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- Best Documentaries You've Ever Seen https://ask.metafilter.com/377988/Best-Documentaries-Youve-Ever-Seen 46 comments
- Body parts “fall asleep” in English. What about in other languages? https://ask.metafilter.com/293609/Body-parts-fall-asleep-in-English-What-about-in-other-languages 28 comments
- How do I improve my storytelling? http://ask.metafilter.com/312581/How-do-I-improve-my-storytelling 33 comments
- Java Vs. JavaScript http://ask.metafilter.com/195482/Lets-assume-that-I-am-the-stupidest-person-that-ever-lived-Explain-to-me-what-JavaScript-is-what-it-does-and-how-a-moron-would-go-about-learning-it#2813956 23 comments
- ask.metafilter.com — An internet forum discussing high-level topics using high-level English by high-level users http://ask.metafilter.com 33 comments internetisbeautiful
- An interesting discussion on balancing career programming with leisure programming. http://ask.metafilter.com/282296/coding-for-yourself-when-not-at-work 14 comments programming
- OS X: How to copy/paste plain-text always, everywhere, without exception http://ask.metafilter.com/187733/OSX-How-to-copy-plaintext-always-everywhere-without-exception 3 comments webdev
- Used books, how do I clean them? http://ask.metafilter.com/38422/Can-public-library-books-harbor-bacteriaviriidisease 5 comments books
- Geneticists: As of 2012, what can the various "consumer-grade" genetics kits tell me about my genetics? (genealogically? phenotypically? prognosticatively?) How robust is the data that can be provided and in what ways can it be constructively interpreted? http://ask.metafilter.com/88944/As-of-2008-what-can-science-tell-me-about-my-genetics-thru-DNA-testing 26 comments askscience
- "it took many years before people started to figure out that Brendan's language was wrapped in an elaborate disguise and that it was actually cool." http://ask.metafilter.com/195482/lets-assume-that-i-am-the-stupidest-person-that-ever-lived-explain-to-me-what-javascript-is-what-it-does-and-how-a-moron-would-go-about-learning-it#2813956 244 comments programming
- Which book is the best introduction to your professional field / area of interest http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best-introduction-to-your-field-or-specialization-within-your-field-for-laypeople 8 comments books
- What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople? http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best-introduction-to-your-field-or-specialization-within-your-field-for-laypeople 7 comments books
- Q: How do you get students to close laptops and pay attention? http://ask.metafilter.com/151266/what-to-do-about-teaching-and-the-internet 72 comments reddit.com
- What are some cool math and number facts that would blow the mind of a seven-year-old? http://ask.metafilter.com/139483/rdrr-get-it 122 comments science
- Think twice about telling your doctor about smoking pot. http://ask.metafilter.com/136003/the-dude-who-said-too-much 5 comments reddit.com
- "When I remember something embarrassing from my life, I compulsively make some kind of noise. It seems to happen unconsciously, before my censor can catch it and stop myself." http://ask.metafilter.com/97265/compelled-to-blurt 71 comments cogsci
- How can I make math diagrams like the ones I see in textbooks? http://ask.metafilter.com/112862/how-can-i-make-math-diagrams-like-the-ones-i-see-in-textbooks 21 comments math
- Can someone just sort this out please??? (pronounciation and usage) http://ask.metafilter.com/92739/how-do-you-pronounce-read 3 comments reddit.com
- Various responses from random people on how to "slow time down" as we get older http://ask.metafilter.com/99475/how-can-i-make-time-slow-down 2 comments science
- "Help me enthusiastically welcome my man home!" -- The Internet knows the answer http://ask.metafilter.com/106999/help-me-enthusiastically-welcome-my-man-home 2 comments reddit.com
- How many Al-Qaeda number twos are there? http://ask.metafilter.com/25396/how-many-alqaeda-number-twos-are-there 6 comments reddit.com
- Most of male socialization in American society is about men learning to sublimate their real emotions, to be stoic, and to do the predictable, quiet thing. http://ask.metafilter.com/64068/because-the-first-step-to-finding-a-solution-is-labeling-the-other-persons-behavior#964367 2 comments reddit.com
- Do you sometimes blurt out weird noises when remembering embarrassing situations? http://ask.metafilter.com/97265/compelled-to-blurt 4 comments reddit.com
- Can I eat a live wasp? http://ask.metafilter.com/44910/can-i-eat-a-live-wasp 6 comments science
- Why, when I drag the fleshy part of my cat's paw across the trackpad on my MacBook, does the cursor not respond? http://ask.metafilter.com/91541/why-cant-godfrey-work-the-trackpad 2 comments reddit.com
