents or their husbands? +1377 How to pronounce GB? +1378 Using at a jail vs. in a jail +1379 Wealthy and Rich, whats the difference +1380 I can downplay. Can I upplay? +1381 Is snows ever used as noun? +1382 According to Grammarly, this sentence is incorrect. But is it really? +1383 Is I do not want you to go nowhere a case of DOUBLE-NEGATIVES as claimed by Grammarly? +1384 How do we read 1906 in this text? +1385 Large, huge or big communities? +1386 Is it common to use gonna in written English and even in business English? +1387 All the beach bodies were sold out? Can a body be sold? +1388 Is there a single word for native English speaker? +1389 Why blame the Australians? +1390 Its and its - how to remember? +1391 You must wear a suit TO an interview vs You must wear a suit FOR an interview +1392 What is this opened cube called? +1393 What does this joke mean? +1394 is Ill correct as a short answer? +1395 Whats the meaning of shaves in Jesus saves, Bart shaves? +1396 How do you pronounce 2×4 (board) +1397 What do you call this when cats hunch their backs and their fur stands on end? +1398 A superlative form of right +1399 Why is it that when we say a balloon pops, we say exploded not imploded? +1400 Is it really OK to use because of? +1401 the wife instead of my wife, are there any other contexts where a possessive pronoun gets replaced by a definite article? +1402 Just because people dont talk doesnt mean they dont think +1403 What does it sound like vs How does it sound like +1404 What is the meaning of the phrase tack against? +1405 Why is crime story more correct than criminal story? +1406 Whether Vs. If +1407 you can just move on in -- isnt the wording strange a little bit? Why not just say you can just move in? +1408 What does the believoisie mean? +1409 Can I be mobbed by only one person? +1410 The vs. a: Surprising use of the +1411 the exact time of evening and night +1412 When to use is vs. does when asking a question? +1413 Is it less than or lesser than? +1414 Difference between logoff, logout, signoff and signout +1415 Plural form of brother-in-law when a possessive case is involved +1416 “I have little money” vs. “I have a little money” +1417 Whats a word for something you do, but you dont like to mention it? +1418 Same word used multiple times in a sentence +1419 Should you use a plural verb if you refer to a fraction? +1420 What do the British call the dish which is called pudding in the US +1421 How is better off different from just better? +1422 What is the difference between behavior and behaviour? +1423 What is the difference between thanks and thank you? +1424 is them only used for people? +1425 Does word someone refer to both an animal and a human being or only human being? +1426 Is the phrase suit yourself offensive? +1427 Are sort and order interchangeable? +1428 Man proposes and God disposes. +1429 Why do the British use the word flipping for emphasis? +1430 Why say Wait your turn but Wait FOR... everything else? +1431 Slang word for working overtime without being paid +1432 Why do we use an in the phrase an only child? +1433 Do you say “2 Byte” or “2 Bytes”? +1434 severe as a verb: is it acceptable usage? +1435 My boss was furious with me and I have been fired vs. My boss was furious with me and I was fired +1436 I wish to speak WITH a British accent or I wish to speak IN a British accent - is there a difference? +1437 She speaks an impeccable English vs She speaks impeccable English +1438 What to answer to this: youre too kind? +1439 Can marriage be used as a verb? +1440 What is the English equivalent of the Russian word тормоз which is used for very slowly working software? +1441 Is bananas is possible by any chance? +1442 What is the meaning of taking in each others washing +1443 Is it words in a song, words to a song, or words of a song? +1444 What does to be painted shut mean? +1445 difference between came along and along came +1446 Whats the English saying for That the ancestors are successful is inferior to that the descendants are successful? +1447 I wouldnt vote for Clinton if you paid me: what does this mean? +1448 Its them as should be sorry! grammar +1449 How can one wish someone a good night when they sleep during the day? +1450 What is the meaning of you know, be the pie? +1451 Why isn’t the third person singular used in “The Lord bless you”? +1452 What does the author mean by What did he there? +1453 Why is university not capitalised here? +1454 Can someone explain this joke about the Primer movie +1455 The origin of feed in line feed +1456 Big garden is incorrect? +1457 What do native speakers think of word roots? +1458 When should a and an be written in a list containing both? +1459 The victory, within four days, was just reward - why not was just a reward? +1460 Is ending a sentence with a preposition acceptable? +1461 Can vehicles sell themselves? Shouldnt it be passive voice? +1462 Articles: When do I use a, the, or __? +1463 the set of elements >whose each< pair is ... - Is this acceptable? +1464 Michael is a New Zealander or Michael is New Zealander? Article before nationalities? +1465 in/at one fell swoop(=at one time) Whats fell here? +1466 How should I construct a question from a sentence containing used to? +1467 soft as : why not underneath only? +1468 Can zero be used to describe uncountable nouns? +1469 Thank you for your continued support or continuous support? +1470 How should I answer Happy New Year? +1471 Responding to It was nice to talk to you +1472 I got a cold versus I caught a cold +1473 which one is correct Cost or costed +1474 How do I use also in a sentence? +1475 Whats a preferred alternative to the phrase do the needful? +1476 Most simple or Simplest +1477 What is the difference in meaning between A majority of and The majority of? +1478 What can I say when someone has dialed the wrong number? +1479 Which is the plural of forum: fora or forums? +1480 Thanks for sharing this - why isnt it Thanks for having shared this ? +1481 What does 80-odd mean? +1482 Difference between Trip, Travel, and Journey +1483 Does the word God get the pronoun it or he? +1484 learning the ropes should be followed by which prepositions? +1485 Whats the differences between get it right and make it right? +1486 There IS/ARE rice, meat and tomatoes on my plate +1487 What does rogue killers mean? +1488 What comes after tertiary? +1489 Is indices or indexes the plural of index? +1490 The meaning of baggage vs luggage +1491 She wants to poop -is that okay if used for humans? +1492 Is it sleeting? +1493 Is the phrase a bottle of water something a native English speaker would say? +1494 Triple negation: what does This aint no place for no hero mean? +1495 How to read this formula aloud: f(x) = x²? +1496 Why is there no plural s after hundred or thousand in cardinal numbers? +1497 How do native speakers say I have completed all the missions/levels in the game? +1498 What is the opposite of star (celebrity)? +1499 Is there a specific term to describe time 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 etc +1500 Difference between stomach and uterus +1501 Why are there so many specific words for groups of animals? +1502 Is this food a bread or a loaf? +1503 Whats the correct unit for homework? +1504 How many items are actually a few items? +1505 Would Americans say: He sat down 9 feet from me. or He sat down 3 yards from me.? +1506 Why does this documentation use or instead of =? +1507 What do you call something that goes against the spirit of the law, but is legal when interpreting the law to the letter? +1508 What does the proverbial middle finger mean? +1509 Can I say: “The train departs at 16 past every hour“? +1510 Is it common to use not at all as a no? If so, is it rude? +1511 You cant spell Slaughter without Laughter +1512 What is the meaning of Jump into the bridge? +1513 Are concur and agree exact synonyms? +1514 An English word describing a pseudo-job +1515 A word for getting colored? +1516 Even vinegar, once youve gotten it for free, tastes sweet: Is there an English equivalent for this saying? +1517 Is learning English with the Bible a good idea for ESL people? +1518 Proper term for hiring fewer people than required +1519 “Since the train was delayed for more than an hour, passengers were given a full refund.” – Why is there no article before “passengers”? +1520 How often do native speakers use the word to scathe? Is it OK if I use it instead of to injure? +1521 Me vs my [pronunciation] in British English +1522 Meaning of “we’ll cut him down as for the border he rides” +1523 Sentences containing refused to close his bar because +1524 verb describing stomachs singing +1525 Why sister [nouns] and not brother [nouns]? +1526 What do you call a group set up to undermine a political argument? +1527 The indefinite article with an amount modified by an adjective: It cost a mere 20 dollars. +1528 Is The two men Savchenko, an Iraq war veteran, was convicted of helping to kill were . . . grammatical? +1529 What do I call the ′ in mathematical formulae? +1530 Why is “others” used here? +1531 How to pronounce ll after ll? +1532 Can you please vs. Could you please +1533 What does Re: in a business letter mean? +1534 Difference between wont and will not +1535 Havent {eaten / ate}? +1536 Should I say what does it means or what does it mean? +1537 How to use the that being said +1538 Which time is 9 | 8c? +1539 Could you please help me vs Could you help me please +1540 When to treat Police as a singular noun and a plural noun? +1541 Furthermore versus moreover +1542 anyone vs someone. Which one? +1543 What is the term for music without singer voice? +1544 Usage of Rain check +1545 What do you call someone who attends the same university as you? +1546 How to improve or get rid of an Indian English Accent? +1547 Is it wrong to say You are smarter than me? +1548 Who is you – not are +1549 What do you call someone who likes to pick fights? +1550 When can an article be omitted? +1551 Im not afraid vs I dont afraid +1552 Meaning of Give a man a fire and hes warm for the day. But set fire to him and hes warm for the rest of his life. +1553 How is “any more than” used to compare two different situations? +1554 How do you address a policeman on duty? +1555 Is rendezvous pronounced like run-they-who? +1556 Which way: One and one ARE two? One and one IS two? +1557 Can I say Oh boy to a girl? +1558 Can things grow smaller? +1559 How do you read these mathematical expressions aloud? +1560 Flee from vs flee +1561 How to pronounce friends? +1562 What is the meaning of check out in a programming context? +1563 Why do they use small van in van Gogh? +1564 Can staff ever be pluralized? +1565 A tin of biscuits vs A biscuit tin +1566 When is using the past perfect tense not necessary? +1567 If I found two $5 bills on the ground, would it be acceptable to say $10 are on the ground? +1568 Man goes with Woman to ensure she is safe on her way to home +1569 Does You little liar mean You tell small and not so serious lies or just You tell lies in general? +1570 What do you call this thing? bag? +1571 Is there a rule that prohibits us from using 2 possessives in a row? +1572 Is it standard to add please after a question? +1573 Why is it necessary to add the of in approved of ? +1574 The baby cries this morning +1575 why American-born, not America-born? +1576 Meaning of pound in felt a fury that was not his own pound through his body +1577 Help me understand the word Doggo in this image +1578 What do you call this thing that comes with any Apple product +1579 What is it called when at university there are two subjects being held at the same time? +1580 Russia Fired Rockets INTO Ukraine - BBC +1581 What does a hairline crack where the grip meets the graphite shaft on my 3-wood mean in this English joke? +1582 Why does the spellchecker think this sentence is wrong? +1583 Grammar behind Whatever what is is is what I want. +1584 Can adjectives modify a pronoun like rich they, poor you and beautiful I? +1585 Is the sentence pay some in cash understandable? +1586 Why in shops do they put “B sold here” instead of “B sells here”? +1587 Usage of Pet in Pet Peeve +1588 What is the root word of Refactoring? +1589 Difference between if + present, will + infinitive and if + present, would + infinitive +1590 What do you call a table that is unstable? +1591 Why is of dropped in as X (of) a something? +1592 Use of without in the howling of wolves without grew louder... +1593 Why are there three pronunciations for the plural -s? +1594 These look like fragments. Help me to understand why they are okay to use +1595 Meaning of “Bulldog drooled courses through his jowls” +1596 Conditional in the past -- If Vietnam *would* fall... +1597 Past tense: learned/learnt, dreamed/dreamt? +1598 Would saying if in place of whether be a big mistake? +1599 Exercises for pronouncing I +1600 Whats a professional synonym for would love to? +1601 Difference between two years old and two-year-old +1602 Does *first of all* always go with *second of all*? +1603 What does just so you know mean? +1604 Could you clarify when to use Though at the end of a sentence? +1605 This is a good news. This is good news +1606 I am hurting in the meaning of I am hurt? Why? +1607 How can I tell whether c should be pronounced like s or like k? +1608 What is the plural of who? +1609 When to use wherein instead of where? +1610 What is the difference between hear and listen? +1611 Difference between “little”, “few”, “a little” and “a few” +1612 How is this called vs What is this called? +1613 Differences between the USA, the US and the States +1614 I did a few mistakes vs I made a few mistakes +1615 In simple words, what is the difference between possible and probable? +1616 What is the term for a person whose job is to place products on shelves in stores? +1617 differences between dependence and dependency +1618 What does the slang word hammered actually mean? +1619 SB and STH in dictionaries +1620 Do I have to use “do” in any “wh-” question? +1621 Whats the difference between replication and duplication? +1622 Ways to say get smaller, decrease in size in one word +1623 How to pronounce the schwa sound +1624 How can I say a period of four months in one word? +1625 I told you DON´T go vs. I told you NOT TO go +1626 Is I know appropriate or rude in conversation? +1627 How to distinguish between American Indians and Indian Indians in native English (language) parlance? +1628 “...than I am” vs. “...than me” +1629 If God bless someone/something; is it positive or negative? Same with All the best? +1630 Is there a word or phrase that means use other peoples wifi or Internet service without consent? +1631 Why is it “Cat in the Hat”? +1632 said as an adjective +1633 What does the expression Happy is as happy does mean? +1634 How do English-speaking kids loudly request something? +1635 The cow OR a cow OR cows in this context +1636 Word that includes food, alcoholic drinks, and non-alcoholic drinks? +1637 Why do we pronounce the university as thuh university rather than thee university? +1638 17 billions of bottles VS 17 billion of bottles +1639 How can knowing a root word help me? +1640 Clumsy vs awkward? +1641 Is it OK to respond to thanks with sure? +1642 What is wrong in Its quite often to hear such rumors these days.? +1643 I got a stomach flu or I got the stomach flu or I got stomach flu? +1644 Actual meaning of After all +1645 What word can be used to describe a bug in a movie? +1646 What is the difference between self-evident and self-explanatory +1647 Is Can I help you a suitable expression for offering help to a stranger? +1648 Spelling a word with two Us in a row out loud +1649 Singular or plural with zero: The temperature will drop to zero degree(s) +1650 In the USA, do you say my car runs on LPG gas or just my car runs on gas if your car runs on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)? +1651 I am [the / an] owner of a bookstore? +1652 Why does money take the in all the money in the world? +1653 What is the word that expresses both Clock and Watch? +1654 The difference between extra chair and spare chair +1655 Is dont mind if I do old-fashioned? +1656 Is there a simple and clear way to explain the difference between past simple and present perfect? +1657 What is the antonym of to friend? +1658 What does lickered up mean? +1659 What is the term for a......a.....a... in speech? +1660 Grammaticality: Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something +1661 English equivalent to the German zig +1662 Is the word like a preposition or verb in You made me like this. +1663 Work in a power plant, work on a power plant or work at a power plant? +1664 What is Latin Grammar? +1665 Can we use dare in this way? +1666 Why is the definite article used in I live in the city? +1667 What do blacks and missions refer to in this context about Australia? +1668 What does Stands the wind in that quarter mean? +1669 Meaning of the word bromide in an additional charge for special presentations (e.g. bromides) +1670 Regarding a metaphor Old Nick is not just lurking in the small print, +1671 Does a code snippet compile? Or does it get compiled? +1672 Why do dictionaries write /p/ instead of /pʰ/ for pie in the ipa? +1673 Why not Indian fisherman? Article headline: India fisherman killed as Pakistan navy opens fire +1674 When this battle will be finally over - shouldnt it be When this battle is finally over? +1675 Is there a missing definite article before caliph in the groups leader, XYZ, as (the) caliph? +1676 What is the saying to use when someone has long worked for an accident to happen? +1677 Why the schoolboy instead of a schoolboy in this sentence? +1678 Im born or I was born, which one to use +1679 How to write just so you know politely in formal letters? +1680 When should I use didnt instead of havent? +1681 Is people a countable or a non-countable noun? +1682 What is the difference between being and having been in this context? +1683 What does the word Print mean on a form? +1684 I work {on/with/in} a team? +1685 What does things went south mean? +1686 The USA versus USA +1687 What is a plural of To-Do? To-Dos or To-Does? +1688 Is Bunch of people a valid phrase? +1689 complete or completed +1690 Differences between hatred and hate +1691 Why is `enjoy to [verb]` incorrect +1692 What is the difference between dont & wont in the given sentences? +1693 Can I say copied-and-pasted? +1694 If you agree, you nod; if you dont agree, you _________? +1695 How to say person who invites another person with one word? +1696 What is the meaning of Redonkulous; is it an English Phrase? +1697 Is any difference between speak English and speak in English? +1698 On one hand vs on the one hand. +1699 Singular or plural for seconds +1700 How is pwned pronounced, and what does it mean? +1701 Usage of eyeglasses and glasses +1702 Can which be used with plural antecedents? +1703 Why a user instead of an user? +1704 Is it grammatical to say according to the law instead of according the law? +1705 What is the difference between I still use vs I am still using in this sentence? +1706 Why are baked and naked not pronounced the same? +1707 When you dont understand a joke right away +1708 Strange words people say when leaving +1709 Is forenoon commonly used? +1710 What do we call glasses with thick lenses +1711 What does its in the game mean? +1712 Should I say There are (a) very few animals there with an article or not? +1713 What does put on ones hat mean? +1714 Draw or tie in sports +1715 The meaning of already in the sentence Lets go already! +1716 How to say give your seat/place to somebody on transport? +1717 What do you call the main part of a joke? +1718 Are English consonant sounds [p], [t], [k] aspirated before another consonant? +1719 Can you use understand in progressive constructions? +1720 Is it not correct to say I have the brown eyes instead of I have brown eyes, and why? +1721 What do you call the process of filling up an electric kettle and turning it on in one verb or phrasal verb? +1722 What is the meaning of Put a bullet in something? +1723 What does Gringo Price mean? +1724 How do you describe a nut which does not tighten +1725 Is there a general rule how to create feminine words? +1726 Whats a lot of money {out of curiosity}? +1727 What is the verb for describing the movement of a cats paw when it is trying to hit something with it? +1728 A controversial GRE verbal reasoning question +1729 Is there an idiom that says not to change a perfectly good thing? +1730 Spelling/pronunciation of gross different from moss,floss, loss, toss etc +1731 What do we call a person who seems to always correctly predict unfortunate things? +1732 Stephen Hawking believes that the earth is unlikely to be the only planet ____ life has developed gradually +1733 Animals which lay eggs are called birds. and Animals that lay eggs are called birds. What is the difference between these two sentences? +1734 Are words ending in -ly adverbs? +1735 Haha over lol -Do natives consider hahaha as an offensive gesture? +1736 A joke about owls playing pool +1737 Is there a word for a gel turning into liquid? +1738 Is PC used as an English expression for a computer in English speaking countries? +1739 What does it mean to dine off something? +1740 What exactly is the word there in an existential construction? And related questions +1741 Are double contractions formal? Eg: couldntve for could not have +1742 What does “kilo-stones” mean? +1743 What does Trump mean here with They don’t need more as they are going up for the shot.? +1744 Do some people call all horses “Pony” and if so, why? +1745 Idiom for blaming a bad act on the devil +1746 All languages are interesting. Every language is interesting. Do they mean exactly the same thing? +1747 Why is help you save money wrong if the subject was plural? +1748 we women, you women, they women, we men, you men, they men +1749 What does I never stopped to think of it mean? +1750 Which is the most acceptable numeral for 1980 to 1989? +1751 Does nor he mine make sense here? +1752 How should I correct my spoken error? +1753 Slang from Fresh Prince from Bel-Air S01E03: Vacuumed, Cheese Dog, Harley, Fly for Me +1754 Can I use they to refer to my own skills? +1755 “I talk dog talk to the dog.” +1756 Golden spoon or Gold spoon -if the spoon is made of gold? +1757 Is the particle up redundant in phrases like to pick *up* berries? +1758 Is Tweety suitable as a persons name? +1759 Going up in smoke vs. going up in flames +1760 Why doesnt adolescent take any articles in listen to adolescent agonising? +1761 How to understand cupping backsides is taken as seriously as cooking books? +1762 How to pronounce scorpionll, Jimll, etc +1763 Is the sentence “Im not doing that because I hate you ambiguous? +1764 When is what used for living beings? +1765 A * doesnt a good * make +1766 the US. or the US +1767 What is the meaning of officially here? +1768 He gave the order to abandon ship. - why no article? +1769 How does the grammar work in here be dragons? +1770 in 60 seconds or less or in 60 seconds or fewer? +1771 meaning of the phrase play humans? +1772 Simple present for speaking about the future the way natives do +1773 In those days, you could have been (could be?) killed for any trifle +1774 Singular or plural when indicating something unique owned by many +1775 How can I explain to a non-native why the plural of a noun isnt used adjectivally? +1776 Is the sentence This whiteboard wont erase grammatically correct? +1777 Is it disappointed with, in, or by? +1778 I and John vs. John and myself vs. John and I -- Which is the acceptable way to refer to myself and my friend? +1779 Is the use of one of the correct in the following context? +1780 Did you watch this movie? or Have you watched this movie? +1781 at vs in (the hospital) - What is different? +1782 In the past few years Vs Over the past few years +1783 Which is correct: on foot or by foot? +1784 If anyone knows or Does anyone know? +1785 On the market or In the market? +1786 Differences between till now, as of now,yet, up till now +1787 What is the weather today? or How is the weather today? +1788 police are or police is +1789 How to politely ask someone to repeat what they said after theyve already repeated it once? +1790 Can all be used with both singular & plural verbs? +1791 How do you use the term running late? +1792 How can I say can in the future form? +1793 Personal circumstances? +1794 Using Contain vs. Include vs. Consist of appropriately +1795 couple versus couple of +1796 Everyone has their own stories vs Everyone has their own story - which one is correct? +1797 Suggest me or Suggest to me +1798 Do decades ever get apostrophes? +1799 Executer vs executor +1800 How to properly ask for store hours on phone? +1801 Addressing a group of women as you guys +1802 What does period mean in this conversation? +1803 English native speaker vs. Native English speaker +1804 especially vs. particularly +1805 Which word is correct, existed, existent or existing? +1806 Think of versus think about +1807 Why is it not correct to use 2 conjunctions in a sentence? +1808 help you learn vs. help you to learn +1809 Whats the meaning of there you go? +1810 Is the global in global pandemic redundant? +1811 Is it thumb is up in thumbs up? +1812 Arab vs. Arabian vs. Arabic — what are the differences? +1813 If something was vs If something were +1814 American equivalent of British takeaway +1815 Can it be used to refer to a person? +1816 She is at the dentists now +1817 What is the difference between gerund and infinitive? +1818 On a bus or on the bus? +1819 miss call or missed call when it is yet to be missed! +1820 Does Until when sound natural for native speakers? +1821 Is there a vs is there any? +1822 Why should the T in T-shirt be capitalized? +1823 What is the correct word for turn off lamp for a non-electric lamp? +1824 Mobile homes in American and British English +1825 How common is it to use the word bitch for a female dog? +1826 When can I use thy instead of your? +1827 The meaning of I’m very cheap? +1828 in order for I to do something -- for I? why not for me? +1829 When can you respond with affirmative? +1830 Official wife or Formal wife? +1831 Too expensive for me to afford it why ungrammatical? +1832 Is This brought me an idea correct English? +1833 Using THE before some countries +1834 What does join the dots mean? +1835 Dog can mean something of an inferior quality. What animals do we use, if any, to describe the opposite? +1836 What does it gets old pretty fast mean in these sentences? +1837 Last night at 9 PM, I ate dinner -- Does this sentence mean that it began at 9 or finished at 9? +1838 What does dont have a baby imply or mean in this sentence? +1839 If Olympics is singular, why does it use were? +1840 Is it correct English to write John he is my husband, or, Mary she went to the store? +1841 Does breakfast in Lets have breakfast denote an activity or a collection of edible items? +1842 A sentence in Present tense was understood as future tense +1843 What does the nutshell in “in a nutshell” stand for? +1844 What does Get a damn room! mean? +1845 When do we double the consonant before -ing affix? +1846 Word meaning: arguably +1847 The name of this part of a spoon +1848 Can Nightmare be seen? +1849 A word or a phrase for riding a bicycle on only one wheel +1850 What do you call the action of describing events as they happen like sports anchors do? +1851 What does a the prefix a- mean in a-changing +1852 100 apples are/is considered as a large number of apples +1853 Plural subject + Linking Verb + Singular predicate nominative +1854 Contrary of As its/their name indicates +1855 Why is there no article after no in I have no car +1856 Would it be went to sleep at one yesterday or ”...today? +1857 What does eating your hat mean? +1858 Word for something that is only noticeable when it goes wrong? +1859 Starve to death Vs. Starve to the point of death +1860 The US/UK word for Turkish sandwich filled with meat, salad and sauce +1861 to be jealous Vs. to envy - what is the difference? +1862 Whats the meaning of You get that much because that’s how much you get? +1863 How to pronounce the slash sign +1864 Die hard phrase meaning +1865 When to say dog, and when to say hound? +1866 Can do somebody mean imitate somebody in spoken English? +1867 Its time ... verb/verb-ed ... +1868 Parsing I was in the soup now good. +1869 What would you call, for the lack of a better way to put it, benign nationalism? +1870 A verb for proceed with difficulty +1871 What does the expression go to the vets mean? +1872 Why is a coat of arms called so? +1873 128-bit vs 128 bits +1874 Is the expression very worth proper English, and if not, what are some alternatives? +1875 When I say, they will get married, will it be fully understood as they will become a couple? +1876 Introductory word meaning considering what was previously said +1877 Do you know wheres Linda? vs Do you know where Linda is? +1878 Difference between alright and all right? +1879 What does Heaven mean here +1880 Whats the word for asking someone to deliver their promise? +1881 Physicians writing - to scribble like a chicken with claw +1882 Multiplication: names of some mathematical symbols +1883 Manhunt for three gunmen vs womanhunt for three gunwomen +1884 What would you call this weird metallic apparatus that allows you to lift people? +1885 We are aware of that we are short on time +1886 Flammable or Inflammable +1887 Youve spoiled/damaged the card +1888 They are Australian vs They are Australians +1889 How do you convey the effect of a poor phone connection? +1890 Debuggable - Is it correct? +1891 Why does spell sound like |sbel| while in dictionary it is |spel|? +1892 the police conspiracy vs. the polices conspiracy +1893 Why is hanged for this correct but not hung? +1894 What does to mean in A Complete Guide to...? +1895 How can I remember the difference between loose and lose? +1896 Is there a word for immediate future just like just for immediate past? +1897 What is the meaning of TV anchor words “scores of Russians? +1898 Cthulhu Fhtagn - is there a rule how to pronounce artificially created words? +1899 Is it wrong to hyphenate a phrasal verb like log in or is it a matter of style? +1900 What does capital L signify in labour? +1901 Can I use chance as a future-tense verb? +1902 Whats the name for the string attached to a zipper to help close or open a bag? +1903 Using the pronoun we when Im not a part of it! +1904 The use of an article before a possessive proper noun - The late Michael Jacksons old home +1905 Using south when referring to the southern part of a place +1906 Strong presence, but ________ absence? +1907 Does the notion of check word exist in English? +1908 Why is it Here you are! but Here comes the teacher.? +1909 When does lack need an article? +1910 Can you use plague as a general term? +1911 Meaning of I wont let a flat tire get me down, Tom said, without despair +1912 What is the grammar of the sentence this is not some science fiction movie come to life. +1913 Whats the meaning of has by? +1914 How to pronounce router in English +1915 A sentence with listing items: How to remove the ambiguity? +1916 Zero tolerance for walkers, or them to be. -- grammar, meaning? +1917 What do you call the walking lanes in lecture rooms? +1918 What does the phrase building hopping chop mean here? +1919 Can ‘is’ and ‘are’ be used in the same sentence? ‘The conclusion is both are harmful.’ +1920 What is the nuance of Pick yourself up a copy!? +1921 When to use some instead of a +1922 Saying for distracting someone with other activity? +1923 How to express that instructions (i.e. a recipe) should be followed precisely? +1924 Why do we say something is The same (using the article), but we say something is different (no article)? +1925 What should a language learner know about political correctness? +1926 Is there a general rule for Verb + Preposition/Particle idioms, such as come across? +1927 Is there a standard technique for practicing the th phonemes? +1928 Might vs. may. Whats the difference? +1929 Noun for people not yet confirmed as alive, or dead +1930 Do these two sentences convey different meanings? +1931 In a letter, what is the most polite way to ask for a quick reply? +1932 study in or study at (some university)? +1933 Information or Informations? +1934 Which of Question on, question about, question regarding, question related to is best? +1935 I am finished vs I have finished +1936 Here you are & Here you go +1937 Yours faithfully vs Yours sincerely +1938 “experience in” VS experience with +1939 What does she look like? vs. How does she look like? +1940 If twins are always plural, how do I refer to a single twin, or how do we count twins? +1941 Why do you say, see A doctor, but go to The doctor? +1942 fall into a category vs. fall under a category +1943 What is the difference between look at and look to? +1944 Help explaining Where am I? vs ...where I am +1945 What is the soft part of the palm called in English? +1946 What does if not mean in the given sentence +1947 When describing a ratio, should between or of be used? +1948 Why is many a man singular while many men plural? +1949 Difference between across and through +1950 Can either be used for more than two items? +1951 Its an interesting topic for me versus Its interesting to me: Does it really matter? +1952 I didnt know or I havent known? +1953 Capitalization of first letter after a dash +1954 Do once a year and once in a year mean the same thing? +1955 he leaves for New York tomorrow. vs. he will leave for New York tomorrow +1956 Is saying I figured it out! (past tense) correct usage? +1957 When is h silent and when is it not? +1958 What is the difference between general and generic? +1959 I look forward to hearing from you or looking forward to hear from you? +1960 Correct plural usage for hundreds and thousands +1961 Difference between fat chance and slim chance? +1962 Are double negatives like hes never not been in the family grammatically correct? +1963 Be yet to do vs have yet to do +1964 Living by himself vs Living on his own +1965 Is or Are with OR? +1966 Create vs. Generate vs. Make +1967 Can we say Yes, I would if someone asks Would you mind buying me a drink? +1968 Analysing the kind(s) of problem(s) are [ones]/[to be] construction +1969 A customer is someone who buys but what is he if theres no purchase made? +1970 Whats the difference between used to like and liked? +1971 What is meant by grammar? +1972 English equivalent of French quiproquo +1973 consists of or consists in? +1974 Word for searching through someones possessions without permission +1975 What is the difference between “do” and “make”? +1976 Difference between raise and lift +1977 An appropriate term for an overly by-the-rules person +1978 What is the difference between revenge and avenge? +1979 Do native speakers use so-so? +1980 What does scaredy mean in Dont be a scaredy cat? +1981 Meaning of doesnt even begin to cover it +1982 stairwell or staircase +1983 Why cant we say **What job** are you? instead of What is your job? to ask ones job? +1984 Is what the hell considered offensive? +1985 Can I say I was born in a place but bred in another place instead of using born and bred in pair? +1986 A secretary with ____ good knowledge of English: a or no article? +1987 Can domestic animal be used instead of livestock? +1988 He is honest (9 out of 10). How to construct a phrase in which a persons honesty is scored on a scale? +1989 Where you going is right? +1990 what do you call the edge that goes along ironed trousers? +1991 I wish I ate meat +1992 How long does an owl live? +1993 half of pound or half of a pound or half pound +1994 using next to days of the week +1995 Whats the word for a student who doesnt register but goes to a class anyway? +1996 I left them (at) home +1997 Should bring a plate be taken literally? +1998 Are mist and missed really pronounced exactly the same in English? +1999 Does Ive temporarily suspended mean that I did it? +2000 Is Vague the opposite of Vivid? +2001 The phrase to the Right of Attila the Hun +2002 Can I say I Java, or does it have to be I do Java? +2003 Would the One Ring even work for anyone but Sauron? +2004 Could I fake death to stop being Force-choked? +2005 Who or what was Tom Bombadil? +2006 Why dont Muggle-born wizards use Muggle technology to fight Death Eaters? +2007 Story where the number 3 is the monster? +2008 Why didnt Gandalf or Frodo Fly to Mount Doom? +2009 How long was Bill Murrays character (Phil Connors) supposed to be in a time loop in the film Groundhog Day? +2010 In what order should the Star Wars movies be watched? +2011 Why does everyone think that the Millennium Falcon is a piece of junk? +2012 Which 2015 technologies were correctly predicted by Back to the Future II? +2013 Are all stormtroopers as poor soldiers as the ones in the movies? +2014 How did Dumbledore, or anyone, know Lily had sacrificed herself for Harry? +2015 Why did C.S. Lewis use Turkish Delight as temptation for Edmund? +2016 Whose underwear is this? +2017 Did Tolkien really explicitly consider Sam the true hero of The Lord of the Rings? +2018 Are E.T. and Star Wars in the same universe? +2019 Hogwarts: So why arent the kids doing it? +2020 Was Yoda fully sane on Dagobah? +2021 Why does the Death Star have a trash compactor? +2022 Was the Millennium Falcon too slow? +2023 Why did Douglas Adams pick 42 as the ultimate answer? +2024 Is the basic premise of humans as a power source in The Matrix reasonable? +2025 Does Batman use Linux? +2026 What is the origin of the Riker Chair Maneuver? +2027 What does Gandalf mean by Secret Fire, Flame of Anor and Flame of Udûn? +2028 What order should Asimovs Foundation series be read in? +2029 What did Yoda do on Dagobah? +2030 How can Scrooge McDuck dive into money without hurting himself? +2031 Was Aragorns claim to the throne legitimate? +2032 Why didnt the basilisk bite in Chamber of Secrets destroy the Horcrux? +2033 If Luke Skywalker didn’t want to be found, why did he leave a map? +2034 Which ship can go faster, the Millennium Falcon or the USS Enterprise-D? +2035 Where did Harrys parents get all of their money from? +2036 Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a pre-computer year? +2037 Why are ships in Star Wars so ridiculously easy to steal? +2038 Why didnt Sauron become invisible while wearing the One Ring? +2039 In-universe, is Aslan actually Jesus? +2040 Why are there so many 47s? +2041 Which finger was BB-8 sticking up? +2042 Why did Darth Vader die in Return of the Jedi? +2043 Does Hobbes ever do anything that Calvin himself could not do? +2044 If only the Sith deal in absolutes, why does Obi-Wan say it that way? +2045 Is there an official Marvel Cinematic Universe viewing order? +2046 In Civil War, why did Tony Stark and Steve Rogers choose sides that didnt reflect their attitudes? +2047 Was Darth Vader REALLY a Sith? +2048 How does Picard choose a warp speed? +2049 Given a magical world, why is the Quibbler ridiculous? +2050 In The Matrix Revolutions How Does Neo Stop the Machine Weapons in the Real World? +2051 What did Padmé die of? +2052 What is the significance of Sarumans Ring? +2053 Why would Snape set his office password to Dumbledore? +2054 Why is Shelob considered evil? +2055 When and why did the Enterprise get balls? +2056 Who created the Secret Stairs as a way into Mordor and for what purpose? +2057 What do people in Westeros eat during Winter? +2058 Why was Hermione not in Ravenclaw? +2059 Why does the Party allow playing chess in Orwells 1984? +2060 How much older was Hermione after her third year at Hogwarts? +2061 How many times was Obi-Wan less than honest with Luke? +2062 If diary Tom Riddle had succeeded, would there have been two Voldemorts? +2063 Why doesnt the Discworld run out of water? +2064 Why is The Matrix tinted green? +2065 Was the Cantina music deliberately off-tune or just an artifact of cheap production? +2066 How did no other engineer see the design flaw of the Death Star? +2067 Why does everyone face the same way on the transporter? +2068 Did Calvin ever realise that Hobbes was not real? +2069 Is Slytherin Evil? +2070 What is Marios full name? +2071 In Star Trek - Whats the Point of the Transporter Room? +2072 In Back to the Future, why was the speed 88 miles per hour? +2073 Did Palpatine intentionally lose to Mace Windu? +2074 Why did the Jedi want to bring balance to the Force? +2075 Why and how did the Star Trek Universe evolve to a cashless/commerce-less society? +2076 What is the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey about? +2077 What are Guinans powers from Star Trek: TNG? +2078 Why would the Force become so mysterious and unrecognized after only 20 years? +2079 Does any Looney Tunes character ever use any fictional brand-name product that isnt ACME? +2080 Is Lex Luthors 40-cake theft canonical? +2081 Why is Sauron called the Necromancer? +2082 What was the origin of Star Treks Borg? +2083 Why would killing Darth Vader or the Emperor turn Luke to the Dark Side? +2084 When and why did orcs go green? +2085 Why were the Elves so great at archery? +2086 Why is JK Rowling considered bad at math? +2087 Why doesnt Hogwarts have more teachers? +2088 What did Frodo mean by He told me the true story? +2089 Whats the recommended reading order of the Ender Wiggin books? +2090 Why is Tony Stark in the Iron Man suit unaffected by G-forces, inertia and blunt force trauma? +2091 Was any character alive during all of the Star Wars episodes from I to VII? +2092 When & how did Yoda come to know about the Rule of Two? +2093 Why would Dumbledore encourage people to call Voldemort Voldemort instead of Tom Riddle? +2094 Where does the archetypal image of the Grey alien come from? +2095 Can wizards create their own spells? +2096 Was Harry making a big mistake with his plan for Elder Wand? +2097 Do the Imperials know they are evil? +2098 Why did George Lucas set Star Wars in the past instead of the future? +2099 Is Thor the only Avenger who cant die? +2100 Does Katniss depict proper handling of a bow? +2101 Is the Dark Side of the Force more powerful? +2102 Story where scientist communicates with cities directly +2103 Who is Anakin Skywalkers father? +2104 Why does Leias accent change during A New Hope? +2105 What was the first Sci-Fi work to feature a spaceship? +2106 Why was Gandalf involved with the Dwarves quest to rob Smaug? +2107 Is there a Vulcan funeral blessing? +2108 Was Rorschachs Pagliacci joke a real joke? +2109 What plot points are missing in the Harry Potter movies that are in the novels? +2110 Why Cant R2-D2 Talk? +2111 Why isnt the system identifiable using only BB-8s map? +2112 Which wars are Star Wars? +2113 Was ST:VOY watered down? +2114 Is Luke Skywalker actually a Jedi? +2115 Why arent Muggles extinct? +2116 How many axes did Gimli bring on the quest of the Fellowship? +2117 Are Jedi required to abstain from all sexual relations, or only from the ones involving emotional attachments? +2118 Whats the story behind the Spock helmet? +2119 How could a raw, untrained Force user be so adept at using the Force? +2120 Why was Han Solo on Tatooine? +2121 Could the Enterprise beam a vampire into a house she didn’t have permission to enter? +2122 When and how does Vader learn that Luke is his son? +2123 Were the Smurfs the first to smurf their smurfs? +2124 Why Do Jedi Use One Lightsaber in Combat? +2125 Which seven kings does Saruman think Gandalf wants to control? +2126 Did Dumbledore consider the implications of leaving a baby on a doorstep overnight? +2127 Why didnt Yoda and Obi-Wan kill Darth Vader and the Emperor? Why wait for Skywalker? +2128 What is a year in Westeros? +2129 How is canonicity of derivative works determined for Star Wars? +2130 Why was Gandalf afraid of the Balrog of Morgoth? +2131 What is the reference Captain America understood? +2132 Tolkien calls Sauron Morgoths Greatest Servant - But does he ever really earn that with his actions? +2133 How do Star Trek viewscreens show perceivable depth? +2134 How well-known is the theology of Middle-earth, in Middle-earth? +2135 Is it true that The Doctor can only regenerate 12 times? +2136 Did Eru Ilúvatar trip Gollum? +2137 Why do castle gates in GoT open inwards? +2138 Why not let a dwarf carry the One Ring to Mount Doom, since their will cannot be dominated by the rings of power? +2139 Did Darth Vader wear the same suit for 20+ years? +2140 Does no one run in Star Trek? +2141 Is it possible to ruin one’s career by failing the Kobayashi Maru? +2142 Why was Darth Vader so careless? +2143 How is Shelobs name known? +2144 Why does everyone call Hagrid by his last name? +2145 How can Data lose a chess game? +2146 Is/was General Leia Organa expected to be in the next episodes (VIII and IX) of Star Wars? +2147 Why Does Samwise Gamgee Call Frodo Baggins Mr. Frodo? +2148 Why does Kylo Ren wear a mask? +2149 Who is / was the Lord of the Rings? +2150 Why is invisibility the power granted by the One Ring? +2151 Why do the people in MarvelVerse dislike X-Men more than other superheroes? +2152 Is there an actual army in 1984? +2153 Why do we hear Leias Theme during Kenobis death? +2154 Did Peter Jackson ever explain why he left out the Scouring of the Shire? +2155 Why is it that after 8,000 years, technology in Westeros has not evolved in the world of the Game of Thrones? +2156 Why does Zaphod Beeblebrox call Ford Prefect Ford when they meet on the Heart of Gold? +2157 Is there a term for the science fiction trope where a character lists two historical things and a future thing? +2158 Why didnt Harry feel the Cruciatus Curse at the end of Deathly Hallows? +2159 Why was Susan treated so unkindly? +2160 Why didnt Qui-Gon Jinn use his Jedi mind tricks to exchange his Republic credits? +2161 Boy transported to another planet where the being who owns the Earth lives +2162 Why does the paper in Battlestar Galactica have the corners cut off? +2163 How valuable are C-3PO and R2-D2? +2164 Why could Quirrell tolerate Harrys touch at the beginning of Philosophers Stone? +2165 Why werent the Three Rings for the Elven-kings destroyed as well? +2166 Why was Sirius ever convicted? +2167 Has an injured Flash ever used super-speed to walk on his hands? +2168 Which was the first novel set in universes where P=NP? +2169 Whats the best order to read HP Lovecrafts novels? +2170 Why did Lucas begin the episode numbering at IV? +2171 Why Was It Essential That Voldemort Kill Harry Potter? +2172 Where is the rest of Yodas species? +2173 Why didnt Frodo take a map with him? +2174 How come the Federation did not routinely use projectile weapons against the Borg? +2175 Story about humanity realizing they are in a simulation +2176 Why did Harry Potter intentionally lose the Resurrection Stone in the Forbidden Forest? +2177 Why didnt Saruman take Narya from Gandalf? +2178 How does Gandalf (or anyone) know how to destroy the Ring? +2179 Why does Millennium Falcon bank when turning in vacuum? +2180 Since when has Darth Vader had a sense of humor? +2181 Does Aragorn wear pants? +2182 Why were the Death Eaters so lenient during the fight at the Department of Mysteries? +2183 How do the Ninja Turtles get the money to pay for their pizza? +2184 Does Lwaxana Troi ever talk to herself (as the computer voice)? +2185 Why didnt the Order of the Phoenix assist in hunting Horcruxes? +2186 Why didn’t EVE recognize the little cockroach as a living organism? +2187 What kind of creature is Pac-Man? +2188 What is the logical reason for bullying Spock? +2189 How is Gandalf the White a significantly more powerful figure than Gandalf the Gray? +2190 Why couldnt the Jedi detect Senator Palpatine as having powers? +2191 How was the Chosen One meant to bring balance to the Force? +2192 Are there any programmers in Star Trek? +2193 Where is Hill Valley? +2194 Why would Shelob own Sauron? +2195 Why does Prof. Farnsworth run Planet Express? +2196 Why did Anakin lose against Obi-Wan in Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith? +2197 Why isnt Captain America worthy of Mjolnir? +2198 Why didnt the Dursleys gladly ship Harry off to Hogwarts? +2199 Why was Newt Scamanders name on the Marauders Map when Fred and George gave it to Harry? +2200 Why Did Gringotts Pay Out for Harrys Firebolt? +2201 Where do teachers sleep at Hogwarts? +2202 In the Avengers movie, why is Hulks behaviour inconsistent? +2203 Why was Hermione always late when she used the Time Turner? +2204 Why arent there any sieges in Lord of The Rings? +2205 Were there science fiction stories written during the Middle Ages? +2206 Is this Beverly Crusher? +2207 In which episodes did the Enterprise boldly go where no one had gone before? +2208 In what order should Tolkiens writings on Middle-earth be read? +2209 Why was the Black Pearl so special? +2210 Why is Cersei commonly referred to as Cersei Lannister instead of Cersei Baratheon? +2211 Is there any proof that Jaime Lannister is actually a good swordsman? +2212 Was Voyager really significantly slower than the Enterprise-D? +2213 Why did the Fellowship not choose to pass the Misty Mountains further north or south? +2214 What is this green alien supposed to be on the American covers of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? +2215 Who is the narrator of Star Wars? +2216 From which Star Trek TNG episode/movie has this famous facepalm image been taken? +2217 Why didnt Harry Potter play as the king? +2218 What order should the Babylon 5 movies and series be watched in? +2219 What are Gandalfs powers? +2220 Why do the lightsaber moves of Luke Skywalker look so uncoordinated and crude compared to the prequels? +2221 Why Did the Machines Even Bother With a Matrix? +2222 If the Galactic Empire had over 25,000 Star Destroyers, why were only 27 at the Battle of Endor? +2223 Why didnt Dumbledore realise that Moody had been replaced? +2224 Does Deadpool know he is breaking the 4th wall? +2225 Was there ever any actual Spaceballs merchandise? +2226 Is there a hidden significance behind the fact Galadriel gave 3 hairs to Gimli instead of one? +2227 Why was the identity of the Half-Blood Prince important to the story? +2228 Why did Eddard Stark keep Catelyn in the dark? +2229 Why does an X-Wing have this name when there is no X in the Aurebesh alphabet? +2230 Harry Potter: Why 7? +2231 Why couldnt Harry or anybody else see Peter Pettigrew aka Scabbers on the Marauders Map when Lupin could? +2232 Are orcs and goblins really the same thing? +2233 Did J.K Rowling have the Tom Marvolo Riddle anagram set up from the start? +2234 Why does Darth Vader stop Boba Fett from shooting Chewie in The Empire Strikes Back? +2235 How does Cypher exit/enter the Matrix without an operator? +2236 Did Voldemort actually curse the job of Defense Against Dark Arts professor after being denied the position? +2237 Since Voldemort knew that Dumbledore did not kill Grindelwald, why did he think that killing Snape was necessary for him to wield the Elder Wand? +2238 The use of the word gun in The Hobbit +2239 What is Hermione Grangers ethnicity? +2240 What is the reason that lightsabers have different colors? +2241 Why doesnt Quark wear a headdress? +2242 Why hasnt Anakin Skywalkers Force Ghost advised Kylo Ren? +2243 Werent there originally going to be nine Star Wars films? +2244 Why specifically was Obi-Wan Kenobi the only hope of Princess Leia? +2245 In Star Trek why is warp speed the ultimate litmus test on galactic acceptance of a civilisation? +2246 Was Tolkien good at his day job? +2247 What was Saurons plan for a Middle-earth conquered and ruled by him? +2248 What does Gandalf intend to chat with Tom Bombadil about? +2249 What is the first reference to an internet of computers in science fiction? +2250 Are the crew of the Enterprise-D famous? +2251 Did Philip K. Dick watch Blade Runner before his death? +2252 Why didnt Gimli know Moria had fallen? +2253 Why do some Jedi disappear when they die while others dont? +2254 Exactly how secret was the reveal in The Empire Strikes Back? +2255 How can Ron know that Voldemort was in Slytherin if nobody knows his real identity? +2256 Why did Gollum ever take off the ring in the first place? +2257 Short story where human explorers accidentally blind an alien race +2258 Which are the Two Towers in The Lord of the Rings? +2259 Were there any canon examples of Harry being an innately powerful wizard? +2260 Why didnt Sauron guard Mount Doom? +2261 The Matrix: When Neo and Trinity shoot security/police are they actually killing real people? +2262 Why was Han Solo acting like he’s never seen Chewbacca’s bowcaster before? +2263 Why do zombies eat our brains? +2264 Does it Matter if Han Shot First? +2265 Will Ezras lightsaber revolutionize dueling? +2266 Who actually sent the assassin to kill Bran? +2267 Why didnt James love and sacrifice for Lily protect her? +2268 What happened to warp drives destroying the universe? +2269 Whats the official explanation for Harrys (and everyone elses) absence from muggle school? +2270 Why Does Gandalf Think Rohan Should Stand and Fight? +2271 What keeps a lightsaber from going on infinitely? +2272 Why did Luke use his left hand to shoot? +2273 Why do people risk death by joining Starfleet if not for money or preservation of their homes? +2274 Why did the Voyager Doctor have to scrub in? +2275 Time Travel story where an imprisoned psychopath kills people from his past? +2276 Movie with magical book showing events of any day in history, except missing days of the Gregorian calendar change +2277 Why was Thors quinjet password Point Break? +2278 Why did all the Ringbearers leave Middle-earth in the end? +2279 Why does C-3PO have a silver lower leg? +2280 Why, exactly, does kryptonite hurt Superman? +2281 Is Big Brother an actual person in the novel 1984? +2282 How did Sauron feed the armies of Mordor? +2283 Why was Thor worthy to lift Mjolnir? +2284 Does Data need to cut his hair? +2285 Why did Gilderoy try to mend Harrys arm? +2286 What makes the world so oblivious to Clark Kents secret? +2287 Did Hermione ever fix her parents memories? +2288 Who was The Phantom Menace? +2289 Can anyone explain the Star Trek astrography (i.e. quadrants)? +2290 Was the Eye of Sauron Saurons actual physical form? +2291 What is the Jokers real name? +2292 What is written on Darth Vaders Chest control panel? +2293 In Stargate, how can you have a point of origin with only one coordinate? +2294 Whats the purpose of the earpiece Agent Smith is wearing? +2295 What lies in Mordor besides Mount Doom and Barad-dur? +2296 Safety railings in the Star Wars universe +2297 What was the tallest structure built in Middle-earth? +2298 Sol Ⅲ = Earth: What is the origin of this planetary naming scheme? +2299 Why was Dawlish not fired as an Auror, given his incompetence? +2300 Why four lights? +2301 Why did Batman do so much better in his second fight with Bane? +2302 Is there an episode of Game of Thrones where nobody dies? +2303 Why is there an adult Dianoga living on a brand new Death Star? +2304 Why didnt Harry want to be placed in Slytherin? +2305 When Did George Lucas Make Up the Stuff About the Sith and Midichlorians? +2306 They ARE Klingons, and its a long story... Whats the story? +2307 Are Tolkiens orcs immortal? +2308 What evidence is there supporting an alternative parentage for Jon Snow? +2309 Did Luke play any significant role in “Return of the Jedi?” +2310 What language(s) were Yodas speech patterns based on? +2311 Star Wars Imperial Ships: Oversized? +2312 In Episode VI, what did the good guys really accomplish since the bad guys are back stronger in Episode VII? +2313 Why cant Transporter technology be used as a weapon? +2314 Why not encase the One Ring in solid metal? +2315 Why are there so few robots in Star Trek? +2316 Why was Hitchhikers Guide censored? +2317 Why is there no night shift in Monsters, Inc.? +2318 Is there an identifiable origin for the association of minotaurs with battle axes? +2319 What went down at the July 1974 Comic Art Con? +2320 Why couldnt Harry see Thestrals at the end of Goblet of Fire? +2321 Why didnt Elrond or Círdan take the ring from Isildur by force and destroy it? +2322 What was Shepherd Books past in Firefly? +2323 How do humans dominate the Federation in Star Trek? +2324 Why did Voldemort assume that no-one knew about Room of Hidden Things? +2325 Why does the Star Wars universe use such a primitive technology as data-tapes? +2326 Why did Sauron think that no one in possession of the One Ring would want to destroy it? +2327 Where does Gandalf Live? +2328 How do the Turtles get their pizza? +2329 Why did the Terminator need sunglasses? +2330 In Tolkiens opinion, does Tom Bombadil (and the concept of pacifism) actually hold any power? +2331 Does anyone know what this fantasy script is from? +2332 What did Godric Gryffindor have a sword for, anyway? +2333 Where did Rockets repair tool come from? +2334 What is the viewing order of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica? +2335 What is the true origin of the orcs? +2336 Where did the Red Brick Road lead to? +2337 Did the Ring Bearers and Gimli die in Valinor? +2338 Why did Obi-Wan leave Vader on Mustafar? +2339 Why are there humans in the Star Wars Universe? +2340 Why didnt Sauron fight in the final battle? +2341 Why does Smaug have 4 legs in the 1st movie but only 2 legs in the 2nd? +2342 What are the rules and limits of Accio spell? +2343 Why arent there any fighter carriers in the Star Trek universe? +2344 Explanation of seasons in A Song of Ice and Fire +2345 What do the Death Stars do, other than destroying planets? +2346 Why did Moody suggest to Harry that he should consider becoming an Auror? +2347 Why did the One Ring betray Isildur? +2348 Why isnt the Memory Charm (Obliviate) an Unforgivable Curse? +2349 Why did Wood have Muggle golf balls? +2350 How did Weird Al Yankovic predict The Phantom Menace? +2351 How many episodes of Star Trek didnt happen? +2352 Why would Dumbledore say After all this time? to Snape? +2353 If Obi-Wan and Yoda were trying to keep Luke safe from Vader, why would they let him keep the Skywalker name? +2354 What happened to Yoda? +2355 Why are Starfleet bridges positioned so vulnerably? +2356 If Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard (allegedly), why would he work at a glorified boarding school? Is there a role with more responsibility? +2357 In The Matrix, why is Neo confusing left and right? +2358 Do the books ever say oliphaunts aren’t elephants? +2359 Does Sauron have any dialogue in any of the books? +2360 Who has been killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and a Xenomorph? +2361 How was construction of the Death Star(s) kept secret? +2362 When were female captains banned from Starfleet? +2363 Why was a young actor in age makeup cast in the Battlestar Galactica miniseries, rather than an older actor? +2364 Why didnt Nero visit his homeworld to warn of its destruction? +2365 Invisibility should cause blindness: how does hard sf cope? +2366 Why did Tony Stark keep the electromagnet in his chest? +2367 How Did Éowyn Slay the Witch King of Angmar if He Wasnt Alive? +2368 Would Smaug have actually followed and allied with Sauron had he lived on? +2369 Why was the Holdo manoeuvre not used earlier? +2370 Why was Spider-Man the only person to feel any physical sensation from this event in Infinity War? +2371 Why is killing someone using the Avada Kedavra spell considered worse or different than killing him with any other means? +2372 When Jedi lose parts of their body, does their midi-chlorian count and strength in the Force diminish? +2373 Was the rescue in Episode 6 Beyond the Wall achieved in a plausible time? +2374 Why didnt they make the dinosaurs all male? +2375 In Star Trek, why do Federation / Starfleet ships always seem to delay returning fire until its almost too late? +2376 Why exactly do the Death Eaters serve Lord Voldemort? +2377 What was Starbuck’s role? +2378 Is anyone else not buying the Buggers story? +2379 Why does Gollum calling the ring his own not alert Sauron? +2380 Was there ever a situation where a proposal from Worf was accepted? +2381 Why would Vulcans be vegetarian in an era with replicators? +2382 How does gravity work on Serenity? +2383 Short story about Neurosurgeon uses nanobots to cure patients, reprograms ex-wife to fall back in love with him +2384 How did the Death Star move? +2385 How did Harry become a Horcrux? +2386 What happened to Fawkes? +2387 Who created the first Transformer? +2388 Why did Palpatine care about Anakin Skywalker in the Prequels given Palpatines pretty good Force Vision? +2389 Why did Peter Quill wait 26 years to open his mothers gift? +2390 Was the mythology in Moana based on an established myth? +2391 What are those sticks on Jyn Ersos back? +2392 Did the robot that saved Spooners life in I, Robot break the 2nd law of robotics? +2393 Why was Dolores Umbridge not arrested after the end of Harrys fifth year? +2394 Why is The Wall so tall in Game of Thrones? +2395 Why do Hogwarts teachers have such strange names? +2396 Why does Battle School train kids in physical combat when its irrelevant to the ultimate goal? +2397 Why dont Wizards use wrist straps to protect against disarming charms? +2398 Are the mountains surrounding Mordor natural? +2399 How did J.R.R. Tolkien learn about the events of his books? (In-Universe) +2400 Why didnt Obi-Wan remember R2-D2 and C-3PO in A New Hope? +2401 Is there a story behind the misquote, Luke, I am your father? +2402 Why did Sméagol turn into a creature when addicted to the ring, but not Bilbo Baggins? +2403 What order should I be reading the Discworld books in? +2404 What episodes of Doctor Who should I watch first? +2405 Does Hogwarts teach non magical classes? +2406 What did Darth Vader mean by “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Who had “stopped” Vader—or the Empire—previously? +2407 Why did Peter Parker work as a poor photographer given that he was a top science student who could earn much more in Silicon Valley? +2408 Why does the Batmobile have a NO STEP sign? +2409 Out of Universe, was Vader always planned to be Lukes father? +2410 Why was the Triwizard cup portkey in Goblet of Fire two-way? +2411 What color is smurf blood? +2412 Would Gollum qualify, as a Ringbearer, to go to the Undying Lands? +2413 Whats the big deal about the Nazgûl losing their horses? +2414 Why do less-bright students end up in Slytherin? +2415 Why was the ...philosophers stone retitled to ... the sorcerers stone for the US Market? +2416 Was Palpatine an effective ruler? +2417 What is the largest (engineered) physical object dreamed of in science fiction? +2418 Why have most Superhero movies ditched the Secret Identity? +2419 Are Pokemon farmed and eaten? +2420 Why did the Nazgul start on horseback? +2421 Can you tell my robot to kill itself? (Three Laws) +2422 Who or what inspired the character Geordi La Forge? +2423 Man serves a sentence for the murder he will be allowed to commit in the future +2424 If the Borg assimilate a planet of idiots, does the Collective become dumber? +2425 Why did they name the movie Blade Runner? +2426 Is Tolkiens Middle-earth in our Universe? +2427 What is the benefit of an AT-AT walker over a conventional tank? +2428 Why is Sonic so fast? +2429 Did the trio (and others) go back to finish at Hogwarts? +2430 Why did Red Squadron give their call signs in random order? +2431 At what time can you start feeding Mogwai? +2432 Why didnt Molly Weasley remember the platform number? +2433 Why did Mark Hamill want everyone to “flip the bird” in tribute to Carrie Fisher? +2434 What prevents Asimovs robots from locking all humans in padded cells for the humans protection? +2435 What was the Watcher in the water? +2436 Why does Superman wear his underwear outside his pants? +2437 Why didnt Gandalf and Elrond equip the Fellowship (especially hobbits) better? +2438 How was Spider-Man persuaded to join the side he did? +2439 Is Vader sincere with Luke in ESB? +2440 Were McCoys medical instruments Swedish salt shakers? +2441 Has there ever been a good Sith? +2442 In the Aliens movie, what do the Xenomorphs eat? +2443 Why didnt Vader let Luke kill the Emperor, or even kill him himself? +2444 How could Fred and George have figured the exact password to the Marauders map? +2445 Why was Ron Weasley permitted to bring a rat to Hogwarts? +2446 So what was the answer to Varys riddle? +2447 What is Deanna Trois accent? +2448 Was the Sorcerers (Philosophers) Stone really that well protected? +2449 Why didnt Hermione get an Outstanding in her Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.? +2450 Do the villains know Batman has no superpowers? +2451 Who is now the Lord of Casterly Rock? +2452 Is any reason given for the low sea level? +2453 What was Gandalfs plan for getting the Ring to Mt. Doom? +2454 How did they have time to build Balin a tomb? +2455 Whats the worst thing anyone could do in a fast-food restaurant? +2456 Does Pinocchios nose grow only when he knows he is lying? +2457 Were wizards initially intended to be much more common? +2458 Did Dumbledore lie to Harry about how long he had James Potters invisibility cloak when he was examining it? If so, why? +2459 Exactly when did Captain Picard perform his trick on Moriarty in Ship in a Bottle? +2460 What is this painting on the Enterprise showing? +2461 If a Jedi knight were frozen in carbonite, would they be able to use their Force powers? +2462 How could Count Dooku lose against Anakin Skywalker in a lightsaber battle? +2463 What happened to the Hobbits and the Dwarves after the Elves left? +2464 Why Did Sidious Tell Vader Who Luke Was? +2465 Did Darth Sidious and Vader ever discover how to cheat death? +2466 Why was the riddle on the way to Moria written in Elvish? +2467 Why werent Fred and George Weasley Placed in Ravenclaw? +2468 Why do Tolkiens wizards look Human, and not Elven? +2469 During the war of the ring did Sauron or Saruman actually win any major battles? +2470 Why are energy weapons seen as more acceptable in childrens shows than guns that fire bullets? +2471 Why didnt anyone stop Luke from leaving the second Death Star? +2472 How does Phineas put his shirt on? +2473 Is Jango Fett inept? +2474 How did Molly Weasley make sauce out of nothing if Gamps Law states that this is impossible? +2475 Nude time travel in Terminator Universe +2476 What is the architecture of the Floo Network? +2477 Book in which the mountain in the distance was a hole in the flat world +2478 Does the death penalty exist in comics? +2479 Why arent alien planets as varied in climate as the Earth? +2480 What research was being performed on Pinky and the Brain? +2481 