Question: How do I roleplay a character more intelligent than I am?


Question: Did I overstep my power as DM?


Question: How do I communicate to my players that a door is, for the time being, absolutely locked to them?


Question: Total Party Kill - What do I do as a GM?


Question: How do I keep the game moving without undermining player agency?


Question: Rolling a D10 (0-9) for hitpoints. What do I get with a zero?


Question: Why do Crawfords tweets seem to be treated on par with the actual rules?


Question: How should a GM deal with sexuality in an RPG?


Question: Do Cantrips use your character level or class level?


Question: Why is burying yourself not such a great plan?


Question: Player may be manipulating die rolls, but Im uncertain. How do I approach the situation?


Question: How do I stop my PCs from acting like insomniac monkeys on crack?


Question: What exactly is a murder hobo?


Question: What happens when an Immovable Rod is activated while in a vehicle?


Question: What is Pathfinders relationship to D&D?


Question: Should I warn my players when theyre about to do something stupid?


Question: What is the Oberoni Fallacy?


Question: What can I do to paper to make it look aged?


Question: How to ask nicely in Dungeon World


Question: My group member is displaying disturbing behavior, what do I do?


Question: Does this character concept involving never taking a long rest and converting spell slots to sorcery points (aka coffeelock) violate RAW?


Question: How much is a Gold Piece really worth?


Question: Is the Moonbeam spell amazing, or are we doing it wrong?


Question: How to stop a player constantly using Detect Magic/Evil?


Question: A player always wants to recruit NPCs into the party. How do I handle this?


Question: My PCs have a plan that will get them all killed; how and why should I save them?


Question: What does upper-case-A-Attack action vs. lower-case-a-attack mean?


Question: Can you choose to fail a saving throw?


Question: How should a DM resolve a smooth-talking player with a weak Charisma score PC?


Question: Why does dandwiki have a poor reputation?


Question: How can I stop myself from micromanaging other PCs actions?


Question: Who can use magic scrolls?


Question: Is saying Your PC wouldnt do that to a player denying their agency?


Question: D&D 5e and Theatre of the Mind in combat


Question: How can a GM quickly create interesting, engaging NPCs?


Question: How can I avoid players spending too much time planning?


Question: How can I suggest the DM stop trying to kill us?


Question: Running a game of Microscope that isnt totally insane?


Question: How can I get a player to accept that they should stop trying to pull stunts without thinking them through first?


Question: OD&D said it could be played with 20-50 players and one referee. How was that expected to work and still be fun?


Question: Where do I find the official rules for D&D 5e?


Question: Do you have to have thieves tools in order to pick a lock?


Question: Can a Black Dragon Hatchling be raised to be good? Or is it inherently evil?


Question: How should I respond to a DM who unfairly plays the rules-lawyer card?


Question: How can I explain to my player that Alchemists Fire is safe to carry?


Question: What happens when my players get promoted and their puns stop working?


Question: How can I help my PCs remember clues that they found?


Question: Why would I ever choose rolling hit points?


Question: As a GM, is it bad form to ask for a moment to think when improvising?


Question: What is Player Agency and what is it good for?


Question: What should I do about a religious player who refuses to accept the existence of multiple gods in D&D?


Question: Is it wrong to ask a player to justify their characters actions?


Question: Do I have to allow someone to play at my table in Adventurers League public events?


Question: The StackOMounts


Question: Does microwaving a die significantly alter its balance?


Question: Our DM keeps interrupting our long rests


Question: How to fix a terrible lapse in judgement


Question: What is role-playing, and where do I start?


Question: How can I prevent players from using Persuasion or Deception to weasel their way out of a murder?


Question: How to deal with a player who refuses to learn the description of their spells and abilities?


Question: Our GM wont let us affect the story; the more I play the less fun I have. What do I do?


Question: What is the purpose of easy combat scenarios that dont need resource expenditure?


Question: What is the origin of the phrase ‘orc and pie’?


Question: Whats the inspiration for the owlbear?


Question: Whats a good mechanic for rewarding players for keeping their characters happy?


Question: Im creating an original setting for D&D—where do I start?


Question: Are Trolls immune to all instant death effects?


Question: How can I get people to remember my characters gender?


Question: How do I narrate a players PCs actions without causing unintended consequences for the PC?


Question: Does Warlock combat just equal Eldritch Blast spam?


Question: How can I run an open-world game with vast power differences, without resulting in constant TPKs?


Question: How do I get my players to form a PC party without just forcing them to?


Question: Is starting a group with 5 newbies (DM included) possible?


Question: Is 4 hours long enough for a long rest for Elves?


Question: It seems like every skill check should always be made with advantage due to the Working Together rules. Is this accurate?


Question: Whats the deal with alignment languages?


Question: How to ease down the munchkin factor?


Question: What is a bag of rats?


Question: How to work with a player who cites ADHD as reason for disruptive behavior


Question: Problems with Party Formation: Youre the DM, you can figure it out.


Question: What dice mechanic gives a bell curve distribution that narrows and increases mean as skill increases?


Question: My DM insists on rolling a single save for groups affected by AoE save spells. How does this affect my odds of successfully affecting the enemy?


Question: How can metagaming retries on poor skill checks be prevented?


Question: Is it possible to fail an ability check on purpose?


Question: In a low-combat campaign, most PC abilities seem useless; what few fights there are barely use up resources. How do I deal with this as the DM?


Question: When do I use active vs passive perception?


Question: Are there any penalties for wearing armor all the time?


Question: Are melee combatants limited to standing around saying I attack?


Question: How do I manage a player who is handling traps by metagaming?


Question: What is the point of a spell component pouch?


Question: I think my DM is consistently faking dice rolls for saves against a specific spell; how do I call my DM out?


Question: What makes grease a good spell?


Question: I gave my players far too much wealth and they have far too much power. What do I do to get things back on track?


Question: How do I indicate to my players that an NPC is no longer useful and that they should move on?


Question: Dealing with PC that constantly lies to NPCs


Question: How can I invoke actual fear in my players?


Question: How should the DM manage the discrepancy between the players memory and their PCs memory?


Question: What is wrong with the D&D 3.5 FAQ?


Question: What is the highest possible AC?


Question: Does Bards Jack of All Trades grant them greater initiative?


Question: What are tiers, and what tier is each class?


Question: Why is mayo in the alchemy jug?


Question: What happens when you run out of movement while jumping?


Question: Is the old Linear Fighters Quadratic Wizards problem still around in 5e Basic?


Question: How does D&D 5e compare to AD&D 2e?


Question: How do you play D&D when we dont have dice to play with?


Question: How do I challenge my PCs who fight every battle like Mongol horse archers?


Question: How to deal with a player who is a bad sport?


Question: How can I impose consequences when PCs commit severe crimes?


Question: What is the probability of surviving my death saves?


Question: My player wants to watch the world burn


Question: How can I effectively drop clues of corruption in my campaigns?


Question: Can Ogre clerics use Purify Food and Drink on humanoid characters?


Question: How to communicate to the players that an encounter can be solved also through diplomacy?


Question: Shoe-themed race or class features


Question: Is it necessary to purchase all the D&D 5th edition books to have access to all player character options?


Question: Realistically, does Leomund’s Tiny Hut allow for indefinite long rests in a dungeon?


Question: What can I do about the guys being distracted by a new girl in D&D group?


Question: How do I encourage Drow players to not make Drizzt clones?


Question: How can I make Empty rooms interesting?


Question: Players playing weird characters breaking the immersion of my group


Question: How can I politely handle a GM who doesnt appear to get how Dungeon World works?


Question: As a GM, how can I stop killing my games?


Question: Is there a way to ask in game (i.e. in a non-meta way) what a characters class is?


Question: Abuse: Is it fair if its in-game?


Question: What is the whiskey flask problem with Paradox?


Question: How could towns restrain a magic user?


Question: Origin of the term Splat Book


Question: Is Greatsword superior to Greataxe?


Question: What is the Stormwind Fallacy?


Question: How are Fighters Linear but Wizards Quadratic?


Question: The fastest way to remove bones from a man


Question: Could Vampires use touchscreen devices (iPhone, etc)?


Question: If I run a game of Paranoia, will knowing the rules lead to a worse experience if/when I participate as a player in the future?


Question: What is the background of Christian resistance to role-playing?


Question: Looking for solo (one person) RPGs - do they exist?


Question: What defines a West Marches campaign?


Question: I dislike how players accurately place fireballs. Is there an alternative?


Question: What are the rules for PC-PC seduction attempts?


Question: Do Bugbears arms literally get longer when its their turn?


Question: As an unreliable player, how can I lessen the burden on my group?


Question: Why do Warlocks only have spells up to 5th level? Whats the correct progression for their slots?


Question: Is the Saltwater Float represented in this question a good way to test for loaded dice?


Question: Players get angry if anything negative happens to them


Question: As a DM, how can I handle my Druid spying on everything with Wild shape as a spider?


Question: Is it OK for me to give my players characters punitive backstories when they dont provide their own?


Question: Overview of D&D retro-clones


Question: Death by leveling? The effects of 0 max HP and leveling with negative CON


Question: Has Christianity ever been given stats?


Question: How can I engage players with melee monsters when players keep their distance?


Question: My players like to search everything. What do they find?


Question: Is it a violation of my player agency if another player is allowed to wish away memories from my character?


Question: How can I show-not-tell my players that they are The Bad Guys?


Question: How to play when you have little experience and speech difficulties?


Question: Can a party function without a Cleric or Paladin?


Question: What does minmax mean?


Question: Can the dungeon master have a player character?


Question: Why do Sorcerers use Charisma?


Question: A player was bucking my style and I lost my temper. What can I do from here?


Question: As a girl how can I roleplay a male character better?


Question: Player has arachnophobia: what to use in place of spiders?


Question: What can I do to encourage my players to use their consumables?


Question: Aiming at specific body parts


Question: Weapon attacks compared with damaging cantrips?


Question: What options do I have for changing my characters sex?


Question: The PC claims to know an NPC they just met, how should I react as the DM?


