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10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | "Introduction to Modern Cryptography", Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell. This is a great book for learning about provable security.
And for actual crypto protocols and algorithms, there's always the classic: "Handbook of Applied Crypto" by Paul van Oorschot, A. J. Menezes, and Scott Vanstone. This is more a reference ... | I would have to say that **Applied Cryptography** by Bruce Schneier is the best I have come across. It's a good introduction, but at the same time have a detailed level. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | I would have to say that **Applied Cryptography** by Bruce Schneier is the best I have come across. It's a good introduction, but at the same time have a detailed level. | IMHO a very good book for you may be: J. Hoffstein, J.Pipher, J. H. Silverman, An Introduction
to Mathematical Cryptography. ISBN 976-1-4419-2674-6. It is published 2010 in the Springer series Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | It depends on what the purpose is, I personally read the [A very short introduction to Cryptography](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0192803158) which was a perfect guide to someone knowing nothing about this subject.
If your purpose is to begin applying readily available algorithms this is a good book. If you... | I would have to say that **Applied Cryptography** by Bruce Schneier is the best I have come across. It's a good introduction, but at the same time have a detailed level. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | I'd recommend "[Understanding Cryptography](http://www.crypto-textbook.com/)", Christof Paar & Jan Pelzl, if you are self teaching some cryptography. Why? Since it can be really hard to just follow a textbook by yourself, professor Christof Paar uploaded his lectures on youtube ([Introduction to Cryptography by Christo... | I would have to say that **Applied Cryptography** by Bruce Schneier is the best I have come across. It's a good introduction, but at the same time have a detailed level. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | "Introduction to Modern Cryptography", Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell. This is a great book for learning about provable security.
And for actual crypto protocols and algorithms, there's always the classic: "Handbook of Applied Crypto" by Paul van Oorschot, A. J. Menezes, and Scott Vanstone. This is more a reference ... | IMHO a very good book for you may be: J. Hoffstein, J.Pipher, J. H. Silverman, An Introduction
to Mathematical Cryptography. ISBN 976-1-4419-2674-6. It is published 2010 in the Springer series Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | "Introduction to Modern Cryptography", Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell. This is a great book for learning about provable security.
And for actual crypto protocols and algorithms, there's always the classic: "Handbook of Applied Crypto" by Paul van Oorschot, A. J. Menezes, and Scott Vanstone. This is more a reference ... | It depends on what the purpose is, I personally read the [A very short introduction to Cryptography](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0192803158) which was a perfect guide to someone knowing nothing about this subject.
If your purpose is to begin applying readily available algorithms this is a good book. If you... |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | "Introduction to Modern Cryptography", Jonathan Katz and Yehuda Lindell. This is a great book for learning about provable security.
And for actual crypto protocols and algorithms, there's always the classic: "Handbook of Applied Crypto" by Paul van Oorschot, A. J. Menezes, and Scott Vanstone. This is more a reference ... | I'd recommend "[Understanding Cryptography](http://www.crypto-textbook.com/)", Christof Paar & Jan Pelzl, if you are self teaching some cryptography. Why? Since it can be really hard to just follow a textbook by yourself, professor Christof Paar uploaded his lectures on youtube ([Introduction to Cryptography by Christo... |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | It depends on what the purpose is, I personally read the [A very short introduction to Cryptography](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0192803158) which was a perfect guide to someone knowing nothing about this subject.
If your purpose is to begin applying readily available algorithms this is a good book. If you... | IMHO a very good book for you may be: J. Hoffstein, J.Pipher, J. H. Silverman, An Introduction
to Mathematical Cryptography. ISBN 976-1-4419-2674-6. It is published 2010 in the Springer series Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. |
10,938 | Can anyone suggest me some good books on cryptography? I have just starting studying cryptography but I know elementary number theory, abstract algebra and algorithms. Also please mention the difficulty level of the book. | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/10938",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/778/"
] | I'd recommend "[Understanding Cryptography](http://www.crypto-textbook.com/)", Christof Paar & Jan Pelzl, if you are self teaching some cryptography. Why? Since it can be really hard to just follow a textbook by yourself, professor Christof Paar uploaded his lectures on youtube ([Introduction to Cryptography by Christo... | IMHO a very good book for you may be: J. Hoffstein, J.Pipher, J. H. Silverman, An Introduction
to Mathematical Cryptography. ISBN 976-1-4419-2674-6. It is published 2010 in the Springer series Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. |
1,452,291 | When I open the terminator console in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS following shows:[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6v7Xn.png)
This wasn't an issue in Ubuntu 20.04 and I've only seen it happen with the terminator console. I've purged it and reinstalle... | 2023/01/01 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452291",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> I was working in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial.
>
>
>
Ubuntu 16.04 has been out of support since April 2021. Consider installing a later LTS version (e.g. 22.04, which will be supported until 2027).
>
> Now, I see a blank purple screen. I can neither log in to the GUI nor
> the terminal. How can I restore the lost sys... | Launch Ubuntu as you would usually. Allow it to reach the login screen completely. When you arrive, avoid signing in. Instead, on your keyboard, press Ctrl + Alt + F3. Ubuntu will transition from the graphical login screen to a terminal that is just in black and white.
When prompted, type your username. When prompted ... |
144,299 | It has come to my attention that, at the very least in 5E, [Naga's are effectively immortal](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/58848/how-does-naga-rejuvenation-work). When slain, they simply return to full HP in a matter of days. However, I have not managed to find any confirmation that the same is true in 3.5
H... | 2019/04/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/144299",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/24453/"
] | ### Nagas are not immortal in D&D 3.5.
The official D&D 3.5 [Monster Index](http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/lists/monsters) lists a great number of different nagas, but none of them have the ability to return to life when slain.
At best, they are exceptionally long-lived or immortal until slain, and some... | As you can see [on the 3.5's SRD](http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/naga.htm), none of the nagas have any kind of ability to *come back from the dead*, that mechanic is exclusive to 5th edition.
As for how to kill them, that is already spelled on their ability:
>
> **Rejuvenation**: If it dies, the naga returns to ... |
222,343 | >
> They came to his help
>
>
>
I found this sentence while I was studying English in my English grammar book.
And my book said it meant:
>
> They came to help him
>
>
>
But I don't understand what it means when I read this sentence without an explanation.
When I read **I wanted his help** this sentence I ... | 2019/08/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/222343",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/99625/"
] | "They came to his help" does not sound idiomatic to me at all. If it ever has been used, it is not used in modern speech. I have never personally heard it used, nor would I use myself.
We would more likely say:
* "They came to help him"
* "They came to his aid"
"They came to his *aid*" *is* idiomatic if perhaps a li... | come to help, come to aid and come to rescue mean more or less the same and they are idioms.
For example ,
*1.If the Government had not come to my help, I would have died.*
*2 .If he had not come to my rescue, I would have been in deep trouble*
*3 .If my friend had not come to my aid, I would have been in a financ... |
56,697,475 | I'm new on Mongodb server. I'm trying to create a replica set on it. But when i change the configuration on the mongod.conf, my mongodb service is not working or running anymore. Any idea how to solve this? thank you | 2019/06/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/56697475",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8051410/"
] | Could you please share the error you are facing along with the MongoDB configuration file.
Only after seeing that, I can help you with your issue.
