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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I have a couple of suggestions. However, before I present the books let me add that they are not 'for dummies' and they won't teach you a thing unless you work on them doing at least a couple of exercises and really spending some time trying to grasp them. They will surely take more than '21 days'...
* Logic and Compu... | The first book that pops into my mind is [Concrete Mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Mathematics), especially for a self-learner. It would nicely fill the Discrete Mathematics portion of your journey. Donald Knuth is one of the co-authors. The content has been battle-tested in a course at Stanford, and... |
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | The first book that pops into my mind is [Concrete Mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Mathematics), especially for a self-learner. It would nicely fill the Discrete Mathematics portion of your journey. Donald Knuth is one of the co-authors. The content has been battle-tested in a course at Stanford, and... | I highly recommend [The Cartoon Guide to Statistics](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0062731025). It's accessible if you can handle high school algebra, but I don't know of a better work for gaining an intuition for working with *p*-values and other tests of statistical significance. |
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | The first book that pops into my mind is [Concrete Mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Mathematics), especially for a self-learner. It would nicely fill the Discrete Mathematics portion of your journey. Donald Knuth is one of the co-authors. The content has been battle-tested in a course at Stanford, and... | If you want to learn linear algebra (essential for search and information retrieval type work), I can highly recommend Strang's book: [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0980232716/ref=pd\_bxgy\_b\_text\_b](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0980232716) |
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> [Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/85506/is-there-a-canonical-book-on-mathematics-for-programmers)
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | The first book that pops into my mind is [Concrete Mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Mathematics), especially for a self-learner. It would nicely fill the Discrete Mathematics portion of your journey. Donald Knuth is one of the co-authors. The content has been battle-tested in a course at Stanford, and... | I would like to add:
Introduction to Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics and its Applications |
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I have a couple of suggestions. However, before I present the books let me add that they are not 'for dummies' and they won't teach you a thing unless you work on them doing at least a couple of exercises and really spending some time trying to grasp them. They will surely take more than '21 days'...
* Logic and Compu... | I highly recommend [The Cartoon Guide to Statistics](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0062731025). It's accessible if you can handle high school algebra, but I don't know of a better work for gaining an intuition for working with *p*-values and other tests of statistical significance. |
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I have a couple of suggestions. However, before I present the books let me add that they are not 'for dummies' and they won't teach you a thing unless you work on them doing at least a couple of exercises and really spending some time trying to grasp them. They will surely take more than '21 days'...
* Logic and Compu... | If you want to learn linear algebra (essential for search and information retrieval type work), I can highly recommend Strang's book: [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0980232716/ref=pd\_bxgy\_b\_text\_b](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0980232716) |
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> [Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/85506/is-there-a-canonical-book-on-mathematics-for-programmers)
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I have a couple of suggestions. However, before I present the books let me add that they are not 'for dummies' and they won't teach you a thing unless you work on them doing at least a couple of exercises and really spending some time trying to grasp them. They will surely take more than '21 days'...
* Logic and Compu... | I would like to add:
Introduction to Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics and its Applications |
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> [Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/85506/is-there-a-canonical-book-on-mathematics-for-programmers)
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I highly recommend [The Cartoon Guide to Statistics](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0062731025). It's accessible if you can handle high school algebra, but I don't know of a better work for gaining an intuition for working with *p*-values and other tests of statistical significance. | If you want to learn linear algebra (essential for search and information retrieval type work), I can highly recommend Strang's book: [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0980232716/ref=pd\_bxgy\_b\_text\_b](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0980232716) |
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> [Is there a canonical book on mathematics for programmers?](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/85506/is-there-a-canonical-book-on-mathematics-for-programmers)
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I need your recommendation for math books related to computer science in these areas:
* Bool... | 2011/04/09 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/66764",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/22785/"
] | I highly recommend [The Cartoon Guide to Statistics](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0062731025). It's accessible if you can handle high school algebra, but I don't know of a better work for gaining an intuition for working with *p*-values and other tests of statistical significance. | I would like to add:
Introduction to Algorithms
Discrete Mathematics and its Applications |
34,752 | I wrote a mathematics manuscript (see [Extremely mild punishments for academic misconduct](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34735/extremely-mild-punishments-for-academic-misconduct)), and sent it to a professor, who then attempted to have it published after adding coauthors to the paper. His misconduct is n... | 2014/12/24 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34752",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/26808/"
] | You have a third choice:
Do not forget that all the authors should sign a contract before publishing a paper.
I am not telling you not to sign it.
However, it would be a good approach if you told your professor
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> I am sure that huge improvements can still be made on this paper.
> Could you please delay the submis... | I think cagirici's advice is sound but, of course involves a bit of confrontation. In fact there are no actions other than letting the whole thing pass that would not involve something that would do so. It sounds to me as if your work although not of publication quality at this time really is yours. This makes the acti... |
34,752 | I wrote a mathematics manuscript (see [Extremely mild punishments for academic misconduct](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34735/extremely-mild-punishments-for-academic-misconduct)), and sent it to a professor, who then attempted to have it published after adding coauthors to the paper. His misconduct is n... | 2014/12/24 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34752",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/26808/"
] | You have a third choice:
Do not forget that all the authors should sign a contract before publishing a paper.
I am not telling you not to sign it.
However, it would be a good approach if you told your professor
>
> I am sure that huge improvements can still be made on this paper.
> Could you please delay the submis... | First, I'd say try as hard as you can to see if what you've done is already known. It sounds like there's a good chance for this to be the case if it's simple mathematics (which I infer from your question and the comments). (Math Stack Exchange might be useful here.) If so, you can just provide the professor the refere... |
34,752 | I wrote a mathematics manuscript (see [Extremely mild punishments for academic misconduct](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34735/extremely-mild-punishments-for-academic-misconduct)), and sent it to a professor, who then attempted to have it published after adding coauthors to the paper. His misconduct is n... | 2014/12/24 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34752",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/26808/"
] | You have a third choice:
Do not forget that all the authors should sign a contract before publishing a paper.
I am not telling you not to sign it.
However, it would be a good approach if you told your professor
>
> I am sure that huge improvements can still be made on this paper.
> Could you please delay the submis... | Just publish the paper and move on. No one is going to hold you accountable for publishing some paper that is not spectacular. Academics are judged by the number of successes and not penalized by the number of subpar efforts. Don't create a confrontation that is not necessary as this person is going to have an effect o... |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | The only way to get started would be to pick problems. Division I is the more difficult division, so you will probably find that the division I medium and hard problems will be somewhat interesting and challenging (unless you are quite clever.)
If you check the event calendar, you can see what algorithm competition ro... | Try whit <http://projecteuler.net> Problems difficulty can be assumed by number of solvers.
I prefer this page, because it is language invariant and problems are really challenging |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | TopCoder algorithm contests are a way to develop your coding speed. Solving any of the problems in the practice arena is difficult unless you already have knowledge of various algorithms.
The problems on [Project Euler](http://projecteuler.net/) suffer from the same flaw. You already have to know the algorithms to sol... | Try whit <http://projecteuler.net> Problems difficulty can be assumed by number of solvers.
I prefer this page, because it is language invariant and problems are really challenging |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | Try whit <http://projecteuler.net> Problems difficulty can be assumed by number of solvers.
I prefer this page, because it is language invariant and problems are really challenging | You need the experience of solving 2 problems in any online judge (like <http://www.spoj.com>, <http://www.lightoj.com>, <http://www.codeforces.com>) in any programming language of your choice. That will give you an idea about how are your programs tested online.
Then you can follow this -> <http://localboyfrommadurai... |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | The only way to get started would be to pick problems. Division I is the more difficult division, so you will probably find that the division I medium and hard problems will be somewhat interesting and challenging (unless you are quite clever.)
