Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Hardware question
I am looking into a super resolution project ( Increasing image resolution ) and was thinking of building a hardware to snap multiple pictures. A question about building a hardware definitely seems ...
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Minor edits on good, answered questions (to claim partial ownership?) - should it be discouraged?
I've noticed it on two of my posts (1, 2), but I speculate this happens to other posts also. Relatively new users (with no edit rights), make tiny 2-3 word edits.
According to the faq:
Try to make ...
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Clear duplicates not geting closed because of a low number of views
Four days ago, I answered this question migrated from SO. Two days later, a practically identical question was posted here, and as the tags were in my field, I saw it, provided a link to the duplicate ...
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Information theory -- on-topic?
I had added this as a comment to another question about what the site should consider an on-topic question and encouraged by others thought it merited its own question.
Given that Claude Shannon ...
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Question migrated to wrong site
My question, which is regarding a specific signal processing algorithm was moved from DSP to Physics. Obviously that's less suitable than Digital Signal Processing - however, 3 people voted to migrate ...
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Why is the site in beta?
Why is the site in beta? Is the beta programming related (i.e. the back end platfrom of the website and the UI), or is it more related to populatrity and interest (i.e. is it waiting for a certain ...
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Editing somebody else's question to appeal to a broader audience
This is my first time posting on any meta, so sorry if it's an inappropriate question in some way.
Before I had edit privileges, I gave a fairly popular answer to this question. A question was, in my ...
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Is Computer Vision on-topic here? [closed]
Possible duplicate: Computer Vision questions are on-topic or off-topic?
The Computer Vision proposal is about halfway there. According to the meta post I linked above, the scope of that proposal is ...
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What constitutes an FAQ question?
In a questions page - there are categories like newest, votes etc.
There is also, a tab called FAQ.
What exactly is this? What is the criteria that defines a question to be called an FAQ?
Just ...
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Dealing with Misleading questions and answers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What to do with Q&A's like this which are ill composed, inaccurate and contain full of half truths
This is in reference to the following question:
Theory behind ...
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What is the criteria for Account Suspension?
I just came across a profile -
https://dsp.stackexchange.com/users/1035/zaubertrank
While i can see somethings inconsistent - inspite of having questions that are 10 upvotes, and only one question ...
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MathJax buttons/hotkeys script
I've written a script that lets you insert dollar symbols automatically(via a keyboard shortcut or button) in the editor window on Stack Exchange sites that support MathJax. Feel free to check it out.
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MATLAB or Signal Processing?
Signal Processing community now has really set a good high standard of answer by now. Most important aspect i believe are
We have seen deep understanding of algorithms including all relevant ...
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Should we clean-up some "Catch-all" tags?
There are some tags- which becomes "catch-all" i.e. they are essentially redundant and can be applied anywhere or they don't quite have very direct classification meaning to the question.
Some of ...
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Should we conciously manage Comments clutter?
Quite often, it is seen that OP begins with questions with basic level with only barely minimal explanation. Over time, several people ask - "Questions about question" under comments. This is quite ...
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New Beta Theme Launched
Your site looks a bit different today. Yes, we are getting rid of the 'Sketchy' look and replacing it with a more-polished and finished design for sites in beta.
You can read more about the redesign ...
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Defining a broader scope of on-topic questions
Given the site being relatively new there are many (and will be eve more) questions like :
Are questions on topic X is - on-topic or off-topic?
Here are some glimps:
Computer Vision questions ...
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Is it okay to ask a question and answer it as well?
As per this link from FAQ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/ - it may not be a bad idea if i ask the question for the very purpose of answering it ...
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Policy for asking same question in different domains
I have a question here that straddles a variety of fields. I have received a very nice answer looking at the problem in one way, but I wanted to also explore other ways in which it can be solved from ...
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Is there a policy for homework-type questions?
I am not sure what the best course of action is for questions like the one on the street sign recognition.
I can't help think the author didn't really search for information prior to answering, and ...
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Can I ask for a link to survey of methods on specific subject in image processing?
Can I ask for a link to survey of methods on specific subject in image processing? Is it considered OK in this site?
The FAQ says that:
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based ...
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Where do PID loop + other control systems questions go?
The areas of signal processing and feedback control systems go hand in hand.
Are control system questions within the intended scope of this site?
If not, I'm surprised... and where should they go?
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Is this the place for Neuroscience related questions?
Is this the place for Neuroscience related questions? e.g. fMRI preprocessing/analysis methods and such like? I see there's no neuroscience tag yet.
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What to do if we find on-topic questions elsewhere that would fit well here?
I came across this question on Stack Overflow today. I think it's a good question for dsp.SE, but it's also on-topic on Stack Overflow. Is there a means to cross-list it on both sites, or should it ...
