Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?(ux.stackexchange.com)

414 points by wscourge 2 years ago | 271 comments

A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking why the mouse pointer cursor is tilted rather than straight, and whether it is a legacy design choice.

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.

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

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

292 points by Aachen 3 years ago | 151 comments

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

105 points by signa11 3 years ago | 61 comments

How can we compare expressive power between two Turing-complete languages?(langdev.stackexchange.com)

67 points by joebiden2 3 years ago | 39 comments

Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?(ux.stackexchange.com)

414 points by wscourge 2 years ago | 271 comments

A User Experience Stack Exchange question asking why the mouse pointer cursor is tilted rather than straight, and whether it is a legacy design choice.

Charging a lithium battery to 80% only?(electronics.stackexchange.com)

401 points by janandonly 2 years ago | 311 comments

Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange question asking whether limiting lithium battery charging to 80% defeats the purpose of extending battery life.

Can Microsoft Flight Simulator help me learn to fly or make me a better pilot?(aviation.stackexchange.com)

365 points by ent101 2 years ago | 236 comments

An Aviation Stack Exchange question asking whether Microsoft Flight Simulator can help someone learn to fly or improve as a pilot.

Don't use Discord as your Q&A forum(kraktoos.com)

415 points by kraktoos 3 years ago | 255 comments

A blog post arguing that Discord is a poor choice for a project's Q&A forum, citing chaotic message flow and terrible search and discoverability.

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 213 comments

A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.

Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place(stephendiehl.com)

325 points by ibobev 4 months ago | 407 comments

Stephen Diehl blog post criticizing the state of crypto in 2026, citing a presidential memecoin, prediction markets on military actions, and shadow dollar systems.