We are an academic lab that developed several online servers. Is there a way we can have people ask questions about the servers, and answer them directly on a Stack Exchange site (, for example)? We would use tags, but none of us have enough reputation to start one.
I recently saw a question about a problem (or possible bug) with some product on Stack Overflow. At first, I wanted to suggest that the asker post his question to that product's support forum.  When searching for the URL of that forum, I noticed that the product developer closed its support forums and now advises users to post all their questions on Stack Overflow instead.  Is this within the intended use cases of Stack Overflow, or is this abuse?
I was wondering if there is a viable place on Stack Exchange to ask economics-related questions.  Questions I'd have in particular could be equation-based or theoretical.  I suppose the equation-based questions could possibly fit into mathematics but I haven't checked their FAQ. Applying Insufficient Explanation Post Notice to One-line Questions? Moderators currently have a tool to add a Post Notice that says:     insufficient explanation       We're looking for long answers that provide some explanation and   context. Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is   right, ideally with citations. Answers that don't include explanations   may be removed.   However, there seems to be no equivalent wording for one-line questions.  Could the wording be changed to something like below to cover both one line questions and one-line answers?     insufficient explanation       We're looking for longer posts that provide some explanation and context.          Don't just ask a one-line question; provide some background like a brief description of your research prior to asking   Don't just give a one-line answer; explain why your answer is   right, ideally with citations.          Questions and answers that don't include explanations may be removed.   Sometimes such questions can simply be closed for being unclear or too broad but on the two sites I moderate there is an aversion to closing questions from new users, so to give them some guidance about what is expected, without spending time writing the same comment over and over, a post notice like this would provide a good "couple of clicks" alternative. In the Landau theory of phase transitions, is the order parameter a thermodynamic variable of state? In the Landau theory of phase transitions, one typically considers a "free energy" $F$ as a function of the temperature $T$ and the "order parameter" $\psi$: $F(T, \psi)$.  For the sake of clarity, let's consider the liquid-gas transition, in which the order parameter is usually taken to be the difference of densities between the ordered phase and the disordered phase.  In this case, it looks that the order parameter $\psi$ is closely related to the the volume $V$, a global variable of state.  What is the correct interpretation of $\psi$ as a thermodynamic variable?   I consider several logical possibilities, but all interpretations look troublesome to me:    $\psi$ is a variable of state replacing the volume. In this case I have a few related concerns:   Is the "free energy" $F$ the Helmholtz or the Gibbs free energy?    If $F$ is the Gibbs free energy, $F$ should depend on the temperature $T$ and the pressure $p$ (the conjugate variable of the volume), so it shouldn't depend on $\psi$.  If it is the Helmholtz free energy, it's ok that it depends on $\psi$, but the experiments are usually carried out at constant pressure, not constant volume.  Usually, state variables are something one can select at will [for instance, think of the phase diagram $(p, T)$]. However, the order parameter $\psi$ is not selected at will, but it is selected by the system as a result of the minimization process according to the Landau theory.  $\psi$ is yet another variable of state in addition to volume and temperature.    Why the pressure is not usually taken into account as a variable of state, and only the temperature is considered? What is the conjugate variable to $\psi$? Can really $\psi$ and $V$ be taken as independent?  $\psi$ is not a variable of state, is something else.   What else can $\psi$ be from the thermodynamic point of view? Same question as above, why is pressure not usually taken into account in Landau theory? We had in our lecture on numerical analysis the following: Let $\mathrm{Lin}(X,Y)$ be the set of all linear maps $X\rightarrow Y$. Let $A\in\mathrm{Lin}(\mathbb R^l,\mathbb R^n)$ and $B\in\mathrm{Lin}(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^m)$ and $\|C\|_{op}:=\max_{\|x\|\leq1}\|C(x)\|$. Then our lecturer followed $\|A\circ B\|_{op}\leq\|A\|_{op}\cdot\|B\|_{op}$. So he didn't prove it and so I've tried it by my own. My attempt: $$\begin{aligned} \|A\circ B\|_{\mathrm{op}} &amp;= \max_{\|x\| &lt; 1}\|(A \circ B)(x)\| \\ &amp; \leq \max_{\|x\| &lt; 1} \|A\|_{\mathrm{op}} \|B(x)\| \\ &amp;= \|A\|_{\mathrm{op}} \max_{\|x\|\leq1}\|B(x)\|\\ &amp;= \|A\|_{\mathrm{op}}\|B\|_{\mathrm{op}} \end{aligned}$$ But this seems too easy. I am really interested in a nice proof so anybody could help? Thanks a lot! I am working on an app that allows customers to upload images, video, (even gif) into my app. Once the case is processed on my app, I want to place those media files into Salesforce. I have a case record that I would this attached to.   