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Incubator Q&A Where can I find a simplified Railways of the World map for player reference?

You can use ASCII representations of hexagonal grid maps as shown on Rogue Basin.[1] If doing so feels less tedious than making a picture directly, you could take this map and write a script to bui...

posted 1y ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Michael‭

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Meta Make proposed community tags mandatory

Every question in the Incubator Q&A category should have 1 or more tags for a proposed community, so that it is clear which community or communities the question is intended for. Currently it ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Make proposed community tags mandatory

I agree - the obvious candidate for these mandatory "community" tags are those listed for each community below "Descriptions". The "community" tags should be optional on meta, since posts here mig...

posted 1y ago by Lundin‭

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Incubator Q&A What is the technical term for converting a sound recording to a phoneme vector?

Many natural language processing models begin by taking text and converting it to a vector where each element is a number representing some semantic entity (I would say each number is a word, but a...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by mr Tsjolder‭

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Incubator Q&A Do Large Language Models "reason"?

There is a lot of debate about the "cognitive" capabilities of LLMs and LLM-based chatbots, like ChatGPT. It's common to see statements like "these models just apply statistical pattern matching" a...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by pbloem‭  ·  last activity 12mo ago by mr Tsjolder‭

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Incubator Q&A Where do I get a high-quality, ergonomic mouse with a dedicated middle click button?

The mouse market is divided into two main areas: Cheap, no-name brand mice that are very low quality and hard to use "Gamer mice" which are premium-priced, use high quality parts, attempt (with...

posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I search for d6 dice with a blank 6th face?

I don't know about the terminology, but a lot of Warhammer (Games Workshop) dice have a special design on the 6th face. This is not the same as a blank, but it could serve your goal of emphasizing ...

posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta How do I object to a community proposal?

Codidact is wide open to have any sort of community proposed. This means that any kind of proposal can also gain a significant backing from either new or existing members. However, that does not me...

2 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Andreas demands justice for humanity‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Incubator Q&A Can you always interpose an intermediate effect into any causal chain?

Consider the following claim: In any causal relationship X -> Y, it is always possible to find an intermediate effect A such that X -> A -> Y. This is a claim about nature, not our c...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Incubator Q&A Prevent offhand item from being used when selecting an area

In darker spaces, I often hold a light source block in the offhand to light up the area around me, such that I can see properly. However, when I use the wooden axe to select pos2 of a working area,...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Andreas demands justice for humanity‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Michael‭

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Meta On a tag's wiki, list every community proposal using the tag on a question

When looking at a tag in the Incubator Q/A category, I often want to know which community that tag belongs to. As is the case today, tags in that category aren't actually confined to a single commu...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Andreas demands justice for humanity‭

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Incubator Q&A Do Large Language Models "reason"?

I am afraid that the answer to your question is actually quite simple: there is no consensus among scientists. This is illustrated by the fact that the "fathers of Deep Learning" do not entir...

posted 12mo ago by mr Tsjolder‭

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Incubator Q&A What battery type has the least environmental impact?

Common general-purpose battery types available on the market today are: Disposable batteries, usually with some sort of zinc chemistry Older, generic rechargeable batteries, usually nickel chem...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A One cert with many domains, or one domain per cert?

I've noticed that it's possible to use DNS Name multiple times, so that a TLS certificate will cover multiple domains. Alternatively, you could generate a separate cert for each domain. What are ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Michael‭

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Incubator Q&A What are the drawbacks of leaving wood unfinished?

As you already mentioned in your question, dirt and moisture. A finish makes it easier to wipe dirt off, and prevents it getting into the wood. It also vastly slows the uptake of liquid water and h...

posted 1y ago by Spamalot‭

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Incubator Q&A How to fix spade bits wobbling in drill press?

The bits are either bent, or were made (formed, ground to shape) improperly. Straightening bent bits is possible in theory, but likely to prove difficult in practice. Assuming you get everything l...

posted 1y ago by Spamalot‭

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Meta Broaden the scope of AI tech into all ML?

AI is a broader field than Machine Learning. For example, Automated reasoning and Knowledge Representation are AI, but not ML. Most modern AI is about Machine Learning, but not all AI is. Given th...

posted 1y ago by pbloem‭

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Incubator Q&A What are the pros and cons of direct vs indirect conflict resolution?

Occasionally a situation develops in a community of people where two members come into some personal conflict. Let's suppose that neither member is doing anything particularly against the community...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A Why won't setting a CNAME DNS record for the domain apex work?

I am setting up a domain that uses a CNAME record so that is hosted on the same server as another site. I seem to be able to set up the www subdomain just fine with a CNAME but I'm having trouble ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Google AdSense application: insufficient content

I applied to Google AdSense to be able to use their system to put ads on my site, however my application was rejected due to "insufficient content." Googles help page is pretty vague about how muc...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A When choosing a domain name, is it more important to have keywords in the domain name, or to brand my website?

I'm building a company with a website about widgets. The .com domain name with just "widgets" is already taken, and so are a lot of other keyword related domains. I could get a domain on an alter...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Incubator Q&A Will multiple dashes in a domain name look spammy to search engines and hurt SEO?

I'm trying to choose between domains with and without multiple dashes: my-awsome-company.example myawesomecompany.example The dashes make it much more readable to me, but I've heard that sea...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Should redirecting URLs be included in an XML sitemap?

I have some old pages on my website that I now redirect to new pages: /old.html -> /new.html Should I include https://example.com/old.html in my XML sitemaps so that search engines find the re...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Incubator Q&A Is wordpress.com the official hosting site for the WordPress content management system?

I've been told that I should get a WordPress website. Looking into it, there is an open-source content management system available from wordpress.org and hosting available for it from wordpress.co...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Incubator Q&A How do I back up a WordPress website?

I'd like to have a backup of my WordPress website. It looks like I'll need to back up the database, some settings, and some uploads. How do I create backups for my site?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

Question Webmasters wordpress backups