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51,487 | I have a document library containing a lot of personal information. Originally only admins could see the library but now it has been decided that users need to see their own information. Admins have Full Control and users have Read. The default view shows only documents where the user's name appears in a certain field.... | 2012/11/13 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/51487",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/7433/"
] | ^ Disregard the first, I think I misread your question. The answer in this link may help you instead: <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/gu-IN/sharepoint2010customization/thread/5faea89f-f3ea-4b4b-b4c0-2c0cc7e6ceee> | Fooling around with the SharePoint masterpage is a delicate matter if you don't understand its structure. Thus trying to remove the Quicklaunch from the masterpage is not a good idea.
What I can recommend you do is to hide the quicklaunch with some CSS, and then on the pages that you actually want it to appear you ins... |
84,796 | I seem to be asking questions that often belong to other overflow sites.
Where can I browse the list of current overflow sites so I can choose one where to ask the question? | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84796",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/159333/"
] | Look up and left in this page. There you will see the Stack Exchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™. Second tab is what you want.
Or hop on over to <http://stackexchange.com> and check the [Sites tab](https://stackexchange.com/sites).
The page footer also lists all sites which have been officially launched. | On Area 51 you can see the sites that have been launched and the ones which are currently in their beta phase, as well as proposals for new sites.
However Area 51 does not list sites which were created without an Area 51 proposal (i.e. the main triology). You can see all non-Area 51 sites as well as the launched Area ... |
28,914 | I have read Steven Pinker's Sense of Style, which is a great book.
In chapter 4, he talks about how to form lucid coherent sentences, and in chapter 5, called "Arcs of Coherence", he extends his analysis of coherence to relations between sentences within a paragraph (and also somewhat about coherence between subseque... | 2017/06/26 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/28914",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/24575/"
] | It seems to me that what Pinker is describing at the sentence and paragraph level is substantially what most books on story are describing at the level of a document as a whole. Stories have a coherent shape and that shape has been mapped in various ways by different authors, but broadly the same shape underlies what a... | The misconception at the heart of your question is that there has to be coherence between chapters, similar to the coherence between paragraphs.
In **technical and academic writing** there is indeed coherence, usually, and then *the same principles apply* for the transition from the last paragraph of the preceding cha... |
28,914 | I have read Steven Pinker's Sense of Style, which is a great book.
In chapter 4, he talks about how to form lucid coherent sentences, and in chapter 5, called "Arcs of Coherence", he extends his analysis of coherence to relations between sentences within a paragraph (and also somewhat about coherence between subseque... | 2017/06/26 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/28914",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/24575/"
] | [My PhD thesis](http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12277/1/Infrared%20problem%20in%20the%20Faddeev--Popov%20sector%20in%20Yang--Mills%20Theory%20and%20Perturbative%20Gravity%20-%20Jos%20Gibbons%20-%20PhD%20-%202015.pdf) was divided in a nested manner into parts, chapters, sections and subsections. Whatever you're working o... | The misconception at the heart of your question is that there has to be coherence between chapters, similar to the coherence between paragraphs.
In **technical and academic writing** there is indeed coherence, usually, and then *the same principles apply* for the transition from the last paragraph of the preceding cha... |
18,471 | According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism? | 2013/08/18 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/18471",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/5459/"
] | I think you misunderstood the role of Baptism in Catholicism.
Cathecism of the Catholic Church-1263 says
>
> [1263] By Baptism all sins are **forgiven**, original sin and all personal
> sins, as well as all punishment for sin. In those who have been
> reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the ... | Not being a Roman Catholic, I cannot give you an answer from the RC perspective and tradition. I can, however, give you a brief overview about what the Bible has to say about Christian baptism.
As a wise man once told me,
>
> "Baptism doesn't *make* you a Christian; it *marks* you as a Christian."
>
>
>
As good ... |
18,471 | According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism? | 2013/08/18 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/18471",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/5459/"
] | Original sin is a state of human nature passed to all mankind, but it is not like a gene passed on from our immediate parents. It affects the nature of all humans. The Catholic Catechism discusses this in and around paragraphs 396 to 408.
In paragraph 404 talks a bit about what Original Sin is and its source:
>
> Bu... | Not being a Roman Catholic, I cannot give you an answer from the RC perspective and tradition. I can, however, give you a brief overview about what the Bible has to say about Christian baptism.
As a wise man once told me,
>
> "Baptism doesn't *make* you a Christian; it *marks* you as a Christian."
>
>
>
As good ... |
18,471 | According to Catholic thought, if we are washed of Original Sin at the time of baptism, why do we transmit Original Sin to our children? In other words, how is it that my child is born with Original Sin when I was freed from Original Sin at the time of my baptism? | 2013/08/18 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/18471",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/5459/"
] | I think you misunderstood the role of Baptism in Catholicism.
Cathecism of the Catholic Church-1263 says
>
> [1263] By Baptism all sins are **forgiven**, original sin and all personal
> sins, as well as all punishment for sin. In those who have been
> reborn nothing remains that would impede their entry into the ... | Original sin is a state of human nature passed to all mankind, but it is not like a gene passed on from our immediate parents. It affects the nature of all humans. The Catholic Catechism discusses this in and around paragraphs 396 to 408.
In paragraph 404 talks a bit about what Original Sin is and its source:
>
> Bu... |
32,876,250 | I downloaded a Pycharm community mac OSX version. But after installation, each time I try to open it. It gives me this error. I can't find any information about this error after I google the error.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzNEO.png)
Thank you. | 2015/09/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32876250",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1076975/"
] | OK. It turn out be a permission problem. Just chmod 777 the directory(mkdir before). Then this problem is solved | Start --> Search "idea.log". In this file change the path. |
148,438 | My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter? | 2018/10/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/148438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/44694/"
] | There is no need to switch off the external breaker serving the outside condensing unit. I have never done so in 40 years at our house. I have never heard of anyone doing so, and I have never heard it recommended. In our installation the external box adjacent to the condensing unit contains a double pole switch, not a ... | No, you should not be doing that. It will have no advantage to switch it off. Many of the houses run for long time with external circuit breaker that is working along the HVAC system. |
148,438 | My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter? | 2018/10/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/148438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/44694/"
] | There is no need to switch off the external breaker serving the outside condensing unit. I have never done so in 40 years at our house. I have never heard of anyone doing so, and I have never heard it recommended. In our installation the external box adjacent to the condensing unit contains a double pole switch, not a ... | No, there's no benefit to it whatsoever. Also, on most split systems, the compressor is still in use when the heat is on. For split gas systems, they normally "steal" power from a leg on the compressor circuit to power the blower. |
148,438 | My home’s A/C has an external circuit breaker. Do I need to switch it off for the winter? | 2018/10/10 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/148438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/44694/"
] | No, there's no benefit to it whatsoever. Also, on most split systems, the compressor is still in use when the heat is on. For split gas systems, they normally "steal" power from a leg on the compressor circuit to power the blower. | No, you should not be doing that. It will have no advantage to switch it off. Many of the houses run for long time with external circuit breaker that is working along the HVAC system. |
1,701 | Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects o... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1701",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2167/"
] | **Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario.
