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179,188 | I’m returning to D&D after a VERY long time, and will predominantly be playing solo.
Can you create a character that is an animal? I’m thinking of a cat who is a wizard, possibly because of a spell that went wrong. I’ve started reading the D&D basic rules from 2018 , and can only see four races? The character is/was h... | 2021/01/04 | [
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] | Akixkisu's excellent [suggestion](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/179202/48249) made me think of a couple other possibilities:
Leonin, from [Mythic Odysseys of Theros](https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/mythic-odysseys-of-theros):
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> Leonin are proud lion-like hunters, many of whom live in defiance of... | ### Playing awakened animals isn't possible.
All playable characters are humanoid and either Small or Medium in size. A cat, even a cat given intelligence and the ability to speak with the Awaken spell, is not a viable player character. They're Tiny Beasts, not Humanoids, and rules for them only exist in the form of N... |
179,188 | I’m returning to D&D after a VERY long time, and will predominantly be playing solo.
Can you create a character that is an animal? I’m thinking of a cat who is a wizard, possibly because of a spell that went wrong. I’ve started reading the D&D basic rules from 2018 , and can only see four races? The character is/was h... | 2021/01/04 | [
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] | Consider the Custom Lineage optional rules
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[Tasha's Cauldron of Everything](https://www.dndbeyond.com/marketplace/sourcebooks/tashas-cauldron-of-everything) provides the optional rule variant for designing your character's race outside of the standard race options. Essentiall... | ### Playing awakened animals isn't possible.
All playable characters are humanoid and either Small or Medium in size. A cat, even a cat given intelligence and the ability to speak with the Awaken spell, is not a viable player character. They're Tiny Beasts, not Humanoids, and rules for them only exist in the form of N... |
31,619,313 | I have downloaded **httpd-2.4.16.tar.gz** package from <http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/>
and extracted on my ubuntu 14.04 LTS two times but i am unable to find **conf** directory so that i configure **httpd.conf** file present in this directory as mentioned in <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html#customize... | 2015/07/24 | [
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] | >
> Use find /etc -name httpd
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This will produce a list of all files within that directory that contain httpd
Or use:
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> find / -name httpd.conf
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which will produce the full path of wherever httpd.conf is situated. | Actually **conf** file appear after installation of apache. I was finding it inside extracted directory of **httpd-2.4.16.tar.gz**. |
71,676 | It doesn't have to be a rock, in fact it would probably be depleted uranium or even some crazy material like neutronium. | 2017/02/19 | [
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] | I am not going to give numbers because the issue is way more complex than it appears, but I will add some factors than seem to have been overlooked.
* First and more important, an object at 0.999999c will not simply travel through space. At that speed, every single atom of matter that it collides with will trigger a n... | Fact of the matter is, it isn't force or lack thereof that makes a star go nova. It's a depletion of its 'food source'. A star, in the simplest terms, is a ball of gas that is under such immense pressure that the gas is superheated, and the combination of this and quantum mechanics allows for Hydrogen atoms to fuse and... |
1,818 | I am used to the fact that when 5 different users edit a question, that is automatically changed to a CW question.
Is this still valid? Does the number of editors include also the OP? | 2011/08/25 | [
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] | [According to Meta Stack Overflow](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts/11741#11741), the automatic triggers for CW conversion include:
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> * The body of the post has been edited by at least five (5) different users.
> * The post has been edited ten (10) times by the original o... | At this moment, the question ‘[What is “context specific”?](https://english.stackexchange.com/posts/62085/revisions)’ has exactly five edits by five different users, none by the original poster. It has apparently not changed to a CW question. I think this directly contradicts the documentation in the Meta.SO post [cite... |
288,995 | Are both the following sentences correct? If so, what's the difference?
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> a. Mary has still been lingering in the park since she left the office.
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> b. Mary is still lingering in the park after she left the office.
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> | 2021/06/14 | [
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] | No, neither is quite natural.
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> Mary is still lingering in the park.
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states where she is now, with an element of surprise that she has been there so long. The fact that, earlier, she left the office would be better in a new sentence.
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> Mary has been lingering in the park since she left the office.
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... | Both are "correct" and yes, slight differences.
A.) There has been an ongoing discussion the last two weeks about Mary spending time lingering in the park — she was told to stop it or face legal action. But, as evidence shows, she has still been lingering in the park since her firing.
B.) I just looked out the window... |
516,225 | In each below, should there be an intervening comma between the two repeated words?
That’s what makes Tony Tony. (what makes Tony who he is.)
That’s what makes her her. (Same logic.)
That’s what makes him him. (Same logic.)
Thanks. | 2019/10/23 | [
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] | If these two last words at the end of the sentence were different, you wouldn't put a comma in:
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> That's what makes a house a home.
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So you shouldn't put a comma in even if they're identical. | Should there be an intervening comma? Yes.
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> That’s what makes Tony, Tony.
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The *Chicago Manual of Style* (13th ed) says:
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> For ease of reading, it is sometimes desirable to separate two identical or closely similar words with a comma, even though the sense or grammatical construction does not require... |
516,225 | In each below, should there be an intervening comma between the two repeated words?
That’s what makes Tony Tony. (what makes Tony who he is.)
That’s what makes her her. (Same logic.)
That’s what makes him him. (Same logic.)
Thanks. | 2019/10/23 | [
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] | If these two last words at the end of the sentence were different, you wouldn't put a comma in:
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> That's what makes a house a home.
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So you shouldn't put a comma in even if they're identical. | Either is acceptable in published writing.
I tested this with an analogous set of examples to your own:
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> (1) That's what makes you you
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> (2) That's what makes you, you
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Among the books conforming to (1) are *[Thankless in Death](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Thankless_in_Death/Ra6soCJYiSoC?... |
76,296 | I know that there's a risk of bacteria in any area where you defrost chicken, but what about the chicken itself? Will running water over it (unwrapped) reduce the taste or change the texture? | 2016/12/09 | [
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] | Try mixing up some salt and cayenne powder into an old spice shaker. That should make life easier. Start with a low amount of salt and adjust up to your level of heat. If you end up putting it in a paprika container you may want to label it! | Sprinkling powders or flakes made from hotter types of dried chili pepper (which you need to use if you dont want the end result tasting of paprika) directly over food will end up giving you a rather harsh type of heat.
