Questions tagged [technology]
The Technology category includes proposals in subjects like computing, technology, gadgets, and electronics.
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Is a topic like “Tesla” too specific? Would “Electric Vehicles” be more likely to survive?
Proposal: Tesla
It has been suggested to me that a topic called “Tesla” may be too specific. And that “Electric Vehicles” may have a better chance of survival as a Stack Exchange community. Thoughts?
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Why is a general/original softmax loss not preferred in FR (face recognition)? [closed]
In some papers I've read that softmax loss is not preferred in FR since it does not give a good inter-class and intra-class margins, but could not understand 'why?'. So can someone explain, why ...
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Is Substrate a too specific title for this proposal?
Proposal: Substrate
The term Substrate here specifically refers to the blockchain-software library Parity Substrate, however, this proposal also means to be inclusive for software that's building on ...
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If Thundercore is EVM based, why would you need your own Stack Exchange site?
Proposal: ThunderCore
Hello there, dear ThunderCore community. On your website, I read:
High TPS, sub-second confirmations, and maximum security. All with full EVM-compatibility. Unleash your DApp—...
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Is “Cosmos” a unique enough site name?
Proposal: Cosmos
There is a lot of the use of the word "Cosmos" online... would it be good to add another word to the site name?
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what is thundercore?
Proposal: ThunderCore
If this proposal is about https://www.thundercore.com then perhaps adding that it is a cryptocurrency implemented on blockchain technology would help the proposal. I see ...
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New site proposal: Modded Minecraft? (off-topic on Arqade)
Having been on Arqade for several years, I know that modded Minecraft (client or server) support is off-topic. There are so many questions related to modded Minecraft, I'd think that it would be ...
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Discussion of possible bugs?
Proposal: TeXmacs
Is discussion of possible bugs on-topic for the proposed TeXmacs site? The question of Foad "Octave gets stuck on Busy… inside TeXmacs in Windows OS https://stackoverflow.com/q/...
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Quantum Computing (and Operations Research) are not Showing up in Accounts Tab
Proposal: Quantum Computing
QC doesn't show up in the site list (Accounts Tab) in my profile:
Elsewhere, on every other site, it shows up correctly:
This bug also affects Operations Research, which ...
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Is there a maximum duration of the commitment phase? [duplicate]
As in the object. Could not find the information with a site search.
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On topic: the use of TeXmacs and its installation as well?
Proposal: TeXmacs
As in the title of this question. Should we consider on-topic questions on the installation of TeXmacs on different operating systems? They would of course refer to a given TeXmacs ...
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Preparation before submitting a proposal for new site
I have an idea for a new site which I genuinely believe will be very useful to many people.
Since timeline after the submission is very tight, it would be good to prepare ahead of time to ensure best ...
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Sockpuppeting on Ontology?
Proposal: Ontology Blockchain
There's something strange going on with this proposal: the numbers are all wrong. Comparing it to three other proposals with mostly outside traffic: Tezos, iota, and ...
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In what category should I propose Marketing & Advertisement?
I want to add "Marketing & Advertisement" as a proposal.
Problem is, that there are a lot of different use cases and questions for this subject for example:
Questions about Marketing strategies
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Stack site for AWS (Amazon Web Services)?
I have been thinking that AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a massive technology and maybe deserves its own site. I want to start a discussion to see if we should just let AWS be discussed in Stack sites ...
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Would a Developer Relations stackexchange site be allowed?
Developer relations is ill defined, and different between different organisations. There's no playbook, and people come into the role from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience.
There are ...
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Tezos has growing communities in Korea, Japan, and China. How do we help them to participate in our english language stackexchange?
Proposal: Tezos
Tezos community is growing all over the world. Do we know if the various non-english communities are building their own Q&A resources?
We should both make sure that they have a ...
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Would a proposal about designing programming languages be a duplicate and/or off-topic?
I was thinking of a proposal for designing programming languages, but I am not sure whether it is a duplicate of an already existing proposal/beta site/SE site or if it is off-topic for a Q&A ...
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Would a proposal about esoteric programming languages be a duplicate?
When I asked a question about the programming language "Simplefunge" on StackOverflow, it received 15 views and no answers, even when I put a bounty on it.
Then, it struck me that Stack Overflow may ...
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Enter the Void Linux distribution
Void Linux is not a 'just works out of the box' type distro, so what about a Q&A site for users of the Void Linux distro?
From the official website:
Void Linux is a general purpose operating ...
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Why were these questions closed in Defintion?
I have spent four long months building up the Hashgraph proposal. I have been active in their Telegram and Discord channels, tweeted and retweeted about it, posted on their official website, and have ...
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What is the most relevant stack for GNSS (GPS, Glonass, Galileo…) questions?
Is there a stack that encompasses GNSS (e.g. GPS) technologies. I see:
GIS,
Electrical Engineering,
Space Exploration,
Ham Radio,
possibly other...
are related, but it's difficult to imagine ...
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how to increase visibilty of this proposal
Proposal: Tezos
I suggest we ensure that we ensure that during each tezos meetup and tezos training sessions the proposal is advertised to people.
stack exchange is a more effective way to persist ...
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Is there truly no way to get around the “No shopping” rule?
I frequently find myself searching tens of hours for products with certain specifications. In many cases, I have to order and return several products due to insufficient manufacturer information; in ...
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Would a NEW community based on this [current tag] be welcomed?