You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **... | When is it OK to ask "stupid" questions? Whenever you need to!
You're absolutely right that it is very common for people to find themselves in these situations. The reason for that is that no one will know everything as soon as they begin (a new job, project, class, etc.). And *that* is why there is no reason at all t... |
1,701 | Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects o... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1701",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2167/"
] | **Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario.
You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **... | In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask.
Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting.
So the ot... |
1,701 | Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects o... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1701",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2167/"
] | **Note**: as the question specifically aims at meetings, this answer aligns to that scenario.
You'll have to weigh up the problems you face, either look attentive and eager to learn by overcoming your fear of looking stupid or keep doing what you're currently doing. But, my advice is if someone knows and you don't, **... | Your question seems to be directed towards meetings specifically, and not so much towards a classroom/group setting ... that being said,
I suggest you ask for an agenda in advance for the meetings to which you are attending. Meetings should have an agenda anyway to keep people on task and efficient.
This will give y... |
1,701 | Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects o... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1701",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2167/"
] | In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask.
Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting.
So the ot... | When is it OK to ask "stupid" questions? Whenever you need to!
You're absolutely right that it is very common for people to find themselves in these situations. The reason for that is that no one will know everything as soon as they begin (a new job, project, class, etc.). And *that* is why there is no reason at all t... |
1,701 | Throughout both my academic and professional career I've encountered situations where in such roles (as most of us would have), where as a happy go lucky graduate who doesn't know it all (but thought I did) would attend meetings and I wouldn't know what certain industry terminology meant or understood certain aspects o... | 2017/08/12 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/1701",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/2167/"
] | In your shoes, besides thinking about "when" to ask, I would think about *who* to ask.
Your instinct of waiting until you are "offline" to ask is a good one. Unless you absolutely "need to" (you are one of the principal participants), you don't want to ask questions in front of a lot of people at a meeting.
So the ot... | Your question seems to be directed towards meetings specifically, and not so much towards a classroom/group setting ... that being said,
I suggest you ask for an agenda in advance for the meetings to which you are attending. Meetings should have an agenda anyway to keep people on task and efficient.
This will give y... |
316,791 | I am getting the following error when I try to connect to a Minecraft server:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/31C7S.jpg)
This is all servers, not just one.
The error says:
>
> io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: ... | 2017/08/23 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/316791",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/195593/"
] | I have the same error on my local network, it looks like a firewall issue on the host/server side. For me, to troubleshoot I used [nmap](https://nmap.org/). The LAN game showed up in multiplayer as 10.0.0.21:49299. nmap reported that port from that IP as closed/filtered; i.e. a firewall issue.
To confirm it is a firew... | It looks like it has something to do with Firewall **not** allowing traffic to the 1.12.jar file located in C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming.minecraft\versions(version).
I assume that when you say you have "Altered the Firewall" you mean that you *only* allowed connections to the Java.exes but **NOT** the actual 1.12.ja... |
30,205,906 | I have been using oauth 2.0 with Linkedin as the provider. Now as of today suddenly the authentication is no longer working. Looked on Linkedin its API profile page and figured that they have been updating their program.
The error that I am getting is the following:
>
> No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is pr... | 2015/05/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30205906",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2164689/"
] | LinkedIn February 12th 2015 update effects LinkedIn applications between May 12th - May 19th, 2015. Maybe, your application affected today.
I'm getting error after updating. Your application has not been authorized for the scope "r\_fullprofile". The update affected somethings.
<https://developer.linkedin.com/support... | Figured it out! Not only on linkedin side, but also in your initializers you have to be careful with what you are asking for. So r\_fullprofile is not longer part of Linkedin API (you have to ask linkedin to be able to make it work). There are also other API things that no longer work (e.g. r\_connections), so be reall... |
34,870 | My pro tools version is HD 10.3.7.
When I arm and start recording, everything is working, the meters going up, wave form is bulit.
And when I stop it, the wave form (aka. region) immediately disappears. This happens only to short recordings. (As far as my test goes, it happens to recordings under 4 seconds).
However,... | 2015/04/05 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/34870",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/11447/"
] | Try this:
click off pre-roll on transport window (CMND + 1) | PT has a pre-record period whereby it will display the waveform but not record until this period is over. Logic Pro also has this function and you can disable it in preferences. |
194,571 | What is the meaning of ''one block into'' in the below sentences? Which grammar rule ?
**You own a house one block into the ward.** | 2019/01/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/194571",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/88975/"
] | In the context of housing, a ***block*** is either a single (multi-storey) building containing multiple apartments / offices / etc., or a (usually rectangular) area between two pairs of intersecting roads, mostly or completely filled with buildings (houses / offices / shops / etc.).
And a ***ward*** usually refers to ... | I believe it means *on the fringe of a district.* The word *ward* means *an administrative division of a city*. I believe it means that the person doesn't live in the center of the ward but somewhere at the margins. |
131,444 | We received a note from the security review team highlighting a CRUD/FLS vulnerability in our package and in the note it says there is a "Instances of SELECT vulnerability found across the application".
An example provided is shown below in a "with sharing" class:
>
> myAttachments = [SELECT name, id, parentid, Crea... | 2016/07/14 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/131444",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/11790/"
] | I contacted Salesforce's Support team and they provided [this article](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2994633) as a temporary fix.
They also mentioned:
>
> "Our R&D team has investigated this matter and logged a New Issue for it to be repaired. Unfortunately, I cannot provide a timeline as to when this rep... | Is KB3115322 (Security Update for Excel 2010) installed? If so, uninstalling this update worked for us. I notified Salesforce about the problem so that either Salesforce or Microsoft fixes the issue, since the update is flagged as critical by Microsoft.
