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41,405 | In [Infini (2015)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3327624/), the recon team returns to Earth and is met by a bunch of doctors performing health examinations on each of them. In the scenes before, the ooze organism heals them.
So did the ooze become part of them as they went back to Earth and that's why the examination sc... | 2015/09/23 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/41405",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/21217/"
] | **Let's say you replace a part in your car, it's still the same car, right? What happens if you replace half the parts in your car, is it half the same car? What if, over the years, you've replaced all the parts in your car... isn't that the same as just buying a new one?**
I'M GONNA FIGURE THIS OUT YOU GUYS. HERE'S T... | I agree with the statement about the philosophy of continuity, as you replace parts of th car you consider it the same car even after you've replaced 50% of it...
Now current topics in philosophy have covered theories of teleportation along the same lines... You teleport, who comes out on the other end? Yourself? A c... |
4 | Should users say thanks either in the comments or in the question itself? | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4",
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/users/26/"
] | I doubt it brings anything to the discussion, it only creates noise. Site will take longer to load if everyone will say thanks (yeah, not that much, but...), so I think it is not necessary. | @Bubby4j - Thanks for the question. I'm sure users new to the SE environment will be interested in this issue.
Appreciation is always nice to receive, as well as polite and friendly to give. However, as this is a Q&A site with other means in place of showing (albeit anonymously) your gratitude, it is not something tha... |
1,472,851 | What are the advantages and disadvantages of relying on Microsoft Office components, and using Microsoft Office documents in our software? | 2009/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1472851",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16487/"
] | Should you avoid office components?
Yes. You are almost certainly using them to read or write office documents invisibly. While interop does allow this, it's not well designed for it and can lead to all kinds of bugs as well as the obvious dependency on an installed copy of office. In a server environment it's downrig... | For desktop software... (server side usage is outside of my experience)
If you are an **ISV**, avoid ales you know all the customers will have Microsoft Office and you can afford to test on **all the versions** of Office that you customers use.
>
> Normally, spending a bit more on
> development so as to avoid the
... |
233,752 | I have a set of Logitech 5.1 speakers where each speaker and the source plug into the subwoofer. I'm using a [Griffin Firewave](http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave) with output from my MacBook Pro, and output from my custom-built desktop with a switch in the middle (built it myself out of an old Belkin A... | 2011/01/16 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/233752",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/27919/"
] | It's probably your cables picking up the signal from a transmitter that is close to your home. Usually this is caused by folded cables (Like when you neatly tie them together). If you have folded cables or lots of cables tied together, try if unfolding them or seperating the speaker cable from the rest helps. | Whoa, trippy dude!
I assume that your audio cable (comp -> amp) is acting like an antenna. It seems surprising that it picks up only one station instead of a few at the same time, that is very selective. Drastically changing the shape or length of the cable should wreck your "antenna" ;)
I would build a low pass RC f... |
513,419 | I can't find that tool that minifies that javascript.
Its a java based tool.
I thought douglas crawford made it, but can't find it on his site even! | 2009/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/513419",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I would use either [JSMin](http://crockford.com/javascript/jsmin) or [YUI Compressor](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/)
Both are good tools. | <http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html> |
118,403 | I have two types of validation pop-ups (toasts). One is used to display error messages in red and another one is for warning messages in yellow.
I have an (optional) image upload field in my form which accepts only one specific image type.
If a user tries to upload a file which is NOT equal to the specified image typ... | 2018/05/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/118403",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/53185/"
] | Both is possible, depending on the stage where you want to output the warning.
* Check the filetype **when the user selects the file**: display a warning next to the field "the filetype is invalid and the image will be ignored"
* Check the file only **after upload**: An error message "Invalid file uploaded" and possib... | Simply limit the file types that can be uploaded (all other type files are grayed out).
I also want to join the recommendation of specifying filt types in the placeholder text. |
118,068 | I had a stellar career in senior management in the construction industry. My career stopped at the C level. I started at the bottom and worked my way up. I have a degree in Business Management which I earned while working in the field as a union carpenter.
My career stopped when I was executive vice president of a m... | 2018/08/23 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/118068",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/91519/"
] | I think you can explain it just like you did here, but in your resume, mention the gap, for instance:
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> **2001-2018** Unable to work due to an accident
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And, in your cover letter, you can add details and say that you have now totally recovered from this accident and it won't be a problem for your work.
I ... | **Recovering from a 17 year battle against problems caused by an accident and having the determination to head back into the workforce isn't something to be ignored but a measure of character.**
If you have a section about yourself - perhaps better suited to a CV or cover letter than a resume - then mention this battl... |
400,984 | I am looking for a word which best describes a person who cannot be convinced by strong evidence presented in support of a theory. He may or may not present counter-arguments, but he is adamant in his refusal to be convinced.
For example
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> I have shown her all the evidence which convinces me that the theory is
> ... | 2017/07/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/400984",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/74297/"
] | **Skeptical**.
Source: <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeptical>
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> Relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism.
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Example:
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> She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims.
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**Skepticism** is defined as:
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> An attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity ei... | Here are three words from Merriam Webster that you may find useful
[Adamant](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adamant)
=============================================================
**adjective**
1.
unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion.
Or for a belief (usually religious)... |
26,678 | Is there a way or tool to generate list-definition projects/features from an existing list template?
(Sharepoint 2010) | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/26678",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/5296/"
] | I assume you want to create a list definition based on existing list definition that comes with SharePoint or installed by other solutions.
I would just use the VS.NET > Add New Item > List Definition and select Custom List as base.
Then locate the existing list template directory in SharePoint root and copy
1) sche... | If I'm not wrong you can create site template and then import this template in Visual Studio 2010. When the template is imported, you can choose what elements do you want to include in new solution. You can choose your list. The VS2010 creates all needed files. After this you can simply package this solution. |
288,546 | Please assist me. I am pretty new to MS flow.
I currently face a challenge with a flow that has 9 approvals. How can exceed the condition of the nested level?
Any help will be appreciated.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/06vrM.png)
[![last approval bu... | 2021/01/06 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/288546",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/94352/"
] | **Unfortunately,** you can't exceed the nesting depth for actions, it's a boundary limit!
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> For more details about Limits, Please check [Flow definition limits](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/limits-and-config#flow-definition-limits?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-5002973)
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So, It mainly depends on your... | You **can't** exceed the condition of the nested level from my point of view.