If you check the event calendar, you can see what algorithm competition ro... | TopCoder algorithm contests are a way to develop your coding speed. Solving any of the problems in the practice arena is difficult unless you already have knowledge of various algorithms.
The problems on [Project Euler](http://projecteuler.net/) suffer from the same flaw. You already have to know the algorithms to sol... |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | The only way to get started would be to pick problems. Division I is the more difficult division, so you will probably find that the division I medium and hard problems will be somewhat interesting and challenging (unless you are quite clever.)
If you check the event calendar, you can see what algorithm competition ro... | You need the experience of solving 2 problems in any online judge (like <http://www.spoj.com>, <http://www.lightoj.com>, <http://www.codeforces.com>) in any programming language of your choice. That will give you an idea about how are your programs tested online.
Then you can follow this -> <http://localboyfrommadurai... |
3,010,380 | Hey Overflow, I have an application which serves as a user interface for a spartan/command line program.
I have the program running on a separate process, and my application monitors it to see if it is responding and how mush CPU it is utilising.
Now I have a list of files in my program (listbox) which are to be sent... | 2010/06/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3010380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/325238/"
] | TopCoder algorithm contests are a way to develop your coding speed. Solving any of the problems in the practice arena is difficult unless you already have knowledge of various algorithms.
The problems on [Project Euler](http://projecteuler.net/) suffer from the same flaw. You already have to know the algorithms to sol... | You need the experience of solving 2 problems in any online judge (like <http://www.spoj.com>, <http://www.lightoj.com>, <http://www.codeforces.com>) in any programming language of your choice. That will give you an idea about how are your programs tested online.
Then you can follow this -> <http://localboyfrommadurai... |
193,233 | Large house with attached garage. Overhead wires come to meter located at rear of garage....then running along-side 2 sides of house at great distance electrical & cable runs through an underground conduit to ultimately arrive at its final underground point to enter full basement & large main electrical panel.
We want... | 2020/05/20 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/193233",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/117520/"
] | By modern code in the US you will need a disconnect outside, then both panels could be fed from that. Putting the disconnect close to the meter would be the easiest way and a disconnect that has or can accommodate double lugs to feed the other panel. | Assuming you are in the US or Canada:
Is there a Main Breaker in your meter panel, or is it a meter socket all by itself?
From the meter to the Main is considered your "Service Entrance" and that first device must be listed as "Suitable for Use as Service Equipment" (affectionately called Susie Labeled because of S.U... |
193,233 | Large house with attached garage. Overhead wires come to meter located at rear of garage....then running along-side 2 sides of house at great distance electrical & cable runs through an underground conduit to ultimately arrive at its final underground point to enter full basement & large main electrical panel.
We want... | 2020/05/20 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/193233",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/117520/"
] | Assuming you are in the US or Canada:
Is there a Main Breaker in your meter panel, or is it a meter socket all by itself?
From the meter to the Main is considered your "Service Entrance" and that first device must be listed as "Suitable for Use as Service Equipment" (affectionately called Susie Labeled because of S.U... | If you have a meter main and you use seu to go in the house and don’t put an emergency disconnect sticker on the meter main then yes indoor has to be a sub panel if you put an emergency disconnect sticker at the meter main and service disconnect inside the house on house panel the panel does not have to be made a sub p... |
193,233 | Large house with attached garage. Overhead wires come to meter located at rear of garage....then running along-side 2 sides of house at great distance electrical & cable runs through an underground conduit to ultimately arrive at its final underground point to enter full basement & large main electrical panel.
We want... | 2020/05/20 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/193233",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/117520/"
] | By modern code in the US you will need a disconnect outside, then both panels could be fed from that. Putting the disconnect close to the meter would be the easiest way and a disconnect that has or can accommodate double lugs to feed the other panel. | If you have a meter main and you use seu to go in the house and don’t put an emergency disconnect sticker on the meter main then yes indoor has to be a sub panel if you put an emergency disconnect sticker at the meter main and service disconnect inside the house on house panel the panel does not have to be made a sub p... |
47,494 | Around the end of May (which would be the end of Fall here in the southern hemisphere) I bought a small potted Fittonia to keep in my bedroom. As you can see in the picture, by the time it came it was very bushy:
The store I bought it from recommended that I water it (4-... | 2019/08/30 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/47494",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/26864/"
] | People will often only notice the [rose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_hip) when it is in blossom. This is what it looks like after the flowers fruit. There are some recipes that you'll find that need rose hip. | It's a rose, possibly Rosa rugosa, though there are others which produce large, bright red hips. The hips are formed after the flowers have gone and are actually seed pods; some roses are grown for their decorative hips rather than their flowers. Image of the flower and the hips of rosa rugosa here <https://www.davidau... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Frame challenge: They already dominate the whole world, because they are the ones who actually built the modern world.
You say that:
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> it's just how it always been
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I'm going to arbitrarily take this in the almost literal sense that no recorded history exists of a time when these people were not alive. Th... | The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. Not even stupidity exceeds it. If they have access to compound interest, they will dominate, there are no factors that can change this. Even without immortality, compound interest is so extreme as to challenge my ability to describe it... note that the other... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | **[Struldbruggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrugg)**
There is a classic solution to this problem, described by Jonathan Swift in his iconic Gulliver's Travels. In there, a nation of Luggnagg had a similar issue with a number of immortal people.
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> those immortals would in time become proprietors of the who... | When you are immortal you have no particular interest in worldly possessions any more. Been there, done that. Material wealth comes and goes; material possessions decay. Immortality changes your perspective. It makes you humble.
From the perspective of an immortal, the only things that persist through the ages are the... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | >
> a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal
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How does that 1% work? If some immortals are killed by accident, are new immortals born to take their place? Are 1% of babies born immortal? Or is it a fixed population of immortals that may be depleted over time by accidents?
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> the... | The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. Not even stupidity exceeds it. If they have access to compound interest, they will dominate, there are no factors that can change this. Even without immortality, compound interest is so extreme as to challenge my ability to describe it... note that the other... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | ### Everyone hates them
You mentioned they can still be killed. Well, human jealousy is definitely a thing, and I imagine most people would consider it "unfair" that a few people can potentially live forever. This isn't a huge problem for the first thirty years or so, but once it becomes "obvious" that a certain perso... | You could compare this to the entailed estates of English aristocracy. While individuals were not immortal, the estates - passed down from eldest son to eldest son - were intended to be. Yet it took just one or two generations to be bad gamblers, or back the wrong side in civil wars, for the estate to become bankrupt. |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | ### Everyone hates them
You mentioned they can still be killed. Well, human jealousy is definitely a thing, and I imagine most people would consider it "unfair" that a few people can potentially live forever. This isn't a huge problem for the first thirty years or so, but once it becomes "obvious" that a certain perso... | **Give ownership of money a time-limit**
In our modern world, this would entail something of a fundamental re-write of banking, but conceptually shouldn't be impossible.
Essentially every penny in existence is associated with a date that it changed hands.
After say.. 10 - 20 years, money that hasn't changed hands le... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | When you are immortal you have no particular interest in worldly possessions any more. Been there, done that. Material wealth comes and goes; material possessions decay. Immortality changes your perspective. It makes you humble.
From the perspective of an immortal, the only things that persist through the ages are the... | **Give ownership of money a time-limit**
In our modern world, this would entail something of a fundamental re-write of banking, but conceptually shouldn't be impossible.
Essentially every penny in existence is associated with a date that it changed hands.
After say.. 10 - 20 years, money that hasn't changed hands le... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | ### Everyone hates them
You mentioned they can still be killed. Well, human jealousy is definitely a thing, and I imagine most people would consider it "unfair" that a few people can potentially live forever. This isn't a huge problem for the first thirty years or so, but once it becomes "obvious" that a certain perso... | It's not a problem.
