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Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by sundarurfriend » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 1:16 PM UTC

a1k0n wrote: post #12

bravura wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry about that. I will contact the OSQA developers upstream. The software wasn't designed to work out of a subdir, so we're still ironing issues out on that front. [edit: This happens for reasons that neither I nor the core devs understand: http://jira.osqa.net/browse/OSQA-204 ]

Yeah, there's an extra /qa/ in the URL. Removing that works.

Thanks a lot for that info. It worked for me too.

Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by sundarurfriend » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 1:48 PM UTC

bravura wrote: post #25

albertzeyer wrote: post #21

I tried to register and the verification link from/for the mail gives me a 404. Edit: Easy to fix. Replace http://metaoptimize.com/qa/qa/account/validate/ by http://metaoptimize.com/qa/account/validate/

Tricky to fix, actually: http://jira.osqa.net/browse/OSQA-204 I am getting complaints that validation email links don't work (they have the subdir twice, as you mentioned), even though welcome email links work just fine. This is weird because they both use the exact same link in the template: forum/skins/default/templates/auth/welcome_email.html: {% trans "Validate my email address" %} forum/skins/default/templates/a…

Perhaps you could include instructions to remove the extra "qa/" in the mail you send? Ugly, but much better than having the validation link 404 in on the face of new users. I immediately got a bad impression of the site when I saw the 404.

Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by code_duck » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 2:39 PM UTC

fady wrote: post #5

Very unfair to call it a knockoff, its waaaay more than that. The OSQA project is awesome, and rick & heranin (devs) are great guys, and always looking for more help. My ex-SE site will be using osqa, or is :) , and I will soon make the final migration soon. If you're local to SF, visit SF Answers! Good job bravura - debug

But, it is a knockoff. They've have copied the look and function of the Stack Overflow sites in detail - INCLUDING the bad design decisions, which is always a clear indication (not that we needed it) of a duplication.

Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by code_duck » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 2:41 PM UTC

adi92 wrote: post #2

Awesome! Really excited about this.. Stackoverflow hasn't been that great of a place to ask ML/IR/NLP questions and expect good answers Maybe this site will bring together all the ML people and do a better job. Visually, the site is not that great. The logo is unreadable at first attempt

Visually, this site is too much like Stack Overflow, including the things that are not great about SO's design. Including: some fonts are too large, things that are text should be buttons, wrong amount of emphasis is placed upon certain information because the font sizes are wrong.

Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by spoiledtechie » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 3:03 PM UTC

Why does it matter if its a knock off or not. If Stackoverflow can't get this type of deep dive into this community, why can't someone else try. Some times you just have to take things into your own hands. Its Joel and Jeffs fault for not opening their code to others like they said they would...

I fully support the decision to make this site especially if its not around yet.

Re: Stack overflow knockoff for machine learning, NLP, AI, ...

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Post by ableal » Thu, Jul 01, 2010, 3:45 PM UTC

epi0Bauqu wrote: post #24

bravura wrote: post #4

Already the site has its first scoop! Question: What little-known non-convex optimization trick has been used in most Berkeley NLP papers since 2006? Answer: http://metaoptimize.com/qa/questions/14/what-are-the-state-o... I am the person that built this site. I wasn't planning on announcing the site yet, until I disseminated it more widely in academic circles, because I wanted to establish a core highly technical use…

Are data dumps available?

Judging from this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1477725 - DuckDuckGo integration with StackOverflow is now live - I suspect the gentleman above ( http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/ ) has something nice in mind ;-)