Question: How can I handle a player who pre-plans arguments about my rulings on RAW?


Question: Does Burning Hands really require touching thumbs?


Question: Would forcing armour on a wizard using an illusion spell and Illusory Reality harm them?


Question: How much damage does Great Weapon Fighting add on average?


Question: What is railroading, and what are its pros and cons?


Question: What are the differences between Holmes, Moldvay, and Mentzer D&D?


Question: What does the abbreviation “RAW” mean?


Question: Does forcing a Vampire indoors count as an invitation?


Question: How do I handle a group that does not understand the assumption rule?


Question: How can I roleplay a character more manipulative than myself?


Question: What do you do in Dungeon World when someone wants to perform an action they dont have a move for?


Question: How to get my Paranoia players to stop cooperating and start killing each other?


Question: Can someone explain what the Proficiency Bonus is in D&D 5e/Next exactly?


Question: How does one craft Potions of Healing?


Question: What spells are available to resurrect characters?


Question: Does casting a spell from an item allow you to apply class abilities that are used when casting a spell?


Question: What is GM/DM Fiat?


Question: How do I learn to become a good GM?


Question: Are Imps incapable of speech or is my DM messing with me?


Question: What happens when initiative allows a player to act before the player that started the combat?


Question: What is a spell slot in-lore, and how does it justify the limits on casting spells?


Question: How can I tell if I am a problem player?


Question: What RPG concepts does rules as written encompass?


Question: Can wizards really cast spells in armor?


Question: Are there ways to concentrate on more than one spell at a time?


Question: Does Power Word Kill kill druids in wild-shape?


Question: Should I boost a new players character level to match the rest of the group?


Question: Players argue and dont accept rulings to the point of arguments


Question: As the Dungeon Master, how do I handle a player that insists on a specific class when I already know that choice will cause issues?


Question: How to handle a rules-lawyer player?


Question: GMing for a hyper optimized character


Question: For seasoned 3.X players and DMs, what is the whats new summary for 5e?


Question: How do I allow the Rogue opportunities to be stealthy with a Druid in the party?


Question: How do I keep presenting progressively more challenging encounters to my PCs without making them think that the world is gaining Levels as they are?


Question: Need out-of-game solution for spell choice paralysis


Question: Are babies of evil humanoid species inherently evil?


Question: What to do when a player character does something that seems suicidal?


Question: How can I get players to realize that their enemies arent evil?


Question: Can a creature take turns as normal if they are inside an Antimagic Field while another creature casts Time Stop?


Question: Can you milk an Ivory Goat?


Question: Does D&D 5e have a rule for character knowledge about monsters?


Question: How to randomly generate a village or town for old school D&D game?


Question: Help, a player wont stop hitting on every female NPC!


Question: Can the DM forbid my character from using certain weapons because he doesnt like them?


Question: Can a raging barbarian carry live rabbits to kill them, in order to keep his rage going?


Question: How to deal with anti-authoritarian player characters?


Question: How do I rein in a player who talks over my descriptions?


Question: Is there “flavor text” in D&D 5e spells?


Question: I deciphered the meaning of a cryptic language out-of-game: should my character know what the meaning is?


Question: What happens to a Devil when its alignment is forcibly changed?


Question: Handling encounter elements that would realistically cause instant death


Question: Is there any known limit for how many dice RPG players are comfortable adding up?


Question: How do I make weather an important part of the game?


Question: Do 10 second turns/60 second rounds make spellcasters horrible?


Question: How does extra damage work for critical hits?


Question: Is it better to take the array and be Joe Average, or to roll for the odds of getting on average better scores?


Question: How do I kill a 20th level raging Zealot Barbarian?


Question: How do I keep spellcasters from casting while in jail?


Question: With the lifespan of elves, would you ever encounter a low-level elf?


Question: The power level of the Sword of Sharpness doesnt justify its very rare rating - am I missing something?


Question: How can I tell the DM that I wasnt having fun and that I fault him for it?


Question: What is Sandbox play?


Question: Can characters reach Mach 1 and higher?


Question: Whats the point of having a locked door if the players can just destroy it?


Question: How do you tell if a D&D book is 3.0 or 3.5?


Question: How to create a dungeon based on a realistic tomb, but still enjoyable to explore?


Question: My players went from 100% murderous cretins to 100% nonviolent diplomats; how can I achieve a middle ground?


Question: Dealing with fearless players


Question: How to get a new group into the spirit of the game Paranoia?


Question: Since advantage and disadvantage caused in a heavily obscured area cancel out, what effect does it have in combat?


Question: How can I play dumb?


Question: I unknowingly guessed what will happen next in the module and its angering the DM


Question: Are all players supposed to be able to see each others character sheets?


Question: As a DM, how to avoid unconscious metagaming when dealing with a high AC character?


Question: Is a creature in the area of a Wall of Water spell trapped in ice when hit by the Ray of Frost cantrip?


Question: How can I DM a character with more social skills than me?


Question: What to do if a player expected much more than DM gave?


Question: Does dealing 0 damage to a concentrating spellcaster require a saving throw?


Question: What approaches are there to lessen or eliminate reliance upon dice in an RPG?


Question: How can I make my game more noir as a GM?


Question: How can I persuade my DM to play my warlocks patron in a way that respects my characters concept?


Question: How can we kick our novice roleplayer out of the group for being a poor match, without alienating them from the hobby?


Question: How to challenge a pacifist party


Question: Player wants to steal items from previous character


Question: What is the purpose of old-school D&D class level limitations?


Question: How can I politely ask a player to leave my game?


Question: What to do when players bypass plot hooks


Question: Can Raise Dead revive a character with zero maximum Hit Points?


Question: Techniques for allowing character defeat without character death


Question: How do I deal with PCs who use kidnap and torture as an investigative technique?


Question: How do I help my players not get caught up on smaller plot points?


Question: Can the arcane/druidic focus staff double as quarterstaff?


Question: Can one enter Leomunds Tiny Hut from below?


Question: How to not let the Identify spell spoil everything?


Question: What is the etymology of the term Gish?


Question: Whats the best way to make time spent travelling more interesting?


Question: Can the DM change his/her mind after a player has rolled?


Question: How to handle players who make unmotivated characters


Question: Can a GM prohibit players from using external reference materials (like the PHB) during play?


Question: What makes a character/creature/power/ability/etc. over-powered?


Question: How can I check whether an extremely adult/mature plot idea would be accepted by players without revealing any details of the idea itself?


Question: GMs and MCs, When do you say, No, to your players?


Question: What are the essential features of a successful evil campaign?


Question: Can a multiclass character with 1 level of wizard copy any wizard spell they find into their spellbook?


Question: My DM has removed heavy armour from the game. How can I make a Paladin work or convince him not to do this?


Question: How to enjoyably include a 4–5 year old in a D&D 5e game


Question: My 5e character isnt very fun. How do I kill them off?


Question: How does D&D Vancian magic make sense in-game?


Question: Are there any rules for a Cleric to change his faith?


Question: What software is available for virtual table tops?


Question: Would striking someone at 0 hit points with an entire Magic Missile spell automatically kill them?


Question: My party bypassed a combat encounter. Should they still get XP?


Question: How to handle loot disputes as the DM?


Question: How can I end combat quickly when the outcome is inevitable?


Question: How do I deal with being envious of my own players?


Question: What is a social contract?


Question: How can I play a character who is scared without disrupting the gameplay?


Question: Is it possible to produce a bowl-shaped probability curve with dice rolls?


Question: How do you deal with metagaming based on die results?


Question: GMing for [dis]abled players, specifically blind players?


Question: How do I prevent myself from freezing up during a game Im DMing?


Question: How to approximate rolls for potions of healing using only d6s?


Question: What characterizes a Modern role playing game or gaming system?


Question: Can I Ready an action to do something Im not currently capable of doing?


Question: How do I get the PCs to stop focusing on a red herring?


Question: If someone is Out of Ammo, can they still shoot until compelled?


Question: What is the proper way to style references to D&D game elements?


Question: When can I make opportunity attacks?


Question: What are the downsides to multi-classing?


Question: How is Polymorph broken?


Question: What can I use in place of Fudge Dice?


Question: What alternatives are there to replace orcs, kobolds, and hobgoblins in low-level encounters?


Question: Is there a OGL or GSL license for D&D 5e?


Question: How can I keep a player from shutting down after a streak of bad rolls?


Question: How to break the Death Loop resulting from unfortunate initiative order


Question: How can I reward a character that doesnt want magic items?


Question: How should I handle players who ignore the session zero agreement?


Question: Medieval problems in a magical world


Question: How do I make interrogations interesting?


Question: How do I make an unwinnable fight fun?


Question: What inspired the D&D version of the Rakshasa?


Question: How do I know if an ability is magical?


Question: How should I deal with a difficult group and a DM that doesnt help?


Question: Problems with minecraft happy druids


Question: Preventing saturation in a horror campaign


Question: Make the player roll even if there is no chance of success?


Question: Dealing with a Repeatedly Cheating Friend


Question: Is the same page tool overkill for brand new players?


Question: Running games for a constantly unreliable group


Question: How can I quickly get a player back into a session after their character dies?


Question: How much should NPCs charge for spells cast as services to PCs?


Question: Optimizing a D&D 3.5 Monk


Question: Can a zero-HP, unconscious and stable character be woken up prematurely?


Question: Does passive perception supersede active perception?


Question: What do I know, when deciding whether to cast Counterspell?


Question: Is a fumble on a natural 1 an official rule?


Question: Can you cast banishment on yourself?


Question: Does a natural 20 on the attack roll still automatically hit if the target is wearing adamantine armor?


Question: What games are out there that could be played in a single night, with no prep?


Question: My own Party are ruining the game for me. What should I do?


Question: Is there a minimum damage rule?


Question: How much damage can a druid Wild Shaped into a spider take without dying instantly?


Question: Player is obsessed with shaving my wookiee


Question: How to handle wealthy player characters as a GM?


Question: What does DMG mean?


Question: What should be done if I suspect a player is using weighted dice?


Question: How do I get better at improvising city features?


