The Technology category includes proposals in subjects like computing, technology, gadgets, and electronics.
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Isn't Programmable Logic pretty much the same as Electrical Engineering?
Proposal: Programmable Logic
Programmable Logic looks like it's the same as, or would fall under, Electrical Engineering. FPGAs, CPLDs, PLAs, and basically any PLDs are all electronic devices used ...
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Why not merge 'Engineering' with 'Mechanical Engineering'?
Proposal: Mechanical Engineering
Proposal: Mechanical Engineering
I believe many questions on the Eng. Propposal would be appropriate on ME, vice versa all ME questions would be appropriate on Eng - ...
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3answers
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Why is ROBLOX not a duplicate of either Stack Overflow or Game Development?
Proposal: ROBLOX
Why is ROBLOX not a duplicate of either Stack Overflow or Game Development?
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4answers
67 views
Is Competitive programming duplicate of Code golf?
Proposal: Competitive Programming
Is Competitive programming duplicate of Code golf?
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0answers
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What is the scope of the Tor site? [closed]
Proposal: Tor - online anonymity, privacy, and security
The proposal seems to be moving forward quickly with over 120 example questions*. As I mentioned previously , I think we should try to decide ...
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1answer
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Developers and users together?
Proposal: BlackBerry Enthusiasts
Is it good to include developers and users in the same proposal? I think it should target just the users, since the developers are already there on SO.
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0answers
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Can you discuss your using experience of Tririga 10.3? [closed]
This topic only concerns user experience. From the using of testing of Tririga 10.3, what underlining ideas do you have? How do you think of the product? Why it was designed this way?
I just proposed ...
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1answer
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Definite article in the subtitle is wrong
Proposal: Debian
I cannot help myself, but calling Debian "the popular distro" is disrespectful. While it might be the most popular one, it is far from being the only popular one. Therefore, "a ...
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1answer
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contract with company, What to be take care of? [closed]
I am software developer and I want to do contract with a company. Company is taking project from oDesk, elance. What are the things I need to consider while asking for terms and condition in contract ...
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0answers
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Applications of Markov Chains in machine learning [closed]
Proposal: Machine Learning
While doing an article on Speech Recognition and Synthesis, I learned that one of the most widely used way in speech recognition is Markov Chain Modelling. The science ...
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1answer
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Not a duplicate of StackOverflow
StackOverflow is for all kinds of programmers.
We should understand that developing on Google Cloud Services is more than just normal programming. Its a different infrastructure which needs a ...
7
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1answer
119 views
Accessability is on topic at User Experience
Proposal: Web Accessibility
Just a reminder than accessibility from a design perspective is on topic on the launched User Experience site, which already has a Usability tag. Best I can tell the only ...
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0answers
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Why doesn't UMTS reach it's theoretical speed [closed]
UMTS speed is 144 Kbps outdoor in non urban areas, 384 Kbps outdoor in urban areas, and 2 Mbps indoor or outdoor if very close to the station. However I've read that the theoretical speed is 21 Kbps. ...
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3answers
136 views
Leaving beta requirements
Proposal: Tor - online anonymity, privacy, and security
I guess it will be difficult to leave beta. Obviously this isn't in reach, yet.
Please have a look at ...
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0answers
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How can a mobile phone mantain the same IP address while traveling to other networks [closed]
Proposal: Telecommunications
Say for example that there is a class A network with network address 9.0.0.0 , and we want to make a mobile phone connected with UMTS the same IP address. If the phone ...
2
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1answer
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Would modern metalworking be allowed?
Proposal: Blacksmithing
Do you think modern metalworking could be allowed?
I mean welding, not-digital turning/milling, grinding, electric point-welding, and general subjects related to production ...
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0answers
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Is “Android Internals” unique and purposeful enough?
"Android Internals" would be substantively different from Android Enthusiasts in that "Android Enthusiasts" is dedicated solely to technical support-oriented questions.
From the Android Enthusiasts ...
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0answers
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New software/library proposal [closed]
my proposal is simple (hope this is not off topic): most of the time we need a piece of software that we can't find anywhere. Or we have the skills to produce something but we have not ideas.
It can ...
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0answers
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What are the RFCOPTIONS for the table RFCDES [closed]
Proposal: SAP Systems, Applications, and Products
Where can I get a description of RFCOPTIONS strings from a RFCDES table? What it means to each parameter? (H=?,N=?,g=?,l=?, ...)
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0answers
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1answer
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Why limit this to TOR?
Proposal: Tor - online anonymity, privacy, and security
Why not expand this proposal to other anonymizing networks - Freenet, I2P, and others?
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3answers
150 views
Is this similar to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Is this going to be similar to Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Proposal: Space Exploration
3
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1answer
32 views
Isn't it covered by Stackoverflow?
Proposal: Java EE
29,077 questions tagged Spring
25,044 questions tagged Hibernate
15,162 questions tagged REST
Is there really a need for a specific site?
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1answer
8 views
This presentation may be helpful for soliciting contributions and followers to Education Technology
Proposal: Education Technology
http://slidespeech.com/s/hdNGcFBUen?autoplay=true
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1answer
151 views
How to help in promoting the Gamification proposal?
Proposal: Gamification
Please upvote the Gamification community ads on Programmers and User Experience so that it reaches the minimum score threshold necessary for these ads to be displayed on the ...