What really happened to Voldemorts nose? +2482 How does Captain Americas shield work? +2483 When will copyright restrictions expire on The Lord of the Rings? +2484 Why didnt Voldemort suspect Snape as a double agent during Philosophers Stone? +2485 Was Vger responsible for the creation of the Borg? +2486 Why Does Vader say “No disintegrations…” to Boba Fett in particular? +2487 How does Superman shave? +2488 Why didnt Gandalf just fight Smaug directly? +2489 Why do the ellipses in the Star Wars opening crawl have four dots? +2490 Why do the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wear masks? +2491 How is the Starkiller Base supposed to work more than one time, given how it draws its power? +2492 Why did Stormtroopers leave their stations to watch lightsaber duel between Vader and Kenobi? +2493 Why was this character made Grand Maester? +2494 Was Luke in “Return of the Jedi” really “better” than Obi Wan in “Revenge of the Sith?” +2495 Is Joss Whedons Firefly based on the Traveller RPG he played? +2496 Why isnt there ever any mention of the Americas in Harry Potter? +2497 Why does C-3PO talk to R2-D2 in English? +2498 What is on Steve Rogers list of things to watch? +2499 Did Tolkien create any characters based on people he knew? +2500 Elvish tattoo - can it be translated into English? +2501 Why does Watney’s notebook in The Martian have four holes? +2502 Who was the fifth army in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies movie? +2503 What is the recommended viewing order for young first-timers to watch Star Trek TV episodes and movies? +2504 What is this man doing with a Starfleet mini-skirt? +2505 What do wizard children do before attending Hogwarts? +2506 Did Darth Vader ever talk to R2-D2 again? +2507 Are there other governments in The Hunger Games world? +2508 Why was the Triwizard Cup used as the portkey? +2509 Why is Belgium the rudest word in Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy? +2510 Why were the Monsters, Inc. monsters told that touching kids would kill them? +2511 Why didnt a French actor play Captain Picard? What was the reaction to this on the part of the French? +2512 Why does a lightsaber turn off when a Jedi dies or drops it? +2513 What term is being referred to with reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits? +2514 Have the writers and actors of Game Of Thrones responded to its poor reception? +2515 Why do blaster bolts move slower than the speed of light? +2516 Has there ever been an instance in Star Trek where someone beamed into a solid object? +2517 Why did the Minister of Magic execute Dumbledores will? +2518 Could Harry ruin the Regeneration potion by willingly giving blood? +2519 Identify a movie in which aliens believed a sci-fi TV show to be true documentary +2520 In which Deadpool comic does he kill over liking Star Wars prequels? +2521 Why was a hobbit the most unlikely creature imaginable to pick up The One Ring? +2522 Does each season of Game of Thrones roughly equal a book? +2523 Who was The Chosen One: Luke or Anakin? +2524 After Star Trek: The Next Generation, can I skip to Voyager without watching Deep Space Nine and not get spoiled? +2525 Were there ever any good Orcs? +2526 How do the Incredible Hulks pants stay on but not his shirt? +2527 Where did King Arthur get his sword, Excalibur? +2528 Is Agent Smith a bug in the Matrix or a virus? +2529 What was the origin of the meme where Batman slaps Robin? +2530 Why did Harry Potter get a bedroom? +2531 Was Gandalf meant to confront the Balrog? +2532 Why is the clone army so...small? +2533 What does the blue pill in The Matrix actually do? +2534 Do any Harry Potter characters turn from good to evil? +2535 Are there any spells that a wizard/witch can cast without a wand in the Harry Potter universe? +2536 Why didnt Yoda or Obi-Wan tell Luke the truth about his father? +2537 What would have happened if the Balrog of Moria had taken possession of The One Ring? +2538 Which Sci-fi universe uses the most forms of FTL (Faster Than Light)? +2539 In Orwells 1984, why does the book even exist? +2540 If there are universal translators, why are some words/phrases not translated? +2541 Has the autodestruct sequence ever not been aborted on a Starfleet vessel? +2542 Why was only one person used as the template for the Clone Army? +2543 Do the Borg not wonder why everybody hates them? +2544 Is this a laptop in the Weasleys house? +2545 Why didnt the IF want Peter Wiggin? +2546 Are the Ferengi racially discriminated against by members of the Federation? +2547 Was the casting of Alan Rickman as Snape based on the full knowledge of the future of that character? +2548 How does the Doctor know how old he is? +2549 Who was the old man at the beginning of The Force Awakens? +2550 Why did Luke Skywalker call Obi-Wan Ben? +2551 Why didn’t Voyager fly to the end of the Bajoran wormhole in the Gamma Quadrant? +2552 Is there evidence to suggest that Supreme Leader Snoke is Darth Plagueis? +2553 How to kill Wolverine? +2554 Why is Leia a princess? +2555 How old should you be when you begin Jedi training? +2556 How did Voldemort get his wand back? +2557 Why is Wednesday Addams named ... Wednesday? +2558 When did Obi-Wan Kenobi learn that Anakin was dead? +2559 Why would Arya reveal her fighting ability? +2560 Can the Doctor be female? +2561 Why hasnt Captain America been promoted? +2562 What does Sauron need with mithril? +2563 Is there a passage in Lord of the Rings told from the perspective of an orc? +2564 Are Stormtroopers paid or rewarded in any way for their service? +2565 Why doesnt anyone run a DNA test on Batmans blood? +2566 Has Snape ever given points to Gryffindor? +2567 Why dont the students of Hogwarts write with ballpoint pens? +2568 What was the purpose of having Zion? +2569 How could Harry and Ron bypass Hogwarts security in a flying Ford Anglia? +2570 How did Faramir know that Aragorn was the King in the Houses of Healing? +2571 Does any man ever cross his arms? +2572 Is the Star Trek (2009) movie considered canon? +2573 Did Tolkien popularize the generic description of a wizard? +2574 Are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest consistent with later explanations on werewolves? +2575 Where did the concept of a (fantasy-style) dungeon originate? +2576 Why was Crusher replaced with Pulaski who was replaced by Crusher? +2577 What was the intended ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail? +2578 How do people understand astromech droids? +2579 Why did the Trade Federation blockade Naboo? +2580 When Frodo offers her the ring, is Galadriel really tempted, or just making a point? +2581 Why did it seem like only Voldemort and Snape could fly? +2582 Why did the Jedi serve a corrupt Republic? +2583 Why didnt the Marauders Map show Mad Eye Moody hidden in the trunk? +2584 How did first years obtain wands during Harrys 7th year? +2585 Why do starships fall when they blow up? +2586 Is the humanoid appearance of most alien species in the Star Trek universe ever canonically addressed? +2587 Why do the Rohirrim apparently find the H-word offensive? +2588 Why did other houses not demand this? +2589 Has Galactus ever been depicted as anything other than a humanoid? +2590 Was Agent Smith created by the Oracle and if so, with what purpose? +2591 Are there any known Sith from Yodas species? +2592 Why did Obi-Wan use his lightsaber in the Mos Eisley Cantina? +2593 Why does Captain America need to exercise? +2594 Does the Rule of Two Serve any Actual Purpose? +2595 Why didnt the Rebel Alliance (or the Empire) build YT-1300 light freighters with the same specs as the Millennium Falcon for space combat? +2596 If being unseated by a bludger is a common occurrence, why did everyone freak out about Harry falling off of his broom? +2597 Who is this character on the Star Wars: A New Hope poster? +2598 Were the Moon landings faked in Interstellar? +2599 Why did the Dwarves build Erebor with wide hallways big enough for dragons to fit in? +2600 Why is the stardate explicitly mentioned when creating a new Captains log? +2601 Is the Iron Throne in the show faithful to the books? +2602 Why do Klingons use cloaking devices? +2603 Do all Far Side cartoons take place in the same universe? +2604 Why did OBrien start out as a transporter chief in TNG? +2605 Were there any jokes in the Lord of the Rings? +2606 Firefly scenes with Han Solo in the background +2607 Is Daenerys Targaryen immune to fire? +2608 Do Non-Jedi (and Non-Sith) Use Lightsabers? +2609 How many different Enterprises were there? +2610 Why didnt the machine kill Neo after he was ejected? +2611 Why would the Terminator ask for a weapon that surely only exists in the distant future? +2612 Why didnt Voldemort kill Snape with Avada Kedavra? +2613 Why didnt Snape just kill Voldemort to buy more time while the latter was recuperating as a Horcrux? +2614 Why wasnt James Potter his own Secret Keeper? +2615 Why does Arthur Dent need to bring a towel with him in the film version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? +2616 How did Darth Vader know the rebel base was on Hoth? +2617 What are some examples of Lovecrafts racism in his published short stories? +2618 Why does Binary exist? +2619 Why did he call himself The Mule? +2620 Can the Delorean meet its speed requirement without moving? +2621 Did Ducktales actually ever rewrite history? +2622 Is Stan Lee playing the Watcher in all his cameos? +2623 What happened to Winston Smith at the end of George Orwell’s “1984?” +2624 How well does Shadow of Mordor fit into Middle-earth canon? +2625 Could Tom Bombadil have defeated Sauron? +2626 How was Dumbledore able to defeat Grindelwald, since Grindelwald had the Elder Wand? +2627 Do Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion pass the Bechdel test? +2628 Is Tony Stark an atheist? +2629 Why are the names Sauron and Saruman so similar? +2630 Are there any bad elves in the Lord of the Rings universe? +2631 Why do the Jedi say May the Force be with you? +2632 Why is Robin Hood French in Shrek? +2633 Why did Voldemort kill Lily Potter instead of stunning her? +2634 Why dont elves have more babies? +2635 Asimovs story where a mans speech contains no information +2636 Who gets Muggle-born students onto Platform 9 3/4? +2637 Do lightsaber blades/blaster bolts cast shadows? +2638 What effect would the One Ring have on other people? +2639 Why does Sauron not permit his followers to use his name? +2640 If the galaxy far far away is really so big, how come it seems so small in the movies? +2641 Which Asimov story has malevolent 3-law AI? +2642 Do Morpheus and his crew kill potential Ones? +2643 How large was Khazad-dûm? +2644 Is there any relevance to Thor getting his hair cut other than comedic value? +2645 Why do the Agents bother trying to get the Zion mainframe codes? +2646 How does one ride a broom in Harry Potter films? +2647 Were there any democracies in Middle-earth? +2648 Why was Mal so quick to drop Bester in favour of Kaylee? +2649 Why was there a pit in the Emperors chamber on Death Star? +2650 Why was the Balrog beneath Moria +2651 Short story read ~25 year ago where changing persons name prevents a war +2652 Trying to identify I will measure the dust story +2653 A man takes riskier and riskier jobs (involving a transportation ring) for more money +2654 Why does Tywin correct Arya on usage of mLord and my Lord? +2655 Why is Lando wearing Hans clothes? +2656 Asimov - Start with Foundation or Robots +2657 If Galadriel had claimed the One Ring, would Sauron have become her servant, or would have Galadriel become his servant? +2658 Why did the Borg name Locutus? +2659 How can every Cubone be wearing its dead mothers skull? +2660 Were all titans as powerful as Thanos? +2661 Why did Tyrion visit the Wall? +2662 Why are the colors reversed between some blasters and lightsabers of the Republic/Rebels and Empire? +2663 Which button activates Skywalkers lightsaber, and why is it inconsistent? +2664 Is Quidditch an inherently flawed sport? +2665 Why did Dumbledore hire Lockhart? +2666 Was the Millennium Falcon a one-off or was it mass produced? +2667 The use of Darth as Vaders name, not title, in Star Wars +2668 Kessel Run in 12 parsecs: screenplay error, or part of the movie? +2669 When did Darth Vader get his red lightsaber? +2670 What flaw in the Matrix was Neo supposed to correct? +2671 How did Hagrid and Dumbledore know the Potters had been killed? +2672 Why is the Star Wars universe not a post-scarcity economy? +2673 Is Palpatines identity a spoiler? +2674 Why was Marty present in his jump to 2015 in Back to the Future 2? +2675 Did Saruman know about the Ents? +2676 Soviet statistician deduces the existence of parasites feeding on the human race +2677 Why wouldnt Luke use his lightsaber to cut the feet off the Imperial Walker? +2678 What characters in Game of Thrones have been recast? +2679 Has any Star Trek character appeared in all three division uniform colors? +2680 Why Was Obi Wan So Eager to Train Luke as a Jedi? +2681 How could rebels trust R2-D2? +2682 Does Ron Weasley successfully cast a spell on camera in books 2 through 6? +2683 Are there any more races in Middle-earth? +2684 Was anyone other than Edwards actually being considered for admission to the Men in Black? +2685 Did Luke accomplish anything by going to Cloud City? +2686 Has the phrase Star Trek ever been used in Star Trek? +2687 How do we know that the First Doctor was indeed the first? +2688 Toilets in the Star Wars galaxy +2689 How does one leave platform nine and three-quarters? +2690 When did pure-historical Doctor Who go out of fashion? +2691 What story does C.S. Lewis acknowledge in the preface to The Great Divorce? +2692 Was Gimli the last of his race? +2693 Why Couldnt a Time Turner Have been Used to Stop Voldemort? +2694 Why didnt Sauron find Bilbo when he put on the ring like Frodo? +2695 Why did Voldemort need to drink Unicorn blood? +2696 Is James Doohan’s missing finger ever noticeable in Star Trek? +2697 Why didnt Luke become disfigured when he was electrocuted by the Emperor? +2698 Why does Hermione say she hadnt used a memory charm before? +2699 Why doesnt either side in the Wizarding War use Felix Felicis? +2700 Why does Tony Stark not like being handed things? +2701 Why didnt Chewbacca get a medal after the battle of Yavin? +2702 Why did Neo even have to fight? +2703 Was the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star really a design flaw? +2704 Who is the eponymous Jedi in Return of the Jedi? +2705 Were parts of Harry Potter inspired by James and the Giant Peach? +2706 Can Superman get drunk? +2707 Why didnt Hermione use the Time-Turner to sleep more? +2708 How does Malfoy know about helicopters? +2709 Why did R2-D2 not fly in Return of the Jedi? +2710 Why are there no Imperial KX-series Security Droids in the original trilogy? +2711 In Star Trek TNG, why does everyone have plants at the head of their beds? +2712 Why did the villain in the first Men in Black movie care about Earths Cockroaches? +2713 Why doesnt Harry live with the Weasleys? +2714 Why did the best potions master have greasy hair? +2715 What exactly is a Hadouken? +2716 Why isnt everyone flabbergasted about Brans gift? +2717 Why do X-wings change wing configuration? +2718 What was the deal Lando made with Darth Vader? +2719 How are Stormtroopers uniquely identified in the field? +2720 Why does Hermione love Arithmancy so much? +2721 Whats the pyramid joke? +2722 After Gandalf kills the Balrog of Moria, do any more Balrogs remain in Middle-earth? +2723 Is Sam Gamgee an orphan? +2724 How was Lukes prosthetic hand in Episode V filmed? +2725 Where are Draxs nipples? +2726 What is the Positronic brain coined by Asimov? +2727 What do they do with all the plates and cups in Star Trek? +2728 What made R2-D2 reactivate in “The Force Awakens?” +2729 Is C-3PO a slave? +2730 Does Red Skull die at the end of Captain America? +2731 Why isnt Obi-Wans ghost young? +2732 Why did Deanna Troi keep wearing a Starfleet uniform after Chain of Command? +2733 When did the red shirt careers change to yellow shirts in Star Trek and why? +2734 Why didnt Aragorn keep going with the army of the dead? +2735 Who Erased Kamino from the Jedi-Archives? +2736 Why did the Rebels have to fly along the Death Star trench? +2737 Do students wear muggle clothing while not in classes at Hogwarts (like they do in the films)? +2738 In Dune, was the Golden Path really necessary? +2739 Does the intro sequence to the Game of Thrones TV series have any meaning? +2740 Why didnt Gandalf know what the Palantir was? +2741 Why is The Wall still manned? +2742 Why dont wizards rob muggle banks to become rich? +2743 Why didnt Yoda have any children to take care of him during his last days given that he lived up to 900 years old? +2744 Why did Harry tell Snapes secret to everyone? +2745 Why does Yoda mourn the Jedi after Order 66 is executed? +2746 Whos older: Treebeard or Tom Bombadil? +2747 Why was the battle set up *outside* Winterfell? +2748 Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms? +2749 Was there a Biggs Darklighter scene on Tatooine in A New Hope? +2750 What was the value of the Shire and everything in it? +2751 Who are the Avengers avenging? +2752 A Book where an Animal is advertising itself to be eaten +2753 Why does Seven of Nine pronounce Futile differently than Locutus? +2754 Why would the elves help destroy the One Ring? +2755 Why does Data have to use a computer in Star Trek? +2756 What is the point of evasive maneuvers in Star Trek? +2757 What exactly about Aunt Petunia is More than meets the eye? +2758 A cynical demon writing annotations into the book for puny human readers +2759 Looking for a really old novel where the people are geometric figures +2760 In which order should I start watching Star Trek? +2761 In what order should I watch the various Stargate TV Series? +2762 Whats the origin of Picards signature phrase, make it so? +2763 Are the Weeping Angels Timelords +2764 What did Madam Hooch do all day? +2765 How did Voyager replace its photon torpedoes? +2766 How do we know they were called Ewoks? +2767 Can the Force be used to fly? +2768 How did Dumbledore block the Avada Kedavra spell? +2769 Is the Han/Leia vs Luke/Yoda timeline in The Empire Strikes Back broken? +2770 Who was the student that previously brewed a potion of sufficient quality to claim the Felix Felicis? +2771 How did Jabba become such a powerful crime lord? +2772 How does Elsa resolve the practical problems of living in an ice palace? +2773 Has anyone else in the Star Wars universe ever run out of fuel? +2774 Why was Darth Vader given a downgraded version of General Grievouss mechanics? +2775 Could the Sorting Hat Have Told Dumbledore That Harry Was a Horcrux? +2776 Why do people say that Peter Jackson can not make LOTR/Hobbit sequels? +2777 Why didnt Voldemort know what Grindelwald looked like? +2778 If the Navi instantly recognize the Avatars as Sky People, what is the point of having them? +2779 How much does Commander Data weigh? +2780 The Moriarty Sentience Problem - A.K.A. Why isnt the Enterprise computer considered sentient? +2781 Whats in Naboos core, liquid water or plasma? +2782 Was Jumanji intended to be a co-op game? +2783 What did Aragorn mean when he warned Gandalf about entering Moria? +2784 Was Picard speaking French and being translated the entire time? +2785 Did Data murder Lore? +2786 How much would a ticket to Jurassic World cost? +2787 Did the writers of Wonder Woman have some kind of fetish for bondage, in the early comics? +2788 Did Sauron survive? +2789 Why not continue to prevent murders? +2790 Do you remember the memories that youve placed in a pensieve? +2791 Is it ever explained where Elsa got her powers? +2792 Why did Frodo start his adventure 17 years after he inherited the One Ring? +2793 Is Magnetos power magnetism or can he manipulate all metals? +2794 How did the black liquid work in Prometheus? +2795 What did Smaug eat for 60 years? +2796 Who is the most powerful user of the Force? +2797 Do the Q fear the Borg? +2798 Why does Hermione dislike Professor Trelawney from the start? +2799 Was Gollum always a hobbit? +2800 Whats the name of the galaxy far, far away? +2801 Why does Yoda speak the way he does? +2802 Why didn’t they just take the ring to Valinor? +2803 Treebeard: I always like going South, somehow it feels like going downhill. - Is it really? +2804 Why does Gandalf show such reverence for Galadriel and Elrond? +2805 Why do consoles explode in Star Trek? +2806 Why did Captain Needa apologize to Darth Vader? +2807 Why does everyone assume that the Architect was telling the truth about there being previous Ones? +2808 Was Sauron aware of what Gandalf was? +2809 Are Hogwarts teachers allowed to hit students? +2810 In Star Wars: A New Hope, why was one officer dressed in white? +2811 Why was Gandalf so concerned for Gollums well-being? +2812 Did Vader ever learn that Sidious controlled both sides in the Clone Wars? +2813 How does Asimovs second law deal with contradictory orders from different people? +2814 Why didnt Harry try harder to learn magic? +2815 What are the revisions in the (Revised Edition) of The Hobbit? +2816 Roughly how large is the population of Sandworms on Dune? +2817 What was the first story to be set in the future? +2818 Was the original Star Wars film originally called The Star Wars? +2819 Why arent we all Borg? +2820 Why did the stormtroopers care about hiding the fact that they killed the Jawas? +2821 Was Tolkien the first to invent languages purely for fictional works? +2822 How many Ents were at the Entmoot? +2823 Does Thor know that Thursday is named after him? +2824 Where did the Wizarding World think Harry was? +2825 Spaceship from a film or show that is semi circular in shape with a section jutting out of the middle +2826 Significance of the origami Deckard found in Blade Runner +2827 Do any clones refuse Order 66? +2828 Is it possible that Mace Windu survived his encounter with Sidious? +2829 What is the symbolism of the colors assigned to Istari wizards? +2830 Who was the little girl in the matrix and why was she so important? +2831 How did Vader saving Luke turn him to the good side? +2832 Why did Tony Stark build arc reactors into his extra Iron Man suits? +2833 Wasnt Harrys father just like Draco? +2834 How did the AT-ATs get to the surface of Hoth? +2835 Was Elrond, in Tolkiens opinion, more inherently powerful than Galadriel? +2836 Who or what is the oldest sentient being in Tolkiens lore? +2837 Why didnt Tom Riddle kill Harry Potter in Chamber of Secrets? +2838 Why arent there any main Federation battleships in the Star Trek universe? +2839 Did Sauron give any care to Saruman or was he just a pawn? +2840 How did Paul Atreides Differ From the Intended Kwisatz Haderach? +2841 How does Stark Enterprises maintain its cashflow? +2842 What order should the Chronicles of Narnia books be read in? +2843 Why did Gandalf not return to help Frodo and Sam? +2844 Which of Dumbledores abilities make him the greatest wizard of the age? +2845 What form would a boggart take for Snape? +2846 Did Harry Potter ever get on a Famous Witches and Wizards card? +2847 Why does the Trade Federation become so alarmed upon learning the ambassadors are Jedi Knights? +2848 Are any Harry Potter characters completely redeemed? +2849 Was it Dumbledores charm or Lilys that protected Harry all those years? +2850 Did Balrogs have their own language? +2851 How is it believable that Euron could so easily pull off this ambush? +2852 How does Ant-Man pick up a drop of water? +2853 Have there ever been 25 or more stars on Wonder Womans panties? +2854 Why isnt the religion of Rhllor, The Lord of Light, dominant? +2855 How do I get my PCs to not be a bunch of murderous cretins? +2856 What is my guy syndrome and how do I handle it? +2857 Managing a Medieval Low Orbit Ion Cannon +2858 Without a magic item economy, what is gold for? +2859 Dealing with difficult male players, when youre a new female player? +2860 How does rolling two d20 and taking the higher affect the average outcome? +2861 Im at a loss with “Dungeons and Dragons.” How does one play it, anyway? +2862 Player claims their wizard character knows everything (from books). Solutions? +2863 How does a player correct a GM mistake without being a rules lawyer or pushover? +2864 What are the primary differences between the rules of D&D 3.5 and Pathfinder? +2865 How to let my players fail their rolls intentionally, but covertly? +2866 Whats the greatest number of hands I can have to annoy my mother-in-law with? +2867 How to deal with players who like to use the local authorities to solve their problems +2868 How can DMs effectively telegraph specific dangers in D&D? +2869 Players skipping side quests just to have a laugh at the DM +2870 What is the source of the spells do only what they say they do rules interpretation principle? +2871 How do you help players not focus on the rules? +2872 Is there a maximum attainable beard thickness? +2873 Who created the idea of Experience Points? +2874 Can I begin roleplaying if Im visually impaired? +2875 Can you drink a potion one-handed underwater? +2876 Betrayed by my GM; how can I respond? +2877 How to stop players from making the game X-rated +2878 What can I do when I accidentally gave out an overpowered item? +2879 Where can I find other RPG players? +2880 Are peoples competencies really as flat in D&D 5e as its math suggests? +2881 New girl gamer in our D&D group is causing weird tension - what to do? +2882 What are the big differences among the D&D editions? +2883 Whats the point of long, empty hallways in dungeons? +2884 Evil Campaigns: How to explain the difference between being evil and being a jerk? +2885 As a man, how can I roleplay a woman better? +2886 PC ate a necklace of fireballs bead. How dead should they be? +2887 Why would I ever cast True Strike? +2888 What is a session 0? +2889 Given powerful low-level Clerical healing, how can sick, crippled or otherwise unhealthy people exist? +2890 As a player, I am approaching a situation where My Guy syndrome seems inevitable and almost appropriate. What can I do to soften any problems? +2891 How to prevent metagaming induced by trying to not metagame? +2892 Why is the D&D gorgon a metal bull? +2893 How to deal with player MacGyver-ism? +2894 What tools are useful to organize a GMs campaign notes? +2895 How can we handle firing our DM? +2896 Can a snake be prone? +2897 Is there a legal way to get D&D 5e core rulebook PDFs? +2898 How should a GM deal with standing orders? +2899 I failed to open a lock. Now what? +2900 As a player with ADHD, how do I avoid disrupting the game? +2901 Dealing with (supposedly) in-character bullying +2902 How can I test whether a die is fair? +2903 When should I fudge dice rolls? +2904 Is there a limit to Rule 0? +2905 Why are psionics controversial? +2906 How can I make my PCs flee? +2907 How many people does it take to steal a Star Destroyer? +2908 Why does everyone carry a 10 pole? +2909 What is E6? Why would I use it? +2910 What do you do when your players guess your plots? +2911 What are the most and least-resisted damage types? +2912 What do the terms lines and veils mean? +2913 How do I play a paladin without being a stick in the mud? +2914 Why does “dungeon” mean the places adventurers go to kill stuff? +2915 How do I not cheapen death, while also respecting my players time? +2916 3d6 vs a d20: What is the effect of a different probability curve? +2917 What are the playable D&D races in 5e, and where can I find them? +2918 How has D&Ds guidance to DMs on when to extrapolate from written rules and when to improvise changed over time? +2919 Where do adventurers keep all their stuff? +2920 Can you multiclass the same class twice for different class features? +2921 How do I handle my players killing things by catapulting a folding boat? +2922 As a girl, how can I voice male characters effectively? +2923 Is there a real use for the Medicine skill? +2924 How do I roleplay a character more intelligent than I am? +2925 Did I overstep my power as DM? +2926 How do I communicate to my players that a door is, for the time being, absolutely locked to them? +2927 Total Party Kill - What do I do as a GM? +2928 How do I keep the game moving without undermining player agency? +2929 Rolling a D10 (0-9) for hitpoints. What do I get with a zero? +2930 Why do Crawfords tweets seem to be treated on par with the actual rules? +2931 How should a GM deal with sexuality in an RPG? +2932 Do Cantrips use your character level or class level? +2933 Why is burying yourself not such a great plan? +2934 Player may be manipulating die rolls, but Im uncertain. How do I approach the situation? +2935 How do I stop my PCs from acting like insomniac monkeys on crack? +2936 What exactly is a murder hobo? +2937 What happens when an Immovable Rod is activated while in a vehicle? +2938 What is Pathfinders relationship to D&D? +2939 Should I warn my players when theyre about to do something stupid? +2940 What is the Oberoni Fallacy? +2941 What can I do to paper to make it look aged? +2942 How to ask nicely in Dungeon World +2943 My group member is displaying disturbing behavior, what do I do? +2944 Does this character concept involving never taking a long rest and converting spell slots to sorcery points (aka coffeelock) violate RAW? +2945 How much is a Gold Piece really worth? +2946 Is the Moonbeam spell amazing, or are we doing it wrong? +2947 How to stop a player constantly using Detect Magic/Evil? +2948 A player always wants to recruit NPCs into the party. How do I handle this? +2949 My PCs have a plan that will get them all killed; how and why should I save them? +2950 What does upper-case-A-Attack action vs. lower-case-a-attack mean? +2951 Can you choose to fail a saving throw? +2952 How should a DM resolve a smooth-talking player with a weak Charisma score PC? +2953 Why does dandwiki have a poor reputation? +2954 How can I stop myself from micromanaging other PCs actions? +2955 Who can use magic scrolls? +2956 Is saying Your PC wouldnt do that to a player denying their agency? +2957 D&D 5e and Theatre of the Mind in combat +2958 How can a GM quickly create interesting, engaging NPCs? +2959 How can I avoid players spending too much time planning? +2960 How can I suggest the DM stop trying to kill us? +2961 Running a game of Microscope that isnt totally insane? +2962 How can I get a player to accept that they should stop trying to pull stunts without thinking them through first? +2963 OD&D said it could be played with 20-50 players and one referee. How was that expected to work and still be fun? +2964 Where do I find the official rules for D&D 5e? +2965 Do you have to have thieves tools in order to pick a lock? +2966 Can a Black Dragon Hatchling be raised to be good? Or is it inherently evil? +2967 How should I respond to a DM who unfairly plays the rules-lawyer card? +2968 How can I explain to my player that Alchemists Fire is safe to carry? +2969 What happens when my players get promoted and their puns stop working? +2970 How can I help my PCs remember clues that they found? +2971 Why would I ever choose rolling hit points? +2972 As a GM, is it bad form to ask for a moment to think when improvising? +2973 What is Player Agency and what is it good for? +2974 What should I do about a religious player who refuses to accept the existence of multiple gods in D&D? +2975 Is it wrong to ask a player to justify their characters actions? +2976 Do I have to allow someone to play at my table in Adventurers League public events? +2977 The StackOMounts +2978 Does microwaving a die significantly alter its balance? +2979 Our DM keeps interrupting our long rests +2980 How to fix a terrible lapse in judgement +2981 What is role-playing, and where do I start? +2982 How can I prevent players from using Persuasion or Deception to weasel their way out of a murder? +2983 How to deal with a player who refuses to learn the description of their spells and abilities? +2984 Our GM wont let us affect the story; the more I play the less fun I have. What do I do? +2985 What is the purpose of easy combat scenarios that dont need resource expenditure? +2986 What is the origin of the phrase ‘orc and pie’? +2987 Whats the inspiration for the owlbear? +2988 Whats a good mechanic for rewarding players for keeping their characters happy? +2989 Im creating an original setting for D&D—where do I start? +2990 Are Trolls immune to all instant death effects? +2991 How can I get people to remember my characters gender? +2992 How do I narrate a players PCs actions without causing unintended consequences for the PC? +2993 Does Warlock combat just equal Eldritch Blast spam? +2994 How can I run an open-world game with vast power differences, without resulting in constant TPKs? +2995 How do I get my players to form a PC party without just forcing them to? +2996 Is starting a group with 5 newbies (DM included) possible? +2997 Is 4 hours long enough for a long rest for Elves? +2998 It seems like every skill check should always be made with advantage due to the Working Together rules. Is this accurate? +2999 Whats the deal with alignment languages? +3000 How to ease down the munchkin factor? +3001 What is a bag of rats? +3002 How to work with a player who cites ADHD as reason for disruptive behavior +3003 Problems with Party Formation: Youre the DM, you can figure it out. +3004 What dice mechanic gives a bell curve distribution that narrows and increases mean as skill increases? +3005 My DM insists on rolling a single save for groups affected by AoE save spells. How does this affect my odds of successfully affecting the enemy? +3006 How can metagaming retries on poor skill checks be prevented? +3007 Is it possible to fail an ability check on purpose? +3008 In a low-combat campaign, most PC abilities seem useless; what few fights there are barely use up resources. How do I deal with this as the DM? +3009 When do I use active vs passive perception? +3010 Are there any penalties for wearing armor all the time? +3011 Are melee combatants limited to standing around saying I attack? +3012 How do I manage a player who is handling traps by metagaming? +3013 What is the point of a spell component pouch? +3014 I think my DM is consistently faking dice rolls for saves against a specific spell; how do I call my DM out? +3015 What makes grease a good spell? +3016 I gave my players far too much wealth and they have far too much power. What do I do to get things back on track? +3017 How do I indicate to my players that an NPC is no longer useful and that they should move on? +3018 Dealing with PC that constantly lies to NPCs +3019 How can I invoke actual fear in my players? +3020 How should the DM manage the discrepancy between the players memory and their PCs memory? +3021 What is wrong with the D&D 3.5 FAQ? +3022 What is the highest possible AC? +3023 Does Bards Jack of All Trades grant them greater initiative? +3024 What are tiers, and what tier is each class? +3025 Why is mayo in the alchemy jug? +3026 What happens when you run out of movement while jumping? +3027 Is the old Linear Fighters Quadratic Wizards problem still around in 5e Basic? +3028 How does D&D 5e compare to AD&D 2e? +3029 How do you play D&D when we dont have dice to play with? +3030 How do I challenge my PCs who fight every battle like Mongol horse archers? +3031 How to deal with a player who is a bad sport? +3032 How can I impose consequences when PCs commit severe crimes? +3033 What is the probability of surviving my death saves? +3034 My player wants to watch the world burn +3035 How can I effectively drop clues of corruption in my campaigns? +3036 Can Ogre clerics use Purify Food and Drink on humanoid characters? +3037 How to communicate to the players that an encounter can be solved also through diplomacy? +3038 Shoe-themed race or class features +3039 Is it necessary to purchase all the D&D 5th edition books to have access to all player character options? +3040 Realistically, does Leomund’s Tiny Hut allow for indefinite long rests in a dungeon? +3041 What can I do about the guys being distracted by a new girl in D&D group? +3042 How do I encourage Drow players to not make Drizzt clones? +3043 How can I make Empty rooms interesting? +3044 Players playing weird characters breaking the immersion of my group +3045 How can I politely handle a GM who doesnt appear to get how Dungeon World works? +3046 As a GM, how can I stop killing my games? +3047 Is there a way to ask in game (i.e. in a non-meta way) what a characters class is? +3048 Abuse: Is it fair if its in-game? +3049 What is the whiskey flask problem with Paradox? +3050 How could towns restrain a magic user? +3051 Origin of the term Splat Book +3052 Is Greatsword superior to Greataxe? +3053 What is the Stormwind Fallacy? +3054 How are Fighters Linear but Wizards Quadratic? +3055 The fastest way to remove bones from a man +3056 Could Vampires use touchscreen devices (iPhone, etc)? +3057 If I run a game of Paranoia, will knowing the rules lead to a worse experience if/when I participate as a player in the future? +3058 What is the background of Christian resistance to role-playing? +3059 Looking for solo (one person) RPGs - do they exist? +3060 What defines a West Marches campaign? +3061 I dislike how players accurately place fireballs. Is there an alternative? +3062 What are the rules for PC-PC seduction attempts? +3063 Do Bugbears arms literally get longer when its their turn? +3064 As an unreliable player, how can I lessen the burden on my group? +3065 Why do Warlocks only have spells up to 5th level? Whats the correct progression for their slots? +3066 Is the Saltwater Float represented in this question a good way to test for loaded dice? +3067 Players get angry if anything negative happens to them +3068 As a DM, how can I handle my Druid spying on everything with Wild shape as a spider? +3069 Is it OK for me to give my players characters punitive backstories when they dont provide their own? +3070 Overview of D&D retro-clones +3071 Death by leveling? The effects of 0 max HP and leveling with negative CON +3072 Has Christianity ever been given stats? +3073 How can I engage players with melee monsters when players keep their distance? +3074 My players like to search everything. What do they find? +3075 Is it a violation of my player agency if another player is allowed to wish away memories from my character? +3076 How can I show-not-tell my players that they are The Bad Guys? +3077 How to play when you have little experience and speech difficulties? +3078 Can a party function without a Cleric or Paladin? +3079 What does minmax mean? +3080 Can the dungeon master have a player character? +3081 Why do Sorcerers use Charisma? +3082 A player was bucking my style and I lost my temper. What can I do from here? +3083 As a girl how can I roleplay a male character better? +3084 Player has arachnophobia: what to use in place of spiders? +3085 What can I do to encourage my players to use their consumables? +3086 Aiming at specific body parts +3087 Weapon attacks compared with damaging cantrips? +3088 What options do I have for changing my characters sex? +3089 The PC claims to know an NPC they just met, how should I react as the DM? +3090 How can I handle a player who pre-plans arguments about my rulings on RAW? +3091 Does Burning Hands really require touching thumbs? +3092 Would forcing armour on a wizard using an illusion spell and Illusory Reality harm them? +3093 How much damage does Great Weapon Fighting add on average? +3094 What is railroading, and what are its pros and cons? +3095 What are the differences between Holmes, Moldvay, and Mentzer D&D? +3096 What does the abbreviation “RAW” mean? +3097 Does forcing a Vampire indoors count as an invitation? +3098 How do I handle a group that does not understand the assumption rule? +3099 How can I roleplay a character more manipulative than myself? +3100 What do you do in Dungeon World when someone wants to perform an action they dont have a move for? +3101 How to get my Paranoia players to stop cooperating and start killing each other? +3102 Can someone explain what the Proficiency Bonus is in D&D 5e/Next exactly? +3103 How does one craft Potions of Healing? +3104 What spells are available to resurrect characters? +3105 Does casting a spell from an item allow you to apply class abilities that are used when casting a spell? +3106 What is GM/DM Fiat? +3107 How do I learn to become a good GM? +3108 Are Imps incapable of speech or is my DM messing with me? +3109 What happens when initiative allows a player to act before the player that started the combat? +3110 What is a spell slot in-lore, and how does it justify the limits on casting spells? +3111 How can I tell if I am a problem player? +3112 What RPG concepts does rules as written encompass? +3113 Can wizards really cast spells in armor? +3114 Are there ways to concentrate on more than one spell at a time? +3115 Does Power Word Kill kill druids in wild-shape? +3116 Should I boost a new players character level to match the rest of the group? +3117 Players argue and dont accept rulings to the point of arguments +3118 As the Dungeon Master, how do I handle a player that insists on a specific class when I already know that choice will cause issues? +3119 How to handle a rules-lawyer player? +3120 GMing for a hyper optimized character +3121 For seasoned 3.X players and DMs, what is the whats new summary for 5e? +3122 How do I allow the Rogue opportunities to be stealthy with a Druid in the party? +3123 How do I keep presenting progressively more challenging encounters to my PCs without making them think that the world is gaining Levels as they are? +3124 Need out-of-game solution for spell choice paralysis +3125 Are babies of evil humanoid species inherently evil? +3126 What to do when a player character does something that seems suicidal? +3127 How can I get players to realize that their enemies arent evil? +3128 Can a creature take turns as normal if they are inside an Antimagic Field while another creature casts Time Stop? +3129 Can you milk an Ivory Goat? +3130 Does D&D 5e have a rule for character knowledge about monsters? +3131 How to randomly generate a village or town for old school D&D game? +3132 Help, a player wont stop hitting on every female NPC! +3133 Can the DM forbid my character from using certain weapons because he doesnt like them? +3134 Can a raging barbarian carry live rabbits to kill them, in order to keep his rage going? +3135 How to deal with anti-authoritarian player characters? +3136 How do I rein in a player who talks over my descriptions? +3137 Is there “flavor text” in D&D 5e spells? +3138 I deciphered the meaning of a cryptic language out-of-game: should my character know what the meaning is? +3139 What happens to a Devil when its alignment is forcibly changed? +3140 Handling encounter elements that would realistically cause instant death +3141 Is there any known limit for how many dice RPG players are comfortable adding up? +3142 How do I make weather an important part of the game? +3143 Do 10 second turns/60 second rounds make spellcasters horrible? +3144 How does extra damage work for critical hits? +3145 Is it better to take the array and be Joe Average, or to roll for the odds of getting on average better scores? +3146 How do I kill a 20th level raging Zealot Barbarian? +3147 How do I keep spellcasters from casting while in jail? +3148 With the lifespan of elves, would you ever encounter a low-level elf? +3149 The power level of the Sword of Sharpness doesnt justify its very rare rating - am I missing something? +3150 How can I tell the DM that I wasnt having fun and that I fault him for it? +3151 What is Sandbox play? +3152 Can characters reach Mach 1 and higher? +3153 Whats the point of having a locked door if the players can just destroy it? +3154 How do you tell if a D&D book is 3.0 or 3.5? +3155 How to create a dungeon based on a realistic tomb, but still enjoyable to explore? +3156 My players went from 100% murderous cretins to 100% nonviolent diplomats; how can I achieve a middle ground? +3157 Dealing with fearless players +3158 How to get a new group into the spirit of the game Paranoia? +3159 Since advantage and disadvantage caused in a heavily obscured area cancel out, what effect does it have in combat? +3160 How can I play dumb? +3161 I unknowingly guessed what will happen next in the module and its angering the DM +3162 Are all players supposed to be able to see each others character sheets? +3163 As a DM, how to avoid unconscious metagaming when dealing with a high AC character? +3164 Is a creature in the area of a Wall of Water spell trapped in ice when hit by the Ray of Frost cantrip? +3165 How can I DM a character with more social skills than me? +3166 What to do if a player expected much more than DM gave? +3167 Does dealing 0 damage to a concentrating spellcaster require a saving throw? +3168 What approaches are there to lessen or eliminate reliance upon dice in an RPG? +3169 How can I make my game more noir as a GM? +3170 How can I persuade my DM to play my warlocks patron in a way that respects my characters concept? +3171 How can we kick our novice roleplayer out of the group for being a poor match, without alienating them from the hobby? +3172 How to challenge a pacifist party +3173 Player wants to steal items from previous character +3174 What is the purpose of old-school D&D class level limitations? +3175 How can I politely ask a player to leave my game? +3176 What to do when players bypass plot hooks +3177 Can Raise Dead revive a character with zero maximum Hit Points? +3178 Techniques for allowing character defeat without character death +3179 How do I deal with PCs who use kidnap and torture as an investigative technique? +3180 How do I help my players not get caught up on smaller plot points? +3181 Can the arcane/druidic focus staff double as quarterstaff? +3182 Can one enter Leomunds Tiny Hut from below? +3183 How to not let the Identify spell spoil everything? +3184 What is the etymology of the term Gish? +3185 Whats the best way to make time spent travelling more interesting? +3186 Can the DM change his/her mind after a player has rolled? +3187 How to handle players who make unmotivated characters +3188 Can a GM prohibit players from using external reference materials (like the PHB) during play? +3189 What makes a character/creature/power/ability/etc. over-powered? +3190 How can I check whether an extremely adult/mature plot idea would be accepted by players without revealing any details of the idea itself? +3191 GMs and MCs, When do you say, No, to your players? +3192 What are the essential features of a successful evil campaign? +3193 Can a multiclass character with 1 level of wizard copy any wizard spell they find into their spellbook? +3194 My DM has removed heavy armour from the game. How can I make a Paladin work or convince him not to do this? +3195 How to enjoyably include a 4–5 year old in a D&D 5e game +3196 My 5e character isnt very fun. How do I kill them off? +3197 How does D&D Vancian magic make sense in-game? +3198 Are there any rules for a Cleric to change his faith? +3199 What software is available for virtual table tops? +3200 Would striking someone at 0 hit points with an entire Magic Missile spell automatically kill them? +3201 My party bypassed a combat encounter. Should they still get XP? +3202 How to handle loot disputes as the DM? +3203 How can I end combat quickly when the outcome is inevitable? +3204 How do I deal with being envious of my own players? +3205 What is a social contract? +3206 How can I play a character who is scared without disrupting the gameplay? +3207 Is it possible to produce a bowl-shaped probability curve with dice rolls? +3208 How do you deal with metagaming based on die results? +3209 GMing for [dis]abled players, specifically blind players? +3210 How do I prevent myself from freezing up during a game Im DMing? +3211 How to approximate rolls for potions of healing using only d6s? +3212 What characterizes a Modern role playing game or gaming system? +3213 Can I Ready an action to do something Im not currently capable of doing? +3214 How do I get the PCs to stop focusing on a red herring? +3215 If someone is Out of Ammo, can they still shoot until compelled? +3216 What is the proper way to style references to D&D game elements? +3217 When can I make opportunity attacks? +3218 What are the downsides to multi-classing? +3219 How is Polymorph broken? +3220 What can I use in place of Fudge Dice? +3221 What alternatives are there to replace orcs, kobolds, and hobgoblins in low-level encounters? +3222 Is there a OGL or GSL license for D&D 5e? +3223 How can I keep a player from shutting down after a streak of bad rolls? +3224 How to break the Death Loop resulting from unfortunate initiative order +3225 How can I reward a character that doesnt want magic items? +3226 How should I handle players who ignore the session zero agreement? +3227 Medieval problems in a magical world +3228 How do I make interrogations interesting? +3229 How do I make an unwinnable fight fun? +3230 What inspired the D&D version of the Rakshasa? +3231 How do I know if an ability is magical? +3232 How should I deal with a difficult group and a DM that doesnt help? +3233 Problems with minecraft happy druids +3234 Preventing saturation in a horror campaign +3235 Make the player roll even if there is no chance of success? +3236 Dealing with a Repeatedly Cheating Friend +3237 Is the same page tool overkill for brand new players? +3238 Running games for a constantly unreliable group +3239 How can I quickly get a player back into a session after their character dies? +3240 How much should NPCs charge for spells cast as services to PCs? +3241 Optimizing a D&D 3.5 Monk +3242 Can a zero-HP, unconscious and stable character be woken up prematurely? +3243 Does passive perception supersede active perception? +3244 What do I know, when deciding whether to cast Counterspell? +3245 Is a fumble on a natural 1 an official rule? +3246 Can you cast banishment on yourself? +3247 Does a natural 20 on the attack roll still automatically hit if the target is wearing adamantine armor? +3248 What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep? +3249 My own Party are ruining the game for me. What should I do? +3250 Is there a minimum damage rule? +3251 How much damage can a druid Wild Shaped into a spider take without dying instantly? +3252 Player is obsessed with shaving my wookiee +3253 How to handle wealthy player characters as a GM? +3254 What does DMG mean? +3255 What should be done if I suspect a player is using weighted dice? +3256 How do I get better at improvising city features? +3257 How can I use powerful NPCs without overshadowing the player characters? +3258 How do I deal with a player whose character wanders off for no reason? +3259 When and how does combat start in a standoff? +3260 How can a GM prevent growing disillusioned with their own game? +3261 What is a good way to become a better NPC/monster actor? +3262 Can you cast a spell learned from the Magic Initiate feat using spell slots? +3263 What are the major changes between Pathfinder first and second editions? +3264 How to build an evil campaign +3265 Why is this uncommon magic item better than this rare magic item? +3266 How to kill a character without making their player too angry +3267 Can I use my familiar from the Find Familiar spell as a safety deposit box? +3268 What to do with players who have done something very stupid, but unwittingly? +3269 Handling a character who frequently pickpockets teammates +3270 What are the statistical implications of doubling damage on crit instead of doubling the dice rolled? +3271 What makes the Monstrous Crab so dangerous? +3272 Risk of a TPK vs realistic NPCs +3273 A player constantly uses his mobile phone during our game session +3274 How can I convince players not to offload a seemingly useless weapon? +3275 NPC casting Suggestion on PC: who decides its reasonable? +3276 Why wouldn’t I just run away from the eldritch horror? +3277 What do jagged lines crossing a corridor mean on this old D&D map? +3278 Punishing a player for instant-actioning +3279 Can a new player join a group only when a new campaign starts? +3280 Should I prohibit a player from having a character goal that makes me uncomfortable? +3281 Does a PC know the general strengths and weaknesses of their stats? +3282 How can I check if a new group is OK with a plotline from an ethical standpoint without spoiling the plot? +3283 How can GMs make their game worlds more inclusive? +3284 Can deaf people play RPGs? +3285 How do I make skill checks more than just sequences of die chucking? +3286 Your friend wants to learn the ways of the Dungeon Master, what do you do? +3287 What are the key considerations to creating compelling environments? +3288 Two-Weapon Fighting & Bonus Actions +3289 What can a familiar actually do? +3290 Can spells with a verbal component be cast underwater if the caster cant breathe water? +3291 When are Opportunity Attacks provoked while holding a reach and a non-reach weapon? +3292 Prop Coins: How to get many coins for little (real life) money? +3293 Which item gets your soul first, Blackrazor or a Ring of Mind Shielding? +3294 My Wizard is conjuring a piece of the sun. How will this affect my setting? +3295 Are features that allow −5 to attack to get +10 to damage mathematically sound? +3296 How can I avoid problems that arise from rolling ability scores? +3297 What rules say that summoning undead is evil, and what rules say why? +3298 What to do about PC rerolling for great stats? +3299 How common is homosexuality in the Forgotten Realms? +3300 Cut off hand with Ring of Regeneration on it +3301 How can I convince my DM that my diplomacy will work on his characters? +3302 As a player, how do I deal with a spotlight hog? +3303 How can I deal with a soft alpha gamer player? +3304 What are the stand-out features of D&D 5e? +3305 Suggestions for decreasing metagaming and increasing player immersion? +3306 Should my fighter really punch that werewolf? +3307 What are the dangers of renaming spells and changing their flavour, without changing mechanics at all? +3308 How can I make my enemies feel real and make combat more engaging? +3309 How do you discourage player knowledge as a GM? +3310 How should I prevent a player from instantly recognizing a magical impostor without making them feel cheated? +3311 Which Article Helped Get Rid of Technobabble in RPGs? +3312 How do I deal with GM burnout? +3313 Best answer for people concerned about RPG activities being occult or dangerous? +3314 Does 5th edition have the equivalent of Taking 20? +3315 Do you take falling damage after a high jump of over 10 feet? +3316 What is D&D Adventurers League and How Does It Work? +3317 Can I be a follower of an evil god and not be evil? +3318 Need way to physically track initiative in face-to-face D&D game +3319 How does one handle a bottleneck of enemies in a doorway? +3320 Is 3d6 the same as 1d18? +3321 Am I overreacting or seeing things where they dont exist? +3322 Is it appropriate to disallow the players building the world? +3323 At level one, can you really never recover hit dice? +3324 Is a mushroom a plant for the purposes of Speak With Plants? +3325 What happens when a Mage Hand touches a mimic? +3326 How can mimic phobia be cured or prevented? +3327 What is the d20 bust, and what does post-d20 game mean? +3328 How to resolve multiple start of turn triggers +3329 How do I handle when my players overestimate the importance of an encounter/a location? +3330 How do you balance a group with both charismatic players who enjoy role-playing and introverted players who dont? +3331 As a GM, how does one deal with all of the players playing nearly identical characters? +3332 How many attacks can a fighter with two-weapon fighting make at 5th level? +3333 Handy Haversack vs. Bag of Holding +3334 What happens if I get the same skill from both my background and my class? +3335 Can a D&D Necromancer be of a good alignment? +3336 Are there any good tabletop RPGs for young beginning players? +3337 How can I speed up combat? +3338 Can clerics use swords? +3339 How should I go about stopping metagaming based on Roll20 showing unexplored areas? +3340 With the 2019 Sage Advice Compendium release, are Jeremy Crawfords tweets considered to be official rulings? +3341 My ranger has tamed an absurd number of Animal Companions with Handle Animal +3342 How can a boss enemy prevent being the most obvious target? +3343 How to communicate to my GM that not being allowed to use stealth isnt fun for me? +3344 After successfully hitting with an attack roll, when rolling for damage, if you roll a 1, is that a negative crit? +3345 I want to run vast and realistic dungeons, but my players get frustrated trying to search every room +3346 What is the easiest way a Wizard can copy-protect the scrolls he makes? +3347 Im a DM and I want a hiatus but dont know how to tell my players +3348 Is it better to dash or dodge across an open field? +3349 Identifying my late fathers D&D stuff found in the attic +3350 Is it fair to press the players for decisions during combat? +3351 How can I DM with aphantasia? +3352 Shame him into not shooting: multiple stress tracks in a single conflict +3353 Whats the starting wealth for higher levels? +3354 How does wizard & cleric spell preparation and casting work? +3355 What happens if you dont sleep? +3356 Can spells be cast through a Wall of Force? +3357 Does Repelling Blast work once per spell or once per beam? +3358 Does the Clone spell make someone effectively immortal? +3359 When exactly can a caster stop concentrating on a spell? +3360 When and how should I introduce my kids to RPGs? +3361 What would happen if you opened a Bag of Holding underwater? +3362 Necromancer PC Insisting On Disguising Undead Minions +3363 Power player is a problem. Any fix? +3364 Can a permanent Teleportation Circle be made on a moving vehicle? +3365 Does the UA Centaur stack actually work? +3366 How to secretly talk to one of the players while DMing? +3367 How do I deal with players persistently arguing for rules loopholes, even after Ive tried to finalise my rulings? +3368 Is it appropriate to punish a PC who snatches things from under the other PCs? +3369 How did D&D end up so focused on fighting, when its inspirations werent? +3370 Metagaming when there isnt actually anything there? +3371 Whats the simplest class for a child? +3372 How do I avoid lecturing my players +3373 What to do when you seem like you do not fit in with a group? +3374 Keeping the world alive whilst PCs take a rest mid-adventure? +3375 Maximum bookkeeping fantasy game with magic +3376 Whats the difference between a roleplaying game and a board game? +3377 Does an Ooze (Gelatinous Cube) float? +3378 How to get out of a story deadlock +3379 If you start casting a new concentration spell while concentrating on Haste, does the wave of lethargy interrupt the casting of the new spell? +3380 One of my friends/players committed suicide. How do I continue the game from here? +3381 What sort of cheat sheets for a new DM lead to a better flowing 5e game of Dungeons and Dragons? +3382 Is an Unarmed Strike considered a Weapon attack? +3383 How does the Divination wizards Portent feature interact with Advantage and Disadvantage? +3384 Can I choose to delay my turn in combat? +3385 To What Extent Can The Keen Mind Feat Replace a Wizards Spellbook? +3386 Players constantly capture enemies and question them, how to deal with it? +3387 What do I do with a player whos always trying to go out on their own to farm XP? +3388 How to deal with a player who says no all the time? +3389 How can I explain how to play D&D to new players without them falling asleep from boredom? +3390 How to deal with a PC being played as homophobic? +3391 How do I explain to an AD&D player that items that increase Armor Class in D&D 5e are overpowered? +3392 Techniques for making undead scary again +3393 How do I handle a player exploring the entire dungeon with his familiar? +3394 Can party betrayal be done successfully? +3395 What sound does an owlbear make? +3396 I Roll To Seduce The Dragon! (or, Do doublings of proficiency bonus stack?) +3397 How can I replace a player character with an impostor without alerting the group? +3398 As DM, how do I deal with PCs that expect everything in the game to be relevant to the story? +3399 Can multiple Bags of Holding banish Tiamat? +3400 Resources for Complex Puzzle-Traps +3401 Skills the player has, but the character doesn’t vs. skills the character has, but the player doesn’t +3402 Can a red dragon be boiled to death? +3403 Problems Regarding a Mary-Sue type Player Character +3404 How do you handle greedy shadowrunners? +3405 What makes the Forgotten Realms forgotten? +3406 Does the Rules Compendium overrule the core books? +3407 How do I avoid clichés while improvising? +3408 Does the Dueling Fighting Style prevent using a shield? +3409 What do MAD and SAD mean? +3410 When do Lair Actions occur? +3411 Clarification of Blink Mechanics, or Should Someone have Punched in my Sandwich? +3412 Can an unconscious person drink a potion? +3413 How far does a rogue move when dashing twice using Cunning Action? +3414 How loud/obvious is a wizard casting a spell? +3415 How can a character escape after being engulfed by a shambling mound? +3416 What happens when you put a Portable Hole inside a Bag of Holding while on the Astral plane? +3417 What happens to dying PCs when combat ends? +3418 What is a spellcaster for the purpose of magic item attunement? +3419 Do teleportation spells conserve momentum? +3420 How do I know which printing of the PHB I have? +3421 How can I, as DM, avoid the Conga Line of Death occurring when implementing some form of flanking rule? +3422 Creating the personality of a character different from myself +3423 How many editions of Dungeons & Dragons are there? +3424 Should I take a side in an external player conflict, or let my game die? +3425 How to deal with sniping spellcaster PCs? +3426 Can massive damage knock out rather than causing instant death? +3427 How should I handle retconning (or not) a session with a drunk player and character deaths? +3428 Who actually makes the Magic Books that boost stats? +3429 Unhate-able Villains +3430 My DM asked me to stop roleplaying hostility toward another PC, but it fits my character +3431 Can you cast Invisibility on a large box and hide inside? +3432 How can I prevent a TPK without obvious Deus Ex Machina? +3433 Im feeling like my character doesnt fit the campaign +3434 Can you cast Teleport to teleport to a ship, even if its not in a fixed location? +3435 8 hour sessions require a meal! How can we incorporate meal breaks into the game itself? +3436 How To Divide Up Loot? +3437 How does failure work in Dungeon World? How does it move the story forward? +3438 Can you escape a Maze spell by turning into a Minotaur? +3439 What happens if a caster is surprised while casting a spell with a long casting time? +3440 How do I cater to the Three Stooges and good roleplayers at the same time? +3441 Whose portrait is printed on the Waterdhavian gold coin? +3442 Does flanking always grant advantage, or is it up to discussion? +3443 Casting multiple spells in a single round +3444 Is a critical failure on a natural 1 a rule or house rule? +3445 Is the Warlocks Awakened Mind telepathy two-way, or only one-way? +3446 When rolling percentages, do 1d100 and two d10s (percentiles) share the same probabilities? +3447 Does a bard have to play a musical instrument when using it as a spellcasting focus? +3448 Is the omission of a racial +2 to wisdom intentional? +3449 Do magic items really cost at least as much to create as they do to purchase? +3450 Im a quarter Draconian, a quarter Dragonborn and half Half-Dragon? +3451 Does Evasion allow half damage even when unconscious? +3452 How do I deal with players who make friends with goblins? +3453 How do we feed a character whose mouth is magically sewn shut? +3454 If a secret door is noticed with a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) roll, dont most characters notice it passively? +3455 I killed a PCs animal companion at the end of last session, but later realized it should have survived; what are my options? +3456 Techniques for making high level D&D play more manageable? +3457 Is a Dragonwrought Kobold a True Dragon? +3458 Our group keeps dying during the Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign. What are we doing wrong? +3459 What happens if you cast Resurrection on a found body part? +3460 Sentinel Raven uses too much awesome magic +3461 Can you play pen & paper roleplaying games over the Internet? +3462 In what medium does D&D get played nowadays? +3463 How to deal with a player who “jumps the gun” with premature rules-lawyering? +3464 Randomly-generating weather for a sandbox campaign +3465 Does a short combat or casting one spell interrupt a Long Rest? +3466 A player made a 4th-level character for our new game and didnt tell me. Now what? +3467 How do I play a quiet, lone wolf character but also engage my group? +3468 Can a lich redeem itself? +3469 How to avoid the determinism of Passive Perception +3470 How do I keep my players from focusing too deeply on unimportant details? +3471 How to avoid favoritism when only one PC pulls on plot hooks? +3472 How much do I tell new players about new monsters? +3473 How to play a devious character when you are not personally devious? +3474 How do I know which edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) the books Im looking at are for? +3475 Can a D&D campaign be successfully used as a Sunday school teaching instrument? +3476 Good examples of RAWs advantages over JPEG? +3477 What do all those cryptic number and letter codes in a lens name mean? +3478 What are the best techniques for photographing overweight people? +3479 What is the exposure triangle? +3480 What is ISO on a digital camera? +3481 When do the differences between APS-C and full frame sensors matter, and why? +3482 What is bokeh, exactly? +3483 How and why do you use an image histogram? +3484 What are your easiest photography beginner tips? +3485 In portrait photography, what is broad lighting? What is short lighting? +3486 What blogs should I be following if I am learning photography? +3487 How do I approach people for a natural look in street photography? +3488 How can I better organise and file my photos? +3489 What is RAW, technically? +3490 Why do breathtaking views turn into boring photos, and how can I do better? +3491 I know what a bad photo is, so why do I keep