You can also view the configuration file options here,
<https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/configuration-options/>
Thanks | Before making any changes to mongod.conf file stop the serivce and after making the changes start it. |
3,107,872 | I have a JTable displays the event accordingly, I want to do like when mouse over the table cell will pop out a small box show the event details. Something like tooltip how can i do that? is there any component in swing doing that? | 2010/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3107872",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236501/"
] | Have a read about [How to Use Tables: Specifying Tool Tips for Cells](http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html#celltooltip). | Use JToolTip and HTML. More info here:
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/html.html> |
16,470 | Has FIDE ever given reasons why it rates woman in different category and organises their tournaments seperately? | 2017/01/26 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/16470",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/12108/"
] | First, let's clear up a misunderstanding. Women and men are *rated* on the same scale, with the same formula. A woman with a FIDE rating of 2400 can be assumed to be equally matched with a man with the same 2400 rating. FIDE merely defines four titles that are only available for women. In general, woman can and do part... | Chess is not a sport that relies on physical skill, not withstanding the rigors of tournament and match play. Men and Women should not be separated on the FIDE title scales. Separate tournaments? Maybe - that is the organizers prerogative. World Championship? Yes. Titles, no. This is False Prestige.
After watching th... |
10,862 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How do I update the OS in my device?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/13510/how-do-i-update-the-os-in-my-device)
>
>
>
I'm not an expert in this, and need help. I have serious issues with the Froyo build and want to upgrade my brand new phone to Gingerbread. How can... | 2011/06/24 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/10862",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/6143/"
] | 1. [Root it](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/1184/how-do-i-root-my-phone).
2. Install Clockworkmod Recovery.
1. Install [ROM Manager](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager).
2. Run it and select your device.
3. Choose the "Flash Clockwork recovery" (or similar) option.
3. Inst... | Full guide to root & upgrate to 2.3 rom found on [android.modaco.com](http://android.modaco.com/topic/335781-22apr-guide-how-to-install-a-custom-rom-on-the-zte-u-v880-or-gen2-device/) |
11,851 | I am an EU national holding a (indefinite leave to remain - permanent resident status)= PR since October 2016.
I would like to apply for UK citizenship.
In the AN citizenship form it asks for job/employer.
My two questions are the following:
1. Can a PhD student in the UK apply (hence the person is not working)?
2. Ca... | 2017/08/17 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11851",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/13356/"
] | According to the UK nationality guidance on naturalision, you would meet the basic eligibility through residency at 5 years. At that point, employment is not a factor when you qualify, financial soundness is, per the [good character requirement](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/good-character-nationality-poli... | Once you have indefinite leave to remain, you have this status until you either commit some serious crime, or leave the UK for two years. No requirement to be employed etc. I haven't seen any requirement to be employed to gain citizenship either.
Make sure what the status of your original citizenship will be. For exa... |
384,589 | I own Rocket League both disc and download format and I want to sell the disc, but I want to make sure it works before I sell it. When I put the disc in, it says "Do you want to switch to the disc version of this game? The downloaded version will be deleted."
I just want to know if that would completely get rid of my ... | 2021/04/12 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/384589",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/270305/"
] | Yes, if you choose to replace the digital version with the disc version, **it will be deleted from the console**. However, you will still be able to re-download the digital version (although you will need to delete the disc version). | IF you put the disc in, it screws up the download version.
I did that with terraria. Had to reinstall the download since the disc overwrote it. |
3,729 | I am curious why Hegel became more important than Schelling.
First of all, how would Schelling's ideas differ from Hegel's? I read that there are some supernatural elements in Schelling's, but do not know specifically.
Next, are Schelling's later ideas basically the reason for Schelling's under-appreciated status? | 2012/09/22 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/3729",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/2418/"
] | In short, Hegel benefited from having his ideas more clearly worked out and regularly published which led to followings that became influential within continental philosophy. Hegel's authority has been a hallmark even for the enemies of his thought. And so it has become acceptable to ignore Schelling, but not Hegel. Bu... | It is very unfortunate that Hegel achieved superstardom and Schelling ended up half forgotten.
If you compare them on purely cognitive capacities, Schelling was a much greater genius. Schelling was actually one of the smartest men that ever lived, he was on the same intellectual level as Plato, Goethe or Wittgenstein.... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | I think there are some very convincing theoretical arguments to be made, but there is also just a very practical consideration:
Right now, a very large portion of BTC is being held in the cold wallets of popular exchange platforms. Hardcore bitcoiners will shake their heads and declare *"Not your keys, not your coins!... | In addition to other answers, Bitcoin investors would also like to have a very conservative approach to updating bitcoin. Messing with the core idea will increase the perceived risk for something wanting to be a store of value. |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | In addition to other answers, Bitcoin investors would also like to have a very conservative approach to updating bitcoin. Messing with the core idea will increase the perceived risk for something wanting to be a store of value. | Proof of stake just doesn't work the same as mining from an economic incentive standpoint.
Miners make real-world investments, in advance, in equipment that becomes less valuable as difficulty increases.
Miners have no guarantee that their investment will pay off, they merely have a probability of finding a good proo... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | Bitcoin should switch to BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerant) PoS which is secure by definition. Most people that don't like PoS are thinking in "vanilla" or "chain based" PoS protocols which are certainly more insecure than PoW.
Ethereum 2.0 is using Casper currently in the Beacon Chain, and other coins are also using BFT ... | Proof of stake just doesn't work the same as mining from an economic incentive standpoint.
Miners make real-world investments, in advance, in equipment that becomes less valuable as difficulty increases.
Miners have no guarantee that their investment will pay off, they merely have a probability of finding a good proo... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | Proof of Stake is basically a case of having your cake and eating it, too.
PoW is a simple work-around to a coordination problem that was previously thought to be unsolvable. It sort of "cheats" by providing an economic solution to a distributed systems challenge, by introducing a real cost as a disincentive to unwant... | In addition to other answers, Bitcoin investors would also like to have a very conservative approach to updating bitcoin. Messing with the core idea will increase the perceived risk for something wanting to be a store of value. |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | I think there are some very convincing theoretical arguments to be made, but there is also just a very practical consideration:
Right now, a very large portion of BTC is being held in the cold wallets of popular exchange platforms. Hardcore bitcoiners will shake their heads and declare *"Not your keys, not your coins!... | Proof of stake just doesn't work the same as mining from an economic incentive standpoint.
Miners make real-world investments, in advance, in equipment that becomes less valuable as difficulty increases.
Miners have no guarantee that their investment will pay off, they merely have a probability of finding a good proo... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | Proof of Stake is basically a case of having your cake and eating it, too.
PoW is a simple work-around to a coordination problem that was previously thought to be unsolvable. It sort of "cheats" by providing an economic solution to a distributed systems challenge, by introducing a real cost as a disincentive to unwant... | I think there are some very convincing theoretical arguments to be made, but there is also just a very practical consideration:
Right now, a very large portion of BTC is being held in the cold wallets of popular exchange platforms. Hardcore bitcoiners will shake their heads and declare *"Not your keys, not your coins!... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | Proof of Stake is basically a case of having your cake and eating it, too.