If you try to put all of these actions into a single flow, it can be difficult to navigate and maintain that flow. You can use child flows to easily manage flows, avoiding flows with hundreds of steps. This approach is especially beneficial ... |
825,499 | My PC randomly restarts whenever there is load on it but not all the time. Examples are when I'm playing a game or watching a movie. Sometimes, I can get through hours of sessions and no restart at all. But sometimes it would just restart with no warning or message after the reboot. No BSOD whatsoever.
I did a full HD... | 2014/10/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/825499",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/230900/"
] | It sounds like the memory. have you tried checking the status on memory when ur working on a zip etc? | Well it sounds like a RAM Issue. Try starting Memory Diagnostics by going to
Start Menu -> Click Run -> Type **MdSched** -> Hit Enter.
Click on **Restart now and check for problems** ,
If the results are unclear, you can try the
Free Software [Memtest86](http://www.memtest86.com/)
Edit:
1. **CPU Overheat**. Aft... |
90,196 | This situation happened in the last session I ran:
Evil wizard casts a Wall of Fire across the middle of a room. She's on one side, and the PCs are on the other. The party wizard decides he's going to cast a Cone of Cold through the Wall of Fire. My gut tells me this shouldn't work, but there's nothing in the rules th... | 2016/11/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/90196",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/26796/"
] | Yes.
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There is no written rule that says that area of effect magical effects block other area of effect magics. However, the two spells, by the rules, also don't interact in any way. The best your party wizard could hope for is to hit the evil wizard with the *Cone of Cold* and end his concentration on *Wall of Fi... | Nothing stops the cone
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There is nothing in the rules that would disallow this. However, it does sound like a great opportunity to grant advantage on the save to resist the *cone of cold*.
DMG 239:
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> Consider granting advantage when:
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> * …
> * Some aspect of the environment contribut... |
2,706 | I've read [here](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2573/how-does-primarily-opinion-based-apply-to-questions-about-interpersonal-skills) that POB means that it is a "what should I do" question.
My question is: How is any scenario on Interpersonal Skills not a "what is the best action to do [which a... | 2018/04/04 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2706",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/16239/"
] | The difference can seem subtle but is actually pretty important: **you set a goal to achieve**, when asking a question like,
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> how do I best communicate X,
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but on the other hand, asking a question like
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> should I do X or Y or Z ,
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lands up being a question which is **so specific to the ques... | **Route A: Asking "How do I communicate X":**
* OP decides what he wants to achieve
* IPS answers different paths that try to led to the given goal
* Goals are verifiable thus success is trackable
**Route B: Asking "Here's situation A. How do I deal with it?":**
* IPS has to decide what's the best course of action i... |
1,082,281 | I'm trying to find a Java library to highlight code. I don't want to highlight Java code. I want a library that will easily allow me to highlight a macro language of my own, in a code editor of my own written in Java. | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1082281",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61625/"
] | [GesHi](http://qbnz.com/highlighter/) is pretty good. There is a list of highlighters [here](http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/11-syntax-highlighters-to-beautify-code-presentation/).
UPDATE: missed that you wanted a java lib. Try [jedit syntax](http://syntax.jedit.org/) package. | You may want to take a look at [xtext](http://www.eclipse.org/Xtext/) - it does a lot more than syntax highlighting; in fact, you only have to define a grammar, and it will generate an eclipse editor plugin with outline, syntax highlighting, syntax checking and autocompletion automatically. It could save you a lot of w... |
212,645 | Yes, I know the answer for this is "no, that's unrealistic and ridiculous," but magic in my world may just change that. You see, mermaids have the (super)natural ability to create and manipulate seashells (and pearls, but that's outside the scope of this question).
Now, I've decided that mermaids will use seashells as... | 2021/09/04 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/212645",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/80953/"
] | To everyone saying that seashells are a no go because they are hard, remember that coconut bras are a thing in the real world. Mermaids would surely use some sort of padding to protect their [voice producing organs](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/45803/21222).
That said, who's to say that those bras are mad... | Don't kill the molluscs!
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It would be cruel, and then you would be left with hard shells and straps. Have you ever seen a mermaid with *straps*?
There are more fundamental reasons: mermaids do appear to be mammals. Marine mammals have no trouble nursing young in the ocean, but mermaids might l... |
3,782 | I would like to build a 6 x 8 ft playhouse with a deck covering the top. Is there a kind of roofing material that can (1) withstand a floating deck, (2) is DIY friendly (no blowtorches, hot asphalt, or custom pouring), (3) is reasonably cheap, and (4) will keep the water out even with a completely flat roof, or with a ... | 2011/01/03 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/3782",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/21/"
] | No such thing, not even for a playouse! Even if it's flat the day you install it, it will cup over time.
This is why all floating deck systems accommodate slope. Slope your roof, slope your floating deck the other way. No roofing material, not even seamless EPDM survives standing water (even if you can stand the mosqu... | I've walked around on a ton of flat roofs (some with walkways/decks) - but they were all on commercial buildings (or large multi tenant residences). However, they all involved some kind of torch-down install with the roof material being contoured to direct towards roof drains.
I don't know how well the material would ... |
100,623 | Every thread on stackexchange that I've found says that you can only use the test set once and thats it. So for instance, if you used a linear regression model and got poor results on the test set, you cannot change the the model to say a random forest and evaluate this model again on the test set.
This doesnt make se... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/100623",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/123608/"
] | The reason for the train/validate/test distribution (which I found out in a painful way) is that you **will** get good results if you tweak a model to fit to a test set. It could be completely random data, but if you calculate enough features, and tweak the hyperparameters of your model, you will get a relatively high ... | You can test multiple different models. In fact, in industry, it's pretty common to start out with a simple model and then build a more advanced model. The first test of a simple model might be a K-NN. Then you might build something more advanced like a random forest. |
11,395,702 | I am wondering if it is possible for my PHP script to navigate to a web page that has a web form on it, fill out the fields and click submit without human intervention.
Is there a way to scan a page, extract the input text fields and supply a value?
Or is there a piece of software that can do this, doesn't matter if ... | 2012/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11395702",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1510104/"
] | There are several tools for automated testing of webpages, such as [Selenium](http://seleniumhq.org/) and [Windmill](http://www.getwindmill.com/). | With PHP, [CURL](http://php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php) is probably your best choice.
In my experience, Perl's WWW::Mechanize is easier to use. If you have experience with Perl, you may wish to use it. |
7,365 | I am trying to extrude faces of a cylinder along local normals. 3dsmax can do it easy, couldn't find how to do it in blender.
The extrude region option extrudes it as shown in the first example. I want it done like the 2nd example.
 | 2014/02/27 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/7365",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/2576/"
] | This is an answer to MrFlamey's question since I don't have 50 reputation to post a comment.