Consider using a chili-infused oil, or actually cooking a finer ground dried chili in oil for a mom... |
76,296 | I know that there's a risk of bacteria in any area where you defrost chicken, but what about the chicken itself? Will running water over it (unwrapped) reduce the taste or change the texture? | 2016/12/09 | [
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] | Try mixing up some salt and cayenne powder into an old spice shaker. That should make life easier. Start with a low amount of salt and adjust up to your level of heat. If you end up putting it in a paprika container you may want to label it! | There are plenty of hot sauces that really don't taste like much but heat. That won't really have a noticeable texture at all, unless you're putting it on something dry.
Or, you can just get a hot chili powder and either use it by itself or mix it with salt. You might not want it *too* hot, since it's hard to sprinkle... |
40,543 | I have a stereo that I purchased over 15 years ago(rechecked date), and it's kind of bulky but it sounds great to my ears. Is there any technological improvement that might make a new stereo better than this already 6 point surround sound (as far as how it sounds not whether it will receive bluetooth etc..)? Computers ... | 2016/12/18 | [
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] | This is a very opinion-based question and likely to get closed by the adult-supervisors here. But meanwhile....
**Has stereo equipment CHANGED in the last 10 years?** Certainly. It is hard to find any area of technology that has not changed over time.
**Has stereo equipment IMPROVED in the last 10 years?** That is a... | Very few people care about Sound quality anymore. The wider population don't have critical ears and aren't aware of it. Many think beats headphones sound good despite evidence suggesting otherwise. If all people listen to is lossy music on crap gear how will they know any different. As for your 'stereo' it could only b... |
23,045 | In the Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson, the chapters are inter-cut with snippets about the hero of ages and his quest. I've been listening in with Audible to the stories, but I honestly think I'd struggle to piece the information together if I had the books. Has someone summarised the information revealed somewhere... | 2012/09/05 | [
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] | The Final Empire quotes are from
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> [Alendi's diary](http://coppermind.net/wiki/Alendi%27s_journal) of events up to his death by the Lord Ruler (Rashek)
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The Well of Ascension quotes are from
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> [Kwaan's inscription](http://coppermind.net/wiki/Kwaan%27s_inscription) in the Conventical of Seran (where S... | In the later Mistborn books, not all of the snippets at the tops of the chapters are from the ancient diary. There are at least two ancient characters and one modern character whose writings appear in those snippets over the course of the series.
And one request - this issue brushes massive spoilers, please be circums... |
23,045 | In the Mistborn books by Brandon Sanderson, the chapters are inter-cut with snippets about the hero of ages and his quest. I've been listening in with Audible to the stories, but I honestly think I'd struggle to piece the information together if I had the books. Has someone summarised the information revealed somewhere... | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/23045",
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"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3804/"
] | The Final Empire quotes are from
>
> [Alendi's diary](http://coppermind.net/wiki/Alendi%27s_journal) of events up to his death by the Lord Ruler (Rashek)
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The Well of Ascension quotes are from
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> [Kwaan's inscription](http://coppermind.net/wiki/Kwaan%27s_inscription) in the Conventical of Seran (where S... | The snippets in The Final Empire are all from Alendi's diary.
The snippets in The Well of Ascension all come from Kwaan's inscription on the steel plate. |
150,386 | I was recently playing on a factions server, and decided that I needed more money. So I began building an underground sugarcane farm. All was fine until about ten minutes later I noticed the sugarcane still hadn't grown at all. I have the sugarcane on dirt and the room is four blocks high. I waited even longer later an... | 2014/01/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/150386",
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] | It seems that you may be dealing with an instance where the server staff has nerfed sugarcane's growth rate, most likely using a plugin, or the built-in feature of spigot.
This is often done to prevent the price of easily-farm-able goods, like sugarcane, from dropping to rock bottom, or, in the event of a server store... | Wait for it to grow naturally; don't place it. |
150,386 | I was recently playing on a factions server, and decided that I needed more money. So I began building an underground sugarcane farm. All was fine until about ten minutes later I noticed the sugarcane still hadn't grown at all. I have the sugarcane on dirt and the room is four blocks high. I waited even longer later an... | 2014/01/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/150386",
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] | It seems that you may be dealing with an instance where the server staff has nerfed sugarcane's growth rate, most likely using a plugin, or the built-in feature of spigot.
This is often done to prevent the price of easily-farm-able goods, like sugarcane, from dropping to rock bottom, or, in the event of a server store... | There are two reasons why the sugarcane might not be growing:
1. The ceiling of the underground plantation is too low
2. The sugarcane needs light
One thing you might want to try is using sand in place of the dirt, because sugarcane can grow on both. If none of these suggestions work, just try your best. :) |
150,386 | I was recently playing on a factions server, and decided that I needed more money. So I began building an underground sugarcane farm. All was fine until about ten minutes later I noticed the sugarcane still hadn't grown at all. I have the sugarcane on dirt and the room is four blocks high. I waited even longer later an... | 2014/01/11 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/150386",
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] | There are two reasons why the sugarcane might not be growing:
1. The ceiling of the underground plantation is too low
2. The sugarcane needs light
One thing you might want to try is using sand in place of the dirt, because sugarcane can grow on both. If none of these suggestions work, just try your best. :) | Wait for it to grow naturally; don't place it. |
4,299 | I bought a vacuum cleaner that came wrapped in several plastic bags. The bags only have one recycling code printed on them, the Japanese *pura* *māku*:
Can these bags be recycled with ♴ or ♶ plastic film in the US? | 2015/02/04 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/4299",
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] | Jumping into this late but I couldn't help it because this is what I do for a living (guide major corporations on recycling).
