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Top Questions
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Admissibility as evidence of photographs taken by a mobile phone
evidence
photography
asked Nov 25, 2023 at 21:28
law.stackexchange.com
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"Pulp era" story: "Dachwu, remember?"
story-identification
asked Dec 8, 2021 at 17:15
scifi.stackexchange.com
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How late were 80-column punched cards relevant?
punched-cards
asked Sep 28, 2023 at 9:02
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Star Wars: R2D2 connected to mainframe
star-wars
a-new-hope
asked May 22, 2022 at 20:48
scifi.stackexchange.com
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Ada and its candidate languages
lisp
ada
asked Feb 5, 2023 at 20:51
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Did medieval people wear collars with a castellated hem?
middle-ages
clothing
fashion
historical-accuracy
asked Nov 28, 2020 at 14:37
history.stackexchange.com
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Is there a common convention to describe the encoding of a legacy text file?
text
character-sets
asked Feb 2, 2023 at 9:38
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Yet another "spacemen and caveman" story
story-identification
asked Dec 3, 2021 at 16:23
scifi.stackexchange.com
6
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What specific factor(s) made Thomas Watson, Jr. (of IBM) so enthusiastic about early electronics?
history
ibm
mainframe
asked Oct 27, 2020 at 8:49
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Preventing POSIX capabilities proliferation
linux
security
development
capabilities
asked Oct 6, 2022 at 13:00
unix.stackexchange.com
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Did type-in-programs or type-in-listings teach programming in the 70s and 80s or was it just tedious typing of the source code?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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First fictional programming language in sci-fi or fantasy?
scifi.stackexchange.com
24
If someone is using slang words and phrases when talking to me, would that be disrespectful and I should be offended?
ell.stackexchange.com
22
When did compilers start generating optimized code that runs faster than an average programmer's assembly code?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
20
What is the earliest portrayal of cell phones as we know them now?
scifi.stackexchange.com
19
Mains Plug Soldering Wires
electronics.stackexchange.com
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Approximately what percent of the sky has nothing in it?
astronomy.stackexchange.com
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Lost $10K to scammers, found out their home address and want to take action
money.stackexchange.com
14
Zip drive eject "tool"
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
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Spinning gyroscope loses weight?
physics.stackexchange.com
12
Why is this kind of sentence still officially accepted?
ell.stackexchange.com
11
Did Pascal programmers really move on to Java in the 90s?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
11
Forgotten time units
engineering.stackexchange.com
10
What do gun control advocates mean when they say "Owning a gun makes you more likely to be a victim of a violent crime."?
politics.stackexchange.com
10
Are food calorie values really integers?
chemistry.stackexchange.com
8
If a hard drive has sectors that are corrupt or physically damaged, can those sectors be written over?
superuser.com
8
Is an ethernet cable threaded inside a metal conduit is more protected from electromagnetic interference?
diy.stackexchange.com
7
Is there a word for when someone stops being talented?
english.stackexchange.com
7
Isn't there another word for someone who puts together scissors?
english.stackexchange.com
7
How can I make it so that locking a deadbolt switches on the porch light?
diy.stackexchange.com
7
Why is this gcd implementation from the 80s so complicated?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
7
Why was computer memory so expensive and scarce?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
7
Which was the first OS having both isolated users and programs?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
7
How to answer questions in survey for job application such as "do I have any bad habits" or "have I ever lied"?
workplace.stackexchange.com
7
First time seeing this odd little PCB inside a Playstation 2; What is it for?
retrocomputing.stackexchange.com
7
What is this electrical tool?
diy.stackexchange.com
7
What architectural tricks can I use to add a hidden floor to a building?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
6
Is it appropriate to use a QR code at the end of Thesis acknowledgements for a subtle banter?
academia.stackexchange.com
6
Why are my film photos coming out so dark, even in bright sunlight?
photo.stackexchange.com
6
How many unique sounds would a verbally-communicating species need to develop a language?
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
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