Note: This post is (nearly) identical to this one on Mythology Stack Exchange
I would like to echo a post that Scott Morrison made on Meta.Tex.SE:
I'm a moderator from MathOverflow, and this "question" is actually unsolicited advice, based on our experience from the initial launch of MathOve...
I ran into a question asking about, basically, where to put a piece of hardware and not about what hardware to get. Is this acceptable? I don't think this kind of question can be diverted to Superuser since it isn't asking about how a technology works or anything like that.
I hope this site sticks around and succeeds! I always wanted one like it. Having said that, my main worry is that there's just too much breadth to the topic that we wouldn't have enough experts for more rare/specialized topics.
There may be value in limiting the breadth of questions asked. For example, if I was to ask the question What components should I use to build a quality workstation for under $3000?, there are lots of components and hence individual part recommendations that need to be made. An answer to such a q...
@DVK I only set up feeds for meta questions and bountied questions. I don't think a feed of all main site questions is useful. We did that on Science Fiction & Fantasy, but that was back in the day when there was no live refresh. Now you can just keep the main page open if you want to see new questions instantly, so the chat feed isn't so useful.
We can have an all-questions feed if the community here wants it, but I don't think I've seen that on any site that was created after live sockets
I have asked this question: Standing desk with ability to raise/lower?
It is receiving a few close votes for "not about computing hardware."
A key thing this site will need to determine is what the scope of "hardware" is, right now there are questions about:
Computers
Audio equipment
Headphon...
Prices may vary depending on the location. Should questions conditioned on price include the location? (e.g. What's a good non-iPhone smartphone that's reasonably priced and specced?)
Note that this answer is community wiki so everyone can edit it. Please, propose your changes in a comment or another answer so they can be more easily discussed. Ideally, this is only a start, with improvements from the community over the next few weeks.
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> I'm deleting this because it isn't as high-quality as we prefer here. Please, feel free to post a new answer after you read and incorporate the answer guidelines. You should have some experience using the software. What exactly did you like about it, and what did you not like as much? How does the software match each requirement in the question? Thanks!
true. I'm happy to vote up a well structured question but reluctant to vote on an answer if I don't know the subject matter. But that would change if it's a very well written answer and already has votes (or is accepted)
Seeing +15/-0 consensus on Should we have SR-style quality guidelines for questions and answers?, I would say it's time to figure out what we require in answers.
What is required for an answer to be 'high quality'? What do we do with answers that aren't high quality?
I am looking at various SSD's for my laptop. For normal use (I just want Windows to start up more quickly), what is recommended? I want to get something cheap, but not unreliable. Thank you!
As most gaming (or graphics editing work) towers contain some sort of graphics processing unit and they can be fairly pricey I suspect there will be several questions about them.
Current Options:
[GPU] (Graphics Procsessing Unit)
[Graphics-Card] or [GraphicsCard]
[Video-Card] or [VideoCard]
...
I'd like to invest in a new keyboard - I've been typing on a MacBook Pro keyboard forever and, while I love it, it's time for something new and slightly more ergonomic.
Requirements:
Must play nice with my 2012 MacBook Pro
Must not slide around too easily, that's my pet peeve with keyboards
M...
@ArtOfCode I asked a question in a comment to your answer I shouldn't have done that sorry. Basically I was wondering if the PS4 HDD/SSD filesystem used makes a difference as I think it was a thing back in the PS3 days.
@ArtOfCode I did not downvote your answer BTW, however from Firepower0701's post about SSD I wonder. As I thought SSD's are less reliable, is that not true?
@Gram HDDs are more reliable when in idle mode. SSDs are less reliable. SSDs store data with electronic circuits and logic gates, which are prone to damage. HDDs use magnetic storage platters. If the HDD is in action (reading/writing) when you drop it, you risk your data because if the read/write head touches the disk, it corrupts data. If it's in idle mode, the head is secured.
SSD circuits are prone to damage whenever you drop them, not only sometimes.
The R/W head on a HDD will eventually wear out, as will the actuator axis - being both moving parts. But SSDs have limited reads/writes too, and sectors are more commonly corrupted in SSDs (which ends up with your hard drive steadily shrinking as sectors corrupt and the controller marking them dead and unusable)
haha Yah, I would love to work from home again. Worth the pay difference to me, I remember the SO service last year asked how many workers preferred to be in an office and it was a fairly low percentage.
Note: This post is (nearly) identical to this one on Mythology Stack Exchange
I would like to echo a post that Scott Morrison made on Meta.Tex.SE:
I'm a moderator from MathOverflow, and this "question" is actually unsolicited advice, based on our experience from the initial launch of MathOve...
I ran into a question asking about, basically, where to put a piece of hardware and not about what hardware to get. Is this acceptable? I don't think this kind of question can be diverted to Superuser since it isn't asking about how a technology works or anything like that.
Prompted by this question, should we allow questions that lay out a set of requirements and then ask if a specific piece of hardware fits them?
I have asked this question: Standing desk with ability to raise/lower?
It is receiving a few close votes for "not about computing hardware."
A key thing this site will need to determine is what the scope of "hardware" is, right now there are questions about:
Computers
Audio equipment
Headphon...
Prices may vary depending on the location. Should questions conditioned on price include the location? (e.g. What's a good non-iPhone smartphone that's reasonably priced and specced?)
I am looking at various SSD's for my laptop. For normal use (I just want Windows to start up more quickly), what is recommended? I want to get something cheap, but not unreliable. Thank you!
As most gaming (or graphics editing work) towers contain some sort of graphics processing unit and they can be fairly pricey I suspect there will be several questions about them.
Current Options:
[GPU] (Graphics Procsessing Unit)
[Graphics-Card] or [GraphicsCard]
[Video-Card] or [VideoCard]
...
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