===================
You might thank that an immortal will eventually gain lots of wealth. But in actual practice the financial situation of an immortal is not different from a non-immortal with a family. One normal person accumulates, passes that down to their child, who uses it to accumulate more,... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | **[Struldbruggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struldbrugg)**
There is a classic solution to this problem, described by Jonathan Swift in his iconic Gulliver's Travels. In there, a nation of Luggnagg had a similar issue with a number of immortal people.
>
> those immortals would in time become proprietors of the who... | The last 300 years have been a historical anomaly. In addition, that anomaly suffers from survivorship bias.
If you took some money 300 years ago, and invested it in the right kinds of assets in the right corner of the world, you'd easily be insanely wealthy today.
But pick the wrong corner of the world, and your inv... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | **we already do this, so it won't be as hard as you think**
In fact, I suspect the bigger problem would be the consequence of immortal welfare recipients.
We already have (in the United States, probably different elsewhere) a whole set of laws that make it pretty messy to transfer wealth from parent to child. To avoi... | When you are immortal you have no particular interest in worldly possessions any more. Been there, done that. Material wealth comes and goes; material possessions decay. Immortality changes your perspective. It makes you humble.
From the perspective of an immortal, the only things that persist through the ages are the... |
215,784 | Modern earth, no magic. Only difference is that a small percentage (~1%) of the population are biologically immortal, they can die by accidents/murder/etc but are immune to old age and disease (they will spend forever in perfect health).
My question is how do I stop these people from dominating the economy? They have ... | 2021/10/20 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215784",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/47706/"
] | >
> even small investments will grow and grow and grow
>
>
>
This is a wrong assumption: imagine you are one of those immortals, and at the time of the roman empire you invest your money in a [garum](https://history.stackexchange.com/q/66273) factory or in manufacturing purple dye, just to name two industries with... | In order of dramatic effect in your story:
1. They must keep it secret. Anybody (mortal or immortal) found to be obscenely rich is suspected to be in immortal and lynched. The smartest immortals have managed to hide their assets extremely well, others have to feign illness or even death periodically to prevent lynchin... |
91,207 | Attempting to install WSUS 3.0 SP2 on a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise system. I'm asking the setup to create a new database on one of our existing SQL Server 2005 systems. When the setup gets to the "configuring database" step it stops and throws "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run a... | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/91207",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3111/"
] | I've found it's much easier to install WSUS to the Win Internal Database then move the DB to another SQL server. Here's the [MS article on moving the DB after the fact](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708558%28WS.10%29.aspx). I've done this several times and it works like a charm every time. | Without seeing the wsusca.log files this is a partial guess, but it sounds like the user you are using does not have permissions to the sql server you are trying to use.
Check out [this](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920660) technet article on the subject. |
116,266 | I recently setup my own CA, and imported the CA cert into devices across the company. I then deployed certificates to our various servers, etc.. All using SHA-1 signatures (the default in the tool I was using: XCA).
Today I discovered the SHA-1 warning in chrome when browsing any of our servers. Oops. Can I just issue... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/116266",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/103038/"
] | With regards to Chrome browser:
1. Self-signed certificate that is inside your trust store is OK with SHA-1.
2. Root cert is OK with SHA-1. (This is just repeating point 1 in other words.)
3. All the other certificates in the chain need to be SHA-2. SHA-1 generates a warning.
The cause for the special treatment of se... | 1. There's no difference in scope of security about a self-signed or brand-signed certificate : you **must** use a solid bricks to build a durable walls. I'm using SHA-512, and it seems to be fine
2. There's a good practice to use same security/encryption schemas everywhere, it makes things secure by eliminating a "zoo... |
10,443 | In school and at university we never had eigenvalues nor differential equations, so these concepts were really giving me a hard time. Now I developed some intuition for both concepts.
I learned that both are connected in some way, i.e. there is an eigenvector/eigenvalue approach to solve differential equations. Unfort... | 2010/11/15 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/10443",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | You could think of eigenvectors as giving you the coordinate system in which your problem has the simplest form. It's analogous to working physical problems by turning your coordinate system the right way to make some term go away. | This is the best explanation I have seen so far. This short paper not only explains the connection between eigenvalues, eigenvectors and differential equations using very clear, undergraduate math but also has lots of visualizations... and nice examples concerning the development of Romeo's and Juliet's love:
<http://... |
10,443 | In school and at university we never had eigenvalues nor differential equations, so these concepts were really giving me a hard time. Now I developed some intuition for both concepts.
I learned that both are connected in some way, i.e. there is an eigenvector/eigenvalue approach to solve differential equations. Unfort... | 2010/11/15 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/10443",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | You could think of eigenvectors as giving you the coordinate system in which your problem has the simplest form. It's analogous to working physical problems by turning your coordinate system the right way to make some term go away. | A good reference is here: <http://www.sosmath.com/diffeq/system/linear/eigenvalue/eigenvalue.html> |
14,720 | I am currently building a self balancing robot using an L298N motors driver,and MPU6050 using an arduino microcontroller.
I managed to control my motors movements with no issues. After I extracted the data from my MPU6050 which was easy by using MPU6050 library I faced a problem: When linking the motors movement acco... | 2015/08/31 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/14720",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/12124/"
] | The MPU6050 is an I2C device. By default the Arduino uses the internal pullup resistors in the IO pins for the pullups on the I2C bus.
This is bad - it makes the I2C bus *very* susceptible to noise, and motors are *very* noisy devices.
You need to make sure you have appropriate pullup resistors on the I2C bus (3.3KΩ ... | This answer addresses the additional questions in Salah's comment:
>
> I am using a 12V battery to power my motors and the ground of the battery is linked to the ground of my motor driver then mounted onto the arduino. So you mean i must use 3.3K resistors and connect them to the SDA and SCL pins on the MPU6050??to p... |
1,102,970 | I want to start unit testing my javascript files as part of my build process in an MVC application I am building using jquery and jqueryUI.
I know how to use qunit and jsunit but I want to try and get VS to run these tests and integrate the results into my build process.
Has anyone got any ideas on where to begin wit... | 2009/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1102970",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/44295/"
] | Take a lookt at [JSUnit MSBuild task](http://blog.bluewire-technologies.com/2008/01/30/jsunit-msbuild-task/). I'm sure there's something similar for qunit, JSSpec, etc. | the build task suggested by mgroves worked however it only unit tested the functions and not the javascript events.
I discovered [Watin](http://watin.sourceforge.net/) pronounced "What-In". This allows you to fully control web browser and interact with the loaded web pages. IT's early days yet but I think this is a ve... |
9,201,954 | I am tying to integrate a gwt project with my already running spring project.
i am using eclispe, and i have a Spring MVC application that receives JSON requests.
i am using the built in Tomcat to run my MVC application.
now i would like to create a new GWT project and have it communicate with my spring project with ... | 2012/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9201954",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/445468/"
] | You need to select that you are running on an external server:
 | That is a question that can't just be answered with yes or no. It all depends on your overall architecture and what you are trying to achieve.
As I said, if it is both the same application I'd recommend to integrate the Spring project into the web project. (and if that's the case, the spring project does not need to ... |
328,506 | "It didn't happen the way I had thought it would have happened."
So, I used Past Perfect in the second part of the sentence to specify that the thought process had occurred before the actual action was carried out. Hoewever, I am unsure whether that's the appropriate way of using it, especially with the last part of t... | 2022/12/04 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/328506",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/165424/"
] | Your sentence is correct and does mean what you want.
But complex mixes of tenses are hard to understand (as you have discovered) They are hard for native speakers too! So we try to avoid them for the sake of clarity. You could rephase:
>
> I thought it would have happened differently.
