358 How would Facebook Sysadmins prevent the summoning of Cthulhu? 2015-12-13T17:16:36.307

118 Why would characters spend time answering imaginary questions to fictional hypotheticals? 2018-10-02T18:38:06.547

109 How long would it take to create a Windows 1.0 capable machine from complete scratch? 2016-09-11T19:29:49.623

101 If our universe was a simulation, what could a bug look like? 2014-10-26T13:32:11.063

74 How would an aquatic race develop computers? 2014-11-06T16:04:45.930

69 In a world with very advanced computer science, how would people be taught sufficient programming skills? 2017-11-15T13:10:29.167

66 How could I have modern computers without GUIs? 2016-12-05T19:58:36.547

64 What would happen if an alien race gave us a computer capable of 2^256 calculations per second? 2016-09-02T04:22:43.090

61 Why would technology dictate graphical interfaces to be rare on spaceships? 2017-11-12T09:23:01.913

59 What would be the impact of a modern programmer and laptop being dropped into World War II, possibly breaking Enigma? 2015-03-17T16:22:47.577

58 Dangerous pending task in world managing A.I 2018-05-03T09:52:08.083

57 What is valid evidence in a world with perfect CGI technology? 2016-08-01T12:03:44.400

54 Designing Hacking Arrows 2017-01-26T18:02:24.113

53 Does my shipboard computer slow down as I approach light speed? 2018-03-08T23:32:28.497

49 Ridiculously Fast Supercomputer 2015-06-05T03:56:03.707

46 "Life post-Singularity", or "How to survive without Instagram" 2016-01-07T18:07:23.077

45 Is there a reason to believe that programming languages are going to converge? 2015-05-24T13:33:03.510

45 What is a recently obsolete computer storage device that would be significantly difficult to extract data from? 2019-11-22T19:12:01.063

44 How powerful of a computer do I need to simulate and emulate a human brain? 2015-02-08T19:36:47.763

43 Could the law be implemented as a computer program? 2016-02-12T21:50:16.463

41 What steps are necessary to read a Modern SSD in Medieval Europe? 2019-03-30T18:50:31.370

37 How long can an abandoned, semi-sheltered computer remain bootable? 2014-12-07T02:48:19.427

37 Just How Powerful Could a Mechanical Computer Be? 2015-08-06T23:23:04.487

36 How can I keep the computers on my spaceship from temperature related death after a hull breach? 2016-12-20T16:16:53.440

35 How many years could notebook computers and phones be stored in a closed bunker/vault and still operational when found? 2018-10-24T09:21:11.750

35 Is It Possible to Make a Computer Virus That Acts as an Anti-virus? 2019-10-02T15:40:59.147

34 Which current networking protocol would be the optimal choice for very small FTL bandwidth? 2016-11-17T16:35:38.737

34 What is the most reasonable way for non-binary computers to have become standard? 2018-11-26T13:22:11.533

32 How much memory is needed to record a human thought? 2016-07-11T02:37:35.640

31 What would modern IT look like if Silicon Valley had been completely destroyed in 1985? 2016-02-08T05:12:08.120

30 How much tech advancement could be made out of modern processor appearing in 1980s? 2019-12-05T22:40:40.257

27 Computer that lasts for centuries? 2015-10-28T00:04:31.553

27 Way to prove you are human when the Turing test is not sufficient 2020-02-03T00:31:36.153

26 Realistic 'hacks' that programmer may exploit in a brand new FTL comm system that was not securely written? 2017-06-26T19:11:54.843

22 How would we compile our code if all our binaries disappeared? 2015-05-28T13:14:42.283

22 Would Moore's Law apply to mechanical computers? 2019-01-20T13:08:44.610

21 Will computers be named differently in the future? 2014-10-26T18:35:37.743

21 Turing incomplete magic, avoiding computers in world where magic is programmable 2015-12-23T16:29:27.600

21 AI - I'd like to get away from humanity without any human knowing about it 2016-02-22T11:15:10.330

21 Water-based computer 2016-06-17T13:43:37.577

18 What is the Maximum Possible Destruction from One Keystroke? 2018-08-16T19:43:08.263

18 Non-visual Computers - thoughts? 2019-08-22T15:21:00.970

17 How viable would an analog computing revolution be? 2016-02-06T19:00:47.990

17 Quantum Based AI getting around Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" 2017-02-21T20:40:22.050

16 How would technological progress occur in a society that outlawed computerized technology? 2014-09-16T23:47:06.407

16 Limit computation technology in a futuristic society 2016-11-10T14:27:42.417

15 Could a computer take over an entire planet? 2014-09-30T16:21:49.803

15 How could a server explode? 2017-01-02T22:35:08.207

14 How to fight the orwellian machines? 2015-03-14T13:08:25.433

14 Is Ternary an option for a tech future? 2015-05-25T01:41:34.690

14 Could keyboards + mice ever really become obsolete? 2016-10-19T23:37:14.467

12 P = NP goes public today. How will the world look like in a week? 2015-04-06T01:03:46.770

12 How To Eat the Moon 2015-04-15T20:55:59.427

12 How would a city of AI be built? 2015-10-12T15:39:40.470

12 How to make this base-10 metric time concept work 2016-02-12T04:16:38.227

12 Technology that steals memories 2017-06-28T16:10:49.557

12 What size EMP device would be necessary to wipe all data in a Google-sized server farm, without major physical damage? 2018-11-27T14:17:34.120

