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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 can see three ways this will pan out:
First - enough people volunteer so that the roster is no longer strained. This won't reflect badly on you since they will have achieved what they set out to do.
Second - no-one (or not enough) volunteers, and the status quo reigns. This won't reflect badly on you directly, they... | >
> 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... |
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 can see three ways this will pan out:
First - enough people volunteer so that the roster is no longer strained. This won't reflect badly on you since they will have achieved what they set out to do.
Second - no-one (or not enough) volunteers, and the status quo reigns. This won't reflect badly on you directly, they... | 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... |
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/"
] | **If the on-call work is voluntary and you don't want to do it, don't volunteer.** Everybody, including management, seems to agree that you don't have to do it, so there's no problem. You shouldn't be penalized for not volunteering, and it sounds like you won't be. However, the people that *do* step up might be rewarde... | 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/"
] | >
> 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... | 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... | 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... |
26,835 | I am about to take a role as a BI Product Owner, but there is some debate as to how to structure the team. Some of the articles and white papers discuss a BI 'team' but this causes me a few conceptual concerns. If I read people like Craig Larman (Large Scale Scrum) he advises creating a 'feature team' that works across... | 2019/07/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/26835",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/36543/"
] | >
> Some of the articles and white papers discuss a **BI 'team'** but this
> causes me a few conceptual concerns. If I read people like Craig
> Larman (Large Scale Scrum) he advises creating a **'feature team'** that
> works across the stack to create a coherent customer-centric product.
>
>
>
What about having... | >
> However, BI is also a valuable internal product
>
>
>
With this sentence you have answered your own question.
It is preferable to have feature teams rather than component teams, but not all products are externally facing. Many products are for internal consumption.
The way I like to define a product is somet... |
1,464 | I see this one quite a lot: an author releases something under a standard free/open license (i.e. *not* a [crayon license](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1445/175)), but on the same release page adds a clause that conflicts with the license. I.e.
>
> **Free Frobnicator** is a handy utility that frobs widgets,... | 2015/08/06 | [
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1464",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/users/175/"
] | You are asking three questions, I think:
1. are they enforceable?
2. do they tamper with the enforceability of the main license?
3. do they pollute the open/free status of the overall license?
The answer to the third question is 'yes'. If someone adds a clause that is incompatible with, for example, OSI, then it's no... | The concise, well-written [answer by bmargulies](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1465/997) does miss *one* thing in your question:
>
> Does it depend on the license used?
>
>
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**Yes,** it does. The GNU GPL, for instance, specifically says that conflicting provisions are void if they add restrictions. This... |
1,464 | I see this one quite a lot: an author releases something under a standard free/open license (i.e. *not* a [crayon license](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1445/175)), but on the same release page adds a clause that conflicts with the license. I.e.
>
> **Free Frobnicator** is a handy utility that frobs widgets,... | 2015/08/06 | [
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1464",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/users/175/"
] | You are asking three questions, I think:
1. are they enforceable?
2. do they tamper with the enforceability of the main license?
3. do they pollute the open/free status of the overall license?
The answer to the third question is 'yes'. If someone adds a clause that is incompatible with, for example, OSI, then it's no... | In addition to the good answers of [bmargulies](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1465/55) and [Free Radical](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1466/55) there is a perspective beyond the legal stuff.
If you release something under an open source license, your express intent is to give others some rights, inc... |
1,464 | I see this one quite a lot: an author releases something under a standard free/open license (i.e. *not* a [crayon license](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1445/175)), but on the same release page adds a clause that conflicts with the license. I.e.
>
> **Free Frobnicator** is a handy utility that frobs widgets,... | 2015/08/06 | [
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1464",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com",
"https://opensource.stackexchange.com/users/175/"
] | The concise, well-written [answer by bmargulies](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1465/997) does miss *one* thing in your question:
>
> Does it depend on the license used?
>
>
>
**Yes,** it does. The GNU GPL, for instance, specifically says that conflicting provisions are void if they add restrictions. This... | In addition to the good answers of [bmargulies](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1465/55) and [Free Radical](https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/1466/55) there is a perspective beyond the legal stuff.
If you release something under an open source license, your express intent is to give others some rights, inc... |
298,972 | **The Situation**
A question has two or more answers. One answer (answer A) is either marked by the questioner or has a lot of upvotes. Another answer (answer B) is, in my estimation, better in some manner (more clear, more complete, better examples, more up to date, etc), but the A is correct as well.
**My Question*... | 2017/07/28 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298972",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/338233/"
] | Again, as the tooltip suggests
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> This answer is **not useful**
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>
>
So personally, I would **vote B up while leaving A alone**. Anyway, A isn't unhelpful, but only "not as helpful as" B, so leaving it alone makes more sense than downvoting it. I would vote A down only if it's wrong or totally useless. | Voting is up to you. You may either upvote or downvote answer A, or decline to vote on it. That said, the [help center's description of the vote down privilege](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/vote-down) says:
>
> ### When should I vote down?
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> Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an egregio... |
298,972 | **The Situation**
A question has two or more answers. One answer (answer A) is either marked by the questioner or has a lot of upvotes. Another answer (answer B) is, in my estimation, better in some manner (more clear, more complete, better examples, more up to date, etc), but the A is correct as well.
**My Question*... | 2017/07/28 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298972",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/338233/"
] | Again, as the tooltip suggests
>
> This answer is **not useful**
>
>
>
So personally, I would **vote B up while leaving A alone**. Anyway, A isn't unhelpful, but only "not as helpful as" B, so leaving it alone makes more sense than downvoting it. I would vote A down only if it's wrong or totally useless. | If both the answers are correct, but I think one is more helpful than the other one, I up-vote the more helpful answer, and leave alone the other one. I would down-vote an answer if it is blatantly wrong, or if it is not helpful at all. (That is what the tool-tip for the down-vote button says: *This answer is not usefu... |
298,972 | **The Situation**
A question has two or more answers. One answer (answer A) is either marked by the questioner or has a lot of upvotes. Another answer (answer B) is, in my estimation, better in some manner (more clear, more complete, better examples, more up to date, etc), but the A is correct as well.
**My Question*... | 2017/07/28 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298972",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/338233/"
] | Just because answer A *would* be helpful in a fictional world where B doesn't exist, and would merit upvotes in such a world, that isn't the case here. B *does* exist, and because B *does* exist, A is an answer that's less clear, less complete has worse examples, and is out of date. People who read that as the answer a... | Voting is up to you. You may either upvote or downvote answer A, or decline to vote on it. That said, the [help center's description of the vote down privilege](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/vote-down) says:
>
> ### When should I vote down?
>
>
> Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an egregio... |
298,972 | **The Situation**
A question has two or more answers. One answer (answer A) is either marked by the questioner or has a lot of upvotes. Another answer (answer B) is, in my estimation, better in some manner (more clear, more complete, better examples, more up to date, etc), but the A is correct as well.
**My Question*... | 2017/07/28 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298972",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/338233/"
] | Just because answer A *would* be helpful in a fictional world where B doesn't exist, and would merit upvotes in such a world, that isn't the case here. B *does* exist, and because B *does* exist, A is an answer that's less clear, less complete has worse examples, and is out of date. People who read that as the answer a... | If both the answers are correct, but I think one is more helpful than the other one, I up-vote the more helpful answer, and leave alone the other one. I would down-vote an answer if it is blatantly wrong, or if it is not helpful at all. (That is what the tool-tip for the down-vote button says: *This answer is not usefu... |
479,476 | a couple of days ago I had this idea, why not implementing asp-classic as another language in .net...
it would have helped lots of people to migrate to the new platform...
I mean there's IronRuby, IronPython, etc...