PoW is a simple work-around to a coordination problem that was previously thought to be unsolvable. It sort of "cheats" by providing an economic solution to a distributed systems challenge, by introducing a real cost as a disincentive to unwant... | I think there are at least four reasons:
1. The miners are stakeholders in the bitcoin ecosystem. Mining solves a problem for them. Taking away PoW mining would make bitcoin no longer work for one of its most important group of stakeholders.
2. Non-miners are in bitcoin because they like what bitcoin is. If they want ... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/95362",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/105236/"
] | I think there are at least four reasons:
1. The miners are stakeholders in the bitcoin ecosystem. Mining solves a problem for them. Taking away PoW mining would make bitcoin no longer work for one of its most important group of stakeholders.
2. Non-miners are in bitcoin because they like what bitcoin is. If they want ... | In addition to other answers, Bitcoin investors would also like to have a very conservative approach to updating bitcoin. Messing with the core idea will increase the perceived risk for something wanting to be a store of value. |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
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] | Proof of Stake is basically a case of having your cake and eating it, too.
PoW is a simple work-around to a coordination problem that was previously thought to be unsolvable. It sort of "cheats" by providing an economic solution to a distributed systems challenge, by introducing a real cost as a disincentive to unwant... | Proof of stake just doesn't work the same as mining from an economic incentive standpoint.
Miners make real-world investments, in advance, in equipment that becomes less valuable as difficulty increases.
Miners have no guarantee that their investment will pay off, they merely have a probability of finding a good proo... |
95,362 | Private key x = pubkey B
(x (+ or -) 1) = pubkey A, C
I only know the public keys A and C
I am looking for a way to know if the public key sequence is A B C or C B A
B = 0xa5e42a634fa42f4f22c756429a06fd104a12a0c3a61ae4b738b1716913c82732
A = 0xb616c736dd3d768e2e7b30b6e71caa3cd58359127af62bc633716eb2e782cca4
C = 0x... | 2020/04/20 | [
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] | Bitcoin should switch to BFT (Byzantine Fault Tolerant) PoS which is secure by definition. Most people that don't like PoS are thinking in "vanilla" or "chain based" PoS protocols which are certainly more insecure than PoW.
Ethereum 2.0 is using Casper currently in the Beacon Chain, and other coins are also using BFT ... | In addition to other answers, Bitcoin investors would also like to have a very conservative approach to updating bitcoin. Messing with the core idea will increase the perceived risk for something wanting to be a store of value. |
24,504,341 | this is my first topic . I've done a quick search to make sure im not posting an unessecary topic already existing. Im using Windows 7 32bit system and when im trying to install JDK 8u05. I downloaded the .exe file ( curious why there is no .rar archive available for download ) from the Oracle main website and when i t... | 2014/07/01 | [
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] | Just solved this , i need to switch users . Seems there was no right in user i worked on. Thanks anyway ! | **Downloading the Installer**
If you save the self-installing executable file to disk without running it from the download page at the web site, note the file size specified on the download page. After the download has completed, verify that you have downloaded the complete file.
**Running the JDK Installer**
You mu... |
16,006 | >
> Related:
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> * <http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15996/tag-synonym-request-asus-related-stuff> (in dispute)
> * <http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7733/do-we-need-brand-manufacturer-tags>
>
>
>
This is a call for community discussion on the matter of manufacturer/brand specific tags with relation to ... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16006",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/"
] | I've stated my opinion before, in one of the ASUS Meta questions, but I'm going to state it again, just in a more complex way, and with a bit of backtracking :p.
The tag [asus](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus "show questions tagged 'asus'") says it's for every ASUS electronic device, and that's where there... | As the original poster of the synonym request, I feel like my justification is needed in this regard.
After noticing (and rejecting) edits in the review queue that were changing [asus](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus "show questions tagged 'asus'") to [asus-laptop](https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/as... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | First, the words "trilemma" and "multilemma" have been used. I know. I did it in a freshman writing class in 1982-3. They were footnoted with explanation as to their meaning relative to "dilemma". Since I was an avid Latin student circa 1970, using "dilemma" when there are multiple unpleasant choices went against the g... | A dilemma is just an (unpleasant/difficult) choice, and most such choices involve only two options, but that does not mean that they can only have two options.
I suppose it was made worse with the "*on the horns of*" precursor, because most beasts only have two horns, but the horns don't represent the choices, they r... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | Interesting - I first encountered the expression **false dichotomy** which I think expresses the intent more accurately despite being slightly pompous. I was then mildly surprised to find the term more popularly written and spoken as *dilemma* since as you point out a *dilemma* is not necessarily and certainly not intr... | A dilemma is just an (unpleasant/difficult) choice, and most such choices involve only two options, but that does not mean that they can only have two options.
I suppose it was made worse with the "*on the horns of*" precursor, because most beasts only have two horns, but the horns don't represent the choices, they r... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | The [etymology for *dilemma*](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dilemma&searchmode=none) reveals that the original meaning of the word was specific to two (di-) premises (lemmas). In fact, Etymology Online states
>
> It should be used only of situations where someone is forced to choose between two alternati... | First, the words "trilemma" and "multilemma" have been used. I know. I did it in a freshman writing class in 1982-3. They were footnoted with explanation as to their meaning relative to "dilemma". Since I was an avid Latin student circa 1970, using "dilemma" when there are multiple unpleasant choices went against the g... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | Interesting - I first encountered the expression **false dichotomy** which I think expresses the intent more accurately despite being slightly pompous. I was then mildly surprised to find the term more popularly written and spoken as *dilemma* since as you point out a *dilemma* is not necessarily and certainly not intr... | First, the words "trilemma" and "multilemma" have been used. I know. I did it in a freshman writing class in 1982-3. They were footnoted with explanation as to their meaning relative to "dilemma". Since I was an avid Latin student circa 1970, using "dilemma" when there are multiple unpleasant choices went against the g... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | First, the words "trilemma" and "multilemma" have been used. I know. I did it in a freshman writing class in 1982-3. They were footnoted with explanation as to their meaning relative to "dilemma". Since I was an avid Latin student circa 1970, using "dilemma" when there are multiple unpleasant choices went against the g... | Classically, the expression was "on the horns of a dilemma".
When you had to choose between two equally unattractive options, it was described with reference to a mythical two-horned beast.
I'm sure your dictionary is going with the current usage, which allows more than two options.
If we can believe Wikipedia, th... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | Interesting - I first encountered the expression **false dichotomy** which I think expresses the intent more accurately despite being slightly pompous. I was then mildly surprised to find the term more popularly written and spoken as *dilemma* since as you point out a *dilemma* is not necessarily and certainly not intr... | As an updated dictionary indicated to you, and as other sources demonstrated to me, too, the word *dilemma* can be used for more than two alternatives.
You can view it as if you're using it in a recurring binary sense, where you have more than two options but you are considering them all in pairs over and over again,... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | The [etymology for *dilemma*](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dilemma&searchmode=none) reveals that the original meaning of the word was specific to two (di-) premises (lemmas). In fact, Etymology Online states
>
> It should be used only of situations where someone is forced to choose between two alternati... | Interesting - I first encountered the expression **false dichotomy** which I think expresses the intent more accurately despite being slightly pompous. I was then mildly surprised to find the term more popularly written and spoken as *dilemma* since as you point out a *dilemma* is not necessarily and certainly not intr... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | Interesting - I first encountered the expression **false dichotomy** which I think expresses the intent more accurately despite being slightly pompous. I was then mildly surprised to find the term more popularly written and spoken as *dilemma* since as you point out a *dilemma* is not necessarily and certainly not intr... | Classically, the expression was "on the horns of a dilemma".