The mark you have simply means that the bag is plastic (it's not identifying which type). As mentioned above, it's the same as SPI codes (the numbers in the chasing arrows). No fee is paid to ... | **The symbol**
The symbol you posted (and similar recycling symbols all around the world) could only mean, that some kind of ecological charge was paid by manufacturer and that money is on the other hand given to recycling companies. Nothing else. Some of them does cooperate worldwide and sending/receiving money if th... |
8,436,844 | I followed the instruction on this page (<http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/>) to add facebook authentication on my web site.
I manage to get it work however, the request for permission window is not the same. the first one is how it's supposed to look like. the second one is what I have.
here's the ... | 2011/12/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8436844",
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] | That's the new dialog - if you want to disable that for some reason there's an option in the app settings for 'enabled enhanced auth dialog' - turn it off | Are you sure that you are using the right id from your facebook app? You can find this id here: <https://developers.facebook.com/apps> |
184,697 | We have been noticing black specks that leave a greasy trail when smeared in our bathroom sinks and on dishes washed in the dishwasher in recent weeks. After some research, I find that the 2 main reasons for this are 1) a deteriorating black rubber hose to/from the water heater, and 2) a deteriorating magnesium anode r... | 2020/02/14 | [
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] | Water heater anodes usually last about 3 to 5 years or so depending on the chemistry and hardness of your water, so chances are, if your water heater is only 3 years old, that's not the problem. That being said, it wouldn't hurt to take a peek at the anode and make sure it's doing OK.
The top of the anode rod is typic... | A black oily substance in sinks can be caused by hard/caustic water eating away at rubber compounds (washers, gaskets, etc.) in the domestic water system. This could possibly be caused by an anode rod that has been eaten away resulting in higher concentrations of corrosives in the water. However, that's unlikey after o... |
58,587,101 | I did not understand, which best practices of react component. That's functional base or class base. Please suggestion to me! | 2019/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/58587101",
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] | You need to dig down more to get the exact knowledge of both the Components as both of them are equally important. Class based components are state based components means you can change the state (data accordingly) but in functional component you cannot do this and whatever is coming in props value you can just show th... | For simple stuff you may want to use Functional components,
but if you want to use state and life cycle methods (component did mount, component did update, component will unmount..) you may want to use Class based components.
Although I recommend you use react hooks, because with them you can write Functional based c... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
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] | Alternative Diet
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A [red panda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda) is kind of like a fox, and eats bamboo. If it had massive dred-tails, it could still catch bamboo. And it would probably still be cute, too.
The [crab-eating fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_fox) is a canid closely ... | Braid/bunch the tails for hunting that way when shit gets real the tails can come apart and get all dramatic while inflicting superficial wounds on everyone involved.
These foxes are clearly already smarter than they should be. Braiding or tying off their dread locks wouldn't be that much of a stretch if I believed th... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
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] | Tails that drag behind you are unlikely to be tripped over while chasing something. If that thing gets behind you, causing you to turn around, it has already demonstrated that it is faster or more agile than you are and is going to get away anyway. Yes, there are probably events where the predator needs that maneuverab... | perhaps add the stalking issue to the design of the character. if the animal is already matted and grungy i would imagine it being emaciated two, only able to capture specific/easy prey. i can imagine that not only would the tails make the fox more clumsy but also take away from the predators stealth as they would drag... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
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] | Alternative Diet
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A [red panda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda) is kind of like a fox, and eats bamboo. If it had massive dred-tails, it could still catch bamboo. And it would probably still be cute, too.
The [crab-eating fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_fox) is a canid closely ... | Ninetails holds onto the other tails with its real tail when it hunts, allowing it to maneuver however it wants to without a big problem. The tails also show superiority to its prey when it gets near, releasing the tails and intimidating them. Just an idea. |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
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] | Alternative Diet
================
A [red panda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda) is kind of like a fox, and eats bamboo. If it had massive dred-tails, it could still catch bamboo. And it would probably still be cute, too.
The [crab-eating fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_fox) is a canid closely ... | perhaps add the stalking issue to the design of the character. if the animal is already matted and grungy i would imagine it being emaciated two, only able to capture specific/easy prey. i can imagine that not only would the tails make the fox more clumsy but also take away from the predators stealth as they would drag... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
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] | Why not real tails? Yes, you'll need to think some about attachment points. But it would also allow you musculature which will make the tails much more maneuverable.
For the actual question: the same way that peacocks avoid their predators, they just have to deal with the problems caused by their tails. May result in ... | perhaps add the stalking issue to the design of the character. if the animal is already matted and grungy i would imagine it being emaciated two, only able to capture specific/easy prey. i can imagine that not only would the tails make the fox more clumsy but also take away from the predators stealth as they would drag... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
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] | Maybe I'm not understanding the question.
Tails are critical in hunting as counter-torsion devices allowing a hunter to adjust its ground contact for rapid acceleration changes. That is, tails let you turn and stop fast. You can read anything by Patel for more deep details.
If the nine tails work synchronously, you h... | Braid/bunch the tails for hunting that way when shit gets real the tails can come apart and get all dramatic while inflicting superficial wounds on everyone involved.
These foxes are clearly already smarter than they should be. Braiding or tying off their dread locks wouldn't be that much of a stretch if I believed th... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26561/"
] | perhaps add the stalking issue to the design of the character. if the animal is already matted and grungy i would imagine it being emaciated two, only able to capture specific/easy prey. i can imagine that not only would the tails make the fox more clumsy but also take away from the predators stealth as they would drag... | Braid/bunch the tails for hunting that way when shit gets real the tails can come apart and get all dramatic while inflicting superficial wounds on everyone involved.
These foxes are clearly already smarter than they should be. Braiding or tying off their dread locks wouldn't be that much of a stretch if I believed th... |
59,396 | Need ideas for the fox's tails. In case you're wondering, this is for a speculative evolution book I'm doing which is suppose to build a structure for a novel series about these foxes (something like Watership Down or Warrior cats).