taking them? +3492 What can I do to get models to take my small camera more seriously? +3493 Why are lenses always round in shape? +3494 Can the sun damage the camera sensor? Under what conditions? +3495 What does an unprocessed RAW file look like? +3496 How do you photograph rain? +3497 What is angle of view in photography? +3498 What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios? +3499 How should I photograph falling snow? +3500 How much do lens lineups vary across DSLR platforms? +3501 What is Rembrandt lighting, and when do I use it? +3502 Do fluorescent lighting and shutter speed create a problem with color cast? +3503 Is it worth trying to process film shot in 1989? (Fall of the Berlin Wall) +3504 How can I get my portrait subjects to look natural and drop the cheesy smile? +3505 How do I generate high quality prints with an ink jet printer? +3506 What advantages does manual mode have over aperture priority mode? +3507 How do I convert lens focal length (mm) to x-times optical zoom? +3508 How does one focus for landscape photos in very dark conditions? +3509 Is it lenses which make your photographs, not camera bodies? +3510 How do I set the proper exposure for nighttime moon photos? +3511 What kind of photography is still better done with film cameras? +3512 How is ISO implemented in digital cameras? +3513 What am I photographing INSIDE my camera? +3514 Is there a noticeable difference between 1.8 and 1.4 prime lenses? +3515 What is the Golden Ratio and why is it better than the Rule of Thirds? +3516 Are there any downsides to using a good-quality UV filter? +3517 Is there any significant difference between Nikon and Canon? +3518 What exactly determines depth of field? +3519 Where can I find reviews of lenses? +3520 When is black and white likely to enhance an image? +3521 What does f-stop mean? +3522 How to make female chest look bigger? +3523 Why are wide-angle lenses so much more expensive? +3524 How to get the best results for landscape and stars photographs? +3525 What is a diffraction limit? +3526 What should I look for when shopping for my first DSLR? +3527 Why do some lenses cost 10 times as much when the specs are very close? +3528 What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP? +3529 How to compose flowering plants? +3530 Why are SLR mechanisms still prevalent among high-end digital cameras? +3531 Are there reasons to use colour filters with digital cameras? +3532 How do I get started in Astrophotography? +3533 Is watermarking worth it? +3534 What is something you learned recently about your gear that you wish you discovered earlier? +3535 What tools are available for RAW image processing in Linux? +3536 Arent all digital images ultimately just pixel values between 0 - 255? +3537 What should I pay attention to when choosing a tripod? +3538 Is there a free program to (batch) change photo files date to match EXIF? +3539 Is there development in the world of lenses? +3540 What is moiré? How can we avoid it? +3541 Why dont most cameras support PNG format? +3542 Whats a good strategy for choosing which photos to keep? +3543 What makes this interior photo look unrealistic? +3544 Why do pro photographers use huge lenses to take portrait shots? +3545 Whats the difference between saturation and vibrance in Lightroom? +3546 What is Ansel Adams Zone System? +3547 What are the first few photography books someone should read? +3548 Are Windows Photo Viewer rotations lossless? +3549 What is aperture, and how does it affect my photographs? +3550 What does expanded ISO mean? +3551 Why do light sources appear as stars sometimes? +3552 Is camera flash actually harmful to infants or newborns? +3553 What is the difference between a pentaprism and a pentamirror? +3554 Why are Red, Green, and Blue the primary colors of light? +3555 What methods can be used to micro-adjust autofocus of a camera body to a particular lens? +3556 Who, or what, is an Uncle Bob? +3557 Manual photography cheat sheet — where can I find one, or what should be on it? +3558 Why arent all viewfinders 100%? +3559 What can be done using a 18-55mm lens? +3560 What is the best way to remove texture from a scanned textured photo paper? +3561 What is tone mapping? How does it relate to HDR? +3562 How can I backup my RAW photos while travelling without Internet access? +3563 Where to get community-based feedback on my photos online? +3564 Why is a dark-room safelight safe? +3565 What should I look for in a monitor for photo processing? +3566 Is there a general formula for image size vs. print size? +3567 Which software to assemble a time-lapse from images? +3568 Do megapixels matter with modern sensor technology? +3569 Why is the 50mm prime lens the most standard? +3570 Which tools are good for creating panoramas/stitching multiple photos? +3571 How can one learn to shoot with both eyes open, and what are the advantages? +3572 Why do photo cameras lose focus when you zoom, when movie or TV cameras keep it? +3573 Whats the difference between CCD and CMOS image sensors? +3574 What is the best way to synchronize Adobe Lightroom databases between two computers? +3575 What quality to choose when converting to JPG? +3576 Can anyone suggest books/resources on the artistic side of photography? +3577 What image-quality characteristics make a lens good or bad? +3578 What does STM mean on a Canon lens? +3579 What apertures are required to enable autofocus, including cross-type or high-precision focusing, on Canon DSLR cameras? +3580 Why do we use RGB instead of wavelengths to represent colours? +3581 How can I take pictures through a skyscraper, airplane, or train window? +3582 What is the best way to clean lenses and filters? +3583 What are good photography projects? +3584 How to shift EXIF date/time created by time in days, hours, minutes? +3585 What is the Rule of 600 in astrophotography? +3586 Do professionals really never use a 24-70 lens? +3587 What is the Rule of Odds? +3588 Which focal-length lens is usually used for portrait photography, and why? +3589 How can I get photos showing the shaft of light effect? +3590 How do I achieve the technique which creates the illusion of busy locations being empty? +3591 How did photography work before auto-focus was invented? +3592 How many photos should I keep? +3593 What technique and camera settings should I use to capture lightning strikes? +3594 Should I buy an original manufacturer battery, or is a generic brand OK? +3595 Is it better to shoot with a higher ISO, or use lower ISO and raise the exposure in post-processing? +3596 How can I maximize the blurry background, sharp subject (bokeh) effect? +3597 HDR then Panorama, or Panorama then HDR? +3598 How do constant aperture zoom lenses work? +3599 What is crop factor and how does it relate to focal length? +3600 Has my idea for a time lapse technique been used before? +3601 Does this telescope only have a 4 blade aperture? +3602 Why does fungus form in lenses, and how to get rid of it? +3603 What is the Rule of Thirds? +3604 Whats the best way to get constructive critique of your photographs? +3605 Should I keep Image Stabilization (IS) off when I do not actually need it? +3606 Should higher ISOs really be preferred (all other things being equal)? +3607 Is switching to DNG worthwhile? +3608 Does Photoshop have an equivalent to Gimps Color to Alpha? +3609 How can I get dramatic shallow DOF with a kit lens? +3610 What does the number of elements and groups in a lens mean? +3611 What are the best sites to share photo galleries with friends? +3612 Why dont DSLRs come equipped with classic focusing screens (split prism, etc)? +3613 What does it mean for a photograph to be high key? +3614 What photo management software would you recommend for Linux? +3615 Are there cameras that can photograph Wi-Fi/WLAN or mobile phone radiation? +3616 What are the pros and cons when shooting in RAW vs JPEG? +3617 Is digital zoom really useful? +3618 Is there any photography equipment designed to ease use for the disabled? +3619 How does aperture work without cropping the image hitting the sensor? +3620 Unsharp mask - what do the parameters do? +3621 What are common beginner mistakes in photography? +3622 How do I calculate the distance of an object in a photo? +3623 What is the difference between EF and EF-S lenses? +3624 What are the dangers of removing a lens while the camera is on? +3625 Any good tutorials for learning how to post-process images? +3626 Is there a sane reason why ¹⁄₁₂₅ is not, instead, exactly half of ¹⁄₆₀? +3627 How to explain that the .jpg (digital file) of my photograph isnt free? +3628 Can you tell from a blurry photo if focus was too close or too far? +3629 How can I backup my photos while travelling? +3630 What is Hyperfocal Distance? +3631 When best to use Multi-Zone/Matrix, Spot, or Center-Weight exposure metering modes? +3632 Are there disadvantages to a prosumer camera for a beginner, aside from cost? +3633 Why do it in-camera rather than in post-processing? +3634 Is crop-factor a bad thing? +3635 How do I tell which point-and-shoot cameras take good low light photos? +3636 How many actuations are too many actuations? +3637 How do I combine multiple exposures for action shots? +3638 What should I consider when using DSLRs in cold weather? +3639 What can a fisheye lens be useful for? +3640 Why is a 1 sensor actually 13.2 × 8.8mm? +3641 What are the advantages and disadvantages of using auto ISO on a DSLR? +3642 Why is there an ISO setting when shooting raw? +3643 How does one create the Dave Hill effect for portraits/action shots? +3644 What does it really mean that telephoto lenses flatten scenes? +3645 Why use a dedicated light meter instead of the one built into the camera? +3646 Why dont cameras offer more than 3 colour channels? (Or do they?) +3647 How do you photograph a lunar eclipse? +3648 How were photographs printed in newspapers in 1929? +3649 What software can show my most frequently used focal length? +3650 Why is giving clients RAW files such a sensitive matter among photographers? +3651 Should I get DX for my APS-C camera, or FX lenses in case I upgrade to full-frame in the future? +3652 What is the best way for a hobbyist to start generating income from photos? +3653 Is there good free software for editing Canon RAW files? +3654 Whats the best way to store over 400 GB of digital photos? +3655 If an image is rotated losslessly, why does the file size change? +3656 Will too much time-lapse photography reduce a DSLRs life, or cause any other damage? +3657 What methods do macro photographers use to get so close to butterflies, bees, insects and the like? +3658 What is the point of the depressible peg on a quick release plate? +3659 Whats the point of capturing 14 bit images and editing on 8 bit monitors? +3660 Why do stars appear as circles, not points? +3661 How to get a miniature effect on pictures without special equipment? +3662 What are the must-have filters for a new photographer? +3663 How can I get sharp manual focus despite poor eyesight? +3664 Does my crop sensor camera actually turn my lenses into a longer focal length? +3665 What is the best way to clean the sensor on a interchangeable lens camera (mirrorless or digital SLR)? +3666 What should one look for when buying a used lens? +3667 What are alternatives to a tripod when I cant take one along? +3668 In which situations should I use my circular polarizing filter? +3669 What is the difference between a linear and a circular polarizer? +3670 Why no zoom lenses with a maximum aperture wider than f/2.8? +3671 Focus problem vs. motion blur vs. camera shake - how to tell the difference? +3672 Why are some big telephoto lenses so expensive compared to telescopes? +3673 Why are some lens hoods petal shaped and others not? +3674 What is the difference between digital high ISO noise and film grain? +3675 Why does a bigger sensor lead to a shallower depth of field? +3676 How can I get a good HDR image from a single RAW file? +3677 Are equipment reviews from websites like kenrockwell.com and bythom.com reliable? +3678 If I swallowed my SD Card would it be readable when it emerged? +3679 Why do people recommend 50mm or other prime lenses as starting lenses for learning photography? +3680 Why is The Steerage hailed one of the greatest photographs of all time? +3681 How to reproduce a photo with silhouette and bokeh? +3682 How can I show a slope? Even mountain roads appear flat in my photos +3683 What is back-focusing? +3684 How to nail focus for DSLR astrophotography? +3685 What is a macro lens? +3686 What makes a photo a good photo? +3687 Should I be shooting in RAW even though Im a beginner that doesnt know how to retouch photos yet? +3688 Why do flashes make a whistling sound when recycling? +3689 Does Auto White-Balance Really Work? How? +3690 When you zoom in with a lens on an SLR why does the lens go in then out? +3691 How do I interpret an MTF Chart? +3692 How do I give someone a critique of their photograph? +3693 How can I take advantage of fog in my photographs? +3694 Why dont they make all DSLRs with an electronic shutter? +3695 Whats a concise Im not dangerous phrase for a business card? +3696 Is GPU or CPU more important for Photoshop and Lightroom? +3697 What are the major differences between these camera series by Canon? +3698 How to have colors in Milky-way? +3699 How can I take shallow depth of field photos with a point-and-shoot camera? +3700 How can I test a new lens to make sure it is operating correctly? +3701 Why are there no dark yellows, or bright violets? +3702 Image rejected by Shutterstock because the main subject is out of focus and it contains noise +3703 Do sensors wear out? +3704 Why take diagonal photos? +3705 What is bokeh panorama (also called the Brenizer method)? +3706 How can I use my dSLR or mirrorless camera as a webcam? +3707 Is version control software used for photos? +3708 What situations are best suited for spot metering? +3709 How does one develop good photographic vision and style? +3710 Whats the best number of shots to combine to produce an HDR photo? +3711 What should one consider when choosing a style of tripod head? +3712 Is there any practical difference between saving at 300ppi or 72ppi? +3713 How do I capture the milky way? +3714 How to white-balance photos shot in mixed-lighting environments? +3715 Should I shoot underexposed photos? +3716 How do I copyright my photographs? +3717 How do I use spot metering? +3718 Better to buy an older high-level camera or newer entry-level camera? +3719 How does autofocus work? +3720 Whats the difference between using black and white mode in-camera, and converting in post? +3721 Why are tripods forbidden in some public spaces and how to deal with it? +3722 Can I publish photos taken in public legally? +3723 How are SpaceX rocket launches filmed? +3724 How can I know what speed card to get for my camera? +3725 What are some tips for shooting in low light? +3726 Do good lenses really last a lifetime? +3727 What software is focused on reviewing and organizing images? +3728 Should changing the shutter speed affect the moons color? +3729 What attributes should I look for when buying batteries for a flash? +3730 Is there a trick to shooting large group portraits without blinkers? +3731 Is there a software to automatically crop a scan of multiple images? +3732 What is one stop? +3733 How do I choose a title for a photograph? +3734 What do I need to get photos with a unifom black background (not with post)? +3735 Lightroom vs. Elements vs. Photoshop: Side-by-side comparison? +3736 Technically, why is the out of focus area blurred more when using a bigger aperture? +3737 Does it make sense to put an expensive lens on a cheap camera? +3738 Why is 18% grey considered to be in the middle for photography? +3739 Whats the difference between Adobe RGB and sRGB and which should I set in my camera? +3740 Do super-super-lightweight tripods exist? +3741 Why store both JPEG and raw? +3742 How do I keep the horizon straight when taking a photo (without a tripod)? +3743 What kind of camera do I need to capture deep space images? +3744 How do you find out the sweet spot of a lens? +3745 How can I hold my camera steady? +3746 Without modification, is the built-in pop-up flash EVER appropriate? +3747 What makes a strong wide-angle composition? +3748 (How) should I start with film photography? +3749 What are good gifts between $50 and $100 for photographers? +3750 What is the definition of a prime lens? +3751 Help motivate me to use my SLRs manual mode +3752 Why do higher end lenses use USM instead of STM? +3753 How does automatic sensor cleaning work? +3754 How does the dynamic range of the human eye compare to that of digital cameras? +3755 How can I calculate what the effect of an extension tube will be? +3756 Should I buy a camera with kit lens, or body plus lens separately? +3757 What options are there for a camera bag that does not look like one? +3758 Why am I unable to capture as many stars as I can see with my eyes with my new DSLR? +3759 What are the best techniques for making great photographs of LEGO creations? +3760 Why does storing a long exposure photo take almost as long as the exposure time itself? +3761 Why do people like square photos? +3762 How much benefit can one expect from a monopod? +3763 How does Kelvin for color temperature relate to Kelvin for actual temperature? +3764 Do I really need a fast 50mm lens? +3765 What is the Diagonal Method and should I use it instead of The Rule of Thirds? +3766 What factors cause or prevent generational loss when JPEGs are recompressed multiple times? +3767 How can I stop my HDR shots looking so fake? +3768 How was photo data processed and transferred back to Earth from satellites before digital photography became commonplace? +3769 What do Pentax and Sigma DSLRs offer that differs from Canon and Nikon? +3770 What is the advantage to back-button autofocus? +3771 What is an efficient way to digitize a family photo collection? +3772 How can knowledge of human perception of color be used in photography? +3773 What does a lens hood do? +3774 Are stock photo sites a viable source of income? +3775 Is it worth to upgrade from Canon 50mm f/1.8 to Canon 50mm f/1.4 on 550d? +3776 How to batch edit a collection of raw files in Darktable? +3777 How to capture the scene exactly as my eyes can see? +3778 How do Micro 4/3s cameras compare with DSLR cameras? +3779 Whats the best way to scan in hundreds of pictures? +3780 CSI image resolution enhance: How real is it? +3781 Does a photographer take pictures or make pictures? +3782 How can I create this medieval look using an entry-level camera like the Nikon D3300? +3783 How do you make the most stunning sunrise and sunset photos? +3784 What are the best online photo classes? +3785 Is it normal business practice for a contest site to solicit submissions and then, later, ask for a fee? +3786 What license do I use when I dont want stock image companies charging people money for photos? +3787 Why cant the ISO level on most digital cameras be set below 80? +3788 What do you learn in a BA in Photography that cant be self taught? +3789 How do I get over my shyness when taking photos of strangers? +3790 How does Image Stabilization / Vibration Reduction work? +3791 What is the difference between in-lens image stabilizing and sensor-based image stabilizing? +3792 Why does every digital camera save photos in a directory called DCIM? +3793 What is the best technique for long-exposure photography in good light? +3794 What is the difference between a telephoto lens and a zoom lens? +3795 Are airport x-ray scanners safe for DSLRs / lenses / storage media? +3796 What am I losing when using extension tubes instead of a macro lens? +3797 What does frequency mean in an image? +3798 How can I tell exactly what changed between two images? +3799 Why are my photos not crisp? +3800 Is it better to store edited photos as PSD or TIFF files? +3801 How do mountains affect lighting at sunrise and sunset? +3802 What is T-number / T-stop? +3803 Which lenses should be included in a travel photography kit? +3804 Can I show two sides of a card in one photo? +3805 What is a zone plate? +3806 What cheap colour calibrators are available for Linux? +3807 If I paid for photography am I entitled to raw images? +3808 Can anyone recommend a good open-source photo management platforms for power users? +3809 Why is the blue channel the noisiest? +3810 What does a hexagonal sun tell us about the camera lens/sensor? +3811 Is it true that the best images from all digital cameras can be obtained at ISO 200? +3812 When to use shutter priority instead of aperture priority? +3813 How do I make my photos sharp enough for print or selling online? +3814 What is a pancake lens? +3815 Do I lose anything converting to DNG? +3816 Is there a rule of thumb that I can use to estimate depth of field while shooting? +3817 Why would I want to select an autofocus point? +3818 What options are there for good, cheap online backup of photos? +3819 What is noise in a digital photograph? +3820 Why cant I see bokeh in the viewfinder? +3821 What is this physical filter, shaped like a shallow pyramid? +3822 Tips for photographing a wedding +3823 Why do RAW images look worse than JPEGs in editing programs? +3824 Can one tell, just by looking at a picture, if its a sunset or a sunrise? +3825 What is the advantage of the huge number of AF points? +3826 What are the names for Magics different colour combinations? +3827 What cooperative board games are there that I could safely play with my wife? +3828 How can I beat Big Money in Dominion? +3829 Why would you want to play with a deck bigger than 60 cards in MTG? +3830 Is pretending to want to trade before playing a monopoly card objectionable? +3831 Taking back turns, and forgotten privileges +3832 Does a player win Catan if they forget to count their points? +3833 Boardgaming Online +3834 Countermeasures to analysis paralysis? +3835 Is kingmaking in multiplayer games a problem that can be fixed? +3836 Are Bishops more valuable than Knights? +3837 Can every game of Klondike-Solitaire be solved? +3838 Should I trash Copper or Silver with Mine? +3839 Do my own villages/cities interrupt my longest road in Catan? +3840 Is it possible to design a two player game of skill with absolutely no luck? +3841 In MTG, what happens when a player loses in multiplayer? +3842 How do you make Settlers of Catan work well for 2 players? (Problems and play-tested solution described, alternatives requested) +3843 Which property group colour gives the best ROI , undeveloped or fully developed, in Monopoly? +3844 What are some good games or techniques for helping kids learn to lose gracefully? +3845 What happens if both players have the ability to pump their creature an unlimited number of times? +3846 Monopoly: Do I Collect Rent If I Am In Jail? +3847 There seem to be several different scoring systems for fields/cities in Carcassonne -- which is correct? +3848 How can I tell the difference between early Magic: The Gathering card editions? +3849 How do you calculate the likelihood of drawing certain cards in your opening hand? +3850 What exactly was so broken about Urzas Block? +3851 In Magic, when can I tap my opponents creatures to prevent them from attacking? +3852 What are mistakes beginners should avoid in Dominion? +3853 How can I improve my deck building skills? +3854 In Settlers of Catan, how do you overcome bad initial settlement placement? +3855 Must a player take a jump in checkers? +3856 Munchkin as a two player game +3857 Games that have no element of luck. +3858 Is there much strategy and planning in 7-Wonders or is mostly luck? +3859 Is giving resources away for free allowed? +3860 Is pawn promotion to rook or bishop something that is seen in play? +3861 How to mitigate bandwagon attacking from players? +3862 How can I play games with closed information with players who cheat? +3863 Land ratio vs mana curve +3864 How much would it cost to get started with Magic: The Gathering? +3865 What are good standard strategies for Carcassonne ? +3866 What are good general strategies for Pandemic? +3867 What techniques should I use to teach my 5-year old to play chess? +3868 In Magic: The Gathering, can I include a card in my deck that I cant play based on my land setup? +3869 Am I technically allowed to look up cards during a Magic tournament match? +3870 Why do some people use fetchlands in mono-colored decks? +3871 Does newer card text on a Magic: The Gathering card override the old wording? +3872 Can I cast a spell after a certain part of the stack is resolved in MTG? +3873 Which resources are better at the start of a Catan game? +3874 Can a settlement disrupt roads in Settlers of Catan +3875 Whats the deal with the new Wastes land and the diamond symbol on it? +3876 What are good placement strategies for Stratego? +3877 Do you collect $200 in Monopoly if you dont ask for it? +3878 Beginner Power Grid strategy +3879 Board games for two players +3880 Is prompting players with alternate moves poor etiquette? +3881 Can infinite scry 1 be shortcut by searching through your deck? +3882 Why is Pot of Greed banned? +3883 What is summoning sickness and how does it affect my creatures? +3884 In Catan, can I ask how many cards are in a players hand? +3885 How can I tell when to take a mulligan in Magic? +3886 Games that are quick to teach to new people, yet still fun and strategical +3887 Does my opponent need to prove his creature has morph? +3888 Does an ability resolve if the source of the ability leaves the battlefield? +3889 Good board games for single player +3890 How do you place your initial settlements in Settlers of Catan? +3891 What is the optimal strategy in Quantum Tic Tac Toe? +3892 Setup for more than 4 players in Dominion? +3893 Which of the 5 resources in Settlers of Catan (base version) is most important? Why? +3894 How can I estimate my chances to win a Risk battle? +3895 What happens if the legend rule doesnt apply to only one of a pair of legendary creatures with the same name? +3896 Which program to chose when designing my own cards? +3897 What are some alternatives to using dice in Settlers of Catan? +3898 Whats the difference between a tactic and a strategy? +3899 How is Test of Faith resolved? +3900 Does a creature with Lifelink provide lifegain equal to its power, or the defenders toughness? +3901 When should I buy copper in Dominion? +3902 Why is the strong 1NT so prevalent in Bridge? +3903 Which alternative methods of choosing a starting player actually WORK? +3904 Are the A-sides and B-sides of the wonder boards really balanced? +3905 What do you recommend to learn Go? +3906 Can instants be played after I decide not to block? +3907 If you pass GO, do you collect 200 at the end of the turn or as you pass GO? +3908 What order do triggered abilities happen in if multiple things trigger at the same time? +3909 Why are there fewer board games with a triangular grid? +3910 In Monopoly, Is it OK for a third party to make a trade with a player who is about to lose? +3911 What are the most busted cards in Agricola? +3912 How do you play the Master Spy in Guillotine? +3913 What is a safe and accurate technique for shuffling cards? +3914 Pandemic and Forbidden Island - How similar are they? +3915 Why do mana abilities not go on the stack? +3916 How do game designers come up with suggested (or minimum) age requirements for games? +3917 How should I approach teaching Magic:The Gathering to a new player? +3918 How do you determine the winner of a hand? +3919 Good games for playing in a bar +3920 Should I get $200 for passing Go if I then get a card that says dont collect $200? +3921 In Ticket to Ride, how do you overcome bad initial tickets? +3922 Can you throw animals into the stewpot if you dont have enough pasture room for any of them? +3923 Can a player choose to not pay {0}? +3924 Can there be two winners at the same time in Catan? +3925 How many lands do I need for a Commander deck? +3926 How to play a quicker game of Monopoly? +3927 What is the maximum score in Ticket to Ride USA, and how to aim towards it? +3928 Does anyone have a way to modify Ticket to Ride to accommodate six people? +3929 How Unethical Is A Purely Blocking Move In Ticket To Ride? +3930 What brand of card sleeves are most reliable for Magic the Gathering? +3931 Is adding a parallel word that only intersects the end letter of an existing word allowed in Scrabble? +3932 Why doesnt Undying trigger if a creature with +1/+1 counters dies from -1/-1 counters? +3933 Why is real-money-betting necessary for poker to be fun? +3934 When I put the robber on someone in Settlers of Catan, does the resource I take HAVE to be random? +3935 Comparisons Betwen Deck-Building Games +3936 What makes a cooperative game require multiple players? +3937 How to eliminate advantages gained from the seating position of inferior players? +3938 What is a good opening in Blokus? +3939 Where do you go for the nearest railroad in Monopoly? +3940 Why do people refer to Blue color as U in Magic the Gathering? +3941 What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts? +3942 Are general 3-to-1 or specific 2-to-1 ports better in Settlers of Catan? +3943 Is it possible to play 2-player, 2-character Arkham Horror successfully? +3944 Catan: when to buy development cards? +3945 When you Kings Court a Kings Court, when must you pick the three target cards? +3946 Does Scrabble allow playing words which contain diacritics in their original spelling? +3947 Why is Agricola named as such? +3948 Two players would gain control of a creature after it dies — who does? +3949 Is castling still done in the openings in modern chess? +3950 Why is it of high importance to control the center of the board in Chess? +3951 Seating orders effect on Puerto Rico +3952 What is the converted mana cost of a spell with {X} when cast with the Miracle mechanic? +3953 Why does a run of 4 in Cribbage score only 4? +3954 In plain English, how does casting spells and using creature abilities work with the stack and priority? +3955 Why is Skullclamp banned? +3956 What are good strategies against counterspell decks? +3957 Can someone explain the Damage on the Stack rule change? +3958 Why is Homelands considered among the worst Magic expansions? +3959 Is Pandemic harder with fewer players? +3960 What happens when you need to tear-down a hotel but no houses are in the bank in Monopoly? +3961 What are the differences between Chinese and Japanese rules in Go? +3962 What is offensive about the card Stone-Throwing Devils? +3963 What is the most balanced/competitive character set in Citadels? +3964 Why Does Magic Use The Paris Mulligan Rule? +3965 How can we play a shorter but satisfying game of Arkham Horror? +3966 Why does Dryad of the Ilysian Grove grant all basic land types even if it loses all abilities? +3967 How important is memorizing chess openings in casual play? +3968 What can I do to avoid being stuck being able to do nothing in Settlers of Catan? +3969 Was it ever the case that Scrabble tiles had to be placed contiguously? +3970 Interesting boardgames to play with children +3971 What makes a cooperative board game actually a game? +3972 Good General Strategies for Agricola? +3973 I have the Dominion base set only, in what order should I buy the expansions? +3974 How can I play Dominion with 5+ players without expansions? +3975 Are there any ways to lose in a You cant lose the game game? +3976 Who are Johnny, Timmy, and Spike and what do they do? +3977 In Pandemic, why take the extra step of eradicating a disease after youve cured it? +3978 Does anybody need the 6th epidemic card in Pandemic? +3979 Can I show my resource cards to other players in Settlers of Catan? +3980 What is the best strategy to avoid large farms in Carcassonne? +3981 What is this weird d12 for? +3982 How do I avoid the endless trade negotiations in Settlers of Catan? +3983 What is a good strategy for engaging children in playing go? +3984 If I buy a Mint, do I still get to use the coins from the treasures I played that turn to buy a Grand Market? +3985 How quickly does a player have to say Uno to avoid drawing extra cards? +3986 What is the best way to print cards for my game? +3987 Where can I find good tile layouts for Settlers of Catan? +3988 How does the double strike mechanic interact with other mechanics like lifelink or trample? +3989 Differences between Dixit versions? +3990 What Are The Official Rules for Carcassonne: The River? +3991 What are the differences between the four editions of The Settlers of Catan base game? +3992 How does Intrigue change your general Dominion strategy? +3993 What happens if you roll doubles 3 times then land on Go to jail? +3994 Recommendations for 6-player board game +3995 What are good standard tactics for Dominion? +3996 Help! Im A Cylon! +3997 Can non-creature permanents have +1/+1 counters? +3998 What are good strategies for booster drafts? +3999 How should I ship cards? +4000 If I cant win the game in multiplayer, do my opponents still lose? +4001 Why is Pandemics Bio-terrorist Challenge not recommended with five players? +4002 Is untapping my permanents during the untap step optional? +4003 In Magic: the Gathering, what is being gathered? +4004 Does priority matter in Magic? +4005 Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues +4006 How to choose the number of hidden layers and nodes in a feedforward neural network? +4007 What is the difference between likelihood and probability? +4008 What is the intuition behind beta distribution? +4009 What is the difference between test set and validation set? +4010 Why square the difference instead of taking the absolute value in standard deviation? +4011 Relationship between SVD and PCA. How to use SVD to perform PCA? +4012 The Two Cultures: statistics vs. machine learning? +4013 How to understand the drawbacks of K-means +4014 Bayesian and frequentist reasoning in plain English +4015 Explaining to laypeople why bootstrapping works +4016 Python as a statistics workbench +4017 When conducting multiple regression, when should you center your predictor variables & when should you standardize them? +4018 What happens if the explanatory and response variables are sorted independently before regression? +4019 What is your favorite data analysis cartoon? +4020 What is the difference between fixed effect, random effect and mixed effect models? +4021 Difference between logit and probit models +4022 How to normalize data to 0-1 range? +4023 Is normality testing essentially useless? +4024 Why is Euclidean distance not a good metric in high dimensions? +4025 What is the trade-off between batch size and number of iterations to train a neural network? +4026 How to understand degrees of freedom? +4027 Bagging, boosting and stacking in machine learning +4028 Whats the difference between a confidence interval and a credible interval? +4029 What is the meaning of p values and t values in statistical tests? +4030 Famous statistical quotations +4031 What does AUC stand for and what is it? +4032 Why does a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) not imply a 95% chance of containing the mean? +4033 What should I do when my neural network doesnt learn? +4034 Interpretation of Rs lm() output +4035 Is $R^2$ useful or dangerous? +4036 How would you explain Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to a layperson? +4037 Is there any reason to prefer the AIC or BIC over the other? +4038 How would you explain covariance to someone who understands only the mean? +4039 What is batch size in neural network? +4040 What are common statistical sins? +4041 What are the differences between Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis? +4042 How to know that your machine learning problem is hopeless? +4043 How to choose a predictive model after k-fold cross-validation? +4044 What is the best introductory Bayesian statistics textbook? +4045 Algorithms for automatic model selection +4046 What is the difference between data mining, statistics, machine learning and AI? +4047 Which mean to use and when? +4048 When (and why) should you take the log of a distribution (of numbers)? +4049 How should I transform non-negative data including zeros? +4050 ROC vs precision-and-recall curves +4051 How to interpret a QQ plot +4052 Why is Newtons method not widely used in machine learning? +4053 What does the hidden layer in a neural network compute? +4054 When should I use lasso vs ridge? +4055 In linear regression, when is it appropriate to use the log of an independent variable instead of the actual values? +4056 Can principal component analysis be applied to datasets containing a mix of continuous and categorical variables? +4057 How to deal with perfect separation in logistic regression? +4058 Rs lmer cheat sheet +4059 What is a data scientist? +4060 How do I get the number of rows of a data.frame in R? +4061 How to summarize data by group in R? +4062 PCA on correlation or covariance? +4063 How exactly does one “control for other variables”? +4064 Generative vs. discriminative +4065 Intuitive explanation for dividing by $n-1$ when calculating standard deviation? +4066 Why the sudden fascination with tensors? +4067 What are the advantages of ReLU over sigmoid function in deep neural networks? +4068 What intuitive explanation is there for the central limit theorem? +4069 How to determine which distribution fits my data best? +4070 Statistics Jokes +4071 Why do we need sigma-algebras to define probability spaces? +4072 A list of cost functions used in neural networks, alongside applications +4073 Choice of K in K-fold cross-validation +4074 Can a probability distribution value exceeding 1 be OK? +4075 Training on the full dataset after cross-validation? +4076 Whats the difference between variance and standard deviation? +4077 What does 1x1 convolution mean in a neural network? +4078 Cohens kappa in plain English +4079 Why is accuracy not the best measure for assessing classification models? +4080 Does Julia have any hope of sticking in the statistical community? +4081 What is the influence of C in SVMs with linear kernel? +4082 How does Keras Embedding layer work? +4083 Gradient Boosting Tree vs Random Forest +4084 How to intuitively explain what a kernel is? +4085 Are large data sets inappropriate for hypothesis testing? +4086 What is the difference between a consistent estimator and an unbiased estimator? +4087 Whats the difference between Normalization and Standardization? +4088 What is the difference between a neural network and a deep neural network, and why do the deep ones work better? +4089 Bottom to top explanation of the Mahalanobis distance? +4090 Whats the difference between principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling? +4091 R vs SAS, why is SAS preferred by private companies? +4092 When is it ok to remove the intercept in a linear regression model? +4093 Deriving the conditional distributions of a multivariate normal distribution +4094 The Sleeping Beauty Paradox +4095 How to reverse PCA and reconstruct original variables from several principal components? +4096 Amazon interview question—probability of 2nd interview +4097 How are the standard errors of coefficients calculated in a regression? +4098 Why are p-values uniformly distributed under the null hypothesis? +4099 Correlations with unordered categorical variables +4100 Does causation imply correlation? +4101 How to choose between Pearson and Spearman correlation? +4102 Help me understand Bayesian prior and posterior distributions +4103 Is Facebook coming to an end? +4104 Pearsons or Spearmans correlation with non-normal data +4105 Obtaining knowledge from a random forest +4106 Crossed vs nested random effects: how do they differ and how are they specified correctly in lme4? +4107 When is R squared negative? +4108 Batch gradient descent versus stochastic gradient descent +4109 Whats the difference between probability and statistics? +4110 Objective function, cost function, loss function: are they the same thing? +4111 What is the difference between linear regression and logistic regression? +4112 Why normalize images by subtracting datasets image mean, instead of the current image mean in deep learning? +4113 Why L1 norm for sparse models +4114 What is the difference between convolutional neural networks, restricted Boltzmann machines, and auto-encoders? +4115 Should one remove highly correlated variables before doing PCA? +4116 What if residuals are normally distributed, but y is not? +4117 What is the difference between linear regression on y with x and x with y? +4118 Why does a time series have to be stationary? +4119 Percentile vs quantile vs quartile +4120 What is the .632+ rule in bootstrapping? +4121 Whats wrong with XKCDs Frequentists vs. Bayesians comic? +4122 Differences between cross validation and bootstrapping to estimate the prediction error +4123 Free statistical textbooks +4124 What is the difference between off-policy and on-policy learning? +4125 Difference between neural net weight decay and learning rate +4126 Numerical example to understand Expectation-Maximization +4127 Why does the Cauchy distribution have no mean? +4128 Is there an intuitive interpretation of $A^TA$ for a data matrix $A$? +4129 Removal of statistically significant intercept term increases $R^2$ in linear model +4130 Nested cross validation for model selection +4131 How would you explain the difference between correlation and covariance? +4132 How does a Support Vector Machine (SVM) work? +4133 What exactly are keys, queries, and values in attention mechanisms? +4134 Most interesting statistical paradoxes +4135 Books for self-studying time series analysis? +4136 Clustering on the output of t-SNE +4137 At each step of a limiting infinite process, put 10 balls in an urn and remove one at random. How many balls are left? +4138 How to choose between t-test or non-parametric test e.g. Wilcoxon in small samples +4139 When to use gamma GLMs? +4140 Assessing approximate distribution of data based on a histogram +4141 ASA discusses limitations of $p$-values - what are the alternatives? +4142 Bias and variance in leave-one-out vs K-fold cross validation +4143 If 900 out of 1000 people say a car is blue, what is the probability that it is blue? +4144 Is it possible to have a pair of Gaussian random variables for which the joint distribution is not Gaussian? +4145 Whats a real-world example of overfitting? +4146 What skills are required to perform large scale statistical analyses? +4147 Intuitive explanation of unit root +4148 Comprehensive list of activation functions in neural networks with pros/cons +4149 What misused statistical terms are worth correcting? +4150 PCA and proportion of variance explained +4151 Why are neural networks becoming deeper, but not wider? +4152 Is it possible to train a neural network without backpropagation? +4153 Where should I place dropout layers in a neural network? +4154 What is an embedding layer in a neural network? +4155 Difference between confidence intervals and prediction intervals +4156 Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) in layman terms +4157 Detecting a given face in a database of facial images +4158 How do you calculate precision and recall for multiclass classification using confusion matrix? +4159 tanh activation function vs sigmoid activation function +4160 KL divergence between two univariate Gaussians +4161 Difference between standard error and standard deviation +4162 What does a closed-form solution mean? +4163 US Election results 2016: What went wrong with prediction models? +4164 When should linear regression be called machine learning? +4165 Calculating optimal number of bins in a histogram +4166 What is covariance in plain language? +4167 How to select kernel for SVM? +4168 Conditional inference trees vs traditional decision trees +4169 How to annoy a statistical referee? +4170 T-test for non normal when N>50? +4171 What loss function for multi-class, multi-label classification tasks in neural networks? +4172 What are the main differences between K-means and K-nearest neighbours? +4173 What is rank deficiency, and how to deal with it? +4174 Best series of colors to use for differentiating series in publication-quality plots +4175 Why use gradient descent for linear regression, when a closed-form math solution is available? +4176 Locating freely available data samples +4177 Why does the Lasso provide Variable Selection? +4178 Explain Curse of dimensionality to a child +4179 What book would you recommend for non-statistician scientists? +4180 Softmax vs Sigmoid function in Logistic classifier? +4181 Does an unbalanced sample matter when doing logistic regression? +4182 Diagnostic plots for count regression +4183 Is this really how p-values work? Can a million research papers per year be based on pure randomness? +4184 Whats the difference between correlation and simple linear regression? +4185 Using k-fold cross-validation for time-series model selection +4186 What is the difference between zero-inflated and hurdle models? +4187 Including the interaction but not the main effects in a model +4188 Validation Error less than training error? +4189 How scared should we be about convergence warnings in lme4 +4190 Is there an intuitive explanation why multicollinearity is a problem in linear regression? +4191 Interpreting plot.lm() +4192 What is the best way to identify outliers in multivariate data? +4193 What is the role of the logarithm in Shannons entropy? +4194 What are examples where a naive bootstrap fails? +4195 Why do we need to normalize data before principal component analysis (PCA)? +4196 Simple algorithm for online outlier detection of a generic time series +4197 Understanding variance intuitively +4198 Can someone explain Gibbs sampling in very simple words? +4199 What is the benefit of breaking up a continuous predictor variable? +4200 Why isnt Logistic Regression called Logistic Classification? +4201 Generate a random variable with a defined correlation to an existing variable(s) +4202 What, precisely, is a confidence interval? +4203 Why is ANOVA taught / used as if it is a different research methodology compared to linear regression? +4204 Under what conditions does correlation imply causation? +4205 How to choose nlme or lme4 R library for mixed effects models? +4206 Is there a way to remember the definitions of Type I and Type II Errors? +4207 Feature selection and cross-validation +4208 How much do we know about p-hacking in the wild? +4209 How to calculate Area Under the Curve (AUC), or the c-statistic, by hand +4210 Who Are The Bayesians? +4211 Essential data checking tests +4212 What is the relation between k-means clustering and PCA? +4213 Solving for regression parameters in closed-form vs gradient descent +4214 When to use regularization methods for regression? +4215 Convergence in probability vs. almost sure convergence +4216 If mean is so sensitive, why use it in the first place? +4217 How to efficiently manage a statistical analysis project? +4218 If I have a 58% chance of winning a point, whats the chance of me winning a ping pong game to 21, win by 2? +4219 Is it necessary to scale the target value in addition to scaling features for regression analysis? +4220 Mean absolute error OR root mean squared error? +4221 How to apply Neural Network to time series forecasting? +4222 Feature selection for final model when performing cross-validation in machine learning +4223 The Book of Why by Judea Pearl: Why is he bashing statistics? +4224 Given the power of computers these days, is there ever a reason to do a chi-squared test rather than Fishers exact test? +4225 Relationship between poisson and exponential distribution +4226 How to produce a pretty plot of the results of k-means cluster analysis? +4227 Correlation between a nominal (IV) and a continuous (DV) variable +4228 Does the variance of a sum equal the sum of the variances? +4229 How does the reparameterization trick for VAEs work and why is it important? +4230 Why to optimize max log probability instead of probability +4231 What is meant by a random variable? +4232 Are there any examples where Bayesian credible intervals are obviously inferior to frequentist confidence intervals +4233 How to compute precision/recall for multiclass-multilabel classification? +4234 What is the lasso in regression analysis? +4235 What is the difference between Multiclass and Multilabel Problem +4236 How to tell if data is clustered enough for clustering algorithms to produce meaningful results? +4237 Principled way of collapsing categorical variables with many levels? +4238 Rules of thumb for modern statistics +4239 How to sum a standard deviation? +4240 How does the correlation coefficient differ from regression slope? +4241 How should outliers be dealt with in linear regression analysis? +4242 Loadings vs eigenvectors in PCA: when to use one or another? +4243 What do you call an average that does not include outliers? +4244 How is it possible that validation loss is increasing while validation accuracy is increasing as well +4245 Kendall Tau or Spearmans rho? +4246 When to use an offset in a Poisson regression? +4247 What is a complete list of the usual assumptions for linear regression? +4248 What is an uninformative prior? Can we ever have one with truly no information? +4249 What is the single most influential book every statistician should read? +4250 Is there a minimum sample size required for the t-test to be valid? +4251 Calculating the parameters of a Beta distribution using the mean and variance +4252 Resampling / simulation methods: monte carlo, bootstrapping, jackknifing, cross-validation, randomization tests, and permutation tests +4253 Euclidean distance is usually not good for sparse data (and more general case)? +4254 What are principal component scores? +4255 An example: LASSO regression using glmnet for binary outcome +4256 How to plot ROC curves in multiclass classification? +4257 When to use Fisher and Neyman-Pearson framework? +4258 What are modern, easily used alternatives to stepwise regression? +4259 Line of best fit does not look like a good fit. Why? +4260 Why should I be Bayesian when my model is wrong? +4261 Why havent robust (and resistant) statistics replaced classical techniques? +4262 What is the meaning of All models are wrong, but some are useful +4263 Cross-Validation in plain english? +4264 Subscript notation in expectations +4265 What correlation makes a matrix singular and what are implications of singularity or near-singularity? +4266 What is restricted maximum likelihood and when should it be used? +4267 What do the residuals in a logistic regression mean? +4268 Why is it possible to get significant F statistic (p<.001) but non-significant regressor t-tests? +4269 What is the difference between a link function and a canonical link function for GLM +4270 What are the big problems in statistics? +4271 Mathematician wants the equivalent knowledge to a quality stats degree +4272 Examples for teaching: Correlation does not mean causation +4273 Why does k-means clustering algorithm use only Euclidean distance metric? +4274 Why is ridge regression called ridge, why is it needed, and what happens when $\lambda$ goes to infinity? +4275 When (if ever) is a frequentist approach substantively better than a Bayesian? +4276 How to interpret an inverse covariance or precision matrix? +4277 When is unbalanced data really a problem in Machine Learning? +4278 XKCDs modified Bayes theorem: actually kinda reasonable? +4279 Regarding p-values, why 1% and 5%? Why not 6% or 10%? +4280 Probability of a single real-life future event: What does it mean when they say that Hillary has a 75% chance of winning? +4281 Best way to present a random forest in a publication? +4282 Why is the L2 regularization equivalent to Gaussian prior? +4283 Mutual information versus correlation +4284 Please explain the waiting paradox +4285 Help me understand Support Vector Machines +4286 How to generate uniformly distributed points on the surface of the 3-d unit sphere? +4287 Choosing a clustering method +4288 Can bootstrap be seen as a cure for the small sample size? +4289 What is regularization in plain english? +4290 Whatre the differences between PCA and autoencoder? +4291 What is the reason that a likelihood function is not a pdf? +4292 How to visualize what canonical correlation analysis does (in comparison to what principal component analysis does)? +4293 Likelihood ratio vs Bayes Factor +4294 Skills hard to find in machine learners? +4295 Is there a name for the phenomenon of false positives counterintuitively outstripping true positives +4296 Rules of thumb for minimum sample size for multiple regression +4297 Explain the difference between multiple regression and multivariate regression, with minimal use of symbols/math +4298 What algorithm should I use to detect anomalies on time-series? +4299 How to interpret coefficients in a Poisson regression? +4300 What is the difference between R functions prcomp and princomp? +4301 What is an ablation study? And is there a systematic way to perform it? +4302 Free resources for learning R +4303 On the importance of the i.i.d. assumption in statistical learning +4304 What is a kernel in plain English? +4305 Famous statistical wins and horror stories for teaching purposes +4306 How to obtain the p-value (check significance) of an effect in a lme4 mixed model? +4307 Why not approach classification through regression? +4308 What are disadvantages of using the lasso for variable selection for regression? +4309 Diagnostics for logistic regression? +4310 Shape of confidence interval for predicted values in linear regression +4311 Is there any good reason to use PCA instead of EFA? Also, can PCA be a substitute for factor analysis? +4312 What is the best way to remember the difference between sensitivity, specificity, precision, accuracy, and recall? +4313 Variable selection for predictive modeling really needed in 2016? +4314 What are the major philosophical, methodological, and terminological differences between econometrics and other statistical fields? +4315 How does a simple logistic regression model achieve a 92% classification accuracy on MNIST? +4316 What is global max pooling layer and what is its advantage over maxpooling layer? +4317 What is wrong with extrapolation? +4318 How exactly did statisticians agree to using (n-1) as the unbiased estimator for population variance without simulation? +4319 Bayes regression: how is it done in comparison to standard regression? +4320 Does no correlation imply no causality? +4321 Do not vote, one vote will not reverse election results. What is wrong with this reasoning? +4322 Impractical question: is it possible to find the regression line using a ruler and compass? +4323 How and why do normalization and feature scaling work? +4324 What are good initial weights in a neural network? +4325 Multivariate multiple regression in R +4326 Why does including latitude and longitude in a GAM account for spatial autocorrelation? +4327 Why do neural network researchers care about epochs? +4328 Whats so moment about moments of a probability distribution? +4329 How to split the dataset for cross validation, learning curve, and final evaluation? +4330 Practical questions on tuning Random Forests +4331 What is an intuitive explanation for how PCA turns from a geometric problem (with distances) to a linear algebra problem (with eigenvectors)? +4332 What is the intuition behind SVD? +4333 Model for predicting number of Youtube views of Gangnam Style +4334 What are some of the most common misconceptions about linear regression? +4335 Unified view on shrinkage: what is the relation (if any) between Steins paradox, ridge regression, and random effects in mixed models? +4336 What is the difference between discrete data and continuous data? +4337 What are good RMSE values? +4338 Good GUI for R suitable for a beginner wanting to learn programming in R? +4339 Where to cut a dendrogram? +4340 When to use generalized estimating equations vs. mixed effects models? +4341 Having a job in data-mining without a PhD +4342 Practical thoughts on explanatory vs. predictive modeling +4343 Complete substantive examples of reproducible research using R +4344 What method can be used to detect seasonality in data? +4345 Understanding ROC curve +4346 What is the difference between ZCA whitening and PCA whitening? +4347 Do all interactions terms need their individual terms in regression model? +4348 What makes the Gaussian kernel so magical for PCA, and also in general? +4349 How should tiny $p$-values be reported? (and why does R put a minimum on 2.22e-16?) +4350 A psychology journal banned p-values and confidence intervals; is it indeed wise to stop using them? +4351 Removing duplicated rows data frame in R +4352 How to actually plot a sample tree from randomForest::getTree()? +4353 Understanding stratified cross-validation +4354 How to tune hyperparameters of xgboost trees? +4355 Basic question about Fisher Information matrix and relationship to Hessian and standard errors +4356 What are some valuable Statistical Analysis open source projects? +4357 Is this the solution to the p-value problem? +4358 Covariance and independence? +4359 How to use Pearson correlation correctly with time series +4360 One-hot vs dummy encoding in Scikit-learn +4361 Proper way of using recurrent neural network for time series analysis +4362 How can adding a 2nd IV make the 1st IV significant? +4363 If A and B are correlated with C, why are A and B not necessarily correlated? +4364 Optimization when Cost Function Slow to Evaluate +4365 Is there any *mathematical* basis for the Bayesian vs frequentist debate? +4366 Whats the difference between feed-forward and recurrent neural networks? +4367 What are good basic statistics to use for ordinal data? +4368 Do the predictions of a Random Forest model have a prediction interval? +4369 Is PCA followed by a rotation (such as varimax) still PCA? +4370 What is the relationship between independent component analysis and factor analysis? +4371 What problem do shrinkage methods solve? +4372 How to normalize data between -1 and 1? +4373 What are i.i.d. random variables? +4374 How can an artificial neural network ANN, be used for unsupervised clustering? +4375 What is a saturated model? +4376 When are Log scales appropriate? +4377 ImageNet: what is top-1 and top-5 error rate? +4378 How is the minimum of a set of IID random variables distributed? +4379 Understanding the role of the discount factor in reinforcement learning +4380 Whats the difference between momentum based gradient descent and Nesterovs accelerated gradient descent? +4381 What is the difference between a neural network and a deep belief network? +4382 Assumptions regarding bootstrap estimates of uncertainty +4383 Look and you shall find (a correlation) +4384 What is a good, convincing example in which p-values are useful? +4385 Performance metrics to evaluate unsupervised learning +4386 Hold-out validation vs. cross-validation +4387 Statistics interview questions +4388 Central limit theorem for sample medians +4389 Intuition on the Kullback–Leibler (KL) Divergence +4390 Taleb and the Black Swan +4391 Where did the frequentist-Bayesian debate go? +4392 How to interpret F-measure values? +4393 How to simulate data that satisfy specific constraints such as having specific mean and standard deviation? +4394 Using principal component analysis (PCA) for feature selection +4395 Which pseudo-$R^2$ measure is the one to report for logistic regression (Cox & Snell or Nagelkerke)? +4396 Why bother with the dual problem when fitting SVM? +4397 Why is the Jeffreys prior useful? +4398 Intuitive explanation of Fisher Information and Cramer-Rao bound +4399 How to visualize what ANOVA does? +4400 Is the R language reliable for the field of economics? +4401 Standard errors for lasso prediction using R +4402 How can I help ensure testing data does not leak into training data? +4403 Why would parametric statistics ever be preferred over nonparametric? +4404 40,000 neuroscience papers might be wrong +4405 References containing arguments against null hypothesis significance testing? +4406 How much to pay? A practical problem +4407 Regression with multiple dependent variables? +4408 Random Forest - How to handle overfitting +4409 What does orthogonal mean in the context of statistics? +4410 Why is sample standard deviation a biased estimator of $\sigma$? +4411 KL divergence between two multivariate Gaussians +4412 What is translation invariance in computer vision and convolutional neural network? +4413 Why is multicollinearity not checked in modern statistics/machine learning +4414 Variables are often adjusted (e.g. standardised) before making a model - when is this a good idea, and when is it a bad one? +4415 What is the difference between a partial likelihood, profile likelihood and marginal likelihood? +4416 Why is the square root transformation recommended for count data? +4417 Real-life examples of moving average processes +4418 Why do neural networks need so many training examples to perform? +4419 Is this chart showing the likelihood of a terrorist attack statistically useful? +4420 Maximum likelihood method vs. least squares method +4421 Why is it that natural log changes are percentage changes? What is about logs that makes this so? +4422 Why is logistic regression a linear classifier? +4423 Why is ANOVA equivalent to linear regression? +4424 Why only three partitions? (training, validation, test) +4425 Why does ridge estimate become better than OLS by adding a constant to the diagonal? +4426 What is the most surprising characterization of the Gaussian (normal) distribution? +4427 Criticism of Pearls theory of causality +4428 What is the difference between a nested and a non-nested model? +4429 Why do we minimize the negative likelihood if it is equivalent to maximization of the likelihood? +4430 Clustering with a distance matrix +4431 Does it make sense to add a quadratic term but not the linear term to a model? +4432 Derivation of closed form lasso solution +4433 Reduce Classification Probability Threshold +4434 Explain the xkcd jelly bean comic: What makes it funny? +4435 Do we need a global test before post hoc tests? +4436 How small a quantity should be added to x to avoid taking the log of zero? +4437 Efficient online linear regression +4438 Are bayesians slaves of the likelihood function? +4439 Who created the first standard normal table? +4440 List of situations where a Bayesian approach is simpler, more practical, or more convenient +4441 Why does collecting data until finding a significant result increase Type I error rate? +4442 Wald test for logistic regression +4443 Test if two binomial distributions are statistically different from each other +4444 What is the difference in Bayesian estimate and maximum likelihood estimate? +4445 Perform feature normalization before or within model validation? +4446 Is there a difference between controlling for and ignoring other variables in multiple regression? +4447 If we fail to reject the null hypothesis in a large study, isnt it evidence for the null? +4448 A more definitive discussion of variable selection +4449 What are the worst (commonly adopted) ideas/principles in statistics? +4450 How to statistically compare two time series? +4451 What is the effect of having correlated predictors in a multiple regression model? +4452 What is a contrast matrix? +4453 Software needed to scrape data from graph +4454 Examples of Bayesian and frequentist approach giving different answers +4455 Machine learning cookbook / reference card / cheatsheet? +4456 Brain teaser: How to generate 7 integers with equal probability using a biased coin that has a pr(head) = p? +4457 What does Scientists rise up against statistical significance mean? (Comment in Nature) +4458 Two-tailed tests... Im just not convinced. Whats the point? +4459 Is the hybrid between Fisher and Neyman-Pearson approaches to statistical testing really an incoherent mishmash? +4460 Interpreting Residual and Null Deviance in GLM R +4461 Variance of product of multiple independent random variables +4462 Is standardization needed before fitting logistic regression? +4463 Under what conditions should Likert scales be used as ordinal or interval data? +4464 Questions about how random effects are specified in lmer +4465 Should I use a categorical cross-entropy or binary cross-entropy loss for binary predictions? +4466 What is the difference between estimation and prediction? +4467 How to generate correlated random numbers (given means, variances and degree of correlation)? +4468 Does it ever make sense to treat categorical data as continuous? +4469 Why is tanh almost always better than sigmoid as an activation function? +4470 Which permutation test implementation in R to use instead of t-tests (paired and non-paired)? +4471 Binary classification with strongly unbalanced classes +4472 A generalization of the Law of Iterated Expectations +4473 Period detection of a generic time series +4474 What does the inverse of covariance matrix say about data? (Intuitively) +4475 Advanced statistics books recommendation +4476 What is so cool about de Finettis representation theorem? +4477 Why is the regularization term *added* to the cost function (instead of multiplied etc.)