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Isaac Moses

3:14 AM

@HodofHod I think that's correct - meta does not get you reputation.

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msh210

9:10 AM

@HodofHod ...true for all meta SE sites except meta.stackoverflow.com

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Isaac Moses

8:01 PM

Q: suggestions for Kosher iphone apps

I'm an iPhone app developer with mostly Jewish & Israeli iPhone apps and I'm open to new suggestions or ideas for new apps that can be useful for Jewish people. Anyone here had a case that he needed an iPhone app related to Judaism and couldn't find it in the app store?

technology

^^^^ In-scope? SE-appropriate?

Stack Exchange

8:49 PM

Q: Is this iPhone question in-scope?

suggestions for Kosher iphone apps Does it make sense for us to host this question? Does it count as a question about JL&L, or is it just a market research question that's specific to this time?

discussion scope specific-question

msh210

9:45 PM

@IsaacMoses Whaddaya think?

Isaac Moses

@msh210 I like your answer.

msh210

@IsaacMoses Thanks. Me, too. What was or is bugging you about the (nonmeta) question?

Isaac Moses

I'll probably ✓ it, but I just want to see if anyone else has a compelling argument..

@msh210 "What do you wish there was" seems a bit subjective and open-ended.

msh210

@IsaacMoses Oh. I wasn't sure if it was that or the topicality that is at issue.

Isaac Moses

@msh210 Also, the question only applies to iPhones, now, which is possibly "too localized."

... but I hear you that that's a broader interest than I may have thought.

msh210

9:51 PM

@IsaacMoses But there are many iPhone app authors. Compare:

Q: What other work can a mashgiach do in a kosher restaurant today?

In a kosher restaurant today, must the mashgiach (kosher inspector) spend 100% of his time watching everything, or can he do some other work in the restaurant? How much work? I know this may vary from kosher agency to kosher agency, so multiple answers ("I've seen this policy in my town") are f...

food kashrut-kosher

@IsaacMoses That's what happens when I look for another question while you're replying to what I'm about to type. :-)

Isaac Moses

I think the open-endedness justifiably raises automatic suspicion. I think I'll edit the question to include your "ideally, should come with explanations of why or how the proposed app would be useful and different from what's already on the market."

msh210

@IsaacMoses I agree with your first sentence. And your second sounds to me like a good plan.

Isaac Moses

I'm still not a fan of what-is-your-favorite-passuk

msh210

@IsaacMoses That displays as "I'm still not a fan of judaism.stackexchange.com/...".

@IsaacMoses Nor am I.

Isaac Moses

what-is-your-favorite-haggadah is better, in that it asks "and why?" but it still got mostly low-quality answers.

@IsaacMoses eh; closed 'em both

@msh210 Executed.

msh210

10:00 PM

@IsaacMoses I don't mind that one so much: do you want to get rid of product-recommendation?

Oh, see comments on that question: I did mind it, just for the same reasons you did. :-)

Isaac Moses

@msh210 No. "Which is the best X on the market for application Z, and why?" is a useful question, especially if it includes a nice, specific description of Z. "Which is your favorite X?" and even "Which is your favorite X, and why?" are more open-ended.

msh210

@IsaacMoses I hear^Wsee that.

Isaac Moses

@msh210 There's all kinds of great stuff in product-recommendation.

msh210

@IsaacMoses I agree completely

Isaac Moses

[Dead-horse-flog]e.g. "Which Hagada would you recommend for an all-adult beginners' seder in the US, and why?" would be great. [/Dead-horse-flog]

msh210

10:11 PM

@IsaacMoses Tzaar baale mesim!

Isaac Moses

@msh210 Another great question example: "It's forbidden to flog a live horse, and it's forbidden to flog a dead person. Is it forbidden to flog a dead horse?"

... which reminds me: in Shevat, I plan to ask on meta about Purim Torah.

or maybe sooner

msh210

Q: Are there burial requirements for pets?

Halacha requires certain burial practices for people, because people are special. Are there any requirements or, especially, prohibitions regarding pets who have died? Is it acceptable to cremate them, or must they be buried? If buried, are there requirements about how? (The pets, of course, ...

death animals funeral-burial-levaya

Not the same as what you just wrote, at all. Just reminded me of it.

Isaac Moses

@msh210 I think that would be "... misah"

msh210

@IsaacMoses You're gonna wind up spoiling all my fun. ;-(

Isaac Moses

@msh210 That's what mods are for.

(my fun too, BTW)

msh210

10:18 PM

@IsaacMoses True. I was, for some odd reason, mistranslating chayim as the plural present tense -slash- adjective instead of correctly as the abstract noun.

Erm.

Actually.

Isaac Moses

@msh210 well, it's a strange noun.

msh210

The singular is baal chay.

So it is the adjective -cum- present tense in use.

Isaac Moses

@msh210 ... misos, then, I guess.

msh210

I give up.

Isaac Moses