To extrude faces along face normals, as opposed to vertex normals, extrude the polygons with Mesh -> Extrude -> Region, move them with Mesh -> Transform -> Shrink Fatten and hit S key to make offset even.
 has the ability
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> Whenever Renegade Freighter attacks, it gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
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Given that trample is only generally relevant when attacking, this s... | 2018/03/22 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/41657",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2602/"
] | There are some more relevant edge cases where the difference actually matters. Two of the cards that were in standard at the same time as Renegade Freighter were [Odric, Lunarch Marshal](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bOdric%2c%20Lunarch%20Marshal%5d) and [Majestic Myriarch](http://gath... | Renegade Freighter is a Common. The Head Designer of Magic has stated twice ten years apart that a Common should only have one ability, I don't recall any posts where he ever recanted the position:
<https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/common-courtesy-2002-06-10>
<https://magic.wizards.com/en/ar... |
37,604,124 | When i carryout load testing in jmeter i have list of samples. Each sample returns its own throughput. However in the aggregated graph or summary result it has a total row at the bottom and adds all the throughput. What does this signify?
Can i just use the total throughput as the total throughput of the entire test ... | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37604124",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4459490/"
] | **No, It's not a bug!!!**
The **Throughput** is the number of **requests per unit of time** (seconds, minutes, hours) that are sent to your server during the test.
**The Throughput is the real load processed by your server (Application under test)** during a run but it does not tell you anything about the performance... | In case of performance testing, average is something we all avoid.
Going back to actual question. Consider you have 5 requests in one workflow. You are running this test for 50 iterations. So making 250 requests during the load test.
Now you want to analyze individual request performance as well as overall system perf... |
18,629 | In the Indiana Jones movies whenever his hat is lost he'll always at least try to get it back. He's risked limbs amongst other things in order to make sure he always has it with him. This isn't limited to just the Indiana Jones movies either, sometimes you'll see a character that simply always has a particular object, ... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/18629",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/6709/"
] | Appropriately, this 'trope' is actually named after Indy himself!
The [Indy Hat Roll](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IndyHatRoll) is a recognized trope: wherein a character will, given enough time (and typically the presence of a slow moving threat) cease their flight to retrieve a seemingly insignificant ... | The Indy Hat Roll is more of a "last minute grab of something/someone before it is too late" but Indy's Hat itself (and similar objects you mention like it) is probably more an example of a [Number One Dime](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NumberOneDime):
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> The Number One Dime is an item that is in and ... |
159,145 | Many places in Europe are notorious for not being open on Sundays. This is especially true in Switzerland. Today, August 30th 2020, for some odd reason, some stores are open.
[Coop](https://www.coop.ch/en/locations/coop-supermarche-geneve-augustins/1960_POS):
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> [](https:... | 2020/08/30 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/159145",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/13746/"
] | The exception to the rule are the main stations of SBB/CFF/FFS in larger cities which often include shops for basic needs like food (e.g., Migros) and a pharmacy which are open all days, including Sundays. Depending on the space available, you may find additional shops there, too. Since you mention Geneva, see the list... | It seems to be related to the start of the school year: <https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/magasins-ouverts-les-dimanches-30-aout-13-et-20-decembre-619890484636>
Or long story short: The "shopping associations" applied the canton for particular stores to be legally open on three more Sundays of the year, so that people ca... |
49,918 | What are some better solutions (apps or any ways) to manage files (folders and subfolders with PDFs, docs, video, audio etc.) on iOS device (iPhone or iPad) that can sync with OS X?
Currently I'm using "USB Disk Pro" but I have to manually create the folders in iTunes and drag and drop each files manually. (Image if ... | 2012/04/28 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/49918",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6916/"
] | I think [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/) would be a good solution.
1. The Dropbox app will automatically create a folder on your OS X. Put files that you want to access on your iOS devices into the folder.
2. Install the iOS app on your iOS devices. You will be able to access all the files that's stored in the OS ... | I use GoodReader with SCP to my local Mac. I now have a directory tree recursively mirrored between iPad and OS X, and any changes made to either will be reflected on the other after a sync. Conflicts are handled manually.
If you don't want to set up SCP/SSH, you can use DropBox too, it is just slower than a direct co... |
618,790 | The question title says it all really: I have two devices that both require a 12V 2A power supply, so I'm assuming that I can I just use a **single** 12V 4A power supply to power them both?
I'm also assuming that a 24V 2A power supply would **NOT** work in the same way?
Any explanations as to why the two above assump... | 2022/05/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618790",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/312961/"
] | Generally, yes.
Devices in parallel share the voltage, not the current.
Devices in series share the current, not the voltage. The only way to connect them in series is to connect the positive of one to the ground of the other, and with variable current devices that's not going to end up good.
Connecting two DC devic... | >
> I'm assuming that I can I just use a single 12V 4A power supply to power them both?
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Quick answer: **Yes**
By theory, components connected in parallel will utilize the same amount of voltage while drawing their respective current needs. The source must have a rating that can supply the overall current re... |
308,685 | Ok,
i've read most relevant questions asked here previously on this but I still don't see a clear "best in class" suggestion for WYSIWYG editors for ASP.net
I've used fckeditor up to now (found it ok but many problems with config/permissions on folder etc.).
I'm looking for something that has a lot of flexibility/co... | 2008/11/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/308685",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/22837/"
] | Almost didn't open the question because I thought it would have been mentioned already, but [FCKEditor](http://www.fckeditor.net/) is a great freely available WYSIWYG editor with a good team behind it. | Not sure what budget you're working with, but it might be worth taking a look at Dreamweaver CS3+. It has support for ASP.NET and its WYSIWYG is quite good. |
22,390 | I get anxiety when doing coding for interviews and questions I normally would be able to complete I get stuck on in interview scenarios. I have read over [this question](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/6128/how-do-you-overcome-interview-anxiety-when-writing-code) which is about overcoming interview anxiet... | 2014/04/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/22390",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/16748/"
] | Your job as a software engineer isn't to write code, it's to solve problems. Unless you're recently out of college, I would expect you (read: anyone competent applying for a programming job requiring previous experience) to work out how to reverse a linked list given a bit of time. Why? Because you're going to have to ... | You shouldn't have to practice all questions and they likely specifically want to see you work on something you haven't specifically practiced. Exercises like that are useful because presumably you have some idea of what the problem is so it avoids the time wasting of them having to lay out all of the details, but sinc... |
20,775 | In the accounts of Matthew and Mark both thieves on the cross mock Jesus, but Luke's account says that one of them didn't mock Him but on the contrary he rebuked the other thief and said "Lord, remember me when you come into you Kingdom." How do we understand these two contradictory accounts? | 2015/11/26 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/20775",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/6748/"
] | Frankly, we don't know. There are [many theories](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/12739/423) as to which Gospels were used as sources for others, and [plenty of disputes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel#Development_and_composition) as to whether or not any of the Gospels were written by eyewitnesses (the ... | In fact, the accounts are only seemingly contradictory, but in reality they are not, for it is not a contradiction if I say that "I cheated during the math exam yesterday", and if I say "I honestly wrote my math exam yesterday", for both can be true: initially, by some trick, I took that exam card, that I have prelimin... |
103,801 | I have no idea what to play over a chord progression. I know my scales but I don't want to play scales up and down. How do I get licks ideas? | 2020/08/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/103801",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/54494/"
] | A 'lick' is just scale notes in a 'random' order. By random I mean not merely going up and down through a scale. It could actually be completely random - using scale notes, of course, and sometimes - serendipity - something good comes out!
