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Naive design questions (NDQs): “How do I design ______?”

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answered Aug 12 at 3:33 Tom Au 495

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Guidelines to avoid resource hunting questions?

answered Jul 26 at 23:53 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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How does the BIOS detect the size of installed memory?

discussion on-topic

modified Jul 19 at 17:03 Community♦ 1

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How do I ask to have my question moved

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answered Jun 9 at 21:39 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Why is the engineering chatroom so quiet

discussion chat stackexchange

answered Jun 5 at 13:25 EngrStudent 103

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Is this a good place to ask if my own mechanical inventions are stupid?

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answered May 6 at 13:12 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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When the answer is wrong is it an answer at all?

discussion support

answered Apr 13 at 15:57 Air♦ 2,980

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Why do I have more reputation then I earned?

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answered Apr 8 at 17:37 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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What's Going on With the Buoyancy Question?

discussion specific-question

answered Feb 6 at 17:17 Air♦ 2,980

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Can I ask a question about the role of engineers in pace-maker design here?

discussion scope acceptable-questions stackexchange

modified Jan 26 at 15:21 a_sid 101

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A question about professionalism and neurotypical

discussion on-topic

modified Jan 20 at 23:06 EngrStudent 103

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How should we deal with “check my idea/implementation” questions?

discussion

answered Jan 17 at 12:58 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Does engineering want to handle entropy questions?

discussion scope migration

modified Jan 11 at 16:44 Air♦ 2,980

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Are religiously-motivated scientific questions off-topic?

discussion acceptable-questions on-topic specific-question

answered Dec 25 '17 at 18:33 Olin Lathrop 10.5k

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Does “community” really need to bump so many low quality questions?

feature-request

answered Oct 27 '17 at 16:55 Mark 4,579

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Anonymous user suggesting edits to questions

discussion

answered Oct 17 '17 at 12:06 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Are tags supposed to reflect question only?

discussion tagging retagging

answered Oct 7 '17 at 14:07 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Comment vs Answer - When do you consider which one to use?

discussion

answered Aug 22 '17 at 16:18 Air♦ 2,980

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Could we add Micro-electronics and Micro-systems tags?

discussion tags interesting-tags

answered Aug 4 '17 at 7:00 Adrian Maire 253

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Need to provide “spectral analysis” to support my question about engine exhaust appearing blue sometimes?

discussion

answered Jul 14 '17 at 15:58 Air♦ 2,980

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Is “engineering” site suitable place for topics around cyber physical systems and Industry 4.0?

discussion

answered Jun 9 '17 at 0:54 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Might the practical nature of this chemistry problem make it suitable for Eng.SE?

discussion

answered Jun 2 '17 at 0:17 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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What should our position be on homework-type questions?

discussion scope

answered May 5 '17 at 19:56 MrYouMath 1,055

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How are we doing?

discussion community beta

modified Feb 7 '17 at 10:50 Community♦ 1

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Graduate Degree Question

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modified Jan 28 '17 at 0:36 Community♦ 1

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Posts that link to copyrighted articles

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modified Jan 23 '17 at 17:45 Community♦ 1

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Edit approve/reject for substantial changes by a different user

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modified Jan 9 '17 at 17:41 Community♦ 1

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Should $\LaTeX$ be disabled in question titles due to ${\huge weird formatting?}$ $${\frac{\frac{\text{this is}}{a~very~ugly}}{\huge title}}$$

discussion feature-request bug formatting

modified Jan 5 '17 at 22:29 Community♦ 1

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How can I use MathJax/Latex to typeset equations on this site?

discussion faq-proposed

modified Dec 30 '16 at 21:02 Community♦ 1

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Should our beta icon be changed from Eg to Eng, or an icon?

discussion feature-request

modified Dec 30 '16 at 17:47 Community♦ 1

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Why did my question get so many down votes

discussion question-quality acceptable-questions down-votes

modified Dec 3 '16 at 23:57 Community♦ 1

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When did the tags “rail” and “railroad” get merged?

discussion tags

modified Dec 1 '16 at 16:29 Community♦ 1

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Can we build a special subsection of the site to help users who have problems understanding engineering texts?

feature-request

answered Nov 17 '16 at 20:14 Chuck 3,063

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Copyrighted codes/standards and fair use

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modified Oct 27 '16 at 16:11 Community♦ 1

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Can questions asking for the distinction between two engineering phenomenon be on-topic?

discussion

modified Oct 26 '16 at 20:18 Community♦ 1

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Why is there no close flag option for recommendation questions?

discussion close-reasons off-topic

modified Sep 29 '16 at 16:48 Community♦ 1

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How do we handle questions about conspiracies that contain engineering topics?

discussion on-topic close-reasons

modified Sep 14 '16 at 16:46 Community♦ 1

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Proposal: Add a custom close reason for homework questions that don't show effort

discussion close-reasons off-topic

modified Sep 8 '16 at 20:38 Community♦ 1

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So many on-hold questions

discussion

modified Sep 3 '16 at 13:04 Community♦ 1

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Information needed about a closed question

discussion

modified Aug 30 '16 at 1:21 Community♦ 1

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Unable to flag question for asking for a product recommendation

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modified Aug 25 '16 at 18:40 Community♦ 1

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Are questions inquiring about the existance of particular inventions\tools in scope here\elsewhere? [duplicate]

discussion on-topic

asked Aug 15 '16 at 23:19 JeopardyTempest 121

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Increasing Answer Feedback

discussion answers

modified Aug 4 '16 at 22:37 Community♦ 1

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Do you want me as a non-mechanical engineer to ask questions about mechanical drawing symbols?

discussion scope

modified Jul 10 '16 at 15:16 GlenH7♦ 3,768

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Why close questions just because they are difficult?

discussion close-reasons

modified Jun 28 '16 at 15:50 Community♦ 1

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How should we handle questions that specifically state that they are cross-posted?

discussion asking-questions stackexchange

modified Jun 20 '16 at 12:07 Community♦ 1

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How to use the Engineering Stack Exchange site as a classroom activity?

discussion site-promotion

modified Jun 7 '16 at 1:08 Community♦ 1

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Can I ask about the feasibility of a notable or historical engineering concept that was never implemented?

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modified Jun 6 '16 at 23:46 Community♦ 1

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