? +4478 Most famous statisticians +4479 A chart of daily cases of COVID-19 in a Russian region looks suspiciously level to me - is this so from the statistics viewpoint? +4480 Why is the validation accuracy fluctuating? +4481 How do you calculate the probability density function of the maximum of a sample of IID uniform random variables? +4482 How can I change the title of a legend in ggplot2? +4483 Data normalization and standardization in neural networks +4484 How does one interpret SVM feature weights? +4485 What is the relationship between a chi squared test and test of equal proportions? +4486 Why doesnt Random Forest handle missing values in predictors? +4487 Does 10 heads in a row increase the chance of the next toss being a tail? +4488 Difference between Random Forest and Extremely Randomized Trees +4489 Is adjusting p-values in a multiple regression for multiple comparisons a good idea? +4490 Is every covariance matrix positive definite? +4491 Measuring entropy/ information/ patterns of a 2d binary matrix +4492 Logistic regression in R resulted in perfect separation (Hauck-Donner phenomenon). Now what? +4493 Optimal number of folds in $K$-fold cross-validation: is leave-one-out CV always the best choice? +4494 How to derive variance-covariance matrix of coefficients in linear regression +4495 Is it meaningful to calculate Pearson or Spearman correlation between two Boolean vectors? +4496 How to calculate pseudo-$R^2$ from Rs logistic regression? +4497 Is it important to scale data before clustering? +4498 Comparing SVM and logistic regression +4499 Are mean normalization and feature scaling needed for k-means clustering? +4500 Why is expectation the same as the arithmetic mean? +4501 Best practice when analysing pre-post treatment-control designs +4502 What are the differences between epoch, batch, and minibatch? +4503 Clustering with K-Means and EM: how are they related? +4504 What is the variance of the weighted mixture of two gaussians? +4505 What are the shortcomings of the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE)? +4506 Are there cases where PCA is more suitable than t-SNE? +4507 How do I test that two continuous variables are independent? +4508 Choosing between LM and GLM for a log-transformed response variable +4509 What are disadvantages of state-space models and Kalman Filter for time-series modelling? +4510 Intuitive explanation of the bias-variance tradeoff? +4511 Why does shrinkage work? +4512 Examples where method of moments can beat maximum likelihood in small samples? +4513 Are all values within a 95% confidence interval equally likely? +4514 Industry vs Kaggle challenges. Is collecting more observations and having access to more variables more important than fancy modelling? +4515 Correlations between continuous and categorical (nominal) variables +4516 Manually Calculating P value from t-value in t-test +4517 Which activation function for output layer? +4518 Is chi-squared always a one-sided test? +4519 Which loss function is correct for logistic regression? +4520 What does standard deviation tell us in non-normal distribution +4521 How should one interpret the comparison of means from different sample sizes? +4522 Adam optimizer with exponential decay +4523 Neural networks vs support vector machines: are the second definitely superior? +4524 Recurrent vs Recursive Neural Networks: Which is better for NLP? +4525 Linear model with log-transformed response vs. generalized linear model with log link +4526 Box-Cox like transformation for independent variables? +4527 Bootstrap vs. jackknife +4528 Confidence interval for Bernoulli sampling +4529 Introduction to statistics for mathematicians +4530 Alternatives to logistic regression in R +4531 What is the intuition behind conditional Gaussian distributions? +4532 Resources for learning Markov chain and hidden Markov models +4533 How exactly does a random effects model in econometrics relate to mixed models outside of econometrics? +4534 Is ridge regression useless in high dimensions ($n \ll p$)? How can OLS fail to overfit? +4535 Interview question: If correlation doesnt imply causation, how do you detect causation? +4536 Why continue to teach and use hypothesis testing (when confidence intervals are available)? +4537 What is the difference between N and N-1 in calculating population variance? +4538 What does having constant variance in a linear regression model mean? +4539 Testing equality of coefficients from two different regressions +4540 Does the optimal number of trees in a random forest depend on the number of predictors? +4541 How to decide on the correct number of clusters? +4542 Difference between kernel and filter in CNN +4543 R libraries for deep learning +4544 How to interpret type I, type II, and type III ANOVA and MANOVA? +4545 How can a distribution have infinite mean and variance? +4546 What is the difference between a particle filter (sequential Monte Carlo) and a Kalman filter? +4547 How to apply standardization/normalization to train- and testset if prediction is the goal? +4548 What is the difference Cross-entropy and KL divergence? +4549 Are residuals predicted minus actual or actual minus predicted +4550 What is the objective function of PCA? +4551 Is it wrong to rephrase 1 in 80 deaths is caused by a car accident as 1 in 80 people die as a result of a car accident? +4552 Reference book for linear algebra applied to statistics? +4553 How do R and Python complement each other in data science? +4554 Statistics and causal inference? +4555 What are the breakthroughs in Statistics of the past 15 years? +4556 Are we exaggerating importance of model assumption and evaluation in an era when analyses are often carried out by laymen +4557 ANOVA assumption normality/normal distribution of residuals +4558 Mean absolute deviation vs. standard deviation +4559 Warning in R - Chi-squared approximation may be incorrect +4560 Standard error for the mean of a sample of binomial random variables +4561 Regression when the OLS residuals are not normally distributed +4562 How to determine best cutoff point and its confidence interval using ROC curve in R? +4563 What is the difference between GARCH and ARMA? +4564 Is random forest a boosting algorithm? +4565 Using deep learning for time series prediction +4566 How are regression, the t-test, and the ANOVA all versions of the general linear model? +4567 What are alternatives of Gradient Descent? +4568 Best PCA algorithm for huge number of features (>10K)? +4569 Book for reading before Elements of Statistical Learning? +4570 Why do Convolutional Neural Networks not use a Support Vector Machine to classify? +4571 When combining p-values, why not just averaging? +4572 What is the advantages of Wasserstein metric compared to Kullback-Leibler divergence? +4573 Is sampling relevant in the time of big data? +4574 Mathematical Statistics Videos +4575 How do we decide when a small sample is statistically significant or not? +4576 What are some examples of anachronistic practices in statistics? +4577 Backpropagation with Softmax / Cross Entropy +4578 Normalization vs. scaling +4579 Effect of switching response and explanatory variable in simple linear regression +4580 Graph for relationship between two ordinal variables +4581 Training a decision tree against unbalanced data +4582 A/B tests: z-test vs t-test vs chi square vs fisher exact test +4583 What is a difference between random effects-, fixed effects- and marginal model? +4584 Random forest computing time in R +4585 Why sigmoid function instead of anything else? +4586 Multivariate linear regression vs neural network? +4587 Standard deviation of standard deviation +4588 Practical hyperparameter optimization: Random vs. grid search +4589 Is the COVID-19 pandemic curve a Gaussian curve? +4590 Why on average does each bootstrap sample contain roughly two thirds of observations? +4591 Can a random forest be used for feature selection in multiple linear regression? +4592 How to tell the probability of failure if there were no failures? +4593 Modern successor to Exploratory Data Analysis by Tukey? +4594 Who are frequentists? +4595 Do we have a problem of pity upvotes? +4596 How to derive the ridge regression solution? +4597 How large should the batch size be for stochastic gradient descent? +4598 What is the difference between NaN and NA? +4599 What is maxout in neural network? +4600 How to identify a bimodal distribution? +4601 Correct spelling (capitalization, italicization, hyphenation) of p-value? +4602 Apply word embeddings to entire document, to get a feature vector +4603 Pandas / Statsmodel / Scikit-learn +4604 Prediction interval for lmer() mixed effects model in R +4605 Recommended books on experiment design? +4606 Should I normalize word2vecs word vectors before using them? +4607 What is a good algorithm for estimating the median of a huge read-once data set? +4608 What should I do when my neural network doesnt generalize well? +4609 Is it possible to do time-series clustering based on curve shape? +4610 Why do we use Kullback-Leibler divergence rather than cross entropy in the t-SNE objective function? +4611 Data APIs/feeds available as packages in R +4612 Intuitive explanations of differences between Gradient Boosting Trees (GBM) & Adaboost +4613 Can someone explain the concept of exchangeability? +4614 Is it true that the percentile bootstrap should never be used? +4615 Machine Learning using Python +4616 Why do we care so much about normally distributed error terms (and homoskedasticity) in linear regression when we dont have to? +4617 Why are MA(q) time series models called moving averages? +4618 Visually interesting statistics concepts that are easy to explain +4619 Most confusing statistical terms +4620 R - QQPlot: how to see whether data are normally distributed +4621 Is it a good practice to always scale/normalize data for machine learning? +4622 How to visualize a fitted multiple regression model? +4623 Interpretation of log transformed predictor and/or response +4624 Replicating Statas robust option in R +4625 Obtaining predicted values (Y=1 or 0) from a logistic regression model fit +4626 Why is the sum of two random variables a convolution? +4627 F1/Dice-Score vs IoU +4628 Multinomial logistic regression vs one-vs-rest binary logistic regression +4629 Why downsample? +4630 Software for drawing bayesian networks (graphical models) +4631 Statistical inference when the sample is the population +4632 Class imbalance in Supervised Machine Learning +4633 What book is recommendable to start learning statistics using R at the same time? +4634 Is there any gold standard for modeling irregularly spaced time series? +4635 Interpreting QQplot - Is there any rule of thumb to decide for non-normality? +4636 What are the main theorems in Machine (Deep) Learning? +4637 Where does the misconception that Y must be normally distributed come from? +4638 Intuition behind why Steins paradox only applies in dimensions $\ge 3$ +4639 Why is a Bayesian not allowed to look at the residuals? +4640 Excel as a statistics workbench +4641 Are all models useless? Is any exact model possible -- or useful? +4642 How to perform a test using R to see if data follows normal distribution +4643 How to read Cooks distance plots? +4644 Is there a test to determine whether GLM overdispersion is significant? +4645 What is the difference between a Normal and a Gaussian Distribution +4646 Linear kernel and non-linear kernel for support vector machine? +4647 Is there any difference between lm and glm for the gaussian family of glm? +4648 Cross-Entropy or Log Likelihood in Output layer +4649 Wont highly-correlated variables in random forest distort accuracy and feature-selection? +4650 Does anyone know any good open source software for visualizing data from database? +4651 Cost function of neural network is non-convex? +4652 Regression for an outcome (ratio or fraction) between 0 and 1 +4653 How are propensity scores different from adding covariates in a regression, and when are they preferred to the latter? +4654 How to select a clustering method? How to validate a cluster solution (to warrant the method choice)? +4655 Why does the correlation coefficient between X and X-Y random variables tend to be 0.7 +4656 Why do statisticians say a non-significant result means you cant reject the null as opposed to accepting the null hypothesis? +4657 Fast linear regression robust to outliers +4658 Consider the sum of $n$ uniform distributions on $[0,1]$, or $Z_n$. Why does the cusp in the PDF of $Z_n$ disappear for $n \geq 3$? +4659 Famous easy to understand examples of a confounding variable invalidating a study +4660 How are we defining reproducible research? +4661 What is a good resource on table design? +4662 Cumming (2008) claims that distribution of p-values obtained in replications depends only on the original p-value. How can it be true? +4663 Relationship between $R^2$ and correlation coefficient +4664 Logistic Regression: Scikit Learn vs Statsmodels +4665 Using lmer for repeated-measures linear mixed-effect model +4666 What is Deviance? (specifically in CART/rpart) +4667 If the t-test and the ANOVA for two groups are equivalent, why arent their assumptions equivalent? +4668 Neural Network: For Binary Classification use 1 or 2 output neurons? +4669 Cross Entropy vs. Sparse Cross Entropy: When to use one over the other +4670 How to simulate artificial data for logistic regression? +4671 Regularization methods for logistic regression +4672 What is the difference between the forward-backward and Viterbi algorithms? +4673 Percentage of overlapping regions of two normal distributions +4674 How to do logistic regression subset selection? +4675 How do I find peaks in a dataset? +4676 How does LSTM prevent the vanishing gradient problem? +4677 What algorithm is used in linear regression? +4678 Understanding almost all local minimum have very similar function value to the global optimum +4679 Why do my p-values differ between logistic regression output, chi-squared test, and the confidence interval for the OR? +4680 Understanding Naive Bayes +4681 What is your favorite data visualization blog? +4682 Statistical tests when sample size is 1 +4683 Why is statistically significant not enough? +4684 Why does frequentist hypothesis testing become biased towards rejecting the null hypothesis with sufficiently large samples? +4685 A smaller dataset is better: Is this statement false in statistics? How to refute it properly? +4686 Different ways to write interaction terms in lm? +4687 Find expected value using CDF +4688 What is the proper usage of scale_pos_weight in xgboost for imbalanced datasets? +4689 Choosing the right linkage method for hierarchical clustering +4690 Is a sample covariance matrix always symmetric and positive definite? +4691 Difference between GradientDescentOptimizer and AdamOptimizer (TensorFlow)? +4692 CNN architectures for regression? +4693 Rule of thumb for number of bootstrap samples +4694 Logistic Regression - Error Term and its Distribution +4695 What is perplexity? +4696 Normality of dependent variable = normality of residuals? +4697 Is minimizing squared error equivalent to minimizing absolute error? Why squared error is more popular than the latter? +4698 Survival Analysis tools in Python +4699 Random forest assumptions +4700 Which has the heavier tail, lognormal or gamma? +4701 Are splines overfitting the data? +4702 Motivation for Kolmogorov distance between distributions +4703 How to determine whether or not the y-axis of a graph should start at zero? +4704 Is Amazons average rating misleading? +4705 Clarification on interpreting confidence intervals? +4706 Does correlation = 0.2 mean that there is an association in only 1 in 5 people? +4707 Eliciting priors from experts +4708 AIC,BIC,CIC,DIC,EIC,FIC,GIC,HIC,IIC --- Can I use them interchangeably? +4709 Logistic Regression in R (Odds Ratio) +4710 Logistic regression model does not converge +4711 How do I avoid overlapping labels in an R plot? +4712 What is difference-in-differences? +4713 Why would R return NA as a lm() coefficient? +4714 Derive Variance of regression coefficient in simple linear regression +4715 Why is median age a better statistic than mean age? +4716 Clustering a long list of strings (words) into similarity groups +4717 Suppression effect in regression: definition and visual explanation/depiction +4718 How to interpret error measures? +4719 What is the definition of a feature map (aka activation map) in a convolutional neural network? +4720 Dynamic Time Warping Clustering +4721 Regression: Transforming Variables +4722 How does the Adam method of stochastic gradient descent work? +4723 When conducting a t-test why would one prefer to assume (or test for) equal variances rather than always use a Welch approximation of the df? +4724 How does centering the data get rid of the intercept in regression and PCA? +4725 Can machine learning decode the SHA256 hashes? +4726 How are kernels applied to feature maps to produce other feature maps? +4727 What is the distribution of the Euclidean distance between two normally distributed random variables? +4728 Do we have to tune the number of trees in a random forest? +4729 Kullback–Leibler vs Kolmogorov-Smirnov distance +4730 Empirical justification for the one standard error rule when using cross-validation +4731 What can we say about population mean from a sample size of 1? +4732 How can I calculate $\int^{\infty}_{-\infty}\Phi\left(\frac{w-a}{b}\right)\phi(w)\,\mathrm dw$ +4733 Is it possible to interpret the bootstrap from a Bayesian perspective? +4734 Pitfalls in time series analysis +4735 Where to start with statistics for an experienced developer +4736 Can simple linear regression be done without using plots and linear algebra? +4737 First R packages source code to study in preparation for writing own package +4738 What is residual standard error? +4739 What do endogeneity and exogeneity mean substantively? +4740 How to interpret Mean Decrease in Accuracy and Mean Decrease GINI in Random Forest models +4741 Why do we use ReLU in neural networks and how do we use it? +4742 Logistic regression: anova chi-square test vs. significance of coefficients (anova() vs summary() in R) +4743 Rank in R - descending order +4744 How do I test a nonlinear association? +4745 Online vs offline learning? +4746 Expected number of ratio of girls vs boys birth +4747 Best method for short time-series +4748 How to interpret coefficients from a polynomial model fit? +4749 What is the distribution of the sum of non i.i.d. gaussian variates? +4750 What is the difference between prediction and inference? +4751 Why zero correlation does not necessarily imply independence +4752 Does the sign of scores or of loadings in PCA or FA have a meaning? May I reverse the sign? +4753 How does rectilinear activation function solve the vanishing gradient problem in neural networks? +4754 PCA and the train/test split +4755 Bootstrap vs. permutation hypothesis testing +4756 Features for time series classification +4757 What is the difference between posterior and posterior predictive distribution? +4758 Why is polynomial regression considered a special case of multiple linear regression? +4759 Generic sum of Gamma random variables +4760 Optimized implementations of the Random Forest algorithm +4761 What are the cons of Bayesian analysis? +4762 Is it unusual for the MEAN to outperform ARIMA? +4763 Where does $\sqrt{n}$ come from in central limit theorem (CLT)? +4764 How does saddlepoint approximation work? +4765 Bayesian statistics tutorial +4766 Why would someone use a Bayesian approach with a noninformative improper prior instead of the classical approach? +4767 Choosing variables to include in a multiple linear regression model +4768 Interpretation of Rs output for binomial regression +4769 What references should be cited to support using 30 as a large enough sample size? +4770 Using R online - without installing it +4771 Difference between forecast and prediction? +4772 SVM, Overfitting, curse of dimensionality +4773 How to make a time series stationary? +4774 Why does correlation matrix need to be positive semi-definite and what does it mean to be or not to be positive semi-definite? +4775 How does centering make a difference in PCA (for SVD and eigen decomposition)? +4776 Prediction in Cox regression +4777 Importance of local response normalization in CNN +4778 Alternatives to one-way ANOVA for heteroskedastic data +4779 Understanding LSTM units vs. cells +4780 Neural Networks: weight change momentum and weight decay +4781 Probability distribution for different probabilities +4782 Are there any good movies involving mathematics or probability? +4783 Bayesian equivalent of two sample t-test? +4784 Empirical relationship between mean, median and mode +4785 Statistical models cheat sheet +4786 Confidence interval around binomial estimate of 0 or 1 +4787 Taking the expectation of Taylor series (especially the remainder) +4788 Does the reciprocal of a probability represent anything? +4789 Why do people use p-values instead of computing probability of the model given data? +4790 Are CDFs more fundamental than PDFs? +4791 What is the root cause of the class imbalance problem? +4792 How well can multiple regression really control for covariates? +4793 Understanding regressions - the role of the model +4794 How to interpret and report eta squared / partial eta squared in statistically significant and non-significant analyses? +4795 What are the values p, d, q, in ARIMA? +4796 Negative values for AIC in General Mixed Model +4797 How to interpret mean of Silhouette plot? +4798 What is quasi-binomial distribution (in the context of GLM)? +4799 Would PCA work for boolean (binary) data types? +4800 Logistic regression vs. LDA as two-class classifiers +4801 Danger of setting all initial weights to zero in Backpropagation +4802 Why is there a difference between manually calculating a logistic regression 95% confidence interval, and using the confint() function in R? +4803 Poisson regression to estimate relative risk for binary outcomes +4804 How to do community detection in a weighted social network/graph? +4805 How is softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits different from softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits_v2? +4806 Is regression with L1 regularization the same as Lasso, and with L2 regularization the same as ridge regression? And how to write Lasso? +4807 Approximate order statistics for normal random variables +4808 Why is softmax output not a good uncertainty measure for Deep Learning models? +4809 When is a biased estimator preferable to unbiased one? +4810 Deriving Bellmans Equation in Reinforcement Learning +4811 What exactly is Big Data? +4812 Rigorous definition of an outlier? +4813 Variational inference versus MCMC: when to choose one over the other? +4814 Why dont linear regression assumptions matter in machine learning? +4815 Computing Cohens Kappa variance (and standard errors) +4816 Why is multiple comparison a problem? +4817 How to plot trends properly +4818 Compendium of cross-validation techniques +4819 How seriously should I think about the different philosophies of statistics? +4820 Debunking wrong CLT statement +4821 Reviewing statistics in papers +4822 How to interpret F- and p-value in ANOVA? +4823 How to interpret the output of the summary method for an lm object in R? +4824 Using LASSO from lars (or glmnet) package in R for variable selection +4825 Lift measure in data mining +4826 How to assess the similarity of two histograms? +4827 PP-plots vs. QQ-plots +4828 Measures of variable importance in random forests +4829 How can I test if given samples are taken from a Poisson distribution? +4830 Is it valid to include a baseline measure as control variable when testing the effect of an independent variable on change scores? +4831 What are the differences between hidden Markov models and neural networks? +4832 Tiny (real) datasets for giving examples in class? +4833 Bayesian vs frequentist Interpretations of Probability +4834 Intuitive difference between hidden Markov models and conditional random fields +4835 Why does inversion of a covariance matrix yield partial correlations between random variables? +4836 What is the difference between Metropolis-Hastings, Gibbs, Importance, and Rejection sampling? +4837 What is the difference between a loss function and an error function? +4838 Is machine learning less useful for understanding causality, thus less interesting for social science? +4839 OpenBugs vs. JAGS +4840 When to use simulations? +4841 Would a Bayesian admit that there is one fixed parameter value? +4842 Intuitive explanation for density of transformed variable? +4843 What is your favorite statistical graph? +4844 Statistics published in academic papers +4845 Why does increasing the sample size lower the (sampling) variance? +4846 What is the reason why we use natural logarithm (ln) rather than log to base 10 in specifying function in econometrics? +4847 Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) in Scikit-learn +4848 How to interpret p-value of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (python)? +4849 Negative values for AICc (corrected Akaike Information Criterion) +4850 what does the numbers in the classification report of sklearn mean? +4851 Softmax layer in a neural network +4852 What is the significance of logistic regression coefficients? +4853 What is the adjusted R-squared formula in lm in R and how should it be interpreted? +4854 Should covariates that are not statistically significant be kept in when creating a model? +4855 What is meant by weak learner? +4856 Explanation of min_child_weight in xgboost algorithm +4857 When will L1 regularization work better than L2 and vice versa? +4858 Why does Andrew Ng prefer to use SVD and not EIG of covariance matrix to do PCA? +4859 LDA vs word2vec +4860 What is the difference between conditional and unconditional quantile regression? +4861 PCA and Correspondence analysis in their relation to Biplot +4862 Who invented stochastic gradient descent? +4863 Were generative adversarial networks introduced by Jürgen Schmidhuber? +4864 What is the purpose of characteristic functions? +4865 Why are regression problems called regression problems? +4866 Why do we only see $L_1$ and $L_2$ regularization but not other norms? +4867 Neural network references (textbooks, online courses) for beginners +4868 When teaching statistics, use normal or Gaussian? +4869 Fake uniform random numbers: More evenly distributed than true uniform data +4870 How do I get people to take better care of data? +4871 What is the difference between a population and a sample? +4872 Random number-Set.seed(N) in R +4873 AIC guidelines in model selection +4874 Interpreting the residuals vs. fitted values plot for verifying the assumptions of a linear model +4875 Comparing two models using anova() function in R +4876 Difference between naive Bayes & multinomial naive Bayes +4877 How to calculate relative error when the true value is zero? +4878 How to interpret glmnet? +4879 How to quasi match two vectors of strings (in R)? +4880 R - Confused on Residual Terminology +4881 Multiple regression or partial correlation coefficient? And relations between the two +4882 Determining sample size necessary for bootstrap method / Proposed Method +4883 How to choose between ROC AUC and F1 score? +4884 When and how to use standardized explanatory variables in linear regression +4885 When should I balance classes in a training data set? +4886 Relative variable importance for Boosting +4887 Are pooling layers added before or after dropout layers? +4888 Hierarchical clustering with mixed type data - what distance/similarity to use? +4889 What are best practices in identifying interaction effects? +4890 Confidence interval for median +4891 How trustworthy are the confidence intervals for lmer objects through effects package? +4892 Why do I get a 100% accuracy decision tree? +4893 Understanding the parameters inside the Negative Binomial Distribution +4894 Gamma vs. lognormal distributions +4895 Time series clustering in R +4896 Are your chances of dying in a plane crash reduced if you fly direct? +4897 How often do you have to roll a 6-sided die to obtain every number at least once? +4898 Does the beta distribution have a conjugate prior? +4899 whether to rescale indicator / binary / dummy predictors for LASSO +4900 Differences between Bhattacharyya distance and KL divergence +4901 How to efficiently generate random positive-semidefinite correlation matrices? +4902 Correlation does not imply causation; but what about when one of the variables is time? +4903 The Monty Hall Problem - where does our intuition fail us? +4904 How do DAGs help to reduce bias in causal inference? +4905 How to calculate a confidence level for a Poisson distribution? +4906 How to interpret OOB and confusion matrix for random forest? +4907 Statistical test to tell whether two samples are pulled from the same population? +4908 Improve classification with many categorical variables +4909 How to sample from a normal distribution with known mean and variance using a conventional programming language? +4910 How can I test whether a random effect is significant? +4911 Test for bimodal distribution +4912 Dice-coefficient loss function vs cross-entropy +4913 How do you use the test dataset after cross-validation? +4914 What is the difference between finite and infinite variance +4915 How to present results of a Lasso using glmnet? +4916 K-fold vs. Monte Carlo cross-validation +4917 What is the difference between coefficient of determination and mean squared error? +4918 How are Random Forests not sensitive to outliers? +4919 how to weight KLD loss vs reconstruction loss in variational auto-encoder +4920 Gradient Boosting for Linear Regression - why does it not work? +4921 What does the term saturating nonlinearities mean? +4922 What is model identifiability? +4923 Manually calculated $R^2$ doesnt match up with randomForest() $R^2$ for testing new data +4924 What are posterior predictive checks and what makes them useful? +4925 Approximate $e$ using Monte Carlo Simulation +4926 Why is 600 out of 1000 more convincing than 6 out of 10? +4927 References for survival analysis +4928 Interpretation of p-value in hypothesis testing +4929 How to determine significant principal components using bootstrapping or Monte Carlo approach? +4930 Are there any good popular science book about statistics or machine learning? +4931 Is LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) dead? +4932 Does statistical independence mean lack of causation? +4933 Good games for learning statistical thinking? +4934 Evidence for man-made global warming hits gold standard: how did they do this? +4935 What is the relationship between the mean squared error and the residual sum of squares function? +4936 How to perform two-sample t-tests in R by inputting sample statistics rather than the raw data? +4937 Mixed Effects Model with Nesting +4938 How does linear regression use the normal distribution? +4939 Variance of product of dependent variables +4940 What exactly is a Bayesian model? +4941 Area under Precision-Recall Curve (AUC of PR-curve) and Average Precision (AP) +4942 Detecting Outliers in Time Series (LS/AO/TC) using tsoutliers package in R. How to represent outliers in equation format? +4943 How do I fit a constrained regression in R so that coefficients total = 1? +4944 What exactly is the alpha in the Dirichlet distribution? +4945 Purpose of the link function in generalized linear model +4946 What is the meaning of a confidence interval taken from bootstrapped resamples? +4947 Why do naive Bayesian classifiers perform so well? +4948 How to find a good fit for semi-sinusoidal model in R? +4949 Ridge, lasso and elastic net +4950 How do you do bootstrapping with time series data? +4951 How to test hypothesis of no group differences? +4952 Why do we need multivariate regression (as opposed to a bunch of univariate regressions)? +4953 Simulation of logistic regression power analysis - designed experiments +4954 Was mathematics invented or discovered? +4955 Is guns dont kill people, people kill people a good argument? +4956 Why dont fair coin tosses add up? Or... is gamblers fallacy really valid? +4957 Am I morally obligated to pursue a career in medicine? +4958 What logical fallacy is If you dont like it, move!? +4959 How does one know one is not dreaming? +4960 What would it take in a book to convince a rational person that it had been written by or directly inspired by a god? +4961 Could cogito ergo sum possibly be false? +4962 Is Kurt Gödels Incompleteness Theorem a cheap trick? +4963 Is it immoral to download music illegally? +4964 Can you prove anything in philosophy? +4965 How can an uneducated but rational person differentiate between science and religion? +4966 Logical fallacy: X is bad, Y is worse, thus X is not bad +4967 Why is there something instead of nothing? +4968 Why is faith seen as a sign of weakness, instead of an unexplored land/opportunity? +4969 Does human life have innate value over that of other animals? +4970 Is the omniscient-omnipotent-omnipresent definition of God consistent? +4971 In which way does quantum mechanics disprove determinism? +4972 How will learning about philosophy impact real-life? +4973 What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology? +4974 Why is a lion not evil? +4975 Why does the universe obey scientific laws? +4976 Why arent creationism and natural science on the same intellectual level? +4977 Why do they say I am committing a fallacy when I am just insulting someone? +4978 How can one not believe in god as the root cause of the universe? +4979 Why is Ayn Rands Objectivism philosophy dismissed by academics? +4980 Does Pascals Wager contain any logical flaws or fallacies? +4981 What is the moral difference between abortion and infanticide? +4982 Is there an alternative to the scientific method? +4983 What are the major branches of philosophy? +4984 Why do I accept some inconsequential claims as obviously true without evidence? E.g. Most people dont like to be hit on the head with a hammer. +4985 Is Mathematics always correct? +4986 What are the ethical problems with flipping a coin to decide in the trolley problem? +4987 Do numbers exist independently from observers? +4988 Did Russell understand Gödels incompleteness theorems? +4989 Is there a term for the belief that if its legal, its moral? +4990 What basis do we have for certainty in current scientific theories? +4991 Does a negative claimant have a burden of proof? +4992 What fallacy in Pascals Wager allows replacing God with the devil? +4993 What is the difference between free-will and randomness and or non-determinism? +4994 How to get started with philosophy without getting overwhelmed quickly? +4995 What did David Hume mean when he said that reason is a slave to the passions? +4996 What are the ethics of having children today? +4997 Fallacy by Sherlock Holmes Eliminate the impossible, and what remains must be the truth +4998 What should philosophers know about math and natural sciences? +4999 Is circular reasoning always a fallacy? +5000 Is faith necessary for man to survive / why is existentialism valued if it is unsubstantiated? +5001 How can one rebut the argument that atheism is inherently immoral? +5002 What are the necessary conditions for an action to be regarded as a free choice? +5003 Does happiness motivate every action? +5004 How come nihilism is so popular today? +5005 Should I respect other peoples religions? +5006 Is it a fallacy, and if so which, to believe we are special because our existence on Earth seems improbable? +5007 Why do atheist euthanasia proponents consider nothingness preferable to suffering? +5008 Is it a fallacy if someone claims they need an explanation for every word of your argument to the point where they dont understand common terms? +5009 Why doesnt philosophy have higher standards for its arguments? +5010 Asserting that Atheism and Theism are both faith based positions +5011 Fundamental idea on proving Gods existence with science +5012 Why has the philosophy of Bishop Berkeley fallen out of favor in academic philosophy? +5013 How can one differentiate nonexistent entities? +5014 What should a rational person accept as a miracle? +5015 Was Socrates a fictional character invented by Plato? +5016 What would Kant do when two categorical imperatives conflict? Could he ever justify lying? +5017 What is the difference (if any) between not true and false? +5018 If I said I had $100 when asked, but I actually had $200, would I be lying by omission? +5019 Why are believers criticized so much for being anti-science when so many scientists are ... believers? +5020 Why is scientism philosophically wrong? +5021 Why do some people care so much about empirical truth? +5022 Why is the complex number an integral part of physical reality? +5023 Three statements that contradict each other +5024 What is the purpose of the universe? +5025 Where and how can I get started in contemporary philosophy? +5026 In what sense is atheism scientific? +5027 How did first-order logic come to be the dominant formal logic? +5028 Is there anything that is totally random? +5029 What are some good introductions to philosophy? +5030 Is atheism just another form of dogma? +5031 How does mathematics work? +5032 How is Gödels incompleteness theorem interpreted in intuitionistic logic? +5033 Does humanisms rejection of God necesitate relativism? +5034 What are the philosophical implications of Gödels First Incompleteness Theorem? +5035 To what extent do we choose our beliefs? +5036 Is First Order Logic (FOL) the only fundamental logic? +5037 Are Methodological Assumptions of StackExchange Fundamentally Flawed? +5038 What is the difference between Fact and Truth? +5039 Do fundamental concepts in physics have any logical basis? +5040 Why should I read about philosophy? +5041 What does it mean for a book or a theorist to be post-modernist as opposed to modernist? +5042 Are we living in a simulation? The evidence +5043 Since words are defined in terms of other words in dictionaries, leading to infinite loops, does it mean natural languages are meaningless? +5044 Does the no true Scotsman fallacy apply to anti Stalinist etc. communism? +5045 Is I cannot imagine a mechanism for X to happen, so X can never happen a named logical fallacy? +5046 What are/were the main criticisms of logical positivism? +5047 Was Robin Hoods point of view ethically sound? +5048 When is absence of evidence not evidence of absence? +5049 Is it possible for something to have no cause? +5050 Why does Dawkins think it is wrong to posit that a paragon of 100% morals could theoretically exist? +5051 Where is the weakness in the ontological proof for Gods existence? +5052 Being alive today: the most improbable coincidence? +5053 If the Bible contains circular reasoning, does it discredit it? +5054 Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? +5055 Isnt the notion that everything will occur in an infinite timeline an example of the gamblers fallacy? +5056 Im being drafted to the military but I have the option to refuse (legally), would it be immoral for me to serve? +5057 What arguments would support a secular pro-life position? +5058 What are the major research programmes in contemporary logic? +5059 What are some arguments against violence? +5060 Isnt the existence of Hell inherently evil, and isnt God therefore evil in allowing Hell to exist? +5061 How can one argue against income inequality while defending achievement and expertise inequality - beyond invoking Rawls difference principle? +5062 Can time exist without change? +5063 Does the lack of randomness imply the lack of free will? +5064 Have professional philosophers contributed to other fields in the last 20 years? +5065 Why is Aristotles objection not considered a resolution to Zenos paradox? +5066 In what way(s) does popular New Atheism fail to be philosophical? +5067 Is the claim this coin is fair falsifiable? +5068 What are some works that apply an axiomatic method to something other than mathematics? +5069 What is the difference between a statement and a proposition? +5070 Is infinite regress of causation possible? Is infinite regress of causation necessary? +5071 What is modal logic for? +5072 What are the philosophical implications of category theory? +5073 Is mathematics founded on beliefs and assumptions? +5074 What is Philosophy? +5075 Are people capable of generating a random number? +5076 Whats so fallacious about the Slippery Slope Fallacy? +5077 Are there any philosophical arguments to disprove or weaken solipsism? +5078 Why do color TVs make black and white snow? +5079 Why do glass windows still exist? (Why havent they been replaced by plastics?) +5080 Why is kVA not the same as kW? +5081 Why do cars have mirrors for rear view rather than cameras? +5082 Are toasters really electrified inside of the slots? +5083 How was Volkswagen able to trick the lab pollution test? +5084 My customer wants to use my products to do something unsafe. What is my ethical obligation? +5085 Is it possible for a bicycle chainwheel to have a fractional number of teeth? +5086 Transmitting power over long distances what is better AC or DC? +5087 What is the purpose of these diversions in a natural gas line? +5088 Is it possible to build a perfectly spherical Prince Ruperts drop? +5089 What is the purpose of these “partially filled in” locomotive wheels? +5090 How fast does solid waste fall in vertical drain pipes? +5091 Why dig out and then fill in before building a large structure? +5092 Is it possible to pump a powder? +5093 What are the pros and cons of a traffic circle versus a traffic light intersection? +5094 Why are railroad tank cars bent in the middle? +5095 Is it possible to build an air compressor with no moving parts? +5096 How to quantify martial arts strikes? +5097 Why do hydraulic systems use special fluid - whats wrong with water? +5098 Which is Worse: Car vs. Car or Car vs. Wall? +5099 How can a piece of paper be shaped to guarantee it falls slower than a plain sheet of paper? +5100 Calculating pitch, yaw, and roll from mag, acc, and gyro data +5101 Why are engine blocks so robust apart from containing high pressure? +5102 How are increasingly accurate machines made? +5103 From an engineering point of view what are the downsides of a too accurate model? +5104 Why would you launch a large ship by dropping it sideways? +5105 Understanding required torque for a motor lifting a weight +5106 Why use steam instead of just hot air? +5107 Why are rear wheels not placed at the extreme rear of a bus? +5108 Why doesnt a lightning strike destroy the lightning rod? +5109 Why dont hydroelectric plants use cascades of turbines instead of single turbines? +5110 What is the purpose of these steps in rivers? +5111 Why exactly does a washer help distribute the stress around a bolt? +5112 Why do car wheels have holes? +5113 What is a reason that handlebars fit to a motorcycle and steering wheel fit to a car? +5114 How to know whether the flow is supersonic in a nozzle? +5115 Why not put servers in a refrigerator? +5116 How do engineers really use numerical simulation? +5117 How much can Protactinium degrade the efficiency of the Thorium fuel cycle? +5118 How does width and thickness affect the stiffness of steel plate? +5119 Would it make sense to have a 12V lighting circuit in a house? +5120 How to make smoke for a small wind tunnel? +5121 Why does it take so long to restart a nuclear power plant? +5122 Why would a train automatically derail if a signal is passed at danger? +5123 Why did steam locomotives not transfer power by cogwheels? +5124 What makes suspension bridges unsuitable for railways? +5125 Why do cars turn by turning the front wheel? +5126 Does a roadway bridge experience more load when vehicles are parked or when they are moving? +5127 How does turning off electric appliances save energy +5128 Why are earthfills fully covered in concrete where they join bridges? +5129 Why does the Channel Tunnel enter the ground around 10 km from the coast? +5130 Sizing a pressure safety valve for two-phase flow +5131 Whats wrong with transporting a refrigerator on its side? +5132 How to stop water flow in a siphon? +5133 Windmills in empty fields. Why no trees? +5134 What is the purpose of building foundations? +5135 Why are truss bridges the way they are? +5136 How does a traffic light sense the proximity of vehicles? +5137 What are the engineering principles for a train to get electricity from the railway +5138 Is it structurally sound to cut an I beam to a T on one end? +5139 What are the major differences between Engineering degrees and Engineering Technology degrees in terms of employability? +5140 Pound-force (lbf) vs Pound-mass (lbm) +5141 Effective ways to drive a single shaft with multiple motors? +5142 What material is used to hold molten iron in a furnace? +5143 What is the most efficient means of warming a building with a high ceiling? +5144 Why does the microwave plate start in a random direction? +5145 Why do oil tankers heat crude oil? +5146 Why dont refrigerators have parts outdoors? +5147 How does measurement uncertainty combine with tolerances? +5148 How many train passes can railway tracks endure? +5149 How can I measure correctly with a ruler? +5150 Why doesnt epoxy stick to silicone? +5151 How are passive houses made in very hot regions (like Saudi Arabia)? +5152 How to design a house to be cooled passively? +5153 Fracture patterns in tempered glass +5154 Meshing of complex geometrical domains +5155 How can a storm drop 40 inches (1 metre) of rain? +5156 Impossible or improbable? Hurricane crossing the equator +5157 What place on Earth is closest to the Sun? +5158 Are there any saltwater rivers on Earth? +5159 Why does lightning strike from the ground-up? +5160 How many trees would I have to plant to solve Global Warming? +5161 How much oil is created each year? +5162 What started the US Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and could it happen again? +5163 Why is the pond in my backyard not frozen when it is -15 °C (5 °F) outside? +5164 How do greenhouse gases let heat in, but not let it out? +5165 Why do snowflakes form into hexagonal structures? +5166 Are Richter-magnitude 10 earthquakes possible? +5167 (How long) would Earths atmosphere last without a global magnetic field? +5168 Farthest point from the center of the Earth +5169 Are there any uncharted waters left on earth? +5170 How is the mass of the Earth determined? +5171 How its possible to measure temperature 2000 years ago with such precision? +5172 What would be the temperature of earth if there was no atmosphere? +5173 CO₂ level is high enough that it reduces cognitive ability. Isnt that a reason to worry? +5174 What does a mm of rain mean? +5175 Why do the Siberian methane craters have smooth vertical walls? +5176 How high must one be for the curvature of the earth to be visible to the eye? +5177 Why is Earths inner core solid? +5178 Is climate change a vicious circle? +5179 Is the sea level rise unusual? +5180 Does gravity increase the closer to the core you get? +5181 How do we know the asteroids formed at the same time as earth? +5182 Similarities between grand circulation solvers and mantle convection solvers +5183 Why is Earths age given by dating meteorites rather than its own rocks? +5184 How can we determine the size and composition of Earths inner core? +5185 Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water? +5186 How does anthropogenic heating affect global warming? +5187 How would plate tectonics differ if Earth had no water? +5188 Why do felsic materials have lower melting points than mafic? +5189 How and why did the oceans form on Earth but not on other planets? +5190 Is it true that earthquakes are not felt in a cave? +5191 Why does Coriolis determine the rotation direction of a cyclone but not my drain? +5192 What factors determine the number of Hadley cells for a planet? +5193 How much of the current global warming is due to human influence? +5194 Why is Earths outer-core liquid? +5195 Why does the salt in the oceans not sink to the bottom? +5196 At what humidity does it start to rain? +5197 Is it possible for rivers to freeze completely and stop flowing? +5198 Where on Earth is the magnetic field intensity stronger? +5199 Global warming - why doesn´t mankind collect heat (thermal energy) and turn it into electricity or send it to space? +5200 How would an icicle grow upwards? +5201 Is this XKCD comic an accurate timeline of the earths average temperature? +5202 How do weather models work? +5203 Is earthquake prediction possible? +5204 What is the status of the Raymo & Ruddiman idea that Tibet cooled the Earth? +5205 What are deconvolutional layers? +5206 How to set class weights for imbalanced classes in Keras? +5207 Micro Average vs Macro average Performance in a Multiclass classification setting +5208 Whats the difference between fit and fit_transform in scikit-learn models? +5209 Publicly Available Datasets +5210 K-Means clustering for mixed numeric and categorical data +5211 What is the dying ReLU problem in neural networks? +5212 Difference between isna() and isnull() in pandas +5213 How to draw Deep learning network architecture diagrams? +5214 When to use One Hot Encoding vs LabelEncoder vs DictVectorizor? +5215 When to use GRU over LSTM? +5216 Best python library for neural networks +5217 The cross-entropy error function in neural networks +5218 Train/Test/Validation Set Splitting in Sklearn +5219 How do you visualize neural network architectures? +5220 Python vs R for machine learning +5221 Why do people prefer Pandas to SQL? +5222 How to get correlation between two categorical variable and a categorical variable and continuous variable? +5223 SVM using scikit learn runs endlessly and never completes execution +5224 Choosing a learning rate +5225 Training an RNN with examples of different lengths in Keras +5226 Why do cost functions use the square error? +5227 When should I use Gini Impurity as opposed to Information Gain (Entropy)? +5228 Backprop Through Max-Pooling Layers? +5229 How big is big data? +5230 Advantages of AUC vs standard accuracy +5231 Time series prediction using ARIMA vs LSTM +5232 ValueError: Input contains NaN, infinity or a value too large for dtype(float32) +5233 How are 1x1 convolutions the same as a fully connected layer? +5234 strings as features in decision tree/random forest +5235 When to use (He or Glorot) normal initialization over uniform init? And what are its effects with Batch Normalization? +5236 Data scientist vs machine learning engineer +5237 Open source Anomaly Detection in Python +5238 In supervised learning, why is it bad to have correlated features? +5239 Convert a list of lists into a Pandas Dataframe +5240 Are Support Vector Machines still considered state of the art in their niche? +5241 What is dimensionality reduction? What is the difference between feature selection and extraction? +5242 What is the positional encoding in the transformer model? +5243 When is a Model Underfitted? +5244 Cosine similarity versus dot product as distance metrics +5245 What is the difference between equivariant to translation and invariant to translation +5246 Cross-entropy loss explanation +5247 GBM vs XGBOOST? Key differences? +5248 Clustering geo location coordinates (lat,long pairs) +5249 Adding Features To Time Series Model LSTM +5250 Tools and protocol for reproducible data science using Python +5251 RNN vs CNN at a high level +5252 Machine learning - features engineering from date/time data +5253 Why mini batch size is better than one single batch with all training data? +5254 Latent Dirichlet Allocation vs Hierarchical Dirichlet Process +5255 Neural networks: which cost function to use? +5256 Why do internet companies prefer Java/Python for data scientist job? +5257 How to clone Python working environment on another machine? +5258 What is the difference between Gradient Descent and Stochastic Gradient Descent? +5259 Does batch_size in Keras have any effects in results quality? +5260 How to fight underfitting in a deep neural net +5261 Is there any domain where Bayesian Networks outperform neural networks? +5262 IDE alternatives for R programming (RStudio, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, Visual Studio) +5263 Number of parameters in an LSTM model +5264 What is the difference between LeakyReLU and PReLU? +5265 Why Is Overfitting Bad in Machine Learning? +5266 Should I go for a balanced dataset or a representative dataset? +5267 How to set batch_size, steps_per epoch, and validation steps? +5268 Should a model be re-trained if new observations are available? +5269 Does scikit-learn have a forward selection/stepwise regression algorithm? +5270 How to deal with version control of large amounts of (binary) data +5271 Is the R language suitable for Big Data +5272 What is the Q function and what is the V function in reinforcement learning? +5273 Sparse_categorical_crossentropy vs categorical_crossentropy (keras, accuracy) +5274 What is the use of torch.no_grad in pytorch? +5275 Why should the data be shuffled for machine learning tasks +5276 How to get accuracy, F1, precision and recall, for a keras model? +5277 In softmax classifier, why use exp function to do normalization? +5278 How to interpret the output of XGBoost importance? +5279 How do subsequent convolution layers work? +5280 Understanding predict_proba from MultiOutputClassifier +5281 Data Science in C (or C++) +5282 How much of data wrangling is a data scientists job? +5283 Deep Learning vs gradient boosting: When to use what? +5284 How do I compare columns in different data frames? +5285 Opening a 20GB file for analysis with pandas +5286 How to force weights to be non-negative in Linear regression +5287 How can I transform names in a confidential data set to make it anonymous, but preserve some of the characteristics of the names? +5288 train_test_split() error: Found input variables with inconsistent numbers of samples +5289 What is experience replay and what are its benefits? +5290 How to prepare/augment images for neural network? +5291 What is Ground Truth +5292 Merging two different models in Keras +5293 Why not always use the ADAM optimization technique? +5294 Multi GPU in Keras +5295 Can machine learning algorithms predict sports scores or plays? +5296 Does XGBoost handle multicollinearity by itself? +5297 Do data scientists use Excel? +5298 Data science related funny quotes +5299 What is the difference between model hyperparameters and model parameters? +5300 Choosing between CPU and GPU for training a neural network +5301 Encoding features like month and hour as categorial or numeric? +5302 Why are Machine Learning models called black boxes? +5303 LightGBM vs XGBoost +5304 The difference between `Dense` and `TimeDistributedDense` of `Keras` +5305 What is the advantage of keeping batch size a power of 2? +5306 When to use what - Machine Learning +5307 Intuitive explanation of Noise Contrastive Estimation (NCE) loss? +5308 What loss function to use for imbalanced classes (using PyTorch)? +5309 Calculation and Visualization of Correlation Matrix with Pandas +5310 Calculating KL Divergence in Python +5311 How does Keras calculate accuracy? +5312 Are there free cloud services to train machine learning models? +5313 Does gradient descent always converge to an optimum? +5314 What is the difference between bootstrapping and cross-validation? +5315 Why is ReLU used as an activation function? +5316 Do I need to learn Hadoop to be a Data Scientist? +5317 Is it always better to use the whole dataset to train the final model? +5318 What are some standard ways of computing the distance between documents? +5319 StandardScaler before and after splitting data +5320 Difference between OrdinalEncoder and LabelEncoder +5321 What do you think of Data Science certifications? +5322 How to set the number of neurons and layers in neural networks +5323 When is precision more important over recall? +5324 Applications and differences for Jaccard similarity and Cosine Similarity +5325 What are the advantages of HDF compared to alternative formats? +5326 What would I prefer - an over-fitted model or a less accurate model? +5327 Organized processes to clean data +5328 How does the validation_split parameter of Keras fit function work? +5329 When to use Random Forest over SVM and vice versa? +5330 Why do we need XGBoost and Random Forest? +5331 How to do SVD and PCA with big data? +5332 Best practices to store Python machine learning models +5333 Quick guide into training highly imbalanced data sets +5334 Paper: Whats the difference between Layer Normalization, Recurrent Batch Normalization (2016), and Batch Normalized RNN (2015)? +5335 Do Random Forest overfit? +5336 Is it necessary to standardize your data before clustering? +5337 How to calculate mAP for detection task for the PASCAL VOC Challenge? +5338 Sentence similarity prediction +5339 What is the best Keras model for multi-class classification? +5340 Unbalanced multiclass data with XGBoost +5341 What is the meaning of The number of units in the LSTM cell? +5342 Why is xgboost so much faster than sklearn GradientBoostingClassifier? +5343 Meaning of latent features? +5344 Early stopping on validation loss or on accuracy? +5345 What is a good way to transform Cyclic Ordinal attributes? +5346 What are the use cases for Apache Spark vs Hadoop +5347 How to use the output of GridSearch? +5348 Hypertuning XGBoost parameters +5349 Should we apply normalization to test data as well? +5350 Guidelines for selecting an optimizer for training neural networks +5351 RNNs with multiple features +5352 Why use both validation set and test set? +5353 Neural Network parse string data? +5354 How to decide neural network architecture? +5355 Are there any tools for feature engineering? +5356 Gini coefficient vs Gini impurity - decision trees +5357 Using TensorFlow with Intel GPU +5358 What to set in steps_per_epoch in Keras fit_generator? +5359 Are there any rules for choosing the size of a mini-batch? +5360 What does Logits in machine learning mean? +5361 Why is gold golden? +5362 Why can we smell copper? +5363 Can an atom have more than 8 valence electrons? If not, why is 8 the limit? +5364 Why doesnt water burn? +5365 Is a negative pH level physically possible? +5366 Why is absolute zero unattainable? +5367 Is there a general consensus on the causes of the alpha-effect? +5368 How do you melt metals with super high melting points? +5369 Is it actually possible to dispose of a body with hydrofluoric acid? +5370 Is toothpaste solid or liquid? +5371 What is Bents rule? +5372 Why is the 2s orbital lower in energy than the 2p orbital when the electrons in 2s are usually farther from the nucleus? +5373 Does water really go bad after a couple of days? +5374 If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does Teflon stick to frying pans? +5375 Is it true that heavy water is not blue? +5376 Do all salts taste salty? +5377 Bonding in diatomic C2, a carbon-carbon quadruple bond? +5378 What causes the old book smell? +5379 Why would breathing pure oxygen be a bad idea? +5380 How do people know HCN smells like almonds? +5381 Ortho-effect in substituted aromatic acids and bases +5382 Could a magnet pull oxygen out of the air? +5383 How do organic chemistry mechanisms become accepted? +5384 Why do elements in columns 6 and 11 assume abnormal electron configurations? +5385 Why is it wrong to use the concept of hybridization for transition metal complexes? +5386 How does Walter White make pure crystal meth using a non-stereospecific reaction? +5387 Why does F replace the axial bond in PCl5? +5388 Why does pasta really boil over? +5389 How can one explain niobium’s weird electronic configuration? +5390 Why does shaking a match put the fire out? +5391 Why doesnt H₄O²⁺ exist? +5392 Is iron in the brown ring compound in a +1 oxidation state? +5393 Why add water first then acid? +5394 Why is FORTRAN so commonly used in computational chemistry? +5395 Striking examples where Kohn-Sham orbitals clearly have no physical meaning +5396 How do I figure out the hybridization of a particular atom in a molecule? +5397 Are diamonds really forever? +5398 Why do we write NH3? +5399 The last elements atomic number +5400 Positive or Negative Anode/Cathode in Electrolytic/Galvanic Cell +5401 Why do compounds like SF6 and SF4 exist but SH6 and SH4 dont? +5402 What makes banana bonds possible in diborane? +5403 Why do shampoo ingredient labels feature the term Aqua? +5404 What makes some metals melt at higher temperature? +5405 What is the pH of ice? +5406 Is carbon dioxide organic or inorganic? +5407 Why dont we explode after drinking water? +5408 Regioselectivity of acid-catalyzed ring-opening of epoxides +5409 How can I update a map/mesh and coordinates in a PyMol session file? +5410 Why is it important to use a salt bridge in a voltaic cell? Can a wire be used? +5411 Why does menthol (e.g. peppermint) feel cool to the tongue? +5412 Why isnt aluminium involved in biological processes? +5413 How does chloroform degrade nitrile gloves? +5414 Why does ice water get colder when salt is added? +5415 Why is an S-S bond stronger than an O-O bond? +5416 Unit of the equilibrium constant: contradiction of Bridgmans theorem? +5417 How can antibonding orbitals be more antibonding than bonding orbitals are bonding? +5418 Why doesnt frozen sugar solution taste sweet? +5419 What happens to a radioactive carbon dioxide molecule when its carbon-14 atom decays? +5420 Why does bond angle decrease in the order H2O, H2S, H2Se? +5421 Does oil break down condoms? +5422 Why does wood burn but not sugar? +5423 Why do the names of most chemical elements end with -um or -ium? +5424 Is there any substance thats a 4-4-4 on the NFPA diamond? +5425 Mechanism of arene side chain oxidation by permanganate +5426 Why is the recipe of Coca Cola still a secret? +5427 Why does nitration of N,N-dimethylaniline occur at the meta position? +5428 Fundamental forces behind covalent bonding +5429 Is buckminsterfullerene aromatic? +5430 What volume does one mole of an ideal gas occupy? +5431 Why does sulfur, but not oxygen, catenate? +5432 What is the reason for the exceptional stability of the cyclopropylmethyl carbocation? +5433 What is resonance, and are resonance structures real? +5434 Whats the biggest organic molecule that could have a smell? +5435 Why can we still breathe in valleys? +5436 Are the lone pairs in water equivalent? +5437 Difference between thermodynamic and kinetic stability +5438 How can carbon dioxide be converted into carbon and oxygen? +5439 Inductive effect of hydrogen isotopes +5440 Why does CaCO3 react with HCl, but not with H2SO4? +5441 Carbon atoms at the edge of a diamond +5442 Differences between phenols and alcohols +5443 How can I predict if a reaction will occur between any two (or more) substances? +5444 Is it safe to drink reboiled water? +5445 Does heavy water taste sweet? +5446 What is more acidic: D3O+ in D2O or H3O+ in H2O and why? +5447 Can an atom bond with more than 8 other atoms? +5448 The reason behind the steep rise in pH in the acid base titration curve +5449 Why does whipped cream use nitrous oxide instead of nitrogen gas? +5450 Why is methanes molecular formula conventionally CH₄, while water is H₂O (among others)? +5451 Why is the vanadium(3+) ion paramagnetic? +5452 Why do SN1 and SN2 reactions not occur at sp2 centres? +5453 Why can a diamond be broken using a hammer if its the hardest natural substance known? +5454 Why does cyclopropane react with bromine? +5455 Why do impurities lower the melting point of an isolated substance? +5456 What causes the rotting fish smell? +5457 Do molecules with bridges through rings exist? +5458 Do symmetric hydrogen bonds in neutral molecules exist? +5459 What is the inert pair effect? +5460 How to derive these general formulae for number of stereoisomers of a compound with a possible plane of symmetry? +5461 Is there ANY chemical that can destroy PTFE, or Teflon? +5462 How can the dipole moment of carbon monoxide be rationalised by molecular orbital theory? +5463 Can 100% covalent bonds exist? +5464 Which exotic salt can lower waters freezing point by 70 °C? +5465 How does ammonium nitrate explode on its own? +5466 Why is arsenous acid denoted H3AsO3? +5467 Why is fresh ice sticky? +5468 Five-pointed crown alkane C25H40: does it exist? +5469 Is Hexafluorocyclohexane the Most Polar Small Molecule? +5470 Why do we use helium in balloons? +5471 Choosing the right condenser +5472 Why is the bond angle H-P-H smaller than H-N-H? +5473 Why is BCl3 a monomer whereas AlCl3 exists as a dimer? +5474 What exactly is happening when sodium, potassium, or other alkali metal explodes in water? +5475 Relativistic effect: d-electrons in metallorganic complexes +5476 Why does carbon monoxide have a greater affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen? +5477 What is a non-classical carbocation? +5478 What is the difference between ∆G and ∆G°? +5479 Why super glue does not stick inside their own bottle? +5480 What do the prefixes meta, ortho, pyro mean in inorganic chemistry? +5481 Why is pyrimidine less basic than pyridine? +5482 Why does potassium react more violently with water than lithium? +5483 Generating neat orbitals/surfaces from molden/wfn-files +5484 How do I visualize an atom? +5485 DFT Functional Selection Criteria +5486 Difference between shells, subshells and orbitals +5487 Why does alcoholic KOH prefer elimination whereas aqueous KOH prefers substitution? +5488 Why do atoms generally become smaller as one moves left to right across a period? +5489 What is known about liquid carbon? +5490 Gibbs free energy-minimum or zero? +5491 Is methanol more acidic than water? +5492 IUPAC nomenclature: Smallest sum of locants? +5493 Why is chemistry unpredictable? +5494 A compound that absorbs all visible light +5495 Natural Bond Orbital analysis: Significance of stabilization energy determined by 2nd order perturbation +5496 Does any known substance ignite on cooling? +5497 IUPAC nomenclature for an interesting looking organic compound +5498 What are the maximum number of electrons in each shell? +5499 Chemistry behind Gales coffee maker in Breaking Bad +5500 A glass of water with ice-cubes in it. Wheres the water the coldest; at the top or bottom? +5501 What exactly is hydrogen bonding (and does it really need fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen)? +5502 Splitting of multiplets in ¹H NMR spectra? +5503 What is actually the difference between valence bond theory and molecular orbital theory? +5504 Why isnt ethane used for cooking? +5505 Why are there two Hydrogen atoms on some periodic tables? +5506 Can hot food ever emit x-rays or gamma rays? +5507 What would follow in the series sigma, pi and delta bonds? +5508 Are metallic/ionic bonds weaker than covalent bonds? +5509 Why is gold unreactive when only one electron is in the outer shell? +5510 Is pyrene aromatic despite failing Hückels rule? +5511 Is density functional theory an ab initio method? +5512 Does O2 have a color in the gas phase +5513 Has anyone even taken a picture of a molecule to confirm the geometry predicted by theory? +5514 Why isnt chemically-strengthened glass made with potassium carbonate to begin with? +5515 May I treat units (e.g. joules, grams, etc.) in equations as variables? +5516 Stereoselectivity of dihydroxylation with osmium tetroxide +5517 Why is the letter J omitted in the spdf... sequence? +5518 Hypervalency and the octet rule +5519 Pauli exclusion principle and resonance +5520 Proper typography of NOx +5521 Synthesis Golf II: Erythronolide B +5522 Single-molecule magnet with electrically-controlled permeability: How does the Titan Shield from Deus Ex work? +5523 How do I extract cyanide from apple seeds? +5524 Tetrahedral or Square Planar +5525 Why is [PdCl4]2- square planar whereas [NiCl4]2- is tetrahedral? +5526 Acidity of