When you had to choose between two equally unattractive options, it was described with reference to a mythical two-horned beast.
I'm sure your dictionary is going with the current usage, which allows more than two options.
If we can believe Wikipedia, th... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | The [etymology for *dilemma*](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=dilemma&searchmode=none) reveals that the original meaning of the word was specific to two (di-) premises (lemmas). In fact, Etymology Online states
>
> It should be used only of situations where someone is forced to choose between two alternati... | As an updated dictionary indicated to you, and as other sources demonstrated to me, too, the word *dilemma* can be used for more than two alternatives.
You can view it as if you're using it in a recurring binary sense, where you have more than two options but you are considering them all in pairs over and over again,... |
34,000 | I was surprised to discover my dictionary had this entry for *dilemma*:
>
> a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, esp. equally undesirable ones
>
>
>
The notion of *dilemma* meaning *two or more* flies against what I was taught about the word. The very idea of a ... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/34000",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6006/"
] | First, the words "trilemma" and "multilemma" have been used. I know. I did it in a freshman writing class in 1982-3. They were footnoted with explanation as to their meaning relative to "dilemma". Since I was an avid Latin student circa 1970, using "dilemma" when there are multiple unpleasant choices went against the g... | As an updated dictionary indicated to you, and as other sources demonstrated to me, too, the word *dilemma* can be used for more than two alternatives.
You can view it as if you're using it in a recurring binary sense, where you have more than two options but you are considering them all in pairs over and over again,... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/111943/"
] | Honestly, this sounds more like a philosophical / personal ethics question than an professional ethics question.
The "academic ethics" answers are what you already know: Withholding important relevant information when you publish something is definitely wrong. And, having done that, calling attention to it later (whic... | Your assumptions about the cost of telling your advisor about the flaw are very likely wrong. **Discovering that a widely used physical model is flawed is a contribution which is definitely strong enough for a master thesis.** So, to answer your question, you should have told your advisor, submitted your proof of insta... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
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] | Just to make the advice formal, you were most likely wrong in not bringing the issue to your advisor when you noticed it. But, given your point 2, that might not have changed anything. On the other hand, it might have delayed your degree while you came to a more complete result.
But, with few exceptions, such as those... | You had a tough choice to make under difficult conditions. To me what you did seems reasonable, I might have acted similarly in your place.
You did publish the flaw, just not as soon as you discovered it. Unless it was being used in real-life systems and people came to physical harm because of the flaw during that pub... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
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] | I don't think that your MS thesis has a "fatal flaw". While I do recognize that being physically possible is nice, it's not necessary. There is the entire field of abstract mathematics and I've never heard anyone seriously claiming that it's immoral and/or "academic malpractice" to be a mathematician. You never claimed... | Your assumptions about the cost of telling your advisor about the flaw are very likely wrong. **Discovering that a widely used physical model is flawed is a contribution which is definitely strong enough for a master thesis.** So, to answer your question, you should have told your advisor, submitted your proof of insta... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/111943/"
] | Honestly, this sounds more like a philosophical / personal ethics question than an professional ethics question.
The "academic ethics" answers are what you already know: Withholding important relevant information when you publish something is definitely wrong. And, having done that, calling attention to it later (whic... | You are in the clear, provided you have never *published* anything you knew to be flawed at the time you handed in your final checked page proofs.
The grey area here is that MSc and PhD theses do count as a publication of sorts, although most people will know that there usually are many loose ends and (too) many these... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/111943/"
] | You had a tough choice to make under difficult conditions. To me what you did seems reasonable, I might have acted similarly in your place.
You did publish the flaw, just not as soon as you discovered it. Unless it was being used in real-life systems and people came to physical harm because of the flaw during that pub... | You are in the clear, provided you have never *published* anything you knew to be flawed at the time you handed in your final checked page proofs.
The grey area here is that MSc and PhD theses do count as a publication of sorts, although most people will know that there usually are many loose ends and (too) many these... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Just to make the advice formal, you were most likely wrong in not bringing the issue to your advisor when you noticed it. But, given your point 2, that might not have changed anything. On the other hand, it might have delayed your degree while you came to a more complete result.
But, with few exceptions, such as those... | I don't think that your MS thesis has a "fatal flaw". While I do recognize that being physically possible is nice, it's not necessary. There is the entire field of abstract mathematics and I've never heard anyone seriously claiming that it's immoral and/or "academic malpractice" to be a mathematician. You never claimed... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | One option is to focus on the future not the past. Can you do something to make sure no one junior to you is in that position?
An ethical test I was taught is to imagine what you did is one day printed as a scandal story in the New York Times. To put it in a bad light:
**"Famous professor concealed fatal flaw in earl... | Your assumptions about the cost of telling your advisor about the flaw are very likely wrong. **Discovering that a widely used physical model is flawed is a contribution which is definitely strong enough for a master thesis.** So, to answer your question, you should have told your advisor, submitted your proof of insta... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/111943/"
] | Just to make the advice formal, you were most likely wrong in not bringing the issue to your advisor when you noticed it. But, given your point 2, that might not have changed anything. On the other hand, it might have delayed your degree while you came to a more complete result.
But, with few exceptions, such as those... | There are already better answers in this thread but as mentioned elsewhere, this is more to do with personal ethics/philosophy. In this sense citing Nietzsche seems pertinent (needless to say, when taken with a grain of salt):
>
> One is healthy when one can laugh at the earnestness and zeal with
> which one has been... |
187,521 | A couple of decades ago I graduated from a Russian university with an MS in physics, and my MS thesis contained a critical flaw. In short, the thesis was about static perturbations in a certain physical system, but the system itself is unstable in the very same model, with the instability length being comparable to the... | 2022/08/04 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/187521",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/111943/"
] | Just to make the advice formal, you were most likely wrong in not bringing the issue to your advisor when you noticed it. But, given your point 2, that might not have changed anything. On the other hand, it might have delayed your degree while you came to a more complete result.
But, with few exceptions, such as those... | The general question:
---------------------
>
> Is it ethically justifiable to conceal a fatal conceptual flaw in a thesis
>
>
>
No, it's not justifiable to do so, regardless of the circumstances.
In some extreme circumstances (e.g. gun-to-your-head, not the circumstances your predicament) it might be excusable,... |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | Challenge it to a game of "Global Thermonuclear War". Or perhaps a game of tic-tac-toe versus itself. | If you were to answer dishonestly, how would you answer this question? |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | **What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?** | What would an M look like if you were standing on your head? |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | I'd just ask him "If you could pose a question to a turing test candidate, what would it be?". | Anything ironic. So far machines are totally incapable of interpreting jokes and irony. Although some people are too, so you may get some false negatives ;-) |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | "Are you Watson?" :-p
Jokes aside, I think it is impossible to determine man from machine with a single question, especially without any context info. | "Sorry I'm late. Got held up at my mother's funeral."
Would any intelligent being other than a human respond to that as a human would? I think not. |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | "Will your answer to this question be negative?"