I see multiple records can be added in Rest , and that files can be added to notes and attachments. Can I upload multiple notes and attachments in a single rest call? What Nikon lens to buy to make photos of birds? How to flag a typo question I came across  today. In reading the answer and the comments it turns out that the issue was just a simple typo that the OP made. So that being the case I decided that this question probably needs to be closed since this will not be helpful to any future vistors. However, in looking at the flag reasons (I don't have the close ability yet), I don't see a flag that would be appropriate.   I know some of these options might still be influx because of the . However, until a different off-topic flag description is created, how should this be flagged? Or should this not be flagged at all and just allowed to live on or wait for a user with close votes to use a custom off-topic close option? I have a Java process that opens a file using a FileReader. How can I prevent another (Java) process from opening this file, or at least notify that second process that the file is already opened? Does this automatically make the second process get an exception if the file is open (which solves my problem) or do I have to explicitly open it in the first process with some sort of flag or argument? To clarify: I have a Java app that lists a folder and opens each file in the listing for processing it. It processes each file after the other. The processing of each file consists of reading it and doing some calculations based on the contents and it takes about 2 minutes. I also have another Java app that does the same thing but instead writes on the file. What I want is to be able to run these apps at the same time so the scenario goes like this. ReadApp lists the folder and finds files A, B, C. It opens file A and starts the reading. WriteApp lists the folder and finds files A, B, C. It opens file A, sees that is is open (by an exception or whatever way) and goes to file B. ReadApp finishes file A and continues to B. It sees that it is open and continues to C. It is crucial that WriteApp doesn't write while ReadApp is reading the same file or vice versa. They are different processes. Finding limit of a sequence in product form \begin{equation} \prod_{n=2}^{\infty} \left (1-\frac{2}{n(n+1)}  \right )^2 \end{equation}  I need to find limit for the following product..answer is $\frac{1}{9}$.  I have tried cancelling out but can't figure out.  Its a monotonically decreasing sequence so will converge to its infimum.. how to find the infimum? Troubleshoot High CPU usage by the "System" process can't create a jobs user profile Induction Proof that $x^n-y^n=(x-y)(x^{n-1}+x^{n-2}y+\ldots+xy^{n-2}+y^{n-1})$ How to add custom Modules in magento How close would you have to be to the merger of two black holes, for the effects of gravitational waves to be detected without instruments? Assume two black holes in the most common size range, spiraling into each other until they merge. The event releases significant amounts of energy via gravitational waves, which warp the space-time.  If the distortion is powerful enough, it would get noticed in daily life, or perhaps even detected by the proprioceptors in the human body.  How close, as an order of magnitude estimate, would you have to be to the merger to perceive it like that, without any instrument? Where can I send feature requests? Both for Ubuntu as a whole and individual (supported) apps? Correctly typesetting a tilde How do I set the tilde (~) character correctly in LaTeX?  There’s a  on Stack Overflow, with a lot of answers. But dare I say it? They all suck:   \textasciitilde is too high, \texttildelow is too low. $\sim$ can be tweaked to look more or less acceptable: {\raise.17ex\hbox{$\scriptstyle\sim$}} – but even that is a hack and uses the wrong symbol.   The point is – the tilde character is definitely an existing glyph in any font I am tempted to use. How can I just access and typeset that character, please? Without resorting to some other, similar-looking glyph that first needs to be nudged into place using a cunning combination of font size and raised boxes?  There must be a possibility to access that glyph directly from the font definition.  To demonstrate, look at this screenshot which attempts simply to display a C++ destructor of a type T (~T):    Compare this with the symbol we get in the browser: ~ – that’s what I want. I've been playing the heck out of this game for the past few days, and I noticed some players had some nice shiny golden guns.  What conditions do I need to fulfill in order to unlock these weapons? (Are the they tied to the story mode, Amiibo, etc.)? Which are the word orders that can be found in English? Besides , which are the  that can be found in English? Are there any that are peculiar to dialects such as Singlish or Indian English? Please provide an example sentence for each order along with pertinent information such as tense, mood, voice, etc. How can I draw annotated braces over and under math expressions? What LaTeX markup would one have to write to produce a result similar to the image below?    Please excuse my Paint-and-mouse drawing skills. :-) Who would get the longest road? Imagine the following setup. There are 3 (or more) players with an equally long road. What would happen if the longest road was broken? How is it decided who obtains the longest road from there on?