>
>
>
Your sentence is als... | Your sentence isn't quite correct. *[ "Would have" + past participle ]* is an *unreal* construction, and implies some unreal condition, but you're just expressing your past thought about the future, which doesn't require unreal grammar:
>
> It didn't happen the way I had thought it **was going to (happen)**.
>
> O... |
248,221 | Does the RS-485 Standard include an error detection/correction scheme?
RS-232 has a parity bit for error detection, but I do not know anything related to error detection/correction in the RS-485 interface. | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/248221",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/116342/"
] | RS-485 and RS-232 a electrical-only standards. The same data encoding scheme is usually used on both. The difference is that RS-232 uses a single wire for the signal with levels below -5 V and above +5 V, while RS-485 uses a differential pair with 0-5 V levels. RS-485 is also intended to be multi-drop whereas RS-232 is... | RS-485 has several advantages over RS-232.
* Multi-drop from one master to multiple slave nodes.
* Differential signals for higher noise immunity.
* Lower voltages means that a 5 V PSU can be used.
With the multi-drop facility it is necessary for the transmitter and receivers to be a little smarter than may be requir... |
176,167 | Hey i made a Animation and everything is going way to fast, is there an option to slow down ALL Animations in a project and render it again but slower? | 2020/04/28 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/176167",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/94946/"
] | It depends on if you want to slow down the animations or the render:
* To slow down the animations themselves, go into the *Dopesheet*, put your blue cursor at frame 0 (the cursor position will determine the operation center), select all and scale up with `S` + drag.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kPjAk.png)
1. Turn off Only Selected (red)
2. Set pivot to 2D Cursor (blue)
3. Go to frame 1, hit s -> x and move your mouse or type in 2 for twice as slow.
Note that this won't effect d... |
59,768 | I was wondering which of the two sentences are correct:
1. The homework was due today
2. The homework is due today
My story is written in past tense, but character X says this in narration during the morning of the due date, not after, thus giving me the feeling that it should be 'the homework is due today'. However,... | 2021/12/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/59768",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/52896/"
] | Tenses in direct speech are different from the tense written otherwise. "was" suggests that the character has missed the deadline, while "is" suggests that the deadline has yet to be crossed. Perhaps an opinion, but "was" suggests that the character knows the time of the deadline and it has past, while "is" suggests th... | You write the characters saying what is appropriate for them to say at the moment they are speaking, except when the plot or characterization requires them to speak inappropriately for the circumstances.
That includes the characters using the tense that is correct at the moment they are speaking.
Or in some cases the... |
36,534 | What is the coding language used for the software used on the ISS? Is it NASA's own coding language, or is it something like C, or C#, maybe Haskell? | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/36534",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/30194/"
] | Almost all of the safety critical software that runs on the US side of the Space Station is written in Ada. I wrote "almost all" rather than "all" because there are probably some low level device drivers written in assembly. I can't find out in which language / languages the code that runs on the Russian side was writt... | There are a lot of programs involved in running the ISS. The exact details are difficult to discern, a lot of NASA's software is available [via this site](https://software.nasa.gov/), with some restrictions, but here is what I can find.
* Astrobee- Runs the "Robotic Operating System"
* Geolocation via a Python Library... |
202,850 | A player of mine wanted to play a hamadryad based on the old 4e version and this is what I came up with. The lore is that they're dryads who, through falling in love with a mortal or some other means, have unbound themselves from their home tree.
* **Ability Score Increase.** Your Wisdom score increases by 1 and your ... | 2022/11/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/202850",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/79506/"
] | This is quite strong
--------------------
I am going to use [Detect Balance](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/200314/what-is-detect-balance) to baseline this. It is not perfect, but helps with tallying the impact for traits that are standard or not strongly synergistic. It scores races on a point scale, with a ... | ### Mostly fine except for Enchanting Beauty
I would maybe tone this one down to **once per long rest**, and not once per short rest, to make it more in line with other official racial abilities such as
>
> **Gift of the Svirfneblin.** Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the disguise self spell with this trait. [...... |
323,579 | Lately I've been finding LOTS of JavaScript questions where had the OP even looked at the error console it would have explained what was going on.
I want to encourage people to read the console, so I let them know that they could have (should have) done so.
This particular question was my latest victim: <https://stac... | 2016/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/323579",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/807787/"
] | Overall, your message is fine. The only thing I would change is this
>
> Had you looked at the error console, it would have informed you what the issue was.
>
>
>
to this
>
> If you look at the error console, it can tell you what the issue is.
>
>
>
By phrasing it in the past tense, you're telling the OP th... | Things to think about:
People only learn as fast as they can.
Don't confuse a sub-optimal editorial or composition skills for a lack of knowledge or sincerity.
If a question irritates you, don't try to answer it - just move on and have a better day.
If all you have is a good guess at an answer, don't answer.
I hav... |
323,579 | Lately I've been finding LOTS of JavaScript questions where had the OP even looked at the error console it would have explained what was going on.
I want to encourage people to read the console, so I let them know that they could have (should have) done so.
This particular question was my latest victim: <https://stac... | 2016/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/323579",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/807787/"
] | Overall, your message is fine. The only thing I would change is this
>
> Had you looked at the error console, it would have informed you what the issue was.
>
>
>
to this
>
> If you look at the error console, it can tell you what the issue is.
>
>
>
By phrasing it in the past tense, you're telling the OP th... | @jeremy-j-starcher, you are a lot more experienced on SO than I am, so it's a bit hard for me to be so bold as to try and answer this, but this is a question/answer forum, so here I go.
The Raison d'être for Stack Overflow and the like is the fact that people do not know what they don't and need help learning. I belie... |
323,579 | Lately I've been finding LOTS of JavaScript questions where had the OP even looked at the error console it would have explained what was going on.
I want to encourage people to read the console, so I let them know that they could have (should have) done so.
This particular question was my latest victim: <https://stac... | 2016/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/323579",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/807787/"
] | Things to think about:
People only learn as fast as they can.
Don't confuse a sub-optimal editorial or composition skills for a lack of knowledge or sincerity.
If a question irritates you, don't try to answer it - just move on and have a better day.
If all you have is a good guess at an answer, don't answer.
I hav... | @jeremy-j-starcher, you are a lot more experienced on SO than I am, so it's a bit hard for me to be so bold as to try and answer this, but this is a question/answer forum, so here I go.
The Raison d'être for Stack Overflow and the like is the fact that people do not know what they don't and need help learning. I belie... |
116,818 | Here is my exterior hose bibb:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/120zo.jpg)
Also from the inside:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hQFQG.jpg)
The valve stem is so old it crumbled when I tr... | 2017/06/19 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/116818",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/920/"
] | So what I did took a couple of weekends and the acquisition of new tools and skills, but I figured it out to my satisfaction.
I did Steps 1 and 2 from my checklist above. For the spacer, I build a 3x5" box out of 3/8" plywood and scribed the edges to match the uneven cinder block. I used a rotary rasp bit on my drill ... | I would not set the new one in the same place.
Temporarily remove the fiberglass insulation and drill a new hole in the wood siding and relocate the hose bib there. It needs to go up and to the left or right to do so. A couple of elbows added, a few short pieces of pipe, a little masonry cement to plug the old locatio... |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | there is [pysvn](http://pysvn.tigris.org) : you can integrate this with your favorite python web framework. | <http://www.thoughtspark.org/node/11> SharpSvn: |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | there is [pysvn](http://pysvn.tigris.org) : you can integrate this with your favorite python web framework. | You could try [Svn.NET](http://www.pumacode.org/projects/svndotnet/).
And here are some more options for .NET in a similar post:
[Is there a Subversion API that can be used to program against in .NET](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/287862/is-there-a-subversion-api-that-can-be-used-to-program-against-in-net) |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | there is [pysvn](http://pysvn.tigris.org) : you can integrate this with your favorite python web framework. | [SVNKit](http://svnkit.com/) is a pure Java Subversion client library.