Note: the original Turing test proposal was for the computer to pretend to be a woman, the interviewer to be a man, and the test limited to five minutes. If the man was unable to determine if the computer was a woman or not in five minutes, we would have to conclude tha... | I would ask anything where there isn't a clear cut answer and which usually involves strong or varied opinions and/or emotions from human participants. For example:
* What do do you think of the current situation in Libya?
* What are your thoughts on the recent disaster in Japan?
* How do you think we should resolve t... |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of the sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise, it’s crawling toward you. You reach down, you flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not with... | *How are you feeling today?* and go on with empathic conversation. |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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] | "Will your answer to this question be negative?"
Note: the original Turing test proposal was for the computer to pretend to be a woman, the interviewer to be a man, and the test limited to five minutes. If the man was unable to determine if the computer was a woman or not in five minutes, we would have to conclude tha... | Ask a logical question which requires infinite recursion for evaluation and hope the programmers weren't smart enough to account for that kind of question. |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
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Perhaps followed up with "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
---
EDIT: I've come to think of that Douglas Hofstadter has done a delightful piece on this exact subject (including the highest rated answer) and found an online version at <http://www.cse.unr.edu/~sushil/class/ai/paper... | Why might a guy say to another guy "Oh, be a fine girl kiss me"? |
64,248 | How would you distinguish the man from the machine? | 2011/04/01 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/64248",
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Note: the original Turing test proposal was for the computer to pretend to be a woman, the interviewer to be a man, and the test limited to five minutes. If the man was unable to determine if the computer was a woman or not in five minutes, we would have to conclude tha... | What would an M look like if you were standing on your head? |
287,622 | Stars can be crushed by gravity and create black holes or neutron stars. Why doesn't the same happen with any planet if it is in the same space time?
Please explain it in simple way. Note: I am not a physicist but have some interest in physics. | 2016/10/20 | [
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] | In very simple terms which I hope you will understand.
The gravitational force of attraction depends on mass and distance.
For the atoms which make up the Earth there are two forces acting on them, the gravitational attraction due to all the other atoms and the Coulomb/electrostatic repulsive force between the ele... | Planets *are* crushed by gravity! That's why, for example, Earth is a densely packed spherical rock rather than a loose cloud of dust.
There's just not *enough* crushing 'force' to do more than that. |
287,622 | Stars can be crushed by gravity and create black holes or neutron stars. Why doesn't the same happen with any planet if it is in the same space time?
Please explain it in simple way. Note: I am not a physicist but have some interest in physics. | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/287622",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Planets *are* crushed by gravity! That's why, for example, Earth is a densely packed spherical rock rather than a loose cloud of dust.
There's just not *enough* crushing 'force' to do more than that. | You must understand that there are two factors involved here, first one is gravity that is trying to bring the planet closer and crush it and the second factors tries to resist this crushing e.g. pauli exclusion principle leads to repulsion sometimes, nuclear reaction also resist crushing in stars . So this play of two... |
287,622 | Stars can be crushed by gravity and create black holes or neutron stars. Why doesn't the same happen with any planet if it is in the same space time?
Please explain it in simple way. Note: I am not a physicist but have some interest in physics. | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/287622",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | In very simple terms which I hope you will understand.
The gravitational force of attraction depends on mass and distance.
For the atoms which make up the Earth there are two forces acting on them, the gravitational attraction due to all the other atoms and the Coulomb/electrostatic repulsive force between the ele... | The particles which make up atoms are electrically charged, and they repel each other when they get too close to each other. Gravitational forces only attract one particle to another, and never repel, but they're extremely weak compared to the electrical force. To create a black hole, the gravitational force needs to o... |
287,622 | Stars can be crushed by gravity and create black holes or neutron stars. Why doesn't the same happen with any planet if it is in the same space time?
Please explain it in simple way. Note: I am not a physicist but have some interest in physics. | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/287622",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/133633/"
] | Planets *are* crushed by gravity! That's why, for example, Earth is a densely packed spherical rock rather than a loose cloud of dust.
There's just not *enough* crushing 'force' to do more than that. | The particles which make up atoms are electrically charged, and they repel each other when they get too close to each other. Gravitational forces only attract one particle to another, and never repel, but they're extremely weak compared to the electrical force. To create a black hole, the gravitational force needs to o... |
194,785 | I have published an application and it went live after sometime. Now I have enabled automatic updates in the play store settings. I can see my app there and it's showing me update button. But why it is not automatically updated? Also i haven't got any notification about new update available?
Can anyone please tell ho... | 2018/04/16 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/194785",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/196661/"
] | When an update to an application is published in the Play Store, updates start rolling out. Not all users will see the update immediately; I think the figure is a few hours for the update to be available throughout the country or world.
The Play Store app checks for updates periodically, I think a few times daily. Yo... | Yes as answered above the updates don't happen right away. It could take up to 24 hrs for it to reach all users. The playstore generally updated when the device is idle and plugged in |
15,497 | AI experts like Ben Goertzel and Ray Kurzweil say that AGI will be developed in the coming decade. Are they credible? | 2019/09/17 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/15497",
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] | As a riff on my answer to [this question](https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/7875/is-the-singularity-something-to-be-taken-seriously/7888#7888), which is about the broader concern of the development of the singularity, rather than the narrower concern of the development of AGI:
I can say that among AI researchers ... | I wouldn't take anything Ray Kurzweil says especially seriously. Actual AI experts spend large quantities of time reading the existing scientific literature, and working to expand it. Because Kurzweil doesn't spend much of his time actually *learning* about AI, he has plenty of time in which to talk about it. Loudly. T... |
15,497 | AI experts like Ben Goertzel and Ray Kurzweil say that AGI will be developed in the coming decade. Are they credible? | 2019/09/17 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/15497",
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] | As a riff on my answer to [this question](https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/7875/is-the-singularity-something-to-be-taken-seriously/7888#7888), which is about the broader concern of the development of the singularity, rather than the narrower concern of the development of AGI:
I can say that among AI researchers ... | My simple answer is **NO**.
Let me elaborate. If you closely observe nature, you see that nothing changes drastically all of a sudden. Even when it does, it doesn't stay for long.
Field of AI, has just started and it needs a lot more evolution to achieve AGI. Though AI is solving many directed problems like Face Rec... |
15,497 | AI experts like Ben Goertzel and Ray Kurzweil say that AGI will be developed in the coming decade. Are they credible? | 2019/09/17 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/15497",
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Let me elaborate. If you closely observe nature, you see that nothing changes drastically all of a sudden. Even when it does, it doesn't stay for long.
Field of AI, has just started and it needs a lot more evolution to achieve AGI. Though AI is solving many directed problems like Face Rec... |
67,927 | In my (first) attempt to remove the crank arms from a bike, I broke the crank puller (Super B TB-6485). I applied more force than I was comfortable with, thinking the threads had perhaps rusted over time. When attaching the puller to the crank, I pulled back the driver a fair bit from the coupler, screwed in the couple... | 2020/05/07 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/67927",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/49342/"
] | You shouldn't use the little adapter that you can disassemble from the tool for a square taper crank. Check, but you should find that it has a larger diameter than fits through the square hole in the cranks. It is used for Octalink, ISIS etc cranks with a larger spindle.
