Is there and reason to build fences around your animals? I've seen several people raising free-range chickens. Are there any disadvantages to raising chickens free-range? What about the other animals? Can I just have an open ranch, or does it not work that way?
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I have a barn and a coop. Each has several animals in. Because fences keep deteriorating and get in the way, I didn't build any. The animals can roam freely around my farm.  Is there a downside to this? Will the animals eat my crops or escape if I don't enclose them?
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I have a player who created a Druid and is mostly playing like a barbarian in combat and like a rogue the rest of the time.  This means he kills animals, does not care for plants, does not use his magic even when someone could use Cure Wounds... (although that last one is certainly okay for a neutral character.)  And when in the presence of an NPC that looks rich, multiple attempts to steal as much as possible from it (like a level 1 character should steal from a cloud giant...)  What would you do in this situation? I'm playing 5e and am allowing all extensions so the characters can multi-class. On my end, I was thinking to force him to choose another class once at level 2. Would that be wise? I think that would be much more likely to teach him a lesson rather than letting him continue as this barbarian/rogue under the disguise of a druid...    To answer the first comment fully:  PHB p64. under Power of Nature     Druids revere nature above all.   So being the first to kill everything, including animals, seems quite contradictory to the class already... (were he evil, I could understand that he like monstrosities, and not "regular" animals, but that is not the case here.)  PHB p64. under Preserve The Balance  Already the title sounds like a Druid seeking just gold and gems and other riches is not going to help much in preserving the balance...     [...] Druids oppose cults of Elemental Evil and others who promote to the exclusion of others.   Gold and gems could be viewed as promoting the Earth Elemental.     Druids are also concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life, and the need for civilized folk to live in harmony with nature, not in opposition to it.   This re-enforces my first excerpt.  PHB p65. under Creating A Druid     When making a druid, consider why your character has such a close bond with nature.   I will say, Barbarian are considered to be close to nature as well... so a barbaric fighting aspect may not be too far off from a Druid's devotion. Plus Druids may fight like Barbarian when their territory is at risk.    Now... looking at the Circle of the Moon, I guess I could force him to join that circle rather than the other one made of mystics and sages.
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In the limited number of questions I have asked on Stack Exchange, I have had several comments and answers that are not answering my question, but are instead saying that I should be asking something else.  The most recent example is at , which basically asks how to increment the value of a GUID variable by 1. In the comments, user "atlaste" explains why this may be a bad idea, and that some people use dedicated hardware for similar things, but nothing relating to my question or its phrasing.  I understand this in general -- in my own life I find that when people come to me with a question, I often want to better understand where they are coming from to make sure my answer really fits their problem. I see this partly as a way to reduce the risk of miscommunication, and partly to reduce the risk that the person did not think the problem through.  But it is my predisposition to think that in a Stack Exchange site, we should assume that the questioner knows at least approximately what they want. Because even if the question was not the best for that one person, the answer should apply to the question so that future users will find this question and answer to be useful.  So my question is, to what level is it acceptable to dispute the premise of the question that is being asked?  This is related to , but I believe slightly different. Seeing this as the "XY Problem" assumes that you have that problem. Here I am asking, "To what extent is it okay to assume that the question is an instance of the XY Problem?"  Here is a (somewhat ludicrous) example of a problem, with background, and the question I could ask at the end of it.   I want to have a pretty house I decide that pretty is "feng shui", with all those crazy rules and oblique lines I want to rebuild my garage to have oblong walls I decide to do this be hand, and use a sledgehammer to rip the walls apart I injure my back by doing this with no training I ask the question: "What is the right way to use a sledgehammer so that it does not hurt your back?"   Now if you want to apply the "XY Problem" here, you could question many things. And the more details I give of the background problem, the more you could question the premise.   Why did I use manual sledgehammer instead of some "power" hammer Why did I try to use a sledgehammer without formal training -- go get some real training instead Why did I use a sledgehammer myself -- go pay a contractor instead Why did I use a sledgehammer at all, instead of a saw Why don't I just buy a new house instead Why do I like "feng shui" Why should houses be pretty   In my opinion, you cannot go all the way back up the stack; it is ridiculous to do so. So is it ever okay to debate the premise? How do you know how far is okay to go?