It's KB3115262 related to Excel 2013.
It's KB3115272 related to E... |
131,444 | We received a note from the security review team highlighting a CRUD/FLS vulnerability in our package and in the note it says there is a "Instances of SELECT vulnerability found across the application".
An example provided is shown below in a "with sharing" class:
>
> myAttachments = [SELECT name, id, parentid, Crea... | 2016/07/14 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/131444",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/11790/"
] | We experienced the same issue and found a workaround that works for us. Right click the excel file you downloaded, click on properties. On that screen hit the "unblock" button and then hit apply. You should be able to open the file now.
 | Is KB3115322 (Security Update for Excel 2010) installed? If so, uninstalling this update worked for us. I notified Salesforce about the problem so that either Salesforce or Microsoft fixes the issue, since the update is flagged as critical by Microsoft.
It's KB3115262 related to Excel 2013.
It's KB3115272 related to E... |
3,638,312 | When I use JTAG to load my C code to evaluation board, it loads successfully. However, when I executed my code from main(), I immediately got "CPU is not halted" error, followed by "No APB-AP found" error.
I was able to load and executed the USB-related code before I got this error.
I googled for it and use JTAG com... | 2010/09/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3638312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310567/"
] | One possibility: **watchdog**
If your hardware has a watchdog, then you must ensure that it does not reset the CPU when the JTAG wants to halt it. If the watchdog resets the CPU you would typically get a "CPU not halted" type of error you described.
If the CPU has an internal watchdog circuit, on some CPUs it is auto... | are you re-using the jtag lines as gpio lines and clobbering the jtags ability to communicate with the chip? I bricked a stellaris board that way. |
3,638,312 | When I use JTAG to load my C code to evaluation board, it loads successfully. However, when I executed my code from main(), I immediately got "CPU is not halted" error, followed by "No APB-AP found" error.
I was able to load and executed the USB-related code before I got this error.
I googled for it and use JTAG com... | 2010/09/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3638312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310567/"
] | One possibility: **watchdog**
If your hardware has a watchdog, then you must ensure that it does not reset the CPU when the JTAG wants to halt it. If the watchdog resets the CPU you would typically get a "CPU not halted" type of error you described.
If the CPU has an internal watchdog circuit, on some CPUs it is auto... | Make sure you have this line in code:
WatchdogStallEnable(WATCHDOG0\_BASE); // stop the watchdog when CPU stopped |
514,828 | So my understanding of one scenario that ZFS addresses is where a RAID5 drive fails, and then during a rebuild it encountered some corrupt blocks of data and thus cannot restore that data. From Googling around I don't see this failure scenario demonstrated; either articles on a disk failure, or articles on healing data... | 2013/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/514828",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15810/"
] | Mostly you get things right.
1. You can feel safe if only one drive fails out of raidz1 pool. If there is some corruption on one more drive some data would be lost forever.
2. You can feel safe if two out of 4 drives fail in raidz2 pool. If there is... and so on.
3. You can be mostly sure about that but for no reason.... | In general, focus on ZFS mirrors versus the parity RAID options. More flexible, more predictable failure scenarios and better expansion options.
If you're paranoid, triple mirrors are an option. But again, RAID is not a backup... You have some great snapshot and replication options in ZFS. Make use of them to augment... |
92,711 | I've read on a Twitter support page that when we block a user that user will be notified that he/she has been blocked. My question is: when I block a user, that user will still be able to see my profile? Is there a way to prevent users from viewing my profile permanently? | 2016/05/11 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/92711",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/123448/"
] | >
> How to change comma to dot?
>
>
>
Use Edit, Find and Replace...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OzrSP.jpg)
However the result is a text string, so you might need to substitute dot with comma if to calculate with the result. | Go to "File" > "Spreadsheet settings" and modify the "Locale". |
11,906,219 | I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM:
-Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb
At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11906219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1275053/"
] | Allocation depends on the used OS.
If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow.
If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory.
I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing ... | Concerning your first question:
Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM.
I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You ... |
11,906,219 | I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM:
-Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb
At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11906219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1275053/"
] | The quality of the GC (barring a buggy GC) does not affect memory leaks, as memory leaks are an artifact of the application -- GC can't collect what isn't actual garbage.
If a JVM needs more memory, it will take it from the system. If the system can swap, it will swap (like any other process). If the system can not sw... | Concerning your first question:
Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM.
I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You ... |
11,906,219 | I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM:
-Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb
At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11906219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1275053/"
] | "Memory" and "RAM" aren't the same thing. Memory includes virtual memory (swap), so you can allocate a total of free RAM+ free swap before you get the OutOfMemoryError. | Concerning your first question:
Actually if the machine can not allocate the `1024` MB that you asked as max heap size it will not even start the JVM.
I know this because I noticed it often trying to open eclipse with large heap size and the OS could not allocate the larger heap space the JVM failed to load. You ... |
11,906,219 | I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM:
-Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb
At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11906219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1275053/"
] | The quality of the GC (barring a buggy GC) does not affect memory leaks, as memory leaks are an artifact of the application -- GC can't collect what isn't actual garbage.
If a JVM needs more memory, it will take it from the system. If the system can swap, it will swap (like any other process). If the system can not sw... | Allocation depends on the used OS.
If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow.
If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory.
I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing ... |
11,906,219 | I have a question on my mind. Let's assume that I have two parameters passed to JVM:
-Xms256mb -Xmx1024mb
At the beginning of the program 256MB is allocated. Next, some objects are created and JVM process tries to allocate more memory. Let's say that JVM needs to allocate 800MB. Xmx attribute allows that but the memory... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11906219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1275053/"
] | "Memory" and "RAM" aren't the same thing. Memory includes virtual memory (swap), so you can allocate a total of free RAM+ free swap before you get the OutOfMemoryError. | Allocation depends on the used OS.
If you allocate too much memory, maybe you could end up having loaded portions into swap, which is slow.
If the your program runs fater os slower depends on how VM handle the memory.
I would not specify a heap that's not so big to make sure it don't occupy all the memory preventing ... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explain... | One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enter... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they c... | One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enter... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#... | The answers are not in any single episode or any single show. You really have to watch Stargate-SG1 and Stargate-SGA (Atlantis) in their entirety to come to the conclusion.