It sounded to me like a great idea... but, come on, I'm no genius, there must be some reason why they... | 2009/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/479476",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/47633/"
] | I am assuming that the login\_required method performs a redirect if the user is not logged in. In which case:
Your before filter should return false after calling redirect. This will prevent the new action from ever being called. Later versions of rails automatically do this if you call render or redirect in a before... | Your class should be PaymentController, not Payment. The reason for this is so the controller class and model class do not clash. |
728,716 | we need to have the "automatically detect settings" on in order for users to connect to the internet while in the office. But at times, the setting is unchecked when the user takes the laptop home or connects outside of the office. So when they return, they have to go back and check the setting on again.
Is there anyw... | 2014/03/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/728716",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/307536/"
] | General answer:
Normally, in RAID 5, you pull the broken drive. Then you insert a new drive in its place. Sometimes you have to tell the software to resync after that, but most hardware RAID cards do that just fine on their own.
For your specific card: see page 12 [of the manual](http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/rr... | I have not used that particular model, but other RAID controller cards from Highpoint. It should be as simple as removing the bad drive and inserting the new one and from the Rocketraid software telling the array to rebuild.
If you do not have the software installed, or is incompatible with your OS (I know there were ... |
395 | I was digging through Unanswered Questions today and have noticed several questions where users have requested more information in order to be able to answer them and no response from the OP.
This topic had been covered previously [here](https://sqa.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/171/cleaning-up-dead-questions/174#1... | 2016/04/11 | [
"https://sqa.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/395",
"https://sqa.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.meta.stackexchange.com/users/7043/"
] | I agree with that, and I don't know why we would wait more than four weeks.
I think "unclear what you're asking" is the best available choice. | I agree with that. Unanswered questions should be deleted or moved to a more appropriate forum so it can receive proper answers.
But for the question where people have asked for more feedback or info and haven't received, I guess 4 weeks time is more than enough for them. After that such question should be deleted. Cl... |
151,279 | I am doing image processing project in VHDL. And as output am getting array of pixels (32 bit each). I want test this output data visually, for that it must be converted to image either png or jpg or bmp. How can I do that?
Edit: Or if am getting same data in four different files like alpha, red, green and blue in a.... | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/151279",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/37488/"
] | What about Open cores [jpg encoder](http://opencores.org/project,mkjpeg)? | Basically, you want to interpret a raw array of pixel data as a image. You may be able to use my INF image file mechanism for that. You create a text file that contains commands to the INF reader to explain where the pixel data is in the raw array.
Various image manipulation utilities, which include the INF file drive... |
151,279 | I am doing image processing project in VHDL. And as output am getting array of pixels (32 bit each). I want test this output data visually, for that it must be converted to image either png or jpg or bmp. How can I do that?
Edit: Or if am getting same data in four different files like alpha, red, green and blue in a.... | 2015/01/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/151279",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/37488/"
] | Write out image data in ascii PPM format is easy:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm_format#PPM_example>
A lot of image viewer understand that format, for example Irfanview.
There's also a more complex format supporting 32bit with alpha channel:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm#PAM_graphics_format>
So you at le... | Basically, you want to interpret a raw array of pixel data as a image. You may be able to use my INF image file mechanism for that. You create a text file that contains commands to the INF reader to explain where the pixel data is in the raw array.
Various image manipulation utilities, which include the INF file drive... |
260,078 | The end of spring is coming up, and I don't want to waste any of my spring seeds (wild seeds) on crops that will die before being harvestable. How many days do they take to grow/what is the last day I can plant them and still get a harvest? | 2016/03/24 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/260078",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/7992/"
] | Wild seeds, whatever what they will give you in the end, will always take seven days to grow up, as you said. It is confirmed in the [Stardew Valley Wiki Crops' page](http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Crops#Wild_Seeds) :
>
> Regardless of what ends up growing, wild seeds all take the same
> amount of time to grow to matu... | This information is directly from the [Stardew Valley Wiki](http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Crops#Wild_Seeds)
>
> Wild Seeds can be crafted out of foraged plants once you reach the
> appropriate foraging level (Spring at level 1, Summer at level 4, Fall
> at level 6, Winter at level 7). Each recipe will produce 10 see... |
586,313 | Is there a difference between
>
> "I am going cycling."
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>
>
and
>
> "I am going to cycle."
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>
>
Assuming that I'm at home right now and I'm informing everyone here that I'm leaving the house to do some cycling.
Further,
>
> "I'm going playing"
> or
> "I'm going to play"
>
>
>
>
> "I'm going bathi... | 2022/03/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/586313",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/449237/"
] | Your question's body asks about two constructions, but its title asks about two different ones --- to express the latter in terms of cycling: "I go cycling" and "I go to do cycling". Now "I go to do cycling" is not idiomatic (at least I can't think of any context where it would be the idiomatic thing to say). So let's ... | It's up to you.
===============
This is a Question about gerunds vs infinitives, specifically whether an occasion calls for one, the other, or either.
From [EC](https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/gerund-vs-infinitive-practice):
>
> **Gerunds** are often used when actions are real, fixed, or completed. *... |
4,411 | I am having site on Joomla 3.3. Whenever i share article on facebook, it dosent fetch image. So googled and found that gzip is causing problem. so i turned it off and checked, all images were displaying properly while sharing.
I want gzip enabled, but if i do facebook wont show images. Can someone please help? Curren... | 2014/09/11 | [
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/4411",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com",
"https://joomla.stackexchange.com/users/1863/"
] | It's a known Facebook bug. There exists a Joomla plugin which allows to work around it. I think by disabling GZip if the request comes from Facebook.
I think the plugin is on JED. Of you can't find it I can look it up later. | The best way to debug an issue with Facebook is via the **Open Graph Debugger**:
<https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/>
<https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/og/object?q=livemedia24.com>
Your site is showing several alternative images now. |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Check out .NET [CodeDom](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/reflection-and-codedom/using-the-codedom) support. There is an old article on code project for a [C# CodeDOM parser](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2502/C-CodeDOM-parser), but it won't support the new language features.
There is also sup... | ANTLR is not very useful. LINQ is not what you want.
Try Mono.Cecil! <http://www.mono-project.com/Cecil>
It is used in many projects, including NDepend! <http://www.ndepend.com/> |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | I've just answered on another thread here at StackOverflow a solution where I implemented an API to [create and manipulate AST from C# Source Code](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/81406/parser-for-c/2214810#2214810) | It is strange that nobody suggested hacking the existing Mono C# compiler. |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Check out .NET [CodeDom](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/reflection-and-codedom/using-the-codedom) support. There is an old article on code project for a [C# CodeDOM parser](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2502/C-CodeDOM-parser), but it won't support the new language features.
There is also sup... | I've just answered on another thread here at StackOverflow a solution where I implemented an API to [create and manipulate AST from C# Source Code](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/81406/parser-for-c/2214810#2214810) |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | Check out .NET [CodeDom](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/reflection-and-codedom/using-the-codedom) support. There is an old article on code project for a [C# CodeDOM parser](https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2502/C-CodeDOM-parser), but it won't support the new language features.
There is also sup... | It looks like this sort of functionality will be included with whatever comes after C# 4, according to [Anders Hejlsberg's 'Future of C#' PDC video](http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL16/). |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | It looks like this sort of functionality will be included with whatever comes after C# 4, according to [Anders Hejlsberg's 'Future of C#' PDC video](http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL16/). | It is strange that nobody suggested hacking the existing Mono C# compiler. |
213,427 | Is it currently possible to translate C# code into an Abstract Syntax Tree?
Edit: some clarification; I don't necessarily expect the compiler to generate the AST for me - a parser would be fine, although I'd like to use something "official." Lambda expressions are unfortunately not going to be sufficient given they do... | 2008/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/213427",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16942/"
] | There is much powerful than R# project.
Nemerle.Peg:
<https://code.google.com/p/nemerle/source/browse/nemerle/trunk/snippets/peg-parser/>
And it has C# Parser which parsers all C# code and translates it to AST !
<https://code.google.com/p/nemerle/source/browse/nemerle/trunk/snippets/csharp-parser/>
You can downloa... | Our [C# front end for DMS](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/FrontEnds/CSharpFrontEnd.html) parses full C# 3.0 including LINQ and produces ASTs. DMS in fact is an ecosystem for analyzing/transforming source code using ASTs for front-end provided langauges.