substituted phenols +5527 Why cant Pd/C and H2 reduce both the alkene and carbonyl portions of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls? +5528 Why is the bond length of CO+ less than that of CO? +5529 Why do chemistry and physics have different sign convention in thermodynamics? +5530 Why dont the electrons move through the electrolyte (instead of the circuit) in a galvanic cell? +5531 Why is methanol toxic? +5532 Effect of drinking ultra-pure water +5533 Would it be possible to destroy gold? +5534 Middle row anomaly of the periodic table +5535 When is it true that more nodes equals higher energy? +5536 Soaps come in different colors, but why is soap lather always white? +5537 How much CO2 could you remove from the atmosphere with 2 trillion USD? +5538 Why are isotopes of hydrogen the only ones with special names? +5539 Is there an energy cost associated with flipping the spin of an electron? +5540 Synthesis Golf I: Sodium Fluvastatin +5541 Flammability (NFPA) - how is it defined? +5542 What would be the effect of the addition of an inert gas to a reaction at equilibrium? +5543 Whats the difference between a nucleophile and a base? +5544 Why does basicity of group 15 hydrides decrease down the group? +5545 Is the ammonium substituent (-NH3+) really meta-directing in electrophilic substitution? +5546 Where did amino acids get their one-letter codes? +5547 Realistic chemical spill accident in high school chemistry class +5548 What caused the flashes in the video footage of Chernobyl? +5549 How are poisons discovered? Does someone have to die/be poisoned from it first? +5550 Why does hyperconjugation help for ring cleavage? +5551 What do the different grades of chemicals mean? +5552 What are the meanings of dotted and wavy lines in structural formulas? +5553 Why does pyrite form cubic crystals? +5554 Why does burnt hair smell bad? +5555 What roles do neutrons play in an atom? +5556 Why does the unstabilised Wittig reaction selectively form cis alkenes? +5557 Relative stability of cis and trans cycloalkenes +5558 Are there non-transparent gases? +5559 What is the molecular structure of xenon hexafluoride? +5560 What makes ice slippery? +5561 What makes Gorilla Glass more durable with each generation? +5562 Why do transition elements make colored compounds? +5563 Difference between exothermic and exergonic +5564 What is the unit of pH? +5565 Why does the 3rd electron shell start filling up with scandium? +5566 What is the strongest acid? +5567 Why are there only 7 types of unit cells and 14 types of Bravais lattices? +5568 Melting and boiling point trend in Group II +5569 Why is -ethane in methane? +5570 What is the exchange interaction? +5571 Are graphite and hexagonal boron nitride aromatic +5572 Why dont gases escape Earths atmosphere? +5573 How to properly store acids at home? +5574 Is honey really a supersaturated solution? Does heating to un-crystalize redissolve it or melt it? +5575 d-orbital splittings in WS2 monolayer +5576 Imaginary Bonding Interactions +5577 What are angular and radial nodes? +5578 Is alcohol really a solution? +5579 Why are covalent bonds directional? +5580 What metals arent dissolved in/attacked by aqua regia? +5581 What is the pKa of the hydronium, or oxonium, ion (H3O+)? +5582 Carbon with 5 bonds? +5583 Microwaving a glass of water, what happens? +5584 Which is the densest gas known? +5585 Electrical conductivity of graphite +5586 Why are DCM and chloroform so resistant towards nucleophilic substitution? +5587 What substances do humans consume that are caloric but neither protein, carb, nor fat? +5588 Why does chocolate melt so easily? +5589 Is activated carbon classified as organic or inorganic? +5590 Why is the Vitamin B complex, a complex? +5591 Is stainless a bulk or a surface property of stainless steel? +5592 How do orbitals coexist with a nucleus? +5593 Is there radioactivity at absolute zero? +5594 How heavy should an element be, to be a Heavy Metal? +5595 How to name binary (inorganic) compounds given their chemical formula, and vice-versa? +5596 Why is −78 °C a magic temperature for organic reactions? +5597 Why is 1-ethylidene-4-methylcyclohexane chiral? +5598 How do non-polar substances dissolve in non-polar solvents? +5599 How do you separate enantiomers? +5600 Acid Accident Treatment +5601 Why are solids and liquids not included in the equilibrium constant? What about in a reaction rate calculation? +5602 Why do atoms want to have a full outer shell? +5603 What happens to gunpowder when it gets wet? +5604 Which carbocation is more stable, the ethyl- or 1-propyl-carbocation? +5605 Why is water the universal solvent? +5606 Why are noble gases stable +5607 Why isnt the American nickel magnetic? +5608 What are oxidation states used for? +5609 Can magnetic fields affect a chemical reaction? +5610 When a candle burns, why does the top of wick glow if bottom of flame is hottest? +5611 What properties of carbon dioxide make it a greenhouse gas? +5612 Why is cyclooctateraene shaped like a tub rather than a chair? +5613 What happens if you cool water in a container too small for it to freeze? +5614 Why is fluorine a gas, but lithium isnt? +5615 Do electrons have some volume, area or shape? +5616 Are the bonding orbitals in methane equivalent - photoelectron spectrum +5617 Why are there no cheap diamond equivalents? +5618 Why is heroin a more potent drug than morphine, despite having a similar structure? +5619 Unusual Friedel–Crafts alkylation with pivaloyl chloride +5620 Suggest methods and basis sets for a variety of systems +5621 How many molecules does it take to have a phase? +5622 Why is snow white? +5623 How do Quantum Software Packages Work? +5624 Whats a minimal yet chemically-meaningful kinetic system for an oscillating reaction? +5625 What makes a radical free? +5626 How does Palladium dissociate H₂ so easily? +5627 What is the difference between D and L configuration, and + and −? +5628 How much gold is there in our sun? +5629 How loud would the Sun be? +5630 Does the Sun rotate? +5631 How can there be 1,000 stellar ancestors before our Sun? +5632 Why is the discovery of merging neutron stars important? +5633 Why dont astronomers use meters to measure astronomical distances? +5634 Could the dinosaurs have seen the asteroid that killed them? +5635 Is the moon only 60 pixels? +5636 Why is only one side of the Moon visible from Earth? +5637 How does the Earth move in the sky as seen from the Moon? +5638 Why not take a picture of a closer black hole? +5639 Can gravitational waves pass through a black hole? +5640 Is it dark inside the Sun? +5641 Does the Milky Way move through space? +5642 Why is there a zig-zag in elemental abundances? +5643 If a massive object like Jupiter flew past the Earth how close would it need to come to pull people off of the surface? +5644 How many planets are there in this solar system? +5645 When will the Sun end all human life on Earth? +5646 Why is the asteroid belt shaped like a triangle? +5647 Would we have more than 8 minutes of light, if the Sun went out? +5648 If two black hole event horizons overlap (touch) can they ever separate again? +5649 Why hasnt the 9th Planet been detected already? +5650 What is the hottest thing in the universe? +5651 Where did TRAPPIST-1a go? +5652 If light has no mass, why is it affected by gravity? +5653 Why does Io cast a hard shadow on Jupiter, but the Moon casts a soft shadow on Earth? +5654 Why is moon light not the same color as sunlight? +5655 What would happen if an ice cube is left in space? +5656 Sun constantly converts mass into energy, will this cause its gravity to decrease? +5657 Is there any role today that would justify building a large single dish radio telescope to replace Arecibo? +5658 How powerful a telescope would allow me to view the astronauts aboard ISS do a space-walk? +5659 Is there a star over my head? +5660 Why has Venuss atmosphere not been stripped away by solar wind? +5661 How did Astronomers deduce that the Sun was not a ball of fire? +5662 Why does it take so long to transmit an image from New Horizons to Earth? +5663 Two species of dark matter? +5664 Does the Milky Way orbit around anything? +5665 If Earth is tilted, why is Polaris always above the same spot? +5666 Is it possible to achieve a stable lunarstationary orbit around the moon? +5667 Why is Mars cold? +5668 How can HD 140283 be older than the universe? +5669 Does matter accumulate just outside the event horizon of a black hole? +5670 Where does the Solar System end? +5671 What is in the center of the universe? +5672 Does the sun cross other spiral arms in its movement around the galaxys center? +5673 Why do Black Holes in the middle of galaxies not suck up the whole galaxy? +5674 How does neutron star collapse into black hole? +5675 How do we have photos of galaxies so far away? +5676 How old is the oldest light visible from Earth? +5677 Are photons aged? +5678 Why does the Sun have different day lengths, but not the gas giants? +5679 Why does gas form a star instead of a black hole? +5680 Why is Gaia operating around Earth orbit? Why not send it to Neptunes orbit? +5681 Why is our solar system tipped about 63° with respect to the plane of our galaxy? +5682 Are new stars less pure as generations go by? +5683 How are black holes found? +5684 Can the moon appear to be in any position in the sky? +5685 How do scientists know that the distant parts of the universe obey the physical laws exactly as we observe around us? +5686 Do all stars have an Oort cloud or is it a rare occurence? +5687 Why are we building larger land-based telescopes instead of launching larger ones into space? +5688 Is Earths moon the only one where a total eclipse of the sun covers the entire sun? +5689 Why are there uneven bright areas in this photo of black hole? +5690 How do we know that black holes are spinning? +5691 How large can a ball of water be without fusion starting? +5692 Closest star system to Alpha Centauri? +5693 How do we distinguish old craters from new ones on the Moon? +5694 How can comets have tails if theres no air resistance in space? +5695 How do I calculate the inclination of an object with an amateur telescope? +5696 Is it a coincidence that on the far side of the moon almost no seas are visible? +5697 9th planet location? +5698 Why cant we see Saturns phases from earth? +5699 Why does the Moon appear gray when passing between the Sun and the Earth? +5700 Are there any stars that orbit perpendicular to the Milky Ways galactic plane? +5701 Why does Jupiter have so many moons? +5702 Why doesnt the moon twinkle? +5703 Considering our methods of exploration, how likely is it that there are unfound planets (not dwarf planets) in our solar system? +5704 How exactly does Hawking radiation decrease the mass of black holes? +5705 Do moons have moons? +5706 If you lived on the far side of the Moon, how could you infer the existence of Earth? +5707 Whats the fastest moving object in the universe? +5708 Why do the planets in our solar system orbit in the same plane? +5709 Did I see another planet? +5710 Is Venus in some way tidally locked to... Earth? +5711 What did LIGO Actually See? (Gravitational waves discovery) +5712 How was the mass of Venus determined? +5713 Where can I find the positions of the planets, stars, moons, artificial satellites, etc. and visualize them? +5714 Could any known, living organisms on Earth survive on Mars? +5715 Why do (most of) the planets rotate counterclockwise, i.e. the same way the Sun does? +5716 How should I deal with becoming discouraged as a graduate student? +5717 How to ask dumb questions +5718 Upset by male classmates openly comparing female students according to physical appearance +5719 I dont want to kill any more mice, but my advisor insists that I must in order to get my PhD +5720 Should I share my horrible software? +5721 Moral dilemma in unwittingly being paid to complete a students work +5722 How to effectively deal with Imposter Syndrome and feelings of inadequacy: Ive somehow convinced everyone that Im actually good at this +5723 How to avoid procrastination during the research phase of my PhD? +5724 A paper I received to review has (independently) duplicated work that we are writing up. How to proceed in light of peer-review confidentiality? +5725 Why do American colleges and universities have sports teams? +5726 Sex worker student offering her (lawful) services +5727 How to read papers without falling into a rabbit hole? +5728 A published paper stole my unpublished results from a science fair +5729 Failing students when it might cause them economic ruin +5730 Female students coming to office hours in overly revealing clothing +5731 How to avoid being falsely accused of harassment by a student? +5732 Professor creates assignment making students advocate for a bill being presented to Congress. Is this legal? +5733 Have I embarassed my supervisors by solving a problem that a PhD student in my group was working on without success? +5734 I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank? +5735 What to do when your student is convinced that he will be the next Einstein? +5736 University rank/stature - How much does it affect ones career post-Ph.D? +5737 Writing a recommendation letter for a student I reported for academic dishonesty +5738 Why would an academic write a textbook for free? +5739 Postdoc overwhelmed by incomplete work +5740 What to do with a student coming to class in revealing clothing, to the degree that it disrupts the teaching environment? +5741 How can I recover professionally from being a crank? +5742 Can I add a baby as a co-author of a scientific paper, to protest against co-authors who havent made any contribution? +5743 May a man attend a workshop entitled “Young women in [domain]”? +5744 How to deal with an advisor who wants a friendlier relationship with me than I do? +5745 How to stop hopping the learning chain and actually begin somewhere? +5746 How can I convince graduate students in China to not copy/paste from the Internet into their research papers? +5747 How to deal with a student who most likely has a mental condition, and keeps arguing with me in class? +5748 Is it possible to recover after a career setback such as this? +5749 How do you cite a Github repository? +5750 Quoting a typo: Do I really have to do sic, or can I just fix the sentence? +5751 I realize I made a huge mistake in my thesis and am not sure what to do. Im defending very soon (days away). What should I do? +5752 Religious supervisor wants to thank god in the acknowledgements +5753 Is it acceptable to publish student names with the label stupid question, on a publicly-visible website? +5754 Grades are too high for the department - what should I do? +5755 My research paper filed as a patent in China by my Chinese supervisor without me as inventor +5756 Grant fraud, should I bust my PhD advisor? +5757 Why dont researchers publish failed experiments? +5758 What does the typical workflow of a journal look like? +5759 How do you come to terms with the fact that you might never be among the best in your research community? +5760 Do I have the legal right to demand information on plagiarism of my work from another university? +5761 Why are papers without code but with results accepted? +5762 In a formal paper, should I censor brainf**k, the name of a programming language? +5763 How do you judge the quality of a journal? +5764 Why do many talented scientists write horrible software? +5765 Profs neurological health is declining rapidly. What can I (TA) do? +5766 My paper is being cited in vaccine misinformation. What do I do? +5767 How honest should one be with their students when talking about the realities of academia? +5768 What to do about questions that are designed to embarrass the speaker? +5769 I (independently) solved a fellow students research problem. I want to publish it. What should I do? +5770 How to deal with failing a student? +5771 Is Obamas JAMA paper OK? +5772 Why are most scientific articles locked behind a paywall? +5773 What does first authorship really mean? +5774 How can a TA help a student who is certain she sucks at programming? +5775 Our teacher is encouraging us to use cracked software +5776 I am uncomfortable about students taking pictures of the blackboard, because I dont like appearing in them +5777 Appropriateness of dedicating my thesis to a Jewish mathematician who died in a concentration camp +5778 Teaching a class likely meant to inflate the GPA of student athletes +5779 Rediscovery of calculus in 1994: what should have happened to that paper? +5780 A student in my course does well on exams, but doesnt do the homework: Go easy on them, or make them pay the price? +5781 What to do if a referee plagiarises the result after rejecting a paper? +5782 Does one need to be affiliated with a university to publish papers? +5783 Is it appropriate for a professor to require students to sign a non-disclosure agreement before being taught? +5784 How to deal with a very weak student? +5785 Should I intervene when a colleague in a different department makes students run laps as part of their grade? +5786 How does the admissions process work for Ph.D. programs in the US, particularly for weak or borderline students? +5787 Will ISIS attacks hurt my PhD application as a Muslim? +5788 My professor is rigging data and plagiarizing. What can I do? +5789 Is declining an undergraduate award which causes me discomfort appropriate? +5790 Is it ethical to submit a paper with the name of a co-author who cannot be contacted? +5791 How do I handle a colleagues gender change when citing their paper? +5792 Best-practice models for research code? +5793 I slept with my advisors daughter and she is blackmailing me now. What can I do? +5794 Should I simply ignore it if authors assume that Im male in their response to my review of their article? +5795 Whats the point of PhD theses if nobody reads them? +5796 Why do most people think its a bad idea to read from slides? +5797 Why is my mood dictated so much by how well my research is going? +5798 Is there a place in academia for someone who compulsively solves every problem on their own? +5799 How hard do early-career academics in the United States work, really? +5800 Can leaked nude pictures damage ones academic career? +5801 How to build healthy working relationships with my male colleagues as a young-ish, attractive-ish woman? +5802 Useful strategies for answering dumb questions in a talk? +5803 Reporting a student who may be psychologically disturbed +5804 Is it ethical to profit by having my students buy my textbook? +5805 Two years into my PhD program, and Mom is dying of cancer. Should I tell my advisor about it? +5806 What to do about grade grubbers? +5807 I am an editor for a lousy paper and I found a better algorithm than theirs. Must I share it with them? +5808 Should a young professor avoid using dating apps? +5809 How do I identify predatory and low quality journals? With Bealls List gone, how can I tell if a journal is spam? +5810 Is publishing runnable code instead of pseudo code shunned? +5811 Why are professors websites so ugly? +5812 Should professors intervene if a student is wearing offensive clothing in their classroom? +5813 Is it ethical/acceptable to give a lighter penalty to students who admit to cheating? +5814 My students family wont let her study what she wants +5815 Should the slides in a presentation be self-explanatory or be as minimal as possible? +5816 Is it okay to report classmates cheating on exams? +5817 Should I quit my PhD - workload, self-esteem and social life +5818 Should I have doubts if the organizers of a workshop ask me to sign a behavior agreement upfront? +5819 Is ignoring emails acceptable in academia? +5820 How to supervise a bad PhD student +5821 Should I send professors money for illegally downloading their books? +5822 Taking an academic pseudonym? +5823 Slept through final, professor is giving me a zero and failing me – is there anything I can do to change this? +5824 How do you get a bad transcript past Ph.D. admissions? +5825 Knowing that most students submit assignments right around the deadline, is it advisable not to set deadline that is very late at night? +5826 I was caught cheating on an exam, how can I minimize the damage? +5827 How do you answer Oh, youre a professor? What do you teach? +5828 Choice of personal pronoun in single-author papers +5829 Software to draw illustrative figures in papers +5830 In a yes/no question, a student gives the right answer and an unnecessary but wrong explanation. How to grade? +5831 Do academics look down on well-designed academic websites? +5832 Asked again to review a paper, when the authors dont wish to modify it +5833 Fellow student asked question from take-home exam on Stack Exchange +5834 How to react when encountering students who have previously failed my course? +5835 How to deal with anxiety and depression after being kicked out of PhD program? +5836 What should I do after advisor got upset when I expressed belief in evolution and then said he couldnt add me to his research team? +5837 How to argue against questionable research practices such as P-hacking and Harking? +5838 What is this can I hire you as a tutor scam? +5839 Gender transition as a starting faculty member: a terrible idea? +5840 If I request a paper through my university library, must they pay a substantial amount of money? +5841 Is it appropriate to email a professor saying you enjoyed their class, after doing well in it? +5842 Advisor tries to reproduce my results to ensure my honesty. Is it the norm? +5843 What is the purpose of women-only meetings, panels, conferences, etc. in academia? +5844 How to come up with research ideas? +5845 Googling my name reveals silly things from when I was younger. I am embarassed. How will this affect me in my future academic career? +5846 What to remember when supervising female PhD students? +5847 How to stop feeling guilty about unfinished work? +5848 Asking questions in class: how can I exit a Q&A when I havent really understood? +5849 How to deal with arrogant e-mail of a student +5850 Why do researchers sometimes use extremely complicated English sentences to convey their meaning? +5851 Why are research papers written in language thats difficult for undergraduate students? +5852 Do I not have the personality for a PhD? +5853 Editor rejected manuscript claiming it is similar to a not-yet-published manuscript (that I havent seen). How to proceed? +5854 What are fake, shady, and/or predatory journals? +5855 Only one student answered an exam question - and I strongly suspect he cheated +5856 Why do students go for a PhD even when chances of getting academic jobs on its completion are slim? +5857 Is doing two PhDs a good path? +5858 How to silence the voice that tells you youre being financially irresponsible by spending 4 to 6 years doing a PhD? +5859 Why do Americans care so much about recommendation letters? +5860 What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper? +5861 How to approach a student with bad hygiene? +5862 Dressing down to impress in academic settings +5863 Why is plagiarism so harshly punished? +5864 What makes someone deserving of a Ph.D.? +5865 Student caught cheating when leaving class after handing me the exam +5866 What is the best last slide in a thesis presentation? +5867 How can I prevent students from writing answers on an assignment, then claiming I didnt see their answer? +5868 Is it okay for a professor to leave the classroom only 5 min past the class start if nobody has shown up? +5869 Is it reasonable for a professor to ask students to stay 30-45 minutes past scheduled class time every week? +5870 PhD Student : Publish Paper with Wife? +5871 Is Academia really just a huge competition? +5872 What can I do when some people stole my master thesis work and published it as their own work? +5873 What should I do if my advisor is forcing me to vote on a specific candidate in IEEE elections? +5874 None of 25 students at question session before exam has a question. What should lecturer do? +5875 Why is it acceptable that publishers sell papers they didn’t pay for? +5876 How to respond to a company that wants specific details on implementation of my PhD research? +5877 Should I recommend a student with a bad ideology? +5878 How to prevent students from using modified calculators to cheat on exams? +5879 Is it ethical for a professor to get masters students to work on open source modules related to the professors profit-making company? +5880 My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation? +5881 How to handle requests for a race-based exam structure? +5882 Ethical concerns regarding the review of a paper on autonomous armed drones +5883 Why do universities fund Ph.D. students in the sciences? +5884 What is a “sandwich thesis”? +5885 What is behind the Indian Undergrad Research Experience-spam? +5886 Submitting paper proving X soon after paper proving X-epsilon +5887 Assistant professor vs Associate professor +5888 What to do if I have seen an exam before I have taken it? +5889 Has anyone, based on great performance, ever been awarded a higher degree than the one they enrolled for? +5890 What to do if most of my students have switched to a better lecturers class? +5891 Professor falsely accusing me of cheating in a class he does not teach, two months after end of the class. What precautions should I take? +5892 Is it unethical to supply a marked solution to a student who has shown intent to cheat, with the intent of identifying them for punishment? +5893 A famous scholar sent me an unpublished draft of hers. Then she died. I think her work should be published. What should I do? +5894 My admission is revoked after accepting the admission offer +5895 Is having access to past exams cheating and, if yes, could it be proven just by a good grade? +5896 Will my cancer ruin my chances of going to graduate school in math? +5897 The overwhelming silence in shy classes +5898 Students bringing babies to class +5899 I lost my students quizzes due to a theft, what should I do? +5900 How can I address a student systematically boosting their grades by filing frivolous complaints? +5901 One of my student researchers is likely falsifying some results/data. What are the consequences? +5902 Professor does not care about cheating, what should TA do? +5903 What happens if a math PhD student fails to find a proof that is the main objective of his/her thesis topic? +5904 During peer-review, should I comment on the authors messy code? +5905 How do I deal with a candidate mentioning God twelve times in their application? +5906 Is it true that PhD students need to work 10-12 hours a day every day to be productive? +5907 Just started a postdoc, but it went REALLY bad, REALLY fast. Stay or go? +5908 I have stack-exchanged through my undergrad math program. Am I likely to succeed in mathematics PhD programs? +5909 E-mail address to use in publications +5910 The GRE: Why does this still exist? +5911 Do authors have to be politically correct in article-writing? +5912 Why do some instructors care so much about attendance? +5913 If I quit my PhD, would it make my advisor look bad? +5914 Im feeling discouraged after getting tenure; should I quit? +5915 What should I do when my accepted paper is subsequently rejected? +5916 Why cant universities work around the proposed reclassification of tuition remission as taxable income, by not charging tuition? +5917 How to be a co-author anonymously? +5918 Is it possible to work full time and complete a PhD? +5919 What to say to a student who has failed? +5920 How to tell an over-confident student they still have a lot to learn? +5921 When should a supervisor be an author? +5922 Are non-citizen Muslim professors and students going to be removed from US universities and subsequently deported by Trumps ban? +5923 Is web-presence important for researchers? +5924 Is there an affordable way for non-students to subscribe to multi-journals/archives? +5925 Should I report a PhD student’s incompetence to their supervisor? +5926 You are paid to answer my questions! - how to handle silly questions? +5927 I want to do research but Im too old for a PHD +5928 Why is peer review so random? +5929 Where do bad papers go to die? +5930 How do I talk about my abusive former advisor if people ask? +5931 Walk up and talk to random people at academic conferences - is that appropriate? +5932 What makes academic failure different from failure in another career? +5933 My supervisor doesnt believe in depression +5934 Techniques for good board handwriting +5935 Should I seek professional help because I have a lot of math books? +5936 Is it ok to upload joke papers to arXiv? +5937 PhD student, issued contract at year 3 which will sign over intellectual property. Is it legal? +5938 Donating money to scientific research after my death +5939 How to handle lecturer who doesnt let me use my phone? +5940 What is the justification for the typical punishment of a student who did not cheat but helped others cheat? +5941 How do mathematicians conduct research? +5942 Is it OK to refuse to cite paywalled papers? +5943 Are college students forbidden from sharing their grades with other students? +5944 How can I avoid being the negative one when giving feedback on statistics? +5945 Editor asks for π to be written in roman +5946 I am non-tenured and have been offered a tenure-track position at my current university, but I dont want to stay here long term. What should I do? +5947 Typical experiences of transgender people in academia? +5948 How to react to a student proselytising during office hours? +5949 How to quiet noisy undergrads students during lecture +5950 Why do professors want to make sure that their notes written on the blackboard will not be published? +5951 Two-thirds of my class colluded. Should I report them to the academic offences committee? +5952 How should I proceed when a (famous) professor says Im not good enough for research? +5953 What can I do if my advisor wants me to keep working, even while Im on medical leave for severe depression? +5954 How to avoid a hostile takeover of first authorship during medical leave? +5955 How to react when a team of colleagues obviously made up some results? +5956 As a department head, what to do if a professor leaves without giving out grades? +5957 How to become well-known in the research community while being a PhD student +5958 Should I report an accepted PhD thesis in which the literature review is copied verbatim from sources? +5959 Am I reading enough of the scientific literature? Should I read for breadth or depth? +5960 Should I explain to the graduate admission committee why I am older than most prospective PhD students? +5961 Strategies for teaching with facial aphasia (inability to recognize faces aka prosopagnosia, face-blindness) +5962 Use of first person in a PhD Thesis +5963 Is 8:00 AM an unreasonable time to meet with my graduate students and post-doc? +5964 A student keeps using a native language while asking questions in the class when the course is taught in English +5965 As a TA, how to react if I come across a Facebook group in which students insult me? +5966 What is the origin of the underwater basket weaving meme in Academia? +5967 Are there good reasons to avoid using color in research papers? +5968 What productive academic work can you do with minimal attention in a small (<30 minutes) block of time? +5969 How should I deal with very negative feedback from some students? +5970 What is the point of a lecture when you have a textbook? +5971 Where did I lose control of my studies? +5972 First year Math PhD student; My problem solving skill has been completely atrophied and continues to decline +5973 Referee says the proof is wrong, but it is not, what to do? +5974 Should I tell students that its my first time teaching the course? +5975 Why are some professors critical of even casual use of Wikipedia? +5976 Counter strategy against group that repeatedly does strategic self-citations and ignores other relevant research +5977 How to train students to write high-quality research papers? +5978 How do I reference the Python programming language in a thesis or a paper? +5979 What are the potential pitfalls of having a PhD? +5980 Accused of cheating due to the time accounted by Blackboard +5981 Is it acceptable for a professor to tell male students to not think that they are smarter than female students? +5982 Citing paywalled articles accessed via illegal web sharing +5983 How do teachers learn to grade? +5984 Should I take threats from a former professor seriously? +5985 Does publishing a paper on arXiv prevent me from submitting it to a non-open access journal? +5986 How to deal with a student who harasses the (inexperienced) teacher during class? +5987 How to respond to unfair to write English comments? +5988 Someone plagiarised my entire paper. What should I do now? +5989 How to help reduce students anxiety in an oral exam? +5990 How to deal with a professor who grades assignments and exams incorrectly +5991 Are results that are derived simply by using more computational power publishable? +5992 What are the advantages or disadvantages of using LaTeX for writing scientific publications +5993 How to let a PhD student know that their research is not as good as they think it is +5994 First author doesnt want a co-author to read the whole paper +5995 Why are many obviously pointless papers published, or worse studied? +5996 Can a lecturer force you to learn a specific programming syntax / language? +5997 Why upload to academic preprint sites like arXiv? +5998 Lecturer ridiculing me in front of class for making a mistake +5999 Is there any problem with students seeing faculty naked in university gym? +6000 Am I being exploited by my supervisor? +6001 What to answer an author asking me if I reviewed his/her paper? +6002 Is it ethical to use proprietary (closed-source) software for scientific computation? +6003 Why does this site give different answers about leaving a bad situation compared to Workplace.SE? +6004 How to deal with an academic stalker? +6005 My first authorship is being turned into co-first authorship, what can I do? +6006 A student forgot to answer an exam question +6007 Can I, as a reviewer, tell authors to get a native English speaker to proofread their paper? +6008 How to deal with people looking at their mobile phone during my presentation? +6009 What is a social strategy I can use to respond to Hows your PhD going? +6010 What good is engineering research with no practical relevance? +6011 PhD candidate vs PhD student +6012 Why do academics frequently write very short email replies? +6013 Is it valid to modify a students exam grade if you feel they did not earn it? +6014 Is it appropriate (as a PhD student) to email other researchers asking about some details in their papers? +6015 Why do researchers need universities? +6016 Is it acceptable for a professor to ask post-doc student to babysit for free? 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+6035 How to group data in a Google Spreadsheet? +6036 How to modify a URL to get a Google cached version of page? +6037 Hidden features of Google Search +6038 Make a single page landscape in Google Documents +6039 Is it possible to use strikethrough (, , ) in Trello? +6040 Is it possible to create a Gmail filter that works on headers other than From, To, Subject? +6041 How to view the parent folder of a Google Document? +6042 How do I escape formatting characters in Slack? +6043 What does shva=1#inbox mean when Gmail loads? +6044 How can I create a fixed column header in Google Spreadsheet like the first sheet? +6045 How to view the folder size in Google Drive? +6046 Google Sheets formula for if contains +6047 How to convert rows into columns in Google Spreadsheets? +6048 How to paste a comma separated string over multiple cells in Google Sheets? +6049 Add new alias to Gmail without SMTP (forwarding-only address) +6050 Is there a way to insert today’s date into a Google Docs? +6051 What does starring a repository on GitHub do? 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+6069 Export Gmail messages to text or HTML files +6070 Embed Google Spreadsheet in Google Document +6071 Can I merge two conversation threads in Gmail? +6072 How exactly does MEGAs download work? +6073 What is the cURL command-line syntax to do a POST request? +6074 Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster? +6075 How do I scroll in tmux? +6076 How do I make a machine blank screen for a period of time (as a penalty) if certain noise levels are reached? +6077 How can I sort the output of ls by last modified date? +6078 Getting curl to output HTTP status code? +6079 How to clear/flush the DNS cache in Google Chrome? +6080 Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows +6081 What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for? +6082 How to tell git which private key to use? +6083 Transatlantic ping faster than sending a pixel to the screen? +6084 Is there a built-in checksum utility on Windows 7? +6085 Why does this PNG image display differently in Chrome & Firefox than in Safari and IE? 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+6103 Permissions on private key in .ssh folder? +6104 What is the You have new mail message in Linux/UNIX? +6105 Difference between .bashrc and .bash_profile +6106 Create/rename a file/folder that begins with a dot in Windows? +6107 How to turn off word-wrap in less +6108 Did I just get hacked? +6109 How does a computer restart itself? +6110 How do I convert a video to GIF using ffmpeg, with reasonable quality? +6111 directory junction vs directory symbolic link? +6112 Is there any sudo command for Windows? +6113 When reading a file with `less` or `more`, how can I get the content in colors? +6114 Automatically answer Yes when using apt-get install +6115 Does e-mail address obfuscation actually work? +6116 Reload a Linux users group assignments without logging out +6117 How can I make Chrome stop caching redirects? +6118 Can I delete the folder C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\? +6119 How can I remove malicious spyware, malware, adware, viruses, trojans or rootkits from my PC? +6120 How to decompress a .bz2 file +6121 How to remove one or all auto-complete text entries in Chrome? +6122 How to open files in vertically/horizontal split windows in Vim from the command line +6123 Why dont websites immediately display their text these days? +6124 How can I free up drive space from the Windows installer folder without killing Windows? +6125 How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesnt exist? +6126 How to download files from command line in Windows like wget or curl +6127 Test if a port on a remote system is reachable (without telnet) +6128 How do I run multiple commands on one line in PowerShell? +6129 How to check if a binary is 32 or 64 bit on Windows? +6130 An SSH tunnel via multiple hops +6131 How to delete directories with path/names too long for normal delete +6132 How do I rename a session in tmux? +6133 What is randomart produced by ssh-keygen? +6134 How can I download an entire website? +6135 How to check which apache modules are enabled/installed? +6136 How to remove an entry from Chromes Remembered URLs from the url bar? +6137 How to disable the Get Windows 10 icon shown in the notification area (tray)? +6138 How can I resume a stopped job in Linux? +6139 Is there a way to auto login in PuTTY with a password? +6140 How to enable execution of PowerShell scripts? +6141 How to save a remote server SSL certificate locally as a file +6142 Why are we still using CPUs instead of GPUs? +6143 How to rename the User folder in Windows 10? +6144 How do I exit telnet? +6145 Can I make cURL fail with an exitCode different than 0 if the HTTP status code is not 200? +6146 How to fix warning about ECDSA host key +6147 What are PATH and other environment variables, and how can I set or use them? +6148 What is the difference between executing a Bash script vs sourcing it? +6149 Ping faster than light +6150 Clear cache for specific domain name in chrome +6151 Why does pinging 192.168.072 (only 2 dots) return a response from 192.168.0.58? +6152 Remove audio from video file with FFmpeg +6153 How to clear the contents of a file from the command line? +6154 If 32-bit machines can only handle numbers up to 2^32, why can I write 1000000000000 (trillion) without my machine crashing? 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+6172 Selecting columns in Visual Studio Code +6173 How to compact VirtualBoxs VDI file size? +6174 How to remove systemd services +6175 How to prevent Gnome-shells Alt+Tab from grouping windows from similar apps? +6176 Why does virtualbox only have 32-bit option, no 64-bit option on Windows 7? +6177 Move an off-screen window back on-screen on Mac OS X +6178 How do you list all processes on the command line in Windows? +6179 How can I send a Ctrl+Alt+Delete through Remote Desktop in Windows 8? +6180 Go back to previous directory in shell +6181 Restore tmux session after reboot +6182 Native alternative to wget in Windows PowerShell? +6183 tmux vs. screen +6184 How to force refresh without cache in Google Chrome? +6185 less command with multiple files: How to navigate to next/previous +6186 How to encode base64 via command line? +6187 How do I get the distinct/unique values in a column in Excel? +6188 If I know the PID number of a process, how can I get its name? +6189 How to list files of a Debian package without install +6190 Menu select item stuck on screen after context or command menu has closed +6191 Keyboard language keeps changing in Windows 10 +6192 How to recursively delete directory from command line in windows? +6193 How do I list the SSL/TLS cipher suites a particular website offers? +6194 What does the Fi in Wi-Fi mean? +6195 Scroll shell output with mouse in tmux +6196 How can I clear a single site from the cache in Firefox? +6197 Show desktop keyboard shortcut in Mac OS X +6198 How do you prevent the dock from switching monitors in macOS Catalina or Big Sur? +6199 How do I view, add or edit Cookies in Google Chrome? +6200 Can I completely disable Cortana on Windows 10? +6201 What is the Windows equivalent of the Unix command cat? +6202 Determine which tab in Firefox is using CPU resources? +6203 Why is there such a big difference between Size and Size on disk? +6204 Bash: Iterating over lines in a variable +6205 How to append to a file as sudo? +6206 Whats the difference between 127.0.0.1 and 0.0.0.0? +6207 Assigning custom extensions to a languages syntax highlighting in Notepad++ +6208 How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows? +6209 How to mess up a PC running Windows 7? +6210 Inverting direction of mouse scroll wheel +6211 How to read ext4 partitions on Windows? 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+6414 How do I ensure Git doesnt ask me for my GitHub username and password? +6415 Git - List all files currently under source control? +6416 Why does 64-bit Windows need a separate Program Files (x86) folder? +6417 Linux Bash Script, Single Command But Multiple Lines? +6418 How to access Windows folders from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows +6419 How to move VirtualBox files? +6420 Disable Microsoft Office Upload Center +6421 How to delete all lines that do NOT contain a certain word in Vim? +6422 How does Windows know if a program is not responding? +6423 What utility can move my Windows boot partition over to another hard drive? +6424 Customize Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts? +6425 How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard) +6426 How do you run a SSH server on Mac OS X? +6427 Why does the /winsxs folder grow so large, and can it be made smaller? +6428 What is the purpose/function of .ßßß files? +6429 How do I figure out which /dev is a USB flash drive? +6430 Whats the difference between SCP and SFTP? +6431 Change name of Virtual Desktop in Windows 10 +6432 How can a file size be zero? +6433 Two blue arrows at top right of icons +6434 Change default code page of Windows console to UTF-8 +6435 How can I make the Windows VPN route selective traffic (by destination network)? +6436 Remove auto-complete field entries in Google Chrome +6437 How to detach a tmux session that itself already in a tmux? +6438 How to ignore certain filenames using find? +6439 How can I find out what motherboard is in my computer? +6440 What can I do if I forgot my Windows password? +6441 List the current folder folders sizes with the terminal? +6442 How to disable the screen orientation hotkeys in Windows (XP)? +6443 How can I create a non-login user? +6444 Is it possible to `tail -f` the output of `dmesg`? +6445 How to find a router at an unknown location in a house? +6446 Troubleshoot High CPU usage by the System process +6447 How to rename user folder in Windows 8? +6448 Remote Desktop intermittently freezing +6449 Is there a convenient way to edit PATH in Windows 7? +6450 How to install local .deb packages with apt-get +6451 What is the Windows hotkey to minimise a single, currently active window? +6452 How can I convert MP4 video to MP3 audio with FFmpeg? +6453 How do I remove Candy Crush Saga from Windows 10? +6454 Why did dialup modems make noise? +6455 How do you display POST data with cURL? +6456 Run a batch file in a completely hidden way +6457 ls-command: how to display the file size in megabytes? +6458 sudo with password in one command line? +6459 Unix zip directory but excluded specific subdirectories (and everything within them) +6460 Notepad++ is unable to load langs.xml, why? +6461 What is the difference between an Intel i7 and a Xeon quad core processor? +6462 Why is ping unable to resolve a name when nslookup works fine? +6463 Allow non-root process to bind to port 80 and 443? +6464 How can I normalize audio using ffmpeg? +6465 Execute a command from another directory in bash +6466 Why should I use exFAT over NTFS on removable media? +6467 How to uninstall Homebrew? +6468 How can I determine file type without an extension on Windows? +6469 Remove a certain line from Bash history file +6470 How do I get Notepad++ to associate a file type with a language? +6471 How can I put the computer to sleep from Command Prompt/Run menu? +6472 List Samba users? +6473 How do I set up SSH so I dont have to type my password? +6474 How does the tmux color palette work? +6475 VT-x is not available, but is enabled in BIOS +6476 Why does terminal say: You have mail? +6477 How is PNG lossless given that it has a compression parameter? +6478 All of my Firefox add-ons have been disabled suddenly, how can I re-enable them? +6479 How to easily reorder rows in excel with drag and drop or move-up or move-down? +6480 Pull for another Git branch without switching +6481 Can you GPG sign old commits? +6482 How to wipe free disk space in Linux? +6483 Is there a way to see any tar progress per file? +6484 How to find out Mac OS X version from Terminal? +6485 Will it damage my MacBook if I put it in the fridge to cool it down? +6486 Why are there no odd Windows process IDs? +6487 How do I synchronise two folders in real-time in Windows 7? +6488 How can I read my hard drive’s SMART status in Windows 7? +6489 How to download only subtitles of videos using youtube-dl +6490 Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\\AppData? +6491 Whats like OSXs pbcopy for Linux +6492 On OS X, why does `sudo ls` show hidden (dot) files? +6493 Clear windows command prompt screen using keyboard shortcuts +6494 Windows Disk I/O 100% at boot for 20 Minutes +6495 Chrome: remove URL from autocomplete which doesnt show up in history? +6496 Is it better to use a laptop on battery or on AC power? +6497 Is it really possible for most enthusiasts to crack peoples Wi-Fi networks? +6498 Pseudo English looking characters used in Windows 10 Insider Preview +6499 How to prevent VLC from automatically resizing its window according to viewed content resolution? +6500 How can the font size be changed in Notepad++? +6501 Disable Java Plugin in Google Chrome? +6502 Keyboard shortcut to unhide or unminimize a window in OS X +6503 How to syntax highlight via Less +6504 Is it safe to delete AppData\Local\Temp? +6505 How can I stop windows re-positioning after waking from sleep? +6506 Convert a column into a comma separated list +6507 How do I delete a folder thats in use? +6508 How to check which timezone in Linux? +6509 whats the difference between `docker stop` and `docker kill`? +6510 How do I create a GIF screencast in Windows? +6511 What is a Magic Packet for waking a computer? +6512 How to prove the authenticity of a screenshot? +6513 Why do modern computer cases still have USB 2.0 ports? +6514 How to force Internet Explorer (IE) to REALLY reload the page? +6515 How can I check the integrity of a video file (avi, mpeg, mp4...)? +6516 How to password protect gzip files on the command line? +6517 How do I view the contents of a PFX file on Windows? +6518 What are the differences between the rsync delete options? +6519 Why cant I find a USB-C hub with multiple USB-C ports? +6520 Why does 1366x768 resolution exist? +6521 Is there a way to scroll, by pixel, instead of by cell, in either Excel or OpenOffice Calc? +6522 How to view SSL Certificate details on Chrome? +6523 Combine/merge PDF files in Windows? +6524 Is there a Google Authenticator desktop client? +6525 How to measure disk-performance under Windows? +6526 How do I disable Aero Shake in Windows 7? +6527 Case insensitive tab completion in Bash +6528 How do I configure SSH so it doesnt try all the identity files automatically? +6529 How to disable Chrome extensions without disabling them across multiple synced devices +6530 Invoking vi through find | xargs breaks my terminal. Why? +6531 Why are laptop screens sized the way they are? +6532 My keyboard has no media keys; can I control media without them? +6533 How to use Mac OS X Keychain with SSH keys? +6534 How do I fix a cannot open display error when opening an X program after sshing with X11 forwarding enabled? +6535 How to disable Ctrl+Shift keyboard layout switch (for the same input language) in Windows? +6536 How do I convert an SVG to a PDF on Linux +6537 How to download favicon from website? +6538 Bash scripting: test for empty directory +6539 Google Chrome - Clear Cache for Specific Website +6540 Mac: 3 monitor setup: My desktop set keep switching places between monitors +6541 What is the D-shaped icon next to my USB-C port? +6542 How to run a batch file without launching a command window? +6543 How do I paste the Windows clipboard into my PuTTY session, using only the keyboard? +6544 Mass deleting files in Windows +6545 What Tiling Window Manager for Windows do you recommend? +6546 Why is there a percent sign % in the IPv6 address? +6547 Add directory to $PATH if its not already there +6548 Why are websites suddenly asking me about cookies? +6549 How do I get a static IP address for my teapot? +6550 Uppercase M at the right of window name in tmux +6551 How do I select all text from a file with nano? +6552 Obtain kernel config from currently running Linux system? +6553 Permanently remove/disable Touch Keyboard in Windows 8 taskbar? +6554 Disable Alt + Arrow display flip keyboard shortcut +6555 Why does the base64 of a string contain \n? +6556 Why is “/dev/rdisk” about 20 times faster than “/dev/disk” in Mac OS X +6557 What are the holes on the sides of a computer case frame for? +6558 mysql how to fix Access denied for user root@localhost +6559 How do I trim a video using Handbrake? +6560 Find outdated/updatable pip packages +6561 How to avoid exposing my MAC address when using IPv6? +6562 Windows 10 Search not loading, showing blank window +6563 Why do CDs and DVDs fill up from the centre outwards? +6564 How can I prevent a policy-enforced screen lock in Windows? +6565 Linux: find out what process is using all the RAM? +6566 Apostrophes and double quotes dont show up until I type the next letter +6567 What do green folders mean in Windows 7 Explorer? +6568 How to access linux/Ubuntu files from Windows 10 WSL? +6569 How to tab between buttons on an Mac OS X dialog box +6570 How does Linux know that the new password is similar to the previous one? +6571 What keyboard shortcuts move, resize, and maximize windows under Mac OS X? +6572 How to install a specific package version in Alpine? +6573 Hyper-V VM wont boot from Cd, error: unsigned images hash is not allowed +6574 Running upstart jobs as unprivileged users +6575 How and why is this string of text a fork bomb? +6576 How do I securely store and manage 180 passwords? +6577 How can I roll back 1 commit? +6578 Is there a way to edit a commit message on GitHub? +6579 Where does $PATH get set in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard? +6580 Is it possible to paste CSV formatted data into Excel 2007? +6581 Pros and cons of bzip vs gzip? +6582 How to use spaces in a bash alias name? +6583 Impossible to put a zero after an aleph? +6584 How do I edit text files in the Windows command prompt? +6585 Possible to snap top/bottom instead of just left/right in Windows 7? +6586 Finding the process that is using a certain port in Linux +6587 How can I launch the GNOME image viewer from the terminal? +6588 Why arrow keys are not recommended in Vim +6589 How to check the health of a hard drive +6590 How do I view my clipboard history on OS X? +6591 Hex editors for Windows? +6592 How do I use the Selection tool to move things in GIMP? +6593 How to delete a partition on a USB drive? +6594 What is the difference between yum, apt-get, rpm, ./configure && make install? +6595 How can I intentionally break/corrupt a sector on an SD card? +6596 Force a program to run *without* administrator privileges or UAC? +6597 Where is the list of pinned start menu and taskbar items stored in Windows 7 +6598 How to configure PuTTY so that Home/End/PgUp/PgDn work properly in bash? +6599 How to add a custom search engine to Firefox? +6600 Equivalent of cmds where in powershell +6601 Google Chrome automatically adding websites to my list of search engines? +6602 Why does Excel treat long numeric strings as scientific notation even after changing cell format to text +6603 How do I change the character encoding for a webpage in Chrome? +6604 Getting ROBOCOPY to return a proper exit code? +6605 Why does my PC crash only when my cat is nearby? +6606 How can I find out when Windows was last restarted? +6607 How can I monitor the CPU temperature under linux? +6608 How can I determine what process has a file open in Linux? +6609 Can I disable the Alt+Shift shortcut to change language in windows 8.1 (or Windows 10)? +6610 How to disable sticky corners in Windows 10 +6611 Why does Chrome sometimes download a PDF instead of opening it? +6612 SSID with very similar name, is this an attempt of hacking? +6613 How do I view a specific date in my Google Chrome history? +6614 How can I scan the local network for connected devices? (Mac OS) +6615 How to execute a command in screen and detach? +6616 Can Windows tell me what is using my USB drive? +6617 How can I tunnel all of my network traffic through SSH? +6618 How to move all files from current directory to upper directory? +6619 Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer? +6620 Change environment variables as standard user +6621 How do I get out my embedded Windows 8+ key from a Linux environment? +6622 Why is serial data transmission faster than parallel? +6623 How can I get control+left arrow to go back one word in iTerm2? +6624 7Zip - Command Line : Exclude folder(s) by wildcard pattern? +6625 Dont add hostkey to known_hosts for SSH +6626 If RAM is cheap, why dont we load everything to RAM and run it from there? +6627 Why does my browser think that https://1.1.1.1 is secure? +6628 How to download video with blob url? +6629 How do you shutdown or restart a Windows computer over a Remote Desktop connection? +6630 How to wget a file with correct name when redirected? +6631 How does Windows know whether it has internet access or if a Wi-Fi connection requires in-browser authentication? +6632 See available drives from Windows CLI? +6633 How can I mass rename files? +6634 How can I create a symbolic link on Windows 10? +6635 Is there a shortcut command in Windows command prompt to get to the current users home directory like there is in Linux? +6636 Disable Narrator shortcut key in Windows +6637 Whats the difference between KeePass / KeePassX / KeePassXC? +6638 Is there a way to move the current window to another desktop without using a mouse in OS X? +6639 How do I turn off Modern UI and get the old Start Menu back in Windows 8? +6640 My PC is not a phone - how do I remove the swipey pre-log in screen from Gnome 3? +6641 Is it possible to download using the Windows command line? +6642 Can I delete the folder C:\WINDOWS\Installer\$PatchCache$? +6643 What is the difference between 4K, UHD and QHD? Do we agree on one official resolution? +6644 Using Windows 7, how can you use multiple mice (to get multiple cursors)? +6645 Windows 10 Enable NTFS long paths policy option missing +6646 How to synchronize the home folder between multiple computers? +6647 Items unpinned from taskbar are back after restart/sign out on Windows 10 +6648 Display the taskbar clock on multiple screens in Windows? +6649 Linux utility for finding the largest files/directories +6650 Which linux filesystem works best with SSD +6651 How can I stop Excel from eating my delicious CSV files and excreting useless data? +6652 SHA256 ssh fingerprint given by the client but only md5 fingerprint known for server +6653 How to run Unix commands from within Vim? +6654 Why is X11 forwarding so inefficient? +6655 Why do damaged hard drives freeze the entire system? +6656 which/whereis differences +6657 What is the power output of a USB port? +6658 How do I remove linebreaks in Notepad++? +6659 How do I join two worksheets in Excel as I would in SQL? +6660 What does /dev/sda in Linux mean? +6661 Why is CBS.log file size 20 GB +6662 How do I unzip a tar gz archive to a specific destination? +6663 Windows Linux Subsystem - Accessing Files outside of Ubuntu +6664 How can I get ffmpeg to convert a .mov to a .gif? +6665 What is the danger of inserting and browsing an untrusted USB drive? +6666 I regularly see gstatic.com in the status bar, what is that domain? +6667 Running DNS locally for home network +6668 How can I add an item to the new context menu? +6669 How do I type Home/End/PageUp/PageDown on a MacBook Pro? +6670 Keyboard shortcut to jump between tabs on OS X Terminal +6671 How to set the default program for opening files without an extension in Windows? +6672 How do I exit a Modern UI app? +6673 Git on Mac: How to set Nano as the default text editor? +6674 Excel: how to undo in current file only? +6675 vim freezes inside tmux +6676 Why does my microSD card have a second row of contacts? +6677 How to tell how many CPUs (cores) you have on Windows 7 +6678 How to install the real Firefox on Debian? +6679 looping through `ls` results in bash shell script +6680 How do I stop the Windows 8 restart clock; 15 minutes and counting...? +6681 Copy entire file system hierarchy from one drive to another +6682 How do you re-install a package with Homebrew (Mac)? +6683 What is Windows equivalent of the which command in Unix? Is there an equivalent PowerShell command? +6684 What is the keyboard shortcut to focus to address bar in Mac Chrome? +6685 Why is Zip able to compress single file smaller than multiple files with the same content? +6686 Tiny copper waffle squares inside computer +6687 Manually closing a port from commandline +6688 How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader? +6689 How to know which fonts are used in selected part of a PDF document +6690 create tar with multiple directories and file locations +6691 Keyboard shortcut to minimize Remote Desktop +6692 What is the exact use of a MAC address? +6693 VirtualBox guest OS accessing local server on host OS +6694 How do I open a blank new file in a split in Vim? +6695 Does bash have a hook that is run before executing a command? +6696 How to turn off Reload alerts? +6697 How to find and remove spicy media files from my PC +6698 How to identify whether my Linux computer was hacked? +6699 How to telnet to an IP address on a specific port? +6700 Windows 10 - How to move window to other monitor by using keyboard shortcuts? +6701 How to upload one file by FTP from command line? +6702 What does the Maximum Frequency number mean in the Windows Resource Monitor? +6703 How can you see the actual hard link by ls? +6704 How to install npm in alpine linux +6705 Unable to install fonts on Windows 10 +6706 How to prevent Windows 10 waking from sleep when traveling in bag? +6707 How do I change my default shell on a AWS instance? +6708 How can I tell how many bits my ssh key is? +6709 Should I defragment my SSD? +6710 How can I determine which process owns a hotkey in Windows? +6711 How do I change the default font of Sticky Notes? +6712 Word heading number blacked out +6713 How to make Outlook Calendar reminders stay on top in Windows 7 +6714 How to delete all files in a directory except some? +6715 Is there a way to show notification from bash script in Ubuntu? +6716 How can I create a file with a specific size from a command line? +6717 Windows Activation FAQ: How do language, version, 64-bit or 32-bit, and source affect ability to install and transfer Windows licenses? +6718 Why shouldn’t I use Unicode characters to simulate typographic styles (such as small caps or script)? +6719 How to check if I have sudo access? +6720 How do I expand all columns in Excel spreadsheet? +6721 Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants? +6722 What is a Pem file and how does it differ from other OpenSSL Generated Key File Formats? +6723 How can I sort du -h output by size +6724 How to determine if a bash variable is empty? +6725 Ping a Specific Port +6726 Can scp copy directories recursively? +6727 How do I deal with a compromised server? +6728 How to automate SSH login with password? +6729 How do you find what process is holding a file open in Windows? +6730 In Nginx, how can I rewrite all http requests to https while maintaining sub-domain? +6731 How do I tell Git for Windows where to find my private RSA key? +6732 ssh returns Bad owner or permissions on ~/.ssh/config +6733 What exactly do the colors in htop status bars mean? +6734 What is the difference between double and single square brackets in bash? +6735 Something is burning in the server room; how can I quickly identify what it is? +6736 How does IPv4 Subnetting Work? +6737 Whats the default superuser username/password for postgres after a new install? +6738 How do you search for backdoors from the previous IT person? +6739 How to run a server on port 80 as a normal user on Linux? +6740 How do I change my private key passphrase? +6741 Anyone else experiencing high rates of Linux server crashes during a leap second day? +6742 How can I get the size of an Amazon S3 bucket? +6743 mysqldump throws: Unknown table COLUMN_STATISTICS in information_schema (1109) +6744 What permissions should my website files/folders have on a Linux webserver? +6745 Displaying a remote SSL certificate details using CLI tools +6746 100% uptime for a web application +6747 How do I get the current Unix time in milliseconds in Bash? +6748 Why is my crontab not working, and how can I troubleshoot it? +6749 Copying a large directory tree locally? cp or rsync? +6750 Showing total progress in rsync: is it possible? +6751 Can I automatically add a new host to known_hosts? +6752 How to bind MySQL server to more than one IP address? +6753 How do I select which Apache MPM to use? +6754 How to send ctrl+alt+del using Remote Desktop? +6755 How can I use environment variables in Nginx.conf +6756 Whats the command-line utility in Windows to do a reverse DNS look-up? +6757 What are the functional differences between .profile .bash_profile and .bashrc +6758 Useful Command-line Commands on Windows +6759 What are the obstacles to providing reliable Internet access and Wi-Fi at large tech conferences? +6760 How to set environment variable in systemd service? +6761 Redirect, Change URLs or Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in Apache - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About mod_rewrite Rules but Were Afraid to Ask +6762 How to assign permissions to ApplicationPoolIdentity account +6763 Can I nohup/screen an already-started process? +6764 Why do I need Nginx and something like Gunicorn? +6765 Ive inherited a rats nest of cabling. What now? +6766 Why is chmod -R 777 / destructive? +6767 Whats the difference between IP address 0.0.0.0 and 127.0.0.1? +6768 Finding out what user Apache is running as? +6769 How to Unban an IP properly with Fail2Ban +6770 Check if port is open or closed on a Linux server? +6771 Is it bad to redirect http to https? +6772 Moving an already-running process to Screen +6773 What’s the point in having “www” in a URL? +6774 What is this very short power cable called? +6775 How can I find out what AD groups Im a member of? +6776 How can I see which flags Nginx was compiled with? +6777 Create a public SSH key from the private key? +6778 How to tell which local branch is tracking which remote branch in Git? +6779 Nginx reverse proxy + URL rewrite +6780 Why does my hostname appear with the address 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts? +6781 Environment variables of a running process on Unix? +6782 Can anyone explain precisely what IOWait is? +6783 How can I run Debian stable but install some packages from testing? +6784 How to force or redirect to SSL in nginx? +6785 Symlink not updating as expected when using an absolute with relative path +6786 How do I share a Git repository with multiple users on a machine? +6787 Whats the best way of handling permissions for Apache 2s user www-data in /var/www? +6788 Permission denied (publickey). SSH from local Ubuntu to Amazon EC2 server +6789 When does `cron.daily` run? +6790 How to see stdout of ansible commands? +6791 Linux command to inspect TXT records of a domain +6792 command for checking Apache configuration +6793 how to download the ssl certificate from a website? +6794 Docker Container time & timezone (will not reflect changes) +6795 Any benefit or detriment from removing a pagefile on an 8 GB RAM machine? +6796 nginx HTTPS serving with same config as HTTP +6797 What is archive mode in rsync? +6798 How to remove an image tag in Docker without removing the image itself? +6799 How to use Lets Encrypt DNS challenge validation? +6800 Do systemd unit