The Ida Galaxy is the Asgard designation for the Pegasus Galaxy which is the Terran designation for the next closest galaxy in our local cluster.
... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#... | One of the anicent warships in orbit of the replicator planet in Pegasus gets a hitchhiker just a few Nanites nothing that would show up on the scanners the ship leaves orbit and sets course for the Milky Way and arrives at Reeses planet where the cells having been exposed to the vacuume of space thaw as the ship enter... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they c... | Expanding on one of Richard's comment above, an alternate, and bleak, explanation surfaces:
After lotusing Reese's planet, the replicators set out to search for food elsewhere.
At this point they encounter the Ancients, and integrate their technology and philosophy (to some extent) into their own.
Recognizing that A... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they c... | The answers are not in any single episode or any single show. You really have to watch Stargate-SG1 and Stargate-SGA (Atlantis) in their entirety to come to the conclusion.
The Ida Galaxy is the Asgard designation for the Pegasus Galaxy which is the Terran designation for the next closest galaxy in our local cluster.
... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#... | Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explain... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explain... | Expanding on one of Richard's comment above, an alternate, and bleak, explanation surfaces:
After lotusing Reese's planet, the replicators set out to search for food elsewhere.
At this point they encounter the Ancients, and integrate their technology and philosophy (to some extent) into their own.
Recognizing that A... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | The short answer is that it's not explained in canon. Although the Asgard have had a presence in the Milky Way Galaxy for a very long time (and hence it would be logical to assume they encountered the Replicators there) Thor [explictly states](http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/3.22_%22Nemesis_Part_1%22_Transcript#... | reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they c... |
49,707 | I was rewatching Stargate-SG1 and noticed something while I was watching "[Menace](http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Menace)" where we learn that the android Reese created the Replicators and sent them out in to the galaxy.
We know that the Replicators integrate technology they consume to their own and lastly we know of ... | 2014/02/08 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/49707",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/22619/"
] | Officially there is not explanation about how they are even connected let alone how they left the Milk Way for the Ida galaxy and why the Asgardians didn't knew about them before. For the most part everything about the Milk Way Replicators are just but pure speculation by fans. Only the Asurans had a background explain... | reese's planet was an ancient outpost for a small civilisation living in Ida, thus explaining the lack of other ancient tech. The people tried to evacuate home to The Ida Galaxy, but the replicators followed them and killed them anyway consuming all the ancient tech they could, the ancients tried to destroy what they c... |
338,952 | On top of [an answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/63791/399694) describing a meme about pluralization bugs, there was a deprecation notice posted (from August 2018):
>
> This meme is officially deprecated.
>
>
> Please do not use this meme. It remains here while links to it are
> still quite 'out in the wild'... | 2019/11/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/338952",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/38765/"
] | It is possible that your post may be on-topic at the [Information Security](https://security.stackexchange.com) Stack Exchange site. They have quite a few questions and a lot of them do cover Internet censorship by governments. | >
> How is it possible bypass Internet restriction in Iran to get access to some simple sites like Google.
>
>
>
When out of country access is permitted there's an answer on [SuperUser.SE](https://superuser.com/q/429358/419485) where user [Paul](https://superuser.com/a/429387/419485) suggests [Openvpn-ALS](http://... |
5,969 | I am re-asking this question for Photoshop Elements 10 :
[How can I resize an image without anti-aliasing?](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/5519/how-can-i-resize-an-image-without-anti-aliasing)
I want the same result as the user got here- the ability to change a layer's angle and scale without having... | 2012/02/14 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/5969",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/3722/"
] | I guess you could copy the part of the image you want to resize into a new image; resize that image using "Nearest Neighbor" interpolation; then copy it back into your original image.
But that doesn't help if you need to rotate. This might just be one of the features that Elements leaves out... | One way that might work better is to convert the item that you want to resize and rotate to a smart object. If you do not want to leave the item as a smart object, then you could re-rasterize it once you are finished with the transformations.
The results will vary depending on the type and complexity of your image. Th... |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | I have to admit I'd do something rather insane.
1. Find a CPU bottleneck and extract it to a [P/Invokeable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Invocation_Services) DLL file.
2. As a post build action, encrypt part of the DLL file with an XOR
encryption key.
3. Select a public/private key scheme, include public key ... | You can check [LicenseSpot](http://www.licensespot.com). It provides:
* Free Licensing Component
* Online Activation
* API to integrate your app and online store
* Serial number generation
* Revoke licenses
* Subscription Management |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | Whether it's trivial or hard to crack, I'm not sure that it really makes much of a difference.
The likelihood of your app being cracked is far more proportional to its usefulness rather than the strength of the product key handling.
Personally, I think there are two classes of user. Those who pay. Those who don't. ... | Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com) |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | The trick is to have an algorithm that only you know (such that it could be decoded at the other end).
There are simple things like, "Pick a prime number and add a magic number to it"
More convoluted options such as using asymmetric encryption of a set of binary data (that could include a unique identifier, version ... | You can check [LicenseSpot](http://www.licensespot.com). It provides:
* Free Licensing Component
* Online Activation
* API to integrate your app and online store
* Serial number generation
* Revoke licenses
* Subscription Management |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | I have to admit I'd do something rather insane.
1. Find a CPU bottleneck and extract it to a [P/Invokeable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_Invocation_Services) DLL file.
2. As a post build action, encrypt part of the DLL file with an XOR
encryption key.
3. Select a public/private key scheme, include public key ... | The trick is to have an algorithm that only you know (such that it could be decoded at the other end).
There are simple things like, "Pick a prime number and add a magic number to it"
More convoluted options such as using asymmetric encryption of a set of binary data (that could include a unique identifier, version ... |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | There is the option [Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection](http://www.microsoft.com/slps/) (SLP) Services as well. After reading about it I really wish I could use it.
I really like the idea of blocking parts of code based on the license. Hot stuff, and the most secure for .NET. Interesting read even if you don... | Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com) |
453,030 | How can I create a product key for my C# Application?
I need to create a product (or license) key that I update annually. Additionally I need to create one for trial versions.
>
> Related:
>
>
> * [How do I best obfuscate my C# product license verification code?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/501988)
> * [Ho... | 2009/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/453030",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53605/"
] | You can do something like create a record which contains the data you want to authenticate to the application. This could include anything you want - e.g. program features to enable, expiry date, name of the user (if you want to bind it to a user). Then encrypt that using some crypto algorithm with a fixed key or hash ... | Another good inexpensive tool for product keys and activations is a product called InstallKey. Take a look at [www.lomacons.com](http://www.lomacons.com) |
24,696 | **The Challenge**
Using only lands and Goblins, your goal is to build a Magic: the Gathering deck that can win the game as quickly as possible, against an opponent who does nothing. You may assume that your deck is stacked, so that you will always draw exactly the cards you want.
