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Once Upon a time a magical company called MagicDollars (for the sake of brevity for the rest of the answer we will refer to this company by its stock ticker M$) and this company made the most widely used, operating system, internet browser, office productivity suite, and various other products. M$ had this great idea to just integrate all of its software so that they would all work together seamlessly. This would be great for users of this software since this would make doing things like importing a webpage in a Ward processing (because in magicland we have wards instead of words) document, seemlessly and natively. But this would evidently make the software too good. And we cant have people getting software that is too good. Because then if another company came along with their own version of good software people will be too dumb to install and use that if they have the already integrated versions that were included. So the Neanderthal Union decreed that M$ was using its magical abilities to make things too difficult for smaller developers to create super complex applications that they must give away for free. And said you will no longer make things work together seemlessly. And instead of extending their middle wand to the NeU and saying fine we shall no longer make software that can be used in the NeU... M$ bowed before the luddites and said ok. So now you can not rename a file from inside of your office productivity suite in Magicland. |
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Survivalism and Preparedness
For Survivalists, Preppers, those with questions on how to prepare to survive doomsday scenerios| 2 |
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Space Exploration
For spacecraft operators, scientists, engineers, and enthusiasts.Pets
For pet owners, caretakers, breeders, veterinarians, and trainers.| 7 |
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Philosophy
For those interested in logical reasoning.Poker
For serious players and enthusiasts of pokerSports
For participants in team and individual sport activities.The Workplace
For members of the workforce navigating the professional setting.Economics
For economists and graduate-level economics students.Politics
For questions about governments, policies and political processes.Sustainable Living
For folks dedicated to a lifestyle that can be maintained indefinitely without depleting available resources.| 20 |
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Space Exploration
For spacecraft operators, scientists, engineers, and enthusiasts.Machine Learning
For proposed Q&A site for students and researchers in the field of machine learningPets
For pet owners, caretakers, breeders, veterinarians, and trainers.E-books and E-book Readers
For e-book publishers and users of e-book readers including Kindles, Nooks, Kobos, etc.India
For those enthusiastic about Indian culture, history,government and politics. This site can work as a superset of all the India related proposals. Ask all your India related questions here!Gamification
For gamification designers and developers who integrate game mechanics into enterprise or consumer applicationsRepurpose Hacking
For those who test the limits of hardware, who modify electronic devices or combine together separate components to create new inventions, and those who like to void warranties; for those who like to make gadgets do things they were never intended to ...Fabrication & Manufacturing
For people interested in fabricating or manufacturing physical things. Including 3D printing & scanning, CNC milling or cutting machines, CAD/CAM software and how we can share ideas between industry and the maker & hackerspace communities.Aquarium and Aquatic Hobbyist
For proposed Q&A site for people who design, build and maintain aquariums from micro-reefs to 300 gallon display tanks. Freshwater ponds and terrariums are welcome too.Stock Investing
For investors of all kinds. Come discuss trades, advice and trading strategies, asset allocation, and ways to achieve your personal goals through buying and selling equities and other financial instruments.| 294 | Votes Cast |