What I think happened is you got a little way w... | I have owned own a Park Tool version of this tool since 1988, and it has given me great results. If your tool works like mine, here is how to use it:
After removing the cap from the crank, one side of that threaded cylinder should thread down into the crank. Screw it in all the way. Then take the handle park and screw ... |
1,650,314 | I need in column D the total of column A, B, and C that in D1 i should have =SUM(A1:C1) in D2 I should have =SUM(A2:C2) etc. and it should continue the whole column by it self
Thanks!!
M.K. | 2021/05/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1650314",
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] | Use the fill handle.
1. Type in cell D1: =SUM(A1:C1)
2. Press Ctrl+Enter (which keeps you in the same cell)
3. There is a little green box (called the fill handle) in the corner of the cell. Double-click that box (or drag down as far as you want).
That will make D2: =SUM(A2:C2) and so on... | Agree with Dave. Here is a .gif for clarity:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/14Ukl.gif) |
8,302 | Which nations have the best bonus to assist in a conquest victory? | 2010/10/01 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/8302",
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] | **Japan**. While other nations have bonuses that certainly assist in producing an army, or movement of troops, Japan's bonus directly relates to combat. Since you'll be fighting a lot for a conquest victory, your forces will certainly be fighting hurt - and the ability to always fight at full strength certainly makes i... | Japan is the best. However i find the mogal Keshik unit to be very good at taking down city defenses and can help in an early game conquest. Especially since they can move after attacking, so you end up moving in, hitting the city and then moving out of harms way. 2 or 3 will deplete a cities defenses to allow ground t... |
3,554 | I have a lot of Excel datasheet (in one file)
I want to batch input to Access
but I can't find a sample code to do it
the name of datasheet in access is same as in excel
is there any code of VBscript can do it?
maybe in access or excel vba?
or any simple software? | 2011/06/29 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/3554",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
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] | The simplest way I can think of is probably writing some VBA code in the Excel workbook. How much effort that is depends on factors like how many columns you have in each sheet, what format the data is in, how similar each sheet is, and how often you are going to have to do this. Does all the data from each sheet go in... | I would strongly recommend going the CSV route.
Exporting from Excell to CSV is simply a matter of doing a "Save As...". Importing it into Access is a [pretty simple matter](http://www.brighthub.com/computing/windows-platform/articles/27511.aspx) as well. (If that link dies, there's many more like it on Google.) |
1,574,962 | I want to know is there any way to expire the viewstate after a particuler given time. | 2009/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1574962",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165873/"
] | Have you tried using Session instead. It will be better security than placing an expiration date into the ViewState which can be modified by the user. Sessions have a default expiration of 20 minutes, but you can modify that. | No, there isn't an expiration feature of the viewstate. But maybe you can set a datetime value to an viewstate variable that you'll check later for your own expiration logic. |
1,574,962 | I want to know is there any way to expire the viewstate after a particuler given time. | 2009/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1574962",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165873/"
] | Have you tried using Session instead. It will be better security than placing an expiration date into the ViewState which can be modified by the user. Sessions have a default expiration of 20 minutes, but you can modify that. | It sounds as if you need to use cookies (not exactly like viewstate but can hold data too). You can force cookies to expire or set an expiration date but you cannot do the same view state. |
25,061 | I manage a few development teams at the moment. Each team develops different projects for different clients.
Right now I'm trying to let team leads work with clients directly without me, but the problem is that none of them has good experience designing UI. I do. We have a designer, who I'm trying to teach how to crea... | 2018/10/14 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/25061",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/33819/"
] | I've done this a couple times, tho it wasn't always a webapp & wasn't for scaling reasons. Here's what we did:
* Treat it like a new app. In our case, we renamed the app when we did that.
* Put it in its own repo.
* Freeze development on the old one except for critical bugfixes, so all resources can be devoted to the ... | I don't think there's a "right" answer to this. Vicki's answer is perfectly valid. I'm going to give another answer that I think is also right.
Start with making a list of the biggest problems your application has now. Maybe that is database redundancy, load time, architectural fragility, test coverage, whatever. Now ... |
154,819 | According to MW, [*full-blown*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-blown) means
>
> having all of the qualities that are associated with a particular thing or type of person : **fully developed**
>
>
>
Having used it in this sense recently and noting its similarity (in sound and meaning) to the more e... | 2014/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/154819",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | The OED defines *full-blown* as ‘filled with wind, puffed out (lit. and fig.)’. The contemporary Oxford Dictionaries defines it as ‘fully developed’.
The OED’s earliest citation is from 1615:
>
> With cheeks full blowne Each man will wish the case had beene his
> owne.
>
>
>
The earliest floral use comes later... | To **blow** is certainly the verb that is used when a rose goes from bud to bloom, (hence becoming *full-blown*); "One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies/
The Flower that once has blown forever dies." (Fitzgerald, *Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam*, XXVIII; pointless debate continues whether this is actually a free transla... |
154,819 | According to MW, [*full-blown*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-blown) means
>
> having all of the qualities that are associated with a particular thing or type of person : **fully developed**
>
>
>
Having used it in this sense recently and noting its similarity (in sound and meaning) to the more e... | 2014/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/154819",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The OED defines *full-blown* as ‘filled with wind, puffed out (lit. and fig.)’. The contemporary Oxford Dictionaries defines it as ‘fully developed’.
The OED’s earliest citation is from 1615:
>
> With cheeks full blowne Each man will wish the case had beene his
> owne.
>
>
>
The earliest floral use comes later... | "Unambiguously"?
How about Thomas Gray's line from "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat"--
'Twas on a lofty vase's side
Where China's gayest art had dyed
The azure flowers that blow. |
154,819 | According to MW, [*full-blown*](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-blown) means
>
> having all of the qualities that are associated with a particular thing or type of person : **fully developed**
>
>
>
Having used it in this sense recently and noting its similarity (in sound and meaning) to the more e... | 2014/03/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/154819",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | To **blow** is certainly the verb that is used when a rose goes from bud to bloom, (hence becoming *full-blown*); "One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies/
The Flower that once has blown forever dies." (Fitzgerald, *Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam*, XXVIII; pointless debate continues whether this is actually a free transla... | "Unambiguously"?
How about Thomas Gray's line from "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat"--
'Twas on a lofty vase's side
Where China's gayest art had dyed
The azure flowers that blow. |
11,981 | Recently, a proofreader suggested an edit for my story:
>
> a laughter laugh escaped my throat.
>
>
>
The [New Oxford American Dictionary](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/laughter) suggests:
>
> **laughter**
>
> *noun*
>
> [mass noun]
>
>
>
> the action or sound of ... | 2013/11/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/11981",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/30/"
] | Ditto Matt, but maybe it will help if I say it a slightly different way.
"Laughter" is a mass noun, referring to the concept of laughing in general. "Laugh" is a countable noun. A person could let out one laugh or two laughs, but he couldn't make one laughter. On the other hand you could say, "Laughter is not appropri... | The rule here is that the article ***a*** should not be used with uncountable mass nouns such as ***laughter***, whereas it is OK to use it with the ordinary noun ***laugh***.