EDIT 3/10/2010: ... Now handles full C# 4.0
EDIT: 6/27/... |
320,599 | At [this question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3027353/understanding-output-in-sagemath-regarding-dirichlet-characters) (and a number of others with similar tags), a SE question has been answered elsewhere on a domain-specific non-SE Q&A site. Indeed, the same user acknowledges posting both places simultan... | 2018/12/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/320599",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/196058/"
] | Same as if an answer's to be found in a paper, a textbook, a Wikipedia article, a blog, or anywhere else: anyone may write an answer here citing it & providing at least a brief summary of its content. No-one has dibs on answering here, & there's no sense in withholding the answer from readers other than the OP.
The po... | >
> Question asked by same person (and answered) on different site - how should it be answered.
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>
>
The way it should be **asked** is to inform the answerers that it has been asked on a different site.
The way it should be **answered** is from the ***point of view*** **of the site** on which it was asked.
For ... |
320,599 | At [this question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3027353/understanding-output-in-sagemath-regarding-dirichlet-characters) (and a number of others with similar tags), a SE question has been answered elsewhere on a domain-specific non-SE Q&A site. Indeed, the same user acknowledges posting both places simultan... | 2018/12/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/320599",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/196058/"
] | The first would be ideal, especially if they made it clear it was their answer.
Failing which the second would work - though one would need to paraphrase at minimum, and better yet, add on to that answer. The nice thing here well, you've earned your rep as an answer.
The point of a community wiki isn't to "not get" ... | >
> Question asked by same person (and answered) on different site - how should it be answered.
>
>
>
The way it should be **asked** is to inform the answerers that it has been asked on a different site.
The way it should be **answered** is from the ***point of view*** **of the site** on which it was asked.
For ... |
102,484 | So as the title describes, I need an apocalyptic event which is survivable by cryogenically preserved humans in hermetically sealed bunkers underground (or somewhere else). This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemis... | 2018/01/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/102484",
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemistries can evolve
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It's going to need a lot of handwaving, but you can have a comet "strike" (actually, burn and partially dissolve in the upper atmosphere) Ear... | Biochemistry of the life as we know it is entirely based on the chemistry, that is available elements, of the planet we live on.
Wiping out life will likely set up again the same biochemistry if you leave the available elements unchanged.
Unfortunately, changing the chemistry of an entire planet while preserving a ti... |
102,484 | So as the title describes, I need an apocalyptic event which is survivable by cryogenically preserved humans in hermetically sealed bunkers underground (or somewhere else). This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemis... | 2018/01/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/102484",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemistries can evolve
>
>
>
It's going to need a lot of handwaving, but you can have a comet "strike" (actually, burn and partially dissolve in the upper atmosphere) Ear... | **1: Invasive species from elsewhere.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FrobR.jpg)
<http://waroftheworlds.wikia.com/wiki/Red_weed>
If you want an ecosystem to turn into a radically different ecosystem at some rate faster than ordinary geological/evolutio... |
102,484 | So as the title describes, I need an apocalyptic event which is survivable by cryogenically preserved humans in hermetically sealed bunkers underground (or somewhere else). This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemis... | 2018/01/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/102484",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> This event should wipe out almost all life and change the climate and environment sufficiently enough that life with completely different biochemistries can evolve
>
>
>
It's going to need a lot of handwaving, but you can have a comet "strike" (actually, burn and partially dissolve in the upper atmosphere) Ear... | To create a complete new biochemistry, we are going to make carbon-carbon bonds obsolete. Carbon-carbon bonds are the backbone of our carbon-based life. To make them obsolete, we will force life to resort to some other basic bonds.
Radiation in the wavelength of 330-350 nm will be absorbed by carbon-carbon bonds, and ... |
213,347 | I am studying theatre directing. It’s a thing of beauty to build a world for a set design.
So: I’ve written a text that will be played by actors. It’s about a computer programmer who meets and falls in love with a weirdo, she’s called the Great Bum, a sort of an android, a cyber-girl that teases him with surrealist mu... | 2021/09/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/213347",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90156/"
] | I feel like nightclubs are one of the most-portrayed, if not THE most-portrayed, cyberpunk settings.
You can find lists of examples at <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CyberPunkIsTechno> and <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolestClubEver>
In Second Life, pretty much everyone builds a cyberpu... | **It would look like a bunker.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gt57w.jpg)
<https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/11/bunker-building-for-the-end-times-by-bradley-garrett-review-the-new-doom-boom>
Because that is what it is. This one is being used as a night club. Ther... |
213,347 | I am studying theatre directing. It’s a thing of beauty to build a world for a set design.
So: I’ve written a text that will be played by actors. It’s about a computer programmer who meets and falls in love with a weirdo, she’s called the Great Bum, a sort of an android, a cyber-girl that teases him with surrealist mu... | 2021/09/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/213347",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90156/"
] | I feel like nightclubs are one of the most-portrayed, if not THE most-portrayed, cyberpunk settings.
You can find lists of examples at <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CyberPunkIsTechno> and <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolestClubEver>
In Second Life, pretty much everyone builds a cyberpu... | The flash of another impact.. large holes in the ceiling allow dust and smoke pouring in
Below, young people dance and party, to the end of times..
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wic76.png)
KHAOS festival in Tessaloniki 2012. |
213,347 | I am studying theatre directing. It’s a thing of beauty to build a world for a set design.
So: I’ve written a text that will be played by actors. It’s about a computer programmer who meets and falls in love with a weirdo, she’s called the Great Bum, a sort of an android, a cyber-girl that teases him with surrealist mu... | 2021/09/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/213347",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90156/"
] | From the inside it would probably just look like a regular nightclub. In times of stress of stress people like to be reminded of the good old days. So From the outside The place might be a reinforced concrete bunker with with armed guards patrolling, But from the inside it probably looked very similar if not identical ... | **It would look like a bunker.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gt57w.jpg)
<https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/11/bunker-building-for-the-end-times-by-bradley-garrett-review-the-new-doom-boom>
Because that is what it is. This one is being used as a night club. Ther... |
213,347 | I am studying theatre directing. It’s a thing of beauty to build a world for a set design.
So: I’ve written a text that will be played by actors. It’s about a computer programmer who meets and falls in love with a weirdo, she’s called the Great Bum, a sort of an android, a cyber-girl that teases him with surrealist mu... | 2021/09/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/213347",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/90156/"
] | From the inside it would probably just look like a regular nightclub. In times of stress of stress people like to be reminded of the good old days. So From the outside The place might be a reinforced concrete bunker with with armed guards patrolling, But from the inside it probably looked very similar if not identical ... | The flash of another impact.. large holes in the ceiling allow dust and smoke pouring in
Below, young people dance and party, to the end of times..
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wic76.png)
KHAOS festival in Tessaloniki 2012. |
24,038 | **Why is *Gravity’s Rainbow* considered postmodern, yet *Finnegans Wake* is not?**
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> Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) has been received as a canonical instance of postmodernism.
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See
[Pynchon, postmodernism and quantification: an empirical content analysis of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow](ht... | 2023/02/06 | [
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/24038",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/users/2397/"
] | The premise of your question is unjustified. It is a very widespread view that *Finnegans Wake* is precisely a postmodernist work. Take a look, for instance, at [this answer on here](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/3106/what-does-postmodernism-mean-in-terms-of-literature), which states:
>
> Perhaps the... | The answer to this is very simply one of time frames. Modernism is the name given to a series of linked movements across the arts that spans from the late 19th century to roughly the Second World War. Postmodernism began with a movement in architecture in 1949 but rapidly spread, like its predecessor, across all the ar... |
3,238 | I've been doing it lately, assuming it will reduce the amount of crap I have to filter out after the boil, and it seems to reduce the amount of head I get during the boil (less chance of a boil over).