To start the extra tails are actually massive dreads of matted fur extending from the h... | 2016/10/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/59396",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26561/"
] | Alternative Diet
================
A [red panda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda) is kind of like a fox, and eats bamboo. If it had massive dred-tails, it could still catch bamboo. And it would probably still be cute, too.
The [crab-eating fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab-eating_fox) is a canid closely ... | Tails that drag behind you are unlikely to be tripped over while chasing something. If that thing gets behind you, causing you to turn around, it has already demonstrated that it is faster or more agile than you are and is going to get away anyway. Yes, there are probably events where the predator needs that maneuverab... |
68,987 | The definitions are quite similar, but what are the differences in meaning between them, exactly?
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> [cunning](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cunning?q=cunning): having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
>
>
> [crafty](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/crafty?q=crafty): ... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/68987",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16833/"
] | The differences are indeed very subtle. I would say *cunning* usually denotes uncommon intelligence; *crafty* usually denotes uncommon creativity; and *wily* usually denotes uncommon skill.
Of the three, *crafty* has the weakest, most lightweight connotation. Someone who is *cunning* might also be described as brillia... | Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms says all the terms (along with sly, tricky, foxy, insidious, guileful and artful) are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one's ends by devious or indirect means.
*Cunning* stresses the use of intelligence in circumventing; it often suggests sly inventiv... |
68,987 | The definitions are quite similar, but what are the differences in meaning between them, exactly?
>
> [cunning](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cunning?q=cunning): having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
>
>
> [crafty](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/crafty?q=crafty): ... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/68987",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16833/"
] | The differences are indeed very subtle. I would say *cunning* usually denotes uncommon intelligence; *crafty* usually denotes uncommon creativity; and *wily* usually denotes uncommon skill.
Of the three, *crafty* has the weakest, most lightweight connotation. Someone who is *cunning* might also be described as brillia... | Cunningness based on acquiring circumstantial favour by means of deceit even creating harms to others.
Intelligence is based on genuine methods applicable to attain the goal.
Clever is he who creat a situation or circumstance with mathematical means to get work done. |
68,987 | The definitions are quite similar, but what are the differences in meaning between them, exactly?
>
> [cunning](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cunning?q=cunning): having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
>
>
> [crafty](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/crafty?q=crafty): ... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/68987",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16833/"
] | Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms says all the terms (along with sly, tricky, foxy, insidious, guileful and artful) are comparable when they mean having or showing a disposition to attain one's ends by devious or indirect means.
*Cunning* stresses the use of intelligence in circumventing; it often suggests sly inventiv... | Cunningness based on acquiring circumstantial favour by means of deceit even creating harms to others.
Intelligence is based on genuine methods applicable to attain the goal.
Clever is he who creat a situation or circumstance with mathematical means to get work done. |
28,452,994 | I have to implement the layout of a single screen, which is not connected to the overall app flow, and I was wondering if it makes sense to use a Storyboard.
Storyboards make sense for flow/navigation (multiple controller), have some convenient features like, iirc prototype cells which are not available in xib. And it... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28452994",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | Go ahead..take the advantages of using storyboard. There is no disadvantages or performance issues particular to storyboards when compared to xib files. Its all about your convenience. As you said the single view controller may become a story in future, then the storyboard would be a right decision. And when to use xib... | The performance penalty would only bother under the circumstance which too many controllers (more than 10) with segues were squeezed in one Storyboard. Everything would be totally fine before that. |
28,452,994 | I have to implement the layout of a single screen, which is not connected to the overall app flow, and I was wondering if it makes sense to use a Storyboard.
Storyboards make sense for flow/navigation (multiple controller), have some convenient features like, iirc prototype cells which are not available in xib. And it... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28452994",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | The performance penalty would only bother under the circumstance which too many controllers (more than 10) with segues were squeezed in one Storyboard. Everything would be totally fine before that. | And if you have more than two people are trying to edit same storyboard file than you have to resolve conflict, which will be more tedious job.
Storyboard benefits:
a. easy demo purpose and fast implementation.
b. small team like two person.
c. Storyboard is providing complete view and navigation model.
XIB benefits:... |
28,452,994 | I have to implement the layout of a single screen, which is not connected to the overall app flow, and I was wondering if it makes sense to use a Storyboard.
Storyboards make sense for flow/navigation (multiple controller), have some convenient features like, iirc prototype cells which are not available in xib. And it... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28452994",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/930450/"
] | Go ahead..take the advantages of using storyboard. There is no disadvantages or performance issues particular to storyboards when compared to xib files. Its all about your convenience. As you said the single view controller may become a story in future, then the storyboard would be a right decision. And when to use xib... | And if you have more than two people are trying to edit same storyboard file than you have to resolve conflict, which will be more tedious job.
Storyboard benefits:
a. easy demo purpose and fast implementation.
b. small team like two person.
c. Storyboard is providing complete view and navigation model.
XIB benefits:... |
756,343 | I'm in the process of doing some identity consolidation, so I'm providing URLs to me at various locations on the internet. I'm quite active on IRC, so this naturally lead me to wonder whether there was a way to provide a link to my IRC presence.
This lead to me finding <http://www.w3.org/Addressing/draft-mirashi-url-... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/756343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/71627/"
] | I've been an IRC user for many years and I have never heard of any standards that allow you to do this (other than the RFC you mentioned).