Hence you can either say:
>
> ***Laughter*** escaped my throat
>
>
> ***A laugh*** escaped my throat
>
>
>
***A laugh*** differs from *... |
66,657 | In the *Fargo* episode *The Gift of the Magi* Ronald Reagan (portrayed by Bruce Campbell) is campaigning for presidency and Lou works as his security detail. They have a conversation in the toilet where Reagan compares (rather inappropriately) Lou's service in Vietnam to his own role in a WW2 movie. Later when Lou [ask... | 2017/01/11 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/66657",
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] | It seems that the show was trying to portray both the warmth and approachability you describe AND the way he was perceived as somewhat superficial.
Specifically addressed by [**Bruce Campbell**](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fargo-bruce-campbell-ronald-reagan-838622) in an interview with *The Hollywood Re... | There are plenty of horrible people who get to positions of great influence because they push the right buttons on people. Those people might also be considered "great communicators," which is essentially what a demagogue does.
Not to say that Reagan was a horrible person.... also, not to say that he wasn't. This is ... |
125,241 | Which of the following sentence is correct/apt to notate the past action which was not executed till date?
Sentence 1:
>
> A request was made for grant of permission to X on April 2013 but it was not done yet.
>
>
>
Sentence 2:
>
> A request has made for grant of permission to X on April 2013 but it was not do... | 2013/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/125241",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/51141/"
] | There are several points here.
When a sentence refers to an event at a particular time in the past, the past tense, rather than the present perfect construction, is used, at least in British English, as in the first part of sentence 1.
The present perfect construction, again in British English, is used to describe a... | This question is horribly confusing to a native speaker. *A grant of permission* does exist in certain contexts, mostly legalese, where it is not exactly the same as *the granting of permission*, or just *permission* which is normal. *Permission to X* only works where X is a verb; if a noun, the phrase is *permission f... |
26,480,818 | Yesterday, I upgraded to iOS 8.1 and now I cannot build apps in Xcode 5.1.1. Is there or is there going to be an iOS 8.1 SDK that I can install on Xcode 5.1.1? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26480818",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/992809/"
] | There is not going to be an iOS 8.1 SDK that you can install on Xcode 5.1.1. Apple doesn't support older versions of Xcode.
You can build apps that are compatible with iOS 8.1 with Xcode 5.x, but you can't use the new features of iOS 8.1. | It's good to know that you can ONLY update to xcode 6.x if you have maverik or yosemite installed. Also Xcode 5.1 will NOT allow iPads with iOS 8.x installed to be used as a developing devices so you are stuck with using only the simulators. While facing the same issue i was trying to update to xcode 6.1 just to find o... |
26,480,818 | Yesterday, I upgraded to iOS 8.1 and now I cannot build apps in Xcode 5.1.1. Is there or is there going to be an iOS 8.1 SDK that I can install on Xcode 5.1.1? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26480818",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/992809/"
] | There is not going to be an iOS 8.1 SDK that you can install on Xcode 5.1.1. Apple doesn't support older versions of Xcode.
You can build apps that are compatible with iOS 8.1 with Xcode 5.x, but you can't use the new features of iOS 8.1. | I have a dual boot machine that boots to 10.8.5 and 10.10.5.
On the 10.10.5 installation, I have Xcode 6.x and Xcode 7.2 (latest as of this writing).
I just built an iOS 8.x application using "Mountain Lion/Xcode 5.1.1/iOS SDK 8.1" and am debugging on an iPod Touch running 8.4.1. In my 10.10 boot, I run Xcode7 and de... |
252,881 | I'm running tests from the same database as I use in development. I recall using Rails and I used a separate database for testing (mainly coz the tutorial I was going by said so). Made sense though. I was wondering it this was the common way to do things or whether there was an alternative. Can anyone shed a little lig... | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/252881",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/142254/"
] | Quite common, but… it is a result of misusing PHPUnit
It is important to distinguish unit-tests from integration-tests and acceptance-tests.
The main aim of PHPUnit is writing unit-tests.
Unit test is supposed to test isolated "units" (functions, public methods). Everything else, including database, is emulated via ... | I used to (not in PHP admittedly, but this applies to every DB) test stored procedures on the dev DB.
DBs have transactions. So start one, truncate tables, insert test data, run tests and then rollback. Your DB will be back to its old state. Simple. |
333,488 | With the Spring'21 release, Salesforce have added an In-App Learning icon to the global header.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yt24r.png)
Is there a way to remove this from the header? | 2021/02/06 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/333488",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/359/"
] | Unfortunately, you cannot remove In-App Learning icon. All users will have access to view the new icon in the global header and the panel. Check more details [here](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_general_inapplearning.htm&release=230&type=5).
Thanks | Currently there is no way to remove the icon, but there is an active idea to allow it to be hidden.
Please vote for this idea, "Option to hide In-App Learning": <https://trailblazer.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=0874V0000015KoMQAU>
And if you are a Salesforce Partner, take a look of this: <https://partners.salesforce.co... |
20,052 | Since they are in fact new to that particular site. They do appear in the frontpage view but I'm wondering if they benefit from appearing in the "New Questions" list.
It has it's pitfalls. Like what if a 2 year old question is migrated. (and more)
And it has it's advantages. Like people who only monitor the "New Ques... | 2009/09/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/20052",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/22459/"
] | I have wanted either that or a new listing of "recently migrated" (something the mods would be very thankful for because of the inevitability of cleanup requirements).
Keeping it in the middle of the list has a tendency for it to get lost in the shuffle and it may not get the attention it needs. | I think this is a great idea. Even if the question is very old, the fact that it was on the wrong site means that it was not viewed by the correct audience. If a question is moved to Server Fault it is still a new question there and deserves a fair shot at getting answered. |
20,052 | Since they are in fact new to that particular site. They do appear in the frontpage view but I'm wondering if they benefit from appearing in the "New Questions" list.
It has it's pitfalls. Like what if a 2 year old question is migrated. (and more)
And it has it's advantages. Like people who only monitor the "New Ques... | 2009/09/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/20052",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/22459/"
] | **Yes**, I think the timestamp should be reset. I mean, *it's a new question*... it just happens to have a closed, locked, doppelganger on another site. Give it a fresh start. | I think this is a great idea. Even if the question is very old, the fact that it was on the wrong site means that it was not viewed by the correct audience. If a question is moved to Server Fault it is still a new question there and deserves a fair shot at getting answered. |
6,807 | Why are there no down votes for comments as there are for questions and answers. People sometimes use the comments to give answers as well. | 2018/10/25 | [
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6807",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.meta.stackexchange.com/users/194168/"
] | Because people should not give answers in the comment section. Such answers should be flagged and deleted, not downvoted.
Comments on Stack Exchange are an afterthought and essentially a "second hand citizen". As you can see when you try to write one, the clarification iterates that they are for asking for clarificati... | This is site wide (through all of SE's networks) and is not going to change as it would affect all sites. This has already been covered here in the meta:
[Allow downvoting comments](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3615/allow-downvoting-comments) |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | Sounds to me that your interviewer was not looking for a data scientist answer but was simply looking to make sure you understand that "normalization" != "performance". So I'll keep this answer at the level that I'm guessing he wanted.
Normalization means minimizing redundancy in stored data. Instead you setup relatio... | Making INSERT statements run faster is a bit of an arcane art. But that's probably not the focus. The point of a database isn't putting data into it; it's getting it back out in interesting and useful ways. So the main things to focus on are SELECT statements.