Question: How can I use powerful NPCs without overshadowing the player characters?


Question: How do I deal with a player whose character wanders off for no reason?


Question: When and how does combat start in a standoff?


Question: How can a GM prevent growing disillusioned with their own game?


Question: What is a good way to become a better NPC/monster actor?


Question: Can you cast a spell learned from the Magic Initiate feat using spell slots?


Question: What are the major changes between Pathfinder first and second editions?


Question: How to build an evil campaign


Question: Why is this uncommon magic item better than this rare magic item?


Question: How to kill a character without making their player too angry


Question: Can I use my familiar from the Find Familiar spell as a safety deposit box?


Question: What to do with players who have done something very stupid, but unwittingly?


Question: Handling a character who frequently pickpockets teammates


Question: What are the statistical implications of doubling damage on crit instead of doubling the dice rolled?


Question: What makes the Monstrous Crab so dangerous?


Question: Risk of a TPK vs realistic NPCs


Question: A player constantly uses his mobile phone during our game session


Question: How can I convince players not to offload a seemingly useless weapon?


Question: NPC casting Suggestion on PC: who decides its reasonable?


Question: Why wouldn’t I just run away from the eldritch horror?


Question: What do jagged lines crossing a corridor mean on this old D&D map?


Question: Punishing a player for instant-actioning


Question: Can a new player join a group only when a new campaign starts?


Question: Should I prohibit a player from having a character goal that makes me uncomfortable?


Question: Does a PC know the general strengths and weaknesses of their stats?


Question: How can I check if a new group is OK with a plotline from an ethical standpoint without spoiling the plot?


Question: How can GMs make their game worlds more inclusive?


Question: Can deaf people play RPGs?


Question: How do I make skill checks more than just sequences of die chucking?


Question: Your friend wants to learn the ways of the Dungeon Master, what do you do?


Question: What are the key considerations to creating compelling environments?


Question: Two-Weapon Fighting & Bonus Actions


Question: What can a familiar actually do?


Question: Can spells with a verbal component be cast underwater if the caster cant breathe water?


Question: When are Opportunity Attacks provoked while holding a reach and a non-reach weapon?


Question: Prop Coins: How to get many coins for little (real life) money?


Question: Which item gets your soul first, Blackrazor or a Ring of Mind Shielding?


Question: My Wizard is conjuring a piece of the sun. How will this affect my setting?


Question: Are features that allow −5 to attack to get +10 to damage mathematically sound?


Question: How can I avoid problems that arise from rolling ability scores?


Question: What rules say that summoning undead is evil, and what rules say why?


Question: What to do about PC rerolling for great stats?


Question: How common is homosexuality in the Forgotten Realms?


Question: Cut off hand with Ring of Regeneration on it


Question: How can I convince my DM that my diplomacy will work on his characters?


Question: As a player, how do I deal with a spotlight hog?


Question: How can I deal with a soft alpha gamer player?


Question: What are the stand-out features of D&D 5e?


Question: Suggestions for decreasing metagaming and increasing player immersion?


Question: Should my fighter really punch that werewolf?


Question: What are the dangers of renaming spells and changing their flavour, without changing mechanics at all?


Question: How can I make my enemies feel real and make combat more engaging?


Question: How do you discourage player knowledge as a GM?


Question: How should I prevent a player from instantly recognizing a magical impostor without making them feel cheated?


Question: Which Article Helped Get Rid of Technobabble in RPGs?


Question: How do I deal with GM burnout?


Question: Best answer for people concerned about RPG activities being occult or dangerous?


Question: Does 5th edition have the equivalent of Taking 20?


Question: Do you take falling damage after a high jump of over 10 feet?


Question: What is D&D Adventurers League and How Does It Work?


Question: Can I be a follower of an evil god and not be evil?


Question: Need way to physically track initiative in face-to-face D&D game


Question: How does one handle a bottleneck of enemies in a doorway?


Question: Is 3d6 the same as 1d18?


Question: Am I overreacting or seeing things where they dont exist?


Question: Is it appropriate to disallow the players building the world?


Question: At level one, can you really never recover hit dice?


Question: Is a mushroom a plant for the purposes of Speak With Plants?


Question: What happens when a Mage Hand touches a mimic?


Question: How can mimic phobia be cured or prevented?


Question: What is the d20 bust, and what does post-d20 game mean?


Question: How to resolve multiple start of turn triggers


Question: How do I handle when my players overestimate the importance of an encounter/a location?


Question: How do you balance a group with both charismatic players who enjoy role-playing and introverted players who dont?


Question: As a GM, how does one deal with all of the players playing nearly identical characters?


Question: How many attacks can a fighter with two-weapon fighting make at 5th level?


Question: Handy Haversack vs. Bag of Holding


Question: What happens if I get the same skill from both my background and my class?


Question: Can a D&D Necromancer be of a good alignment?


Question: Are there any good tabletop RPGs for young beginning players?


Question: How can I speed up combat?


Question: Can clerics use swords?


Question: How should I go about stopping metagaming based on Roll20 showing unexplored areas?


Question: With the 2019 Sage Advice Compendium release, are Jeremy Crawfords tweets considered to be official rulings?


Question: My ranger has tamed an absurd number of Animal Companions with Handle Animal


Question: How can a boss enemy prevent being the most obvious target?


Question: How to communicate to my GM that not being allowed to use stealth isnt fun for me?


Question: After successfully hitting with an attack roll, when rolling for damage, if you roll a 1, is that a negative crit?


Question: I want to run vast and realistic dungeons, but my players get frustrated trying to search every room


Question: What is the easiest way a Wizard can copy-protect the scrolls he makes?


Question: Im a DM and I want a hiatus but dont know how to tell my players


Question: Is it better to dash or dodge across an open field?


Question: Identifying my late fathers D&D stuff found in the attic


Question: Is it fair to press the players for decisions during combat?


Question: How can I DM with aphantasia?


Question: Shame him into not shooting: multiple stress tracks in a single conflict


Question: Whats the starting wealth for higher levels?


Question: How does wizard & cleric spell preparation and casting work?


Question: What happens if you dont sleep?


Question: Can spells be cast through a Wall of Force?


Question: Does Repelling Blast work once per spell or once per beam?


Question: Does the Clone spell make someone effectively immortal?


Question: When exactly can a caster stop concentrating on a spell?


Question: When and how should I introduce my kids to RPGs?


Question: What would happen if you opened a Bag of Holding underwater?


Question: Necromancer PC Insisting On Disguising Undead Minions


Question: Power player is a problem. Any fix?


Question: Can a permanent Teleportation Circle be made on a moving vehicle?


Question: Does the UA Centaur stack actually work?


Question: How to secretly talk to one of the players while DMing?


Question: How do I deal with players persistently arguing for rules loopholes, even after Ive tried to finalise my rulings?


Question: Is it appropriate to punish a PC who snatches things from under the other PCs?


Question: How did D&D end up so focused on fighting, when its inspirations werent?


Question: Metagaming when there isnt actually anything there?


Question: Whats the simplest class for a child?


Question: How do I avoid lecturing my players


Question: What to do when you seem like you do not fit in with a group?


Question: Keeping the world alive whilst PCs take a rest mid-adventure?


Question: Maximum bookkeeping fantasy game with magic


Question: Whats the difference between a roleplaying game and a board game?


Question: Does an Ooze (Gelatinous Cube) float?


Question: How to get out of a story deadlock


Question: If you start casting a new concentration spell while concentrating on Haste, does the wave of lethargy interrupt the casting of the new spell?


Question: One of my friends/players committed suicide. How do I continue the game from here?


Question: What sort of cheat sheets for a new DM lead to a better flowing 5e game of Dungeons and Dragons?


Question: Is an Unarmed Strike considered a Weapon attack?


Question: How does the Divination wizards Portent feature interact with Advantage and Disadvantage?


Question: Can I choose to delay my turn in combat?


Question: To What Extent Can The Keen Mind Feat Replace a Wizards Spellbook?


Question: Players constantly capture enemies and question them, how to deal with it?


Question: What do I do with a player whos always trying to go out on their own to farm XP?


Question: How to deal with a player who says no all the time?


Question: How can I explain how to play D&D to new players without them falling asleep from boredom?


Question: How to deal with a PC being played as homophobic?


Question: How do I explain to an AD&D player that items that increase Armor Class in D&D 5e are overpowered?


Question: Techniques for making undead scary again


Question: How do I handle a player exploring the entire dungeon with his familiar?


Question: Can party betrayal be done successfully?


Question: What sound does an owlbear make?


Question: I Roll To Seduce The Dragon! (or, Do doublings of proficiency bonus stack?)


Question: How can I replace a player character with an impostor without alerting the group?


Question: As DM, how do I deal with PCs that expect everything in the game to be relevant to the story?


Question: Can multiple Bags of Holding banish Tiamat?


Question: Resources for Complex Puzzle-Traps


Question: Skills the player has, but the character doesn’t vs. skills the character has, but the player doesn’t


Question: Can a red dragon be boiled to death?


Question: Problems Regarding a Mary-Sue type Player Character


Question: How do you handle greedy shadowrunners?


Question: What makes the Forgotten Realms forgotten?


Question: Does the Rules Compendium overrule the core books?


Question: How do I avoid clichés while improvising?


Question: Does the Dueling Fighting Style prevent using a shield?


Question: What do MAD and SAD mean?


Question: When do Lair Actions occur?


Question: Clarification of Blink Mechanics, or Should Someone have Punched in my Sandwich?


Question: Can an unconscious person drink a potion?


Question: How far does a rogue move when dashing twice using Cunning Action?


Question: How loud/obvious is a wizard casting a spell?


Question: How can a character escape after being engulfed by a shambling mound?


Question: What happens when you put a Portable Hole inside a Bag of Holding while on the Astral plane?


Question: What happens to dying PCs when combat ends?


Question: What is a spellcaster for the purpose of magic item attunement?


Question: Do teleportation spells conserve momentum?


Question: How do I know which printing of the PHB I have?


Question: How can I, as DM, avoid the Conga Line of Death occurring when implementing some form of flanking rule?