A solid start note is 1 in whatever scale. Say you're in key A, and on a bar of... | I'm just going to describe my own experience with learning to improvise and solo over chords. First I learned my scales, that's basic, and somewhat limited. Then I discovered a term called melodic patterns in a guitar book for jazz players. These were exercises that I practiced until I had them well established in my b... |
91,827 | **Question 1:** Are there any deeper applications (in any field of mathematics) of polynomials (with possibly more than one variable) over the real numbers whose coefficients are non-negative? So far I have found only some vague mentions of control theory and maybe some approximations of functions, but don't know the d... | 2012/03/21 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/91827",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/18376/"
] | How about Rook polynomials? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_polynomial>
Or if you like examples in several variables, Schur polynomials, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schur_polynomial>
Or a plentiful of other polynomials with combinatorial connections.
The Schur polynomials have for example applications in represen... | Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions. The original motivation for this question was a connection between polynomials with non-negative coefficients and commutative semirings. After some search we found some papers asking for determining the least degree of a polynomial with non-negative coefficients that is ... |
30,536 | Does anyone have advice for easily copying files between a Windows XP machine [#A] (NTFS drive) --> External Hard Drive [NTFS] --> another Windows XP machine [#B] (NTFS drive) and getting the permissions set proprely?
Machine #A has all the data files setup so that User A [UUID] has full control on. When the files ar... | 2009/06/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/30536",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3372/"
] | If these machines aren't part of a domain and the permissions are naming local user accounts on each machine you're not going to see the permissions (which reference the SIDs from the security and accounts manager (SAM) databases on each machine) show the right users when moving machine-to-machine. The only SIDs that w... | Use [Robocopy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocopy), which can copy over the NTFS attributes and properties including ACLs. |
5,521 | My project has to deliver middleware components that will support a large, complex system development spanning multiple phases. My phase is due to implement in 6 weeks, with future phases being implemented in 6 months and 12 months from now.
Most of my work is well on track, but we have one component that we are just ... | 2012/04/18 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5521",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/301/"
] | I would go for the long term solution. Even you aren't doing Agile you can do the **"fail soon fail fast"** approach. If you fail do deliver at the beginning there will be some heat from top, but at least you won't have to redo a quick solution. You can save some time and money. Usually, **quick solution means dirty so... | I would try to go for the long term win. Why? You mentioned that additional time for the analysis and a "better" implementation would cause a week delay. In comparison to 12 months this is very little. So it sounds to me like a small investment with potential big benefits.
But what is more important...
>
> we don't ... |
17,338,084 | Is it a good idea to create per day collections for data on a given day (we could start with per day and then move to per hour if there is too much data). Is there a limit on the number of collections we can create in mongodb, or does it result in performance loss (is it an overhead for mongodb to maintain so many coll... | 2013/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17338084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/762747/"
] | what you actually need is to archive the old data. I would suggest you to take a look at this thread at the mongodb mailing list:
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mongodb-user/rsjQyF9Y2J4>
Last post there from Michael Dirolf (10gen)says:
>
> "The OS will handle LRUing out data, so if all of your queries a... | Yes, there is a limit to the number of collections you can make. From the Mongo documentation Abhishek referenced:
>
> The limitation on the number of namespaces is the size of the namespace file divided by 628.
>
>
> A 16 megabyte namespace file can support approximately 24,000 namespaces. Each index also counts a... |
1,121 | I had started an answer with "Dear [username] " and I see that this heading was deleted by a moderator. Is this a general policy on this site ? I'm a new user and don't yet know the rules. Needless to say, I am not arguing and intend to comply but I just wanted to ask about this point of etiquette. | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1121",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8345/"
] | The key thing to remember is that this site is not a traditional forum or a social network; it is all about questions and answers, not "addressing fellow users". When you write an answer, you don't write it just for the original poster, you write it for anyone and everyone who might have that question in the future. Pe... | Greetings are polite, and generally used on forums.
However, Stack Exchange sites are not forums, and greetings take up a line of space for no particular practical reason.
Thus, per convention, the greeting is made implicit. There is no need for it on every single post... or, indeed, on any! |
110,675 | I have been told, and have found for myself, that lots of developers are not good at UI design (I don't know how true is this) but *it is true about me at least*.
In web development good code development skills are not enough without great skills in UI design to go with them.
So for me, and many developers like me,... | 2011/09/26 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/110675",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/20211/"
] | I am a developer who is also not so great at design. I try to my hardest, when working on a project where I must do designing, to keep things as simple as possible. I take a very logical approach and design only for user experience. I cant make it look truly beautiful, but I can make it user friendly and relatively ple... | Remember that design can be tested too, not only code. Start simple, try out your design on a small group of people, record their feedback and go from there. This can help you identify problems with your design and give you ideas about what could/should be done different. Then revise the design and iterate. |
942,941 | Any idea how to do performance and scalability testing if no clear performance requirements have been defined?
More information about my application.
The application has 3 components. One component can only run on Linux, the other two components are Java programs so they can run on Linux/Windows/Mac... The 3 componen... | 2009/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/942941",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47637/"
] | In the absence of 'must be able to perform X iterations within Y seconds...' type requirements, how about these kinds of things:
* Does it take twice as long for twice the size of dataset? (yes = good)
* Does it take 10x as long for twice the size of dataset? (yes = bad)
* Is it CPU bound?