Does anybody else do this or does anybody have any insight as to whether or not I should be doing it and why? | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/3238",
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"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I don't. Mostly because I'm lazy, but I think it also serves as some extra nutrients for the yeast. | Palmer recommends throwing a couple of copper pennies into the pot to prevent boilover.
<http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter1-1.html> |
3,238 | I've been doing it lately, assuming it will reduce the amount of crap I have to filter out after the boil, and it seems to reduce the amount of head I get during the boil (less chance of a boil over).
Does anybody else do this or does anybody have any insight as to whether or not I should be doing it and why? | 2011/01/22 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/3238",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/113/"
] | I tried doing it for a couple years. I found it made no difference whatsoever to the beer quality so now I don't bother. The only valid reason I've heard for doing it is to help prevent boilovers on small kettles, but I find Fermcap far more effective for that. | Palmer recommends throwing a couple of copper pennies into the pot to prevent boilover.
<http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter1-1.html> |
361,488 | Where is the experimental proof that observers travelling toward or away from a light source, will always find that light from that source measures the same speed, regardless of their own speed? | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/361488",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/171368/"
] | It is claimed that on the earths surface the existence of an Äther would be observed with the [Michelson-Morley experimen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment).
>
> Michelson expected that the Earth's motion would produce a fringe shift equal to 0.04 fringes—that is, of the separation be... | First, the constancy of the speed of light and its isotropy in a vacuum does indeed have strong theoretic descriptions and proofs, such as those provided by Albert Einstein and Hendrik Lorentz.
Our everyday experience that there is no limit to how fast an object can move if you keep accelerating it is actually incorre... |
361,488 | Where is the experimental proof that observers travelling toward or away from a light source, will always find that light from that source measures the same speed, regardless of their own speed? | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/361488",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/171368/"
] | There have been very many tests of the constancy of the speed of light. You can readily find lists and descriptions of them on the Internet. For example, see <https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/experiments.html> | It is claimed that on the earths surface the existence of an Äther would be observed with the [Michelson-Morley experimen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelson%E2%80%93Morley_experiment).
>
> Michelson expected that the Earth's motion would produce a fringe shift equal to 0.04 fringes—that is, of the separation be... |
361,488 | Where is the experimental proof that observers travelling toward or away from a light source, will always find that light from that source measures the same speed, regardless of their own speed? | 2017/10/07 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/361488",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/171368/"
] | There have been very many tests of the constancy of the speed of light. You can readily find lists and descriptions of them on the Internet. For example, see <https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/experiments.html> | First, the constancy of the speed of light and its isotropy in a vacuum does indeed have strong theoretic descriptions and proofs, such as those provided by Albert Einstein and Hendrik Lorentz.
Our everyday experience that there is no limit to how fast an object can move if you keep accelerating it is actually incorre... |
40,874 | I've a Sony DSC-F828 and when I shoot in raw it takes a lot of time to write to the card. Is this only because the file has much more data?
Will connecting the camera to a PC reduce the time it takes to write one photo to disk? Or using a buffer? | 2013/07/13 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/40874",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/20351/"
] | RAW files contain more data than JPEGs so saving/moving the files takes more time. The RAW and JPEG files should be the same resolution, but per pixel there is more data.
Connecting to a PC isn't going to make it take less time; it may actually take longer because the speed of writing to the SD or CF card is probably... | This F828 is a very old camera and at the time these were limited in I/O bandwidth to the memory card, so the larger file-size causes very long access time. You will notice that if you set your camera to output TIFF, which also produces large files, it takes about the same amount of time.
Of course, even then, there w... |
40,874 | I've a Sony DSC-F828 and when I shoot in raw it takes a lot of time to write to the card. Is this only because the file has much more data?
Will connecting the camera to a PC reduce the time it takes to write one photo to disk? Or using a buffer? | 2013/07/13 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/40874",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/20351/"
] | There are three factors that determine how long it takes to save a photo to the memory card:
1. The time it takes to compress the data into a file.
2. The size of file.
3. The I/O speed.
The time to compress to JPEG and to compress to RAW should be roughly the same, and it's the smaller part of the process, so it's t... | This F828 is a very old camera and at the time these were limited in I/O bandwidth to the memory card, so the larger file-size causes very long access time. You will notice that if you set your camera to output TIFF, which also produces large files, it takes about the same amount of time.
Of course, even then, there w... |
160,355 | I have a logo that is a process color and I need to change it to a pantone colour. The only way I could change the colour was if I live traced it but I lost some detail. So I was wondering if there is another way I can do this in any of the adobe software programs without losing any of the quality. | 2010/07/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/160355",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | It's a raster image. You can lasso, feather, whatever... but you aren't going to have the same quality as you would have with a vector image. | If your logo is *just one color* (you did say "*a* process color") then you can do it like this:
1. Open it in Photoshop, note the DPI/pixels per inch resolution (Image menu>Image Size...) for later
2. Change color mode to grayscale (Image>Mode>Grayscale), save
3. Open in Illustrator
4. Change the fill color to the Pa... |
160,355 | I have a logo that is a process color and I need to change it to a pantone colour. The only way I could change the colour was if I live traced it but I lost some detail. So I was wondering if there is another way I can do this in any of the adobe software programs without losing any of the quality. | 2010/07/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/160355",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | It's a raster image. You can lasso, feather, whatever... but you aren't going to have the same quality as you would have with a vector image. | It worked for me when i was searching answer for the same question and was hit and trying.
1. Select the png image in illustrator
2. Image Trace
3. Expand
It will now change into vector and you can see the anchor points.
4. select magic wand tool.
5. select the image you want to change the color.
6. change the color u... |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I agree that it would be preferable if only subject matter experts are allowed to contribute to the docs… the whole "*in an ideal world*" and so on.
However, I am not sure limiting by badges is the right way forward.
**Regarding "rep farming":**
I am a member for 5+ years and seen a fair share of gold badgers rep ... | Hypothetical:
I rarely post Stackoverflow answers, because I believe it's the "just in it for the rep users" diving on the questions. And because of that I won't get Bronze/Silver/Gold badges. So now only they can edit documentation.
Something you explicitly want to avoid? |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I'm going to address another side of things: there are plenty of good ways to contribute to docs without being an expert. Well, two that I've found so far.
**Versioning**. While being an expert might help, *anyone* can go out, find the information, and format it in a table. The version chart needs to be in place befor... | Hypothetical:
I rarely post Stackoverflow answers, because I believe it's the "just in it for the rep users" diving on the questions. And because of that I won't get Bronze/Silver/Gold badges. So now only they can edit documentation.
Something you explicitly want to avoid? |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I know for myself, I don't have a tag badge in anything (Currently working towards Java and IntelliJ IDEA), but am looking to contribute documentation in those areas, and also topics such as Android.
I will admit I am motivated by the rep, but it is nice to see what I can share with the community.
I think docs would ... | Hypothetical:
I rarely post Stackoverflow answers, because I believe it's the "just in it for the rep users" diving on the questions. And because of that I won't get Bronze/Silver/Gold badges. So now only they can edit documentation.
Something you explicitly want to avoid? |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I agree that it would be preferable if only subject matter experts are allowed to contribute to the docs… the whole "*in an ideal world*" and so on.
However, I am not sure limiting by badges is the right way forward.
**Regarding "rep farming":**
I am a member for 5+ years and seen a fair share of gold badgers rep ... | I'm going to address another side of things: there are plenty of good ways to contribute to docs without being an expert. Well, two that I've found so far.
**Versioning**. While being an expert might help, *anyone* can go out, find the information, and format it in a table. The version chart needs to be in place befor... |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I agree that it would be preferable if only subject matter experts are allowed to contribute to the docs… the whole "*in an ideal world*" and so on.
However, I am not sure limiting by badges is the right way forward.
**Regarding "rep farming":**
I am a member for 5+ years and seen a fair share of gold badgers rep ... | I know for myself, I don't have a tag badge in anything (Currently working towards Java and IntelliJ IDEA), but am looking to contribute documentation in those areas, and also topics such as Android.