Question: Creating the personality of a character different from myself


Question: How many editions of Dungeons & Dragons are there?


Question: Should I take a side in an external player conflict, or let my game die?


Question: How to deal with sniping spellcaster PCs?


Question: Can massive damage knock out rather than causing instant death?


Question: How should I handle retconning (or not) a session with a drunk player and character deaths?


Question: Who actually makes the Magic Books that boost stats?


Question: Unhate-able Villains


Question: My DM asked me to stop roleplaying hostility toward another PC, but it fits my character


Question: Can you cast Invisibility on a large box and hide inside?


Question: How can I prevent a TPK without obvious Deus Ex Machina?


Question: Im feeling like my character doesnt fit the campaign


Question: Can you cast Teleport to teleport to a ship, even if its not in a fixed location?


Question: 8 hour sessions require a meal! How can we incorporate meal breaks into the game itself?


Question: How To Divide Up Loot?


Question: How does failure work in Dungeon World? How does it move the story forward?


Question: Can you escape a Maze spell by turning into a Minotaur?


Question: What happens if a caster is surprised while casting a spell with a long casting time?


Question: How do I cater to the Three Stooges and good roleplayers at the same time?


Question: Whose portrait is printed on the Waterdhavian gold coin?


Question: Does flanking always grant advantage, or is it up to discussion?


Question: Casting multiple spells in a single round


Question: Is a critical failure on a natural 1 a rule or house rule?


Question: Is the Warlocks Awakened Mind telepathy two-way, or only one-way?


Question: When rolling percentages, do 1d100 and two d10s (percentiles) share the same probabilities?


Question: Does a bard have to play a musical instrument when using it as a spellcasting focus?


Question: Is the omission of a racial +2 to wisdom intentional?


Question: Do magic items really cost at least as much to create as they do to purchase?


Question: Im a quarter Draconian, a quarter Dragonborn and half Half-Dragon?


Question: Does Evasion allow half damage even when unconscious?


Question: How do I deal with players who make friends with goblins?


Question: How do we feed a character whose mouth is magically sewn shut?


Question: If a secret door is noticed with a DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) roll, dont most characters notice it passively?


Question: I killed a PCs animal companion at the end of last session, but later realized it should have survived; what are my options?


Question: Techniques for making high level D&D play more manageable?


Question: Is a Dragonwrought Kobold a True Dragon?


Question: Our group keeps dying during the Lost Mine of Phandelver campaign. What are we doing wrong?


Question: What happens if you cast Resurrection on a found body part?


Question: Sentinel Raven uses too much awesome magic


Question: Can you play pen & paper roleplaying games over the Internet?


Question: In what medium does D&D get played nowadays?


Question: How to deal with a player who “jumps the gun” with premature rules-lawyering?


Question: Randomly-generating weather for a sandbox campaign


Question: Does a short combat or casting one spell interrupt a Long Rest?


Question: A player made a 4th-level character for our new game and didnt tell me. Now what?


Question: How do I play a quiet, lone wolf character but also engage my group?


Question: Can a lich redeem itself?


Question: How to avoid the determinism of Passive Perception


Question: How do I keep my players from focusing too deeply on unimportant details?


Question: How to avoid favoritism when only one PC pulls on plot hooks?


Question: How much do I tell new players about new monsters?


Question: How to play a devious character when you are not personally devious?


Question: How do I know which edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) the books Im looking at are for?


Question: Can a D&D campaign be successfully used as a Sunday school teaching instrument?


Question: Good examples of RAWs advantages over JPEG?


Question: What do all those cryptic number and letter codes in a lens name mean?


Question: What are the best techniques for photographing overweight people?


Question: What is the exposure triangle?


Question: What is ISO on a digital camera?


Question: When do the differences between APS-C and full frame sensors matter, and why?


Question: What is bokeh, exactly?


Question: How and why do you use an image histogram?


Question: What are your easiest photography beginner tips?


Question: In portrait photography, what is broad lighting? What is short lighting?


Question: What blogs should I be following if I am learning photography?


Question: How do I approach people for a natural look in street photography?


Question: How can I better organise and file my photos?


Question: What is RAW, technically?


Question: Why do breathtaking views turn into boring photos, and how can I do better?


Question: I know what a bad photo is, so why do I keep taking them?


Question: What can I do to get models to take my small camera more seriously?


Question: Why are lenses always round in shape?


Question: Can the sun damage the camera sensor? Under what conditions?


Question: What does an unprocessed RAW file look like?


Question: How do you photograph rain?


Question: What is angle of view in photography?


Question: What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios?


Question: How should I photograph falling snow?


Question: How much do lens lineups vary across DSLR platforms?


Question: What is Rembrandt lighting, and when do I use it?


Question: Do fluorescent lighting and shutter speed create a problem with color cast?


Question: Is it worth trying to process film shot in 1989? (Fall of the Berlin Wall)


Question: How can I get my portrait subjects to look natural and drop the cheesy smile?


Question: How do I generate high quality prints with an ink jet printer?


Question: What advantages does manual mode have over aperture priority mode?


Question: How do I convert lens focal length (mm) to x-times optical zoom?


Question: How does one focus for landscape photos in very dark conditions?


Question: Is it lenses which make your photographs, not camera bodies?


Question: How do I set the proper exposure for nighttime moon photos?


Question: What kind of photography is still better done with film cameras?


Question: How is ISO implemented in digital cameras?


Question: What am I photographing INSIDE my camera?


Question: Is there a noticeable difference between 1.8 and 1.4 prime lenses?


Question: What is the Golden Ratio and why is it better than the Rule of Thirds?


Question: Are there any downsides to using a good-quality UV filter?


Question: Is there any significant difference between Nikon and Canon?


Question: What exactly determines depth of field?


Question: Where can I find reviews of lenses?


Question: When is black and white likely to enhance an image?


Question: What does f-stop mean?


Question: How to make female chest look bigger?


Question: Why are wide-angle lenses so much more expensive?


Question: How to get the best results for landscape and stars photographs?


Question: What is a diffraction limit?


Question: What should I look for when shopping for my first DSLR?


Question: Why do some lenses cost 10 times as much when the specs are very close?


Question: What are the key photography-related features from Photoshop that are missing in GIMP?


Question: How to compose flowering plants?


Question: Why are SLR mechanisms still prevalent among high-end digital cameras?


Question: Are there reasons to use colour filters with digital cameras?


Question: How do I get started in Astrophotography?


Question: Is watermarking worth it?


Question: What is something you learned recently about your gear that you wish you discovered earlier?


Question: What tools are available for RAW image processing in Linux?


Question: Arent all digital images ultimately just pixel values between 0 - 255?


Question: What should I pay attention to when choosing a tripod?


Question: Is there a free program to (batch) change photo files date to match EXIF?


Question: Is there development in the world of lenses?


Question: What is moiré? How can we avoid it?


Question: Why dont most cameras support PNG format?


Question: Whats a good strategy for choosing which photos to keep?


Question: What makes this interior photo look unrealistic?


Question: Why do pro photographers use huge lenses to take portrait shots?


Question: Whats the difference between saturation and vibrance in Lightroom?


Question: What is Ansel Adams Zone System?


Question: What are the first few photography books someone should read?


Question: Are Windows Photo Viewer rotations lossless?


Question: What is aperture, and how does it affect my photographs?


Question: What does expanded ISO mean?


Question: Why do light sources appear as stars sometimes?


Question: Is camera flash actually harmful to infants or newborns?


Question: What is the difference between a pentaprism and a pentamirror?


Question: Why are Red, Green, and Blue the primary colors of light?


Question: What methods can be used to micro-adjust autofocus of a camera body to a particular lens?


Question: Who, or what, is an Uncle Bob?


Question: Manual photography cheat sheet — where can I find one, or what should be on it?


Question: Why arent all viewfinders 100%?


Question: What can be done using a 18-55mm lens?


Question: What is the best way to remove texture from a scanned textured photo paper?


Question: What is tone mapping? How does it relate to HDR?


Question: How can I backup my RAW photos while travelling without Internet access?


Question: Where to get community-based feedback on my photos online?


Question: Why is a dark-room safelight safe?


Question: What should I look for in a monitor for photo processing?


Question: Is there a general formula for image size vs. print size?


Question: Which software to assemble a time-lapse from images?


Question: Do megapixels matter with modern sensor technology?


Question: Why is the 50mm prime lens the most standard?


Question: Which tools are good for creating panoramas/stitching multiple photos?


Question: How can one learn to shoot with both eyes open, and what are the advantages?


Question: Why do photo cameras lose focus when you zoom, when movie or TV cameras keep it?


Question: Whats the difference between CCD and CMOS image sensors?


Question: What is the best way to synchronize Adobe Lightroom databases between two computers?


Question: What quality to choose when converting to JPG?


Question: Can anyone suggest books/resources on the artistic side of photography?


Question: What image-quality characteristics make a lens good or bad?


Question: What does STM mean on a Canon lens?


Question: What apertures are required to enable autofocus, including cross-type or high-precision focusing, on Canon DSLR cameras?


Question: Why do we use RGB instead of wavelengths to represent colours?


Question: How can I take pictures through a skyscraper, airplane, or train window?


Question: What is the best way to clean lenses and filters?


Question: What are good photography projects?


Question: How to shift EXIF date/time created by time in days, hours, minutes?


Question: What is the Rule of 600 in astrophotography?


Question: Do professionals really never use a 24-70 lens?


Question: What is the Rule of Odds?


Question: Which focal-length lens is usually used for portrait photography, and why?


Question: How can I get photos showing the shaft of light effect?


Question: How do I achieve the technique which creates the illusion of busy locations being empty?


Question: How did photography work before auto-focus was invented?


Question: How many photos should I keep?


Question: What technique and camera settings should I use to capture lightning strikes?


Question: Should I buy an original manufacturer battery, or is a generic brand OK?


Question: Is it better to shoot with a higher ISO, or use lower ISO and raise the exposure in post-processing?


Question: How can I maximize the blurry background, sharp subject (bokeh) effect?