>
> SVNKit supports all standard
> Subversion operations, both on working
> copies and repository. It is
> compatible with all versions of
> Subversion, works over HTTP, SSH, SVN
> and FILE protocols. It provides API to
> version virtually ... |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | <http://www.thoughtspark.org/node/11> SharpSvn: | You could try [Svn.NET](http://www.pumacode.org/projects/svndotnet/).
And here are some more options for .NET in a similar post:
[Is there a Subversion API that can be used to program against in .NET](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/287862/is-there-a-subversion-api-that-can-be-used-to-program-against-in-net) |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | [SVNKit](http://svnkit.com/) is a pure Java Subversion client library.
>
> SVNKit supports all standard
> Subversion operations, both on working
> copies and repository. It is
> compatible with all versions of
> Subversion, works over HTTP, SSH, SVN
> and FILE protocols. It provides API to
> version virtually ... | <http://www.thoughtspark.org/node/11> SharpSvn: |
1,844,301 | looking for subversion api wrappers that would let me make calls to subversion via a web application.
any language at this point | 2009/12/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1844301",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68183/"
] | [SVNKit](http://svnkit.com/) is a pure Java Subversion client library.
>
> SVNKit supports all standard
> Subversion operations, both on working
> copies and repository. It is
> compatible with all versions of
> Subversion, works over HTTP, SSH, SVN
> and FILE protocols. It provides API to
> version virtually ... | You could try [Svn.NET](http://www.pumacode.org/projects/svndotnet/).
And here are some more options for .NET in a similar post:
[Is there a Subversion API that can be used to program against in .NET](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/287862/is-there-a-subversion-api-that-can-be-used-to-program-against-in-net) |
50,409 | I have recently joined a work place and have tried to be easy to approach and friendly to my coworkers.
However a few of the employees hired after me seem to make a lot of jokes towards me, or at my expense.
I understand that some work environments are more relaxed than others and that some people connect through j... | 2015/07/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/50409",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Short answer:** Call them out - firmly but politely!
A little banter in the workplace can be fine, as long as the participants are willing. However, this sounds like it may be a case of *workplace bullying*, depending on the nature of the comments. You could say something like:
>
> I like a joke or some banter as... | Don't make it complicated - if you have to get back to work, say that you have to get back to work. Take off to do your own thing, don't give them a chance to argue with you. If you are at lunch or on a break or if they need help from you, you can go back to being easily approachable :) |
50,409 | I have recently joined a work place and have tried to be easy to approach and friendly to my coworkers.
However a few of the employees hired after me seem to make a lot of jokes towards me, or at my expense.
I understand that some work environments are more relaxed than others and that some people connect through j... | 2015/07/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/50409",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **Short answer:** Call them out - firmly but politely!
A little banter in the workplace can be fine, as long as the participants are willing. However, this sounds like it may be a case of *workplace bullying*, depending on the nature of the comments. You could say something like:
>
> I like a joke or some banter as... | It seems like you're combining several things here. Being professional doesn't mean you don't joke at work nor does it mean you never interrupt or distract someone who is working. If you accuse them of this, you won't be addressing the real problem: they're offending you.
Tell them you don't think these particular kin... |
50,409 | I have recently joined a work place and have tried to be easy to approach and friendly to my coworkers.
However a few of the employees hired after me seem to make a lot of jokes towards me, or at my expense.
I understand that some work environments are more relaxed than others and that some people connect through j... | 2015/07/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/50409",
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] | Don't make it complicated - if you have to get back to work, say that you have to get back to work. Take off to do your own thing, don't give them a chance to argue with you. If you are at lunch or on a break or if they need help from you, you can go back to being easily approachable :) | It seems like you're combining several things here. Being professional doesn't mean you don't joke at work nor does it mean you never interrupt or distract someone who is working. If you accuse them of this, you won't be addressing the real problem: they're offending you.
Tell them you don't think these particular kin... |
192,992 | At approximately 6:57 into the *Ready Player One* film, there is a humorous scene in which the avatar (looking like Jason Voorhees) of a "Hong Kong Businessman" played by [David Forman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9718192/) is killed. After being killed in the OASIS, the Hong Kong Businessman takes off his VR vizor, sh... | 2018/08/16 | [
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] | I was able to contact David Forman ("Hong Kong Businessman") himself:
>
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U3UfA.jpg)
>
> *(Click thumbnail for full image)*
>
>
> Hello [name obscured]
>
>
> I recall I was taught Man... | If you look in the extras of the Blu-ray, it shows what the actor actually said. Phonetically:
>
> Guan le than me dou guan le.
>
>
>
Means
>
> “close, close, close them all down”.
>
>
>
Translated by a native speaker that is not me, but is absolutely trusted. |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I just had what seems like an insight.
Many have brought up that some loose time reference is a necessary condition for the comparative words "sooner" and "later". I think that *sooner rather than later* becomes actually meaningful in the way if you consider that the implied time reference could actually be something ... | If one wishes to be pedantic, *sooner* needs a distinct if not totally defined time reference to be strictly meaningful. Sooner than 5 pm, sooner than Thursday, sooner than you think, sooner than John finishes *his* homework.
Neither 'sooner rather than later' nor 'sooner than later' meets this requirement.
Both are ... |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
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] | Here is a SWAG on this one. I suspect that it is actually an idiom based on analogy with the much more grammatical "sooner or later." I think that it is a transformation from "I'll get around to it" to "please do it now", and it is done in a parallel way. The parallelism requires the substitution of "or" with just one ... | I understand "later" to equate to a point in time i.e. 5:00 PM. Then "I will do it sooner than later" could represent "I will do it sooner than *5:00 PM*". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | John Lawler has actually opened my eyes to the fact that "sooner than later" makes sense. Think about it. When we say "sooner rather than later," what we *really* mean is *soon* rather than later. So there is a redundancy to "sooner rather." Only one is really necessary. Once you become accustomed to "sooner than later... | It's an idiom that omits a word that is not necessary, just like "long story short" rather than "to make a long story short". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
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] | I would never use either "sooner rather than later" or "sooner than later". They're both redundant. **I would use "soon"**.
What else would be the alternative to "sooner"?
*Sooner rather than banana?* | It's an idiom that omits a word that is not necessary, just like "long story short" rather than "to make a long story short". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33372/"
] | I just had what seems like an insight.
Many have brought up that some loose time reference is a necessary condition for the comparative words "sooner" and "later". I think that *sooner rather than later* becomes actually meaningful in the way if you consider that the implied time reference could actually be something ... | To me, the logical problem with "sooner than later" is that the only "sooner than later" that isn't itself some form of "later" is "now."
If someone asks you to do something and you say that you'll "get started on it later," you aren't really saying anything more definite than that you won't get started on it immedia... |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | If one wishes to be pedantic, *sooner* needs a distinct if not totally defined time reference to be strictly meaningful. Sooner than 5 pm, sooner than Thursday, sooner than you think, sooner than John finishes *his* homework.
Neither 'sooner rather than later' nor 'sooner than later' meets this requirement.
Both are ... | I understand "later" to equate to a point in time i.e. 5:00 PM. Then "I will do it sooner than later" could represent "I will do it sooner than *5:00 PM*". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33372/"
] | I just had what seems like an insight.