I will admit I am motivated by the rep, but it is nice to see what I can share with the community.
I think docs would ... |
329,763 | To follow up [this](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329462/contribution-to-documentation-low-engagement-levels-high-approval-turn-aroun) question. The main reason experts don't want to contribute to documentation because at it's current state documentation is flat out *crap*. Not just the UX but also the conte... | 2016/07/27 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329763",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1870760/"
] | I'm going to address another side of things: there are plenty of good ways to contribute to docs without being an expert. Well, two that I've found so far.
**Versioning**. While being an expert might help, *anyone* can go out, find the information, and format it in a table. The version chart needs to be in place befor... | I know for myself, I don't have a tag badge in anything (Currently working towards Java and IntelliJ IDEA), but am looking to contribute documentation in those areas, and also topics such as Android.
I will admit I am motivated by the rep, but it is nice to see what I can share with the community.
I think docs would ... |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620610",
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"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/159628/"
] | The relays will not operate at exactly the same speed so one set of contacts will take the brunt of the switching, and when closed they may not share current equally. In both cases, beyond specifications so they may weld or die very prematurely.
Sometimes contacts on the *same* device are allowed to be paralleled for ... | No.
The first contact to make and the last to break has to switch all the current. |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
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"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/159628/"
] | There are 3 states in relay switching a motor.
1. Making contact. Inductance starts at 0 current. No stress, just start caps.
2. During surge currents 5 to 8x rated current. Derate relay from resistive max current to 30% of rated current depending on datasheet. Add a snubber to extinguish some arc energy that raises c... | No.
The first contact to make and the last to break has to switch all the current. |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
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] | No.
The first contact to make and the last to break has to switch all the current. | Not with 240VAC, no. Paralleling isn't allowed in AC mains power unless the amps and wire size are quite large and certain protection is provided.
Further, to manipulate AC power you need equipment which is listed for the task. The equipment will have a variety of ratings, and you need to conform with the rating that ... |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620610",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The relays will not operate at exactly the same speed so one set of contacts will take the brunt of the switching, and when closed they may not share current equally. In both cases, beyond specifications so they may weld or die very prematurely.
Sometimes contacts on the *same* device are allowed to be paralleled for ... | There are 3 states in relay switching a motor.
1. Making contact. Inductance starts at 0 current. No stress, just start caps.
2. During surge currents 5 to 8x rated current. Derate relay from resistive max current to 30% of rated current depending on datasheet. Add a snubber to extinguish some arc energy that raises c... |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620610",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/159628/"
] | The relays will not operate at exactly the same speed so one set of contacts will take the brunt of the switching, and when closed they may not share current equally. In both cases, beyond specifications so they may weld or die very prematurely.
Sometimes contacts on the *same* device are allowed to be paralleled for ... | Not with 240VAC, no. Paralleling isn't allowed in AC mains power unless the amps and wire size are quite large and certain protection is provided.
Further, to manipulate AC power you need equipment which is listed for the task. The equipment will have a variety of ratings, and you need to conform with the rating that ... |
620,610 | Can I use two relays to increase current rating? I have requirement of 12 A, 240 VAC load, but I have 7 A, 250 VAC relays. Can I add two relays to make 7 A + 7 A, relay which is driven by single input signal?
TLDR; Can we add relay to increase current for inductive load / (mono-motor of 1hp = 0.75kW)?[![enter image de... | 2022/05/22 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/620610",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/159628/"
] | There are 3 states in relay switching a motor.
1. Making contact. Inductance starts at 0 current. No stress, just start caps.
2. During surge currents 5 to 8x rated current. Derate relay from resistive max current to 30% of rated current depending on datasheet. Add a snubber to extinguish some arc energy that raises c... | Not with 240VAC, no. Paralleling isn't allowed in AC mains power unless the amps and wire size are quite large and certain protection is provided.
Further, to manipulate AC power you need equipment which is listed for the task. The equipment will have a variety of ratings, and you need to conform with the rating that ... |
4,546 | Searching for good textbooks on math related to Computer Science I bought two german books yet, but found them not to be easily understandable and not suitable for self-study . German textbooks are always very academic and extremely based on cryptic formula. They're maybe good, if you want a reference, supplementary to... | 2011/01/25 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4546",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/3447/"
] | >
> I am not only searching for a book, but also an approach of how to learn matc without pain on my own.
>
>
>
If you learn best from and/or enjoy a good lecture, your best bet is probably the MIT open courseware lectures. They have Calculus, multiple versions of Linear Algebra
>
> I am still going to "Gymnasi... | A good introductory book would have a title such as:
* [Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0131377108)
Many such titles are available.
Another option is to find suitable material online: a good starting point, which has lots of links, is <http://en.wikiversity.org/wi... |
2,006 | Due to the new pagination of the [/sites](http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/usage/stackauth-methods/sites) method in [v1.1](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/02/stack-exchange-api-1-1-and-improved-app-gallery/) of the API, we have to go through all the pages of sites to check whether a site exists, or allow the user to... | 2011/02/12 | [
"https://stackapps.com/questions/2006",
"https://stackapps.com",
"https://stackapps.com/users/1177/"
] | For now, as we have only ~80 sites, you can set `pagesize` to 100 and get them all.
But in general, I think pagination here makes no sense at all. Because there're no search parameters or ordering, I can't think of a situation where app can fetch only first page and be satisfied.
*Would it be possible to provide a w... | Pagination on /sites is solely so [app]s don't have to pull down any unknown, large, and constantly growing chunk of a data in a single request.
It is expected that every consumer would grab all sites in a series of sequential (or concurrent, if they're comfortable with that) requests for each page. |
35,364 | Once my public wallet address is known, is there anyway to deny payments to that wallet?
For example, if I want an external authority to regulate who can pay into a wallet, is that possible?
I guess a related question is can I turn a wallet 'off' once it is in the block chain and known. | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35364",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/22805/"
] | No. At present this is not possible. Any one can create a transaction to transfer currency to any valid address. The transaction will be accepted by the network as long as it is valid.
It could be achieved by a collusion of the majority of the hashing power in the network, if the colluders allow/deny transactions that... | No, you can't prevent people from paying any particular address even if you control that address. This is a known problem: it would be very nice to have an address that can only be paid once.
Something like [P2SH^2](http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bitcoin.devel/1996) could help with this, although it would not pr... |
35,364 | Once my public wallet address is known, is there anyway to deny payments to that wallet?
For example, if I want an external authority to regulate who can pay into a wallet, is that possible?
I guess a related question is can I turn a wallet 'off' once it is in the block chain and known. | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35364",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/22805/"
] | No, you can't prevent people from paying any particular address even if you control that address. This is a known problem: it would be very nice to have an address that can only be paid once.
Something like [P2SH^2](http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bitcoin.devel/1996) could help with this, although it would not pr... | No, you cannot do that. The wallet doesn't really hold the coins, it is a structure that contains some private keys which in turn can digitally prove that you are the owner of their public hash, also known as a bitcoin address. As long as a bitcoin address is valid, anyone can send any sort of payments to it and none c... |
35,364 | Once my public wallet address is known, is there anyway to deny payments to that wallet?
For example, if I want an external authority to regulate who can pay into a wallet, is that possible?
I guess a related question is can I turn a wallet 'off' once it is in the block chain and known. | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/35364",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/22805/"
] | No. At present this is not possible. Any one can create a transaction to transfer currency to any valid address. The transaction will be accepted by the network as long as it is valid.