Question: HDR then Panorama, or Panorama then HDR?


Question: How do constant aperture zoom lenses work?


Question: What is crop factor and how does it relate to focal length?


Question: Has my idea for a time lapse technique been used before?


Question: Does this telescope only have a 4 blade aperture?


Question: Why does fungus form in lenses, and how to get rid of it?


Question: What is the Rule of Thirds?


Question: Whats the best way to get constructive critique of your photographs?


Question: Should I keep Image Stabilization (IS) off when I do not actually need it?


Question: Should higher ISOs really be preferred (all other things being equal)?


Question: Is switching to DNG worthwhile?


Question: Does Photoshop have an equivalent to Gimps Color to Alpha?


Question: How can I get dramatic shallow DOF with a kit lens?


Question: What does the number of elements and groups in a lens mean?


Question: What are the best sites to share photo galleries with friends?


Question: Why dont DSLRs come equipped with classic focusing screens (split prism, etc)?


Question: What does it mean for a photograph to be high key?


Question: What photo management software would you recommend for Linux?


Question: Are there cameras that can photograph Wi-Fi/WLAN or mobile phone radiation?


Question: What are the pros and cons when shooting in RAW vs JPEG?


Question: Is digital zoom really useful?


Question: Is there any photography equipment designed to ease use for the disabled?


Question: How does aperture work without cropping the image hitting the sensor?


Question: Unsharp mask - what do the parameters do?


Question: What are common beginner mistakes in photography?


Question: How do I calculate the distance of an object in a photo?


Question: What is the difference between EF and EF-S lenses?


Question: What are the dangers of removing a lens while the camera is on?


Question: Any good tutorials for learning how to post-process images?


Question: Is there a sane reason why ¹⁄₁₂₅ is not, instead, exactly half of ¹⁄₆₀?


Question: How to explain that the .jpg (digital file) of my photograph isnt free?


Question: Can you tell from a blurry photo if focus was too close or too far?


Question: How can I backup my photos while travelling?


Question: What is Hyperfocal Distance?


Question: When best to use Multi-Zone/Matrix, Spot, or Center-Weight exposure metering modes?


Question: Are there disadvantages to a prosumer camera for a beginner, aside from cost?


Question: Why do it in-camera rather than in post-processing?


Question: Is crop-factor a bad thing?


Question: How do I tell which point-and-shoot cameras take good low light photos?


Question: How many actuations are too many actuations?


Question: How do I combine multiple exposures for action shots?


Question: What should I consider when using DSLRs in cold weather?


Question: What can a fisheye lens be useful for?


Question: Why is a 1 sensor actually 13.2 × 8.8mm?


Question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using auto ISO on a DSLR?


Question: Why is there an ISO setting when shooting raw?


Question: How does one create the Dave Hill effect for portraits/action shots?


Question: What does it really mean that telephoto lenses flatten scenes?


Question: Why use a dedicated light meter instead of the one built into the camera?


Question: Why dont cameras offer more than 3 colour channels? (Or do they?)


Question: How do you photograph a lunar eclipse?


Question: How were photographs printed in newspapers in 1929?


Question: What software can show my most frequently used focal length?


Question: Why is giving clients RAW files such a sensitive matter among photographers?


Question: Should I get DX for my APS-C camera, or FX lenses in case I upgrade to full-frame in the future?


Question: What is the best way for a hobbyist to start generating income from photos?


Question: Is there good free software for editing Canon RAW files?


Question: Whats the best way to store over 400 GB of digital photos?


Question: If an image is rotated losslessly, why does the file size change?


Question: Will too much time-lapse photography reduce a DSLRs life, or cause any other damage?


Question: What methods do macro photographers use to get so close to butterflies, bees, insects and the like?


Question: What is the point of the depressible peg on a quick release plate?


Question: Whats the point of capturing 14 bit images and editing on 8 bit monitors?


Question: Why do stars appear as circles, not points?


Question: How to get a miniature effect on pictures without special equipment?


Question: What are the must-have filters for a new photographer?


Question: How can I get sharp manual focus despite poor eyesight?


Question: Does my crop sensor camera actually turn my lenses into a longer focal length?


Question: What is the best way to clean the sensor on a interchangeable lens camera (mirrorless or digital SLR)?


Question: What should one look for when buying a used lens?


Question: What are alternatives to a tripod when I cant take one along?


Question: In which situations should I use my circular polarizing filter?


Question: What is the difference between a linear and a circular polarizer?


Question: Why no zoom lenses with a maximum aperture wider than f/2.8?


Question: Focus problem vs. motion blur vs. camera shake - how to tell the difference?


Question: Why are some big telephoto lenses so expensive compared to telescopes?


Question: Why are some lens hoods petal shaped and others not?


Question: What is the difference between digital high ISO noise and film grain?


Question: Why does a bigger sensor lead to a shallower depth of field?


Question: How can I get a good HDR image from a single RAW file?


Question: Are equipment reviews from websites like kenrockwell.com and bythom.com reliable?


Question: If I swallowed my SD Card would it be readable when it emerged?


Question: Why do people recommend 50mm or other prime lenses as starting lenses for learning photography?


Question: Why is The Steerage hailed one of the greatest photographs of all time?


Question: How to reproduce a photo with silhouette and bokeh?


Question: How can I show a slope? Even mountain roads appear flat in my photos


Question: What is back-focusing?


Question: How to nail focus for DSLR astrophotography?


Question: What is a macro lens?


Question: What makes a photo a good photo?


Question: Should I be shooting in RAW even though Im a beginner that doesnt know how to retouch photos yet?


Question: Why do flashes make a whistling sound when recycling?


Question: Does Auto White-Balance Really Work? How?


Question: When you zoom in with a lens on an SLR why does the lens go in then out?


Question: How do I interpret an MTF Chart?


Question: How do I give someone a critique of their photograph?


Question: How can I take advantage of fog in my photographs?


Question: Why dont they make all DSLRs with an electronic shutter?


Question: Whats a concise Im not dangerous phrase for a business card?


Question: Is GPU or CPU more important for Photoshop and Lightroom?


Question: What are the major differences between these camera series by Canon?


Question: How to have colors in Milky-way?


Question: How can I take shallow depth of field photos with a point-and-shoot camera?


Question: How can I test a new lens to make sure it is operating correctly?


Question: Why are there no dark yellows, or bright violets?


Question: Image rejected by Shutterstock because the main subject is out of focus and it contains noise


Question: Do sensors wear out?


Question: Why take diagonal photos?


Question: What is bokeh panorama (also called the Brenizer method)?


Question: How can I use my dSLR or mirrorless camera as a webcam?


Question: Is version control software used for photos?


Question: What situations are best suited for spot metering?


Question: How does one develop good photographic vision and style?


Question: Whats the best number of shots to combine to produce an HDR photo?


Question: What should one consider when choosing a style of tripod head?


Question: Is there any practical difference between saving at 300ppi or 72ppi?


Question: How do I capture the milky way?


Question: How to white-balance photos shot in mixed-lighting environments?


Question: Should I shoot underexposed photos?


Question: How do I copyright my photographs?


Question: How do I use spot metering?


Question: Better to buy an older high-level camera or newer entry-level camera?


Question: How does autofocus work?


Question: Whats the difference between using black and white mode in-camera, and converting in post?


Question: Why are tripods forbidden in some public spaces and how to deal with it?


Question: Can I publish photos taken in public legally?


Question: How are SpaceX rocket launches filmed?


Question: How can I know what speed card to get for my camera?


Question: What are some tips for shooting in low light?


Question: Do good lenses really last a lifetime?


Question: What software is focused on reviewing and organizing images?


Question: Should changing the shutter speed affect the moons color?


Question: What attributes should I look for when buying batteries for a flash?


Question: Is there a trick to shooting large group portraits without blinkers?


Question: Is there a software to automatically crop a scan of multiple images?


Question: What is one stop?


Question: How do I choose a title for a photograph?


Question: What do I need to get photos with a unifom black background (not with post)?


Question: Lightroom vs. Elements vs. Photoshop: Side-by-side comparison?


Question: Technically, why is the out of focus area blurred more when using a bigger aperture?


Question: Does it make sense to put an expensive lens on a cheap camera?


Question: Why is 18% grey considered to be in the middle for photography?


Question: Whats the difference between Adobe RGB and sRGB and which should I set in my camera?


Question: Do super-super-lightweight tripods exist?


Question: Why store both JPEG and raw?


Question: How do I keep the horizon straight when taking a photo (without a tripod)?


Question: What kind of camera do I need to capture deep space images?


Question: How do you find out the sweet spot of a lens?


Question: How can I hold my camera steady?


Question: Without modification, is the built-in pop-up flash EVER appropriate?


Question: What makes a strong wide-angle composition?


Question: (How) should I start with film photography?


Question: What are good gifts between $50 and $100 for photographers?


Question: What is the definition of a prime lens?


Question: Help motivate me to use my SLRs manual mode


Question: Why do higher end lenses use USM instead of STM?


Question: How does automatic sensor cleaning work?


Question: How does the dynamic range of the human eye compare to that of digital cameras?


Question: How can I calculate what the effect of an extension tube will be?


Question: Should I buy a camera with kit lens, or body plus lens separately?


Question: What options are there for a camera bag that does not look like one?


Question: Why am I unable to capture as many stars as I can see with my eyes with my new DSLR?


Question: What are the best techniques for making great photographs of LEGO creations?


Question: Why does storing a long exposure photo take almost as long as the exposure time itself?


Question: Why do people like square photos?


Question: How much benefit can one expect from a monopod?


Question: How does Kelvin for color temperature relate to Kelvin for actual temperature?


Question: Do I really need a fast 50mm lens?


Question: What is the Diagonal Method and should I use it instead of The Rule of Thirds?


Question: What factors cause or prevent generational loss when JPEGs are recompressed multiple times?


Question: How can I stop my HDR shots looking so fake?


Question: How was photo data processed and transferred back to Earth from satellites before digital photography became commonplace?


Question: What do Pentax and Sigma DSLRs offer that differs from Canon and Nikon?