**Scoring**
The winning answer ... | 2015/12/19 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/24696",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7459/"
] | Got it down to turn 1 on the draw if we allow Mons's Goblin Waiters!
**Turn 1 - infinite damage on the draw (16 cards used)**
>
> Turn 0:
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>
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> Gemstone Caverns, exiling Mons's Goblin Raiders for irony (1 card "used")
>
>
>
>
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> Turn 1:
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> City of Traitors, tap both lands for 2... | I haven't touched a Magic card for about 6 years, but I'll take a shot at setting a base. Choose to play.
>
> 1. Play a mountain and cast [Goblin Lackey](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382959)
> 2. Play a mountain and cast [Goblin Piledriver](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/De... |
24,696 | **The Challenge**
Using only lands and Goblins, your goal is to build a Magic: the Gathering deck that can win the game as quickly as possible, against an opponent who does nothing. You may assume that your deck is stacked, so that you will always draw exactly the cards you want.
**Scoring**
The winning answer ... | 2015/12/19 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/24696",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7459/"
] | Got it down to turn 1 on the draw if we allow Mons's Goblin Waiters!
**Turn 1 - infinite damage on the draw (16 cards used)**
>
> Turn 0:
>
>
>
> Gemstone Caverns, exiling Mons's Goblin Raiders for irony (1 card "used")
>
>
>
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>
> Turn 1:
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>
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> City of Traitors, tap both lands for 2... | I'm assuming I can use any land I want, since it doesn't say I can only use Mountains or basics.
Choose to be on the play.
**Turn 1**: Mountain, [Goblin Lackey](http://magiccards.info/us/en/190.html)
**Turn 2**: [Ancient Tomb](http://magiccards.info/tp/en/305.html), [Goblin Rabblemaster](http://magiccards.info/m15/e... |
663,821 | After choosing between "Express" or "Custom" update it keeps loading forever.
That's how it looks like.
I have been waiting for more than 24 hours, but no success.
**SYSTEM & ... | 2013/10/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/663821",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/229162/"
] | I did have exactly the same problem as stated by RaphaelVidal.
In my case the solution was actually simple.
Cause of the problem looks to be a cancelled download or install of an earlier update. I could see that in the update history (see left side in Microsoft Update) that an earlier update was cancelled.
In that hi... | If anyone gets here from the future (well, the past is a bit unlikely), and can't get Microsoft Update to work, with it constantly Checking for Updates but never finishing, along with svchost.exe high CPU usage:
Try disabling Microsoft Update, at the bottom of the Settings page, linked to on the left in Windows Update... |
168,350 | I'm setting up a site for internal use and it will be served over HTTPS with a self-signed server certificate.
To increase security, I want to also secure the site with client certificates.
Is there any reason to use a separate certificate authority to sign the client certificates instead of just using the server priv... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/168350",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/157901/"
] | When you talk about security, all this self-signed SSL stuff has nothing common with security. In order to implement proper SSL configuration for internal network, you have to:
* Create your own CA server (depending on a platform, different products may be used. For example, in Windows you can use Active Directory Cer... | Crypt32 gave information about "how". Here's a reason to do this the "right way" --
The "right way" is likely less costly than running your own CA, distributing keys, etc. "Let's encrypt" is free. A wildcard from a "cheap" SSL provider is only about $100/year and can provide a cert for all sites in a domain. Either s... |
148,065 | I seem to see the phrase "shake his booty" being used to say something is good and attractive. But does it mean "shake his butt"? And if they are the same, why does "shake his butt" seem a somewhat distasteful action, but "shake his booty" all of a sudden becomes somewhat glamorous? | 2014/01/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/148065",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1204/"
] | "Neither is glamorous! "Booty" is [American slang for buttocks](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=booty) but almost universally refers to that of a woman. "Butt" is also slang for "buttocks" but does not imply gender. Moreover, "booty" has overt sexual overtones (and is, in fact, slang for having sex in so... | "Booty" is a word for a person's rear end from the [African American Vernacular English](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English) dialect. I believe it probably first entered wider usage through disco music, particularly in the phrase ["Shake your booty"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Shake,_... |
63,084 | The background of my question relies on the following points.
* Quine-Duhem thesis: it is difficult to test a theory with an experiment,
because the test would rely on other theories.
* The discussion of the previous point is difficult because we do not
have a "theory of everything", so it is not clear if the chain
of... | 2019/04/24 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/63084",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/39393/"
] | In addition to Nietzsche:
---
[Rousseau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau) wrote both the music and libretto for an opera - [Le Devin du Village](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_devin_du_village).
[Rousseau - Le Devin du Village on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7XDELDnto)
---
[Ador... | Gabriel Marcel according to Brendan Sweetman composed music:
>
> He also developed a keen interest in classical music and composed a number of pieces.
>
>
>
However, I could not find a list of these compositions.
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Thanks to @sand1 from comments: "La Biblitheque Nationale Francaise list has a section for him ... |
5,094 | Which of the following sentences is better to use?
>
> 1. Where it is concluded that the report is incorrect it will be returned.
> 2. If the report is incorrect then it will be returned.
>
>
>
Or do they mean the same thing?
These sentences will be used for a description of activities. | 2010/11/16 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5094",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/201/"
] | In your examples, the sentence starting with *if* is easier to understand. But it always depends on the context of what's being written as well as target audience. I find *where* is used more often in formal writings, but not always. | **If**.
If you use *where*, the sentence is harder to parse. You run the risk of confusing your audience, who might think that you're talking about a location. |
5,094 | Which of the following sentences is better to use?
>
> 1. Where it is concluded that the report is incorrect it will be returned.
> 2. If the report is incorrect then it will be returned.
>
>
>
Or do they mean the same thing?
These sentences will be used for a description of activities. | 2010/11/16 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/5094",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/201/"
] | In your examples, the sentence starting with *if* is easier to understand. But it always depends on the context of what's being written as well as target audience. I find *where* is used more often in formal writings, but not always. | "Where" is making a more general statement. In particular the statement with "if" would be appropriate whether we were talking about a particular report right now, or about any report which might happen to be produced; "where" would be appropriate only in the latter case.