11 Could knowing the state of the universe at time T allow to predict the state T+1? 2014-10-26T18:47:26.963

11 Could a democracy where a program runs the nation and we vote on pull requests work? 2016-03-08T01:17:43.550

11 How would a civilization without reading and writing develop general-purpose computers? 2019-11-04T15:46:02.627

10 Would the knowledge of physics on a native aquatic planet be similar to our own? 2014-11-08T12:56:09.373

10 Could a future computer or supercomputer run a government? 2015-08-12T22:41:16.800

10 Technology capable of reading brainwave commands 2015-11-10T00:54:43.690

10 What are possible reasons to use Cathode-Ray Displays by tech-advanced civilizations 2018-05-18T13:54:35.200

10 How to trick a fairly simplistic kill-counter? 2019-08-02T11:42:38.737

9 Stone Age Circuitry? 2014-10-21T16:17:51.163

9 Minimum computational power for ad hoc navigating the solar system 2014-11-16T22:48:32.490

9 For how long would electricity and internet be avaliable if all but one human on Earth were gone? 2017-01-23T19:42:02.343

9 What would a Medieval Logic Machine (Computer) need to be feasible? 2017-02-22T09:47:06.313

9 Minimum tech level to invent core memory 2019-04-17T23:19:00.417

9 Would a biological interface be of any use in a computer? 2019-12-30T19:41:13.473

8 What change in the laws of physics would prevent the function of conventional digital circuits without breaking everything else? 2015-02-20T18:49:44.773

8 Building computer hardware on the Moon or Mars 2015-08-04T21:05:18.757

8 Impact of a modern man with a graphing calculator being dropped into WW2? 2015-12-03T19:44:34.863

8 How does one program an AI? 2017-01-26T14:36:44.037

8 Handwave Computer 2018-02-13T11:07:18.600

8 How much further could vacuum tubes have been improved given commercial interest? 2018-03-25T05:05:13.643

8 How small can a perpetual energy source be to run a far-future civilization indefinitely? 2019-03-30T04:41:10.150

8 How would a Grey Goo robot compute given that it has no fixed form? 2020-02-05T16:02:02.630

7 The [Great Depression / Dark Ages / Iron Age], but with selfies 2014-11-29T22:29:23.753

7 Building and powering a computer in a bronze age world 2015-01-26T18:02:01.177

7 Social implication of economics based on brain processing power 2015-01-27T11:41:08.810

7 What would a society without cryptography look like? 2015-07-16T12:54:28.807

7 Effects of erasing 90% data on humanity 2015-10-11T12:23:50.220

7 The nature of Computer-Gaming in a Steampunkish world? 2016-01-07T05:03:13.797

7 Would room phones work in a hotel during a blackout? 2018-09-10T16:14:42.710

7 What is a realistic computational limit for a handtool-made mechanic computer? 2019-01-24T08:32:34.933

7 What Technology is Needed to Virtually Simulate...Everything? 2019-10-08T16:48:20.253

7 Would Mind Uploaded People on Fast Computers have any Unique Skills or Knowledge? 2020-01-02T16:19:52.993

6 What would the world be like if computer software did not have any "undo" feature? 2014-12-06T18:21:14.470

6 Can people upload their consciousnesses to computers? 2015-07-08T18:35:06.387

6 What physical constraints should a near omnipotent civilization consider when simulating a Universe? 2016-01-29T01:13:16.570

6 Interfacing with unknown technology? 2016-10-12T14:53:49.490

6 Is it plausible for my creature to have similar IQ as humans? 2016-10-16T19:58:09.510

6 A supercomputer around the sun 2016-11-19T04:49:06.090

6 How would floating point numbers be affecting space and time travel in future? 2016-12-25T15:26:04.800

6 How in a post nuclear apocalypse setting could a group of survivors set up a "Internet" or "Internet-like" service? 2018-07-19T18:14:00.617

6 How must computers/telecommunication deviate from reality for a retrofuturistic setting? 2019-01-19T15:11:16.043

6 I can break AES. Now what? 2019-05-11T16:25:11.880