files have to be reloaded when modified? +6801 How to include multiple domains in an spf TXT Record +6802 Can you pass user/pass for HTTP Basic Authentication in URL parameters? +6803 Using DD for disk cloning +6804 List all DNS records in a domain using dig? +6805 How do I add Access-Control-Allow-Origin in NGINX? +6806 How to run a command multiple times, using bash shell? +6807 Heartbleed: What is it and what are options to mitigate it? +6808 How do you add a Windows environment variable without rebooting? +6809 How to use rsync over FTP +6810 Setting the hostname: FQDN or short name? +6811 In my /etc/hosts/ file on Linux/OSX, how do I do a wildcard subdomain? +6812 How to check if a library is installed? +6813 How to reply with 200 from Nginx, without serving a file? +6814 Is it normal to get hundreds of break-in attempts per day? +6815 LVM dangers and caveats +6816 How do diff over ssh? +6817 df in linux not showing correct free space after file removal +6818 How do I load a sql.gz file to my database? (importing) +6819 Shell command to monitor changes in a file +6820 How to refresh hosts file without rebooting +6821 How to cd into a directory with this name -2 (starting with the hyphen)? +6822 How to read backward from the end of file in less or more? +6823 Meaning of the buffers/cache line in the output of free +6824 How do I do mount --bind in /etc/fstab? +6825 Physically locating the server +6826 What tool do you use to monitor your servers? +6827 What are the different widely used RAID levels and when should I consider them? +6828 How to setup passwordless `sudo` on Linux? +6829 How can I override CMD when running a docker image? +6830 Kubernetes stuck on ContainerCreating +6831 How to reconnect to a disconnected ssh session +6832 How to create a UUID in bash? +6833 What is a challenge password? +6834 What is the difference between Unix sockets and TCP/IP sockets? +6835 Should I quit using Ifconfig? +6836 Why couldnt MAC addresses be used instead of IPv4|6 for networking? +6837 When does /tmp get cleared? +6838 Good tools that fit on a thumb drive +6839 How do you restart php-fpm? +6840 hosts file ignored, how to troubleshoot? +6841 I am under DDoS. What can I do? +6842 how to disable SSH login with password for some users? +6843 Why is DNS failover not recommended? +6844 Add correct host key in known_hosts / multiple ssh host keys per hostname? +6845 Sudo as different user and running screen +6846 What port does SFTP use? +6847 ssh-agent forwarding and sudo to another user +6848 Possible to change email address in keypair? +6849 What is a glue record? +6850 SSH use only my password, Ignore my ssh key, dont prompt me for a passphrase +6851 What does a + mean at the end of the permissions from ls -l? +6852 Difference between KVM and QEMU +6853 Resolve host name from IP address +6854 How to know from which yum repository a package has been installed? +6855 How do I view the details of a digital certificate .cer file? +6856 How do I prevent accidental rm -rf /*? +6857 How to start/stop/restart launchd services from the command line? +6858 Nginx enable site command +6859 Non interactive git clone (ssh fingerprint prompt) +6860 VirtualBox: How to set up networking so both host and guest can access internet and talk to each other +6861 Whats the difference between authorized_keys and authorized_keys2? +6862 Nginx config reload without downtime +6863 How do I ask apt-get to skip any interactive post-install configuration steps? +6864 How to sleep in a batch file? +6865 How bad is IPv4 address exhaustion really? +6866 What does Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated mean when sshing with -X? +6867 How do I sleep for a millisecond in bash or ksh +6868 Is it possible to detach a process from its terminal? (Or, I should have used screen!) +6869 Check if array is empty in Bash +6870 Are SSD drives as reliable as mechanical drives (2013)? +6871 How to check sshd log? +6872 Run a .bat file in a scheduled task without a window +6873 How do you answer yes for yum install automatically +6874 DNS - NSLOOKUP what is the meaning of the non-authoritative answer? +6875 SSL Certificate Location on UNIX/Linux +6876 How to view all ssl certificates in a bundle? +6877 What does set -e do, and why might it be considered dangerous? +6878 Difference in sites-available vs sites-enabled vs conf.d directories (Nginx)? +6879 How can I read pcap files in a friendly format? +6880 How do I verify the speed of my NIC? +6881 What does Virtual memory size in top mean? +6882 What is the difference between authentication and authorization? +6883 What is the difference between Load Balancer and Reverse Proxy? +6884 What version of RHEL am I using? +6885 How to add dependency on a Windows Service AFTER the service is installed +6886 What is Active Directory Domain Services and how does it work? +6887 What is -bash: !: event not found +6888 How do you validate fstab without rebooting? +6889 Find name of Active Directory domain controller +6890 Disk full, du tells different. How to further investigate? +6891 How to set up Nginx as a caching reverse proxy? +6892 Monday morning mistake: sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / +6893 Command line to list users in a Windows Active Directory group? +6894 Filename length limits on linux? +6895 Top level domain/domain suffix for private network? +6896 Should servers be turned off at night? +6897 How can I upgrade to Java 1.8 on an Amazon Linux Server? +6898 Are networks now faster than disks? +6899 Is there a reason to use an SSL certificate other than Lets Encrypts free SSL? +6900 Keeping a linux process running after I logout +6901 bash: print stderr in red color +6902 Find out symbolic link target via command line +6903 How do I find the UUID of a filesystem +6904 Is there a global, persistent CMD history? +6905 tar - Remove leading directory components on extraction +6906 How do VLANs work? +6907 The Joel Test for system administrator jobs +6908 How to see active connections and current activity in PostgreSQL 8.4 +6909 What useful things can one add to ones .bashrc? +6910 Is my password compromised because I forgot to hit Enter after ssh username? +6911 How do I convert a .cer certificate to .pem? +6912 What port should I open to allow remote desktop? +6913 Whats the best way to check if a volume is mounted in a Bash script? +6914 How to dump a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script? +6915 Sometimes PowerShell stops sending output until I press enter. Why? +6916 Can you help me with my capacity planning? +6917 Why cant a CNAME record be used at the apex (aka root) of a domain? +6918 Is it possible to generate RSA key without pass phrase? +6919 Getting Cannot ioctl TUNSETIFF tun: Operation not permitted when trying to connect to OpenVPN +6920 How do I rename a task in Task Scheduled on Windows Server 2008 R2 +6921 How do you make it obvious you are on a production system? +6922 What causes the Connection Refused message? +6923 How to handle security updates within Docker containers? +6924 Running a cron job manually and immediately +6925 How can I debug a docker container initialization? +6926 Run an interactive bash subshell with initial commands without returning to the (super) shell immediately +6927 Meaning of directories on Unix and Unix like systems +6928 Where to check log of sendmail? +6929 Run Oracle SQL script and exit from sqlplus.exe via command prompt +6930 How do you install Node.JS on CentOS? +6931 FreeBSD performance tuning: Sysctl parameter, loader.conf, kernel +6932 How do I make ssh fail rather than prompt for a password if the public-key authentication fails? +6933 Cheat Sheets for System Administrators? +6934 Whats the meaning of @ in a DNS zone file? +6935 All servers flooded by salt water, is it possible to recover data from multi-platter drives? +6936 How can I verify if TLS 1.2 is supported on a remote web server from the RHEL/CentOS shell? +6937 How do I diff two text files in Windows Powershell? +6938 How to remove the path with an nginx proxy_pass +6939 ssh-keygen does not create RSA private key +6940 FreeBSD: Directory called ^C (really!) - how to remove? +6941 Force dig to resolve without using cache +6942 Can you run Docker natively on the new Windows 10 (Ubuntu) bash userspace? +6943 Amazon EC2 terminology - AMI vs. EBS vs. Snapshot vs. Volume +6944 How can I port forward with iptables? +6945 Does Windows have a built-in ZIP command for the command line? +6946 Cron job for lets encrypt renewal +6947 Wildcard SSL certificate for second-level subdomain +6948 Amazon Cloudfront with S3. Access Denied +6949 Delete Amazon EC2 terminated instance +6950 How to forcibly close a socket in TIME_WAIT? +6951 Why is RAID not a backup? +6952 How to add a timestamp to bash script log? +6953 How can I see Time-To-Live (TTL) for a DNS record? +6954 Certification authority root certificate expiry and renewal +6955 How does IPv6 subnetting work and how does it differ from IPv4 subnetting? +6956 Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you arent a domain admin and cant log into to a domain controller? +6957 How to output variable in nginx log for debugging +6958 Show full process name in top +6959 Job scheduling using crontab, what will happen when computer is shutdown during that time? +6960 How does CTRL-ALT-DEL to log in make Windows more secure? +6961 Engineers are using explosives to remove hard rock outside our office building. What countermeasures should we take? +6962 best way to clear all iptables rules +6963 Make nginx to pass hostname of the upstream when reverseproxying +6964 GRANT SELECT to all tables in postgresql +6965 How do you do load testing and capacity planning for web sites? +6966 Mount CIFS Host is down +6967 Colors in bash after piping through less? +6968 How to remove the installed manually flag and revert to automatically installed with apt-get? +6969 In Windows, using the command line, how do you check if a remote port is open? +6970 Clean way to write complex multi-line string to a variable +6971 How do I auto-start docker containers at system boot? +6972 Rsync difference between --checksum and --ignore-times options +6973 How to change an EC2 instances security group +6974 Why do we use a OS Base Image with Docker if containers have no Guest OS? +6975 What does Apaches Require all granted really do? +6976 How can I figure out my LDAP connection string? +6977 How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies? +6978 How to list Apache enabled modules? +6979 rm on a directory with millions of files +6980 How can I implement ansible with per-host passwords, securely? +6981 How to check if a port is blocked on a Windows machine? +6982 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream +6983 robocopy transfer file and not folder +6984 How do I create a symbolic link in Windows? +6985 how do you create an ssh key for another user? +6986 What is the difference between unicast, anycast, broadcast and multicast traffic? +6987 Prevent duplicate cron jobs running +6988 Switching to IPv6 implies dropping NAT. Is that a good thing? +6989 Can you mount a network switch upside down? +6990 How do you increase a KVM guests disk space? +6991 Is it possible to make Nginx listen to different ports? +6992 How can I monitor hard disk load on Linux? +6993 OpenSSH: Difference between internal-sftp and sftp-server +6994 GIT as a backup tool +6995 How do I get the history of apt-get install on Ubuntu? +6996 Why do consoles sometimes hang forever when SSH connection breaks? +6997 Best practice: Should I always install a fresh OS for new employees? +6998 What is a good SSH server to use on Windows? +6999 Setting expires headers for static content served from nginx +7000 Can I hide all server / os info? +7001 Why does the MySQL command line tool ignore the --port parameter? +7002 Why is Enterprise Storage so expensive? +7003 Linux command line best practices and tips? +7004 How can I kill all stopped jobs? +7005 How to check if an RSA public / private key pair match +7006 How to stop people from using my domain to send spam? +7007 How do I force sync the time on Windows Workstation or Server? +7008 Postfix - how to retry delivery of mail in queue? +7009 How can I tell what version of IIS is installed? +7010 Using wget to recursively download whole FTP directories +7011 Why does x86 represent 32bit when x64 represents 64bit? +7012 How to copy a large number of files quickly between two servers +7013 How to tell if a Linux system is big endian or little endian? +7014 How much network latency is typical for east - west coast USA? +7015 How can I rename an unix user? +7016 Find the location of a systemd unit file service +7017 Multiple SSL domains on the same IP address and same port? +7018 Fighting Spam - What can I do as an: Email Administrator, Domain Owner, or User? +7019 How can the little guys effectively learn and use Puppet? +7020 How to remove empty/blank lines from a file in Unix (including spaces)? +7021 How do I update a CentOS servers time from an authoritative time server? +7022 How to make Windows 7 USB flash install media from Linux? +7023 InnoDB: Error: log file ./ib_logfile0 is of different size +7024 Why does sudo command take long to execute? +7025 Can Mac OS X be run inside Docker? +7026 Nginx 1 FastCGI sent in stderr: “Primary script unknown” +7027 How to restart nginx? +7028 How can I show users privileges in MySQL? +7029 How to copy file preserving directory path in Linux? +7030 How can I automatically change directory on ssh login? +7031 Where can I find data stored by a Windows Service running as Local System Account? +7032 How to install tzdata on a ubuntu docker image? +7033 Why should I firewall servers? +7034 How can a single disk in a hardware SATA RAID-10 array bring the entire array to a screeching halt? +7035 What firewall ports need to be open to allow access to external git repositories? +7036 What ports to open for mail server? +7037 How to re-order windows, change the scroll shortcut, and modify the status bar contents in GNU Screen? +7038 How do I reattach to Ubuntu Servers do-release-upgrade process? +7039 How to determine JAVA_HOME on Debian/Ubuntu? +7040 POSSIBLE BREAK-IN ATTEMPT! in /var/log/secure — what does this mean? +7041 Where does email sent to *@example.com go? +7042 Nginx: How do I forward an HTTP request to another port? +7043 Should I use tap or tun for openvpn? +7044 CentOS vs. Ubuntu +7045 REJECT vs DROP when using iptables +7046 How to run command as user who has /usr/sbin/nologin as Shell? +7047 How to zip/unzip files in Powershell? +7048 Allow SFTP but disallow SSH? +7049 SSH keypair generation: RSA or DSA? +7050 Tell Jenkins to run a specific project on a particular slave node +7051 How do I set the global PATH environment variable on OS X? +7052 Can I create a top level TLD? (.michael for instance) +7053 IPTABLES - Limit rate of a specific incoming IP +7054 Can I have multiple DHCP servers on one network? +7055 Is it possible to alias a hostname in Linux? +7056 Is Ping a reliable way to check if a server is available? +7057 Is there an equivalent of MySQLs SHOW CREATE TABLE in Postgres? +7058 Tips for Securing a LAMP Server +7059 Cooling Server Closet - No A/C Is Possible +7060 Best way to gracefully restart CentOS? +7061 How can I connect to a Windows server using a Command Line Interface? (CLI) +7062 SFTP logging: is there a way? +7063 How to check if Im in screen session? +7064 Postgres equivalent to MySQLs \G? +7065 How to start/stop iptables on Ubuntu? +7066 Windows Server restart / shutdown history +7067 How to display certain lines from a text file in Linux? +7068 How do I find if there is a rogue DHCP server on my Network? +7069 Adding a directory to $PATH in CentOS? +7070 How do I list loaded Linux module parameter values? +7071 Does getting disconnected from an SSH session kill your programs? +7072 How to reload screenrc without restarting screen? +7073 how to create a cron job that runs on the first day of month +7074 How to get pid of just started process +7075 How to test a HTTPS URL with a given IP address +7076 Is X.Y.Z.0 a valid IP address? +7077 Whats the difference between include_tasks and import_tasks? +7078 Does drilling a hole into a hard drive suffice to make its data unrecoverable? +7079 What significance does the user/host at the end of an SSH public key file hold? +7080 Smell of rotten eggs in the server room +7081 How to filter http traffic in Wireshark? +7082 mysqldump to a tar.gz +7083 What type of DNS record is needed to make a subdomain? +7084 Can you have more than one ~/.ssh/config file? +7085 Why does my OpenSSH key fingerprint not match the AWS EC2 console keypair fingerprint? +7086 Is it better practice to buy RAID disks individually vs. in bulk? +7087 Why hasnt rsync caught on in the Windows world? +7088 Send Ctrl-Alt-Del to nested RDP session +7089 How to prevent a user from login in, but allow su - user in Linux? +7090 Should a wildcard SSL certificate secure both the root domain as well as the sub-domains? +7091 How bad is it really to install Linux on one big partition? +7092 Windows server last reboot time +7093 How do I extract login history? +7094 What limits the maximum number of connections on a Linux server? +7095 Boot and Install Windows from a USB thumb drive +7096 How can I prevent the warning No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding? +7097 Differences and dis/advanages between: Fast-CGI, CGI, Mod-PHP, SuPHP, PHP-FPM +7098 What range of MAC addresses can I safely use for my virtual machines? +7099 Should we host our own nameservers? +7100 What sysadmin things should every programmer know? +7101 Transfer 10 TB of files from USA to UK datacenter +7102 nmap find all alive hostnames and IPs in LAN +7103 How to make PuTTY settings persistent? +7104 How to make bash scripts print out every command before it executes? +7105 list all packages from a repository in ubuntu / debian +7106 How do I prevent apache from serving the .git directory? +7107 escaping double quotes and percent signs (%) in cron +7108 Which ports do I need to open in the firewall to use NFS? +7109 What is ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services)? +7110 Is a wildcard CNAME DNS record valid? +7111 How can I export the privileges from MySQL and then import to a new server? +7112 Windows Active Directory naming best practices? +7113 How to add a security group to a running EC2 Instance? +7114 GPG does not have enough entropy +7115 Why cant MX records point to an IP address? +7116 How can one distinguish the host and the port in an IPv6 URL? +7117 In a PowerShell script, how can I check if Im running with administrator privileges? +7118 Disable caching when serving static files with Nginx (for development) +7119 What should I do to make sure that IIS does not recycle my application? +7120 Is there a directory equivalent of /dev/null in Linux? +7121 High load average, low CPU usage - why? +7122 How to fix PuTTY showing garbled characters? +7123 How to send emails and avoid them being classified as spam? +7124 Login without running bash_profile or bashrc +7125 Properly setting up a default nginx server for https +7126 Whats the difference betwen the single dash and double dash flags on shell commands? +7127 How to set default Ansible username/password for SSH connection? +7128 How to disable timeout for nginx? +7129 How to disable everything in crontab -l? +7130 How does try_files work? +7131 How to get the url of the current svn repo? +7132 413 Request Entity Too Large in Nginx with client_max_body_size set +7133 My /var/log/btmp file is huge! What should I do? +7134 List of files installed from apt package +7135 I have a keypair. How do I determine the key length? +7136 How to make a modification take affect without restarting nginx? +7137 How do I do Multihop SCP transfers? +7138 Should I install Linux applications in /var or /opt? +7139 Why dont EC2 ubuntu images have swap? +7140 ssh tunnel refusing connections with channel 2: open failed +7141 In systemd, whats the difference between After= and Requires=? +7142 Ansible: Execute task only when a tag is specified +7143 Whats the reverse DNS command line utility? +7144 Should network hardware be set to autonegotiate speeds or fixed speeds? +7145 Linux - Is there a way to prevent/protect a file from being deleted even by root? +7146 Is it possible to reboot a Linux OS without rebooting the hardware? +7147 How to determine the hostname from an IP address in a Windows network? +7148 Proxy Error 502 Reason: Error reading from remote server with Apache 2.2.3 (Debian) mod_proxy and Jetty 6.1.18 +7149 How can I get processor/RAM/disk specs from the Linux command Line? +7150 How do I make a connection private on Windows Server 2012 R2 +7151 How do I clear Chromes SSL cache? +7152 What is .crt and .key files and how to generate them? +7153 What does this nginx error rewrite or internal redirection cycle mean? +7154 Is there a way to see the execution tree of systemd? +7155 What is anycast and how is it helpful? +7156 Why drop caches in Linux? +7157 Why is TCP accept() performance so bad under Xen? +7158 Postgresql: what does GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE do? +7159 How do I create user accounts from the Terminal in Mac OS X 10.5? +7160 Should CNAME Be Used For Subdomains? +7161 dpkg-reconfigure: unable to re-open stdin: No file or directory +7162 Heartbleed: how to reliably and portably check the OpenSSL version? +7163 How to delete cached temporarily credentials for a network share on a Windows machine without rebooting or logging off +7164 How to recover from Too many Authentication Failures for user root +7165 How to do the port forwarding from one ip to another ip in same network? +7166 an upstream response is buffered to a temporary file +7167 Why do systems generally disable virtualization by default in BIOS settings? +7168 Best system administrator accident +7169 10 servers to administer and Im a history major +7170 How to install/change locale on Debian? +7171 Supervisor not loading new configuration files +7172 Can I send some text to the STDIN of an active process running in a screen session? +7173 nested locations nginx +7174 Do you need separate IPv4 and IPv6 listen directives in nginx? +7175 What happens when you plug two sides of a cable to a single networking device? +7176 Recommended LogParser queries for IIS monitoring? +7177 How long before an s3 bucket can be created with same name after deletion? +7178 How does Ubuntu keep track of the System restart required flag in motd? +7179 How to backup 20+TB of data? +7180 Show all users and their groups/vice versa +7181 What is the maximum port number? +7182 How can I get diff to show only added and deleted lines? If diff cant do it, what tool can? +7183 SSH from A through B to C, using private key on B +7184 Can I make `find` return non-0 when no matching files are found? +7185 What solutions exist to allow the use of revision control for server configuration files? +7186 Whats wrong with always being root? +7187 How does ServerName and ServerAlias work? +7188 create home directories after create users +7189 IIS 7.5 (Windows 7) - HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized +7190 nginx - client request body is buffered to a temporary file +7191 How to let cp command dont fire an error when source file does not exist? +7192 Software vs hardware RAID performance and cache usage +7193 Caching/preloading files on Linux into RAM +7194 How to check what port mysql is running on +7195 Nginx Redirect via Proxy, Rewrite and Preserve URL +7196 How do you free up a port being held open by dead process? +7197 Can IIS be configure to forward request to another web server? +7198 Running Cron every 2 hours +7199 Difference between `curl -I` and `curl -X HEAD` +7200 What Linux distribution is the Amazon Linux AMI based on? +7201 How can I run arbitrarily complex command using sudo over ssh? +7202 How does a team of Systems Administrators share passwords securely? +7203 Why use Chef/Puppet over shell scripts? +7204 How to configure a Windows machine to allow file sharing with a DNS alias +7205 What is this IP address: 169.254.169.254? +7206 For what is the .well-known-folder? +7207 How to sort ps output by process start time? +7208 Dealing with HTTP w00tw00t attacks +7209 Vagrant / VirtualBox DNS 10.0.2.3 not working +7210 What does passing the -xe parameters to /bin/bash do +7211 Hundreds of failed ssh logins +7212 What is the literal escape character in Powershell? +7213 pg_dump and pg_restore: input file does not appear to be a valid archive +7214 How to force nginx to resolve DNS (of a dynamic hostname) everytime when doing proxy_pass? +7215 swap partition vs file for performance? +7216 Making `wget` not save the page +7217 How do I list all connected Salt Stack minions? +7218 Perform rsync while following sym links +7219 How to retrieve the last modification date of all files in a git repository +7220 Is a CNAME to CNAME chain allowed? +7221 Multiple data centers and HTTP traffic: DNS Round Robin is the ONLY way to assure instant fail-over? +7222 Choosing between meaningful and meaningless hostnames +7223 How to extend an ext4 partition and filesystem? +7224 Is there a proper way to clear logs? +7225 Human readable format for http headers with tcpdump +7226 How do I redirect subdomains to a different port on the same server? +7227 Why is there so much fear surrounding LiPo batteries? +7228 What is the difference between \$V_{CC}\$, \$V_{DD}\$, \$V_{EE}\$, \$V_{SS}\$ +7229 Rules and guidelines for drawing good schematics +7230 Choosing power supply, how to get the voltage and current ratings? +7231 Basic Electronics Book +7232 What is it that strips vocals from audio when a 1/8 audio jack is partially unplugged? +7233 Decoupling caps, PCB layout +7234 Good tools for drawing schematics +7235 Why was Mini USB deprecated in favor of Micro USB? +7236 What is a decoupling capacitor and how do I know if I need one? +7237 Whats the difference between a microcontroller and a microprocessor? +7238 Why does USB have 4 lines instead of 3? +7239 USART, UART, RS232, USB, SPI, I2C, TTL, etc. what are all of these and how do they relate to each other? +7240 How much does it cost to have a custom ASIC made? +7241 Is C++ suitable for embedded systems? +7242 How does the current know how much to flow, before having seen the resistor? +7243 What is the reason that the value 47 is so popular in electrical engineering? +7244 Why exactly cant a single resistor be used for many parallel LEDs? +7245 How can I efficiently drive an LED? +7246 Designing a Santa alarm (honestly) +7247 Why does Samsung include useless capacitors? +7248 What measures should I take to protect the USB ports of my PC during development of a USB device? +7249 Tradeoffs when considering SPI or I2C? +7250 Should chassis ground be attached to digital ground? +7251 What’s the proper soldering iron temperature for standard .031 60/40 solder? +7252 Are solder fumes bad for me? +7253 What limits CPU speed? +7254 Why does micro USB 2.0 have 5 pins, when the A-type only has 4? +7255 Why Are Ethernet/RJ45 Sockets Magnetically Coupled? +7256 Best One-Off DIY PCB Creation Technique +7257 Why does a resistor need to be on the anode of an LED? +7258 Are tantalum capacitors safe for use in new designs? +7259 My linear voltage regulator is overheating very fast +7260 Can microcontrollers be run at arbitrarily low clock frequencies? +7261 Measuring feline capacitance +7262 VHDL vs. Verilog +7263 How do I calculate the required value for a pull-up resistor? +7264 What is negative voltage? +7265 Difference between UART and RS-232? +7266 Why does a Tesla car use an AC motor instead of a DC one? +7267 Why are there 3 pins on some batteries? +7268 Whats the best way to store and categorise resistors/capacitors/ICs/etc? +7269 Why are there no 256-bit or 512-bit microprocessors? +7270 What is the difference between Flash memory and EEPROM? +7271 Ceramic caps vs electrolytic. What are the tangible differences in use? +7272 How to get more than 100mA from a USB port +7273 What are the different types of solder used for? +7274 What kind of components are black blobs on a PCB? +7275 How do I prove to my physics teacher that adding a battery in parallel doesnt double the current? +7276 Looking for circuit board material that can be dissolved +7277 What is the difference between a DSP and a standard microcontroller? +7278 Is there a correct resistance value for I2C pull-up resistors? +7279 Where does electricity go after being used? +7280 Relay vs. Transistor? +7281 Can you make a non-polar electrolytic capacitor out of two regular electrolytic capacitors? +7282 Why does smartphone GPS find its position much faster than a GPS module? +7283 How can I tell the size of a barrel power connector? +7284 Batteries. Why use 9V? +7285 Will radar/lidar still work when every car is equipped with them? +7286 What is the relation between FFT length and frequency resolution? +7287 Whats the cheapest way to link a few microcontrollers wirelessly at low speeds over short distances +7288 How many GPS channels make sense? +7289 What type of solder is safest for home (hobbyist) use? +7290 Why are circuitboards traditionally green? +7291 How does a capacitor block DC? +7292 What is forward and reverse voltage when working with diodes? +7293 What exactly is voltage? +7294 How much current can I draw from the Arduinos pins? +7295 When is a MOSFET more appropriate as a switch than a BJT? +7296 Why is there such a strong preference for 45 degree angles in PCB routing? +7297 Crystals, Oscillators, and Resonators. What the difference? +7298 Decoupling capacitors: what size and how many? +7299 What is ground and what does it do? +7300 Why are they called breadboards? +7301 Why did LEDs take so long to appear as light bulbs? +7302 My understanding of RC circuits is broken +7303 Can a bird, previously at earth potential, get electrocuted by landing on a powerline at high-enough voltage due to the initial equalization charge? +7304 How is using a transformer for isolation safer than directly connecting to the power grid? +7305 What is the name of these little plastic things that protect wires from being cut into by the sharp edges of a drilled hole? +7306 How much voltage/current is dangerous? +7307 What happened to electrolytic capacitors in the 21st century? +7308 Push-pull/open drain; pull-up/pull-down +7309 What are the freeware SPICE simulators available? +7310 Why arent FPGAs ubiquitous? +7311 Serbia, Kosovo power grid row delays European clocks. Why? +7312 How can anyone use a microcontroller which has only 384 bytes of program memory? +7313 When to use what transistor +7314 What is Copper Thieving and why use it? +7315 Why on earth are o-scopes earth referenced? +7316 I am a quadriplegic. Would it be possible to power my ventilator humidifier with a battery? +7317 Why is my circuit so incredibly sensitive to electric fluctuation? +7318 Why is kerosene stopping my red LEDs from illuminating? +7319 What do the PCB markings mean? +7320 Relation and difference between Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms +7321 Securing electrical cables to holes in enclosures? +7322 Can a circuit be powered from Earth with a return ground on Mars? +7323 How can we be sure that computers will never accidentally switch a 0 by a 1? +7324 What makes smartphones tilt-sensitive? Will they retain this ability in zero-gravity conditions? +7325 Does mAh measure how long a battery would last? +7326 What kind of glue should I use for PCB-mounted components to avoid vibrations? +7327 How to connect USB Connector shield? +7328 Fan and heatsink - suck or blow? +7329 MOSFET: Why the drain and source are different? +7330 Version control systems for hardware projects? +7331 Can a CPU function with nothing more than a power supply and a ROM, using only the internal cache as RAM? +7332 How does my screen driver handle so much data? +7333 Why are there only four passive elements? +7334 Why do many laptops run on 19 volts? +7335 What is a boot loader, and how would I develop one? +7336 Whats the purpose of two capacitors in parallel? +7337 Can I replace all electrolytic capacitors with ceramic? +7338 Why do electronics have a low temperature limit? +7339 What does the Y capacitor in a SMPS do? +7340 When to avoid using a breadboard +7341 What is impedance? +7342 Whats the use of a decoupling capacitor near a reservoir capacitor? +7343 What are these boxes mounted inline on each of the 3 phase wires of a high voltage power line in Miami? +7344 How do you cut PCB? +7345 How can an FPGA outperform a CPU? +7346 Why cant two series-connected diodes act as a BJT? +7347 How are integrated circuits fabricated? +7348 What exactly fries the chip when you invert power supply? +7349 Why is high input impedance good? +7350 How should I use a multimeter to determine which AA batteries to keep and which to toss? +7351 What is the ideal way to handle data pins D+ and D- on a USB power adapter to be compatible with fast charging on devices? +7352 Why do we need an isolation transformer to connect an oscilloscope? +7353 Why is RAM not put on the CPU chip? +7354 Reasons not to use a 741 op-amp? +7355 Why are there so many relays used in a car, instead of transistors? +7356 Whats so great about ARM? +7357 Difference between latch and flip-flop? +7358 How do I go from arduino breadboard to creating a real device +7359 Why are there teardrops on PCB pads? +7360 Duracell PowerCheck - How Does It Work? +7361 Is this video fake? I thought Tesla coils only worked on AC +7362 How do I saturate an NPN transistor? +7363 Is it true that a SD/MMC Card does wear levelling with its own controller? +7364 Why do some tactile switches have 4 terminals? +7365 Why would one drive LEDs with a common emitter? +7366 What is the practical difference between watts and VA (volt-amps)? +7367 Why am I not dead after repeatedly touching a high-voltage source? +7368 What is this object found on transmission lines? +7369 RTOS for Embedded Systems +7370 In a USB cable, is it OK to swap the D+ and D- wires? +7371 Why are digital oscilloscopes still so expensive? +7372 What does this symbol mean on my Samsung travel adapter? +7373 What is the voltage range of a standard headphone jack from a phone? +7374 How do I identify SMD components? (or how do I identify any component) +7375 How can I get my atmega328 to run for a year on batteries? +7376 How important is impedance matching in audio applications? +7377 Lightning bolt vs. batteries: a coulomb in everyday terms +7378 Fan speed switch: why OFF :: HIGH :: MED :: LOW? +7379 Can I cut an IC? +7380 How to choose a flyback diode for a relay? +7381 Can an Android tablet serve as USB Host and be charged simultaneously through a single port? +7382 How to choose value of resistor in voltage divider? +7383 Why is mains neutral tied to earth? +7384 Why would clipping a wire cause a bomb to explode? +7385 Which products should have FCC certification and about how much does that cost? +7386 Does a dangling wire really electrocute me if Im standing in water? +7387 Why weights on cables between utility poles? +7388 Programming microcontrollers: JTAG, SPI, USB oh my!? +7389 Remove After Washing on Piezo Buzzer +7390 Why is there no `nand` instruction in modern CPUs? +7391 Whats this importance of datasheets? +7392 Does my Arduino-based device need FCC certification? +7393 Amplification before tubes and transistors were invented +7394 Stripboard/veroboard/matrix board design software +7395 Why do we use 32.768 kHz crystals in most circuits? +7396 How can PCB trace have 50 ohm impedance regardless of length and signal frequency? +7397 What kind of components in a computer power supply can explode loudly? +7398 Are LEDs better than we think? +7399 Do I really need resistors when controlling LEDs with Arduino? +7400 When to use pull-down vs. pull-up resistors +7401 How safe is 48V DC? +7402 Why is an Ethernet cable not grounded? +7403 What does 3V3 or 1V8 mean? +7404 What is the latency of an LED? +7405 Why do transformers use so many turns? +7406 How do lasers measure short distances (<1cm) when electronics are too slow for time-of-flight to work? +7407 Personal electronics tool kit +7408 What is the purpose of tiny bumps on LED legs? +7409 What gauge of single strand wire works well with breadboards? +7410 What exactly is a current source? +7411 How to drive a Peltier element? +7412 JTAG vs SWD debugging +7413 What is the usage of Zero Ohm & MiliOhm Resistor? +7414 Whats the third wire on a piezo buzzer? +7415 Triac versus Relay +7416 Is a CAN enabled microcontroller sufficient to drive a CAN bus? +7417 Does pulsing an LED at higher current yield greater apparent brightness? +7418 How to go from a development board to a production board? +7419 Why are USB devices slower than 480 MBit/s +7420 Why does music synthesizer built from chain of astable multivibrator circuits get out-of-tune after a few hours? +7421 Does turning a lighbulb on and off repeatedly use more energy than just leaving it on for hours? +7422 Why use PLC instead of microcontroller? +7423 Complete alternatives to the Arduino IDE? +7424 Why isnt stripping wires by burning with a lighter a more common practice? +7425 Why do you need 2 resistors when hooking up a transistor as a switch +7426 I dont care how a transistor works, how do I get one to work? +7427 Why do some diodes have a glass package? +7428 Why is digital serial transmission used everywhere? i.e. SATA, PCIe, USB +7429 What standard UART rates are there? +7430 230V AC to 5V DC converter, lossless +7431 Can a 12V battery give you a shock or not? +7432 How to make traces on an universal PCB? +7433 Calculating the pulldown resistance for a given MOSFETs gate +7434 Which electronics components should I always have on hand? +7435 Why does more transistors = more processing power? +7436 Why dont we make CPUs with 1000s of layers to make use of space in the third dimension? +7437 Why hasnt my LED burned out by now? +7438 Using volatile in embedded C development +7439 Can a radio transmitter somehow detect the number of receivers in its area? +7440 Why is the voltage measurement of this circuit different when the switch is on? +7441 What should a contract Electrical Engineer deliver once a project is complete? +7442 Why arent decoupling caps built into the IC or IC package? +7443 How do I measure a negative voltage with a ADC? +7444 When a battery is your power source, what is ground? +7445 Is a current-limiting resistor required for LEDs if the forward voltage and supply voltage are equal? +7446 How can a CPU deliver more than one instruction per cycle? +7447 Why three-phase power? Why not a higher number of phases? +7448 Why are copper cables round? +7449 Why do 1 pF capacitors exist? +7450 Loud pop noise while plugging to a headphones jack +7451 How to go from newbie to manufactured? +7452 Why do fire and security systems run at 27.6 V? +7453 What is a good microcontroller for Ethernet applications? +7454 What are the differences between a gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer? +7455 Why dont microcontrollers generally have on-chip DACs? +7456 What do solid/striped lines on a wire indicate? +7457 MOSFET as a Switch - When is it in Saturation? +7458 Standard PCB trace widths? +7459 Maximum I2C Bus Length? +7460 STM32 Understanding GPIO Settings +7461 Cheapest FPGAs? +7462 Why dont we use wireless electricity today? +7463 Solid ground-plane vs Hatched ground-plane +7464 Why are vias placed this way on a PCB? +7465 Why does TI have so many microcontrollers? +7466 Why arent headphone jack shaped plugs used for data? +7467 Whats the reason to make power supplies external? +7468 Microcontroller shelf life +7469 How to choose a MCU platform? +7470 Why dont electrons take the shorter path in coils? +7471 What is wrong with my 50 Ω grounded coplanar waveguide? +7472 How do you simulate voltage noise with LTSpice? +7473 Noise and what does V/√Hz actually mean? +7474 Is the neutral wire considered safe? +7475 Is there a technical reason why most touch screens use glass rather than plastic? +7476 Software for workshop - electronic components stock management +7477 Can we build capacitors on a PCB board? +7478 How were the first microprocessors programmed? +7479 How do I measure 10,000 A DC? +7480 Why do fundamental circuit laws break down at high frequency AC? +7481 Why does hot plugging blow stuff up, and how to prevent it? +7482 Why aren’t the main conductors in this underground power cable made from copper? +7483 Why is there a diode connected in parallel to a relay coil? +7484 Easy way to figure out a LEDs Vf in order to pick an appropriate resistor +7485 Why use capacitors? +7486 Why is AVR used in Arduino? +7487 When would I use a voltage regulator vs voltage divider? +7488 Why are things like RESET/MCLR active low on most ICs? +7489 What are low cost circuit and PCB design software? +7490 Why does an antenna trace have this shape? +7491 How do you document your hardware design decisions? +7492 What are the advantages of this gold finger shape? +7493 Basic transistor questions +7494 How can I tell charge-only USB cables from USB data cables? +7495 What would happen if I connect two different DC voltage sources in parallel? +7496 Is Bluetooth Communication Possible Without Pairing? +7497 What is the ppm in the crystal oscillator? +7498 How can I implement regenerative braking of a DC motor? +7499 How to resolve I2C address clashes? +7500 Competing PCB Crystal layout recommendations +7501 The best stack-up possible with a four-layer PCB? +7502 Why would an op-amp use BJTs over MOSFETs? +7503 How is ASIC design different from FPGA HDL synthesis? +7504 Why are NAND gates used to make AND gates in computers? +7505 Why do CRTs have 3 electron guns? +7506 Am I insane to question that only with a closed path can electrons move? +7507 Whats special about 14.31818 MHz? +7508 What tools, equipment, and techniques do you use to solder fine-pitch SMT parts? +7509 Minimum operating temperature - Outer Space? +7510 Why do we connect a battery to ground when jumping a car? +7511 What is input and output impedance of an opamp? +7512 Step up 3.3V to 5V for digital I/O +7513 Switching DC with MOSFET: p-Channel or n-Channel; Low Side Load or High Side Load? +7514 CMSIS vs HAL vs Standard Peripherals Library +7515 Is paralleling diodes a bad idea? +7516 Why are relays so frequently driven by optocouplers? +7517 Why are car batteries still so heavy? +7518 How can cache be that fast? +7519 Why isnt there a potential difference across a disconnected diode? +7520 Why do 7 segment LED displays break apart when I brush my teeth? +7521 What do you need 1.018V for? +7522 How can I use a 12 V input on a digital Arduino pin? +7523 When to use Capacitors? +7524 New eagle library: reuse standard package & symbol +7525 What is the truth about 1.5 V lithium cells? +7526 Smallest AES implementation for microcontrollers? +7527 What is electrical insulation tape officially for? +7528 Why do CPUs need so much current? +7529 For a lower voltage drop one could use Schottky diodes, but what are the disadvantages of Schottkys? +7530 Why do ICs have NC (No Connection or No Function) pins? +7531 Why does hardware division take much longer than multiplication? +7532 Can an FPGA design be mostly (or completely) asynchronous? +7533 Why wiggle nearby tracks on a PCB? +7534 What is the smallest and simplest seed for a random number generator? +7535 Whats radiating on my PCB? +7536 What is the failure mode of a solar panel? +7537 Is there a dual of the transformer? +7538 How to connect multiple i2c-interface devices into a single pin A4 (SDA) and A5 (SCL) on Arduino? +7539 At what voltage is a NiMH battery empty? +7540 What sensor to choose to track human presence indoors? +7541 How to list all installed packages +7542 How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? +7543 How can PPAs be removed? +7544 How do I install a .deb file via the command line? +7545 The following packages have been kept back: Why and how do I solve it? +7546 Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it? +7547 How do I save terminal output to a file? +7548 How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a different directory using terminal? +7549 How can I use docker without sudo? +7550 What command do I need to unzip/extract a .tar.gz file? +7551 Is there a command to list all users? Also to add, delete, modify users, in the terminal? +7552 Where is the cron / crontab log? +7553 How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the command line? +7554 How to get bash or ssh into a running container in background mode? +7555 How to upgrade a single package using apt-get? +7556 How do I uncompress a tarball that uses .xz? +7557 How can I update my nodeJS to the latest version? +7558 How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? +7559 How can I add a user as a new sudoer using the command line? +7560 How to enable or disable services? +7561 Error message sudo: unable to resolve host (none) +7562 How to add a directory to the PATH? +7563 Find and replace text within a file using commands +7564 How to keep processes running after ending ssh session? +7565 How to install updates via command line? +7566 How to extract files to another directory using tar command? +7567 How do you monitor the progress of dd? +7568 How to add existing user to an existing group? +7569 How do I search for available packages from the command-line? +7570 Command for determining my public IP? +7571 How do I reset a lost administrative password? +7572 How do I remove old kernel versions to clean up the boot menu? +7573 How can I recursively delete all files of a specific extension in the current directory? +7574 How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? +7575 What Application Indicators are available? +7576 How to increment a variable in bash? +7577 How do I rename a directory via the command line? +7578 What should I do when Ubuntu freezes? +7579 What is the correct way to completely remove an application? +7580 Change folder permissions and ownership +7581 How do I find the amount of free space on my hard drive? +7582 How to run scripts on start up? +7583 What is the difference between apt and apt-get? +7584 What does sudo apt-get update do? +7585 How do I get the CPU temperature? +7586 How can I extract a page range / a part of a PDF? +7587 How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA? +7588 How to check Internet Speed via Terminal? +7589 Why crontab scripts are not working? +7590 How do I find the package that provides a file? +7591 How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file? +7592 How do I set up a Cron job? +7593 How do I free up more space in /boot? +7594 How can I record my screen? +7595 How to create a soft or symbolic link? +7596 How can I install Sun/Oracles proprietary Java JDK 6/7/8 or JRE? +7597 How do I install Ubuntu alongside a pre-installed Windows with UEFI? +7598 Unity doesnt load, no Launcher, no Dash appears +7599 How can I reduce the file size of a scanned PDF file? +7600 How do I fix my locale issue? +7601 How to install Google Chrome +7602 Which one is better: using ; or && to execute multiple commands in one line? +7603 How do I add environment variables? +7604 What is the difference between adduser and useradd? +7605 Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop +7606 How can I decode a base64 string from the command line? +7607 How to redirect stderr to a file +7608 How do I check which shell I am using? +7609 How do I check if I have a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS? +7610 How to create animated GIF images of a screencast? +7611 How to make python program command execute Python 3? +7612 How do I change the hostname without a restart? +7613 How do I check the version of Ubuntu I am running? +7614 What are PPAs and how do I use them? +7615 What are Unitys keyboard and mouse shortcuts? +7616 What is the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link? +7617 How do I retrieve the public key from a SSH private key? +7618 How can I create a Windows bootable USB stick using Ubuntu? +7619 How do I install Guest Additions in a VirtualBox VM? +7620 How to display network traffic in the terminal? +7621 My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? +7622 Where is the Ubuntu file system root directory in Windows Subsystem for Linux and vice versa? +7623 How do I get a list of installed files from a package? +7624 What is the difference between apt-get update and upgrade? +7625 Apache error Could not reliably determine the servers fully qualified domain name +7626 What is dist-upgrade and why does it upgrade more than upgrade? +7627 How do I modify or disable the HUDs use of the Alt key? +7628 How do I install Sublime Text 2/3? +7629 How do I report a bug? +7630 How to list all enabled services from systemctl? +7631 How do I create a permanent Bash alias? +7632 How to merge several PDF files? +7633 How to really clear the terminal? +7634 How to prevent updating of a specific package? +7635 How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? +7636 How to convert PDF to image? +7637 How do I fix the GPG error NO_PUBKEY? +7638 How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand? +7639 What does cp: omitting directory mean? +7640 How to let `dpkg -i` install dependencies for me? +7641 How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal? +7642 How to show the transfer progress and speed when copying files with cp? +7643 How to know what program is listening on a given port? +7644 How can I get octal file permissions from command line? +7645 How to see the command attached to a bash alias? +7646 How do I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu? +7647 How to list all variables names and their current values? +7648 Mount error: unknown filesystem type exfat +7649 How to use grep command to find text including subdirectories +7650 How do I use variables in a sed command? +7651 What do the different colors mean in ls? +7652 How can I suspend/hibernate from command line? +7653 Trouble downloading packages list due to a Hash sum mismatch error +7654 How to enable hibernation? +7655 How do I install Python 3.6 using apt-get? +7656 How do I run .sh scripts? +7657 How can I break out of ssh when it locks? +7658 How to force a clock update using ntp? +7659 Easiest way to copy ssh keys to another machine? +7660 What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available? +7661 How do I configure swappiness? +7662 How to check hard disk performance +7663 How to empty swap if there is free RAM? +7664 How do I disable mouse magnet on middle edge with multi monitors? +7665 How do I change my username? +7666 How to select video quality from youtube-dl? +7667 How can I deactivate Bluetooth on system startup? +7668 How do I start applications automatically on login? +7669 Execute sudo without Password? +7670 How do I turn on workspaces? (Why do I only have one workspace?) +7671 How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) +7672 How do I change the GRUB boot order? +7673 How can I tell Ubuntu to do nothing when I close my laptop lid? +7674 How do I check the batterys status via the terminal? +7675 Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers +7676 How can I install just security updates from the command line? +7677 How to remove all files from a directory? +7678 What is the whoopsie process and how can I remove it? +7679 How to downgrade a package via apt-get? +7680 How do I fix a Problem with MergeList or status file could not be parsed error when trying to do an update? +7681 How can I accept the Microsoft EULA agreement for ttf-mscorefonts-installer? +7682 How do I move all files from one folder to another using the command line? +7683 How to download an MP3 track from a YouTube video +7684 Clock time is off on dual boot +7685 Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation +7686 How to download a file from a website via terminal? +7687 Differences between /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin +7688 How to install specific version of some package? +7689 Is it possible to remove a particular host key from SSHs known_hosts file? +7690 How to get to the GRUB menu at boot-time? +7691 What is the difference between #!/bin/sh and #!/bin/bash? +7692 Why use apt-get upgrade instead of apt-get dist-upgrade? +7693 How to show line numbering in nano when opening a file +7694 How to make a file (e.g. a .sh script) executable, so it can be run from a terminal +7695 Getting System program problem detected pops up regularly after upgrade +7696 How can I uncompress a *.7z file? +7697 What does 2>/dev/null mean? +7698 How can I improve Ubuntu overall system performance? +7699 How to set JAVA_HOME for Java? +7700 How do I change the computer name? +7701 How is the /tmp directory cleaned up? +7702 What is an AppImage? How do I install it? +7703 How to prevent Write Failed: broken pipe on SSH connection? +7704 How can I stop being prompted to unlock the default keyring on boot? +7705 Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module” .... but already installed +7706 Comparison of backup tools +7707 How can I see all versions of a package that are available in the archive? +7708 How do I install fonts? +7709 Is there a program like Microsoft Paint? +7710 How can I view the contents of tar.gz file without extracting from the command-line? +7711 Run a shell script as another user that has no password +7712 Command-line to list DNS servers used by my system +7713 How can I change the date modified/created of a file? +7714 How can I check the available version of a package in the repositories? +7715 How to check if a command succeeded? +7716 How to see time stamps in bash history? +7717 Convert a directory of JPEG files to a single PDF document +7718 Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some red flags to watch out for? +7719 Dwarf Fortress starting during apt-get upgrade +7720 How to install OpenJDK 8 on 14.04 LTS? +7721 How do I install a root certificate? +7722 How to clear bash history completely? +7723 How to format a USB flash drive? +7724 How can I resize an ext root partition at runtime? +7725 Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages +7726 Boot drops to a (initramfs) prompts/busybox +7727 fsck error on boot: /dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY +7728 How to disable strict host key checking in ssh? +7729 How to backup settings and list of installed packages +7730 How can I monitor the memory usage? +7731 How can I empty the trash using terminal? +7732 sudo su - vs sudo -i vs sudo /bin/bash - when does it matter which is used, or does it matter at all? +7733 How do I increase the hard disk size of the virtual machine? +7734 How can I get a list of all repositories and PPAs from the command line into an install script? +7735 How do I view all available HDDs/partitions? +7736 Why did the command :(){ :|: & };: make my system lag so badly I had to reboot? +7737 How can I configure Unity? +7738 How to easily resize images via command-line? +7739 I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap? +7740 What is the safest way to clean up /boot partition? +7741 Is FFmpeg missing from the official repositories in 14.04? +7742 How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists? +7743 How do I check the SHA1 hash of a file? +7744 How do I find out my motherboard model? +7745 Change password on root user and user account +7746 Where is the user crontab stored? +7747 How to fix The system is running in low-graphics mode error? +7748 How to restart X Window Server from command line? +7749 How can I tell, from the command line, whether the machine requires a reboot? +7750 Reset the password in Ubuntu / Linux Bash in Windows +7751 How to access a usb flash drive from the terminal? +7752 How do you restart Apache? +7753 How can I configure a service to run at startup +7754 How can I set up password-less SSH login? +7755 How to use manual partitioning during installation? +7756 How can I create launchers on my desktop? +7757 Unable to locate package while trying to install packages with APT +7758 How do I find the kernel version, Ubuntu release and disk partition information from the terminal? +7759 How do I find out the model of my graphics card? +7760 How do I remove an alias? +7761 How do I zip up a folder but exclude the .git subfolder +7762 How to install specific Ubuntu packages, with exact version? +7763 How can you log out via the terminal? +7764 What software can I use to view epub documents? +7765 How to restart the networking service? +7766 How do I find my internal ip address? +7767 How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)? +7768 How to list dependent packages (reverse dependencies)? +7769 How do I make rsync delete files that have been deleted from the source folder? +7770 Simple image editor? +7771 How to modify an invalid /etc/sudoers file? +7772 How to add Open terminal here to Nautilus context menu? +7773 Run adduser non-interactively +7774 What is the difference between Terminal, Console, Shell, and Command Line? +7775 (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output) error in the syslog +7776 ssh: automatically accept keys +7777 How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash or disable the feature? +7778 Where are the Apache and PHP log files? +7779 How can I create a zip archive of a whole directory via terminal without hidden files? +7780 How can I adjust the mouse scroll speed? +7781 What is the difference between Redirection and Pipe? +7782 How do I remap certain keys or devices? +7783 How do I check if a package is installed on my server? +7784 What is a process, and why doesnt it get killed? +7785 How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader? +7786 Hitting arrow keys adds characters in vi editor +7787 How can I install Windows after Ive installed Ubuntu? +7788 How to change time-zone settings from the command line +7789 How to get the GPU info? +7790 How to run sudo command with no password? +7791 Error sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found +7792 How can I uninstall software? +7793 What is LVM and what is it used for? +7794 cant login as mysql user root from normal user account in ubuntu 16.04 +7795 Why is No new release found when upgrading from a LTS to the next? +7796 How to SSH on a port other than 22 +7797 How do I install .run files? +7798 Where are sudos insults stored? +7799 How do I start/stop mysql server? +7800 Can I move the Unity launcher? +7801 Where are MTP mounted devices located in the filesystem? +7802 How do I find out which process is eating up my bandwidth? +7803 How do I check my version of GNOME-Shell? +7804 How to unzip .tgz file using the terminal? +7805 How to choose the default gcc and g++ version? +7806 How can I securely erase a hard drive? +7807 How can I find my User ID (UID) from terminal? +7808 Ubuntu 16.04 ssh: sign_and_send_pubkey: signing failed: agent refused operation +7809 Whats a command line way to find large files/directories to remove and free up space? +7810 How can I highlight or annotate PDFs? +7811 vi shortcut to delete until the next X character +7812 Why is swap being used even though I have plenty of free RAM? +7813 Customizing tray/taskbar date display in Ubuntu with GNOME 3 +7814 How to send mail from the command line? +7815 Generating list of manually installed packages and querying individual packages +7816 How do I search my command-line history for commands I used before? +7817 How to pin Eclipse to the Unity launcher? +7818 How can I update all Snap packages? +7819 What is hardware enablement (HWE)? +7820 What is the difference between /etc/init/ and /etc/init.d/? +7821 Flash video appears blue +7822 How to burn a Windows .iso to a USB device? +7823 How do I disable X at boot time so that the system boots in text mode? +7824 How do I run specific sudo commands without a password? +7825 What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`? +7826 How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop? +7827 Difference between systemctl and service commands +7828 How to understand the Ubuntu file system layout? +7829 Is there another way to restart the sound system if pulseaudio/ALSA dont work? +7830 How to disable the touchpad? +7831 Find a file by name using command-line +7832 When installing user applications, where do best practices suggest they be located? +7833 How do I clear the DNS cache? +7834 How to make partitions mount at startup? +7835 Trouble with batch conversion of .png to .pdf using convert +7836 How can you completely remove a package? +7837 Screen Resolution Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and VirtualBox +7838 How to uninstall a .deb package? +7839 Cant format Ubuntu installation stick +7840 Terminal incognito mode? +7841 Any way to check the clock speed of my processor? +7842 How to make ZSH the default shell? +7843 Whats the difference between Google Chrome and/or Chromium? What are the advantages/disadvantages to each? +7844 How to rename a file in Terminal? +7845 Do I need to have antivirus software installed? +7846 How do you run Ubuntu Server with a GUI? +7847 How to get the MD5 hash of a string directly in the terminal? +7848 How do I configure a new Ubuntu installation to accept ssh connections? +7849 How to Edit PDFs? +7850 How to control fan speed? +7851 How do I install different (upgrade or downgrade) PHP version in still supported Ubuntu release? +7852 No such file or directory? But the file exists! +7853 What PDF viewers are available for Ubuntu? +7854 How do I add SSH Keys to authorized_keys file? +7855 Is it okay to delete the ~/.cache folder? +7856 How do I diff the output of two commands? +7857 How do I set the grub timeout and the grub default boot entry? +7858 How do I add a DNS server via resolv.conf? +7859 SSH connection problem with Host key verification failed... error +7860 Give specific user permission to write to a folder using +w notation +7861 How do I change the color for directories with ls in the console? +7862 How can I fix apt error W: Target Packages ... is configured multiple times? +7863 How can I find what video driver is in use on my system? +7864 Any way to search for text within nano? +7865 How to determine which window manager is running +7866 Skipping acquire of configured file main/binary-i386/Packages as repository xxx doesnt support architecture i386 +7867 How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed? +7868 How do I enable or disable Apport? +7869 How to create an empty file from command line +7870 How to open a PDF file from terminal? +7871 How do I provide a username and password to wget? +7872 mv: Directory not empty +7873 How do I install the Firefox Developer Edition? +7874 How to delete file(s) in secure manner? +7875 Why do I get wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock error? +7876 How do I uninstall MySQL? +7877 What is the difference between Vi and Vim? +7878 Installed Teamviewer using a 64-bit system, but I get a dependency error +7879 How to copy paste contents in the vi editor +7880 How to create a permanent alias? +7881 Why doesnt `sudo cd /var/named` work? +7882 How do I stop Apache2 from automatically starting on boot? +7883 Setting timezone from terminal +7884 How to install the latest versions of NodeJS and NPM? +7885 Is there a GUI client for Git? +7886 How to list all symbolic links in a directory +7887 How can I retrospectively create a default home directory for an existing user in terminal? +7888 How to exclude multiple directories with rsync? +7889 How do I find out which repository a package comes from? +7890 How to open file with default application from command line? +7891 How to show only hidden files in Terminal? +7892 What do the STAT column values in ps mean? +7893 What are the meta, super, and hyper keys? +7894 How to change tooltip background color in Unity? +7895 How do I add a user to the sudo group? +7896 How do I add locale to ubuntu server? +7897 How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow? +7898 Avoiding user interaction with tzdata when installing certbot in a docker container +7899 How do I enable the Universe repository? +7900 What is umask and how does it work? +7901 How do I enable syntax highlighting in nano? +7902 How to increase swap space? +7903 tracker-store and tracker-miner-fs eating up my CPU on every startup +7904 How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD? +7905 Force alt + tab to switch only on current workspace in GNOME shell +7906 How can I make my shell prompt look like a cheeseburger? +7907 How can I get apt to use a mirror close to me, or choose a faster mirror? +7908 Why is Wayland better? +7909 Annoying flickering in 16.04 LTS - Chrome +7910 How to split larger files into smaller parts? +7911 Whats the difference between <<, <<< and < < in bash? +7912 How to make Gimp run as a single window? +7913 Extracting embedded images from a PDF +7914 How do you test the network speed between two boxes? +7915 Why is it bad to log in as root? +7916 Why is Ubuntu moving to Snap packages? +7917 How do I download a YouTube video? +7918 Why ~/.bash_profile is not getting sourced when opening a terminal? +7919 How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? +7920 How to access a shared folder in VirtualBox? +7921 What is the Linux equivalent to Windows Program Files? +7922 How do I free up disk space? +7923 How to install Oracle Java on Ubuntu 14.04? +7924 How to install Eclipse? +7925 Is it possible to get a list of most recently installed packages? +7926 Can I make Tab auto-completion case-insensitive in Bash? +7927 How can I shorten my command line (bash) prompt? +7928 How do I install curl in php5? +7929 How can I see what ports are open on my machine? +7930 How do I scan for viruses with ClamAV? +7931 How to resize an image through the terminal? +7932 Traditional search-as-you-type on newer Nautilus versions +7933 How to make a disk image and restore from it later? +7934 How do you reset a USB device from the command line? +7935 Automatically enter input in command line +7936 How do I copy files that need root access with scp? +7937 How to add programs to the Unity Launcher or Ubuntu Dock? +7938 How can I measure the execution time of a terminal process? +7939 What to use to quickly cut Audio/Video +7940 How do I remount a filesystem as read/write? +7941 How do I compress a directory? +7942 What is the command to run System Settings from a terminal? +7943 How do