Many have brought up that some loose time reference is a necessary condition for the comparative words "sooner" and "later". I think that *sooner rather than later* becomes actually meaningful in the way if you consider that the implied time reference could actually be something ... | It's an idiom that omits a word that is not necessary, just like "long story short" rather than "to make a long story short". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33372/"
] | Here is a SWAG on this one. I suspect that it is actually an idiom based on analogy with the much more grammatical "sooner or later." I think that it is a transformation from "I'll get around to it" to "please do it now", and it is done in a parallel way. The parallelism requires the substitution of "or" with just one ... | It's an idiom that omits a word that is not necessary, just like "long story short" rather than "to make a long story short". |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33372/"
] | Here is a SWAG on this one. I suspect that it is actually an idiom based on analogy with the much more grammatical "sooner or later." I think that it is a transformation from "I'll get around to it" to "please do it now", and it is done in a parallel way. The parallelism requires the substitution of "or" with just one ... | If one wishes to be pedantic, *sooner* needs a distinct if not totally defined time reference to be strictly meaningful. Sooner than 5 pm, sooner than Thursday, sooner than you think, sooner than John finishes *his* homework.
Neither 'sooner rather than later' nor 'sooner than later' meets this requirement.
Both are ... |
118,298 | I have heard a lot of people say at work that we should do something "sooner than later." This grates against my native ear, but it seems fairly commonplace. I have always understood the expression to only make sense as "sooner rather than later."
I found [this](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2175278... | 2013/07/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/118298",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33372/"
] | John Lawler has actually opened my eyes to the fact that "sooner than later" makes sense. Think about it. When we say "sooner rather than later," what we *really* mean is *soon* rather than later. So there is a redundancy to "sooner rather." Only one is really necessary. Once you become accustomed to "sooner than later... | I understand "later" to equate to a point in time i.e. 5:00 PM. Then "I will do it sooner than later" could represent "I will do it sooner than *5:00 PM*". |
12,180 | It's a popular claim that the TV series *Game of Thrones* has a lot more nudity, sex, graphic violence and swearing than are found in the novels (which nobody says are squeaky clean, but the claim is that the difference is clearly noticeable). Usually implied is that this is because of superficial marketing matters (i.... | 2012/02/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/12180",
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] | GRRM has been in the TV-industry for a long time, I'm fairly sure that he would go with the flow and not speak out against his series. I found [this interview](http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s151/game-of-thrones/news/a329509/game-of-thrones-not-sexist-says-author-george-r-r-martin.html) where he claims:
>
> "One of... | I have read all five books. There’s more sex and nudity (if nudity is possible in novels) in the books. In the first book, Cat Stark is naked when the maester brings her the letter from her sister that says Jon Aryan is dead. Cersie Lannister gets naked many times in the novels, while I have yet to see her naked in any... |
15,234,516 | I'm writing a game for sphero, the robotic ball (having issues with their forums, can't seem to ask a question). I'm trying to do ball to ball collision detection for 2 or more players.
first of all the they give a sample here:
<https://github.com/orbotix/Sphero-iOS-SDK/tree/master/samples/CollisionDetection>
The th... | 2013/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15234516",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1185169/"
] | I did a significant amount of research on the subject of ball to ball collisions when I started as a developer for Orbotix, the makers of Sphero.
This is a very complicated problem to solve. The closest I came to making this work (for a infected zombies research game) was about 80% accuracy for detecting which ball h... | I just want to say, first, that we are moving our developer support forum here, to StackOverflow, and that's why you can't post on the forums. So, you did the right thing, Simon, by coming to StackOverflow, and you should be proud.
We just changed the forums to redirect here instead of leaving people confused. |
15,234,516 | I'm writing a game for sphero, the robotic ball (having issues with their forums, can't seem to ask a question). I'm trying to do ball to ball collision detection for 2 or more players.
first of all the they give a sample here:
<https://github.com/orbotix/Sphero-iOS-SDK/tree/master/samples/CollisionDetection>
The th... | 2013/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15234516",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1185169/"
] | I did a significant amount of research on the subject of ball to ball collisions when I started as a developer for Orbotix, the makers of Sphero.
This is a very complicated problem to solve. The closest I came to making this work (for a infected zombies research game) was about 80% accuracy for detecting which ball h... | The timestamps *are* generated by Sphero. But they only make sense is you're using the Poll Packet Times command to generate delay and offset values. Please refer to DID 00h, CID 50h in the API commands document.
That being said, collision detection is an ever evolving technology from our end. We employ a cleverly cod... |
15,234,516 | I'm writing a game for sphero, the robotic ball (having issues with their forums, can't seem to ask a question). I'm trying to do ball to ball collision detection for 2 or more players.
first of all the they give a sample here:
<https://github.com/orbotix/Sphero-iOS-SDK/tree/master/samples/CollisionDetection>
The th... | 2013/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15234516",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1185169/"
] | I did a significant amount of research on the subject of ball to ball collisions when I started as a developer for Orbotix, the makers of Sphero.
This is a very complicated problem to solve. The closest I came to making this work (for a infected zombies research game) was about 80% accuracy for detecting which ball h... | You could sync the internal timers of each Sphero at the beginning of the game. These can be matched against a synced timer within each host phone. Clocks may be different, but a millisecond is a millisecond. You could also lower the threshold of the collision detection, thus making it so that the 'event' (damage, infe... |
37,296,038 | Can any one explain when should we add a UIViewController as ChildViewController?
What is the benefits of adding it as ChildViewController instead of subView?
Please help me to understand the purpose of ChildViewController. | 2016/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37296038",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | When you add a view controller as child view controller, the parent view controller will hold a strong pointer to the child view controller so it doesn't get released instantly. This does not automatically add child's view to parent's view. So you will have to call them both.
I only used it when I needed to create mu... | its all about **UI** and **code management** if you are using subview to achieve what you want to implement inside your app you need to code for your view inside same viewcontrollers class but something interesting i found by creating childviewcontrollers.
>
> 1. empowered to work on a seprate viewcontroller will in... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | Short answer: avoid it, unless you can't. Safety/health matters more than trying to be perfect. Be compassionate.
---
Longer answer:
Disclaimer: I'm a beginner flexitarian, approaching veganism, the views are my own.
My approach is:
* Avoid the situation (killing the beetle) if you can. Ex: put mosquito nets at yo... | You are right that keeping the mouse inside is not hygienic: they poop everywhere, almost continually. As mentionned in comments, there are "different approaches for different vegans" (@Erica). Vegans and other people are not "allowed" this or that, they decide for themselves. Instead of asking if vegans are allowed to... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | Short answer: avoid it, unless you can't. Safety/health matters more than trying to be perfect. Be compassionate.
---
Longer answer:
Disclaimer: I'm a beginner flexitarian, approaching veganism, the views are my own.
My approach is:
* Avoid the situation (killing the beetle) if you can. Ex: put mosquito nets at yo... | Great answers above!
On the subject of mouse tactics, I'd add that besides stopping up the holes where the mice get in if you can, the thing that makes the big difference is to make sure not to leave any food where they can reach it. Be thorough. If you know they can get into one of your cupboards, use that cupboard o... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | Short answer: avoid it, unless you can't. Safety/health matters more than trying to be perfect. Be compassionate.
---
Longer answer:
Disclaimer: I'm a beginner flexitarian, approaching veganism, the views are my own.
My approach is:
* Avoid the situation (killing the beetle) if you can. Ex: put mosquito nets at yo... | Law of the Jungle
-----------------
We live in a clearing in the southern Sri Lanka Jungle. From time to time we have rats.
Normally when they become a nuisance, my wife puts out a cage trap and we catch it.
In the morning we then get the neighbor kid to peddle the rat a few miles away and let it go in the jungle.
... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | Short answer: avoid it, unless you can't. Safety/health matters more than trying to be perfect. Be compassionate.
---
Longer answer:
Disclaimer: I'm a beginner flexitarian, approaching veganism, the views are my own.
My approach is:
* Avoid the situation (killing the beetle) if you can. Ex: put mosquito nets at yo... | Veganism and vegetarianism are loosely defined concepts, not doctrines.
