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How to join lines without producing a space?
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How do astronauts on EVA deal with nose itching?
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space.stackexchange.com
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Why do bitwise operators have lower priority than comparisons?
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Stringification of a macro value
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How was the first assembler for a new home computer platform written?
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retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Why/when is the blunt nose better?
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aviation.stackexchange.com
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Can a human land on Deimos using pressurized deodorant cans?
space.stackexchange.com
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How to run a command in the background with a delay?
unix.stackexchange.com
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Why is *.tar.gz still much more common than *.tar.xz?
stackoverflow.com
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"Left" and "right" are to "side" as "front" and "rear" are to what?
english.stackexchange.com
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Why don't we know exactly where the Chinese rocket will fall?
space.stackexchange.com
67
Should I patent my software?
softwareengineering.stackexchange.com
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Why do ISS crew members often cross their arms?
space.stackexchange.com
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New programming jargon you coined?
stackoverflow.com
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Did the Challenger SRBs fail due to design for reuse?
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Why aren't the 'bedrooms' aboard the ISS also the escape pods?
space.stackexchange.com
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If you add spices to boiling pasta, will it absorb spices/flavours?
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How to find out if string has already been URL encoded?
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Does the ISS have a watch system with at least one person monitoring at all times
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Is there a small enough planet or asteroid you can orbit by jumping?
physics.stackexchange.com
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Do astronauts live longer than earthlings?
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How does a space probe maintain its trajectory while passing through the extreme gravitational field of the gas giants of our solar system?
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Why can't spaceships just accelerate to create gravity?
space.stackexchange.com
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Will water flowing directly downwards hydrate my farm?
gaming.stackexchange.com
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Recursion without factorial, Fibonacci numbers etc
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If the Earth spun clockwise, how would that affect Space Exploration?
space.stackexchange.com
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What is ray tracing?
gaming.stackexchange.com
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Why don't we put an EmDrive in space?
space.stackexchange.com
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Tiptoe or tiphoof? Adjusting words to better fit fantasy races
writing.stackexchange.com
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What do you consider good API documentation?
stackoverflow.com
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Why are the bottom of most stages flat?
space.stackexchange.com
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ell.stackexchange.com
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Should all books have page numbers?
writing.stackexchange.com
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writing.stackexchange.com
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Wheels vs. tracks for rovers
space.stackexchange.com
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