* Is it RAM bound (eg lots o... | Define your own. Take the initiative and describe the performance goals yourself.
To answer any better, we'd have to know more about your project. |
4,791,020 | i want to do some modification and development for VLC. i download its source code, vlc-1.1.5. and it is written by C. so usually which development environment should i use, xcode or some others?
thx... | 2011/01/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4791020",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/386594/"
] | The VideoLAN folks provide a wiki page with information about compiling their source on multiple platforms. The page relevant to OS X is here: <http://wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile>
>
> Compiling VLC media player on Mac OS X is different from normal linux compiling and OS X compiling. We do not use Xcode, but a simple... | Any editor of choice should suffice. Looking at the code, it seems that VLC uses Unix-style building (autotools, make, etc). On Win32, it uses MinGW, so plain old gcc and make is probably used on OSX as well. |
17,540 | I acknowledge the fact that we currently don't understand the causes of homosexuality nearly well enough, but I have read about the following points:
* That homosexuality may not be a choice and could have genetic grounds (different studies and views presented in [this article](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/s... | 2017/06/18 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/17540",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/15585/"
] | In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed the diagnosis of “homosexuality” from the second edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) (Jack Drescher, 2015).
Theories of pathology which declared that some internal defect or external pathogenic agent causes homosexuality, have been rejected... | The idea that homosexuality is disadvantageous from an evolutionary perspective is, in my view, an example of how cultural bias is confused with biological process. While there is evidence that sexual identity has some genetic basis, it is certainly a complicated feature of our identity that cannot be explained by a si... |
1,851,119 | I have two files in the Documents directory of the same image taken with the camera. One was saved using UIImagePNGRepresentation and the the other one using UIImageJPEGRepresentation. In other word, one is a png and the other is a jpg.
Now, using the the instrument with a real device. if I load the png (initWithConte... | 2009/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1851119",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/220475/"
] | It's probably able to map the memory used for the PNG file directly to storage, whereas it has no ability to do this with a JPG which must be decoded.
If you think about it, for a 1600x1200 image from the iPhone camera, 23 MB is very realistic while .09 MB is not enough space to hold the data for an image. | Apple has a special no-standard format for png files where the color bytes are in the same order as the color stripes on the iPhone display. Png images Resources are re-written when copied to the app bundle by Xcode. I suspect that png representations are special cased when used as images on the iPhone. |
6,241 | In issue #2 of Green Lantern (Oct 2011), Sinestro gave Hal Jordan a ring that he said he made himself.
How can he make such a ring? When? Is it merely a construct? | 2011/10/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6241",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1109/"
] | In the current iteration of the DCnU (new DC Universe recently revamped with 52 starting titles) it is too early to determine what, if any changes have occurred with the Green Lanterns, their limits, strengths or capabilities as determined by the new canon.
Under the older DCU canon the rings and lanterns of the Corps... | (Most) Power Rings can replicate themselves, so that a Lantern in need of emergency assistance can temporarily "deputize" another person. The most famous example of this occurred in *Blackest Night*, when Ganthet triggered this process in seven rings, one of each color (even Orange, though that one didn't end entirely ... |
11,149 | I'm newer to home brewing (about 8 batches extract, 1 partial mash) and looking to tackle this. It was absolutely amazing.
Could somebody help me out with the recipe? Is this the right place to ask?
Notes: The stout was very well balanced, with a strong and delayed (about 1 second) aftertaste of vanilla. I have never... | 2013/12/20 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/11149",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/3885/"
] | In my opinion, metrics and analytics are always important, and useful. The problem is pitching your idea to a broad enough audience to get it off the ground. Without mass data to back everything up, you won't be able to justify the work. If you intend to do it for yourself only, well I honestly wouldn't bother, since I... | I don't have enough reputation to add a comment, so I'll just post an answer to participate.
This sounds sort of like a discovery service for beer, kind of like Last fm and Pandora are for music, correct? Although it seems like there would be more detailed match criteria with the ingredients included. After a quick Go... |
16,238 | I purchase green chilies and in some days many of them turn red.
Can I use my [mixer-grinder](http://www.bajajelectricals.com/GX-11-Mixer-Grinder-pc-275-9.aspx) to grind them into a powder, or is there some other way? Do I have to roast the peppers before grinding? Do the seeds have to be removed? | 2011/07/18 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/16238",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6168/"
] | Chilies are dried before grinding. There are several ways to dry them:
* **Leave them in an exposed part of the fridge** for several weeks. There should be a lot of open air around it, to allow moisture to escape.
* **String them up outside**. To do this, poke holes and run strings through them and tie the strings up ... | The very best peppers I have ever dried were homegrown habaneros that I dried and smoked in our electric smoker at a low temperature ( maybe 145 degrees ) over a mesquite wood for several hours. I think you might be able to replicate this over a very low grill, and use another type of pepper. I have had good success wi... |
67,140 | I am alone in a room. The room is very quiet, except that one may hear a sound of something like snowing, and a sound of something resembling a cloak. In the next room behind the door, there’s also a persistent sound of something akin to an abyss.
Suddenly, there's a sound of something close to a lamb. I jump up and ... | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/67140",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/49536/"
] | I think
>
> You are sleeping and an alarm goes off, making you run into the next room
>
>
>
Reasoning:
>
> as @Riley said, the title sounds like "that sounds weird" when spoken aloud
>
>
>
so taking that theme,
>
> something like snowing -> snoring
>
> something resembling a cloak -> a clock
>... | Nicolas Budig’s answer was the closest to the truth, but still not complete. So I decided to answer my own question:
The title, "That’s Ounce Weird",
>
> sounds like "that sounds weird", which is the key to most parts of the puzzle.
>
>
>
"snowing" is
>
> snoring, because I was sleeping
>
>
>
"a cloak" i... |
8,665,696 | I'm working on a website using the Google Maps Javascript API v3.
The free version of the API is limited by 25000 requests a day. But what happens if this limit is reached?
Is there a way to detect that the request limit has been reached so a fallback Google Maps Image API map can be displayed instead? | 2011/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8665696",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/97142/"
] | The usage limit is based on site or application, not the client IP address.
You can use the Google API console to monitor your usage if you add an API key to each of your map requests. I have not seen a way to query the usage programmatically.
<https://code.google.com/apis/console>
Per the comment below by @alds, it ... | You cannot detect via the API that the request limit has been reached. There are no events that are fired and the API does not expose a function or property to determine that the API quota has been reached.
Google has decided that this is not a feature they will implement.