Apart from that, I agree with vehomzzz and jos... |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | When I was looking for my house, I found [Trulia](http://www.trulia.com/) to be very helpful in terms of the search and notification options it has.
Geographic Info: Search by city and zip code. You can also have it show everything within the visible Google Maps area. For cities and such, you can also select specific ... |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | I like [Nestoria.co.uk](http://www.nestoria.co.uk) for its combination of list and map search.
Moving around the map refreshes the search listings around the centered location. |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | [RateMyStudentRental.com](http://www.ratemystudentrental.com/) has housing for colleges and universities. It focuses on ratings and reviews, rather than just listing properties (and it's still pretty new), so it doesn't have a ton of housing listed yet.
You can do a personalized search here: www.ratemystudentrental.co... |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | My favorite, that I just found yesterday in fact, is:
[PadMapper](http://www.padmapper.com/)
It automagically pulls in Craigslist, ForRent, Apartments.com & "Others". You can filter by price, size, bathrooms, bedrooms, whether they allow animals or not, pictures & more.
It's based on Google Maps. Very handy. :) |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | Gotta go with [PadMapper.com](http://www.padmapper.com/). It aggregates lots of sources, offers lots of filters, lets you hide/favorite listings, lets you subscribe to updates to your search via email, and even has an iPhone app. And it's all map based, as the name suggests :-) |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | Here in Aus I've always used the traditional [domain.com.au](http://domain.com.au) and [realestate.com.au](http://realestate.com.au). They're not super good, but they're always adding more features. They've got everything that [rchern](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685/web-applications-to-look-for-rental... |
1,685 | This question may be interpreted as "too localized", but it is not.
I'm interested in what you find to be the best sites for this type of operation, regardless of where they are located. For instance, I want to learn about how do these sites do the following:
* How do they work with geographic information?
* What sea... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/1685",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/567/"
] | The ones I've had most sucess with is:
* [Rightmove](http://www.rightmove.co.uk/) | The best site that I have found is [Freerentalsite.com](http://www.freerentalsite.com/). As far as search you can type in anything that you want. Address, landmark, a park, school whatever and it gives you the results with a radius of that search. They call it "borderless search".
Once you have the location, you can r... |
459,801 | I'd like to ask for the community's opinion regarding the correct usage of a comma for a quoted question.
In a situation such as this, which of the two following sentences would be correct? The placement of the comma is the only difference, and I can't seem to pinpoint which one is correct.
>
> A popular answer to t... | 2018/08/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/459801",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/312127/"
] | Berserk is an odd option here. **Violent** would provide better meaning. (i)Brusque implies a lack of manners. That's a very *hoity-toity* way of putting it. Pacific is just flat out wrong, it means 'peaceful'. No one stops for picnics in the park in the middle of a revolution. (ii) "more peaceful" implies a calming do... | If it helps, let's rewrite the sentence replacing some possibly difficult words with simpler ones in the context:
First, I'll give definitions of the words I'll be replacing:
>
> temperate
> adjective
>
> 2.
> a. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained.
> b. Exercising moderation and self-restraint. ... |
5,847,598 | i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#. | 2011/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5847598",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/728750/"
] | In short: It's not a design pattern. You can see it as **set of patterns** and **principles** where you write code that reflects real life objects and concepts in a specific domain (problem area):
From the StackOverflow tag:
>
> Domain-driven design (DDD) is an
> approach to developing software for
> complex needs... | I believe this link should get you started and more..
<http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice>
The example in the article is not terrific (see the comments). Nonetheless, it contains some decent material on the ideas. Also, Google search on "anemic domain models" will return some relevant results.
To read abo... |
5,847,598 | i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#. | 2011/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5847598",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/728750/"
] | In short: It's not a design pattern. You can see it as **set of patterns** and **principles** where you write code that reflects real life objects and concepts in a specific domain (problem area):
From the StackOverflow tag:
>
> Domain-driven design (DDD) is an
> approach to developing software for
> complex needs... | For DDD in the C# world, please look at [Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321268202) . Jimmy Nilsson (the author) is a recognised leader in DDD using a C# slant. |
5,847,598 | i heard that domain driven design pattern but do not know what it is exactly. is it design pattern? if so then how it is different from mvc or mvp. please discuss this. how to implement domain driven design pattern with c#. | 2011/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5847598",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/728750/"
] | I believe this link should get you started and more..
<http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice>
The example in the article is not terrific (see the comments). Nonetheless, it contains some decent material on the ideas. Also, Google search on "anemic domain models" will return some relevant results.
To read abo... | For DDD in the C# world, please look at [Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321268202) . Jimmy Nilsson (the author) is a recognised leader in DDD using a C# slant. |
6,662,087 | I'm making an flight search app with Sencha Touch and have encountered a small problem.
I want to create a textfield for all the airports and need autocomplete functionality for in order to make it easy for the user to choose departure airport and return airport. How can i implement this? The airports will be loaded ... | 2011/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6662087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/618162/"
] | Since there were no custom components out there and I needed something like this myself as well, I smashed it together.
So, here it is. **Sencha Touch 2 Autocomplete Textfield component:**
<https://github.com/martintajur/sencha-touch-2-autocomplete-textfield>
It currently uses AJAX request response for populating the... | I think you should use a searchfield instead of textfield as suggested by @Ismailp,
Then you should create a popup(a panel) in its keyup event, which should contain a list of Airports.
Go through the hidden folder list-search in the example folder in downloaded sencha framework.It shows how to search through a list. |
123,917 | I've been trying to train a model that predicts an individual's survival time.
My training set is an unbalanced panel; it has multiple observations per individual and thus time varying covariates. Every individual is observed from start to finish so no censoring.
As a test, I used a plain random forest regression (no... | 2014/11/13 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/123917",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/32018/"
] | Although there is structure to your data, it may be that the variation in baseline risk does not vary substantially enough among your subjects to cause a model without a frailty term to form poor predictions. Of course, it's perfectly possible that a model with a frailty term would perform better than the pooled random... | I am just starting to work with Random Forest but I believe it is mainly the bagging that needs to be iid for each tree and the subset of features selection at each node. I am unaware of any formal constraints on the data itself.
Why it works so well on your data I can not say until I have investigated your data.
But ... |
18,786 | >
> **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।**
>
> **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥**
>
>
> The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time.
