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### When did people start talking about doing division before multiplication if division is first from left to right? [closed]

I've been looking around, and apparently there's this new order of operations that says if division is first when reading from left to right, you do the division before the multiplication. Then some ...

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### Did Iranian missile strikes on Israel destroy any number of F-35s?

Forbes: Iranian Media Claims Israeli F-35 Fighters Destroyed In Missile Strike Damage was also reported to be minimal, but on social media on Wednesday, many pro-Iranian supporters echoed reports ...

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### Is replacing a bad habit with a good one more effective than stopping the bad habit alone?

Replacing bad habits with good ones is commonplace advice. However, I have seen this claim repeated on reputable sites, suggesting that there is evidence behind it, but no evidence is provided: ...

- psychology
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- research
- addiction

Arnon Weinberg

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asked Oct 3 at 5:42
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### Has the IDF killed more terrorist[s] on the "US watch list" in the last 4 weeks (i.e. Sep 2024) than the US has done in the last 20 years?

A comment from Sep 29 with some 800 upvotes on reddit claims that: The IDF has killed more terrorist[s] on the US watch list in the last 4 weeks than the US has done in the last 20 years. It's really ...

- united-states
- mortality
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asked Sep 30 at 19:20
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### Did Steven Pinker test (or propose testing) if ADHD patients could sit still for 5 minutes while in front of "6 legos and an over turned lamp"?

Harvard professor Steven Pinker proposed a study once where people with ADHD were told they would get $100 if they were able to sit still on a chair in a room for only 5 minutes. In front of them was ...

- psychology

Rebecca J. Stones

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asked Sep 28 at 4:57
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### Were any of Roseanne Barr’s fellow inmates in a human flesh-eating cult?

Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr just said this to Tucker Carlson: I think all of them, the Uniparty, they’re scared to death and they’re just trying to protect themselves because when that list ...

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- politics
- jeffrey-epstein

Keshav Srinivasan

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asked Sep 27 at 19:33
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### Has Azerbaijan signed a contract to purchase JF-17s from Pakistan?

There is news floating around that Azerbaijan ahas signed a contract with Pakistan to purchase JF-17s. See Azerbaijan confirms purchase of JF-17 fighters. However, the article JF-17C multirole ...

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asked Sep 26 at 17:22
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### Does reading to your children unfairly disadvantage Others?

National Review writes Professor: If You Read To Your Kids, You’re ‘Unfairly Disadvantaging’ Others According to the article the statement was done during "an interview with ABC Radio" by ...

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asked Sep 25 at 10:34
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### Does this video show Israeli settlers seizing a house during the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh?

In 2022, after the killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, Al-Jazeera Arabic (@AJArabic) posted this video on X (Twitter). The video shows a large number of Israeli Jews ...

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Levinas

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asked Sep 24 at 3:45
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### Does AI use lots of water?

According to Futurism: Just how much resources are eaten up when you ask OpenAI's ChatGPT to write a simple 100-word email? The answer may alarm you. The answer is about equivalent of a full bottle ...

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spraff

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asked Sep 21 at 12:11
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### Did the Earth shake and the sun darken on the day of the supposed Ichadon Buddhist miracle?

According to the Wikipedia article on Miracles, section Buddhism: The Haedong Kosung-jon of Korea (Biographies of High Monks) records that King Beopheung of Silla had desired to promulgate Buddhism ...

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setszu

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asked Sep 20 at 16:30
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### Has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. only met Olivia Nuzzi once?

A spokesperson for 2024 U.S. Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just said this to journalist Oliver Darcy: Mr. Kennedy only met Olivia Nuzzi once in his life for an interview she requested, ...

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Keshav Srinivasan

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asked Sep 20 at 3:31
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### Did Saddam's minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf aka "Baghdad Bob" hold a press conference with US tanks rolling in the background?

A comment on reddit with 1.1K upvotes in a thread about Saddam's minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf aka "Baghdad Bob" says: The best one was the press conference where an American tank ...

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- iraq

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asked Sep 19 at 2:39
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### Does “Eurasianism” (as a term) feature in the rhetoric of many AfD figures?

According to the NYT Mr. Dugin also popularized terms like “Eurasianism” that now feature in the rhetoric of many AfD figures. However, the English Wikipedia article on the AfD doesn't even once ...

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asked Sep 18 at 8:07
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### Did an aircraft have to turn back because a mother left her baby in the terminal?

In March of 2019 there were reports in the news that a Saudi airliner had to return to the airport when a mother reported to cabin crew that she had forgotten her baby in the terminal building. The ...

- aviation

Jamiec♦

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asked Sep 18 at 7:14
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