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3answers
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Learning Java for begginers
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56323/java-for-begginers/56324#56324
Here is my proposal to learn Object Oriented programming language JAVA.
Currently I'm learning java language but I'm not ...
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2answers
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Text Editors, Scripting, and General Definition
Proposal: Editors
Concerning the scope of the proposal, I'm wondering whether questions concerning Emacs Lisp and VimScript (and the like for other editors, VBA comes to mind) should be on this site. ...
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2answers
137 views
Why propose this, when Sustainable Living would do all this and more?
Proposal: Renewable Energy Technology
This would appear to be a subset of the Sustainability Stack Exchange. Anything that could be asked here, could be asked there. For example, some of the ...
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1answer
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Should `Renewable Energy Technology` be dedicated to professionals and scientists?
Proposal: Renewable Energy Technology
It is proposed to merge Renewable Energy Technology with Sustainable Living.
From the describtion of Sustainable Living:
"Sustainable Living is a question and ...
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1answer
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Handling Open ended questions
Most of the interview questions posted on Stack Overflow are deemed "Open Ended" and closed by moderators. Being open-ended does hurt the core value of the question and the site. How is this site ...
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0answers
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Checklist to help get this going
Follow this proposal
vote for 5 questions
Ask 5 questions
Proposal: ERP and Business Process Management Platforms
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2answers
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Solar power is literally a hot topic
I'm trying to create this new discussion area, where people like me, with limited knowledge but a readiness to extend it about solar energy would share thoughts and ideas. There is too much ...
6
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2answers
183 views
Should this be a site about GitHub or Git?
Proposal: GitHub
Without mentioning about the fact that this proposal may or may not be a duplicate of stackoverflow, does we really need it to be specifically GitHub?
Surely if this site is to ...
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0answers
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Rialways new trains in 2013? Is tatkal ticket cnacellation is poosible? [closed]
Proposal: Railways All Over The World
We will mention here all the information and FAQ's regarding Railways or trains
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3answers
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Should Hacking and Repurpose Hacking be merged?
Originally, we had a Hacking proposal. Then a bunch of people came in and complained that there were too many different types of hacking included in one place, and those people thought others might ...
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5answers
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Rename “Repurpose Hacking” to something else
Proposal: Repurpose Hacking
I've never heard anyone call the act of repurposing a device "repurpose hacking" - either repurposing or hardware hacking. At the moment, it's a clunky and misleading ...
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0answers
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The ultimate embedded systems programming interview guide for freshers [closed]
Proposal: Embedded Programming and Design
Lets create an ultimate guide for freshers preparing for an embedded systems interview.
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1answer
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Can the StackExchange policy adapt to this proposal?
Clearly answers to questions on such a macro scale will lead to debate and opinions on what method is the best. However the solutions that we are looking for should be based on FACT and will be based ...
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1answer
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Can questions about past failures also be asked, with the intention of knowing what NOT to do?
Should questions about past failures also be discussed here?
This would lead a selection of proposed solutions which were tried and tested but ultimately failed. These will be as useful to policy ...
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4answers
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Scope of Embedded Programming
Proposal: Embedded Programming and Design
Let's discuss how far "up" or "down" this site should go. Which belong here, which are better left to SO, EE or elsewhere.
IDE, tools, configuring the ...
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3answers
378 views
Why do we really need it?
OK, so, after reading some discussion here I think everyone should calm down and think about this proposal with cool head. I've jumped in and was pretty excited about it at first, but now I'm becoming ...
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3answers
272 views
Suggested name change to Artificial Intelligence
Proposal: Machine Learning
Machine Learning is a large enough sub-field of Artificial Intelligence, I figure we might as well change the name (+ description) of this proposal to Artificial ...
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0answers
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How to make App Stores a success?
Proposal: App Stores
Two years and a few months ago, Moshe started the original App Stores proposal. We were within about 15 committers of being able to move forward. Then SE shut it down - the two ...
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4answers
137 views
Area51 Experts: How to make the Kuali site proposal a success?
Proposal: Kuali
I thought I introduce the proposed Kuali stack exchange site a bit more in depth and ask the established Area51 and Stack Exchange users about hints, tips and their support to make ...
10
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6answers
627 views
Merge with Network Engineering
Proposal: Telecommunications
This proposal overlaps almost completely with Network Engineering, my proposal is to merge.
Edit: Take a look at this
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2answers
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Should we focus more on performance engineering in general, or more on performance of specific products?
Proposal: Performance Engineering
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2answers
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How would the Drones proposal differ from the existing robotics site?
Proposal: drones
Over on robotics Chris Gough asked How to tell when an ArduPilot has finished initialising it's gyros (without referencing telemetry)? which included the following statement and ...
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0answers
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Ideas for topics on world problems stack [closed]
Local - problems specific to a region, city or community
Solving hunger and thirst - questions and solutions relating to agriculture and the logistics of delivering food
Global warming - questions ...
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0answers
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Is this proposal a wise idea? [duplicate]
I don't think that it is a good idea to have a localized super user site. A more complete answer from me can be found at StackOverflow (in German)
Proposal: Super User (in German)
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2answers
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How to make that proposal successfull this time?
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in German)
Old proposal: Stack Overflow (in German)
The previous proposal for StackOverflow in German has failed. What can we do to make it successfull this time?
Are there ...