I've always found IRC a very tricky place to keep track of users since it is such a simple thing to set up a bouncer and change your ident so easily. | There's a newer draft <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-butcher-irc-url-04> that looks like it's basically the same except using isuser instead of isnick. It seems that isnick is more widely supported so it's probably better to use that. |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | See: <http://clang.llvm.org/>
It has both a C++ and a C interface (libclang). | If you want to parse C or C++ code, there are some options:
<http://bellard.org/tcc/>
http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~sxanth/ncc/
If you want to create a parser using C/C++, you can try:
<http://boost-spirit.com/home/>
http://dinosaur.compilertools.net/ Lex and Yacc
<http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/pa... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | If you want to parse C or C++ code, there are some options:
<http://bellard.org/tcc/>
http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~sxanth/ncc/
If you want to create a parser using C/C++, you can try:
<http://boost-spirit.com/home/>
http://dinosaur.compilertools.net/ Lex and Yacc
<http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/pa... | If you're feeling brave the links in the answer to "[is there a yacc-able C++ grammar?](http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/compiler-dependencies.html#faq-38.11)" might be helpful. Gcc-xml and clang have already been suggested and [Swig also has an XML output](http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/swigxml.html) which dependi... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | Our [C++ Front End](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/FrontEnds/CppFrontEnd.html) is able to parse a variety of C++ dialects (ANSI, GCC, MSVS), automatically builds ASTs whose nodes are marked with precise source positions and are decorated with any nearby comment text, and builds a full symbol table. (EDIT Jan 2... | I did not try it, but I think that best choice will be getting modules for parsing from some popular open source compiler like [gcc](http://gcc.gnu.org/) for C++;
Maybe you'll find something interesting here <http://www.nobugs.org/developer/parsingcpp/> |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | C++ parsing is famously hard. AFAIK there are only three parsers that are acceptable by todays standards: EDG (widely used as a frontend in popular C++ compilers), GCC's and Microsoft's. And apparently, Microsoft has started using EDG's parser in VS2010, for Intellisense.
When you're looking at the free options, you'r... | Clang is the most up-to-date and mature option, with a decent C++ API (but no plain C). Elsa is a bit out of date and unmaintained, but still a usable choice. Both could be used as libraries as well as standalone XML frontends. |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | C++ parsing is famously hard. AFAIK there are only three parsers that are acceptable by todays standards: EDG (widely used as a frontend in popular C++ compilers), GCC's and Microsoft's. And apparently, Microsoft has started using EDG's parser in VS2010, for Intellisense.
When you're looking at the free options, you'r... | If you're feeling brave the links in the answer to "[is there a yacc-able C++ grammar?](http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/compiler-dependencies.html#faq-38.11)" might be helpful. Gcc-xml and clang have already been suggested and [Swig also has an XML output](http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/swigxml.html) which dependi... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | C++ parsing is famously hard. AFAIK there are only three parsers that are acceptable by todays standards: EDG (widely used as a frontend in popular C++ compilers), GCC's and Microsoft's. And apparently, Microsoft has started using EDG's parser in VS2010, for Intellisense.
When you're looking at the free options, you'r... | I did not try it, but I think that best choice will be getting modules for parsing from some popular open source compiler like [gcc](http://gcc.gnu.org/) for C++;
Maybe you'll find something interesting here <http://www.nobugs.org/developer/parsingcpp/> |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | See: <http://clang.llvm.org/>
It has both a C++ and a C interface (libclang). | Our [C++ Front End](http://www.semanticdesigns.com/Products/FrontEnds/CppFrontEnd.html) is able to parse a variety of C++ dialects (ANSI, GCC, MSVS), automatically builds ASTs whose nodes are marked with precise source positions and are decorated with any nearby comment text, and builds a full symbol table. (EDIT Jan 2... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | See: <http://clang.llvm.org/>
It has both a C++ and a C interface (libclang). | C++ parsing is famously hard. AFAIK there are only three parsers that are acceptable by todays standards: EDG (widely used as a frontend in popular C++ compilers), GCC's and Microsoft's. And apparently, Microsoft has started using EDG's parser in VS2010, for Intellisense.
When you're looking at the free options, you'r... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | Clang is the most up-to-date and mature option, with a decent C++ API (but no plain C). Elsa is a bit out of date and unmaintained, but still a usable choice. Both could be used as libraries as well as standalone XML frontends. | If you're feeling brave the links in the answer to "[is there a yacc-able C++ grammar?](http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/compiler-dependencies.html#faq-38.11)" might be helpful. Gcc-xml and clang have already been suggested and [Swig also has an XML output](http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/swigxml.html) which dependi... |
4,593,732 | I need a good, stable and, maybe, easy to use C++ parser library with C/C++ interface (C is preferred).
I hear that cint is good c++ interpreter. Can I use it (or some part of it) for this purpose?
Any suggestions? | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4593732",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556119/"
] | If you want to parse C or C++ code, there are some options:
<http://bellard.org/tcc/>
http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~sxanth/ncc/
If you want to create a parser using C/C++, you can try:
<http://boost-spirit.com/home/>
http://dinosaur.compilertools.net/ Lex and Yacc
<http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/pa... | I don't know for cint, but I heard people use [gcc-xml](http://www.gccxml.org) for this.
I have been looking for a good stand-alone library too, but haven't found any. |
11,563 | Will I lose US Green Card if applying for Italian Elective residence visa?
The Italian Elective Residence Visa is for foreigners – retired persons, persons with high self-sustaining incomes and financial assets - who have chosen Italy as the country of permanent residence. | 2017/07/30 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/11563",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/13239/"
] | The US Green Card is an immigration permit, meaning it allows you to move into the US permanently. If you decide to move somewhere else permanently, you are considered to have abandoned your US immigration plans, as you cannot be a permanent resident in two places.
Technically, if you are outside of the US for more th... | A US permanent resident is required to maintain residence in the US. Whether a person has abandoned residence is determined subjectively by looking at many factors, including time out of the US, pattern of previous absences, whether the person maintained access to a home in the US, whether the person had family in the ... |
24,720,825 | I have the following problem:
Using Arduino 1.5.7 and Yun with OpenWrt 1.2 I can upload my sketch via USB and see my sketch working via serial monitor. However when I disconnect the usb connection then i can not connect the serial monitor anymore
>
> error: Unable to connect: is the sketch using the bridge?
>
>
> ... | 2014/07/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24720825",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3700024/"
] | I work at Temboo.