It could be achieved by a collusion of the majority of the hashing power in the network, if the colluders allow/deny transactions that... | No, you cannot do that. The wallet doesn't really hold the coins, it is a structure that contains some private keys which in turn can digitally prove that you are the owner of their public hash, also known as a bitcoin address. As long as a bitcoin address is valid, anyone can send any sort of payments to it and none c... |
462,638 | So long story short, i got some speakers from an old music player and they are huge (around 2.5 inches diameter and 1.5 inches high), i gave them new wires to use with a breadboard so i used a headphone jack to connect it to my computer. But it was too quiet, even with both youtube and my computer at max volume, so i m... | 2019/10/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/462638",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The transistor is used as an emitter-follower (look it up) that has a voltage gain of only 1. So the output volume will be low level like for headphones.
The transistor is not biased so it behaves as a rectifier producing severe distortion (flickering?).
Your very simple circuit feeds DC through the speaker that a real... | consider something like this
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fcFarT.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/) |
531,199 | I am using .net 1.1. I have a session class in which I have stored many static variables that hold some data to be used by many classes.
I want to find a simple way of destroying this class instead of resetting every variable one by one. For example if there is a static class MyStatic, I would have liked to destroy/re... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/531199",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | There's no way to destroy a static unless it resides in a separate AppDomain in which case you can get rid of it by unloading the AppDomain. However it is usually better to avoid statics.
EDIT: Additional question
When the singleton is no longer referenced it will be collected just as everything else. In other words... | You destroy objects, not classes. There's nothing wrong with static classes--C# provides them for a reason. Singletons are just extra overhead, unless you actually need an object, e.g. when you have to pass the object as a parameter.
Static classes contain only static variables. These variables tend to last for the li... |
531,199 | I am using .net 1.1. I have a session class in which I have stored many static variables that hold some data to be used by many classes.
I want to find a simple way of destroying this class instead of resetting every variable one by one. For example if there is a static class MyStatic, I would have liked to destroy/re... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/531199",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20933/"
] | You destroy objects, not classes. There's nothing wrong with static classes--C# provides them for a reason. Singletons are just extra overhead, unless you actually need an object, e.g. when you have to pass the object as a parameter.
Static classes contain only static variables. These variables tend to last for the li... | The best way in your condition is to have an Reset() method built-in as well, which can reset the values of the class. |
531,199 | I am using .net 1.1. I have a session class in which I have stored many static variables that hold some data to be used by many classes.
I want to find a simple way of destroying this class instead of resetting every variable one by one. For example if there is a static class MyStatic, I would have liked to destroy/re... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/531199",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20933/"
] | Don't use a static class to store your variables. Use an instance (and make it a singleton if you only want one instance at any given time.) You can then implement IDisposible, and just call Dispose() when you want to destroy it.
For more information check out this site: <http://csharpindepth.com/Articles/General/Sing... | You destroy objects, not classes. There's nothing wrong with static classes--C# provides them for a reason. Singletons are just extra overhead, unless you actually need an object, e.g. when you have to pass the object as a parameter.
Static classes contain only static variables. These variables tend to last for the li... |
531,199 | I am using .net 1.1. I have a session class in which I have stored many static variables that hold some data to be used by many classes.
I want to find a simple way of destroying this class instead of resetting every variable one by one. For example if there is a static class MyStatic, I would have liked to destroy/re... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/531199",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20933/"
] | There's no way to destroy a static unless it resides in a separate AppDomain in which case you can get rid of it by unloading the AppDomain. However it is usually better to avoid statics.
EDIT: Additional question
When the singleton is no longer referenced it will be collected just as everything else. In other words... | The best way in your condition is to have an Reset() method built-in as well, which can reset the values of the class. |
5,121,032 | In my process I'm attempting to launch appB from appA using startActivityForResult and pass some data back and forth.
I'm probably not using it correctly because when appB launches (which it does correctly) its savedInstanceState (the onCreate param) is null.
Is that not the Bundle that the intent that I create in app... | 2011/02/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5121032",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/59947/"
] | Use [Activity.getIntent()](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#getIntent%28%29). | Dr. D. There are actually at least four sets of state in your app. 1) The non view state of activity one (parent) which can be lost on a soft kill (phone rotation). 2) The non view state of activity two (child) which can be lost on a soft kill (phone rotation). 3) The state of data being passed from Activity 1 to 2 and... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm not an editor, so I don't have the first-hand perspective you're asking for. Anyway, according to Publon's Global State of Peer Review 2018 report, ~10% of reviewers are responsible for ~50% of peer reviews ([Nature News summary](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06602-y), [full report](https://publons.com... | An editor should and normally does keep a database of reviewers. It contains more than just their email addresses. There is no particular reason why it can't contain preferences for frequency as well as the other information. So, an editor can and should ask, and try (hard) to honor those requests. Then the frequency i... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14695/"
] | I'm not an editor, so I don't have the first-hand perspective you're asking for. Anyway, according to Publon's Global State of Peer Review 2018 report, ~10% of reviewers are responsible for ~50% of peer reviews ([Nature News summary](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06602-y), [full report](https://publons.com... | The last time I handled a journal which had a standard review deadline of ~28 days, I had a personal limit of once every two months. It's not a strict rule, and if e.g. a paper is revised within two months I will still invite the same reviewer. This limit is also not based on any statistics or data - it's simply someth... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Even for reviewers I know well (and probably have worked with), I will try not to ask the same person to review journal submissions more often than every 4-6 months. I certainly wouldn't say "good job on that last one, here's the next one for you!"
But it all comes down to how people respond. If someone declines, I'm ... | An editor should and normally does keep a database of reviewers. It contains more than just their email addresses. There is no particular reason why it can't contain preferences for frequency as well as the other information. So, an editor can and should ask, and try (hard) to honor those requests. Then the frequency i... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
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] | From my experience as an editor, it is not unusual for referees to ask for "time off" from being assigned reviews and give bounds for the frequency of requests. As Buffy suggested, some editorial systems allow referees to enter this information and the editor sees it before sending out review invitations. I was glad to... | An editor should and normally does keep a database of reviewers. It contains more than just their email addresses. There is no particular reason why it can't contain preferences for frequency as well as the other information. So, an editor can and should ask, and try (hard) to honor those requests. Then the frequency i... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | An editor should and normally does keep a database of reviewers. It contains more than just their email addresses. There is no particular reason why it can't contain preferences for frequency as well as the other information. So, an editor can and should ask, and try (hard) to honor those requests. Then the frequency i... | The last time I handled a journal which had a standard review deadline of ~28 days, I had a personal limit of once every two months. It's not a strict rule, and if e.g. a paper is revised within two months I will still invite the same reviewer. This limit is also not based on any statistics or data - it's simply someth... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14695/"
] | Even for reviewers I know well (and probably have worked with), I will try not to ask the same person to review journal submissions more often than every 4-6 months. I certainly wouldn't say "good job on that last one, here's the next one for you!"
But it all comes down to how people respond. If someone declines, I'm ... | The last time I handled a journal which had a standard review deadline of ~28 days, I had a personal limit of once every two months. It's not a strict rule, and if e.g. a paper is revised within two months I will still invite the same reviewer. This limit is also not based on any statistics or data - it's simply someth... |
166,127 | There is a journal editor who keeps sending me review requests. He sends a new one shortly (a couple of weeks) after I return the previous one. I tend to accept because they align quite well with my expertise and I want to stay in good terms with this editor, who is a prominent figure in the field. I am a slow reviewer... | 2021/04/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/166127",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/14695/"
] | From my experience as an editor, it is not unusual for referees to ask for "time off" from being assigned reviews and give bounds for the frequency of requests. As Buffy suggested, some editorial systems allow referees to enter this information and the editor sees it before sending out review invitations. I was glad to... | The last time I handled a journal which had a standard review deadline of ~28 days, I had a personal limit of once every two months. It's not a strict rule, and if e.g. a paper is revised within two months I will still invite the same reviewer. This limit is also not based on any statistics or data - it's simply someth... |
26,400 | Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10. Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else? | 2011/05/21 | [
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] | If you are trying to make it clear that these are United States dollars (rather than the mighty Canadian version)
"$10 US" or in a more formal economics text possibly, "10 USD" | I work in a law office and this is how we are doing it now (lately) (US)$10,000.00! |
2,162,646 | I've searched the internet for this but couldn't find anything useable, I was just wondering if there exists a C/C++ project similar to [portablepython](http://portablepython.com)?