I make my terminal display graphical pictures? +7944 How do I add a kernel boot parameter? +7945 Detect and mount devices +7946 How do I kill processes in Ubuntu? +7947 How to mount an ISO file? +7948 How to read and write HFS+ journaled external HDD in Ubuntu without access to OS X? +7949 Why does (base) appear in front of my terminal prompt? +7950 How to install and configure Wine? +7951 How to change Gnome-Terminal title? +7952 Is there a Google Drive client available? +7953 SSH Permission denied (publickey) +7954 Difference between the i386 download and the amd64? +7955 How do I make my systemd service run via specific user and start on boot? +7956 How to enable TRIM? +7957 Is aptitude still considered superior to apt-get? +7958 Aliases not available when using sudo +7959 Find the correct php.ini file +7960 What is the best way to uninstall nginx +7961 How do I detach a screen session from a terminal? +7962 How to create an animated GIF from MP4 video via command line? +7963 How to fix sudo: unable to open ... Read-only file system? +7964 How to uninstall LibreOffice? +7965 How can I restart pulseaudio without having to logout? +7966 How to fix W: Duplicate sources.list entry? +7967 Why am I getting authentication errors for packages from an Ubuntu repository? +7968 How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity? +7969 How to restart nautilus without logging out? +7970 Keyboard locks in IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu 14.04 +7971 Why is a virtual terminal virtual, and what/why/where is the real terminal? +7972 How to change LCD brightness from command line (or via script)? +7973 How to find the number of CPU cores including virtual? +7974 How do I show the git branch with colours in Bash prompt? +7975 Bash history search, partial + up-arrow +7976 How to install Chrome browser properly via command line? +7977 How do I include lines in resolv.conf that wont get lost on reboot? +7978 What is the simplest Debian Packaging Guide? +7979 How to extract a zip file to a specific folder? +7980 Running a .desktop file in the terminal +7981 How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www? +7982 Disable auto-opening nautilus window after auto-mount +7983 Can I directly download audio using youtube-dl? +7984 Is there any Sound enhancers/equalizer? +7985 How to remove symbolic link +7986 How can I make a script that opens terminal windows and executes commands in them? +7987 How do I change fonts and adjust their size? +7988 How do I install Ubuntu to a USB key? (without using Startup Disk Creator) +7989 How do I get and modify the source code of packages installed through apt-get? +7990 How to check RAM size? +7991 Missing System Settings after removing some packages +7992 How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu? +7993 How to download playlist to mp3 format with youtube-dl? +7994 Parsing filters unsupported error during extraction of RAR file +7995 What is difference between the options autoclean, autoremove and clean? +7996 Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter? +7997 What lenses for Unity are available? +7998 Is there an easy way to rearrange or move the icons in the Unity launcher? +7999 keyboard shortcut to switch between windows within an application +8000 How do I install the latest Python 2.7.X or 3.X on Ubuntu? +8001 Graphics issues after/while installing Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 with NVIDIA graphics +8002 How to move multiple files at once to a specific destination directory? +8003 How do I install Java? +8004 Find number of files in folder and sub folders? +8005 How do I open a text file in my terminal? +8006 How to connect to WiFi from the command line? +8007 If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely? +8008 Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks +8009 Why doesnt this show the hidden files/folders? +8010 How do I disable the guest session? +8011 How do I add swap after system installation? +8012 How do I reset my Unity configuration? +8013 How can I remove gpg key that I added using apt-key add -? +8014 How to find owner and group of a directory? +8015 Comparing the contents of two directories +8016 How can I install and use powerline plugin? +8017 How to completely uninstall Java? +8018 How do I install a different Python version using apt-get? +8019 What Debian version are the different Ubuntu versions based on? +8020 I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into? +8021 Why does my cat keep patting my face? +8022 How should I discipline my cat for bad behavior? +8023 How can I fix my relationship with my 7 month old cat after Ive constantly abused her the past month? +8024 How much purring is too much purring? +8025 What is this street cat asking for, with continuous meowing? +8026 Can cats safely eat raw meat? +8027 Who should win at tug of war? +8028 Overly friendly stray cat wants to come in our house +8029 What causes a dog to lunge at an unknown child and how should the owner respond? +8030 Is this normal first day home behavior for my kitten, or should I be concerned? +8031 Does purring tire cats? +8032 How do I apologise to my cat? +8033 Is blinking slowly at cats a way to tell them that you love them? +8034 How do I give a cat a pill? +8035 How to introduce my aggressive dog to other canines? +8036 My cat is not eating or drinking anything after the death of the fellow cat +8037 Why does my cat put toys in my shoes? +8038 Can I rename a dog I get from a shelter? +8039 How can we find a dog to test drive? +8040 What to feed kittens that are only a few weeks old? (Their mother died) +8041 Why do cats lick plastic bags, and is there any harm in it? +8042 Cat is tipping over bed-side lamps during the night +8043 Is it ok to pick my adult cat up by the scruff of the neck? +8044 How do I get my cat to wear a tuxedo for several hours? +8045 My cat gets angry and scared at me if I stand +8046 How to prevent my dog from barking constantly when I am not at home? +8047 Why do dogs eat grass? +8048 Can my dog get sick from my human illness? +8049 Cat meows for wet food in morning despite dry food being available +8050 Putting a cat into a carrier +8051 How can I help my obese cat lose weight? +8052 How long is a cats memory? +8053 How can I gain back my dogs trust after accidentally kicking him? +8054 Can I feed my cat whenever she wants? +8055 My cat demands a lot of attention +8056 When is declawing a viable option for cats? +8057 Does neutering have any negative effect on the health of a dog? +8058 How do you safely evacuate with cats? +8059 What can I do to ease my dogs fear of loud noises? +8060 How can I stop my cat from eating too fast and throwing up? +8061 How to let an indoor cat have some outdoors time safely? +8062 How do I keep a cat out of my Christmas tree? +8063 How do I discourage my cat from biting? +8064 How to keep my cat stress free during periods of constant 90dB+ sound? +8065 What to do when moving next to a bird sanctuary with a loosely-domesticated cat? +8066 I cant afford vet treatment, what are my options? +8067 How do I introduce our dog to a brand new baby +8068 Is dry food better for pets’ teeth? +8069 How can I stop my dogs from scooting / dragging their butts? +8070 Why does my cat bring me her toy? +8071 My cat seems to dislike the idea of a morning walk. Should I continue? +8072 Can I make a baby wild rabbit a pet? +8073 Is it okay to feed my cats canned tuna? +8074 What happens if cats drink coffee? +8075 How can I measure the weight of my cat? +8076 Active wildlife outside the window- Good or Bad for Cat psychology? +8077 Recommendations for introducing kittens to adult cats +8078 How can I prevent my cat from extending his claws when being petted? +8079 Why does my cat like licking my armpits? +8080 How can stop my adult cat from urinating in inappropriate places? +8081 How can I keep my cat from climbing on my desk? +8082 Why is iceberg lettuce bad for rabbits? +8083 How can I safely pick up a garden snail? +8084 When leaving my dog alone is it better to leave some lights on or all off? +8085 Why does my cat wash her paws in her water? +8086 How can I free a snake from duct tape? +8087 How can I train a dog to behave with a cat? +8088 How to train a dog to poo in a particular part of the garden? +8089 Are there health risks to leaving a dead fish in the aquarium? +8090 How deep should I bury my pet (should I rebury)? +8091 How can I tell if my cat is happy? +8092 What forms of body language can be identified in snake behaviour? +8093 What is required to house break a rabbit? +8094 Why is my dog eating poop? +8095 Do dogs commit suicide? +8096 Can I feed my cat a vegetarian or vegan diet? +8097 Do invisible fences pose long term health risks to dogs? +8098 My friend is allergic to only some of my cats; why is that (and how do I mitigate for future cats)? +8099 How do you clean poop out of a long hair cats fur? +8100 How long can a healthy cat go without food? +8101 What is the optimal age to neuter a male dog? +8102 Is it okay for an elderly cat to be sleeping in the litterbox? +8103 Is it ok to adopt a kitten if you have a murderous cat? +8104 One month old puppy pacing in circles and crying +8105 How can I know if my cat is in pain? +8106 How often is too often to bathe a dog? +8107 How can we prevent our cats from scratching on our chair? +8108 How to deal with excluding my son from the favourite activity of his peers? +8109 How to prevent my child from being indoctrinated with Christianity? +8110 Teenage daughter refusing to go to school +8111 The teacher erased 3 pages of my 5 year olds completed homework +8112 My 3 year old daughter thinks she is white. Should I tell her shes not? +8113 What can I as a teenager do about my insanely strict parents? +8114 Should I punish my teenage sister, whom I have full custody of, for lying to me in order to secretly see her boyfriend? +8115 My girlfriend has mentioned disowning her 14 y/o transgender daughter +8116 I am 21 and I am terrified beyond belief of my father +8117 Im losing it, with a talkative toddler, a colicky baby, chores, work, and lack of sleep +8118 What to do with my pre-teen daughter who has been out of control since a severe accident? +8119 My 13-year-old son made a foolish and wasteful donation. How can I teach him he was wrong? +8120 How to comfort my dad after telling him that I dont like to do anything with him? +8121 How can you deal with tantrums without spanking? +8122 Son was sent home from sleepover for behavior +8123 If my 5yr old is an exceptional liar, should I expect that she will continue lying as she gets older? +8124 How can I prevent my 8-year-old from spending time with his bad friend? +8125 My wife wants a homosexual child +8126 Seventeen year old daughter wants to take an international trip to meet someone she met online +8127 Wife agrees with parenting, but is intentionally less strict +8128 Limit access to screens (phone, computer) to my kids, whereas I benefitted from no limit during my own childhood +8129 Should you let a toddler win? +8130 Why would you lie to your children about Santa? +8131 Why dont children know why they do things? +8132 How to respond to 17 year old daughter going out with a 25 year old man? +8133 Grandparents want our three year old daughter to throw tantrums like her cousin did +8134 How to teach children Santa is not real, while respecting other kids beliefs? +8135 Should I allow or forbid my son to visit the education of a religion that I do not share? +8136 At what age should I tell my daughter that her real mother is dead? +8137 Being told Im father to a son I dont want +8138 How to convince a 4-year old child that professional cyclists are not littering during a race? +8139 What do I do about my mom setting her expectations too high? +8140 My 16 year old daughter got a speeding ticket +8141 Is having a sibling better for a child? +8142 What are some strategies for raising a bilingual child? +8143 My 2.5 years old daughter asks to learn to read +8144 Four year old started calling me by my first name. Is this problematic? +8145 Lying to my daughter about her mothers death +8146 Impact on kids NOT having TV? +8147 How should I handle a little boy who likes girls toys? +8148 How to answer my 5 year old why I can tell her what she has to do, and why she cant tell me what to do +8149 Is bribing children with cash incentives a good idea? +8150 Should a parent delete a teens social media account if it was handled badly? +8151 Is it bad being a bad influence for my younger cousin? +8152 Should I buy my college child a vehicle when I can afford to or make him earn it on his own? +8153 My child witnessed a toddler being taught to cuss by older kids. How to deal with rude language at social gatherings? +8154 How to talk to a teen daughter about her weight +8155 Can The Giving Tree be explained in a way that isnt an unhealthy lesson? +8156 Teenagers Ogling my Daughter. What to do? +8157 Programming with a baby +8158 Have I lost my daughter? +8159 My daughters friend faked having cancer - our daughter found out via Facebook and is devastated. What do we do? +8160 My 21-year-old adult son hates me +8161 How can I prevent my parents divorce? +8162 Whats wrong with Dr Seuss? +8163 How do you teach a child religious views? +8164 From what age should one heed But Im not cold!? +8165 How can we get some free time (on daily basis)? +8166 12 year old boy is totally out of control +8167 How do you cope in the first few months? +8168 How do I calm a frustrated 6-year-old? +8169 My 4-year-old refers to himself as me +8170 How should I handle an 8 year old lawyering and quibbling? +8171 Should we circumcise our son? +8172 My husband, who is my teen daughters step father feels bad that he cant have a closer relationship with my daughter +8173 Is it ok to disagree in front of the kids? +8174 How can I make my kids passionate in science while being religious? +8175 Should I be concerned about my 1-year-old and her mother moving in with a man Ive never met? +8176 How do you raise an intelligent and happy daughter in a sexist world? +8177 Should you play games with a toddler that theyre very good at and always win? +8178 Why do toddlers hate getting their face cleaned off with a wet washcloth and is there a better way? +8179 Is it safer to install a back seat car seat behind the driver or behind the passenger? +8180 Teaching my son a language he doesnt want to learn +8181 What are the legal, emotional, and/or behavioral repercussions of confiscating money as a punishment? +8182 Just found out my 13 year old girl is Bi and dating a 17 year old girl in an open relationship. Huh? Now what? +8183 My parents are taking over my life, I think Im going insane +8184 Neighbors child is trying to spend all her time with us +8185 How can I be more sympathetic towards my children when they are injured? +8186 What should we do when our 15 year old wants sex with his 13 year old girlfriend? +8187 What is a positive way to handle a boy who acts like a girl? +8188 How can I undo the bad behavior my 2.5 year old daughter learned from 5 year old children? +8189 How to help a bullied child (without involving parents or teachers) +8190 How to work-at-home given no daycare +8191 Why does my infant wake crying the instant we put him in his bed? +8192 My toddler calls me Mommy, but Im his father +8193 How should a stepfather respond to You are not my Father!? +8194 My kids watch YouTube - how do I control what they see? +8195 What is the most efficient food to take a for a 12-15 day hiking trip? +8196 Is it warmer to sleep naked in a sleeping bag? +8197 Why would one aim off when navigating with a map and compass? +8198 My car broke down in Siberia. What do I do now? +8199 Is it actually useful to ration food? +8200 Should I run if I see wild dogs? +8201 Where in Europe is wild camping permitted? +8202 Commuting by canoe +8203 Sleeping solo in a double sleeping bag +8204 Which will keep my food colder longer, draining the melted ice water, or leaving it in the cooler? +8205 Whats wrong with swimming out far? +8206 Ive just been bitten by a rattlesnake; how, exactly, do I keep calm? +8207 When hiking, why is the right of way given to people going up? +8208 What are essential items in an emergency kit? +8209 Etiquette of playing musical instruments on popular hikes +8210 How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers? +8211 What are good knots to know for camping and backpacking? +8212 How do you determine how long a hike will take? +8213 Can I safely eat grass? +8214 How can I take keys with me while swimming? +8215 Is it warmer to sleep in a car or in a tent? +8216 What is the safest way to purify water? +8217 How does water depth affect swimming safety? Why do signs, especially in the UK, say DANGER: deep water? +8218 What are some common mistakes to avoid when trying winter camping for the first time? +8219 Is it OK to throw pebbles and stones in streams, waterfalls, ponds, etc.? +8220 Does eating snow help dehydration? +8221 How should I prepare my body for prolonged exposure to heat? +8222 How should I remove a tick? +8223 How long does water need to be boiled for to kill all bacteria / viruses? +8224 A list of suitable foods for a long hike +8225 Why is it prohibited to sleep in a tent? +8226 How do you know you have reached North or South Pole without GPS? +8227 How to avoid exploding rocks +8228 Is it dangerous to rope together on an ascent of hard packed ice? +8229 How to deal with condensation in a tent? +8230 Should you pop a blister? +8231 Does cotton really kill? +8232 What are the dangers of walking barefoot in towns/cities? +8233 Is ankle support a myth? +8234 Is drinking urine safe? +8235 Are there any advantages while backpacking to hike during the night and sleep during the day? +8236 Is there an organization for adults to learn outdoor skills with their kids? +8237 How to safely rescue someone drowning as an untrained bystander? +8238 How can I get a GPS location for this tree on a distant hillside? +8239 Why would a seal be flinging an octopus around above the water and then slapping a kayaker with it? +8240 I never adjust for true north. Is this bad practice? +8241 Can I eat the rabbits my cat catches? +8242 I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go? +8243 How do I make people not be afraid of me and my dogs? +8244 Why is it bad to use your whole foot in rock climbing +8245 When should I avoid geotagging? +8246 How to clean rock-climbing shoes? +8247 Is it better to wear one pair or two pairs of socks while hiking? +8248 Is it possible to rappel with only a rope? (No harness, Prusik cord, or other gear) +8249 How can you navigate without a compass or GPS +8250 Can I use a bicycle helmet as a climbing helmet? +8251 What are the downsides to sleeping in a hammock on a multi-day hike? +8252 How can I tell if I am dehydrated or have low electrolytes (need salt, etc.)? +8253 Will drinking lots of water in the day(s) prior to a long trek mean I will need less water on the trek? +8254 How to harden feet to avoid blisters on long hikes +8255 Can I eat rotten meat and carcass given enough cooking? +8256 Why do I always wake up freezing? +8257 Given limited space and weight what should I carry to get a fire going with damp wood? +8258 Why go without socks with climbing shoes? +8259 How do I evade or pacify a bee? +8260 Can removing dead wood harm the ecosystem? +8261 As a tall female should I be looking at male or female backpacks? +8262 How to react to cattle charging towards you? +8263 Should overweight people ever climb? +8264 How to carry water in freezing temperatures? +8265 Is it warmer to sleep with an empty bladder? +8266 What are some good tips and techniques for packing a backpack? +8267 What is this tool on a Swiss Army knife for? +8268 FiveFingers or hiking boots? +8269 What essential items should go in a small first aid kit? +8270 Why do so many people hike with such light footwear? +8271 Why do minor keys sound “sad”? +8272 Why is the guitar tuned like it is? +8273 Why are there twelve notes in an octave? +8274 Whats the point of keys other than C and Am? +8275 Is there any real-world difference between time signatures such as 4/4 and 8/8? +8276 What is good software for learning how to sight-read? +8277 What are the most effective ear training methods? +8278 How do professional accompanying musicians (seem to) figure out songs instantly? +8279 How can I significantly improve my hand independence on piano? +8280 Ten Minute Practice Techniques For Guitar? +8281 Purpose of double-sharps and double-flats? +8282 How to play a song without making mistakes? +8283 How long would it take to learn to tune a piano? +8284 Is there a way to measure the consonance or dissonance of a chord? +8285 Quickly flip a page of sheet music while playing +8286 How do you draw a quarter rest with a pen/pencil? +8287 What is the relationship between do re mi and note letter names? +8288 How often should I replace the strings on my guitar? +8289 Why are there both sharps and flats? +8290 Best method to learn to play barre chords? +8291 Changing the strings: one by one, or by taking all strings off at one time? +8292 What is the difference between a mode and a scale? +8293 How can a classical pianist learn jazz piano? +8294 Ways to get out of a scalar rut? +8295 What does a conductor actually do? +8296 Whats the difference between a G♭ and an F#? +8297 How can I overcome the fear of performing in front of an audience? +8298 Position of white dots in guitar fretboard +8299 Why Is Just Intonation Impractical? +8300 Will learning to play another instrument help me to become a better guitarist? +8301 Why is C the base note of standard notation and keys? +8302 Why does string strummed with finger sound different from the one strummed with pick? +8303 Found in an 1800s newspaper--what kind of march notation is this? +8304 A (440 Hz) and A (880 Hz) are completely different sounds to me. Does this mean Im tone deaf? +8305 (1/√π)/√⅔ as a time signature? +8306 Have orchestras included any modern instrument lately? +8307 Are there any games useful for ear training? +8308 Do advanced musicians still practice scales every day? +8309 Why are some people so paranoid about music theory? +8310 Which notes are optional in jazz chords? +8311 Is there a standard or typical drum kit layout? +8312 Why do Guitar chords work the way they do compared to a Piano? +8313 What are some chord substitutions for a I-IV-V blues progression? +8314 Why isnt there a classical composer like Beethoven, Chopin or Mozart today? +8315 How do you identify a good acoustic guitar? +8316 Does it really make difference to play a song in a different key? +8317 I accidentally composed a song that sounds like a famous song +8318 Is there a standard width for piano keys? +8319 Glossary of Guitar Effects +8320 What are the differences between tone, note, and pitch? +8321 Guitar practice: more often but less time or once in a few days but for a few hours? +8322 Does 3/4 time signature differ from 6/8? +8323 What Does a Compressor Pedal Do? +8324 What to look for when buying a digital piano for a beginner? +8325 In live performance, what is a monitor +8326 Why cant drums produce melody? +8327 How do I make piano chords sound interesting when playing along with popular songs? +8328 Why are orchestras tuned differently? +8329 The major scale - why and how? +8330 Why do instruments have a key? +8331 Why are pianos traditionally tuned out of tune at the extremes? +8332 How to know what notes will go together while improvising? +8333 Why is a C7 chord named a dominant seventh chord? +8334 Why does the scale have seven (or five) notes? Why not six? +8335 List of average genre tempo (BPM) levels? +8336 What is the difference between a xylophone, a glockenspiel, a marimba, a xylorimba and a marimbaphone? +8337 Key signature for writing in modes other than major and minor +8338 How can I improve my piano sight reading? +8339 What instruments are inexpensive, portable and not too loud? +8340 What are the practical reasons for still having transposing instruments? +8341 When were the terms Major and Minor applied to keys? +8342 Is there any research in music theory? +8343 What does a small x-like symbol before a note mean? +8344 Why learn scales? What are they for? +8345 Why do I yawn while singing? +8346 How to transcribe music by ear? +8347 As a guitarist, how can I learn to sight-read music? +8348 Will playing without mistakes at all become easy for me in the future? +8349 What is the origin of the up bow and down bow symbols for bowed string instruments? +8350 Does the difference in harmonic series between instruments have a significant effect on the consonance of the sound? +8351 Whats the difference between modal music and tonal music? +8352 How to minimize the pain for a beginning guitar student so they won’t give up before they develop calluses? +8353 WHY do harmonics happen? +8354 Can a flute soloist sit? +8355 How to start playing by ear/improvising? +8356 Why doesnt my synthesized note sound natural? +8357 What does it mean to write a song in a certain key? +8358 Is there a difference between 2/4 and 4/4 +8359 Etiquette of Quitting a Band +8360 What are modes and how are they useful? +8361 Why does conventional playing style give the string manipulation to the left hand? +8362 What do you do when a string breaks or you drop your pick on stage? +8363 Why do notes have multiple names? +8364 Major scale of one note is the Minor scale of another note? +8365 How not to touch neighbouring strings? +8366 Is there any practical difference between 3/4 and 3/8 time? +8367 Why is my guitars saddle at an angle? +8368 Why are the white and black keys on the piano placed the way they are? +8369 My son is 6, and his guitar teacher wants me to buy him a 4/4 guitar! +8370 What are some useful and effective exercises for training absolute pitch? +8371 Software that allows playing in different temperaments +8372 What do vent holes do on a music stand? +8373 Forgetting the musical notes while performing in concert +8374 What exactly should I have to learn to understand why certain combination of chords are harmonic when played in a sequence? +8375 What is the difference between a riff and a lick? +8376 How should I store my guitars? +8377 Why is the double bass the only instrument in the violin family tuned in fourths? +8378 Why do many songs in major keys use a bVII chord? +8379 Hands-separate piano practice doesnt seem to help with hands-together playing +8380 Is it possible to write a song without a key? +8381 What exactly does practising scales teach? +8382 Why do octaves sound equivalent? +8383 How to interpret half notes combined with thirty-second stems? +8384 Why do people sometimes write notes as E♯ or C♭? +8385 How can I practice in an apartment without annoying the neighbours? +8386 How does scale length affect my playing? +8387 What is the difference between sharp note & flat note? +8388 How can I teach a student who seems to have no rhythm? +8389 How can I train my ear for music? +8390 Why are violin bows longer than viola bows, than cello bows, than double-bass bows ? +8391 Why is music theory built so tightly around the C Major scale? +8392 Whats so special about minor and major scales? +8393 Appreciating the music of J. S. Bach +8394 Why shouldnt I put electric guitar strings on my acoustic guitar? +8395 What are the benefits of guitars with fanned frets? +8396 Are there any music programming languages from after the SuperCollider era? +8397 How do I use a metronome? +8398 Why cant I play with a backing track or other musicians +8399 It is ok to correct wrong notes when playing piano? +8400 Why do pianos not need to be tuned every time you play? +8401 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D: Why do some recordings seem to be in C sharp? +8402 How does your brain learn to play the piano two-handed? +8403 Why is a grand piano better than an upright piano? +8404 Why is the bridge pickup on a Stratocaster angled? +8405 What makes an interval Perfect? +8406 Does an accidental apply to all octaves? +8407 Can wind instruments be played out of tune? +8408 Noise while not touching guitar strings or metal parts +8409 How to tell the time signature of a song by listening? +8410 Can anyone learn to sing higher? +8411 How to turn any (pop) song into a jazz song? +8412 How can I learn to compose? +8413 When tuning a guitar, should you always end with tightening the string rather than loosening it? +8414 Is it recommended to learn a piece you really like, but is way above your level? +8415 Bored when playing instrument +8416 B flat minor - the key of death ... seriously? +8417 How to play songs that contain one guitar when we have two or more guitarists? +8418 Is there a broader term for instruments, like the gong, whose volume briefly increases after being sounded instead of immediately decaying? +8419 Do composers take advantage of the position of players in an orchestra for effect? +8420 How can I safely extend my vocal range? +8421 How high from the ground should the keyboard from a piano be? +8422 How many hours of practice total are typical for different piano grades? +8423 What does a triangle mean in chord notation? +8424 Finger Exercises for Piano when not playing +8425 Polymeter vs Polyrhythm +8426 How do classical composers write music? +8427 Can people really sight-read advanced pieces? +8428 Arthritis In Hands (Playing With Pain In Hands) - Are There Recommended Approaches? +8429 What does this note - B# - mean? +8430 Does leaving a capo on hurt the strings? +8431 Can I play pipe organ as a pianist? +8432 How do you determine if youre ready to join a band? +8433 Why is the key included in classical music titles? +8434 Pay-to-Play Gigs +8435 What is the best way of learning the notes on the fretboard. +8436 Using keyboard/MIDI controller to learn piano +8437 Why is dropped D tuning used so often? +8438 How necessary is a USB Audio Interface? +8439 What is the difference between a band and an orchestra +8440 How often is it recommended to change bass strings? +8441 How do harmonics work? +8442 What is the difference between chorus and refrain? +8443 Why are there many guitarists, but only one drummer in a band? +8444 Why do guitarists put tape on their amplifiers? +8445 Why isnt D the most central note? +8446 Why do some artists tune their guitars half a step or whole step down? +8447 How do I know when its time to change a tube on my amplifier? +8448 Will a 61-key keyboard severely restrict my piano repertoire? +8449 What is the definition of playing in the pocket? +8450 How is counterpoint different from harmony? +8451 When is a piece in A minor versus C major? +8452 How is this B flat guitar chord physically possible? +8453 Why do people with perfect pitch perceive tunes not in 440 Hz out of tune? +8454 What is the difference between a riff and a melody? +8455 Why are C♯ and D♭ different frequencies? +8456 Im learning music theory, but none of the songs Im trying it on are playing by the rules +8457 How do jazz players communicate while playing? +8458 Why is A4 the standard pitch reference for tuning? +8459 Why is it that I can sometimes guess the next note? +8460 What is the Difference between Maple and Rosewood Fretboards +8461 What are the Solfège names of the semitones between the basic do, re, mi, etc? +8462 Why note B is marked with H in Scandinavia and Germany? +8463 What is intonation and how can I find out if my guitar has correct intonation? +8464 What is the relationship between the melody line and the rhythm chords? +8465 What does it mean when two notes are stuck together? +8466 Do musicians count the meter all the time? +8467 How do experienced pianists sight-read chords? +8468 Is it easier to play softly on a grand piano? +8469 When to use a dot or a tie in music notation? +8470 Why dont classical stringed instruments mark their note positions? +8471 How can I be sure that I am singing effortlessly in my natural voice? +8472 Why do E♯ and F♮ not sound the same (according to Wikipedia)? +8473 How should one practice a piece that is learned, but not fully mastered? +8474 How did composers test their music? +8475 Why does violin sound differently after playing on it for some time? +8476 Beginning adult piano for musicians +8477 Is there a way to develop Perfect Pitch? +8478 Why is bass note so important in harmonic analysis of music? +8479 Can one tell by ear whether a bowed instrument is being played up or down? +8480 How to identify the root note of a chord +8481 The differences between natural, harmonic and melodic minors +8482 How do I know when Im singing in key? +8483 What exercises can I do to improve my timing? +8484 Rest above a note in a piano piece +8485 Coated Strings—Gimmick, or worth the money? +8486 Why arent there attempts to evolve classical musical instruments so that theyre easier to play? +8487 Why is the saxophone not common in classical repertoire? +8488 Is there any way to improve composing? +8489 What do the letters D and E above the staff represent here? +8490 Aldous Huxley and 5/4 Meter in Music Predating Take 5 +8491 Recycling guitar strings +8492 The notes outside the major scale form a pentatonic scale +8493 How to play a long sustained note on an electric guitar? +8494 Unknown notation - thick horizontal bars between notes +8495 Why is the lowest note on the piano an A? +8496 Understanding minor key harmony +8497 Are doubly augmented and doubly diminished intervals practical? +8498 Physics behind why a bugle can play several notes, while a whistle only plays one note +8499 Is there any way to find a key of song somehow mathematically/algorithmically? +8500 Can I just tune my guitar how ever I like? +8501 What kind of a guitar can I play without thumbs? +8502 Why are measures (aka bars) important? +8503 Is CD audio quality good enough for the final delivery of music? +8504 How can a non-musician recognize anacrusis? +8505 How do I get out of my song writing rut and compose something new and fresh for a change? +8506 Why do tube-based guitar amplifiers sound so good? +8507 Advantage of 7-note based theory over 12-note alternative +8508 How to bend and release without flicking the other strings? +8509 How do I connect my musical instrument to a computer? +8510 What is the difference between Overdrive and Distortion? +8511 Is You shouldnt play all 6 strings together on an electric guitar good teaching? +8512 Do guitar strings wear when not used? +8513 How to dramatically change the feeling of a song while keeping the melody largely the same? +8514 Is 16va proper notation? +8515 Boiling/washing used guitar/bass strings - is it worthwhile? +8516 Do musicians that began playing from an early age have an incontestable advantage? +8517 What is the practical reason for reentrant tuning on ukulele and similar instruments? +8518 Which fingering to use when playing the same piano key twice in a row? +8519 one finger per fret - is it worth following this rule? +8520 My childs violin practice is making us tired, what can we do? +8521 Why does music seem to transpose when I yawn? +8522 Why can I easily sing or whistle a tune Ive just heard, but not as easily reproduce it on an instrument? +8523 How do you remember your music and how do I improve in this regard? +8524 How do professional electronic musicians/sound engineers combat listening fatigue? +8525 Do different synthesizers have different timbres and/or produce different harmonics for the same given waveform? +8526 Sites with a good selection of sheet music +8527 Examples of songs or phrases played in different temperaments +8528 What are the limitations of the ABC notation format? +8529 What tools should every guitarist have? +8530 Has music notation become more prescriptive? +8531 Is there a Relative Pitch Clef? +8532 What is the difference between mono and stereo? +8533 Software that slows down music to help in transcribing +8534 Classical music theory notation for chord inversions (figured bass) +8535 Learn piano one hand at a time or simultaneously? +8536 What are the ergonomic / playing differences between the guitar and the piano? +8537 Cleaning the fretboard of an electric guitar +8538 Why does the dominant chord contain a flattened 7th? +8539 Why is music for strings more likely to be in keys with sharps? +8540 What to check when buying a new electric guitar? +8541 Why do we use such complicated notation? +8542 What does play with feeling mean? +8543 Tapping 3 times on one leg and 4 times on another leg in 4 beats. What is it called and how to do it? +8544 How to do metal harmonics (pinch etc) +8545 Why does the orchestra tune to the oboe? +8546 Which instrument can a person play with 2 malformed fingers on each hand? +8547 Why you need a rest here in this score? +8548 Why are the 4th and 7th scale degrees removed from the major scale to make the Pentatonic scale? +8549 Algorithms for music composition +8550 To what extent is music theory just giving us a language to describe/break down music, or does it really have significant scientific content? +8551 Why does a 97 / 92 key piano exist by Bösendorfer? +8552 How to create Chord progressions that make sense +8553 Why does the C7 chord on guitar omit the G note (5th) in open position? +8554 How do I know when the next note starts in sheet music? +8555 I want to learn how to sing. Where do I start? +8556 Difference between hi and low on amps? +8557 How many (major and minor) keys are there? Why? +8558 Why is plexiglass not used for car windows? +8559 Does Downshifting (Engine Braking) Cause Extra Wear and Tear? +8560 Why dont we rotate tyres but you rotate tires? +8561 Does the amount of fuel in the tank matter? +8562 What are the benefits of premium (high octane) petrol? +8563 How can I keep stray cats off my car? +8564 Should I resurface or replace my rotors everytime I replace brake pads? +8565 Why does my A/C blow foul smelling air when it first turns on? +8566 Are classic cars safe? +8567 What actually happens when there is not enough oil in a car engine? +8568 What to check when buying a used car? +8569 How long does it take for gas to go bad? +8570 How to maintain a sometimes-used vehicle? +8571 Effective way to clean inside of windshield? +8572 Why do heavy vehicles almost always use diesel engines? +8573 What is the most efficient method of getting your car unstuck from snow? +8574 Reviving a vehicle that has been idle for a long time +8575 Why dont rally cars have airbags? +8576 How do I save myself from a sinking vehicle? +8577 Jump starting a dead battery: Connect black wire to negative pole of battery or grounded metal? +8578 How far can I drive with 1 gallon too much oil? +8579 what is the difference between DOT3 and DOT4 brake fluids? +8580 Is there a way to put Prius with dead battery into neutral? +8581 Why dont people hand pump their tires? +8582 How do I remove a destroyed lug nut? +8583 What does a water like drop coming out of the exhaust of the car signify? +8584 Is it necessary to burn in or break in a new car? +8585 Is tire rotation important? +8586 What are the benefits of a lightweight flywheel and why arent they lightweight already? +8587 Why is a motorcycles neutral between first and second gears? +8588 When do brake rotors really need to be replaced? +8589 Why doesnt anyone ever repair an automatic transmission? +8590 Does kicking a tire off your car from underneath it while its held up by a stable jack pose safety threats? +8591 What is in fossil fuels that we cant mass produce? +8592 Changing Firing Order in a 4 Cylinder Car +8593 Whats the Purpose of Park on an Automatic Transmission? +8594 Why are the blades of car radiator fans unevenly spaced? +8595 Why is my car equipped with a battery shutdown timer? +8596 Is it safe to use a hydraulic jack as a stand? If not, why? +8597 Why do manufacturers detune engines? +8598 Do I really need to wash the outside of my car? +8599 Can a vehicle be harmed with bad inputs via an OBD-2 port? +8600 Could a car left sitting for 6 years ever run again? +8601 Is it necessary to have the wheels of a car aligned with the body when parked, due to weight on the axle? +8602 What is the point of the exhaust? +8603 What causes battery terminal corrosion? +8604 Is it okay to leave a car for 5 months without driving it? +8605 Spark plug broke off in engine - can I drive the car? +8606 Difference between FWD/RWD/4WD/Part-Time 4WD/AWD? +8607 What is the difference between normal, platinum, iridium plugs? +8608 what is difference between DOHC and SOHC? +8609 Running with straight water as coolant in the summer. Is it fine? +8610 Difference between OBDII and CAN +8611 Why does the reverse gear in manual transmission cars sound different +8612 Can I leave my car sitting outside for about 5 years? +8613 Why do two-stroke engine exhaust pipes look so strange? +8614 When is a cold air intake system beneficial? +8615 Static vs. Effective compression: Why does higher effective compression not require higher octane gas? +8616 We have fuel injection, why not air injection? +8617 Why is engine displacement frequently a few CCs below an exact number? +8618 Why use snow tires on all 4 wheels on 2-wheel-drive cars? +8619 5-Stroke Engines - What are these things? +8620 How should I remove a paint scuff on my vehicle? +8621 What causes an engine to burn oil? +8622 Will higher octane fuel improve gas mileage? +8623 Top off gas with old oil, is that bad? +8624 Do cars consume less fuel when in Neutral? +8625 How to deal with rust +8626 Whats the point of the D3 gear in an automatic transmission? +8627 Manual transmission at stop: 1st with clutch in, or neutral with clutch out? -OR- Throwout Bearing wear +8628 Do I have an oil leak if I have to add oil? +8629 Fill nitrogen in tires poster - are the claims credible or just hot air? +8630 What actually happens when there is way too much oil in a car engine? +8631 Is it safe to drive a car that has a broken suspension spring? +8632 What are the risks of overfilling a small engine with oil? +8633 Pros/cons of higher capacity car battery? +8634 What are the Advantages & Disadvantages of a Boxer engine? +8635 Is it really impossible to fix a seized engine? +8636 Is Start & Stop technology good or bad for my car? (Alfa MiTO) +8637 Rats biting off fuel line ( again and again and again )! +8638 How do I test my car battery? +8639 What emergency gear and tools should I keep in my vehicle? +8640 How do I loosen stuck lug nuts in order to change a tire? +8641 What is the best way to remove a stuck/rusted exhaust bolt? +8642 Clutch less shifting - why does it work? Is it bad? +8643 How old is too old for a new tire? +8644 How to get rid of a decal on the rear window? +8645 What is my friends wife not telling him (about this tire)? +8646 Strange metallic stickers on rims after repair shop visit +8647 Symptoms of Lean or Rich carb settings on a motorcycle +8648 Is idling bad for your engine? +8649 Why should the fuel petcock valve be turned to “Off” position when not using the vehicle? +8650 Does a timing chain need maintenance? +8651 Is starting your car with the A/C on bad? +8652 Why do cars die after removing jumper cables? +8653 What are the benefits of low profile tires? +8654 Accidentally left car idling for 14 hours. What are possible consequences from this? +8655 Why do pickups and large SUVs use 4x4 and generally not AWD? +8656 Is the drivers door supposed to unlock from inside? +8657 Small amount of wrong fuel type put in the tank +8658 Why does a gas engines torque and horsepower curve always meet at 5252 RPM? +8659 Why could my vehicle be shaking around 60mph after hydroplaning? +8660 How do cars drive through deep water as shown on many videos online? +8661 Will engine braking damage my transmission? How can I tell? +8662 Why do the brakes freeze the suspension? +8663 What damage does a car suffer if not regularly used? +8664 What does the cc mean on a motorcycle? +8665 Must I Replace All 4 Tires on an All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicle? +8666 How long should I let my car warm up in the winter? +8667 How can you tell the oil needs to be changed? +8668 What is the purpose of plastic engine covers? +8669 How to raise the car higher than the jack stands will allow? +8670 What happens if I change the oil when the engine is cold? +8671 My car has moisture on the inside of the glass but other cars do not +8672 If I am just replacing the car engine, do I need to replace the odometer as well? +8673 Why do we need to cool air after it leaves a turbocharger? +8674 Static electric shock as I leave the car +8675 Cheap winter tires vs high quality all seasons +8676 Why are wheels labeled R16 when the 16 is actually the diameter? +8677 How slow ( not zero) can a car engine run without hurting engine and saving on fuel +8678 Are tyre repair kits a viable alternative for a spare wheel? +8679 A/C loses chill when turning on blower. Why? +8680 What happens if a single spark plug unexpectedly goes down in a multi-cylinder engine? +8681 Is Prestone All Makes/All Models coolant *really* compatible with all models? +8682 What is causing this terrible grinding/groaning noise when I come to a slow stop sometimes? (but not always!) +8683 How can I repair cracks in leather seat? +8684 Leaving car with automatic transmission in Neutral instead of Park +8685 Will fitting a physically bigger battery reduce the working life of the alternator? +8686 Aluminium engine vs Cast Iron engine +8687 Grease on wheel bolts or not? +8688 LTFT and STFT values are off and dont make sense +8689 Is it ok to use a scissor jack instead of a floor jack? +8690 Why doesnt the engine stall out when you come to a stop with an automatic transmission? +8691 Why do tyres go flat after a few weeks of non-usage? +8692 Is a bigger car safer than a smaller car? +8693 How do I know when to change my spark plug +8694 Leaving car for 3 weeks, change oil before or after? +8695 What differences between synthetic and dino oil? +8696 Whats the point of servicing a car? +8697 How do the latest automatic transmissions match the efficiencies of manual gearboxes? +8698 Why would I want to measure torque while loosening a bolt or nut? +8699 How exactly does a differential work? +8700 Are there requirements for building a car-PC and its software? +8701 What are good features to look for in an OBD-II reader +8702 When is an engine flush a good idea? +8703 Battery drains by itself when vehicle is parked (parasitic draw) +8704 Can OBD-II be used to control the vehicle? +8705 What is the best way to prevent my doors from freezing shut in the winter? +8706 What is the small metal square attached to the wheel or tire? +8707 Is it safe to drive my car to a repair shop with a bolt in the tire? (picture) +8708 Is revving the engine to redline on idle at morning bad? +8709 Why is towing a manual transmission car, in neutral, with the drive wheels on the ground, considered safe? +8710 How do you un-seize an engine? +8711 Garage tech drained oil and forgot to refill. I drove off - what damage could this have caused? +8712 Should I really keep my gas tank at least half full? +8713 What is valve float and how does it impact engines? +8714 Does flooring the throttle while traveling at lower speeds increase fuel consumption? +8715 Replace car batteries with capacitors? +8716 What are these loops in the brake line for? +8717 How do I roll my 4x4 vehicle back onto its wheels? +8718 What are the benefits of a dry sump? +8719 What does pie cut exhaust mean? +8720 proper oil for 1940s era aluminum ford engine +8721 Does a carburettor engine apply fuel at high speeds when the pedal is no longer depressed? +8722 How To Read Car Tires +8723 Will Putting An Extra Quart of Oil In My Car Ruin It? +8724 Steering wheel shakes at high speeds +8725 I drove with my Parking Brake on for 30 mins: should I be worried? +8726 Wheel stuck or fused to drum +8727 What is a rod knock? +8728 HOW urgently should I replace this tire? Is it safe to drive on at all? +8729 What does a flywheel do and what is it connected to? +8730 Why does a Turbocharger only produce boost when the engine is under load? +8731 Does putting an automatic car into neutral at stop lights significantly harm the transmission? +8732 Should I pull my wipers away from the windshield when parked during a winter storm? +8733 Should negative trickle charger clips be attached to the battery negative terminal, or ground? +8734 Can a weak battery destroy an alternator? +8735 How is engine load determined? +8736 Need I press clutch pedal while starting my car in neutral? +8737 When the handbrake is not working, is it safe to fully depend on putting car into park instead? +8738 Why do Harley Davidson engines suffer from such poor performance? +8739 Does resting your foot on the clutch wear it out? +8740 Is it worth switching to full synthetic or blend oil in my older car/truck? +8741 Should I replace fuses as a part of regular maintenance? +8742 What is regenerative braking and why dont we use it? +8743 Are manual transmission cars disappearing? +8744 Are oils from the skin a problem with turn signal bulbs? +8745 What possible causes for the check engine light can I check for myself? +8746 Does (forcefully) overriding the self-canceling damage my indicator levers? +8747 What causes brakes to pulsate right after rotor and pad replacement? +8748 What exactly is a burnt valve and what causes it? +8749 Use of Neutral Gear in Automatic Transmission +8750 Is it Safe to Drive With Low Engine Coolant? +8751 How to dispose of engine coolant? +8752 Engine oil change and getting rid of old oil completely +8753 Does a strut tower bar have any useful effect on chassis stiffness for a car with 100K miles? +8754 Lugging the Engine (Manual Transmission) +8755 WHY does an engine stall? (manual transmission) +8756 Why do car starter motors draw so much current? +8757 Is it OK to mix oil of different viscosity in a Wankel engine? +8758 What are the dangers of refilling your air conditioner yourself? +8759 Adding a additional battery to car +8760 Should I depress the clutch pedal when braking to a stop? +8761 Can I connect wires by just twisting them together and insulating with tape? +8762 Is this what is making my car sound like a racecar? +8763 What does under-square and over-square mean? +8764 Normal to leave nail in tire after a flat? +8765 Why did Ducati decide to use the desmodromic valve train rather than a more tradition valve train? +8766 shifting stops when critically low on gas +8767 What is happening when a two-stroke engine is said to be four-stroking? +8768 Have I damaged my car by attempting to reverse with hand/park brake up? +8769 At what time of day/temperature should I refuel my vehicle? +8770 Why do cars have plastic shrouds over the engine? +8771 Vibration at idle, much worse after warm +8772 Seized nut & bolt - difficult to access +8773 Should interior panels be held together with cable ties? +8774 Whats the most environmentally responsible method of car parts cleaning? +8775 Can I drive a car with only water and no coolant if it has a leak? +8776 What is the pin or keycode for ELM327 bluetooth OBDII adapter? +8777 What happens if you put the wrong kind of gas in your car? +8778 Push start a car with automatic transmission +8779 What iPhone/iPad app works best with ELM327 Bluetooth OBD-II reader? +8780 Engine power specification at different rpm? +8781 I ran my car on almost no oil for a few weeks before realizing the problem. Now what? +8782 Can I jumpstart a non-hybrid car from a hybrid or full electric car? +8783 Driving in second gear at 65+ mph +8784 What should always be replaced when rebuilding an engine? +8785 I got this screw in my tire, should I plug or replace? +8786 Heavy condensation inside car during winter. Tried multiple things, but no results! +8787 Whats the best gear to leave a manual vehicle in when parked? +8788 What are these metal clips where my wheel rims meet the tires and what are they for? +8789 what is round cylinder on top of classic car engine +8790 How does the cars ECU detect a misfire? +8791 How can an oil plug just fall out after three months and 3,000 miles and the car has just 35,000 miles on it, 2014 Ford Escape +8792 Will higher octane fuel improve towing power? +8793 Is it true that most of the engine wear during its life time occurs during a cold start up? +8794 How to test a clutch +8795 Why does diesel engine need a warm-up before the start-up? +8796 Why or why not increase engine efficiency by running the car fuel-lean (using a turbo or supercharger)? +8797 How often should I replace windscreen wiper blades? +8798 2000 Jetta runs rough, shudders on cold start only on wet days. +8799 Why not use gasoline on diesel engines or vice versa? +8800 Where does the power in an idling engine go? +8801 Do mobile air conditioners exist for cars? +8802 What can I do to combat wire embrittlement? +8803 What is the difference between a 180° V4 and a true boxer motor? +8804 How can I keep my cat off my keyboard? +8805 Where to put used-but-usable clothes (a.k.a. alternative to The Chair)? +8806 How can I work out my girlfriends ring size, without asking her or using a ring? +8807 Best (law-abiding) ways to inconvenience cold callers? +8808 How can I figure out which side of the car the gas hatch is on (without getting out)? +8809 How do I stop my earphones from getting tangled +8810 How do I get the last lines of dust into the dustpan? +8811 How do I stop cars from tailgating? +8812 Is there any way to kill a fly without a flyswatter? +8813 How to sleep with a stuffy / blocked nose? +8814 How can I black out a bright bedroom at night? +8815 Tricks for opening very tight jars +8816 How can I (painlessly) add or remove keys to my key ring? +8817 Driving into garage where there is little room for error? +8818 How does one efficiently clean-up hair from sink after shaving or trimming beard? +8819 How can I overcome using the snooze function of my alarm clock? +8820 How do I fill a hot water urn that doesnt fit in the sink? +8821 What is the best way to open clamshell packaging? +8822 How can I stop my glasses from slipping down my nose? +8823 How can I humidify a room without a humidifier? +8824 How can I destroy sensitive documents without a paper shredder? +8825 Permanent marker on a dry erase board? +8826 How do I find and kill a single mosquito in the middle of the night? +8827 How can I remove ants from my laptop keyboard? +8828 How can I avoid hurting my fingers when using a hammer +8829 How can you cut fingernails and toenails without nail trimmings flying everywhere? +8830 How can I boost my wifi range? +8831 How can I keep cables from falling off of desks when unplugged? +8832 How can I effectively black out my room for sleeping, cheaply and such that I can still open the curtains during the day? +8833 How should I store super glue to prevent it from drying out? +8834 How to keep your hands warm in winter while working on a laptop? +8835 How can I quickly cool a water bottle? +8836 Find out if an egg is boiled or not without cracking it +8837 Finding a gold ring lost in the lawn +8838 How do I seek justice against vending machines? +8839 How to revive dried up pens +8840 How can I improvise a magnifying glass? +8841 I forgot my toothpaste and it is impossible to buy in this situation, are there any substitutes? +8842 Ηow can I keep my jeans zippers from unzipping on their own? +8843 How can I clean my sticky keyboard? +8844 Best way to know if somebody has broken into my room without camera +8845 How can I eat my bagel when I lack a knife to cut it? +8846 Waking up in the morning when standard alarms fail +8847 How can I get food unstuck from my teeth while at work? +8848 Cleaning a dirty computer screen +8849 How can I neatly eat messy food without common utensils? +8850 How to shred papers/letters without using a shredder machine +8851 How to keep bread fresher for longer +8852 Which is the best lure to use on a mousetrap? +8853 How to jump start a car without another car +8854 Can weeds be put into compost, or will they grow again when the compost is used? +8855 How do you identify a plant? +8856 What are the best conditions for basil? +8857 How do I apply spent coffee grounds as a fertilizer? +8858 Tips on lawn maintenance and weed control +8859 Is it bad to water plants in the evening? +8860 How do you know if you are watering a plant too much vs. too little? +8861 How long before poisons like Round-up become inert? +8862 How often should you mow a growing lawn? +8863 Whats an organic way to discourage crabgrass from a large lawn? +8864 How do you safely and effectively stop a cat from pooping in your yard? +8865 How to prevent avocado from drying out indoors? +8866 How hot can my compost get? +8867 Crop rotation theory v. practice +8868 What factors affect the spiciness of jalapeños? +8869 How often do you need to turn the compost heap? +8870 Does unused compost keep on getting better and better? +8871 How do I encourage lawn seeds to germinate successfully? +8872 How should I speed up the decomposition of sickly sweet smelling giant compost heap? +8873 When should I pile more dirt onto a growing potato plant? +8874 How do I work with soil that has a high clay content? +8875 How do I know when and how much to aerate my lawn? +8876 Is rain water better than tap water for plants? +8877 Is it possible to kill a large area of weeds organically/naturally? +8878 What is the best organic way to defeat slugs? +8879 Whats the best mulch material for a vegetable garden? +8880 What is an effective organic pesticide to use against aphids or cabbage loopers? +8881 What are some natural ways of killing ground ivy (creeping charlie)? +8882 Do tomatoes really need support to grow? +8883 Are household LED bulbs suitable as supplemental light for plants? +8884 How can I revive a tree thats been stripped of bark? +8885 What is a good grass replacement plant? +8886 My lettuce is flowering - does that mean it has bolted? +8887 Why did my carrots split in a way that looks like legs? +8888 Making a yard thats settled more level? +8889 How long does it take for the compost to ripen? +8890 Can aloe be grown indoors, in an office with artificial light only? +8891 Does eating fruits and vegetables watered with greywater affect your health? +8892 How can I tell if a plant given to me is patented? +8893 How do I grow a usable vegetable garden indoors? +8894 How efficient are stump removal chemicals? +8895 How do I compost a large pile of branches and heavy shrub clippings? +8896 Can my lawn be saved or is it time to dig it up and re-sod? +8897 Any benefit to watering whole plant (leaves and all) instead of just the soil/roots? +8898 Ants in my garden: good or bad? +8899 What are some low maintenance plant choices for apartment (indoor) living? +8900 What are these hard white/brown spots growing on my houseplant? +8901 Is it safe to grow food plants near the road? +8902 How should I prune my vine tomatoes? +8903 Hugely different results storing apples from different trees? +8904 Whats the most effective way to harvest rhubarb? +8905 Why do people paint some tree trunks white at the bottom? +8906 How do I remove dandelions without damaging my lawn? +8907 Is it OK to grow plants in clear (transparent) pots? +8908 Ant colony in my compost bin: are they beneficial? +8909 What is the best way to prevent animals from eating my garden without a fence? +8910 What are some sustainable alternatives to peat for potting compost? +8911 Is it wise to reuse potting soil? +8912 How do you prune a rose bush? +8913 How is an Avocado plant started? +8914 What are some houseplants that can clean the air, especially chemicals from cigarettes? +8915 What is a good alternative to pressure treated wood for raised beds? +8916 How do I get rid of white flies on my basil? +8917 How do I keep mosquitos out of my fountain? +8918 How can I control thistle in a lawn? +8919 Is staking young trees helpful or harmful? +8920 What is a fast-growing deciduous tree for shading house in summer? (Long Island, NY) +8921 Is it necessary to purchase seed potatoes? +8922 My second year garlic has flowers. Is it safe to eat? +8923 What woods shouldnt be used for hugelkultur? +8924 How should I properly prepare a raised bed vegetable garden? +8925 Why do my upside-down tomato plants curve up and break? +8926 What is this fast growing plant with blue/black berries? +8927 How do I grow root vegetables in pots/grow-bags? +8928 How do I help my kitchen window herb garden thrive? +8929 What is Compost Tea good for? +8930 How do you discourage cilantro/coriander from bolting too quickly? +8931 What are the criteria for picking out vegetables to grow together in Three Sisters garden? +8932 Which side of a house will get the most sunlight? +8933 What food crops grow well in a hot/dry desert climate? +8934 Why has my mint plant gone all woody/sparse/stringy? +8935 Can plants have too much light, or do they need night/rest? +8936 How to keep chipmunks out of my garden? +8937 Which leaves should I harvest in a mint plant? +8938 How can I prevent squirrels (or other small mammals) from eating my tomatoes? +8939 What is an easy vegetable to grow in a hot, dry summer / cool, wet winter climate? +8940 What plants will deter mosquitoes? +8941 What vegetables will grow well in limited sunlight? +8942 What is this vine-like weed and how do I kill it? +8943 What are inexpensive materials for homemade tomato cages? +8944 How true is the idea that weeding your vegetable garden is necessary? +8945 What vegetables can be grown effectively in a small, urban garden? +8946 Can I cut off exposed tree roots without harming the tree? +8947 What conditions are necessary to make a potted aloe vera bloom? +8948 Why do plants root when placed in water, but die in standing water +8949 How can I get rid of gophers in a non-lethal way? +8950 What actually occurs for manure to become considered well-rotted? +8951 What house plants or flowers act like a dehumidifier +8952 Does water temperature affect vegetable plant growth? +8953 How can I discourage ragweed from growing? +8954 Does fruit on fruit trees need to be thinned? +8955 How can I keep my compost wet? +8956 Onion seeds v. onion sets +8957 How can I control/remove unwanted grass in flower beds? +8958 Can I save my damaged Aloe vera plant? +8959 Why did my jalapeños turn black? +8960 Can I put coffee filters into my compost? +8961 Is it really important to give blueberry plants acidic soil? +8962 Should I stop adding fruit and vegetable seeds to my compost +8963 Insect infestation on my pepper plant, what do I do? +8964 What is this green-ish thing inside the orange? +8965 How does one determine when to pick corn? +8966 Do legumes provide nitrogen to their companions? +8967 How do I keep an indoor plant hydrated while Im away? +8968 Nothing will grow where tree was +8969 Why are pots typically wider at the top than at the bottom? +8970 Can I harvest vegetable seeds and store for the next year? +8971 What plants will keep ladybugs happy? +8972 Garden Hoses: how safe are they? +8973 What is a proper container to preserve seeds? +8974 How can I naturally encourage birds into my garden? +8975 Why do many landscapers put gravel around the base of buildings? +8976 How to fill low spots over existing grass in my yard? +8977 Why is an indoor pepper plant flowering but not producing fruit? +8978 What is the right way to pick peppers so the plant keeps producing? +8979 What is the functional difference between cow manure and sheep manure? +8980 What do purple tomato leaves mean? +8981 Why wont my venus fly trap eat? +8982 How can I tell if my lawn needs to be dethatched? +8983 What are the (essential) Tools that every gardener should own? +8984 How often should I fertilize my lawn? +8985 How often should I harvest herbs? +8986 Why is it a problem to use manure as a fertilizing amendment over the long term? +8987 How do I go about planning the layout of a sprinkler network for my lawn? +8988 Starting tomato from seed +8989 Should I insulate my compost heap? +8990 Advanced care of an indoor avocado plant +8991 Should I add water to my compost heap? +8992 Are there benefits to changing the direction you mow a lawn? +8993 What is a Perched Water Table? +8994 What is the name of this weed with red/green leaves and little white flowers? +8995 Is there any way to prevent vole lawn-destruction during snow-cover? +8996 How can I correct a nutrient excess in soil? +8997 How should I use corrugated cardboard for mulch? +8998 What is the purpose of this bundle of sticks? +8999 How and when to plant young grafted fruit tree? +9000 How can we grow grass in our heavy clay yard? +9001 Should I burn out my tree stumps? +9002 Why does my grass have bright green patches? +9003 How to get the dirt out of the rocks in rock landscaping? +9004 Can salt be used to control weeds permanently? +9005 How is a lumpy lawn flattened out? +9006 Will I get lemons from a tree grown from a lemon seed? +9007 How to plant a new lawn on a hillside? +9008 How large a cultivation area to feed one person? +9009 What is my citrus deficiency, based on leaf appearance? And how to treat? +9010 How much should blackberries grow in their first year? +9011 Rats have transferred poison into my compost. Is the compost usable on vegetables? +9012 How should I prune lemon trees? +9013 Composting Bins - DIY vs Bought +9014 How healthy are seedlings sent by mail? +9015 Should I remove the dead flower heads from my hydrangea? +9016 How do you tell if a tree is male or female? +9017 How much lighting do I need for growing lettuce using indoor hydroponics? +9018 Do peppers change color when left on the plant? +9019 Does cauliflower produce secondary growth after the main harvest? +9020 How can I get rid of rabbits in my yard? +9021 How to get rid of insects on basil while leaving the leaves safe to eat? +9022 What can I grow in a sealed office environment with no natural light or airflow? +9023 Is it OK to put moldy fruits and vegetables in the compost heap? +9024 What kind of plants will survive the heat from an air conditioner? +9025 How do I care for potted apple seedlings over the winter? +9026 Will a cedar tree grow new limbs? +9027 Why are my apples rotting on the tree? +9028 Can jalapeños be grown from pickled jalapeño seeds? +9029 Will dumping paint destroy a nearby tree? +9030 Amending clay soil on a large scale +9031 How do I start an oak tree from an acorn? +9032 What is the proper way to prune a Fig Tree? +9033 Which tomatoes grow the best in high temperatures? +9034 What is the point of a greenhouse? +9035 My garden soil is devoid of nutrients, how should I improve