- "There is nothing in the world that I want except to do nothing. I have tried and tried and tried to find something that I enjoy, or that will motivate me. Everything I can find is painfully boring." http://ask.metafilter.com/91853/lazy-bored-worthless 2 comments reddit.com
- Can you point to a single experience in your life, as a child, which you can define as having contributed to the person you are today? http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/14668 12 comments reddit.com
- What fascinatingly cool mathematical topics do you wish you knew about in high school? http://ask.metafilter.com/87189/math-is-cool-right 41 comments math
- When did boys start pretending the floor is made of lava? http://ask.metafilter.com/82766/when-did-boys-start-pretending-the-floor-is-made-of-lava 5 comments reddit.com
- How is the universe 156 billion light years across if it is only 13.7 billion years old? http://ask.metafilter.com/85971/%CE%9B 14 comments reddit.com
- Seller gets scammed on eBay despite doing everything right. PayPal has no seller protection. And now, eBay sellers can't leave negative or even neutral feedback on buyers. http://ask.metafilter.com/77638/can-i-trust-paypals-seller-protection-if-not-what-can-go-wrong#1208841 160 comments reddit.com
- Ask MetaFilter: Why is your programming job cool? http://ask.metafilter.com/74888/software-is-cool 25 comments programming
- The bars on your cell phone are meaningless http://ask.metafilter.com/60227/what-do-cell-phone-reception-bars-mean?#906507 57 comments reddit.com
- Can you store enough information to hold an entire encyclopedia by putting a notch in a stick, if only one could measure where the notch lies to some absurd astronomically precise figure? http://ask.metafilter.com/78029/help-figuring-out-this-stick-thing 3 comments science
- What single book is the best introduction to your field (or specialization within your field) for laypeople? http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/what-single-book-is-the-best-introduction-to-your-field-or-specialization-within-your-field-for-laypeople 103 comments reddit.com
- Ask Mefi on cooling a warm Coke in two minutes (with the best answer by Adam Savage from Mythbusters!) http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/52074#786647 14 comments reddit.com
- best. metafilter. thread. ever. http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/27155 5 comments reddit.com
- What books should be on my "personal CS degree" reading list? - Ask MeFi http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/50269 16 comments programming
- Lost in Space... Forever? What Happens After You're Tossed Out of the Airlock? http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/49552 5 comments reddit.com
- Someone asks MeFi about Steve Wozniak. Steve Wozniak signs up and answers. http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/47835 23 comments programming
- Why do stores charge .99 cents? | Ask MetaFilter http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/15531 4 comments reddit.com
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- Why You Should Never, Ever Use Quora - Waxy.org https://waxy.org/2018/12/why-you-should-never-ever-use-quora/ 272 comments
- MetaFilter Saved My Pals From Sex Traffickers—Exclusive Interview – Mother Jones http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/05/metafilter-russian-sex-ring 42 comments
- The Internet's First Family | Hazlitt http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/hazlitt/longreads/internets-first-family 16 comments
- How Do You Turn Passion into a Career? (And Should You?) http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/10/06/how-do-you-turn-passion-into-a-career-and-should-you/ 1 comment
- On the Future of MetaFilter. Peak ads, MetaFilter’s Google Problems… | by Matt Haughey | Technology Musings https://matt.haughey.com/on-the-future-of-metafilter-941d15ec96f0 0 comments
- The Blogfather http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-17721-the_blogfather.html 0 comments
- On the Future of MetaFilter. Peak ads, MetaFilter’s Google Problems… | by Matt Haughey | Technology Musings https://medium.com/technology-musings/on-the-future-of-metafilter-941d15ec96f0 0 comments
- Educated Guess - The Morning News http://www.themorningnews.org/post/educated-guess 0 comments
- A Basic Guide To Online Reputation Management | Confident Brand http://www.confidentbrand.com/guides/a-basic-guide-to-online-reputation-management 0 comments
- HindSight: Encouraging Exploration and Engagement in Data Visualization | by Evan Peck | Bucknell HCI | Medium https://medium.com/@evanmpeck/hindsight-encouraging-exploration-and-engagement-in-data-visualization-7b0d9d421fc5 0 comments
- The Discussion Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results - Detailed.com https://detailed.com/forum-serps/ 0 comments