Our examples assume that you're connecting to your Arduino board via USB. If you're not, you can make a simple modification to your sketch code so that it will run over Wifi. Here's a tutorial showing you what you need to do:
<https://www.temboo.com/arduino/yun/serial-to-console>
Please don't hes... | Sounds similar to what i experienced.
During boot the Arduino bootloader is looking for updates via the serial port. However if the RX ping is not connected to anything, it sees garbage data and sits there indefinitely waiting for an update that will never come. Just stick a 10k resistor across the RX and TX connection... |
1,870 | From the help center:
>
> **What are comments?**
>
>
> Comments are temporary "Post-It" notes left on a question or answer. They can be up-voted (but not down-voted) and flagged, but do not generate reputation. There's no revision history, and when they are deleted they're gone for good.
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>
> [...]
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> **Whe... | 2014/08/04 | [
"https://pets.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1870",
"https://pets.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.meta.stackexchange.com/users/481/"
] | We want to keep the number of 'answerments' (what I've grown to call these things) to an *absolute* minimum, wherever possible. Their presence encourages discussion, and a shortcut to typing stuff on the site that might not be as well-researched and backed up as a proper answer.
The *really* good comments, the ones I'... | Flagging them is not a problem, but there's not a lot we can do other than delete them. If somebody posts an answer better suited as a comment, we have the ability to convert it, but not the other way around.
In general, though, as a consequence I would be likely to leave the comment around if the user won't create th... |
26,547 | While browsing online materials about the FAT file system, I occasionally came across mentions of ‘logically-sectored FAT’. This was apparently some kind of special mode of formatting a hard drive, where the file system structures were laid out pretending that the sector size is larger than it actually is, to bypass si... | 2023/03/01 | [
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/26547",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/users/15334/"
] | TL;DR: It's all about the Interface.
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DOS prior to version 3.31 used a 16 bit sector number to communicate with the disk driver, thus the maximum sector number was 65536. With 512 byte sectors that adds up to 32 MiB - rather large for 1980.
DOS 3.31 introduced an extension to inter... | The IBM BIOS itself never defines a default sector size, it just happens that in DOS the default IBM format with physical sector size of 512 is used for floppies.
Accessing hard disks through the BIOS was not possible until an add-on hard drive with add-on BIOS was inserted into the system, and it used a fixed sector ... |
9,610 | I had a novice account here, 4 questions asked (more answers):
<https://serverfault.com/users/208540/t-todua?tab=questions>
and out of 4, only 1 was marked as duplicate and 1 closed. However, my account is suspended from posting questions. Is that 2 questions that much to limit my account? | 2020/02/26 | [
"https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/9610",
"https://meta.serverfault.com",
"https://meta.serverfault.com/users/208540/"
] | The six deleted questions probably also have something to do with it. But nobody -- not even the site moderators -- can see the exact reasons why an account is blocked from posting, so if you need an authoritative answer, your only recourse is to contact Stack Overflow staff. | Further to Womble's answer:
This is the definitive Q&A about question and answer bans:
[What can I do when getting "We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account"?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th)
A few i... |
14,780 | I'm looking to pick up some of the D&D dungeon tiles sets. I'm wondering if the sets come with recommended designs for the tiles, or are their sites online where people have provided possible configurations or even specific adventures/encounters that make use of the tiles. Or do I just need to do the designing myself? | 2012/06/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/14780",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/3777/"
] | The three 'starter' boxed sets (Dungeon, Wilderness, City) do not.
All of the six-sheet packs (the original DTx and DUx series, and current DNx) have a couple of suggested designs on the interior covers. (In a few cases, one or two of the suggested designs require two copies of the set - particularly "Arcane Towers",... | I can only speak for the three Master Sets (Dungeon, Wilderness and City), which do not.
I believe most (if not all) of the published adventures picture tile configurations for their dungeons, though. |
8,208,991 | I have an HTML5 page loaded on server along with a geolocation script. The code is working and has no errors. It shows the position and map the user. Right now, it's working well for everyone else and i also tried the same on other PC and it works. But, when i visit the page on my Chrome browser, nothing shows up. Why ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8208991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/570928/"
] | That page detects my location correctly in Chrome 17 (dev channel). I do see a JavaScript error, however: "Uncaught ReferenceError: geocoder is not defined" on line 81 of `myLoc.js`. Taking a quick look at the code, it doesn't appear to be defined anywhere. Have you perhaps forgotten to include a file? | Check in your chrome, in settings -> advanced -> privacy (content) -> localization if you allow web pages to check your location (this menus can be named a bit different, I'm checking on Polish Chrome).
You say nothing shows up and the question to allow web page to check location should show up (this happens by me).
... |
8,208,991 | I have an HTML5 page loaded on server along with a geolocation script. The code is working and has no errors. It shows the position and map the user. Right now, it's working well for everyone else and i also tried the same on other PC and it works. But, when i visit the page on my Chrome browser, nothing shows up. Why ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8208991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/570928/"
] | I experienced the same issue with geolocation script. It seems to be an issue with Chrome specifically blocking the uri starting with "file:///" for security reasons.
See related articles:
<http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/chrome/give-feature-feedback-and-suggestions/E0yx7wne-... | Check in your chrome, in settings -> advanced -> privacy (content) -> localization if you allow web pages to check your location (this menus can be named a bit different, I'm checking on Polish Chrome).
You say nothing shows up and the question to allow web page to check location should show up (this happens by me).
... |
8,208,991 | I have an HTML5 page loaded on server along with a geolocation script. The code is working and has no errors. It shows the position and map the user. Right now, it's working well for everyone else and i also tried the same on other PC and it works. But, when i visit the page on my Chrome browser, nothing shows up. Why ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8208991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/570928/"
] | That page detects my location correctly in Chrome 17 (dev channel). I do see a JavaScript error, however: "Uncaught ReferenceError: geocoder is not defined" on line 81 of `myLoc.js`. Taking a quick look at the code, it doesn't appear to be defined anywhere. Have you perhaps forgotten to include a file? | I experienced the same issue with geolocation script. It seems to be an issue with Chrome specifically blocking the uri starting with "file:///" for security reasons.