it this winter? +9036 What is the purpose of these holes on my wire stripper? +9037 How to prevent heavy rainwater from jumping the gutter? +9038 Is there an easy way to measure the height of a tree? +9039 When should I not use WD-40? +9040 How can I add a C wire to my thermostat? +9041 Why does my freezer get a little warmer every 14 hours? +9042 How do I make a height adjustable desk? +9043 Should a washer go on nut side, or the bolt side? +9044 How to remove screws with stripped heads? +9045 Why did my electrician put metal plates wherever the stud is drilled through? +9046 Are solar panels cost-effective? +9047 Is there a case where nails are better than screws, from an engineering/structural standpoint? +9048 Understanding US Screw Sizes +9049 What should I consider regarding LAN wiring before building a house? +9050 How can I improve the water pressure in my shower? +9051 If metal expands when heated, how does heating a bolt loosen it? +9052 Should I set fence posts in dirt, gravel, crushed rock, or concrete? +9053 Is there a trick to applying caulk using a caulk-gun? +9054 When I turn down the dimmer switch on my lights, do I actually use less electricity? +9055 What are the tools that every Do-it-Yourselfer must own? +9056 How to avoid stripping screw heads? +9057 How can I fix electrical outlets that dont hold plugs that are plugged in to them? +9058 When would one use an impact driver versus a regular drill? +9059 When pre-drilling for screws, how do you determine the correct bit diameter? +9060 Which way is up? (electric outlet) +9061 How can I remove a lemon from a toilet drain? +9062 Can Romex (NM-B) cable be run through conduit? +9063 What is the purpose of this Y shaped bit? +9064 Half my power out, but firing up an appliance turns it back on +9065 When drywalling a room, should I do the ceiling before the walls? +9066 Doors are sticky and noisy when opened? +9067 Should I use a subfloor for a finished basements floor? +9068 Why are there so many different types of screws (phillps/flat/hex/star/etc)? +9069 How can I speed up my slow hot water? +9070 How long should I wait before plugging in a new refrigerator? +9071 How do I run wires for a wall-mount flatscreen TV? +9072 Are there ways to determine if a wall is load bearing? +9073 What are insulated screwdrivers for if you’re not supposed to work on a live circuit? +9074 Are gaps above and below framing members a concern? +9075 Can I heat one room and cool another with an in-wall AC? +9076 How can I paint over mold to prevent it from coming back again? +9077 How can I pull a wire through a pipe that has too many turns for fish tape? +9078 Is there a way to unscrew a light bulb that has broken? +9079 What is this cable in my yard, why is it exposed, and what can I do about it? +9080 Is using 15 amp components on a 20 amp breaker against code? +9081 What does 1 Gang, 2 Gang, and so forth mean when talking about electrical boxes? +9082 Should I use steel or wood studs for basement exterior walls? +9083 Should old knob and tube wiring be replaced? +9084 Why dont you connect unused hot and neutral wires to complete the circuit? +9085 Why is there a 1/4 jack in my oven? +9086 Is the Electrician trying to scam me? +9087 How can I restore power after a switch was shorted with scissors? +9088 How to reinforce a joist with plumbing running through it? +9089 Why do my LED lights stay on, even when the switch is off? +9090 How should I rewire a miswired 3-way switch? +9091 Why does this receptacle have the ground tied to the neutral? +9092 How do I drill a 2⅛ inch door knob hole over an existing 1½ inch hole? +9093 Why is my voltage dropping with load and why is current flowing on my ground wire? +9094 Can I run CAT5/6 cables parallel to electrical cables? +9095 What are the guidelines for holes in joists? +9096 How do I run ethernet cable through a wall cavity? +9097 If a light bulb is dead, does it still consume electricity if the switch is in ON? +9098 This fell out of my toilet when I unscrewed the supply line. What is it? +9099 How to avoid wires when drilling into the wall? +9100 Are push in connectors up to code? +9101 How can I allow 911 first responders to access a locked residence? +9102 What on earth is this small wall-mounted computer? +9103 Why do gas water heater exhausts have an air gap before the chimney? +9104 Is there a proper name for this kind of toothed disk? +9105 What is the best way to seal caulk tube? +9106 How do I secure my house against intruders? +9107 How do you know when and where it is safe to drill into a wall? +9108 How should I go about installing a 12 volt DC residential circuit? +9109 How do I fix a water hammer problem? +9110 When doing electrical work, what do I use to check wires are safe? +9111 How best can I discover what is up with my electrical bill? +9112 How much weight can screws in drywall hold? +9113 How do I wrap pipe threads with teflon tape? +9114 How do I ensure the bathroom door stays open unless someone is inside? +9115 Is this cracking foundation under a jack post a problem that requires repair? +9116 What kind of IKEA screw is this? +9117 Need to understand my home electrical meter to see why bill is so high and/or if neighbor is on same meter +9118 Are mobile air conditioning systems an inherently flawed design? +9119 Home electronics break daily and wiring is OK. Any ideas? +9120 What are the dangers of operating a mini excavator? +9121 How can we dry out a soaked water heater (and restore a novice plumbers dignity)? +9122 How do I properly feed coax through an outside wall? +9123 What is the purpose of tape when finishing drywall? +9124 Is there a way to safely have exposed electrical wires? +9125 Why are carpenters pencils flat? +9126 Why does my homes power fade and surge when I plug things in? +9127 Are soldered electrical connections code-compliant? +9128 Is it worth spending extra to get a nicer circular saw? +9129 Are there skilled professionals who will supervise unskilled DIY labor? +9130 How to fix bathroom tiles falling off +9131 How do I find and dispose of the dead animal thats presumably in my ceiling? +9132 Why Do 240V Circuits Not Require Neutral? +9133 What kind of lubrication should I use for a lock? +9134 How do I finish off a silicone sealant like a professional? +9135 Why are “Wire Nuts” not used in the UK? +9136 What is a humane, safe and clean way to dispose of a live mouse caught in a glue trap? +9137 How do I wire an old house with Cat6? +9138 Why does this pipe feeding a hot water heater dip down like this? +9139 How do I stop a creek from eroding my steep embankment? +9140 Is it a problem that my bathtub drains directly into the wall? +9141 Can I gain AC efficiency by spraying condensate water on the outdoor coils? +9142 How to future-proof a long cable run +9143 Why can I not assemble conduit around cable, but must pull it after assembly? +9144 When should pipe dope vs thread tape be used? +9145 Whats the practical difference between latex and acrylic water dispersion paint? +9146 What temperature should I set my water heater to? +9147 When pouring concrete, is it safe to add large rocks to increase volume? +9148 Why am I getting an electric shock from the water in my hot tub? +9149 How to remove nails with heads cut off? +9150 Is there a technique to make a shower mirror fog-free? +9151 Why is my garage grounded ONLY when it rains? +9152 How do I fix this 30 ft (9 m) dryer vent abomination? +9153 How do I make around-the-room shelves for a seriously skewed room? +9154 Is is safe to use LED strips that shine onto stair risers instead of directly onto treads? +9155 Can I DIY fix the broken main feeder support cable? +9156 How can I remove a really stuck screw? +9157 What humidity should I set my dehumidifier to? +9158 Is it ok to have mixed grounds and neutrals on bars in a breaker box? +9159 How much load can a (wood) board support, if it is supported only at the ends? +9160 What are cheap ways to build strong shelves with a large span? +9161 Purpose of Fill Valve Tube Going into Overflow Drain +9162 Are toilets supposed to be caulked to the floor? +9163 Why does my dishwasher back up into the sink, but running the disposal allows it to drain? +9164 Extension cord and power strip safety +9165 Should I use nails or screws for hanging drywall on the ceiling? +9166 Should I agree to have more insulation added to my attic? +9167 What do you call the fastener thats like a metal zip tie with a screw? +9168 Metal spike with heavy metal cord found in front lawn +9169 What is a NON-self-tapping screw? What does self-tapping mean, really? +9170 Should I tilt my DIY self-standing bookshelf backwards to prevent it falling down? +9171 Protecting solar panels from kids who may throw stones to get monkeys off roof +9172 Why do Contractor Levels have two vials with the same orientation? +9173 Would it be Code legal to have an all-240V house in the United States? +9174 What are the must do tasks before winter hits? +9175 How many CFM for a range hood do I REALLY need? +9176 I have a basement floor with lots of moisture, can I paint or seal it to make it waterproof? +9177 How to determine the type of wall on which Im putting up a shelf? +9178 How do I rehang a wooden door with worn screw holes? +9179 How can I get rid of a mouse in my house? +9180 How do I build an ice rink in my backyard? +9181 What are the most important things to check/do after buying a home? +9182 What is this vertical metal pipe in my backyard? old well? septic? +9183 Is it safe to remove the bottom chords of a series of garage roof trusses? +9184 Good way to remove something from a bathroom sink overflow drain? +9185 How should I support this large drywall patch? +9186 If DC adapters are so prevalent, why is AC used in construction by default? +9187 Is there a standard height and depth for stairs? +9188 How do I install a GFCI receptacle with two hot wires and common neutral? +9189 Is there a way to simply splice in an additional length of 12/2 NM-B cable? +9190 Why do my led bulbs state: not for use in totally enclosed luminaires? +9191 How do I change a light bulb I cant grip? +9192 Is it OK to borrow a ground wire from a different circuit? +9193 Is it unsafe to remove one stud from a load bearing wall? +9194 What is a tandem breaker (aka duplex, cheater, twin, double-stuff, etc.)? +9195 Propane appliances throwing orange flames suddenly and generators back firing +9196 Why is my fire extinguisher emptied after one use? +9197 Electric shock - was I stupid, unlucky, or a combination of both? +9198 Why does dirt kill saw blades? +9199 How did my ground and neutral become energized by a short in the buried main line? +9200 What spacing difference is acceptable with a contracted tile job? +9201 What are the pros and cons of a whole house humidifier? +9202 How do I prepare an already painted wall for new paint? +9203 Should all Federal Pacific panels be replaced? +9204 Do you really need a p-trap on bathroom sinks? +9205 How to open a door that has the insides of a door handle inside without a door knob +9206 Are water boilers dangerous when showering? +9207 What is the best method to patch a large hole (2-3 inches) in drywall? +9208 Why do British houses have indoors windows in some rooms? +9209 Why has my 10 year old ceiling fan suddenly started shocking me through the fan pull chain? +9210 Can you cut open a plastic junction box and just lay splices inside? +9211 Is this 230V steampunk metal robot lamp safe? +9212 Why does my shed door expand/shrink? +9213 Locating source of excessive energy use +9214 How do you determine if a door is Right Handed (RH) or Left Handed (LH)? +9215 What actually happens if I vary proportions of cement and sand in mortar? +9216 How much gap to leave between basement concrete floor and bottom of drywall board? +9217 Why are homes wired using solid wire rather than stranded? +9218 Does Pex tubing have any advantages over copper? +9219 Is there a trick to opening a tube of caulk? +9220 Does a refrigerator compressor need settling time after being laid on its back or side? +9221 How do I remove and reinstall baseboards (Skirting Board) without damaging them? +9222 Why does my house heat up, even when its cool outside? +9223 How to improve HVAC system to make upstairs rooms more comfortable? +9224 How to drive a nail in a confined space? +9225 Marijuana smoke migrating to my condo! +9226 Can anyone tell me what this little white box on my outlet is? +9227 Why do I have voltage on a plumbing ground strap, and is it dangerous? +9228 Is twisted and taped splice on cable, objectively any less stable than wire-nuts or terminal blocks? +9229 What is the best tool for cutting up scrap wood? +9230 How can I lift a sunken paver in the middle of my driveway / patio / walkway / sidewalk? +9231 I ran a nail through a wire at home, should I worry? +9232 How can I add an ammeter and/or voltmeter to my home breaker panel? +9233 How do I remove this wall plate with no visible screws? +9234 What is an air conditioner compressor hard start kit and how does it work? +9235 Seemingly overbuilt basement wall - load bearing? +9236 How can I get roof rain runoff into pond with an aboveground wall? +9237 What wire gauge do I need for a 100 Amp subpanel at the end of a 60 wire run? +9238 Does a bathroom exhaust fan have to vent to the outside? +9239 What grit sandpaper should I use between coats of polyurethane? +9240 Safe/professional way to transport lumber with just a roof rack +9241 Can I replace a 30A breaker with a 40A breaker for a new water heater? +9242 How to prevent batteries leaking out in devices? +9243 What should be done before using a fireplace that has not been used in decades? +9244 Is it damaging to turn off a small fridge for two days every week? +9245 While drilling into kitchen wall, hit a wire - any advice? +9246 Whats the 1 inch square knob sticking out of the wall? +9247 Diagonal brace left in the basement by builder. Can I remove it? Replace it? +9248 Is it harmful to remove gas stove knobs on a regular basis? +9249 Avoiding dust scattering when you drill +9250 Now I realize I used too many GFCI outlets. How can I reclaim them? +9251 How do I hand saw in a straight line? +9252 Is it normal to use a grinder to finish a new driveway? +9253 Why are the inside diameters of some pipe larger than the stated size? +9254 How can it be dangerous to feed a water heater from two separate panels? +9255 What is this bolt in my basement floor? +9256 Why do my toilets flush slowly and often incompletely? +9257 How do I remove polyurethane spray foam from my hands? +9258 How do I compensate for the sun confusing my garage door openers sensors? +9259 Going to be away for 4 months, should we turn off the refrigerator or leave it on with water inside? +9260 Where should I NOT use a GFCI or AFCI? +9261 Do I really have to fasten interior-wall electrical wire to a stud to keep it from moving? +9262 How do I find studs when stud finders wont work? +9263 How do I run cable through my ceiling? +9264 Humidity Levels +9265 Are 1/4 turn water supply valves more reliable than multi-turn valves? Or vice-versa? +9266 Why are 2x4s really 1.5x3.5? +9267 Any hidden disadvantage to lever-type door latches? +9268 How to dig a trench for a cable for a garden office +9269 Is there a freezing-water-resistant metal pipe? +9270 How can I repair rusty tools? +9271 Can a toilet get too old to the point where it can never be unclogged and must be replaced? +9272 Why should we replace smoke alarms every 10 years? +9273 Why dont electrical receptacles have more than one ground? +9274 How to find electric device(s) driving a high electric bill? +9275 Do smart or programmable thermostats actually save money? +9276 How do I fix a hole in drywall? +9277 What type of lightbulb is this? +9278 How do you find helpers for larger DIY projects? +9279 What is the advantage of PEX pinch clamp vs. crimp rings? +9280 How do you plan capacity for electrical circuits? +9281 I added insulation to my attic rafters, but should I have left room for airflow? +9282 My inflatable hot tub says dont use with an extension cord... but can I? +9283 What items in a house can potentially be damaged by shutting them off at the circuit breaker? +9284 What should we look for when buying a fixer-upper house? +9285 What benefit do plasterboard/drywall screws have? +9286 Drilled into studs, light flickered momentarily but everything else seems fine now - should I be worried? +9287 Why dont I have ground wiring on any of my outlets? +9288 Why aren’t there water shutoff valves for each room? +9289 Mounted tv too high, OK to use same studs to remount? +9290 Why would two circuit breakers be connected inside the service panel? +9291 Is my plan to safely remove asbestos siding sound? +9292 Can I pour concrete over a PVC sewer pipe without damaging it? +9293 Why do single electrical receptacles exist? +9294 Why are there ovens with control panel toward the back? +9295 How can I get rid of ants in an environmently friendly way? +9296 What is the right tool for old, rusty, flat cross head bolts? +9297 When installing hardwood floors, should I use rosin paper, roofing felt, or nothing underneath? Why? +9298 Do I really need a special bulb in the oven? +9299 How do you trigger the HVAC with wiring only? +9300 Is it bad to turn off the water while on vacation? +9301 What is simplest strategy to map circuits to breakers in the panel? +9302 What happens if I use vegetable oil instead of machine oil or grease? +9303 What is the proper way to install/paint baseboard? +9304 Should I release the pressure out of an air compressor when it is not in use? +9305 How can I fix a garbage disposal with crushed glass in it? +9306 How would I go about turning a tree in to a tabletop? +9307 What is the proper way to run Category 6 underground? +9308 Does a homeowner need a permit for electrical work in Massachusetts? +9309 What are framing dimensions like in the metric world? +9310 Is it safe to re-use drill holes in a wall? +9311 Ethernet cable instead of Thermostat wire? +9312 What should I use to secure/organize data cable runs? +9313 How do I reattach a shelf to the wall when it ripped out of the wall? +9314 Would bullet proof glass help deter burglars? How does it compare to normal glass? +9315 Is it important not to scratch copper wire when removing insulation? +9316 Is it OK that the frame of my house doesnt line up with the slab? +9317 Make a hole deeper than the drill bit is long +9318 Can a 40amp breaker be used safely and without issue with a 40amp device on 6AWG wire? +9319 Architect drawing home addition by hand +9320 Is it safe to flush newspaper down the toilet? +9321 Is my repair to this plug safe? +9322 How can I fill a wheelbarrow tire when the bead is gapped away from the rim? +9323 Repurpose telephone line to ethernet +9324 Do I have to secure an IKEA TV stand to the wall? +9325 Panel breakers are alternately 90 V and 140 V +9326 How do I remove this fastener under my bathroom faucet +9327 Why exactly is WD-40 not a true lubricant? +9328 240v Outlet with 120v and 215v - How? +9329 Central Vacuuming: Is it worth it, and how does it compare to normal vacuuming? +9330 Will window shrink-wrap make a noticeable difference in heating bill in house with single-paned windows? +9331 Is this correct? Welder suggests 15A outlet on 20A breaker, or 20A outlet on 30A breaker +9332 How can I remove material from this wood beam? +9333 Replacing 2-prong outlets in basement - existing wiring has two hot wires, one neutral? +9334 What is the proper procedure to apply multiple coats of Polyurethane? +9335 Should a gas water heater be shut down if the water main has to be turned off? +9336 Whats the most common cause of A/C refrigerant lines freezing? +9337 Should drywall be hung horizontally or vertically? +9338 Does bare drywall need to be primed before painting? +9339 When wiring outlets should I use pigtails or both sets of outlet screws? +9340 Why does the shower get cold when I flush, and how can I prevent it? +9341 What do I need to install LED strip lighting? +9342 Lutron LED/CFL Dimmer switch turns lights off the wrong way, up is down and down is up. Whats the problem? +9343 Whats the best way to account for saw blade width (kerf) when cutting boards? +9344 How do I feed an ethernet cable through a doorway without damaging the door or wall? +9345 Are cracks in a newly poured concrete basement floor a problem? +9346 How can I close a gap between my fence and my neighbors thats on his side of the property line? +9347 Lubricant for squeaky doors +9348 Is my rapidly failing foundation dangerous? +9349 Are there any cordless power tool systems that offer a corded option? +9350 Are standard light bulb bases being phased out? +9351 Turning a hard to access nut? +9352 Why is my house wired with two coax in every room and an RJ11 splitter? +9353 Bathroom exhaust fan without duct +9354 What projects should never be DIY? +9355 What is the safe/correct way to work on gutters? From a ladder or from the roof? +9356 How can I fix this gap between bookcases I made? +9357 How to get rid of CO₂ in a house with A/C in hot summer? +9358 What is the use for this different threading near the head of a large screw? +9359 Paint-stripping purgatory - stuck in the middle - what should we do? +9360 Car in driveway is source of garage door opener interference +9361 Will removing shelving screws from studs damage the studs? +9362 Are there LED lamps available for ovens? +9363 subpanel breaker tripped as well as main breaker - should I be concerned? +9364 What code applies to projects that I do in my own home? +9365 Whats the standard height for an outlet? +9366 Can I backfeed a portable generator into my houses electrical system? +9367 How do I properly wire GFCI outlets in parallel? +9368 How do I refill a fire extinguisher or should I just buy a new one? +9369 Which Kitchen outlets do NOT need GFCI? +9370 What is a GFI outlet used for, and where should I install them? +9371 How can I find the source of a mysterious bad smell? +9372 What are the differences between SDS, SDS Plus, and SDS Max drills? +9373 Should the backer board be in front of or behind the tub flange? +9374 How much weight can I hang from a drywall ceiling? +9375 How can I fill a screw hole so it can be used again? +9376 What is the proper, safe, and effective way to apply diatomaceous earth? +9377 How to unscrew screws that are barely accessible? +9378 How do I stop the dripping noise from my gutters? +9379 Whats the best way of replacing a plug or switch in a house with aluminum wiring? +9380 Why dont programmable thermostats automatically switch between Cool and Heat? +9381 Should I cover my air conditioner for winter? +9382 What can I do to keep my shed (or house) free of spiders? +9383 Do USB sockets draw power when not in use? +9384 Can I safely use a 9w LED bulb in place of a 40w incandescent? +9385 What is the best way to incrementally finish an unfinished basement? +9386 Is running ethernet cable through an air return allowed under US code? +9387 Is there a lifetime failure count for a breaker? +9388 How do you protect solar panels from hail? +9389 How do I mount this towel rack that was ripped off the wall? +9390 What are the different types of drywall anchors, and what are the advantages of each? +9391 Is this light switch installation safe and legal? +9392 How do I remove wallpaper from drywall? +9393 Why does Tesla recommend such a small gauge wire for their chargers compared to this chart I found online? +9394 How to disconnect air conditioner lines from outdoor unit? +9395 What bit should I use to drill a two inch hole in a solid concrete wall? +9396 What is this pipe coming out of the basement floor? +9397 What danger/code violation is oversized breakers? +9398 What is an affordable 2D drafting software for amateurs? +9399 My room lights brightness pulses when I turn on my toaster oven +9400 Contractor is installing a vinyl fence and posts but is not using any water with concrete. Is he doing it right? +9401 How should I deal with a cable found underground on my property? +9402 Does A/C encourage mold growth +9403 Does unblocking power bar outlets through short extension cords increase fire risk? +9404 What is this tool called and what is it used for? +9405 Why does US Code not allow a 15A single receptacle on a 20A circuit? +9406 What should I do with a powered switch that seemingly does nothing? +9407 Is all copper pipe pretty much the same? +9408 How is DIY done so much on fixer uppers in areas where AHJs demand permits and licenses? +9409 What types of home radon mitigation systems have you used, and how well do they work? +9410 Setting cut depth on a circular saw +9411 Where does the lawn string trimmer line go? +9412 What is the name of this part of drawers? +9413 Should lintels above wall portals be considered for smoke alarm placement? +9414 What are some scalable, affordable home automation options? +9415 Is flushing a waterheater a good idea? +9416 What is the proper way to run wires along/across basement ceiling joists? +9417 I have a 3-pronged receptacle but no ground wire connected to it. Is this ok? +9418 Is it worth it to insulate hot water PEX tubing? +9419 What types of electrical outlets are found in a typical home in the USA? +9420 Whats the best/easiest way to paint edges? +9421 What is the best way to cut receptacle holes when hanging drywall? +9422 How can I repair a puncture in a hollow-core wooden door? +9423 What are some cost-effective tips for reducing external sound from entering a room? +9424 Best way to stick a very long Ethernet cable semi-permanently to walls? +9425 What is the right way to connect 7 conductors in an electrical box? +9426 How can I unscrew the faucet nuts in the tight space behind my sink basin? +9427 Do new wire runs in an existing ceiling need to be stapled down? +9428 What are these orange outlets directly attached to my breaker box? +9429 How do I optimally cut a bolt to length? +9430 What is the best order for interior painting (walls, trim, windows, etc.)? +9431 Weird Power Outage in Certain Rooms- Condominium +9432 Is it more economical to use hot water before boiling or to bring cold water to a boil? +9433 Hang indoor swing chair BETWEEN two ceiling joists +9434 Can anyone help me identify this old audio cable? +9435 How to add on to a concrete patio? +9436 Damage when drilling a mirror — normal or not? +9437 Is it OK to create a third prong ground from a cold water pipe, for a 2-wire circuit? +9438 How to remove very stuck stripped screws? +9439 How can I get a wire that is outside a wall to be inside a wall +9440 How do I safely replace a worn out electrical outlet? +9441 New home with gaps in stairs +9442 How does a ball bearing door hinge work? +9443 Why would you use copper over CPVC or PEX? +9444 Can my municipal water line siphon from my house water lines? +9445 What is this bug and should I be concerned? +9446 Make a built-in desk level with uneven floor, or true level +9447 How to deal with broken compact fluorescent (and its mercury) without breaking the bank? +9448 Should I make my two steps have the same rise or keep one closer to a typical height? +9449 Nicely mounting 2x4s to wall +9450 How can I calculate my anticipated peak current load? +9451 What is this balloon with eyes printed on it, hanging from the eave on this house? +9452 Can you identify this receptacle? +9453 What is this component in my microwave? +9454 What type of tool or bit is a metal shaft with splines? +9455 1lb of cure is worth 10 tons of mold: DIY repair of a poorly sealed window? lots of photos herein +9456 What do you do/ask when hiring a contractor +9457 Is it permissible to have exposed mains conductors in holiday lights? +9458 What type of tool has rings of teeth that spin freely on a shaft? +9459 What direction should laminate flooring be placed in? +9460 How do you release the wires from a push-in wire connector? +9461 How do I remove a flush mounted ceiling light fixture dome? +9462 How do I fix a sticking toilet refill float? +9463 How do I calculate the length of a ladder I need to reach a certain height? +9464 Must I remove all mortar between tiles before grouting? +9465 What are the black spots on my bathroom ceiling? Are they mold? +9466 Why would plastic anchors pull out of the wall? +9467 How big a hole in drywall can be fixed by spackle alone? +9468 What can I do about my drains constantly getting blocked? +9469 How much weight can you mount to a wall? +9470 What is the recommended way to destroy mold? +9471 Why little holes/dots when I apply joint compound? +9472 How to remove screws from old decking +9473 Disable the LG washer/dryer melody at end of the cycle? +9474 How long should I wait to plug in my refrigerator after unplugging it? +9475 Is fiberglass mesh tape a good choice for drywall? +9476 What are the pros and cons of steel vs. aluminum metal roofing? +9477 How should masking tape be used when multiple coats of paint are being applied? +9478 What is causing/caused these brown circular stains in my cabinetry? +9479 Which tools should not be operated while wearing gloves? +9480 Do thermostat-controlled, auto-adjust HVAC vents exist? +9481 How do I replace this cast iron toilet flange? +9482 Is there supposed to be a gap between the wall and the roof? +9483 Should I use nails or screws to refasten my subfloor to the joists? +9484 Caulking a corner instead of taping with joint compound? +9485 What is the right way to strip power wires? +9486 Can I cause damage to electrical appliances by unplugging them when they are turned on? +9487 Why is my table saw blade burning oak boards as I make rip cuts? +9488 Half my house losing power, HVAC the key factor +9489 Alarms on Doors that have Access to a Pool +9490 How can I stop a toilet seat from rapidly loosening? +9491 What is this welding tool I found in my attic? +9492 Wind from kitchen sink drainage pipe +9493 How do I remove these Ikea screws? (studs inside holes) +9494 What happens to foam insulation board after you pour concrete slab? +9495 What sorts of appliances will malfunction on a reversed AC outlet? +9496 Do I need to be legally qualified to install a Hive smart thermostat? +9497 Small branch stuck in electric wire +9498 Should hardwood floors go all the way to wall under kitchen cabinets? +9499 Ive released a lot of lead-paint dust in our house. What to do? +9500 What is this sticking out of my wall? +9501 How to keep screws in a hollow door +9502 Whats this plastic thing along my sidewalk pavers? +9503 How can I insulate my garage door? +9504 Is this saw blade faulty? +9505 Can I hang this heavy and deep cabinet on this wall safely? +9506 How do I prepare my home for a power outage? +9507 Buying a home with 2 prong outlets but the bathroom has 3 prong outets +9508 Is there a benefit to having a switch control an outlet? +9509 How to cut a rectangle out of a STEEL ruler? +9510 What are these capped, metal pipes in our yard? +9511 Can you identify this tool? +9512 What are wrenches called that are just cut out of steel flats? +9513 How to get a wrench into this location to remove this nut +9514 How to avoid breaking electric wires, telephone wires, and water pipes in the garden while digging +9515 Can I still be sold plumbing fixtures that contain lead? +9516 What is the cause of this short in the outlet receptacle? +9517 How can I effectively use Google Sketchup to render walls, doors, and windows? +9518 Is it better to waterproof a basement from the outside or the inside? +9519 Inch-long block-and-spring part came with drill - what is it? +9520 Can white bread be used to temporarily plug pipes for repair? +9521 Recommend attachment for a drill/driver for drywall screws +9522 What basic safety equipment should everyone have? +9523 Which home improvement projects produce the highest return on investment when selling? +9524 What are some tips for finishing wood? +9525 What is this velcro-like product? +9526 Where could all these flies be coming from? +9527 What would cause air bubbles in the toilet when Im showering? +9528 What does that mean if my LED light bulb starts blinking when I turned it on? +9529 Do I need to sand my entire deck before staining? +9530 What is my drill hitting and not penetrating when I hang curtains? +9531 How do I fix a leaky toilet that only leaks from underneath? +9532 If my wall has metal studs, is it better to anchor heavy objects through just drywall or also through the studs? +9533 How do I repair/prevent woodpecker holes in cedar siding? +9534 What is the best technique for using a drill to insert screws? +9535 What should I do to increase the dimming range of LED bulbs? +9536 When bolting down a porcelain toilet, how tight is too tight? +9537 Are both legs of a homes power supply equally used? +9538 How do I fix a sinkhole in my backyard? +9539 Can you rout plywood? +9540 How can I change light bulbs in a fixture located 20ft above the ground? +9541 What are the rules for unplugging a refrigerator? +9542 How can I fix the issues Im having with large double gates? +9543 What is better for a roof, plywood or OSB? +9544 Should gaps be left between sheets of drywall for any reason? +9545 Is there an ideal height for a workbench? +9546 How to tell if your locks are bump proof? +9547 If I install a GFCI on the first outlet in a circuit will the other receptacles on that breaker circuit have GFI protection? +9548 Why is there a beaded tie on new fire extinguishers? +9549 How do I fix a squeaky floor below my carpet? +9550 How can I cut off 1/8 inch from ceramic tile? +9551 Fix drywall around outlets +9552 How to get locks that are keyed alike? +9553 How can I coil up a rope so that it doesnt get tangled? +9554 How do I choose between ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms? +9555 Is notching a flange on an I-Joist ever acceptable? +9556 Does XPS+OSB subfloor need to be anchored? +9557 Is there ever a reason for reversing hot and neutral on a receptacle? +9558 When drywalling, do the pros cover electrical boxes, or work around them? +9559 240 V outlet is not delivering 240 V +9560 Elegant method of punching a hole through a wall to run cables? +9561 Exhaust fumes seeping into our 4th floor apartment at night through bathroom and shower vents/fans +9562 How do you push a cable through a standard conduit inside the wall? +9563 Broken door jamb - Whats the easiest way to fix this? +9564 What type of cable should I bury for a small utility shed? +9565 Multiple holes in exterior wall studs for electrical wiring +9566 Could a layman build a house from plans? +9567 Should I hire an architect to design my house? +9568 What can cause a never-frozen indoor copper drain pipe to crack? +9569 How to convince plumber that there is a gas leak? +9570 One circuit on two 20 amp breakers +9571 What should I be aware of in buying second-hand sinks and toilets? +9572 Strange mud-like formation on ceiling +9573 Should I dig a separate trench for CAT5e wire to shed? +9574 Getting UPS Power from One Room to Another +9575 I live in an older home without ground wiring. Is it safe to install 3-prong GFCI with only a hot and neutral? +9576 Is it safe to screw into a single support beam holding up an entire house? +9577 How can I seal 8 inch round holes in my siding? +9578 Technique for driving hinge screws to minimize misalignment +9579 240 V dryer outlet is reading 245 V +9580 Can Teflon thread tape be reused? +9581 How to (more) securely attach a latch to a frequently-used wooden gate +9582 Scientifically speaking, how and why does sweating (soldering) copper pipes work? +9583 What is your advice on repairing this PCB trace? +9584 Bosch Drawer Microwave causes ARC Faults +9585 What is this measuring tool for? +9586 What kitchen counter material would you recommend and why? +9587 What does cant mix neutrals mean, and how would neutrals get mixed? +9588 How can I get a bolt with no head out of my wall? +9589 Metal braided cord in the wall +9590 How can I open or identify this lamp? +9591 What precautions should I take before moving my family into a pre-1978 (lead-paint-era) house? +9592 What do I do if there are only two wires coming from my ceiling electrical box? +9593 Can I connect ground to neutral in a 3 wire outlet? +9594 What is the proper per code method for running nonmetallic sheathed cable above a ceiling in the attic? +9595 How do I repair a curtain rod anchor that was ripped out of the wall? +9596 How good do I need to make my primer coat? +9597 What are the pros and cons of medium-density fibreboard (MDF)? +9598 What are the pros and cons of installing a roof heating cable? +9599 Why is it safe to use 15 A receptacles on a 20 A circuit? +9600 How much water do water softeners waste? +9601 How can I hang a shelf with no visible fasteners? +9602 When to use holes instead of side terminals to wire an outlet +9603 Is switching the neutral OK? +9604 What is electrical code for number of wires in a breaker? +9605 How do I adjust a door so it doesnt swing on its own? +9606 What is the best method of hanging drywall on ceiling? +9607 When is pipe dope/tape needed? +9608 How to reduce noise from my refrigerator? +9609 What size dowels to use for joints? +9610 How do I use an extension ladder to get onto my roof? +9611 My house was hit by lightning. What should I do? +9612 Should I run the tap while dumping boiling water? +9613 How often do septic tanks typically need to be pumped? +9614 What is this kind of security bolt head called, and how can I remove it? +9615 How to cut drywall over stud? +9616 How do I run ethernet, speaker wire, and coax through a wall into a crawlspace? +9617 How can I stop birds from hitting my sunroom windows? +9618 I hit a pipe with a mower and now it wont turn +9619 How much damage can a grow-op do to a house in 3 months? +9620 Contractor cut joist hangers to make them fit +9621 How do I drywall when the studs are not flush? +9622 CO detector starts beeping every morning at 6am +9623 How do you reduce floor sound transmission? +9624 How to remove a shelf fastener with a round head and no slot +9625 Why tape black garbage bags to outside windows, not between inside windows and blinds? +9626 How do electric hot water heaters explode and what can be done to prevent that from happening? +9627 Why are these receptacles so difficult to plug into? +9628 Is Electric Central Heating worth it if using Solar Panels? +9629 Is it dangerous to run electrical cords through heating vents? +9630 How do I build a French drain? +9631 Wood glue versus epoxy for doweling stripped screw holes +9632 How to sharpen a lawn mower blade? +9633 Is it safe for plumbing to use rainwater to flush toilets? +9634 What is this metal rail in the basement ceiling +9635 Can I run a 15A table saw on a 15A circuit if there are also shop lights on the same circuit? +9636 My apartment door unlocked by itself. Can anyone offer an explanation please? +9637 Would providing shade for my air conditioners condensor improve its efficiency? +9638 Why is all this exterior trim rotting and how do I fix it? +9639 Considering doing a 100A sub panel install on my own. Any guidance would be much appreciated +9640 Confused about Ethernet wiring in new home +9641 What is the difference between a handle tie and common trip in circuit breakers? +9642 What is this attaching my toilet seat and how can I unscrew it? +9643 What is this set of claw-levers and bolts? +9644 How to reduce drywall hole size +9645 What is this stake in my yard and can I remove it? +9646 Moisture leaking out of chip in floor tile +9647 Is it safe to remove old rusty nails from a wooden beam? +9648 Hole in granite countertop for kitchen faucet slightly small +9649 Any problem to build a house that covers a same-sized hole in the ground? +9650 How do I protect myself from bad contracting jobs? +9651 Is abandoned sewage pit hazardous? +9652 Turn off hot water without hot water valve +9653 How to choose a weekend warriors finishing nail gun? +9654 What kind of nut is this +9655 Which water heater types do you recommend? +9656 How do I connect a 4 prong cord on my GE dryer which is currently connected with a 3 prong cord? +9657 Orange material in grout lines - need help to identify +9658 How can I override a motion detector light? +9659 Should my toilet flange sit on top of the backer board or the tile of the floor? +9660 How do I fix a door frame that my dog chewed? +9661 How should I run wiring for my above-fireplace mounted TV? +9662 Why energy saving bulb flashes when the switch is off? +9663 Why wont a LED bulb work in a standard light fixture? +9664 Which type of PVC for exposed outdoor use? +9665 Should I put a dimmer switch on a ceiling fan? +9666 What kind of mortar should I use to point a fieldstone foundation? +9667 How many cables are you allowed to run through a single hole in a wooden floor joist? +9668 How do I install transition molding between my new hardwood and existing tile floors? +9669 What is the difference between R20 and PAR20 lightbulbs? +9670 Do all wires on basement walls have to be in conduit? +9671 Why do builders say that wet concrete/mortar is not as strong? +9672 What is the optimal configuration of a cross brace on a wooden gate? +9673 How do I improve Pergola Stability? +9674 Is it possible to convert a truss attic into living space? +9675 Should I sand each layer of mud when joining drywall? +9676 How to drill a hole in a space too small to fit a standard manual or electric drill? +9677 Does voltage play any role in choosing the appropriate wire gauge? +9678 Can I run a central air conditioner in the winter? +9679 How do I fix seams that open up at the corners of walls during the winter? +9680 How can I tell if these pipes are gas lines or water lines? +9681 How do I tell if my house is brick or brick veneer? +9682 How to finish wide gap in drywall at edge of ceiling +9683 Splitting a 240V line into two 120V lines +9684 How can I install a cable jack without a box? +9685 Safely hang a mirror that does not have hooks +9686 When should I replace a circular saw blade? +9687 How can I detect reverse polarity on an ungrounded receptacle? +9688 How much pressure should you apply when rolling on paint? +9689 Why are all towel bars 24 inch? With studs being 16 inches apart - how do people mount them? +9690 What is this mysterious pipe in my back yard? +9691 How do I clean vinyl siding without a pressure washer? +9692 What is the recommended home design software? +9693 Using a sealant to stop a toilet tank leak +9694 Is there a device that will allow a bathroom fan to run for 5 minutes after it is switched off? +9695 How can I protect my fingers while using a band saw? +9696 Is it normal for GFCI receptacles to explode and burn? +9697 Accidentally left hose on and now have no pressure +9698 Why is the cut using a jigsaw not a perfect straight line? +9699 What open source home automation software exists? What are the differences between them? +9700 What should I look for when choosing a stud finder? +9701 Is there a wall outlet power meter that I can interface with from a computer? +9702 Can I use old bowling alley lanes as counter tops? +9703 GFI outlets tripped after power outage +9704 Can I use 220 V outlets on a 15 ampere breaker and wire it up as 110 V? +9705 A guest pushed in my shower wall tile. How can I fix it? +9706 What are these tools used for? +9707 How can an outlet with only 2 wires (hot and neutral) be grounded? +9708 Are rechargeable 9-volt batteries suitable for use in smoke detectors? +9709 Are my wires in this junction box too short? +9710 Loss of power when I remove item from the outlet +9711 Whats the term for a hole with a screw thread? +9712 Condensor went, HVAC guy is blaming electrician, is this possible? +9713 What are my options for asphalt driveway repair and/or sealing? +9714 Can I run 300 ft of cat6 cable, with male connectors on each end, under house to other side? +9715 How can I unscrew this nut with little clearance? +9716 What would cause excess CO2 in cellar +9717 How do I fix a broken power cord +9718 Does a drainage pipe need to be continuously sloped? +9719 Why are there loops of copper water pipe coming out of my concrete floor? +9720 What causes standard door hinges to close up to a certain amount automatically? +9721 Should rooms be designed to minimize waste of sheet goods? +9722 How do I release a bit from a jammed keyless drill chuck? +9723 What type of bulb is this? +9724 Are pressure-treated posts that have been submerged for a few days ruined? +9725 How to prepare home to prevent pipe leaks during a severe winter storm? +9726 Do studs in wooden buildings eventually get replaced as they lose their structural capacity? +9727 Is this box bonded properly to the ground? +9728 Is it safe to use a drill bit with a half broken tip? +9729 How much power do LED smart bulb wireless control systems consume when the light is turned off? +9730 Crack in concrete block garage wall +9731 Is white paint the same color regardless of the company? +9732 Basic power tool set for Home repair and simple projects +9733 Should I run 240v for any supported appliances? +9734 What tool is a solid metal cube with dimples or half spheres on every side? +9735 How can I remove a plank from the middle of the field? +9736 Can cable splice devices be concealed? +9737 What is this electrical cord for? +9738 How does Schlage SecureKey Re-keying mechanism work? +9739 How can I have a pond but prevent mosquitos from nesting there? +9740 Putting together a tool set for children 8-11 +9741 3 position light switch beeps and flashes when down +9742 Is it worthwhile to have ductwork cleaned? +9743 Why is my hot water running out quickly regardless of other household water usage? +9744 Why would a GFCI trip on refrigerator circuit? +9745 How do I fix a bad sweat (solder) joint? +9746 How can I stop my lights dimming when my Air Conditioning turns on? +9747 What are the pros and cons of adding a vapor barrier behind shower backer board? +9748 How effective are outdoor foam faucet covers to prevent freezing? +9749 How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? +9750 Can I use an LED bulb in a 3-Way fixture? +9751 Who is the right professional to call for drainage issues? +9752 What can I do about a toilet flange that is 1/4 below the finished floor? +9753 Does a plumbing vent need to penetrate the roof? (Can it penetrate a wall?) +9754 How do I find where mice are entering my house? +9755 What is the purpose of a bathroom exhaust fan? +9756 What would cause the water pressure to be too high for just a second? +9757 Are curtains effective for keeping the room warm? +9758 How should I clean and repaint a painted wooden deck? +9759 Can I add a standard receptacle on a GFCI circuit +9760 How do I stop a bed frame from squeaking? +9761 Whats the minimum depth that an electrical box can recess into a finished wall? Does it have to be flush? +9762 What is the easiest way to remove a large root in a post hole Im digging? +9763 How should I conceal gaps between laminate flooring and wall trim? +9764 Is there any code for running Ethernet cable (through attics)? +9765 Which is better for deck flooring: 2x6 or 1x6 deck boards? +9766 Should I attach the fence post(s) where my fence meets my house? How do I do it? +9767 How do I meet the 7 feet high ceiling requirement after finishing the basement? +9768 How to cut a tiny circle in paper? +9769 What is the proper way to sharpen a pencil? +9770 How can paper be glued to cardboard without creating wrinkles? +9771 What is the advantage of having an angled drawing desk? +9772 Calligraphy pens not laying ink evenly +9773 How can I avoid smudging my pencil drawings? +9774 How do I remove labels from glass jars/bottles? +9775 What are the advantages of watercolour paper over sketch paper? +9776 What are good ways to spray paint a QR code on a footpath? +9777 I need an alternative to leather +9778 I have a model with a latex allergy: what are my other options? +9779 Differences between HB pencils +9780 Why do pencils offer larger color variety than watercolor? +9781 What are good options in colored pencil blending, especially for a traveller? +9782 What can I do to smooth and polish hand cut glass edges? +9783 How do I cut the bottom off a glass wine bottle? +9784 How can I make a sketch under a watercolour painting and have it not be seen? +9785 How do you choose a stitch length when straight stitching an arbitrary fabric? +9786 How to prevent the paper from getting damaged due to a steel compass? +9787 What is the difference between cheaper oil paints and more expensive ones? +9788 How can I safely sharpen a small craft knife? +9789 Whats the difference between crochet, knitting, and tunisian crochet? +9790 How do I know when my sewing machine needs a service? +9791 Making thin brittle sand design that holds together +9792 What are food safe finishes for woodworking projects, e.g. turned bowls? +9793 How do you bond clear acrylic to wood? +9794 What should I use to draw under oil paint? +9795 What are the little pieces of wood that come with pre-made canvas for? +9796 What is a good technique for drilling holes in glass bottles? +9797 What criteria should I be considering when looking at a second hand sewing machine? +9798 How to prevent tufts in paper when cutting fine details? +9799 How do I get a blur (blended) effect in pencil drawings? +9800 How can I prevent watercolor paper from buckling? +9801 Determining a station point for a perspective drawing +9802 How do I choose which adhesive or material to repair action figures? +9803 Can I use an airbrush inside? +9804 How to plan a drawing? +9805 What are some waterproof materials that meet my criteria for folding origami stars and cranes eggs? +9806 Durable T-shirt design methods +9807 Is there a way to cleanly cut styrofoam? +9808 What can I do to ensure I only erase the smaller details without affecting the area around it? +9809 How to protect & preserve water color paintings +9810 What is the difference between linen and cotton canvas? +9811 Is there a way to determine the fiber content of a yarn if Ive lost the label? +9812 What is the conversion for UK and US crochet hooks to mm? +9813 Does knitting needle material make a difference in knitting? +9814 When mixing paint colours, what is a good technique for ensuring consistent ratios each time a new batch needs to be created? +9815 Should I stain wood then use acrylic or vice versa? +9816 What do you call negative paint? +9817 Which glue should I use to attach paper to glass? +9818 How can I figure out how much caffeine is in my cup? +9819 How should I store whole bean coffee? +9820 Why is it not recommended to drink coffee immediately after its roasted? +9821 How will cold brewed coffee differ from traditional hot-water extraction methods? +9822 Why isnt coffee commonly sold in sachets, like tea bags? +9823 Whats the most effective way of generating crema from an Aeropress? +9824 What is the hexagon funnel shaped thing that came with my aeropress for? +9825 When does coffee go off? +9826 Does the hardness of water matter when making coffee? +9827 How can I minimize the amount of grounds at the bottom of my French press coffee? +9828 Is Kopi Luwak safe to drink? +9829 What is the process to reduce bitterness in coffee? +9830 What is the science (if any) behind bulletproof coffee? +9831 Are robusta and arabica the only bean varieties? +9832 Chemically, whats happening to coffee after its brewed? +9833 I run my espresso machine until my whole cup is full. Whats my coffee called? +9834 What roast level is recommended for cold brew? +9835 Did people actually drink coffee off the saucer? +9836 How do brown and white paper filters compare? +9837 Should I rinse paper coffee filters before use? +9838 What is the background of brewing coffee with eggs? +9839 How to grow coffee at home? +9840 How to avoid soya milk curdling in coffee? +9841 Brewing with the same coffee grounds twice? +9842 Is it safe to use paper towel as a filter when brewing? +9843 Is it possible to burn coffee while brewing? +9844 What do I need to start cold-brewing? +9845 What is coffee bloom +9846 Is Nespresso real espresso? +9847 What coffees are the least acidic? +9848 What does a coffee cherry taste like? +9849 What gives diner coffee its distinctive taste? +9850 Does storing coffee in a freezer preserve freshness? +9851 How is instant coffee made? +9852 How can I cost-effectively improve the coffee supply in my company break room? +9853 What is the next best milk substitute for a latte? +9854 Why would anyone want to hand grind their coffee? +9855 How important is tamping coffee for an espresso machine +9856 Why do the coffee shops give sparkling water along with the Espresso? +9857 End result of Americano vs Long Black? +9858 How can I go about developing my ability to taste flavors in coffee? +9859 How do I get started in roasting my own beans at home? +9860 Coffee Bean Vs Espresso Bean +9861 Latte: Milk before or after coffee? +9862 Coffee cup patina; is there any logic in not washing the cup +9863 Do I need to use a tamp if using a Moka pot stove top espresso maker? +9864 What is the difference between Robusta and Arabica? +9865 Does coffee cause dehydration? +9866 Whats the difference between a percolator and a moka pot? +9867 Freezing brewed coffee +9868 Terminology index - a list of bike part names and cycling concepts +9869 Why ride a fixed-gear bike? +9870 How do I deal with a dog chasing me when Im touring? +9871 Safety data: Which is safer, head/tail lights which blink or emit a steady beam? +9872 How to clean up at work after a commute? +9873 Why are disc brakes rare on road bikes? (circa 2010) +9874 Why do cyclists prefer messenger bags over backpacks? +9875 Can I use WD-40 on my bike? +9876 Is pollution a problem in urban cycling? +9877 How to pass a bicycle while driving a car +9878 How to ride to work without sweating? +9879 Why is it safer to bike with traffic, instead of facing oncoming cars? +9880 How to use drop handlebars properly? +9881 Why arent Tour de France riders going any faster? +9882 When or how often should I replace my bike helmet? +9883 Can I ride home with a broken spoke? +9884 What advanced cycling skills are useful for a commuter or city rider? +9885 Do skilled cyclists really use the front brake alone probably 95% of the time? +9886 Whats the difference between All-Mountain, Cross Country, Freeride, Downhill bikes? +9887 Why dont cyclists wear all-encompassing motorcycle-style helmets? +9888 Periodic Maintenance Task for Bike Commuters +9889 How to store a bike outside and still avoid rapid decay? +9890 What are the pros and cons of internal gears? +9891 Hydraulic Vs. Mechanical disc brakes +9892 Is listening to music dangerous while cycling? +9893 What is the best method to teach a young child to ride? +9894 How to prevent drafting? +9895 What is a reasonable speed for long distances on a bike? +9896 Can you be ticketed for breaking the speed limit on a bike? +9897 What is the practical advantage of disk brakes over rim brakes? +9898 What type of tires can prevent goatheads? +9899 What are the effects of completely filling tires with water instead of air? +9900 How can I make my bike (and myself) visible at night? +9901 How to get a very tight tire back on the rim? +9902 Homemade bicycle degreaser liquids +9903 How to commute to work on your bike and dress up +9904 Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? +9905 What are advantages and disadvantages of CO2 inflators over frame pumps? +9906 Does a helmet-mounted light affect the safe functionality of the helmet? +9907 Locking your bike in public areas +9908 How to get over anger at inconsiderate drivers +9909 Which way do I orient my bike tires tread direction? and why? +9910 How long should a road tyre hold its pressure? +9911 How can I tell which size chain my bike uses? +9912 Why are higher-end freewheels so much louder when coasting? +9913 Is it really going to damage a bike to wash it with a hose? +9914 Whats the real difference between cheap and expensive helmets? +9915 How can I make it clear to other road users that Im an inexperienced cyclist? +9916 How do you operate a used bike business without contributing to theft? +9917 What is the proper etiquette for overtaking a horse? +9918 How are the categories for climbs decided? +9919 What is the difference between brake cables and derailleur cables? +9920 Why dont brakes come with Safety Levers any more? +9921 Are there any scientific studies proving the benefits of clipless pedal systems? +9922 Safest way to slow down a bike quickly if both sets of brakes fail +9923 Why ride a single-speed bike? +9924 Is it possible to measure your sit bones at home? +9925 Are mountain bikes good for urban riding? +9926 Are slick tires worth it for commuting? +9927 Why do mens bicycles have a top tube while womens bicycles dont? +9928 Best type of bike lock (materials, style, etc.) +9929 How do on-road mountain bike speeds translate to road bike speeds? +9930 Toddler bike seat vs. bike trailer? +9931 Why do bikes have their drivetrains on the right? +9932 Is commuting 10 km on an empty stomach harmful? +9933 About 20-30 people bike to where I work. What equipment/supplies should we have on hand? +9934 How do I know when to replace my tires? +9935 What do you wish someone had told you before your first commute? +9936 Ride with someone who is less trained +9937 Can I use a Presta tube in a Schrader rim? +9938 How to achieve an always clean chain +9939 Whats the efficiency of hub gears compared to derailleurs? +9940 How do I gear up a bike for winter riding? +9941 How often should I change road bike tyres? +9942 What is a thru axle? +9943 Alternatives to buying a repair stand? +9944 What is a narrow wide chainring and what are its benefits and drawbacks? +9945 What are the disadvantages of puncture proof (or puncture resistant) tires? +9946 Why is the front brake lever on the right if you drive on the left and vice-versa? +9947 Why are license plates for bicycles no longer used? +9948 Why is it easier to follow a cyclist up-hill +9949 Creaking from cranks/spindle. How to fix? +9950 Different kinds of Handlebars +9951 How often should I lube my chain? +9952 How do I make my rim brakes stop squealing? +9953 Why do e-bikes need dedicated tires? +9954 Is it considered rude to draft other random cyclists? +9955 What cadence should I aim for? +9956 How to do a track stand? +9957 Why do the majority of people on an ebike ride at a fairly low cadence? +9958 What do I get by paying more for a bicycle? +9959 Leaving lock on the parking rack - is this rude? +9960 Building from scratch vs. buying new +9961 Is it better to have a slightly big or slightly small bike? +9962 Pros and cons of single-sided forks (Cannondale Lefty)? +9963 At what time of year can I buy a bicycle for the best price? +9964 Bicycling apps for Android +9965 How much does bike price correspond with maintenance needs? +9966 What pressure should I run my Road Bike tyres at? +9967 Why would one ever buy a 12-25 cassette when an 11-25 is available? +9968 Do I really have to replace the cassette when I replace the chain, or is this a scam? +9969 How to move a bicycle by bicycle +9970 Should I change both tires when I need to change one? +9971 How to ride when the weather is hot? +9972 My bike got stolen a second time (in Amsterdam) - what should I do? +9973 Best ways to avoid getting hit by cars? +9974 Are bananas still a good food to carry when cycling? +9975 What is the optimal cadence? +9976 Why do cyclists shave their legs? +9977 What is the difference between folding bead and wire bead tires? +9978 New chain is pre-lubricated, should I clean it before use? +9979 When should I not use my front brake? +9980 Why are emergency inflation cartridges filled with CO2? +9981 Group riding etiquette +9982 How do I separate hydraulic disc brake pads after pulling the brake while the wheel is off? +9983 What does the c in bicycle tire size mean? +9984 Is it safe to ride a racing road bike in very wet weather? +9985 Does the chain direction make a difference? +9986 Why are both Schrader and Presta valves still used on tubes? +9987 Whats the purpose of cycling gloves? +9988 Should I buy this (gently) used, 15 year old, helmet? +9989 How to know when to change a chain? +9990 Why dont road bikes use v-brakes? +9991 Using a ski helmet for winter biking +9992 Are there advantages of dedicated bike computer instead of smartphone apps? +9993 How can you recognise a quality steel frame? +9994 How much do components really matter for a non-competitive rider? +9995 Perfectly setting up gears - how? +9996 Threatening swerving by driver - should I report it? (Canada) +9997 What should I look for in a good pair of cycling shorts? +9998 Difference between Cyclocross, Touring, and Road Bikes? +9999 What is the difference between a horizontal top tube and a sloped one? +10000 Any experience with shaft driven bikes? +10001 I wish to get fit, therefore should I have a heavy bike? +10002 How to keep my testicles from freezing on a recumbent +10003 Whats your most useful cycle accessory? +10004 Theft deterrents (in addition to locking up a bike) +10005 Tactics for riding in strong winds +10006 New to bicycle riding. Questions about adjustments and upgrades +10007 How can I be visible in the dark when Im signalling a turn? +10008 What is the preload setting on the front fork suspension? +10009 How can I check tire pressure without a pressure gauge? +10010 Why are regenerative brakes uncommon on e-bikes? +10011 Why do bike tires suffer from frequent punctures whereas car tires dont? +10012 How to get a bike from one city to another in the U.S +10013 How to choose a bike for a very tall and heavy person? +10014 What is the maximum or minimum tire width I can fit on my bicycle +10015 Triple vs Double chainring? +10016 How do I open a master link in a chain? +10017 What headset/radio products exist for bike-to-bike communication? +10018 Can your rims wear down from too much braking? +10019 How to climb a hill as a beginner +10020 What should I look for when buying a used bicycle? +10021 Cycling uphill on a road - sitting or standing on pedals? +10022 What clothing is best for wet weather/cycling in the rain? +10023 Why are most bicycle gears designed to have so much overlap +10024 I am a beginner to commuting by bike and I find it very tiring. Is it my fitness level or my single-speed bicycle? +10025 What makes a good entry level road bike? +10026 What are the holes in the mudguard for? +10027 Can I use a cyclocross bike for regular road-biking purposes? +10028 What are the differences between mens and womens bike frames? +10029 How to lubricate cables? +10030 What is the best breakfast right before cycling? +10031 What purpose do the rubber hairs have on new tyres? +10032 Why do we rarely see recumbents and almost never see velomobiles? +10033 Is there such thing as an automatic transmission for bikes? +10034 Why does pedalling backwards not move my bike backwards? +10035 Is it difficult for one person to ride a tandem bike? +10036 Why should I wear bicycle clothes made of spandex? +10037 Why does my bike constantly break/need servicing? +10038 What are the pros and cons of panniers vs messenger bags? +10039 Broken glass on the bicycle path, what to do? +10040 Safely overtaking pedestrians +10041 Pros/Cons of Bar-Ends? +10042 Why is carbon fiber inherently weak? Or is it? +10043 Front suspension or full suspension mountain bike +10044 Do glueless tube patches work as well as glue ones? +10045 For a long (25mile each way) commute, what kind of bike should I look at? +10046 Does toddler need a helmet inside a bicycle trailer? +10047 What makes the bicycles in Amsterdam suitable for riding with jeans on? +10048 Why arent electric bikes mainstream? +10049 What are the conditions for removing training wheels? +10050 What are the differences (and their practical implications) between a 29 mountain bike and a cyclocross bicycle? +10051 Invested too much in my car! How can it be worth cycling to work? +10052 How do I determine the correct position for my bicycle seat? +10053 What is best for your brakes when stopping at the bottom of the hill? +10054 Runny nose while biking +10055 Braking one-handed to signal down steep traffic-heavy slope +10056 Intersection detection doesnt notice me, what should I do? +10057 How do I efficiently shift gears on a road bike with downtube shifters? +10058 Is it really OK to hang a bicycle by the wheel from a hook? +10059 Is there difference in quality for disc brake rotors? +10060 Simplest and best way to keep water bottles clean and hygienic? +10061 Why cant Yellow Jersey change hands on last day of Tour De France? +10062 How many miles of riding require the same effort as one mile of running? +10063 How do self-adjusting hydraulic disc brakes work? +10064 What is the hand gesture for Im sorry? +10065 Carrying Pizza on a Bicycle +10066 How to indicate you are going straight? +10067 Why do the front and rear brakes work independently? +10068 Are there any bicycle computers that will log ride data? +10069 What is a good camera arrangement for city riding? +10070 What pressure should I run my Mountain Bike tires at? +10071 Is rubber cement in stationery stores the same as in tire patch kits? +10072 Road bike carbon fiber frame life span +10073 Need cycling eyewear, but fogging is a big problem +10074 Arguments for/against bike lanes? +10075 Is there a way to hop up onto a parallel curb? +10076 Do I really need to replace my helmet every 2-3 years if it hasnt been in a crash? +10077 How can I improve my pedal stroke? +10078 Formula for Homemade sports drinks +10079 What are the differences between clincher and tubular tires? +10080 Commuting: How to carry office clothing so it doesnt get crushed? +10081 What to use to clean your chain (and cogs)? +10082 Whats the safest way to turn left from a right-side bike lane? +10083 How do I keep my pants/trousers from getting caught in the gears? +10084 Is there a difference in having tires filled with CO₂ vs air? +10085 How bad is road salt for my bike? +10086 Least worn tyre: front or back? +10087 What is the foam tube on the top of bmx frame for? +10088 What bike+equipment for a long daily urban commute? +10089 Getting over a downhill phobia +10090 Polite way to ride in the dark +10091 Does drafting cause resistance to the lead rider? +10092 Why do we need air-filled tires? +10093 Why shouldnt I care what model/make/year my bicycle is? +10094 How to give away lights to cyclists without lights? +10095 Converting a MTB to a Road Bike +10096 Direct Pull (V-Brake) vs. Center Pull Cantilevers (pros and cons)