**EDIT**
I guess the question becomes: is there a portable C/C++ compiler I can stick onto a usb key? | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2162646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/104071/"
] | Python is an interpreter that can run "scripts" (`.py` files). Therefore portablepython makes sense - if you don't want to install Python everywhere, but still want to run the small Python files. This helps if the target PC doesn't have Python installed (or you can't even do it because of privileges).
For C/C++ this ... | PortablePython is a python interpreter, and as Eli Bendersky pointed out, you don't need an interpreter to run programs written in C or C++ once it is compiled. OTOH, if what you are looking for is a *compiler* that does not need installation, you can have a look at [Dev-C++ portable](http://sourceforge.net/projects/de... |
2,162,646 | I've searched the internet for this but couldn't find anything useable, I was just wondering if there exists a C/C++ project similar to [portablepython](http://portablepython.com)?
**EDIT**
I guess the question becomes: is there a portable C/C++ compiler I can stick onto a usb key? | 2010/01/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2162646",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/104071/"
] | Python is an interpreter that can run "scripts" (`.py` files). Therefore portablepython makes sense - if you don't want to install Python everywhere, but still want to run the small Python files. This helps if the target PC doesn't have Python installed (or you can't even do it because of privileges).
For C/C++ this ... | There is [tcc](http://bellard.org/tcc/) which has precompiled binaries for windows which you can use from your usb stick. tcc has no support for c++ though. |
32,378,103 | Developing an android app that needs tasks from outlook.office365.com, where the client's work account is connected with AD, I used ADAL library for authentication and don't find API to access the Tasks. Is there any way to get this done?.Kindly update me. | 2015/09/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32378103",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2459623/"
] | Finally, I have found out a way to access the "Tasks" from outlook.office365.com, Please make sure you read the guide here:
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iqY_tdyJFbVZ2UR0_rGznSvbamDTdm6gNoltfQZghrQ/edit?usp=sharing>
It is working, but I had to get the trial license from the developers, still I'm working on the ... | Sorry, the API doesn't support interacting with Outlook tasks. You can find all of the Office 365 API documentation on [MSDN](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/office365/api/api-catalog). |
7,783,144 | I have built an extensive 2-tier application in D2010, using ADO and devexpress. I want to upgrade this to using Datasnap mainly to provide HTTPS communication instead of just TCP/IP to the vulnerable SQL server. I have followed all the Datasnap tutorials I could find. I have Cary Jensen's Delphi In Depth: ClientDatase... | 2011/10/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7783144",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/381084/"
] | If you think your database is vulnerable think twice about using D2010 Datasnap. It is very, very vulnerable. Don't be fooled by HTTPS, there are still lot of pieces missing to fully protect the channel. For example once you use Datasnap, SQL server Windows integrated authentication (kerberos based...), is gone.
For a... | [2016 Update: DataSnap in 2016 is even more woefully behind in terms of security and features now than it was when this question was written. I do not recommend its use in any new designs at all, ever.]
DataSnap is a solution to the problem of building multi-tier (Three or more) applications. Directly connecting to SQ... |
820,088 | We have two windows forests with a one-direction trust.
I noticed, that a password/group-membership change informs the other DC just in time.
This also happens, when I create a new user in forest A for accessing on a DB in forest B.
Normally it takes about 30 minutes for forest A and B for balancing their dat... | 2016/12/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/820088",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/390095/"
] | First thing to note is that in an AD Trust, objects don't replicate from one forest to the other. A request for an AD object is fulfilled through the trusted forest. This means that a change in Forest A doesn't have to replicate to Forest B. If a user in Forest A tries to log into an account in Forest B, they would be ... | I think everything looks normal here it's definitely normal to sync at the same moment unless there's something making it take up to 30 minutes other than that you shouldn't be worried you should be happy . |
18,997,635 | 1.How to programmatically connect with QuickBooks Online using .NET? We followed the below article but this needs manual intervention to connect.
<http://ippdocs.intuit.com/0025_QuickBooksAPI/0010_Getting_Started/0020_Connect/0010_From_Within_Your_App/Test_the_In-App_Connect_Flow>
Initially we developed the sample app... | 2013/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18997635",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2813890/"
] | You cannot connect to Quickbooks APIs without manual intervention as it is a part of the 3 legged OAUTH flow.
The .Net SDK supports XML and JSON. There is no separate JSON library. The sample app for Dotnet in v3 is not yet available. Please refer to the docs for generating the JSON requests.
<https://developer.intu... | If you want to create SaaS application and want to publish it in Appcenter then you need to implement OAuth flow which needs user's input for authorization. In the dev env, using the above sample app, you can get the OAuth tokens(consumer key, consumer secret, access key and access token) which you can use in your app ... |
20,283 | In JIRA, we have a task for standups and meetings, obviously this task does not need an estimate, but it is useful to have time tracking on it.
However, when I log time on this issue, the remaining estimate either becomes N/A (first time I log time; cannot submit the time log) or it becomes minus however long I logged... | 2016/10/12 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/20283",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> Is there a way I can create tasks that have no time estimate?
>
>
>
Yes, it just depends on your Jira configuration. However, as you stated, once you have logged time on it, Jira deducts you're a time tracker... and thus, assume you are interested to know by when you *no longer need* to log time on it (i.e. y... | I am fairly certain the answer is no, unfortunately. After researching it, it seems you cannot adjust the "Remaining estimate" automatically, or manually set it to not update.
That being the case I looked into a way to remove that value from your task, while leaving the ability to log time. My thought was you could c... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/48542/"
] | A graphic designer creates graphics.
A web designer builds web sites.
They aren't the same job. It's very cool if a web designer can create his own graphics, or a graphic designer can prototype web pages, but in my experience of working in organisations, the 'graphics department' and the 'web team' are usually diffe... | If you're going to be designing graphics intended for web use it would be good to understand what makes your work user friendly to the web developer that needs to use it, but beyond that, NO!!!... There's a quirk to being an Artist where a lot of people look at us as the "grunts" of the workplace simply because they un... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
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] | A graphic designer creates graphics.
A web designer builds web sites.
They aren't the same job. It's very cool if a web designer can create his own graphics, or a graphic designer can prototype web pages, but in my experience of working in organisations, the 'graphics department' and the 'web team' are usually diffe... | It does not hurt. Knowing how to do X is not really a part of design. Designing means that you put thought behind your task, plan it, and make sure the plan is executable. So for great designers it wold be enough to communicate the idea to others. Note not really talking of graphic design just design in general.
Now f... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
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] | It never hurts to know both and I think that knowing both puts you above the rest. I think that if you like this line of work you learn both. I personally do both and I cannot honestly tell you which one I enjoy the most. Both are awesome in their different ways. | If you're going to be designing graphics intended for web use it would be good to understand what makes your work user friendly to the web developer that needs to use it, but beyond that, NO!!!... There's a quirk to being an Artist where a lot of people look at us as the "grunts" of the workplace simply because they un... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/48542/"
] | It never hurts to know both and I think that knowing both puts you above the rest. I think that if you like this line of work you learn both. I personally do both and I cannot honestly tell you which one I enjoy the most. Both are awesome in their different ways. | It does not hurt. Knowing how to do X is not really a part of design. Designing means that you put thought behind your task, plan it, and make sure the plan is executable. So for great designers it wold be enough to communicate the idea to others. Note not really talking of graphic design just design in general.
Now f... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/48542/"
] | Define "web code".
That can mean a whole lot of things.
Do you need to be a great coder to be a great graphic designer? No. Of course not.
Does having a good understanding of *front end presentation layer* code make you a better *web/UI* designer? Absolutely.