The first thing I would look at is checking the query plan... |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | I would talk about how there are many things which can be done to improve performance. The first thing is always to investigate if the correct indexes are in place. Of particular concern in a normalized database is making sure FKs are indexed. Likely this would fix many performance issues.
Other things to look at woul... | Making INSERT statements run faster is a bit of an arcane art. But that's probably not the focus. The point of a database isn't putting data into it; it's getting it back out in interesting and useful ways. So the main things to focus on are SELECT statements.
The first thing I would look at is checking the query plan... |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | Making INSERT statements run faster is a bit of an arcane art. But that's probably not the focus. The point of a database isn't putting data into it; it's getting it back out in interesting and useful ways. So the main things to focus on are SELECT statements.
The first thing I would look at is checking the query plan... | Specifically, in the Query Execution Plan look for actions that are table scans instead of index seeks. It is a hint that you might want to add an index to say a column that represents foreign key (they don't get created automatically)
Other options would be to put your data files on different physical disks. Using RA... |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | I would talk about how there are many things which can be done to improve performance. The first thing is always to investigate if the correct indexes are in place. Of particular concern in a normalized database is making sure FKs are indexed. Likely this would fix many performance issues.
Other things to look at woul... | Sounds to me that your interviewer was not looking for a data scientist answer but was simply looking to make sure you understand that "normalization" != "performance". So I'll keep this answer at the level that I'm guessing he wanted.
Normalization means minimizing redundancy in stored data. Instead you setup relatio... |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | Sounds to me that your interviewer was not looking for a data scientist answer but was simply looking to make sure you understand that "normalization" != "performance". So I'll keep this answer at the level that I'm guessing he wanted.
Normalization means minimizing redundancy in stored data. Instead you setup relatio... | Specifically, in the Query Execution Plan look for actions that are table scans instead of index seeks. It is a hint that you might want to add an index to say a column that represents foreign key (they don't get created automatically)
Other options would be to put your data files on different physical disks. Using RA... |
213,722 | An interviewer asked me this question:
>
> Tables are created with appropriate normalization rules, However the database is performing slow. [Ie.: The select, insert statements are taking time to do his operation.] What are areas we need to look to improve the database performance.
>
>
>
Obviously this is a vague... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/213722",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/46506/"
] | I would talk about how there are many things which can be done to improve performance. The first thing is always to investigate if the correct indexes are in place. Of particular concern in a normalized database is making sure FKs are indexed. Likely this would fix many performance issues.
Other things to look at woul... | Specifically, in the Query Execution Plan look for actions that are table scans instead of index seeks. It is a hint that you might want to add an index to say a column that represents foreign key (they don't get created automatically)
Other options would be to put your data files on different physical disks. Using RA... |
14,664,018 | I have a JSF page with charts without AJAX support. I noticed that the time of loading of the charts is very slow. Is it possible for example to load the body of the JSF page and to display "Loading..." inside the DIVs where the charts are positioned while the chart is being loaded? I use Primefaces for charts generati... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14664018",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1103606/"
] | The [downloads API](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/downloads.html) (as of now, available on the dev channel only) seems to support your request. Each invocation of the [chrome.downloads.download](https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/downloads.html#method-download) method constitutes a download of its own in... | Look at Metalink Downloader: <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metalink-downloader/jnpljlobbiggcdikagmiepniibjdinap>
Metalink Downloader can set 10 simultaneous connections to download from one url. |
62,729,716 | I have a Domain class with a Float field named hfMonto, and when updating it in the controller using
hfObject.properties=params
Being params:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xta95.png)
When looking at the table, the hfMonto value is rounded up:
[![en... | 2020/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62729716",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253944/"
] | I finally made it work by changing the database field to *double* and the Domain attribute to *BigDecimal*. | My suggestion is to check the database field; sometimes the database field (in the actual database) does not match the hibernate field
Make sure that what you are returning from your frontend is what you are expecting; sometimes the frontend returns a 'string' which chops the floating point. |
1,650 | **Background**:
If I like a particular song, I listen to it while doing other things until I get sick of that song. This creates an extremely strong bond between the two things: the song and the activity. The activities usually being programming languages or video games. Whenever I hear the song again, the emotions and... | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/1650",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/1186/"
] | I believe this phenomenon is well known in cognitive science. That is how our memory works.
The simpliest explanation would be the Hebbian learning rule: "Neurons that fire together, wire together." So, you can imagine some neurons firing when you hear the music and some when you see the game. Now, if these used to fi... | According to network models of memory, when information is stored in memory, it is not stored separately and by itself, but together with all the other aspects of the situation that you percieved. For example, if you listen to music, you do not simply memorize the tune, but also your mood, the causes for that mood (you... |
1,650 | **Background**:
If I like a particular song, I listen to it while doing other things until I get sick of that song. This creates an extremely strong bond between the two things: the song and the activity. The activities usually being programming languages or video games. Whenever I hear the song again, the emotions and... | 2012/09/16 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/1650",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/1186/"
] | I believe this phenomenon is well known in cognitive science. That is how our memory works.
The simpliest explanation would be the Hebbian learning rule: "Neurons that fire together, wire together." So, you can imagine some neurons firing when you hear the music and some when you see the game. Now, if these used to fi... | [Janata's (2009) study](http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/11/2579.full) might be of interest to you. Specifically the paper proposes that the Media Pre-Frontal Cortex (MPFC) "...associates music and memories when we experience emotionally
salient episodic memories that are triggered by familiar songs from
our... |
262,390 | In English, do you have a proverb like “big fish eats small fish” which means “justice belongs to the stronger”?
For example, suppose there is a successful new startup. Big companies start to eye the smaller one. Finally they acquire the small startup even though the startup wants to be independent. But the startup co... | 2015/07/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262390",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/105551/"
] | We have an allied proverb sometimes referred to as "the New Golden Rule":
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> He who has the gold rules.
>
>
>
Doyle, Mieder & Shapiro, *The [Yale] Dictionary of Modern Proverbs* (2012), expresses this saying somewhat differently:
>
> He who has the gold makes the rules.
>
>
>
or
>
> Whoever has the gold ... | An old proverb, **"The weakest go to the wall"** (or "...goes to the wall" as in Romeo and Juliet) looks like what you are looking for.
>
> * "go to the wall" - Lose a conflict, be defeated [TFD](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/go+to+the+wall)
>
>
>
There is also **"The House always wins."**, an old proverb ... |
262,390 | In English, do you have a proverb like “big fish eats small fish” which means “justice belongs to the stronger”?
For example, suppose there is a successful new startup. Big companies start to eye the smaller one. Finally they acquire the small startup even though the startup wants to be independent. But the startup co... | 2015/07/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262390",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/105551/"
] | We have an allied proverb sometimes referred to as "the New Golden Rule":
>
> He who has the gold rules.
>
>
>
Doyle, Mieder & Shapiro, *The [Yale] Dictionary of Modern Proverbs* (2012), expresses this saying somewhat differently:
>
> He who has the gold makes the rules.
>
>
>
or
>
> Whoever has the gold ... | Another saying that can convey the concept you are referring to is:
***[The law of the jungle](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/the+law+of+the+jungle):***
>
> * the way in which only the strongest and cleverest people in a society stay alive or succeed.
>
>
> + I was brought up on the streets where the law o... |
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