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Is it 'OK' to use the root user as a normal user?
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Why is the unit of image size not Pixel²?
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My colleague often shuts down my machine through the LAN - how do I prevent it?
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Is zero allowed as an edge's weight, in a weighted graph?
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Is it okay to mention we're citing an article only because a reviewer told us to?
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Is a Turing Machine “by definition” the most powerful machine?
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Why is sugar not in a shaker?
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How do hashes really ensure uniqueness?
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Can I correct a mistake that the reviewers didn't spot in a paper that has not been accepted yet?
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What Happens when Passenger Refuses to Fly Boeing 737 Max?
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Does wearing imperial beard in the UK attract any ire of general public?
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Useful strategies for answering “dumb” questions in a talk?
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Is von Neumann's randomness in sin quote no longer applicable?
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Should I mention being denied entry to UK due to a confusion in my Visa and Ticket bookings?
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What makes the bicycles in Amsterdam suitable for riding with jeans on?
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How can a language whose compiler is written in C ever be faster than C?
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What happens to a human who receives more information than the brain can process?
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What do we call 'ketchup', 'cheesy dip' , 'oregano' and things like that collectively, as they aren't side dishes?
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How do browsers make sure their setting page is secure
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Why would “an mule” be used instead of “a mule”?
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First author doesn't want a co-author to read the whole paper
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What is the most someone can lose the popular vote by but still win the electoral college?
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Why don't compilers automatically insert deallocations?
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Order of growth definition from Reynolds & Tymann
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Why is the Turing Machine a popular model of computation?
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Why don't aircraft use nuclear propulsion?
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Is verbatim copying of short technical phrases without quotes but with citation considered plagiarism?
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Which airport will I land at in Iceland if my ticket says “Reykjavik Keflavik Internationl Apt.”?
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How to quote passage with literal error that changes the meaning?
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Should I ask my co-author before I upload an article (that he already told me is okay to publish) to arXiv?
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