People choose to be vegan or vegetarian for a wide range of reasons, including:
1. Health
2. Food safety (related to Health, but a bit different)
3. Ethics/morals
4. Environmental impact (often related to ethics/morals)
5. Economics
6. Taste
So,... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | You are right that keeping the mouse inside is not hygienic: they poop everywhere, almost continually. As mentionned in comments, there are "different approaches for different vegans" (@Erica). Vegans and other people are not "allowed" this or that, they decide for themselves. Instead of asking if vegans are allowed to... | Great answers above!
On the subject of mouse tactics, I'd add that besides stopping up the holes where the mice get in if you can, the thing that makes the big difference is to make sure not to leave any food where they can reach it. Be thorough. If you know they can get into one of your cupboards, use that cupboard o... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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] | You are right that keeping the mouse inside is not hygienic: they poop everywhere, almost continually. As mentionned in comments, there are "different approaches for different vegans" (@Erica). Vegans and other people are not "allowed" this or that, they decide for themselves. Instead of asking if vegans are allowed to... | Law of the Jungle
-----------------
We live in a clearing in the southern Sri Lanka Jungle. From time to time we have rats.
Normally when they become a nuisance, my wife puts out a cage trap and we catch it.
In the morning we then get the neighbor kid to peddle the rat a few miles away and let it go in the jungle.
... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com",
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] | You are right that keeping the mouse inside is not hygienic: they poop everywhere, almost continually. As mentionned in comments, there are "different approaches for different vegans" (@Erica). Vegans and other people are not "allowed" this or that, they decide for themselves. Instead of asking if vegans are allowed to... | Veganism and vegetarianism are loosely defined concepts, not doctrines.
People choose to be vegan or vegetarian for a wide range of reasons, including:
1. Health
2. Food safety (related to Health, but a bit different)
3. Ethics/morals
4. Environmental impact (often related to ethics/morals)
5. Economics
6. Taste
So,... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com",
"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com/users/2185/"
] | Law of the Jungle
-----------------
We live in a clearing in the southern Sri Lanka Jungle. From time to time we have rats.
Normally when they become a nuisance, my wife puts out a cage trap and we catch it.
In the morning we then get the neighbor kid to peddle the rat a few miles away and let it go in the jungle.
... | Great answers above!
On the subject of mouse tactics, I'd add that besides stopping up the holes where the mice get in if you can, the thing that makes the big difference is to make sure not to leave any food where they can reach it. Be thorough. If you know they can get into one of your cupboards, use that cupboard o... |
1,858 | I was explaining the idea of being vegan to one of my friends and at the end of discussion I said “so we don’t harm any intelligent living thing which we are aware of“ so if we step on an ant which we do not see it doesn’t matter, but if we noticed that there we won’t harm it.
He asked an interesting question and now ... | 2019/04/09 | [
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"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com",
"https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com/users/2185/"
] | Law of the Jungle
-----------------
We live in a clearing in the southern Sri Lanka Jungle. From time to time we have rats.
Normally when they become a nuisance, my wife puts out a cage trap and we catch it.
In the morning we then get the neighbor kid to peddle the rat a few miles away and let it go in the jungle.
... | Veganism and vegetarianism are loosely defined concepts, not doctrines.
People choose to be vegan or vegetarian for a wide range of reasons, including:
1. Health
2. Food safety (related to Health, but a bit different)
3. Ethics/morals
4. Environmental impact (often related to ethics/morals)
5. Economics
6. Taste
So,... |
53,768 | There's a large body of works inspired by time travel and all that time-space continuum thing. But I wonder if the Terminator series ever brings up or puts into consideration the concept of the butterfly effect.
To illustrate my point with an outrageous example:
>
> If the Terminator in the Terminator 2: Judgement ... | 2014/04/11 | [
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] | ### From the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Earth-199999
**Because [Malekith](http://marvel.wikia.com/Malekith_%28Earth-199999%29) was one of the first known sentients to try and utilize the [Aether](http://marvel.wikia.com/Malekith_%28Earth-199999%29) as a weapon during a time when the Nine Realms aligned, a period calle... | I think it had a mind... feeling almost. Did you notice how it wanted to flow into his hand? My thoughts are that it is an energy source but with a sort of artificial intelligence (not Jarvis) that enabled it to psionically bond with whosoever was unfortunate enough to discover it. Also, if it hadn't been for Malekith ... |
28,451 | I'm stuck between choosing a car available in both automatic transmission (CVT) and Manual transmission (6 speed). I wanted to know which one will perform better in the following aspects (considering the fact that all the other factors are the same only the transmission system is different):
* Acceleration
* Fuel econ... | 2016/04/17 | [
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] | The difference comes down to the driver. While automatic racing gearboxes can beat a driver when it comes to performance, for the type of vehicle you describe, a manual can perform significantly higher than an automatic **if** the driver knows how to use it. But then if you really wanted high acceleration you would cho... | I will answer the question in simple terms.
**Acceleration:** CVT Does not have a gears and are usually single speed, so if you want to abruptly accelerate the CVT will not be as efficient as a manual transmission, the most common problem of CVT is the rubber-band effect where you push the accelerator and after a paus... |
302,939 | It's not unheard of for some poor soul to decide to try to troll SO under different accounts for a couple hours. It's happening right now on SO. This is probably the third time I've seen this happen, where someone posts the same stupid thing under multiple accounts until they get shut down.
When it's obvious that som... | 2017/11/07 | [
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"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Flag posts by trolls. If they are offensive, don't be afraid to use an offensive flag for them. If they are part of a larger pattern of trolling, use a custom flag and let us know that we should deal with the accounts involved.
Getting posts destroyed by community offensive / spam flags activates the anti-spam / anti-... | Don't engage. Nothing feeds trolls more than attention.
Least on SO, there's a pretty significant load so if its something extra special, keeping note of who's doing it, and mentioning it in the flag would probably be nice.
Other than that, there's nothing a typical user can and should do but DV (to take care of the... |
10,617,845 | I'm trying to do some calculations involving ray tracing, but am a little confused. Lets say I had an n-by-n image with N geometric primitives, l light sources, and k x k supersampling. How many ray intersections would I be calculating in the worst case? What if I added in reflection/refraction with depth d? | 2012/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10617845",
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] | You would have to launch k x k rays for each of the n x n pixels of the image. For each of these rays you have to do collision testing, which, in a very simplified and inefficient way would translate to N comparisons (each depending on the complexity of the primitive). Now, if any of these rays hits an specular or tran... | Not that this is a complete answer however....
See this article: <http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lukeh/archive/2007/10/01/taking-linq-to-objects-to-extremes-a-fully-linqified-raytracer.aspx> You could probably utilize that modified with some counting code to have these statistics automatically given to you when you do the tra... |
104,811 | I am installing a new hard drive on my Macbook Pro.
I have a legitimate copy of Microsoft Office 2008 installed on my computer, but I've long since lost the install disk and license information.
Perhaps complicating things is the fact that I've decided to do a fresh install, as opposed to using Migration Assistant o... | 2013/10/10 | [
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] | Since you say it's a legitimate copy (I'm assuming retail—if this is volume licensing, that's a whole other kettle of fish), one path that's open to you is contacting Microsoft.
They are equipped to deal with lost product keys, and in most cases can help you retrieve it. Worst case, they can sell you a new one at a st... | Pretty much any of the disk cloning or migration software for OS X will retain the license, unless you have an odd install (*e.g.* my brother had a MacBook with a school license for Office that didn’t get copied over because the license file was in a special admin account). Put your old drive into an external enclosure... |
104,811 | I am installing a new hard drive on my Macbook Pro.
I have a legitimate copy of Microsoft Office 2008 installed on my computer, but I've long since lost the install disk and license information.
