This is a good point. I have found cstheory.stackexchange and math.stackexchange a good place to field questions of mine (with the latter mostly being for stupi

This is a good point. I have found cstheory.stackexchange and math.stackexchange a good place to field questions of mine (with the latter mostly being for stupid questions that I should already know the answer to). That being said, the stackexchange community was designed for the purpose of quashing discussion, especially that which doesn't directly address the question at hand, even if those discussions are productive and insightful.