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I'm building a spider spawner exp farm, and I have everything planned out.  Now the only thing is to build it. But what material should I use?  Are there any blocks that a spider (either type) just cannot hold on to the sides of?  My farm should function if there are none, but it would be a huge boost to convenience and efficiency if there are any such blocks.  Keep in mind that this question is not the same as  question which just asks how to make your house safe from spiders.
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If humans can live without consuming other animals, then why do we do it? From a biological point of view, why do we eat meat? I would also extend the question to other animals because many animals are carnivorous: why did carnivory evolve and why do animals eat meat?
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Changes  to how Area 51 works in the future. Robert describes how the goal is to bring an existing and active community to Area 51 and start building their new Stack Exchange site, not to start the community building process at Area 51. I left a comment there, but I think the matter is worth more elaboration.  If I can't start building the community at Area 51, where and how could I create a community that I could bring there? There typically is no pre-existing community. And even if there was, it's hard to start building a Q&amp;A community if we first have to get somehow magically organized before we can come to Area 51 and even propose having a Q&amp;A site. If nothing else, it would be useful to have some hints or suggestions to start building a community &mdash; and know whether the SE network wants to be a part of that early stage.  For example, I am a Finn and I would much like to see a site for . I am not interested in starting just any online community concerning the Finnish language, but a Q&amp;A site at SE. It's hard to find followers if I can't show them something they can act on.  As I understand from the announcement, this aspect of community building is outside the scope of Area 51. Therefore I brought this up here on the general meta. My point is not to rant but to make clear what I do not understand about the new site building process; I genuinely don't know how the system is supposed to work at the very beginning.
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Why is this limit there? (Jeff just says  that he won't increase the limit.)  Some users have cases where they need to ask a few separate questions. And also if they are related, I thought that it is a good policy to try to post separate questions separately as much as possible (e.g. as discussed ).  So I asked these questions:      (10k only)  (10k only)     And I have some more (mostly unrelated) questions to ask.  I think it is quite common to have many questions when you enter a new area (in my case Windows+MSVC).  A related discussion is on the . Most people are saying there that too many questions are not a problem.  Another related discussion (evolved from the answers here) is .  In any case, I think all of my questions are of value to the community and I would like to put some more questions on SO. And I don't really see why that is bad for SO.  Maybe the limit should be dependent on reputation? Or completely absent at some reputation limit?
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After I downloaded the newest Minecraft patch the animals are still escaping their pens. What do I have to do in order to keep my animals from escaping? They seem to be glitching out of the pens. How can I prevent this?  Below is a video of how my pens are set up.  All types of animals are escaping their pens. The pens are just constructed using fences in a 4x6 block. I'm on Minecraft version  1.6.4.  The cow in the video glitched into the solid dirt enclosure.
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I've been playing a custom map and I wanted to tame and breed a few rabbits in the custom map pet store. But then I realized I wasn't able to tame or breed rabbits. I'm not sure whether I really can tame and breed rabbits but I'm not doing it right, or if I was just being dumb and not realizing taming and breeding rabbits is not possible.
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I have a couple of eggs that I've picked up from some Pokestops (I'm lucky enough to live above one).   I walk a lot. I get to work through a 2 mile walk / train journey every day, so I should be picking up loads of steps for the eggs I have. However, because I'm normally always running late... for everything, I have to rush everywhere, so I walk at an above average pace.   Today I've walked around 5 miles, but the game has registered 100 metres. Is this because I walk too fast, or because of something else?  It's worth pointing out that I have the app open when walking... mostly because I have to catch them all. (This made me miss a train this morning... luckily I was early :D)
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I would like to ask a question about Java that doesn't have a specific answer. It's a question to see what people think and to share their opinion.    Will Stack Overflow tolerate this, or is there another Stack Exchange resource where I may ask a question like this?
