Why don't we define “imaginary” numbers for every “impossibility”? (2012)(math.stackexchange.com)

98 points by curling_grad 3 years ago | 74 comments

Why not parse `ls` and what to do instead(unix.stackexchange.com)

115 points by nomilk 2 years ago | 144 comments

Why is division so much more complex than other arithmetic operations?(scicomp.stackexchange.com)

76 points by rongenre 3 years ago | 59 comments

Did English ever have a formal version of "you"? (2011)(english.stackexchange.com)

461 points by ent101 2 years ago | 391 comments

An English Language & Usage Stack Exchange question asking whether English ever had a formal second-person pronoun like German Sie or French vous.

Is there a BNF grammar of the TeX language? (2010)(tex.stackexchange.com)

52 points by nequo 2 years ago | 32 comments

Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)(english.stackexchange.com)

1128 points by flexagoon 2 years ago | 256 comments

A locked English Language & Usage Stack Exchange question asking which word starting with "y" names an axe-like object shown in a picture.