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Posts by matthewsnyder
I think utilitarianism would provide an answer to this. Knowledge like mathematical theorems, scientific findings, folklore and literature poses hardly any threat to privacy while the benefit of f...
Apparently, ETFs have a "potential cap gains exposure" in that, when the ETF buys and sells some underlying asset, it is subject to capital gains tax. Supposedly, this leads to things like buying a...
Philosophically, what role does police serve in society? Today, virtually every society has a police force. So, it seems like there must be some compelling reason to have one, i.e. police must ser...
Do laws only matter if there is a police force enforcing them? Police in the modern sense is a recent development. Before the 19th century, police forces as today were very rare. But people have m...
The Steam Deck uses a customized Arch with KDE and Wayland. The "gaming mode" is basically Steam running in Big Picture mode, but it uses the minimal window manager gamescope to avoid running the h...
What can I do with used up disposable batteries, such as AA/AAA? It used to be that these had to be separated so they can be put through a special remediation process. However, apparently that was...
Site Name Anti-consumerism Description Discussion of theory and practical advice for reducing the impact of consumerism in daily life. This often coincides with low-tech, primitivism, DIY, fruga...
Site Name Recycling I opted for this name because everybody knows what it is and gets the idea. It is also easy to think of a logo for it :) However, you're supposed to try to first reduce, then ...
Where can I get a high-quality, ergonomic mouse with a dedicated middle click button? I use "ergonomic" loosely, in the sense of "doesn't hurt to use all day". It doesn't have to have a special ...
The fluffy pal bed does not require a specific pal, that's just the UI being janky. The tech is unlocked when your character reaches level 24. Then you have to buy it in the tech screen (press T) a...
To upgrade my base, I need to build 2 fluffy pal beds. However, in the tech tree, I can't find this building. Some techs are locked because "I haven't caught the right Pal yet", but which Pal do I...
Presburger arithmetic is a theory that is decidable, but includes an infinite set of axioms. The interesting part is the 5th point from the Wikipedia formulation: (P(0) ∧ ∀x(P(x) → P(x + 1))) →...
Google Groups, which comes with all free Google accounts, can be used to set up a mailing list. It also integrates with the rest of Google resources, so for example you can share a calendar with a ...
This question sounds basic, so I'll try to answer with a layperson in mind. "Learning" is a bit misleading, because programs do not currently learn the way humans do. They do not have a mind or ab...
Site Name communities.codidact.com Description The site is about part-time human communities. How to manage, run, create, participate in them and solve common problems. Topics Topics covered w...
I've tried this out with some equipment I have on hand. Generally, yes, a household vacuum will work as a dust collector, but it's not as effective or convenient. For occasional use, it might be be...
When I work with wood in my garage, it quickly fills with sawdust. Everything in the garage gets covered with a film of dust. Many of my tools have dust extraction ports. I know some people get sp...
MathJax should be enabled everywhere. Many communities either need it or will need it. It's tedious to ask for it every time, and then when it's added, to go back and edit dozens (hundreds? thousan...
Is it better to put site proposal descriptions in tag descriptions, rather than posts?
I can't provide a specific answer, but I'll try a general one based on evolutionary theory and (refuted) teleology. The body is indeed equipped to fight infections. I believe the human immune syst...
I disagree. We should allow people to ask questions that don't fall under any existing proposal. Proposal tags can always be added later, it's easy to do even in bulk (especially if an API is im...
If Home Improvement is the only proposal we consider, I think all should be on topic. They are all important topics for people discussing home improvement. Forbidding them would undermine the usefu...
I don't know the technical constraints on tags in terms of implementation, but as a matter of UX I think proposal are a better fit for tags. The current model of using posts (which appear similar ...