<https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/3583... |
509,097 | In the picture below, the input of the rectifier is 690VAC max, so the DC output can reach up to 1kVDC. The DC output goes to a low power DC/DC Converter. In the picture on the left, I'm using a single varistor for transient protection. In the picture on the right, I have three TVS diodes in series. Would the two cases... | 2020/07/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/509097",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This would work in an ideal world. However, I'd be concerned that IRL one of those 450V TVSes may have a slightly larger reverse leakage than the others, and thus a much smaller voltage drop. Once one of those starts conducting even a little more than the others, it's a domino effect. You may be able to address it by p... | An MOV is not the same as a TransZorb. An MOV has a soft avalanche while TransZorbs have a sharp zener-like cut-off. Both are transient absorbing devices.
For constant voltage clamping zener diodes are better suited. In terms of protecting power supplies it is best to put MOV's or TransZorbs or RF noise filter capacit... |
9,536 | I'm using a Nexus One on T-Mobile in the US. A couple months ago my OS was updated to Android 2.3. Since then I've had a weird problem with my calendar events.
I can view calendar events just fine, and the calendar syncs with my Google Account bi-directionally without issue.
When I create a calendar event, the "time... | 2011/05/19 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/9536",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/1208/"
] | My Samsung S-iii/Android 4.4.2 causes a 4 hr shift on my outlook calendar, even if the event was originally generated by Google's Holiday posting...if it's a reoccurring event. Daily, monthly, annually, anything initiated on my android that is reoccurring displays the shift. And finding and turning on or off the time z... | Uncheckinge the "use home time zone" option also fixed it for me, although I am at a loss to know why this is so, especially since I didn't travel outside of home. Now, if I could only figure out how to keep google calendar and contacts in synch with MS Outlook, I'd be a happy camper. |
24,589 | I've built a lot of villages, some towns and a city or two but I've failed to bring them to life and make the PCs feel like they belong there (maybe not much belong but to just make them care about the place); a troll could probably eat the entire community and the PCs wouldn't really care.
**Does anyone have any meth... | 2013/04/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/24589",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/7298/"
] | Give the town unique resources/opportunities.
---------------------------------------------
This may seem callous and calculating, but [a town that gives discounts to the adventurers](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0122.html) has a special place in the heroes' hearts (and pocketbooks).
Services and opportunities ... | Here's what works well for our group:
**Everyone comes from somewhere.** PCs in our group are required to have a hometown and a family background. But requiring it is only the first step. To make it matter, I give the PCs boons and hindrances because of their background. For example, one of the PCs is a local landowne... |
338,033 | **Background**
For my master's thesis in Applied Mathematics, I am looking for ways to apply game theory to problems related to the so-called "Smart Grid". I have found many papers in which all involved agents (that control energy management systems of, for instance, households) either all cooperate (see [1], [2], [3]... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/338033",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/130800/"
] | >
> Is the setting I described, in which the utility companies compete via their customers, realistic in a sense that it could be a future
> scenario?
>
>
>
The current competition is choosing whether to stay on the grid with no way to generate power, to install power generation (wind/solar) and use the grid for ... | I do not think the competition between the consumers is a realistic and an applicable option. I think it is better that the aggregators should be the agents rather than the consumers. This will make your assumptions more realistic as the aggregators are the real players in the smart grid market. [1] and [2] may help yo... |
275,586 | Why does electric charge flow direction depend on the potential difference and not the charge difference between two points? | 2016/08/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/275586",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/102916/"
] | Systems try and minimise their potential energy.
So if a charge is able to move from a position where it has a high potential energy to a position where it has a lower potential energy it will do so.
Here is an example where there is a charge difference and no flow of charges:
[
i.e. tags appear not to have been closed off completely. The problem is when I view the source ... | 2010/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2299945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/66688/"
] | Are you SURE it is completely valid? Also, whichever editor you view it in might be hiding something from you. It looks like something got escaped or encoded that shouldn't have been. Take a look at the source for the list item that is bad and compare that to a valid one. Try and find the difference between them.
Als... | Try to export all your if else statements from the onclick event handler to a function.
Then call this function. That makes the read of the source clearer and makes it easy to debug.
However the html may be not valid, somewhere is some attributes not closed correctly.
To help further we need the following information.... |
7,718 | We're hiring a contractor to take off the existing roof, repair/replace any rotted sheathing and rafters, and install a new roof. We've also asked that they add a new plumbing vent stack for a new bathroom we'll add later, a bathroom exhaust vent, a whirlybird to vent the attic, a dryer vent, and supports in case we wa... | 2011/07/17 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/7718",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/535/"
] | 1) Solar is something that goes on after the roof is installed, including the supports, and roofers should not even be doing the supports for it. Most solar installers screw it up anyways, but they'll at least get them in the correct position, whereas a roofer won't (especially for a system that's not even designed yet... | One thing to think of too is your bracing inside of your attic. There is nothing wrong with going above and beyond the code when it comes to bracing your roof. If you have noticed some sag spots in your roof you might want to think about this as well. Also, have the roofers use aluminum on your vallies. (if you have an... |
759,730 | I have a stand-alone PC with no network connection running Windows 7 (64bit) and the system clock loses about 1 minute per week. Is this level of drift considered "normal" or is it a dodgy RTC or a Windows configuration issue or something else?
What is the expected accuracy (roughly) of a PC clock?
EDIT: The PC is ne... | 2014/05/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/759730",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/79678/"
] | I would also like to know what is the typical ("expected") clock drift of standard RTCs found in common PC hardware. The NTP FAQ from www.ntp.org provides some information on the topic:
* [3.3.1.1. How bad is a Frequency Error of 500 PPM?](http://www.ntp.org/ntpfaq/NTP-s-sw-clocks-quality.htm#AEN1220) says that a 500 ... | Most of my machines are around 20 ppm off, which is about 12 seconds per week. So you're seeing about 5 times the average. That's unusually high, but not so high that it means something is necessarily wrong. |
81 | While I am not too bothered about the level of questions *per se* on this site so far, I am slightly disturbed by the lack of any quantitative questions.
The existing range from high-school to undergraduate level, with a lot of 'enthusiasts' questions. They also tend to be very qualitative/overview-based, and either v... | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/81",
"https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13/"
] | Usually when you can formulate well a quantitative questions, then you can answer it as well. Of course there may be exceptions, but well, no one forbids to ask them!
Existence of a definitive answer should never be a criterium of asking a question in physics. It is not maths and the most fundamental thinks usually ar... | I'm much more likely to be able to answer a quantitative question on my own than a qualitative question. If I can't solve a problem I'm trying to work through, I usually can look up the solution online or in a book, or can put it in Mathematica, or can simulate it.