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Protocol on deleting an answer
I posted an answer to this question. In view of further information provided by the OP in response to my answer, my answer is irrelevant to the question that the OP really should have asked. He has ...
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Are "How do I do X in Y (programming language)?" off-topic?
I just joined this site and was surprised to see that there is a matlab tag but not an OpenCV tag. I then found that we are already asking if OpenCV questions are off-topic. However, there seems to be ...
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Pilfering more questions from Stack Overflow
I've been watching tags like signal-processing and image-processing on Stack Overflow, and there are a quite a few questions ...
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Why were my tag-wiki proposals rejected? [closed]
I suggested two tag-wikis (which were blank before):
https://dsp.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/201
https://dsp.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/202
So, I thought these were substantial edits; ...
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The ease of down-voting
Down-voting a question or an answer is very easy (at least for those who have more than a minimal reputation on a site); just click on an arrow! But giving a reason for the down vote requires a lot ...
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Is neural network related quesitons are on-topic?
There is a question in SO here : https://stackoverflow.com/q/8290543/990673
Isn't this more appropriate here?
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Chat RSS feed should not be Inline
The problem with having an inline RSS feed of questions on a low volume chat room is that you tend not to be able to easily find the interesting conversations, which is what will keep people coming ...
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Suggestions for evolving identity of Group [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
We're going to need a distinct look / theme
I am referring to logo (and possibly the same can be applied for the theme) which is derived by initials and that pattern is ...
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What should happen to DSP questions that have several answers/an accepted answer on SO already?
There are quite a few questions on SO on image processing that are much more about "how do I detect X" rather than "how do I implement this detection algorithm in language Y", for example this ...
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Question on posting questions of breadth VS depth
I wanted to ask this on the meta before going all out on the actual SIGPROC site. What I would like to know is how is one supposed to go about asking Sigproc questions that related more to breadth ...
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Are OpenCV questions on topic?
It would seem that questions about the use of OpenCV should be on topic, because they are usually questions about computer vision algorithms in disguise. There are plenty of such questions on ...
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Query about revising an answer
I am considering revising an Answer I posted to a query about time resolution and bandwidth. My Answer received a fair number of positive votes -- in fact more than the accepted Answer and so I ...
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What do we do with incomplete questions?
This post is spurred by this question. The question has received 4 answers, all of them saying something different from the other and there is deep disagreement between all the answerers and the ...
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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Do hardware benchmarks questions have lasting value?
This is in regards to a recent question: DSP Benchmarks for ARM Cortex-M4 processor, where the OP asks where he can find benchmarks for his hardware. Do they add value to the site?
My concerns are:
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can I invite someone to the private beta? [closed]
There are some engineers I know that would be good to have involved in the bea but did not register at Area51. Is there a way to get them private beta accounts?
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Who should be our moderators?
From the Moderator Blog article
About a week into the public beta, we will seek out members who are
deeply engaged in the community’s development; members who:
Have a reasonably high ...
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What is Signal Processing?
Where do we draw the limits of what is signal processing? Do we include biological, chemical, electrical, mechanical, or other related signals? Do we include non-linear signals? Do we include things ...
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Why did this question get closed? [closed]
When finally someone asked an expert level, research question these folks got together and closed it. This is very amusing.
Added : (...in view of comments below....)
For a very good example of ...
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How do we get more users to contribute to beta?
If you look through the list of users and their ratings on DSP.SE, there aren't many participants. Is there a way to send everyone "a friendly reminder" that the web site is still here and is in need ...
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Asking for book suggestions on-topic?
Would a question asking for a list of good computer vision text books be on-topic? There is not a single "correct" answer here, but the answers can be ranked by votes.
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Let me expand a bit. I ...
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Is there a way for a mere mortal to delete tags?
I was looking through some of the questions today and it looks like some of the newly created tags are completely unnecessary, the lowpass-filter tag here, sinusoidal tag here, highpass-filter tag ...
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Computer Vision questions are on-topic or off-topic?
I know that there Computer Vision themed site in incubator, but it is still far enough from beta. So, is it appropriate to ask CV related questions here (since SP and CV peoples often intersect and ...
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Private Beta Extended -- Still Going Strong [closed]
The Community Team spent some time looking at the Signal Precessing Private Beta today, and we saw a lot of good things: You have a good amount of meta activity (and you are very civil!), you are ...
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Order and consistency in tagging
This post is primarily to get a consensus on appropriate tag name conventions. Signal processing is a very diverse field and not everyone might be familiar with all acronyms (other than basic ones). I ...
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Statistical testing of quantities particular to signal processing
This is in the spirit of Where to draw the line between programming, signal processing, and mathematics?, but I'm wondering if a question on the statistical analysis of a particular calculation would ...
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