>
>
>
>
>
> I... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/18786",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | We all live in Mrityu Lok or Karma Lok. It is called karma lok because we do Karma in this world/lok and get karma phal in return. Whatever deeds we do, we will surely get Karma phal of that deed in return.
The grief or joy we experience in life is nothing but result of our karma referred as karma phal. If we do good ... | Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws.
just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does... |
18,786 | >
> **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।**
>
> **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥**
>
>
> The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time.
>
>
>
>
>
> I... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/18786",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Human birth is result of accumulation in Manas of a Jeeva. After death, the impressions on Manas if are in resonance with human birth, the Jeeva will appear in human womb. From Chapter 1 of Shiv Rahasya, we find.
>
> 62. Verily from lack of Awareness, there arises Self-forgetfulness. From that springs wrong knowledg... | Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws.
just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does... |
18,786 | >
> **मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्।**
>
> **नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥**
>
>
> The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time.
>
>
>
>
>
> I... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/18786",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Well, we do bad karmas & we face the consequences, we do good karmas & we reap the benefits. So, why are you bringing in God into all this?
The diseases from which we suffer in our lifetime are nothing but signs of our bad karmas or crimes done in our previous lives. This has been explicitly stated in many scriptures.... | Everything and everyone is Brahman. When you harm others you are harming yourself. There are people in this world who bring great pains to animal and human life, ie they destroy themselves according to karmic laws.
just like an alcoholic do not understand at the time that he is destroying his liver, the evil doer does... |
95,387 | I have changed the language from my MacOS system and now it won't save the screenshots anymore. Is there a way to fix it?
Thanks. | 2013/07/02 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/95387",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/48696/"
] | I found this, and it works:
Say you restore your iPhone with a full wipe and restore. Then you choose a previous backup to restore all of your settings and applications. When your iPhone is done restoring to your backup, all your icons are mixed up on the SpringBoard.... what the heck? You want to get them back don't ... | The arrangement of icons and folders is backed up to iTunes and iCloud, so unless you are doing something out of the normal, a simple restore from the backup will restore the position of the icons, the user data and allow all of the apps to download from the store once your settings are restored. |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems.
1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time.
Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imag... | Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wo... |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft.
For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0... | Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wo... |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | Looking at the OED first use, "1976 [Science 7 May 518/1](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/192/4239/511) Software at any level can be developed on a host minicomputer and ‘down-loaded’ without code conversion", it appears to be talking about loading code from a host to a microprocessor. No real help there but I wo... | Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational:
A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer.
**Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web... |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft.
For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0... | OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems.
1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time.
Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imag... |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | OED noticed the word for the first time in 1976, it seems.
1976 was very early in the development of computers. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) was designed 1971 and TCP/ IP followed in 1973. These two protocols made any transfer of data possible for the first time.
Servers or internet wasn't something anyone could imag... | Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational:
A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer.
**Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web... |
370,830 | I just realized that the directions in "UPload" and "DOWNload" seem arbitrary to me as a non-native English speaker. I took a look at a couple of dictionaries and they said that this word is a result of merging "down" and "load", which doesn't seem to explain anything. Where could those two directions come from? | 2017/01/29 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/370830",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/53295/"
] | Initially, "download" and "upload" were used in aviation, especially by the US military. "Download" meant to remove items such as weapons from the aircraft, while "upload" meant to load items onto the aircraft.
For example, the [August 1963 *Aerospace Maintenance Safety*](https://books.google.com/books?id=SNvGD-_SKL0... | Download and Upload are far from arbitrary, they are entirely rational:
A **[Download](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download)** refers to data that is brought '**down**' from a network, the World Wide Web (Or Cloud) to reside on a local drive / computer.
**Upload** is data that is sent '**up**' to the World Wide Web... |
18,879 | I want to be able to grab multiple media clips from my project window all at once, then drag and drop them to a timeline stacked on top of each other as opposed to side by side. Each track would take its own track in the timeline.
Sort of like keyframe assisting in after effects.
Is there a way for this to be done, m... | 2016/07/11 | [
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/questions/18879",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/users/16118/"
] | I dont believe there is any native built in way to do this. The easiest way would likely to build a simple keyboard mouse macro which can be run to repeat the action of selecting the next clip down, and adding to a new track at the start of the sequence. | Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 has a thing called a Multi-Camera Source Sequence. This is kind of a combination of both a multicam clip and a sequence. I believe it is enough of a sequence that it can behave like a sequence, meaning that if you were to composite the layers together instead of switching between them, you'd ... |
132,170 | So, every time I switch to orthographic mode in Blender 2.8 (Didn't use to happen in 2.79) my model starts clipping (as shown in the video). I've tried changing the "clip start" value, but that just ruins it when I switch back over to the dynamic view.
Any ideas?
Video: <https://youtu.be/EuOuOvNPw78> | 2019/02/18 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/132170",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/69387/"
] | I've been having the same problem and fortunately we are not alone and somebody has already reported this bug. You can find the current state of it at the link below. It looks like it's been resolved and we're just waiting on an update now.
Bug report
<https://developer.blender.org/T61632>
Specific commit with the fi... | set it up like in this capture, thats its the right values [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NTHDG.png) |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus."
I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what... | The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it make... |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus."
I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what... | Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera> |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus."
I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what... | There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers)
Its called open camera and can be found on playstore.
(the one by mark harman)
NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible)
To get straight to using manual focous:
inst... |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I couldn't find a way to do it or an app that would do it. There were a couple out there that claimed to have manual focus but basically just did what you described as "assisted auto focus."
I found this thread at XDA where some people have been looking through the code to find a way to add the manual focus. From what... | My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting. |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it make... | Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera> |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | The new API for full control of the camera on android had been added to android version 5. Google added these features like iso ,manual focus and etc in android lollipop. I personally think to use this new API the camera hardware must support this features, However I didn't find any reference to claim this, but it make... | My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting. |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers)
Its called open camera and can be found on playstore.
(the one by mark harman)
NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible)
To get straight to using manual focous:
inst... | Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera> |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting. | Only 8 years later, the Moment Pro Photo app can now do this. May not be available for every phone, but it works as advertised on mine, specifically the manual focus.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shopmoment.momentprocamera> |
2,042 | Is there any way to manually focus the camera on my Android phone?