What I need humans for is when I have a conceptual qu... |
185,437 | How do you sort files in OS X Finder so folders appear at the top? There doesn't seem to be any option in View Options. | 2010/09/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/185437",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/21114/"
] | You use a Finder enhancement like [TotalFinder](http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/), or a Finder replacement like [PathFinder](http://www.cocoatech.com/). There is a lot of functionality that Finder could - and in a lot of people's opinions, should - offer, but doesn't. Sorting folders first is one such. | Use an underscore.
\_Folder Name |
23,111 | Apologies for the vague title, but I wasn't sure how exactly to put the situation.
My 11-year-old sister refuses to read properly. (I am out of the house, but my parents discuss the problem with me frequently and are not aware of this forum.) She seems to *like* the idea of reading: she carries books out of the house ... | 2015/11/21 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/23111",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Different people read for different reasons, and have different levels of talent at the formal analysis aspects of it. I think your sister enjoys it as an escapist activity, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with that.
She doesn't necessarily have a disorder either. Kids develop at different rates, and she probab... | Maybe she can't process the information. *Language Processing Disorders* refers to heard information, *Reading Disability* refers to problems with written language. About 20% of the US population may have some symptoms of a reading disability.
If she's okay with heard information, but struggling with written informati... |
389,216 | In the 10 years I've been programming, I can count the number of data structures I've used on one hand: arrays, linked lists (I'm lumping stacks and queues in with this), and dictionaries. This isn't really surprising given that nearly all of the applications I've written fall into the forms-over-data / CRUD category.
... | 2008/12/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/389216",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40516/"
] | [B-trees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree) are in databases.
[R-trees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-tree) are for geographic searches (e.g. if I have 10000 shapes each with a bounding box scattered around a 2-D plane, which of these shapes intersect an arbitrary bounding box B?)
[deques](http://en.wikipedia.org... | I often use sets, sorted collections (always keep their elements in sorted order, and support fast element insertion) and lazy lists. |
14,880,518 | First I'm going to demonstrate a poor understanding of the stack, and then I'm going to ask a mildly coherent question that can't be answered well because the question isn't specific enough to elicit a well-composed answer.
So, when a program runs functions are pushed to the stack - this means the stack pointer is inc... | 2013/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14880518",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1381401/"
] | Ok. A stack is just an abstract data type. Good. An array of memory that you can place (puhs) data onto the end of and remove (pop) it back off. Grows up or down, off the front or back, or whatever depending on how its implemented. Good.
Now the (a) system stack is a bit more defined. It is an area of RAM allocated by... | >
> when a program runs functions are pushed to the stack - this means the stack pointer is incremented or decremented?
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That depends on how the stack is implemented. If it grows from the end of memory backward, it is decremented. If it grows from the beginning of memory forward, it is incremented.
>
> Wha... |
231,089 | Is there any point to freeing memory in an atexit() function?
I have a global variable that gets malloc'ed after startup. I could write an atexit() function to free it, but isn't the system going to reclaim all that memory when the program exits anyway?
Is there any benefit to being tidy and actively cleaning it up m... | 2008/10/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/231089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17693/"
] | Not in C - it's like rearranging the deck chairs while the ship sinks around you.
In C++ the answer is different, because objects can delete temporary files and so forth in their destructors, so you need to make sure those get called. | not freeing memory before process termination isn't a memory leak. it's a memory leak when you lose a handle to it. but memory is not the only type of resource, and other resources persist across processes (like window handles and file handles), so you do need to 'free' those. |
7,907 | What's your opinion on access to the Production or Live Systems by non sys-admins?
Do you think this access should be provided with nominal usernames?
Do you think access to the log files or the databases should be allowed? | 2009/05/13 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/7907",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/1620/"
] | Apply the **Principle of Least Privilege**. If they need access to do the job, you give them the access. But you only give the access they need. If they don't need access to do the job, you don't give it to them.
This doesn't just protect the person (can't be accused of overstepping his/her bounds), but also protects ... | Yes. Full root access (granted via sudo ALL). And they get to be added to the oncall rotation, too.
Many companies have one sysadmin who is on call 24/7, even for application issues. Some companies are fortunate and have two. It is completely unreasonable to expect that one person do all the day-to-day operations work... |
22,835 | Is there any book focusing on presocratic cosmological ideas?
Such as [Heraclitus: The Cosmic Fragments](https://philpapers.org/rec/GSKHTC), but covering all of the presocratics.
My main motivation is that I would like to give a lecture of sixty minutes about presocratic cosmology to my philosophy undergraduate stude... | 2015/04/05 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/22835",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/3576/"
] | For a very easily understandable discussion of the Pre-Socratics, I would check out the first dozen-or-so episodes of the [History of Philosophy podcast](http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/the-presocratics), or refer your students to them. Each episode has a list of further readings that would also be useful in putting... | There's a good entry on SEP about Pre-Socratic Philosophy,where Cosmology is also mentioned. you might want to take a look over there.
>
> <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/presocratics/>
>
>
> **Presocratic Philosophy**
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> The Presocratics were 6th and 5th century BCE Greek thinkers who
> introduced a new ... |
110,835 | The Protagonist in Tenet takes part in the car chase twice—forwards in time (regular Protagonist) and backwards in time (inverted Protagonist).
The inverted protagonist walks out of the shipping container and starts "driving" a *regular* car. As he drives away from the container the regular skid marks disappear. This ... | 2020/09/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/110835",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/45269/"
] | Because this will-be-blown-up car has not been driven by the inverted protagonist yet.
From the normal timeline, what we experience as the end of a sequence is the start of a sequence of the inverted timeline.
Therefore, in the normal timeline, the end of the car chase is marked by the protagonist becomes the inverte... | First of all, please note, that [**interactions between regular and inverted objects are inconsistent** in the film](https://old.reddit.com/r/tenet/comments/ilaaba/tenet_is_a_perfect_time_travel_film_with_zero/g4xwyrk/) ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200914072236/https://old.reddit.com/r/tenet/comments/ilaab... |
114,219 | I have Nikon D3500 with kit lens 18-55 VR and some other lenses af-p 10-20 among them.
As I renewed my interest for photography some time ago, I have some images at the LR scrutiny that were taken more than six months ago, when I was still refreshing my knowledge and making many mistakes.
Yet, I cannot realize how co... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/114219",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/86091/"
] | At least some of the visible light spectrum is diffraction limited on a 24MP APS-C sensor at f/5.6, and all of the visible spectrum is diffraction limited beyond f/8. Depending on the lens, your results could be slightly worse than that.