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I am looking at trying to buy a long range lens for shooting animals and nature. I'm kinda new to photography and am not sure which brand or size I should be looking for. What features are important and what will I get from different price points? I also would like to get a macro lens for really close shots — is that possible with the same lens?  I have a nikon d3000.
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I recently made a turtle breeding farm in Minecraft survival mode and when ever I bred the pair of turtles all I got was experience points and that’s it, they did not lay eggs and yes the farm was next to the ocean and there was sand for the turtles to lay their eggs.
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In what way do animals in Minecraft spawn? It looks to me that they spawn more during the night (but where there are torches) and more kind of around you / around some other human player. Am I right, or does it work some other way?  Thank you.
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My .  I just noticed that when sharing a link, it's appended to the end of any link when I try and get a link for a question/post:    I'm curious what purposes this is for (not being a privacy nut either, I'm not concerned).  The question arises because if I post the link (on a Facebook wall, or tweet it, etc), then other people can share that link, and at best, the only tracking that can be done is who exposed the link for a subset of views  This is a valid reason in itself, but I was wondering if there were any others.
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Subtitle:  Should beginner's questions be off-topic strictly because they are beginner's questions? The sorts of questions that newbie programmers ask has come up before many times in side discussions, and comes up constantly on the main site.  Here are two examples from today:   Both of the above questions are well-formed, specific, answerable definitively, not open to opinions and are otherwise directly on-topic for StackOverflow. However both questions were downvoted and closed by users who said they were off-topic because they were too basic in nature.  To quote one particularly pointed comment:  This question appears to be off-topic because it is trivially answerable by reading a beginners' language tutorial.  That pretty much sums it up. Here's another case posted yesterday:  This is another beginner's question.  The topic is fairly elementary.  The answer can likely be found in Strustrup's book, or any number of other books that we recommend.  Considering only that it is a beginner's question of a fundamental nature, should the question be considered off-topic? Lots of questions are posted from lazy people who are just looking to be spoon-fed answers.  Those questions should all be closed because they never meet the quality guidelines.  That's not what I'm asking about here.  What I'm asking about is just the elementray nature of the question.  If the question is elementary, but otherwise meets our quality and topical requirements, is it off-topic? I have always thought that .  But enthusiasts come in all shapes and sizes, from the bright-green newbie writing their first program to the grizzled veterans who have seen and done it all a million times before.  I have always felt that SO's stated audience does not, or should not, discriminate based on the expertise of the asker. Some  that newbie questions are off-topic because they aren't interesting enough for the answerers.  But this seems highly subjective to me.  After all, every question is a &quot;no-duh softball&quot; to someone.  Just today I provided what I thought was a  to a problem, only to learn a few minutes later that KonradRudolph and Yakk had come up with the  over a year before.  No-duh. It seems to me that this has been coming up much more recently.  Sometimes I'll chime in with a comment to the downvoters and close-voters suggesting that the level of expertise is not a parameter in deciding if a question is topical.  The downvoters will often agree.  But we don't have a difinitive resource to point to that says this is so -- it doesn't say it in the FAQs, and I've not found anything difinitive in meta. So what says meta?  Can a question about basics be on-topic for Stack Overflow?  If it can be off-topic, how do we know where to draw the line?
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I want to know if you can have the offspring mate with one of his or her own parents. It's odd, yes, but I'm curious if Bethesda thought this through.  Edit: I'm going to cross breed, by this I mean like this   Parent 1 + Parent 2   Parent 3 + Parent 4     = Child 1            = Child 2  Parent 1 + Child 2    Parent 2 + Child 3     = Child 3            = Child 4   I hope this visual (somewhat) representation will show what I'm planning to do.