I'm certain StackOverflow is the only place where Git questions would end up on this network. I would like to propose the creation of a new site: Git.SE, where questions regarding implementing, using ...
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Product Management Q&A Site
I am proposing to start a product management Q&A site.
Any product company is driven by a product management department with product managers. Today, you do have User Experience site which is all ...
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Creating a site about MediaWiki and/or wiki in general
Working with a custom wiki based on MediaWiki, in the last year I had toubles to find the right home or question about it.
Sometime I had to post on StackOverflow, sometime on SuperUser and finally ...
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“Formal Math” - Do you allow sites that don't follow the usual Stack Exchange protocols?
Following discussion with trusted colleagues I am thinking about setting up a site for working on formalized mathematics. To quote John Harrison:
It is generally accepted that in principle it’s ...
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Don't we need the seperate community for Ionic? [duplicate]
Don't we need the separate community for Ionic? Ionic is the biggest Hybrid app development framework. It should have its separate community to discuss the problems in the app development in Ionic ...
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Why are some frameworks marked as duplicates while others are allowed to be thier own site?
Yesterday, I tried to create the "Laravel" site and it got flagged as a duplicate. But yet there are other frameworks such as "Wordpress" & "Drupal" who got their own SE site. So what is the ...
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Monero, Litecoin, other cryptocurrencies… Should be merged with Bitcoin SE
There are many proposals for cryptocurrencies, such as Monero. The point is, theres already a Bitcoin SE. Shouldn’t the other cryptocurrencies be combined?
By the way, there are hundreds and hundreds ...
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The Bone Yard. Question limbo, SE Rule boot camp, or low-quality purgatory. A place where questions go to die?
I propose a SE site that any answer or question is on topic and never closed or put on hold.Unlike other sites the commonality of these question will be that they need work. This will give th OP the ...
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How to help users get the minimal rep points
Proposal: eosio
Getting users with high rep is not that easy.
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Is there a Community about RHEL/CentOS/Fedora? [closed]
There is a Community Ask Ubuntu And Elementary OS. Is there a Community about RHEL/CentOS/Fedora?
In the past I asked question about Fedora/CentOS/RHEL on Unix&Linux Community. But when I read ...
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Do we need our own StackExchange or can we live within StackOverflow as a tag?
Proposal: eosio
I already see questions posted in StackOverflow where there is already an eos tag. Are we duplicating efforts?
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Is it possible to create another language site with English interface [duplicate]
I know that is not allowed to create new languages for interfaces, but can we create another language stackoverflow site with English interface? So, all Q/A in another language, but interface is in ...
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I'd like to propose a site for holology, antique grandfather clocks, and the restoration of these masterpieces [duplicate]
I took a few pictures of a grandfather clock at a bank branch, and I'd like to upload some pictures in hopes someone might recognise it. However, I can't seem to find the appropriate site to ask. Here'...
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Are closely related topics (quantum communication, simulation, cryptography, etc) going to be on-topic here?
Proposal: Quantum Computing
There are many areas of quantum information that are closely related to quantum computing.
A few that come to mind are quantum simulation, quantum communication, quantum ...
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During definition it may make more sense to use votes to get best coverage, rather than over vote on one question
Proposal: Research Computing
What is a good way to get new users to read and understand the SE new proposal voting protocol?
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Would any member from the Scratch Administration Support this site
If we were to create this site would anyone from the Scratch Team such as modorators like Paddle2See be part of this site.
Is that something that we can easily ask them to do or not?
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What happens to votes by users on closed questions?
Proposal: Quantum Computing
I was just wondering what happens when a question is closed by a moderator as too broad or a duplicate etc, say the question has a bunch of votes. Are those votes returned ...
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IMO Quantum Computing should be a topic in the existing Computer Science stack exchange site
There are already Computer Science and Theoretical Computer Science sites that should cover Quantum Computing topics. There's no reason to needlessly multiply stack exchange sites.
Proposal: Quantum ...
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unvoted questions
Proposal: Quantum Computing
Recent questions are getting little or no upvotes... I am wondering whether this is because no one with remaining votes (i.e. they used up their 5 votes) looks at the ...
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When will the proposal Augur enter the beta stage?
Proposal: Augur
It's been two weeks since the proposal has gotten the maximum number of commitments. How long again do the we have to wait for the beta?
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Why is the quantum computing description in the proposals as it is currently written?
Proposal: Quantum Computing
I would highly recommend that the description be changed. Quantum computing is mainly a theoretical and experimental research field at the moment. There are no users of ...
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Would it be appropriate to create a proposal for a narrowly defined technology?
A company called Parallax, Inc (I am not affiliated with them) makes an electronic product named the "Propeller" or more formally, "P8X32A". It is a microcontroller and is aimed at electronics ...
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Why this 3rd-party WordPress plugin site closed?
Why this proposal closed and this is still open and even on the phase of commitment? Either both should stay or both should closed.
Proposal: Divi Builder
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Stack Overflow (in Polish) [duplicate]
I'm sure there is strong Polish community on SE and other pages. Maybe we start with SO as there is most question about coding and other issue. Not everyone speaks and writes perfect in English. For ...
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What benefits will Scratch.SE provide to the Scratch community above and beyond the official Scratch forum?
Proposal: Scratch
Scratch already has a forum at its home site, here.
What additional benefits would the existence of Scratch Stack Exchange provide to the Scratch community, that would more than ...