Question: What is the advantage to back-button autofocus?


Question: What is an efficient way to digitize a family photo collection?


Question: How can knowledge of human perception of color be used in photography?


Question: What does a lens hood do?


Question: Are stock photo sites a viable source of income?


Question: Is it worth to upgrade from Canon 50mm f/1.8 to Canon 50mm f/1.4 on 550d?


Question: How to batch edit a collection of raw files in Darktable?


Question: How to capture the scene exactly as my eyes can see?


Question: How do Micro 4/3s cameras compare with DSLR cameras?


Question: Whats the best way to scan in hundreds of pictures?


Question: CSI image resolution enhance: How real is it?


Question: Does a photographer take pictures or make pictures?


Question: How can I create this medieval look using an entry-level camera like the Nikon D3300?


Question: How do you make the most stunning sunrise and sunset photos?


Question: What are the best online photo classes?


Question: Is it normal business practice for a contest site to solicit submissions and then, later, ask for a fee?


Question: What license do I use when I dont want stock image companies charging people money for photos?


Question: Why cant the ISO level on most digital cameras be set below 80?


Question: What do you learn in a BA in Photography that cant be self taught?


Question: How do I get over my shyness when taking photos of strangers?


Question: How does Image Stabilization / Vibration Reduction work?


Question: What is the difference between in-lens image stabilizing and sensor-based image stabilizing?


Question: Why does every digital camera save photos in a directory called DCIM?


Question: What is the best technique for long-exposure photography in good light?


Question: What is the difference between a telephoto lens and a zoom lens?


Question: Are airport x-ray scanners safe for DSLRs / lenses / storage media?


Question: What am I losing when using extension tubes instead of a macro lens?


Question: What does frequency mean in an image?


Question: How can I tell exactly what changed between two images?


Question: Why are my photos not crisp?


Question: Is it better to store edited photos as PSD or TIFF files?


Question: How do mountains affect lighting at sunrise and sunset?


Question: What is T-number / T-stop?


Question: Which lenses should be included in a travel photography kit?


Question: Can I show two sides of a card in one photo?


Question: What is a zone plate?


Question: What cheap colour calibrators are available for Linux?


Question: If I paid for photography am I entitled to raw images?


Question: Can anyone recommend a good open-source photo management platforms for power users?


Question: Why is the blue channel the noisiest?


Question: What does a hexagonal sun tell us about the camera lens/sensor?


Question: Is it true that the best images from all digital cameras can be obtained at ISO 200?


Question: When to use shutter priority instead of aperture priority?


Question: How do I make my photos sharp enough for print or selling online?


Question: What is a pancake lens?


Question: Do I lose anything converting to DNG?


Question: Is there a rule of thumb that I can use to estimate depth of field while shooting?


Question: Why would I want to select an autofocus point?


Question: What options are there for good, cheap online backup of photos?


Question: What is noise in a digital photograph?


Question: Why cant I see bokeh in the viewfinder?


Question: What is this physical filter, shaped like a shallow pyramid?


Question: Tips for photographing a wedding


Question: Why do RAW images look worse than JPEGs in editing programs?


Question: Can one tell, just by looking at a picture, if its a sunset or a sunrise?


Question: What is the advantage of the huge number of AF points?


Question: What are the names for Magics different colour combinations?


Question: What cooperative board games are there that I could safely play with my wife?


Question: How can I beat Big Money in Dominion?


Question: Why would you want to play with a deck bigger than 60 cards in MTG?


Question: Is pretending to want to trade before playing a monopoly card objectionable?


Question: Taking back turns, and forgotten privileges


Question: Does a player win Catan if they forget to count their points?


Question: Boardgaming Online


Question: Countermeasures to analysis paralysis?


Question: Is kingmaking in multiplayer games a problem that can be fixed?


Question: Are Bishops more valuable than Knights?


Question: Can every game of Klondike-Solitaire be solved?


Question: Should I trash Copper or Silver with Mine?


Question: Do my own villages/cities interrupt my longest road in Catan?


Question: Is it possible to design a two player game of skill with absolutely no luck?


Question: In MTG, what happens when a player loses in multiplayer?


Question: How do you make Settlers of Catan work well for 2 players? (Problems and play-tested solution described, alternatives requested)


Question: Which property group colour gives the best ROI , undeveloped or fully developed, in Monopoly?


Question: What are some good games or techniques for helping kids learn to lose gracefully?


Question: What happens if both players have the ability to pump their creature an unlimited number of times?


Question: Monopoly: Do I Collect Rent If I Am In Jail?


Question: There seem to be several different scoring systems for fields/cities in Carcassonne -- which is correct?


Question: How can I tell the difference between early Magic: The Gathering card editions?


Question: How do you calculate the likelihood of drawing certain cards in your opening hand?


Question: What exactly was so broken about Urzas Block?


Question: In Magic, when can I tap my opponents creatures to prevent them from attacking?


Question: What are mistakes beginners should avoid in Dominion?


Question: How can I improve my deck building skills?


Question: In Settlers of Catan, how do you overcome bad initial settlement placement?


Question: Must a player take a jump in checkers?


Question: Munchkin as a two player game


Question: Games that have no element of luck.


Question: Is there much strategy and planning in 7-Wonders or is mostly luck?


Question: Is giving resources away for free allowed?


Question: Is pawn promotion to rook or bishop something that is seen in play?


Question: How to mitigate bandwagon attacking from players?


Question: How can I play games with closed information with players who cheat?


Question: Land ratio vs mana curve


Question: How much would it cost to get started with Magic: The Gathering?


Question: What are good standard strategies for Carcassonne ?


Question: What are good general strategies for Pandemic?


Question: What techniques should I use to teach my 5-year old to play chess?


Question: In Magic: The Gathering, can I include a card in my deck that I cant play based on my land setup?


Question: Am I technically allowed to look up cards during a Magic tournament match?


Question: Why do some people use fetchlands in mono-colored decks?


Question: Does newer card text on a Magic: The Gathering card override the old wording?


Question: Can I cast a spell after a certain part of the stack is resolved in MTG?


Question: Which resources are better at the start of a Catan game?


Question: Can a settlement disrupt roads in Settlers of Catan


Question: Whats the deal with the new Wastes land and the diamond symbol on it?


Question: What are good placement strategies for Stratego?


Question: Do you collect $200 in Monopoly if you dont ask for it?


Question: Beginner Power Grid strategy


Question: Board games for two players


Question: Is prompting players with alternate moves poor etiquette?


Question: Can infinite scry 1 be shortcut by searching through your deck?


Question: Why is Pot of Greed banned?


Question: What is summoning sickness and how does it affect my creatures?


Question: In Catan, can I ask how many cards are in a players hand?


Question: How can I tell when to take a mulligan in Magic?


Question: Games that are quick to teach to new people, yet still fun and strategical


Question: Does my opponent need to prove his creature has morph?


Question: Does an ability resolve if the source of the ability leaves the battlefield?


Question: Good board games for single player


Question: How do you place your initial settlements in Settlers of Catan?


Question: What is the optimal strategy in Quantum Tic Tac Toe?


Question: Setup for more than 4 players in Dominion?


Question: Which of the 5 resources in Settlers of Catan (base version) is most important? Why?


Question: How can I estimate my chances to win a Risk battle?


Question: What happens if the legend rule doesnt apply to only one of a pair of legendary creatures with the same name?


Question: Which program to chose when designing my own cards?


Question: What are some alternatives to using dice in Settlers of Catan?


Question: Whats the difference between a tactic and a strategy?


Question: How is Test of Faith resolved?


Question: Does a creature with Lifelink provide lifegain equal to its power, or the defenders toughness?


Question: When should I buy copper in Dominion?


Question: Why is the strong 1NT so prevalent in Bridge?


Question: Which alternative methods of choosing a starting player actually WORK?


Question: Are the A-sides and B-sides of the wonder boards really balanced?


Question: What do you recommend to learn Go?


Question: Can instants be played after I decide not to block?


Question: If you pass GO, do you collect 200 at the end of the turn or as you pass GO?


Question: What order do triggered abilities happen in if multiple things trigger at the same time?


Question: Why are there fewer board games with a triangular grid?


Question: In Monopoly, Is it OK for a third party to make a trade with a player who is about to lose?


Question: What are the most busted cards in Agricola?


Question: How do you play the Master Spy in Guillotine?


Question: What is a safe and accurate technique for shuffling cards?


Question: Pandemic and Forbidden Island - How similar are they?


Question: Why do mana abilities not go on the stack?


Question: How do game designers come up with suggested (or minimum) age requirements for games?


Question: How should I approach teaching Magic:The Gathering to a new player?


Question: How do you determine the winner of a hand?


Question: Good games for playing in a bar


Question: Should I get $200 for passing Go if I then get a card that says dont collect $200?


Question: In Ticket to Ride, how do you overcome bad initial tickets?


Question: Can you throw animals into the stewpot if you dont have enough pasture room for any of them?


Question: Can a player choose to not pay {0}?


Question: Can there be two winners at the same time in Catan?


Question: How many lands do I need for a Commander deck?


Question: How to play a quicker game of Monopoly?


Question: What is the maximum score in Ticket to Ride USA, and how to aim towards it?


Question: Does anyone have a way to modify Ticket to Ride to accommodate six people?


Question: How Unethical Is A Purely Blocking Move In Ticket To Ride?


Question: What brand of card sleeves are most reliable for Magic the Gathering?


Question: Is adding a parallel word that only intersects the end letter of an existing word allowed in Scrabble?


Question: Why doesnt Undying trigger if a creature with +1/+1 counters dies from -1/-1 counters?


Question: Why is real-money-betting necessary for poker to be fun?


Question: When I put the robber on someone in Settlers of Catan, does the resource I take HAVE to be random?


Question: Comparisons Betwen Deck-Building Games


Question: What makes a cooperative game require multiple players?


Question: How to eliminate advantages gained from the seating position of inferior players?


Question: What is a good opening in Blokus?


Question: Where do you go for the nearest railroad in Monopoly?