See related articles:
<http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!category-topic/chrome/give-feature-feedback-and-suggestions/E0yx7wne-... |
101,526 | For my master thesis I want to set-up several experiments. One thing my professor has been complaining about is that most computer science experiments are lacking scientifically. To not fall into this trap I want to properly design my experiments. Unfortunately I could not find much literature on CS experiment design. ... | 2014/06/07 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/101526",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/46915/"
] | I don't know exactly what kind of computer experiments you are trying to do. If you are trying to judge the performance of algorithms, there is now a field called *experimental algorithmics* which has [a textbook](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0521173019), [journals](http://www.jea.acm.org), and conferences.... | You should take a look at Catherine McGeoch's book, "A Guide To Experimental Algorithmics" McGeoch has been criticized for her work on a study of the performance of the D-wave quantum computer, but I think the book is a good source.
[http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Experimental-Algorithmics-Catherine-McGeoch/dp/052117301... |
90,190 | During dynamic creation of my +1 Body Wrap of Mighty Strikes the item gained the "slimy" characteristic. Is it possible to remove the putrid smell of the slime with prestidigitation to remove the -2 penalty to Diplomacy and Handle Animal checks due to the smell? If so, since RAW states that prestidigitation can …
>
>... | 2016/11/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/90190",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/16470/"
] | It is magical slime. Magic item properties cannot be modified on the item once it has been created outside of specific circumstances, *prestidigitation* not being one of them. Slimy is a magic item quirk that says:
>
> The item is covered in putrid slime, which seeps out to cover the bearer as well. The bearer gains... | Prestidigitation works for 1 hour and lets you clean 1-foot cube each round.
It thus becomes a question of how fast the slime spreads.
It takes quite a few rounds to clear your entire body one cubic foot per round - at least a minute.
The description of the slime-effect does not state how fast the slime spreads exact... |
4,552,017 | I have a .docx template with a "Picture Content Control" which is placed inside a shape. I've successfully inserted an user selected image to that particular area, as the user selected images's got different sizes I'm looking for a solution to programmatically adjust the height and width scale of both "Picture Content ... | 2010/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4552017",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556812/"
] | Namespaces are new in PHP 5.3. Almost all existing software projects don't use them, since they want to be compatible with older versions of PHP. Many (most?) aren't even object oriented! You could replace every instance of \_\_ with another valid (and unique!) function name in one of the projects, but that will make u... | Using namespaces may be a tedious task as it may require you a lot of code change. I would suggest replacing the \_\_() function in Wordpress with some other name. |
4,552,017 | I have a .docx template with a "Picture Content Control" which is placed inside a shape. I've successfully inserted an user selected image to that particular area, as the user selected images's got different sizes I'm looking for a solution to programmatically adjust the height and width scale of both "Picture Content ... | 2010/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4552017",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556812/"
] | I've done some work integrating Wordpress with Kohana. See [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2827238/incorporate-wordpress-into-kohana-3#3593080). It's easier to rename and replace \_\_() in Kohana than it is to do so for Wordpress, trust me. | Namespaces are new in PHP 5.3. Almost all existing software projects don't use them, since they want to be compatible with older versions of PHP. Many (most?) aren't even object oriented! You could replace every instance of \_\_ with another valid (and unique!) function name in one of the projects, but that will make u... |
4,552,017 | I have a .docx template with a "Picture Content Control" which is placed inside a shape. I've successfully inserted an user selected image to that particular area, as the user selected images's got different sizes I'm looking for a solution to programmatically adjust the height and width scale of both "Picture Content ... | 2010/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4552017",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/556812/"
] | I've done some work integrating Wordpress with Kohana. See [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2827238/incorporate-wordpress-into-kohana-3#3593080). It's easier to rename and replace \_\_() in Kohana than it is to do so for Wordpress, trust me. | Using namespaces may be a tedious task as it may require you a lot of code change. I would suggest replacing the \_\_() function in Wordpress with some other name. |
88,303 | Where can I ask questions regarding
* Networking
* Cisco
* CCNA/CCNP/CCIE
* IP subnetting | 2011/04/21 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88303",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | I suggest asking both theoretical network protocol questions and Network Engineering implementation / config questions on [Network Engineering](https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/).
It's unclear what you mean by ip subnetting, but if you have an ip subnetting question, please consider the existing answers as... | Most of network related questions are asked on [ServerFault](https://serverfault.com/) but some questions are also been asked on [SuperUser](https://superuser.com/).
From the about link of serverFault:
>
> Server Fault is a site for system and network administrators needing
> expert answers related to managing comp... |
88,303 | Where can I ask questions regarding
* Networking
* Cisco
* CCNA/CCNP/CCIE
* IP subnetting | 2011/04/21 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88303",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | I suggest asking both theoretical network protocol questions and Network Engineering implementation / config questions on [Network Engineering](https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/).
It's unclear what you mean by ip subnetting, but if you have an ip subnetting question, please consider the existing answers as... | Oy,
Just to let you know that currently, there's a new beta round of a [Network Engineering Stack Exchange site](https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/). Beta means that it is temporary and will disappear unless it has a decent amount of activity with regards to questions, answers and quality of answers.
Hope ... |
368,411 | I'm asking in reference to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/50476327/6671176) that I just asked.
Often, I'll write a piece of code that works, but is ugly or inefficient. I know that Stack Overflow is not Code Review and isn't meant to be a place where people discuss the quality of code, but is it OK to as... | 2018/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/368411",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/6671176/"
] | Code Review has very strict rules about what’s on-topic and what’s off-topic, so a vague question about making “code better” isn’t going to work there in the same way as it’s not going to do very well here.
