Questions tagged [technology]
The Technology category includes proposals in subjects like computing, technology, gadgets, and electronics.
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What would be the main topics we should aim with our site?
Proposal: æternity
Gathering a lot of opinions from our forum and telegram it seems like we should have wide options for Q&A.
I honestly think that although SE is quite technical we should have ...
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Is there enough demand for Q&A about Cardano?
Recently a new Proposal: Cardano was made and I wonder if there is actually enough demand to answer questions about it.
When looking at stackoverflow there are 22 questions tagged with cardano. This ...
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Why is Area 51 NOT counted as a valid site for the commitment phase?
Proposal: Synthetic Biology (But this applies to all proposals in commitment)
I committed to the Synthetic Biology proposal on Area 51 (see above) and noticed that in the commitment statistics, it ...
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should people redirect from forum.cardano.org or telegram to this new site in case of Q&A type topic?
forum.cardano.org is a good place to raise questions related to pool operation or any technical question related to wallet usage, or anything.. also there is a official Telegram channel where you can ...
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Why this site would be better for handling questions then forum.cardano.org?
discourse forum engine (forum.cardano.org based on that) has great features to handle questions efficiently, just like in stackExchange:
able to mark answers as solutions
hint similar questions to ...
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Running a Stake Pool - Pros and Cons - Compensation calculator and if it is right for you [closed]
I have recently been looking into running a stake pool and found very scattered and inconclusive information on both the costs, benefits and general resources for embarking on such a venture. I have ...
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Will this site want to handle questions related to pool operation?
so this site would be dedicated to developers of Cardano Dapps or pool operators could discuss issues here as well?
Proposal: Cardano
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Duplicate of Bitcoin SE
Proposal: Dogecoin
The Dogecoin protocol is based on the Bitcoin protocol with only little modifications. In general, any question and answer found on Bitcoin Stack Exchange is fairly applicable to ...
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Should we have a website about the world's products or services?
I was going to write a question that goes as follows.
"I stumbled upon the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZPIHddpJGY. Now I'm curious what type of train it is. That's maybe I have ideas ...
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How to get a proposal approved for a Portuguese Q&A site?
Proposal: Legislative Innovation
As Tim Post stated2 "In order for us to consider a localized site other than Stack Overflow, Stack Overflow must currently exist in the target language." ...
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I want to propose a Windows SE but I don't have an organization for it
Since we already have Ask Different and Unix & Linux Stack Exchange, why not have a site for Windows?
I want to propose it, but I don't have an organization for it, and I don't know exactly who ...
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Why do we need a SynBio.SE when we already have Bio.SE, Bioinformatics.SE and researchgate?
Proposal: Synthetic Biology
I'd like to know what the response is to the elephant in the room: why do we even need a SynBio SE in the first place? Researchgate already provides a Q&A site for ...
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Should people have to comment on why they downvoted?
Should people comment the reason for their downvote due to some people will do it just to try to reduce the reputation of others as sort of ¨Keying a car¨ and those others have to try to build their ...
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Should people be required to link to a protocol when asking for debugging help?
Proposal: Synthetic Biology
There is lots of variation between labs/practitioners on how to execute even common protocols. Thus, if people are asking for help on a protocol, it may be problematic to ...
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Fedora linux distribution?
Would anyone support a site similar to AskUbuntu that focuses on the Fedora distribution?
I know they abandoned their own Ask Fedora project and now are lacking for a similar site.
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Please show the amount of points needed in commitment score
I am currently committed to the æternity area 51 proposal, and if you go here, you will see that there are 26/200 committed total users, 10/100 committers with 200+ rep, and a mysterious 14% ...
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Proposal title description for æternity
Proposal: æternity
We are looking to improve the title description to the æternity proposal on stackexchange.
This is the original title for the proposal:
all æternity dæpps developers and its ...
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New technology category for SMARTPHONES seems to be missing
In the stackoverflow area we have sites for coding questions, Linux, hardware, Mac, Mathematics, Physics. But no site regarding SMARTPHONES! How can that be?
A site where you can ask questions like
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Please someone propose for an identification.stackexchange.com site
I don't know why I can't create a proposal
A specific website is necessary for the SE; since identification questions aren't on-topic on Movies & TV StackExchange. Also, you can't ask movie ...
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Why a new community about Computational Quantum Chemistry?
Proposal: Computational Quantum Chemistry
Computational Quantum Chemistry is an active topic since almost 100 years and has driven development of both hardware and software (see e.g. Hartree). This ...
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Is there not a spreadsheet exchange?
I believe there needs to be a proposal for a spreadsheet community. I don't have a community organization website, so I can't post the proposal.
There are stats and database related communities, but a ...
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Is “Programming Languages” a duplicate of “StackOverflow” and/or “Programmers”?