Question: Why do people refer to Blue color as U in Magic the Gathering?


Question: What are effective strategies for passing cards in Hearts?


Question: Are general 3-to-1 or specific 2-to-1 ports better in Settlers of Catan?


Question: Is it possible to play 2-player, 2-character Arkham Horror successfully?


Question: Catan: when to buy development cards?


Question: When you Kings Court a Kings Court, when must you pick the three target cards?


Question: Does Scrabble allow playing words which contain diacritics in their original spelling?


Question: Why is Agricola named as such?


Question: Two players would gain control of a creature after it dies — who does?


Question: Is castling still done in the openings in modern chess?


Question: Why is it of high importance to control the center of the board in Chess?


Question: Seating orders effect on Puerto Rico


Question: What is the converted mana cost of a spell with {X} when cast with the Miracle mechanic?


Question: Why does a run of 4 in Cribbage score only 4?


Question: In plain English, how does casting spells and using creature abilities work with the stack and priority?


Question: Why is Skullclamp banned?


Question: What are good strategies against counterspell decks?


Question: Can someone explain the Damage on the Stack rule change?


Question: Why is Homelands considered among the worst Magic expansions?


Question: Is Pandemic harder with fewer players?


Question: What happens when you need to tear-down a hotel but no houses are in the bank in Monopoly?


Question: What are the differences between Chinese and Japanese rules in Go?


Question: What is offensive about the card Stone-Throwing Devils?


Question: What is the most balanced/competitive character set in Citadels?


Question: Why Does Magic Use The Paris Mulligan Rule?


Question: How can we play a shorter but satisfying game of Arkham Horror?


Question: Why does Dryad of the Ilysian Grove grant all basic land types even if it loses all abilities?


Question: How important is memorizing chess openings in casual play?


Question: What can I do to avoid being stuck being able to do nothing in Settlers of Catan?


Question: Was it ever the case that Scrabble tiles had to be placed contiguously?


Question: Interesting boardgames to play with children


Question: What makes a cooperative board game actually a game?


Question: Good General Strategies for Agricola?


Question: I have the Dominion base set only, in what order should I buy the expansions?


Question: How can I play Dominion with 5+ players without expansions?


Question: Are there any ways to lose in a You cant lose the game game?


Question: Who are Johnny, Timmy, and Spike and what do they do?


Question: In Pandemic, why take the extra step of eradicating a disease after youve cured it?


Question: Does anybody need the 6th epidemic card in Pandemic?


Question: Can I show my resource cards to other players in Settlers of Catan?


Question: What is the best strategy to avoid large farms in Carcassonne?


Question: What is this weird d12 for?


Question: How do I avoid the endless trade negotiations in Settlers of Catan?


Question: What is a good strategy for engaging children in playing go?


Question: If I buy a Mint, do I still get to use the coins from the treasures I played that turn to buy a Grand Market?


Question: How quickly does a player have to say Uno to avoid drawing extra cards?


Question: What is the best way to print cards for my game?


Question: Where can I find good tile layouts for Settlers of Catan?


Question: How does the double strike mechanic interact with other mechanics like lifelink or trample?


Question: Differences between Dixit versions?


Question: What Are The Official Rules for Carcassonne: The River?


Question: What are the differences between the four editions of The Settlers of Catan base game?


Question: How does Intrigue change your general Dominion strategy?


Question: What happens if you roll doubles 3 times then land on Go to jail?


Question: Recommendations for 6-player board game


Question: What are good standard tactics for Dominion?


Question: Help! Im A Cylon!


Question: Can non-creature permanents have +1/+1 counters?


Question: What are good strategies for booster drafts?


Question: How should I ship cards?


Question: If I cant win the game in multiplayer, do my opponents still lose?


Question: Why is Pandemics Bio-terrorist Challenge not recommended with five players?


Question: Is untapping my permanents during the untap step optional?


Question: In Magic: the Gathering, what is being gathered?


Question: Does priority matter in Magic?


Question: Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues


Question: How to choose the number of hidden layers and nodes in a feedforward neural network?


Question: What is the difference between likelihood and probability?


Question: What is the intuition behind beta distribution?


Question: What is the difference between test set and validation set?


Question: Why square the difference instead of taking the absolute value in standard deviation?


Question: Relationship between SVD and PCA. How to use SVD to perform PCA?


Question: The Two Cultures: statistics vs. machine learning?


Question: How to understand the drawbacks of K-means


Question: Bayesian and frequentist reasoning in plain English


Question: Explaining to laypeople why bootstrapping works


Question: Python as a statistics workbench


Question: When conducting multiple regression, when should you center your predictor variables & when should you standardize them?


Question: What happens if the explanatory and response variables are sorted independently before regression?


Question: What is your favorite data analysis cartoon?


Question: What is the difference between fixed effect, random effect and mixed effect models?


Question: Difference between logit and probit models


Question: How to normalize data to 0-1 range?


Question: Is normality testing essentially useless?


Question: Why is Euclidean distance not a good metric in high dimensions?


Question: What is the trade-off between batch size and number of iterations to train a neural network?


Question: How to understand degrees of freedom?


Question: Bagging, boosting and stacking in machine learning


Question: Whats the difference between a confidence interval and a credible interval?


Question: What is the meaning of p values and t values in statistical tests?


Question: Famous statistical quotations


Question: What does AUC stand for and what is it?


Question: Why does a 95% Confidence Interval (CI) not imply a 95% chance of containing the mean?


Question: What should I do when my neural network doesnt learn?


Question: Interpretation of Rs lm() output


Question: Is $R^2$ useful or dangerous?


Question: How would you explain Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to a layperson?


Question: Is there any reason to prefer the AIC or BIC over the other?


Question: How would you explain covariance to someone who understands only the mean?


Question: What is batch size in neural network?


Question: What are common statistical sins?


Question: What are the differences between Factor Analysis and Principal Component Analysis?


Question: How to know that your machine learning problem is hopeless?


Question: How to choose a predictive model after k-fold cross-validation?


Question: What is the best introductory Bayesian statistics textbook?


Question: Algorithms for automatic model selection


Question: What is the difference between data mining, statistics, machine learning and AI?


Question: Which mean to use and when?


Question: When (and why) should you take the log of a distribution (of numbers)?


Question: How should I transform non-negative data including zeros?


Question: ROC vs precision-and-recall curves


Question: How to interpret a QQ plot


Question: Why is Newtons method not widely used in machine learning?


Question: What does the hidden layer in a neural network compute?


Question: When should I use lasso vs ridge?


Question: In linear regression, when is it appropriate to use the log of an independent variable instead of the actual values?


Question: Can principal component analysis be applied to datasets containing a mix of continuous and categorical variables?


Question: How to deal with perfect separation in logistic regression?


Question: Rs lmer cheat sheet


Question: What is a data scientist?


Question: How do I get the number of rows of a data.frame in R?


Question: How to summarize data by group in R?


Question: PCA on correlation or covariance?


Question: How exactly does one “control for other variables”?


Question: Generative vs. discriminative


Question: Intuitive explanation for dividing by $n-1$ when calculating standard deviation?


Question: Why the sudden fascination with tensors?


Question: What are the advantages of ReLU over sigmoid function in deep neural networks?


Question: What intuitive explanation is there for the central limit theorem?


Question: How to determine which distribution fits my data best?


Question: Statistics Jokes


Question: Why do we need sigma-algebras to define probability spaces?


Question: A list of cost functions used in neural networks, alongside applications


Question: Choice of K in K-fold cross-validation


Question: Can a probability distribution value exceeding 1 be OK?


Question: Training on the full dataset after cross-validation?


Question: Whats the difference between variance and standard deviation?


Question: What does 1x1 convolution mean in a neural network?


Question: Cohens kappa in plain English


Question: Why is accuracy not the best measure for assessing classification models?


Question: Does Julia have any hope of sticking in the statistical community?


Question: What is the influence of C in SVMs with linear kernel?


Question: How does Keras Embedding layer work?


Question: Gradient Boosting Tree vs Random Forest


Question: How to intuitively explain what a kernel is?


Question: Are large data sets inappropriate for hypothesis testing?


Question: What is the difference between a consistent estimator and an unbiased estimator?


Question: Whats the difference between Normalization and Standardization?


Question: What is the difference between a neural network and a deep neural network, and why do the deep ones work better?


Question: Bottom to top explanation of the Mahalanobis distance?


Question: Whats the difference between principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling?


Question: R vs SAS, why is SAS preferred by private companies?


Question: When is it ok to remove the intercept in a linear regression model?


Question: Deriving the conditional distributions of a multivariate normal distribution


Question: The Sleeping Beauty Paradox


Question: How to reverse PCA and reconstruct original variables from several principal components?


Question: Amazon interview question—probability of 2nd interview


Question: How are the standard errors of coefficients calculated in a regression?


Question: Why are p-values uniformly distributed under the null hypothesis?


Question: Correlations with unordered categorical variables


Question: Does causation imply correlation?


Question: How to choose between Pearson and Spearman correlation?


Question: Help me understand Bayesian prior and posterior distributions


Question: Is Facebook coming to an end?


Question: Pearsons or Spearmans correlation with non-normal data


Question: Obtaining knowledge from a random forest


Question: Crossed vs nested random effects: how do they differ and how are they specified correctly in lme4?


Question: When is R squared negative?


Question: Batch gradient descent versus stochastic gradient descent


Question: Whats the difference between probability and statistics?


Question: Objective function, cost function, loss function: are they the same thing?


Question: What is the difference between linear regression and logistic regression?


Question: Why normalize images by subtracting datasets image mean, instead of the current image mean in deep learning?


Question: Why L1 norm for sparse models


Question: What is the difference between convolutional neural networks, restricted Boltzmann machines, and auto-encoders?


Question: Should one remove highly correlated variables before doing PCA?


Question: What if residuals are normally distributed, but y is not?


Question: What is the difference between linear regression on y with x and x with y?


Question: Why does a time series have to be stationary?


Question: Percentile vs quantile vs quartile


Question: What is the .632+ rule in bootstrapping?