Perhaps complicating things is the fact that I've decided to do a fresh install, as opposed to using Migration Assistant o... | 2013/10/10 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/104811",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/10719/"
] | Since you say it's a legitimate copy (I'm assuming retail—if this is volume licensing, that's a whole other kettle of fish), one path that's open to you is contacting Microsoft.
They are equipped to deal with lost product keys, and in most cases can help you retrieve it. Worst case, they can sell you a new one at a st... | MS sent me a replacement disk of Office 2010 for about US$20. Very easy to deal with, surprisingly so. |
77,180 | I'm designing a graphical widget to show credit card credit but I'm not sure that the bar moves in the right direction.
Currently, as the customer spends their credit, the bar moves from right to left:
 becomes 
Is... | 2015/05/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/77180",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/2881/"
] | I think it's your markers that are causing confusion, I believe something like this would make it easier to read.
The colours are from Lucid Chart Android elements, there's no reason not to change them to your design guidelines or for something more pleasing.
You could... | Bend that bar into a circle!
----------------------------
A donut chart is perfect for 'percent of total' visualizations. And using color to indicate account "health" adds another layer for the visual thinker. It makes for a fairly compact presentation that delivers the all the critical data.
For smaller spaces, I wo... |
1,063,650 | I am using PDF documents for various purposes using iText library.
Its like one class per PDF document. In a way there are a lot of similarities among the classes and the same have been listed below:
1. The fields have (x,y) location
2. The field can be wrapped after some no. of words
3. A field can have a value which... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1063650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122221/"
] | take a look at PDFBox Library which is now in the incubator of Apache | PDFBox is nice, Used it before and good good help from the developer. You might want to have a look at XSL:FO. It is an XML based formatting language that can output the result as PDF (and other formats) using Apache:FOP. |
1,063,650 | I am using PDF documents for various purposes using iText library.
Its like one class per PDF document. In a way there are a lot of similarities among the classes and the same have been listed below:
1. The fields have (x,y) location
2. The field can be wrapped after some no. of words
3. A field can have a value which... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1063650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122221/"
] | take a look at PDFBox Library which is now in the incubator of Apache | What about [Prince](http://www.princexml.com/download/)? It's a FOP engine that uses CSS files as styling, and has a Java API. It's not free though (apart from the free Personal License) |
1,063,650 | I am using PDF documents for various purposes using iText library.
Its like one class per PDF document. In a way there are a lot of similarities among the classes and the same have been listed below:
1. The fields have (x,y) location
2. The field can be wrapped after some no. of words
3. A field can have a value which... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1063650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122221/"
] | take a look at PDFBox Library which is now in the incubator of Apache | [Flying Saucer](http://code.google.com/p/flying-saucer//) supports using XHTML/CSS to create PDFs. |
1,063,650 | I am using PDF documents for various purposes using iText library.
Its like one class per PDF document. In a way there are a lot of similarities among the classes and the same have been listed below:
1. The fields have (x,y) location
2. The field can be wrapped after some no. of words
3. A field can have a value which... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1063650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122221/"
] | PDFBox is nice, Used it before and good good help from the developer. You might want to have a look at XSL:FO. It is an XML based formatting language that can output the result as PDF (and other formats) using Apache:FOP. | What about [Prince](http://www.princexml.com/download/)? It's a FOP engine that uses CSS files as styling, and has a Java API. It's not free though (apart from the free Personal License) |
1,063,650 | I am using PDF documents for various purposes using iText library.
Its like one class per PDF document. In a way there are a lot of similarities among the classes and the same have been listed below:
1. The fields have (x,y) location
2. The field can be wrapped after some no. of words
3. A field can have a value which... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1063650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122221/"
] | PDFBox is nice, Used it before and good good help from the developer. You might want to have a look at XSL:FO. It is an XML based formatting language that can output the result as PDF (and other formats) using Apache:FOP. | [Flying Saucer](http://code.google.com/p/flying-saucer//) supports using XHTML/CSS to create PDFs. |
172,348 | I work as a software developer where we have a voluntary on-call roster, where devs do on-call duties in a round-robin fashion. Recently, my manager told me that the roster is currently too small and it's putting strain on the devs who have volunteered (it pays extra btw). As a result, devs who are not on the roster ar... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172348",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/121069/"
] | I want to focus on this sentence:
I want to decline joining the roster since I feel like it's a lot of pressure.
Right now, the collective you of the people who do not yet participate in oncall duty have collective bargaining power. What would need to change so the pressure gets acceptable?
One of my former jobs enta... | >
> Would it be the right thing to do or it might paint me in a bad light?
>
>
>
You say "*its not about the money. Even if they pay me a lot more, I still wouldn't do it do maintain work-life balance*".
Well what about the work-life balance of your coworkers? By not stepping up and helping your coworkers you're ... |
172,348 | I work as a software developer where we have a voluntary on-call roster, where devs do on-call duties in a round-robin fashion. Recently, my manager told me that the roster is currently too small and it's putting strain on the devs who have volunteered (it pays extra btw). As a result, devs who are not on the roster ar... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172348",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/121069/"
] | This is a choice you have to make for yourself. If the extra money and positive visibility doesn't make it worth it for you, and you aren't willing to sacrifice the time required, then don't volunteer. If the company can't get enough people to staff the on-call roster voluntarily, they will have to figure something els... | I am going to offer a contrary outlook (at least to those that have answered here), but you may want to consider.
* Some small(-er) growing companies that I have worked at had similar arrangements where developers provided support, where the support work did not justify hiring full-time staff as of yet.
* Joining in t... |
172,348 | I work as a software developer where we have a voluntary on-call roster, where devs do on-call duties in a round-robin fashion. Recently, my manager told me that the roster is currently too small and it's putting strain on the devs who have volunteered (it pays extra btw). As a result, devs who are not on the roster ar... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172348",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/121069/"
] | Work out what it would take to make working on-call acceptable to you, and tell your boss that. This is a negotiation, and the company is trying to get the best deal they can. Don't let them use guilt to take a deal that you're not happy with, because you have something to sell that the company wants.
* Maybe you coul... | I am going to offer a contrary outlook (at least to those that have answered here), but you may want to consider.
* Some small(-er) growing companies that I have worked at had similar arrangements where developers provided support, where the support work did not justify hiring full-time staff as of yet.
* Joining in t... |
172,348 | I work as a software developer where we have a voluntary on-call roster, where devs do on-call duties in a round-robin fashion. Recently, my manager told me that the roster is currently too small and it's putting strain on the devs who have volunteered (it pays extra btw). As a result, devs who are not on the roster ar... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172348",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/121069/"
] | This is a choice you have to make for yourself. If the extra money and positive visibility doesn't make it worth it for you, and you aren't willing to sacrifice the time required, then don't volunteer. If the company can't get enough people to staff the on-call roster voluntarily, they will have to figure something els... | You could refuse to be part of the roster, but this might turn out to limit your career advancement opportunities and possibly your standing within the team.
The people currently on the roster might be doing it to earn a little more money for themselves, but they're also increasing their visibility to management in te... |
172,348 | I work as a software developer where we have a voluntary on-call roster, where devs do on-call duties in a round-robin fashion. Recently, my manager told me that the roster is currently too small and it's putting strain on the devs who have volunteered (it pays extra btw). As a result, devs who are not on the roster ar... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172348",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/121069/"
] | You could refuse to be part of the roster, but this might turn out to limit your career advancement opportunities and possibly your standing within the team.
The people currently on the roster might be doing it to earn a little more money for themselves, but they're also increasing their visibility to management in te... | >
> Would it be the right thing to do or might it paint me in a bad light?
>
>
>
I wasn't hired for the maintenance of the coffee machine at work, so I won't do it. I have other work to do. But if the coffee machine was on fire, I'd drop my work to extinguish it.
The same principle applies to any activities in th... |
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