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My goal is to spend less time in my "...snow white cube containing only the bare necessities, a computer, and a large library of treatises, maps, and precise scale models*."

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The 'de' in indefatigable
Aug 11, 2017
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How to pronounce "Ephemerides"?
Jan 28, 2017
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"I obfuscated our conversation with loud music to avoid recording."
Sep 10, 2017
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dog-leg, dogleg, or dog leg?
May 2, 2017
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Is the use of the word "cadence" acceptable in the phrase rocket launch cadence?
Nov 5, 2018
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Term for the ending consonant of one word connected/disconnected from the next leading to different yet related meanings?
Oct 5, 2018
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less scientific or clinical sounding yet reassuring term for a gas that's okay to breathe than "breathable gas"?
Jun 26, 2021
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Is "The trick is to not try to tell yourself not to think about the bad things..." a double-negative used correctly?
Mar 10, 2017
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I just wrote "propriety" when I meant to say "proprietarity", but that's not a word. Does one exist? [closed]
Mar 12, 2017
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“Marking a question as duplicate … except when a question is closed as a duplicate…”?
Jun 20, 2017
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Would "Is 'maiden name' now considered sexist" be off-topic? Can I ask if née replaces it in the same question?
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How can I edit this question and start the reopening process to make additional answers possible?
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Is there angst and factionation here, more than most other SE sites?
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Why would one vote to close my question because it has nothing to do with ELL?
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Is there an SE term for a sudden block down-voting of my questions like this?
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How did the Apollo computers evaluate transcendental functions like sine, arctangent, log?
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What makes Ada the language of choice for the ISS's safety-critical systems?
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If a massive object like Jupiter flew past the Earth how close would it need to come to pull people off of the surface?
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What aspects of image preparation workflows can lead to accidents like Boris Johnson's No. 10 tweet's 'hidden message'?
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Are there any satellites in geosynchronous but not geostationary orbits?

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