Question: Whats wrong with XKCDs Frequentists vs. Bayesians comic?


Question: Differences between cross validation and bootstrapping to estimate the prediction error


Question: Free statistical textbooks


Question: What is the difference between off-policy and on-policy learning?


Question: Difference between neural net weight decay and learning rate


Question: Numerical example to understand Expectation-Maximization


Question: Why does the Cauchy distribution have no mean?


Question: Is there an intuitive interpretation of $A^TA$ for a data matrix $A$?


Question: Removal of statistically significant intercept term increases $R^2$ in linear model


Question: Nested cross validation for model selection


Question: How would you explain the difference between correlation and covariance?


Question: How does a Support Vector Machine (SVM) work?


Question: What exactly are keys, queries, and values in attention mechanisms?


Question: Most interesting statistical paradoxes


Question: Books for self-studying time series analysis?


Question: Clustering on the output of t-SNE


Question: At each step of a limiting infinite process, put 10 balls in an urn and remove one at random. How many balls are left?


Question: How to choose between t-test or non-parametric test e.g. Wilcoxon in small samples


Question: When to use gamma GLMs?


Question: Assessing approximate distribution of data based on a histogram


Question: ASA discusses limitations of $p$-values - what are the alternatives?


Question: Bias and variance in leave-one-out vs K-fold cross validation


Question: If 900 out of 1000 people say a car is blue, what is the probability that it is blue?


Question: Is it possible to have a pair of Gaussian random variables for which the joint distribution is not Gaussian?


Question: Whats a real-world example of overfitting?


Question: What skills are required to perform large scale statistical analyses?


Question: Intuitive explanation of unit root


Question: Comprehensive list of activation functions in neural networks with pros/cons


Question: What misused statistical terms are worth correcting?


Question: PCA and proportion of variance explained


Question: Why are neural networks becoming deeper, but not wider?


Question: Is it possible to train a neural network without backpropagation?


Question: Where should I place dropout layers in a neural network?


Question: What is an embedding layer in a neural network?


Question: Difference between confidence intervals and prediction intervals


Question: Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) in layman terms


Question: Detecting a given face in a database of facial images


Question: How do you calculate precision and recall for multiclass classification using confusion matrix?


Question: tanh activation function vs sigmoid activation function


Question: KL divergence between two univariate Gaussians


Question: Difference between standard error and standard deviation


Question: What does a closed-form solution mean?


Question: US Election results 2016: What went wrong with prediction models?


Question: When should linear regression be called machine learning?


Question: Calculating optimal number of bins in a histogram


Question: What is covariance in plain language?


Question: How to select kernel for SVM?


Question: Conditional inference trees vs traditional decision trees


Question: How to annoy a statistical referee?


Question: T-test for non normal when N>50?


Question: What loss function for multi-class, multi-label classification tasks in neural networks?


Question: What are the main differences between K-means and K-nearest neighbours?


Question: What is rank deficiency, and how to deal with it?


Question: Best series of colors to use for differentiating series in publication-quality plots


Question: Why use gradient descent for linear regression, when a closed-form math solution is available?


Question: Locating freely available data samples


Question: Why does the Lasso provide Variable Selection?


Question: Explain Curse of dimensionality to a child


Question: What book would you recommend for non-statistician scientists?


Question: Softmax vs Sigmoid function in Logistic classifier?


Question: Does an unbalanced sample matter when doing logistic regression?


Question: Diagnostic plots for count regression


Question: Is this really how p-values work? Can a million research papers per year be based on pure randomness?


Question: Whats the difference between correlation and simple linear regression?


Question: Using k-fold cross-validation for time-series model selection


Question: What is the difference between zero-inflated and hurdle models?


Question: Including the interaction but not the main effects in a model


Question: Validation Error less than training error?


Question: How scared should we be about convergence warnings in lme4


Question: Is there an intuitive explanation why multicollinearity is a problem in linear regression?


Question: Interpreting plot.lm()


Question: What is the best way to identify outliers in multivariate data?


Question: What is the role of the logarithm in Shannons entropy?


Question: What are examples where a naive bootstrap fails?


Question: Why do we need to normalize data before principal component analysis (PCA)?


Question: Simple algorithm for online outlier detection of a generic time series


Question: Understanding variance intuitively


Question: Can someone explain Gibbs sampling in very simple words?


Question: What is the benefit of breaking up a continuous predictor variable?


Question: Why isnt Logistic Regression called Logistic Classification?


Question: Generate a random variable with a defined correlation to an existing variable(s)


Question: What, precisely, is a confidence interval?


Question: Why is ANOVA taught / used as if it is a different research methodology compared to linear regression?


Question: Under what conditions does correlation imply causation?


Question: How to choose nlme or lme4 R library for mixed effects models?


Question: Is there a way to remember the definitions of Type I and Type II Errors?


Question: Feature selection and cross-validation


Question: How much do we know about p-hacking in the wild?


Question: How to calculate Area Under the Curve (AUC), or the c-statistic, by hand


Question: Who Are The Bayesians?


Question: Essential data checking tests


Question: What is the relation between k-means clustering and PCA?


Question: Solving for regression parameters in closed-form vs gradient descent


Question: When to use regularization methods for regression?


Question: Convergence in probability vs. almost sure convergence


Question: If mean is so sensitive, why use it in the first place?


Question: How to efficiently manage a statistical analysis project?


Question: If I have a 58% chance of winning a point, whats the chance of me winning a ping pong game to 21, win by 2?


Question: Is it necessary to scale the target value in addition to scaling features for regression analysis?


Question: Mean absolute error OR root mean squared error?


Question: How to apply Neural Network to time series forecasting?


Question: Feature selection for final model when performing cross-validation in machine learning


Question: The Book of Why by Judea Pearl: Why is he bashing statistics?


Question: Given the power of computers these days, is there ever a reason to do a chi-squared test rather than Fishers exact test?


Question: Relationship between poisson and exponential distribution


Question: How to produce a pretty plot of the results of k-means cluster analysis?


Question: Correlation between a nominal (IV) and a continuous (DV) variable


Question: Does the variance of a sum equal the sum of the variances?


Question: How does the reparameterization trick for VAEs work and why is it important?


Question: Why to optimize max log probability instead of probability


Question: What is meant by a random variable?


Question: Are there any examples where Bayesian credible intervals are obviously inferior to frequentist confidence intervals


Question: How to compute precision/recall for multiclass-multilabel classification?


Question: What is the lasso in regression analysis?


Question: What is the difference between Multiclass and Multilabel Problem


Question: How to tell if data is clustered enough for clustering algorithms to produce meaningful results?


Question: Principled way of collapsing categorical variables with many levels?


Question: Rules of thumb for modern statistics


Question: How to sum a standard deviation?


Question: How does the correlation coefficient differ from regression slope?


Question: How should outliers be dealt with in linear regression analysis?


Question: Loadings vs eigenvectors in PCA: when to use one or another?


Question: What do you call an average that does not include outliers?


Question: How is it possible that validation loss is increasing while validation accuracy is increasing as well


Question: Kendall Tau or Spearmans rho?


Question: When to use an offset in a Poisson regression?


Question: What is a complete list of the usual assumptions for linear regression?


Question: What is an uninformative prior? Can we ever have one with truly no information?


Question: What is the single most influential book every statistician should read?


Question: Is there a minimum sample size required for the t-test to be valid?


Question: Calculating the parameters of a Beta distribution using the mean and variance


Question: Resampling / simulation methods: monte carlo, bootstrapping, jackknifing, cross-validation, randomization tests, and permutation tests


Question: Euclidean distance is usually not good for sparse data (and more general case)?


Question: What are principal component scores?


Question: An example: LASSO regression using glmnet for binary outcome


Question: How to plot ROC curves in multiclass classification?


Question: When to use Fisher and Neyman-Pearson framework?


Question: What are modern, easily used alternatives to stepwise regression?


Question: Line of best fit does not look like a good fit. Why?


Question: Why should I be Bayesian when my model is wrong?


Question: Why havent robust (and resistant) statistics replaced classical techniques?


Question: What is the meaning of All models are wrong, but some are useful


Question: Cross-Validation in plain english?


Question: Subscript notation in expectations


Question: What correlation makes a matrix singular and what are implications of singularity or near-singularity?


Question: What is restricted maximum likelihood and when should it be used?


Question: What do the residuals in a logistic regression mean?


Question: Why is it possible to get significant F statistic (p<.001) but non-significant regressor t-tests?


Question: What is the difference between a link function and a canonical link function for GLM


Question: What are the big problems in statistics?


Question: Mathematician wants the equivalent knowledge to a quality stats degree


Question: Examples for teaching: Correlation does not mean causation


Question: Why does k-means clustering algorithm use only Euclidean distance metric?


Question: Why is ridge regression called ridge, why is it needed, and what happens when $\lambda$ goes to infinity?


Question: When (if ever) is a frequentist approach substantively better than a Bayesian?


Question: How to interpret an inverse covariance or precision matrix?


Question: When is unbalanced data really a problem in Machine Learning?


Question: XKCDs modified Bayes theorem: actually kinda reasonable?


Question: Regarding p-values, why 1% and 5%? Why not 6% or 10%?


Question: Probability of a single real-life future event: What does it mean when they say that Hillary has a 75% chance of winning?


Question: Best way to present a random forest in a publication?


Question: Why is the L2 regularization equivalent to Gaussian prior?


Question: Mutual information versus correlation


Question: Please explain the waiting paradox


Question: Help me understand Support Vector Machines


Question: How to generate uniformly distributed points on the surface of the 3-d unit sphere?


Question: Choosing a clustering method


Question: Can bootstrap be seen as a cure for the small sample size?


Question: What is regularization in plain english?


Question: Whatre the differences between PCA and autoencoder?


Question: What is the reason that a likelihood function is not a pdf?


Question: How to visualize what canonical correlation analysis does (in comparison to what principal component analysis does)?


Question: Likelihood ratio vs Bayes Factor


Question: Skills hard to find in machine learners?


Question: Is there a name for the phenomenon of false positives counterintuitively outstripping true positives