As with any medium, the more you understand the mediu... | If you're going to be designing graphics intended for web use it would be good to understand what makes your work user friendly to the web developer that needs to use it, but beyond that, NO!!!... There's a quirk to being an Artist where a lot of people look at us as the "grunts" of the workplace simply because they un... |
58,274 | The title says it all really. I just want to find out whether I need to know web code to be a good graphic designer. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/58274",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/48542/"
] | Define "web code".
That can mean a whole lot of things.
Do you need to be a great coder to be a great graphic designer? No. Of course not.
Does having a good understanding of *front end presentation layer* code make you a better *web/UI* designer? Absolutely.
As with any medium, the more you understand the mediu... | It does not hurt. Knowing how to do X is not really a part of design. Designing means that you put thought behind your task, plan it, and make sure the plan is executable. So for great designers it wold be enough to communicate the idea to others. Note not really talking of graphic design just design in general.
Now f... |
80,935 | I'm using Google Inbox with Google Apps for Work and unfortunately the .ics attachments sent by meetup.com are not added to my calender. But when I switch to Gmail then there is a button to add the Appointment to my calendar.
Is there a way to get the same behavior in Google Inbox? | 2015/07/30 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/80935",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/98939/"
] | According to [this thread on Google Forums](https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/RuRRTr8gDgc), this is a known limitation and they have it on the slate for future implementation. I expect that the more people tell Google they want this, the more likely Google will implement it and sooner.
**EDIT**
I'v... | This is not always convenient, but if you use the Google Inbox application on Android there is an option to add events to your google Calendar. I generally get my phone out and add events from there. |
43,384 | Which one is grammatical?
>
> "Wow! Nice! I smelled **you baking cake**!"
>
> "Wow! Nice! I smelled **your baking cake**!"
>
>
>
Both of them are acceptable, maybe? | 2014/12/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/43384",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3281/"
] | These are idiomatic:
>
> I smelled you smoking out in the tool shed, you little twerp. I'm going to tell Dad on you. An eight-year-old shouldn't be smoking.
>
>
> Did I smell you burning dead leaves last night? The breeze brought the scent in our window.
>
>
> I smelled you frying fish.
>
>
>
I would not use... | Both of them are grammatically sound.
>
> "Wow! Nice! I smelled **you baking cake**!"
>
>
>
Here you're referring to the whole action. For this reason, this is what would normally be said. The action of cake baking generates an aroma that fills the whole kitchen and that's what is being smelled.
If it wasn't c... |
79,852 | I bought a brand new Renault duster 2021 4x4, and today after 10 days of buying my new car, I noticed a rusty components around my back wheels, as follow:-
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cn0jg.jpg)
so is this normal? | 2020/09/23 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/79852",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Its light rust on components that were not painted from the factory, this is normal for unpainted parts. | I used to work in a steel mill that made various parts and thicknesses. a lot of the plate that parts like that get cut from are rusty and dirty from just sitting in the warehouse waiting to be cut. Most likely is the parts didn't get shipped to a powder coating factory just straight to the manufacturer. |
79,852 | I bought a brand new Renault duster 2021 4x4, and today after 10 days of buying my new car, I noticed a rusty components around my back wheels, as follow:-
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cn0jg.jpg)
so is this normal? | 2020/09/23 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/79852",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/54621/"
] | Rust on these parts is rarely a concern. They are not a sheet metal to be perforated by the rust and the rust cannot make them weak enough to fail before the warranty expires (and in the general case, they are one of the last to need replacement).
That's why they leave them unpainted.
p.s. painting them is not really... | Its light rust on components that were not painted from the factory, this is normal for unpainted parts. |
79,852 | I bought a brand new Renault duster 2021 4x4, and today after 10 days of buying my new car, I noticed a rusty components around my back wheels, as follow:-
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cn0jg.jpg)
so is this normal? | 2020/09/23 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/79852",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/54621/"
] | Rust on these parts is rarely a concern. They are not a sheet metal to be perforated by the rust and the rust cannot make them weak enough to fail before the warranty expires (and in the general case, they are one of the last to need replacement).
That's why they leave them unpainted.
p.s. painting them is not really... | I used to work in a steel mill that made various parts and thicknesses. a lot of the plate that parts like that get cut from are rusty and dirty from just sitting in the warehouse waiting to be cut. Most likely is the parts didn't get shipped to a powder coating factory just straight to the manufacturer. |
107,893 | Whenever I log into my LastPass vault, I see a generic user icon in the top right corner next to my email address:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z8f5Q.jpg)
I want to replace the nondescript icon with my usual avatar, but I don't see a way to change my profile pic... | 2017/07/20 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/107893",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/60818/"
] | Judging by [this LastPass forum thread](https://forums.lastpass.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=224775&p=756325&hilit=avatar#p756325) from February 2017, as well as having personally scoured every inch of the LastPass Account Settings, I don't believe so.
I'll let you know if and when I see this feature become available. | I will go one step further on this. I contacted LastPass support, and they confirm that it is not possible to replace the generic user icon with anything else. |
491,479 | I recently froze some tap water in plastic bottles and I later made the ice melt completely (the idea was keeping ice bottles nearby me to fight the heat). When the water returned to liquid a lot of tiny white dust/crystal flakes were visible. These were heavier than water and tended to sink.
At the beginning I though... | 2019/07/13 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/491479",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/226311/"
] | The box with interior walls painted in black **is not** the blackbody. The realization of the surface of a black body is the surface of a small hole (small with respect to the size of the box) on the wall of such a box.
As clearly stated in [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body) page:
>
> Any light e... | For thermal radiation inside a cavity the waves do not need to have, and usually do not have, nodes at the walls of the box.
There is a widely-used picture in simple presentations of the theory which suggests the waves have nodes at the walls. In fact this picture is just offering a way to count how many linearly inde... |
71,434 | I saw kind of "digital" geometrical shapes drawing on some websites.
I'm interested in creating some by myself (for wallpaper or logo purpose) and are looking for some inspiration.
Do you have any idea of what can i search in Google to find more of piece of art/digital drawing like this one?
[![simple shapes drawi... | 2016/05/20 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/71434",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/67088/"
] | The top image could be considered an [abstract low polygon design](https://www.google.com/search?q=abstract%20low%20polygon%20design&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi4_qbD4-jMAhXGNz4KHUk1A_gQ_AUIBygB&biw=2560&bih=1258). I don't think the second image can be considered 1 style. | Do you mean what kind of software was used to make it? For example, raster images (made by pixels with software such as Photoshop), vector images (made by mathematical equations to create lines with software such as Illustrator), or perhaps in your examples, 3D modelling/animation?
The images you showed would likely b... |
502,173 | I was going through *[Leviathan](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm#link2H_4_0256)* of Hobbes today and I think I spotted an error.
"*and every Citizen bringing his Oystershell into the market place, written with the name of him he desired should be banished, without actuall accusing him, sometimes... | 2019/06/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/502173",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/349354/"
] | From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristides)
>
> Aristides (/ˌærəˈstaɪdiːz/; Greek: Ἀριστείδης, Aristeides; 530–468 BC)
> was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just", he flourished
> in the early quarter of Athens' Classical period and is remembered for
> his generalship in the Persian War... | No, in this context *"an Aristides"* is an example of someone who probably should not have been ostracised. It could have been written "\_ ... sometimes banished an unfortunate person, for his reputation of Justice;\_".
In your alternative version *"sometimes banished Aristides*" means that they repeatedly banished Ar... |
1,331 | Following this: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1066411/good-eclipse-rcp-tutorial>
It seems to me that there has to be a way to more easily allow people to share things like this. Sure, Digg and Reddit exist for this kind of thing, too, but there has to be some way to leverage Stack Overflow as a link-sharing com... | 2009/06/30 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1331",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/572/"
] | StackOverflow is a Q&A site. And it's designed around that.
I think it's working fine as is, you are going to have edge cases like this, but it's not something you need to change the design over. | Lead by example.
Just edit their question to match a 'jeopardy' format.
See my edits as an example:
>
> <https://stackoverflow.com/revisions/1066411/list>
>
>
> |
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