However, looking at the image you linked to on flickr I would say that your main ... | The pictures you posted look like you're getting motion blur or bad processing. If you look at things zoomed in you can see the bad edges. The little halo of blur around the edges is what happens around moving objects in low res video. It definitely shouldn't be there. The bush zoomed in looks bad. It looks super block... |
1,300 | Is there a good **remote desktop software tool** that I can use to control my Windows and Linux PCs from my Mac, and vice-versa?
I don't care if it uses up lots of internet bandwidth.
Desired features:
* Easy to set up
* Secure
* Gratis
* Ad free
* Able to work with different IPs
* Windows, Mac and Linux compatible | 2014/02/18 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1300",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/494/"
] | Most Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows XP have included Remote Desktop functionality utilising the [Remote Desktop Protocol](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol). Depending on the version you have depends on how it is configured, but in general you will need to do the following in order... | This is an OLD tool however, to my knowledge, it will cross platforms and allow administration. When I needed interactive tech collaboration, this is what we used in the 90's and it worked error free from Norway, to me in USA and it also worked to allow a friend to configure my USA California computer from UK Essex to ... |
1,349,896 | The 'singleton-ness' of a class is an important aspect of how a class should be used. However, it usually doesn't have any explicit status in the exposed API of a class. Yes, conventional method names such as getInstance() are often used, but that's not exactly what I'm referring to here.
A 'tag interface' is an inter... | 2009/08/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1349896",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/157080/"
] | It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how useful it is. Your third bullet point is a nice point.
The better argument might be "Why Singletons?" You'll certainly be making life easier for the [Google Singleton Detector](http://code.google.com/p/google-singleton-detector/) to find them and identify them for extermi... | I agree with TrueWill above about using a DI framework to handle the objects life cycles. And using Guice will give you a Singleton annotation to tag the singtons. :) |
1,549,538 | Let me rephrase the question...
Here's the scenario: As an insurance agent you are constantly working with multiple insurance websites. For each website I need to login and pull up a client. I am looking to automate this process.
I currently have a solution built for iMacros but that requires a download/installation.... | 2009/10/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1549538",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/63973/"
] | Use [Watin](http://watin.sourceforge.net/). It's an open source .NET library to automate IE and Firefox. It's a lot easier than manipulating raw HTTP requests or hacking the WebBrowser control to do what you want, and you can run it from a console app or service, since you mentioned this wouldn't be a WinForms app.
Y... | It is not clear to me what difficulty you want to communicate when you wrote:
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> I currently have a solution built for
> iMacros but that requires a
> download/installation.
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>
>
I think here lies some your requirements about which you are not explicit. You certainly need to "download/install" your .Net progr... |
30,955 | What is the difference between routing protocols and routed protocols? -& the simplest way of understanding it?
Thanks,
Parash. | 2016/06/04 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/30955",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/25881/"
] | **Routing protocols** allow routers to exchange routing information so they can learn about networks from other routers. A router in Barcelona can learn about networks in Zagreb via a routing protocol, so that it can forward traffic to Zagreb. Your ISP learns about networks from other ISPs via a routing protocol, so yo... | Really plain and simple: A routed protocol is one which is designed to be routed via a given routing protocol.
Example 1:
IP = routed protocol
EIGRP = routing protocol
EIGRP enables the routing of IP. Therefore it is a routing protocol which routes IP.
Example 2:
CLNS\CLNP = routed protocol
IS-IS = routing protoco... |
8,848 | There are two common views of the Nature of Man - [the Dichotomous, and the Trichotomous](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/8847/69).
However, a Quadrichotomous view can also be drawn from Jesus' answer to the challenge of what is the greatest commandment ([Luke 10:27](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?searc... | 2012/08/02 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/8848",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/69/"
] | I think you are reading too much into the text literally, which is very dangerous with something as the Bible.
I believe the point of this verse is not to propose a Quadrichotomous view, but rather simply Love the Lord with everything you have. | I think we should love God with all our emotions, mind, will, body, personality, gifts, imagination, heart, etc. but expressing different aspects of the 'body and soul' does not imply absolute divisions. |
3,106 | I've met sound designers who meticulously write down every little thing that they do, and I've met sound designers who get done with a project and have no idea how they arrived at the final product.
How do you document your work and ideas? Or don't you? Do you keep a notepad by your desk? By your bed? Do you use a voi... | 2010/08/24 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/3106",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/40/"
] | Evernote is amazing for this kind of works. I use it a lot for different tasks. And you can have it on your mac, windows, iphone, android, blackberry, or just in your web browser :D Also, for collaboration on the net, Google Docs is perfect for me :) | On almost every project I've worked on I have had flashes of inspiration when I'm away from the studio. I often found myself scribbling down ideas on random scraps of paper. I'd then transfer these to a general notepad that I keep at my desk. I got pretty fed up with having tons of folded up paper in my pockets so now ... |
301,829 | There are people who behave like the stereotypical old woman who frets over the smallest concern and is constantly cautioning others about physical dangers. Such people can be either sex and barely middle-aged.
They always click on buy travel insurance when booking an airticket, they regard a ladder as akin to a 5.14 ... | 2016/01/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/301829",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121061/"
] | My generation tends to call this type of person an **old fogey** (instead of old man or old woman), plural *old fogeys*.
I can't do better than Word-Detective.com, so here's a post from that site that explains perfectly:
>
> "Fogey," of course, is, as the Oxford English Dictionary puts it so
> well, "a disrespectfu... | It depends how much you are wanting to point and make fun.
**Over-anxious** perhaps?
*The over-anxious always click on "buy travel insurance" when booking a ticket.* |
34,803 | Why did Paul say we should wrestle against "principalities and powers" in Ephesians 6:12 and obey them in Titus 3:1?
>
> ESV Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but
> against **the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic
> powers over this present darkness, against the spiritua... | 2018/09/29 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/34803",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/26777/"
] | In Ephesians
------------
Broader context in Ephesians is the devil, not a physical but spiritual being
>
> “Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to **stand firm against the schemes of the devil**.”
> Ephesians 6:11 NASB
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>
>
I wish to draw on how the LXX translates the passage in Dani... | Although Paul ends Ephesians 6:12 with "spiritual wickedness in high place" he is not talking about spiritual authority in the previous usage of the words, principalities, powers and rulers. He is talking about actual governors and those in authority. He is not only using the same words as Titus 3:1, but its the same m... |
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