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Are unused CSS rules so costly that they must be removed?

I have been reading various Web application optimizing articles and many of them suggest to remove unused CSS rules. Currently, I have a page which has jQueryUI css, Bootstrap CSS, Datatables CSS and ...
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How fast should a web response be?

I've heard a few times that every extra [number1] milliseconds it takes to process a web request and return a response will lose you [number2] percent of users. Is this just "conventional wisdom," or ...
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Are web best practices so important if they are always violated by large companies?

Usually, there are a bunch of rules and best practices which help optimizing a website, bring new customers, and in general making user experience fast, smooth and pleasant while (sometimes) reducing ...
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Guidelines for HTML/CSS/JS optimization process

Currently we have a Development server on which we write the HTML/CSS/JS code. We do not optimize our code using compressors/minifiers. So our deployment process from Development to Production is ...