I know that you can tap on where to focus, but that's just assisted auto focus. What I want is to be able to manually adjust the focus. | 2010/10/09 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | There is a free android app that allows you to manually adjust focus (and more camera technical stuff for photographers)
Its called open camera and can be found on playstore.
(the one by mark harman)
NOTE: it will only work if your device supports it. (aka if possible)
To get straight to using manual focous:
inst... | My Hauwei Mate 9 has manual focus, ISO, and shutter speed options. I use it frequently for sunsets and stage lighting. |
48,494 | I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)).
So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](http... | 2019/09/02 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/48494",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/28305/"
] | Which is one of the main concepts to win a game, prepare your pokemon so that they can do massive damage and dominate the scenario (either by evolving it or get it ready with necessary energy cards).
Since we are talking about theme decks here, cards and scenarios are limited which is really beginner-friendly. Each e... | Overall, strategies include a switch, sleep stun or paralyze, and energy discard. Look through your decks carefully. Many pokemon as well as trainer cards can use one of these techniques. Theme decks usually have some decent trainer cards. It's your job to decide when to use them. In a little more detail:
**Switch:** ... |
48,494 | I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)).
So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](http... | 2019/09/02 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/48494",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/28305/"
] | Which is one of the main concepts to win a game, prepare your pokemon so that they can do massive damage and dominate the scenario (either by evolving it or get it ready with necessary energy cards).
Since we are talking about theme decks here, cards and scenarios are limited which is really beginner-friendly. Each e... | Other answers provide good strategies. I will try to provide additional info and some other strategies and cards that can help with that.
1. As [@TomYumGuy wrote](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/48534/22542) you could **sacrifice** some pokemon while preparing your defeater on bench. There are trainer cards tha... |
48,494 | I'm a very new player to the Pokemon TCG, and have picked up two themed decks to play with ([Ultra Prism](https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/sun-moon-ultra-prism/theme-decks/)).
So far in my experience however it seems that if one player gets their active Pokemon to its final evolution (for example [Empoleon](http... | 2019/09/02 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/48494",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/28305/"
] | Overall, strategies include a switch, sleep stun or paralyze, and energy discard. Look through your decks carefully. Many pokemon as well as trainer cards can use one of these techniques. Theme decks usually have some decent trainer cards. It's your job to decide when to use them. In a little more detail:
**Switch:** ... | Other answers provide good strategies. I will try to provide additional info and some other strategies and cards that can help with that.
1. As [@TomYumGuy wrote](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/a/48534/22542) you could **sacrifice** some pokemon while preparing your defeater on bench. There are trainer cards tha... |
133,380 | As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product.
Marketing, sales, support, devel... | 2020/06/05 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/133380",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/103302/"
] | Unless you want to spend more time convincing and showing the value of UX through its impact on revenue, I suggest you to move on.
Otherwise, treat it like a project. Understand what the heads really care about and show how UX can help. | A lot of this is determined by the structure and the nature of the company, and it is not always something that you can control unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time and effort into 'educating' the stakeholders.
For example, a company that focuses on sales and is a startup will probably use UX to tick a box f... |
133,380 | As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product.
Marketing, sales, support, devel... | 2020/06/05 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/133380",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/103302/"
] | You Can Sit at My Table When You Improve the Things I Care About
----------------------------------------------------------------
Your owners (like the users you research) have goals, needs, tasks to accomplish, and metrics to improve so they and their business can succeed. If you want a seat at the table you will nee... | Unless you want to spend more time convincing and showing the value of UX through its impact on revenue, I suggest you to move on.
Otherwise, treat it like a project. Understand what the heads really care about and show how UX can help. |
133,380 | As the sole product designer in my past two startups I have been an essential piece towards bringing the product to reality (user research, ux, visual design, qa). However, in both situations I found myself not sitting at the leadership table when discussing the future of the product.
Marketing, sales, support, devel... | 2020/06/05 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/133380",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/103302/"
] | You Can Sit at My Table When You Improve the Things I Care About
----------------------------------------------------------------
Your owners (like the users you research) have goals, needs, tasks to accomplish, and metrics to improve so they and their business can succeed. If you want a seat at the table you will nee... | A lot of this is determined by the structure and the nature of the company, and it is not always something that you can control unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time and effort into 'educating' the stakeholders.
For example, a company that focuses on sales and is a startup will probably use UX to tick a box f... |
34,490 | I'm new to the Raspberry Pi community and to working with electricity, so I'm looking for some advice.
I've brought the WS2801 LED strip from eBay (but I think it's the same as this: <https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/11272>). Using a computer PSU I've connected the LED strip power to my 5V molex rail and data... | 2015/08/16 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/34490",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/33814/"
] | What you are suggesting sounds fine to me (but I'm not an electronics type so treat anything I say with caution).
As the Pi and LED strip will have a common ground you don't need to connect a Pi ground to the LED strip ground. If you ever use a separate power supply for the Pi and the LED strip you will have to join t... | Powering the Pi and the LED strip the way as shown in the schematics is possible. There is however one issue to consider: back feeding the supply voltage to the Pi via the GPIO pin connector bypasses the polyfuse of the Pi and might render the overvoltage protection (D16) non-operative.
Compare [schematics](https://we... |
18,561 | In the Pokemon School, you can create a group and other players can join. I created and some friends of mine joined. The NPC says something about syncing events.
What does being in a group do? What kind of things does it sync? | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/18561",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/7902/"
] | >
> Joining a group is a feature introduced in Generation IV. Players in the same group encounter the same swarming Pokémon, weather conditions, changing Pokémon in the Great Marsh, Feebas location, and other things each day. Group members can compare records on the third floor of Jubilife TV.
>
>
>
Source: [Bulba... | I always created a group with my friend when we wanted to enter the Doubles Battle Tower together. I assume that "event" in this context refers to any multiplayer event that can be done with a friend in HGSS. They use groups for all of them so that it remains consistent. |
32,602,441 | I have 3 unread messages. For this reason, I have to show `3` at the top of a message like this picture:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iSjcI.png)
How can I do this? PLease help me. | 2015/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32602441",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1282443/"
] | I think this repo will help you.
<https://github.com/jgilfelt/android-viewbadger>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZEyse.png) | If you are using a relative layout to show your icons, than you can put another relative layout(rl2) over message icon with relative margins containing circular imageview and an textView above it, control the visibility of rl2 from activity along with the text of textview,
Suppose,
There is are 3 new messages, set vis... |
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