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Is there a difference between a product rec question and a product exist question?
I asked two questions:
https://superuser.com/questions/856216/what-tablets-exist-that-will-run-any-distribution-of-linux-natively
What linux distributions exist that will run natively on a tablet?
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How can I improve this question?
I recently asked Windows gets stuck uninstalling display languages, which wasn't received well, and got 2 downvotes, and I'm wondering what I did wrong/how I can improve the question.
I can't really ...
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What is the appropriate disposition for "hiccup" questions?
I use the term "hiccup" to refer to an unusual. one time problem that can't be replicated, can't be diagnosed or solved, and disappears on its own. The unanswered question pool has many of them. A ...
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How do we handle questions where the OP wants to do something destructive to their OS?
How should we handle questions like
How to delete "Program Files (x86)" folder after windows login
where the asker wants to do something that is unambiguously destructive to the OS/...
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Very suspicious question
This question has accumulated 689 upvotes since yesterday, and the single answer has accumulated 708 upvotes. Now, there may be questions that merit such adulation, and this one is kind of ...
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Are questions about modifying Android hardware on-topic?
Questions about the Android platform on SuperUser are routinely migrated to Android, but apparently questions about modifying Android hardware are off-topic there.
So....are questions about modifying ...
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'Wall of text' question
I've seen a lot of 'wall of text' questions, like this:
Using Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit on Google Chrome Incognito with both of the extensions AdBlock AND AdBlock Plus,I want to block as many ...
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Unattended first posts
I am fairly new in the Super User community, and I am still trying to understand how things work. So forgive me for asking this question which may seem a bit silly to some members.
This is ...
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1 ATI Radeon card in PCIe 2.0 slot for display. How to make use of AMD FireStream cards placed in empty PCIe 2.0 slots?
I have an AMD ATX board with 4+ PCIe 2.0 slots. 1 of the slots is
occupied by a ATI Radeon card which handles display. There are at
least 3 empty PCIe 2.0 slots on this ATX board. Suppose some AMD
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Is this question about modular vs. non-modular power supplies OK to ask?
Please spell out the reasons(or advantages) to buy a modular power supply vs.non-modular power supply
I read a wikipedia article section on modular power supplies, but the community could probably ...
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Questions about bypassing or circumventing network security
I have seen a number of questions on how to bypass network security. I was wondering if superuser (or stackexchange) had a policy or stock answer about this?
As a regular kind of user, I can ...
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Is there any way to delete my question that has comments and answers?
Some days ago I posted some repeating questions in superuser. As a result they are no longer accepting questions from me. Now I want to delete those questions. But the problem is that, those questions ...
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Why do high-reputation users tend to have lots of answers but very few or no questions, and am I asking too many questions for my reputation?
After looking through the user profiles of very high-reputation users, it seems that most such users have lots and lots of answers, but very few or even no questions at all. Why?
On the other hand, ...
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At what point do regexes become programming questions?
This question is tagged "perl" as well as awk and sed and asks about a regular expression.
Find number in string and replace it
At what point do questions that are answered with programs move from ...
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Where do you draw the line between a "stupid" question and an acceptable one?
I'll be honest, at times, I've been tempted to downvote a question simply because the solution is blatantly obvious to someone with even limited computer experience.
Many questions like these are ...
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