Would you agree that Programming Languages a duplicate of StackOverflow and/or Programmers?
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How is ProgramErrors different from Stack Overflow?
Proposal: ProgramErrors
The description of this proposal is:
Proposed Q&A site for who doesn't like StackOverflow spamming, Copied questions, etc.
What exactly does that mean in terms of scope? ...
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Were there attempts to create a Dash site?
I have noticed that many cryptocurrencies have their own site on SE. (Here, here, here here, here, here, here.)
Were there attemtps to create one for Dash? I find that there is larget community behind ...
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Can we have a SE site for energy information system?
I'm working on a regional project that deals with energy data collecting and reporting.
There are lot of sources including the International Energy Agency (IEA) website, however for people who are new ...
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Place to ask generic electronic hardware questions?
Is there a place in the StackExchange network for questions on any hardware related issues? It seems the answer is no, but please correct me if I'm missing something.
For example, StackOverflow is ...
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Will you allow comparisons of electronic products (recommendations on purchases?)
Proposal: Consumer Electronics
I was wondering if the recommendation of products to be purchased would be allowed.
Example:
Q. I want to buy a headset for gaming which model should I get?
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Proposal: Web design Q&A
I always have questions to do with web design considering the amount of frameworks out there that you can use, its massive! This site could be for questions ranging from React to bootstrap, HTML to ...
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Proposal of new site for Kali Linux
Users are posting in questions of kali in askubuntu which is not the place
So there should be a site for kali where people should only post questions of KALI
It will be helpful for ubuntu users as ...
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How about a new site for docker enthusiasts?
Proposal:
Dockers are currently a new hype, and although we've a docker tag on stackoverflow, it doesn't feel quite right. In fact, even the docker questions have very low views there. I feel, with ...
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There're ~5000 questions tagged on SO related to “extended reailty”
Proposal: Extended Reality
Stack Overflow tagged questions: *reality
What is this proposal going to do that's fundamentally different from what SO already offers?
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Drones: When will our private beta launch?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aircraft
My understanding is that private beta sites are launched on Tuesdays or Wednesdays during business hours in the USA. Since this has not happened, I wonder when we ...
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Is experimental and strange drone designs also a topic that will be discussed in this sub?
Hi I am a researcher and currently I have some unusual ideas about drone designs that I wish to try and know more about.
Is this site also going to go towards more experimental/scientific ...
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Microsoft Windows is on-topic on Super User
Proposal: Microsoft Windows
Super User kinda already does this, the second most popular tag is Windows 7, then Windows, and Windows 10 is up there as well.
If you look at the Windows tags, they all ...
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Could a large number of supporters help offset a <100 number of commiters with >200 rep?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aircraft
Going forward, I'm afraid this proposal is in a difficult spot. As is evident from the general support and self-reported demographics present on the proposal page, ...
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Are military drones on-topic?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aircraft
As a total nobody, I mostly hear about drones in the news in military drone strikes. I thus guess that this site will end up with questions about military drones.
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Should questions asking for support for a specific software suite or firmware be on-topic?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aviation
This proposal has a number of example questions that amount to "How to do X in Y software suite?" Some of these might be better suited to the specific product's ...
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Should questions about legality be on topic?
I anticipate quite a few questions like "Can I fly a drone above roads in Xyzia?" and "What is the legal distinction between a drone and a model aircraft in Canada?"
Should these be on-topic?
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Could we get rid of the ufos and 'area51' type of branding please?
I feel that all this type of stuff makes it really hard to convince established people in technical fields to take proposals here as something serious. Opening a website with funny UFOs flying around ...
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How does the topic of this site differ from Aviation, Electric Engineering and Robotics?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aviation
As per the title, how would this site's content differ from a mixture of:
Aviation (for everything related to flying, aerodynamics, regulations, etc)
Electrical ...
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When there should be separate site for certain Linux distribution?
There's AskUbuntu site, but users of other distros have to use Unix & Linux, marking their questions with 'distribution name' tags. How people know when there should be separate site for their ...
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What type of campaign message was used, to attract 17 new users within 1 hour?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aviation
I noticed that 17 new users (all with only 51 total points, so all brand new users) followed this proposal within 1 hour:
That is truly exceptional and as ...
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Is the focus Technical or General?
Proposal: Drones and Model Aviation
I'm assuming that this proposed site would be viewed as a technical resource, and more general questions such as "Which is the best starter model", and "How do I ...
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On proposals soliciting reviews, recommendations, comparisons, etc
Sites soliciting other types of research and advice (beyond our traditional Q&A subjects) were created in a time when the sheer size of our software developer audience allowed us to give sites ...
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memes.stackexchange.com
I am proposing memes@stackexchange.com for the sake of discussing and living with memes.
What we do here:
Explaining what memes and internet jokes have behind them.
Asking and answering the context ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
