Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? (2010)(ux.stackexchange.com)

360 points by wscourge 2 years ago | 268 comments

A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking whether a toggle button should display its current state or the state it will switch to.

How much bigger could Earth be before rockets wouldn't work?(space.stackexchange.com)

393 points by trashtensor 2 years ago | 206 comments

A Space Exploration Stack Exchange question asking how much larger Earth could be before chemical rockets could no longer reach orbit.

What process created this X11 window?(unix.stackexchange.com)

105 points by signa11 3 years ago | 61 comments

Is RAM wiped before use in another LXC container?(security.stackexchange.com)

292 points by Aachen 3 years ago | 151 comments

How could the early Unix OS comprise so few lines of code?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

200 points by peter_d_sherman 3 years ago | 130 comments

Why did base64 win against uuencode?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

200 points by egorpv 2 years ago | 91 comments

Cursor told me I should learn coding instead of asking it to generate it(forum.cursor.com)

496 points by nomilk 1 year ago | 315 comments

A Cursor forum bug report where a user says the AI editor refused to generate more code past about 800 lines, telling them to learn coding themselves.

Why is my dryer radioactive?(physics.stackexchange.com)

629 points by jpitz 3 years ago | 148 comments

Physics Stack Exchange question asking why a Geiger counter reads elevated radiation inside a clothes dryer right after a drying cycle.

Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? (2010)(ux.stackexchange.com)

360 points by wscourge 2 years ago | 268 comments

A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking whether a toggle button should display its current state or the state it will switch to.

Don't use custom CSS scrollbars(ericwbailey.website)

338 points by Twixes 3 years ago | 210 comments

Blog post by Eric Bailey arguing against styling custom scrollbars with CSS, citing accessibility and usability concerns.

A third way of using Linux(hisvirusness.com)

24 points by speckx 20 days ago | 35 comments

Blog post arguing that text user interfaces (TUIs) are an underappreciated third way of using Linux, between the command line and graphical desktops.

Why senior developers fail to communicate their expertise(nair.sh)

742 points by nilirl 5 months ago | 314 comments

Essay by Tuhin Nair on why senior software developers struggle to communicate their expertise to others.