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matthewsnyder
I am an econometrics researcher, currently living in Seattle, WA. I enjoy all kinds of geeky things!
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See all »What is a good way to send occasional updates (like meeting times) to a small group of people (5-20) electronically? I see a lot of groups like this create a Facebook page and post updates on ther...
2 answers · posted 6mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 4mo ago by Michael
The current description says: “politics” as human social phenomena which come from humanity’s tendency for subjectivity - that people may have fundamentally different beliefs, preferences, or wi...
0 answers · posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder
Currently, clicking Start Proposal starts you with a blank text box. There is some general advise in the "Posting Tips" box. However, it is not clear what exactly the format should be, what points ...
1 answer · posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · edited 11mo ago by Monica Cellio
If/when we accumulate many proposals, I think we might run into an issue with tags colliding. For example, suppose someone adds the base tag to Video Games ask about base building in strategy game...
2 answers · posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 11mo ago by Monica Cellio
I don't think this is realistic. How many companies still honor contracts from 1923? There's no way to guarantee that it will survive through all the possible mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies...
posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · edited 11mo ago by matthewsnyder
Most everyday electrical wiring has two wires, usually one white and one black/red. When installing a switch, does it matter which wire I put the switch on?
3 answers · posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 11mo ago by matthewsnyder
How can I make my own compass out of wood? (I mean the drawing tool, not the direction-finder.) Ideally, I'd like something that: Handles diameters from 3 in to 2 ft Has minimal non-wooden pa...
1 answer · posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 10mo ago by matthewsnyder
When an ordinary person sells their house in the US, what happens to their tax situation? Usually, houses sell for half a million and up, and considering also regular (ie. salary) income, this woul...
2 answers · posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 10mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller
This is cool, I'm curious to see how the experiment will turn out! I've thought about bringing up this kind of thing before. It's neat that the CD team had the same idea, and even developed it mor...
posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder
Port Orford Cedar is a type of lumber which naturally emits a pleasant aroma. I'd like to make some wooden crafts with this wood, because the wood itself seems nice and I really enjoy the smell. ...
0 answers · posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder
The switch will work either way. However, there are significant safety benefits to installing switches on the hot wire. For residential AC in the United States, only one wire actually has a potent...
posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · edited 11mo ago by matthewsnyder
I've mostly worked with pine wood, because it's cheap and easy to work with. I've had some projects where I finished it (polyurethane coat, sometimes a stain) and other projects where I didn't (jus...
1 answer · posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 10d ago by Spamalot
I have a cheap drill press and a set of cheap spade bits. Some of the spade bits wobble, the tip makes a circle of as much as 5 mm in diameter for some of them. Others wobble less, 1-2 mm. Since t...
1 answer · posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 10d ago by Spamalot
I recall that back in the dark ages of web search (Altavista), search engines were naive and keywords were a huge thing in SEO. People would even create landing pages stuffed with keywords in tiny,...
1 answer · posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder · last activity 10mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller
In the last 5-10 years, I've noticed that many searches (especially Google) about technical or semi-technical questions, have the results clogged with "content farm" results. It's hard to precisel...
0 answers · posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder · edited 3mo ago by matthewsnyder
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