If you have a specific requirement for making the code “better”, like
* Use less memory
* Take less time
* etc.... | It can be on topic -- ***if you manage to formulate it just right.*** Which is the tricky part, and if you're new, you're very likely to slip and get it closed.
A question on SO must be:
1. asking how to solve a specific, practical programming problem.
2. fully, definitely answerable in up to several paragraphs.
3. w... |
368,411 | I'm asking in reference to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/50476327/6671176) that I just asked.
Often, I'll write a piece of code that works, but is ugly or inefficient. I know that Stack Overflow is not Code Review and isn't meant to be a place where people discuss the quality of code, but is it OK to as... | 2018/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/368411",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/6671176/"
] | Code Review has very strict rules about what’s on-topic and what’s off-topic, so a vague question about making “code better” isn’t going to work there in the same way as it’s not going to do very well here.
If you have a specific requirement for making the code “better”, like
* Use less memory
* Take less time
* etc.... | I know Python (but not Pandas), and that question looks fine to me. You have a single specific problem, and you've shown us what you've currently tried. It gives the desired output, but you want to know if there's a better way (more readable &/or more efficient). That's fine, question code on SO isn't required to be br... |
368,411 | I'm asking in reference to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/50476327/6671176) that I just asked.
Often, I'll write a piece of code that works, but is ugly or inefficient. I know that Stack Overflow is not Code Review and isn't meant to be a place where people discuss the quality of code, but is it OK to as... | 2018/05/22 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/368411",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/6671176/"
] | I know Python (but not Pandas), and that question looks fine to me. You have a single specific problem, and you've shown us what you've currently tried. It gives the desired output, but you want to know if there's a better way (more readable &/or more efficient). That's fine, question code on SO isn't required to be br... | It can be on topic -- ***if you manage to formulate it just right.*** Which is the tricky part, and if you're new, you're very likely to slip and get it closed.
A question on SO must be:
1. asking how to solve a specific, practical programming problem.
2. fully, definitely answerable in up to several paragraphs.
3. w... |
526,625 | I would like to find a word for when you hit someone, but in a playful "no hard feelings" kind of way.
Like when you see a friend, you slap them in the arm or whatever, or the sort of thing you would expect from a game like the circle game.
Something that conveys that the hit is not truly coming out of rage or intend... | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/526625",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/142949/"
] | The word **pat** can be used here, given by [Lexico](https://www.lexico.com/definition/pat) as
>
> **pat**
>
>
> VERB
>
> Touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand.
>
> *he patted him consolingly on the shoulder*
>
>
>
Also
>
> NOUN
>
> A quick, light touch with the hand.
>
> *Scotty g... | I think you would need to use an adverb or an adjective to describe the nature of the blow. We have many words that mean "to hit," but most don't convey that it was done in a loving manner unless another word is added. Even the term "love tap" can sometimes be used to say that disciplinary action was gentle.
Try "playf... |
526,625 | I would like to find a word for when you hit someone, but in a playful "no hard feelings" kind of way.
Like when you see a friend, you slap them in the arm or whatever, or the sort of thing you would expect from a game like the circle game.
Something that conveys that the hit is not truly coming out of rage or intend... | 2020/03/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/526625",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/142949/"
] | The word **pat** can be used here, given by [Lexico](https://www.lexico.com/definition/pat) as
>
> **pat**
>
>
> VERB
>
> Touch quickly and gently with the flat of the hand.
>
> *he patted him consolingly on the shoulder*
>
>
>
Also
>
> NOUN
>
> A quick, light touch with the hand.
>
> *Scotty g... | Love tap.
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20tap>
*Definition of love tap
: a gentle blow*
I would note that "love tap" seems to be used just as frequently to mean a gentle blow as it does to be sarcastically to mean "a hard punch".
For example: *He was mouthing off to me so I gave him a little love ... |
191,435 | I am sure I’ve seen this usage somewhere, i want to use this and it goes like this:
“As I reflect on the years passed, ...”
I don’t feel comfortable with it. But I’ve seen similar usage in “ a reflection on years passed”
Can someone help tell if my usage is correct ?
Thanks | 2018/12/31 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/191435",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/87436/"
] | It's not correct English.
Confusion often arises between the verb **passed**
>
> She passed the library each morning on the way to work
>
>
>
and the word **past** which, problematically, while never a verb,
can act as a noun:
>
> The reason for his actions lay in his past
>
>
>
or a preposition:
>
> ... | passed / past
>
> If you are referring to a distance or a period of time before now, use “past”: “the police car drove past the suspect’s house” (distance) or “the team performed well in the past” (time). If you are describing the action of passing, however, you need to use “passed”: “when John passed the gravy, he s... |
269,386 | I am using A7 module from Ai Thinker for GPRS and GPS. However, what I notice is that,
1. The A7 module does not lock GPS
2. When the GPS application on Android Phone shows 13 detected GPS satellites, the A7 module struggles to detect even 3. The best I have seen so far is 4 satellite. But it did not lock the GPS.
I ... | 2016/11/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/269386",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/129942/"
] | Hello I would take a look at this video.
<https://youtu.be/H7eBurjWC0k>,
It shows that the supplied anntena for his module was actually a 2.4 wifi anntena not suitable for gps, once a cheap ebay gps antenna was connected the module works as expected | I am testing A7. GPS works fine. Guess you are listening to the GPS port and attached the external antenna.
Use AT+GPSRD = 1 ( to have a 1 sec frequency reporting in your normal port. ) |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | You might want to have a look at [Synfig](http://synfig.org).
When I needed to make something in this line, used SVG frames, and editing the xml, as you did.
Not free, but cheap, have a look at [Koolmoves](http://www.koolmoves.com) .It has svg export. I like the tool.
(Anyway, consider other exports, like SWF or HTML ... | Try <http://archer.graphics> - not exactly animation but you can go quite far with it when you know how to write javascript code |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | You might want to have a look at [Synfig](http://synfig.org).
When I needed to make something in this line, used SVG frames, and editing the xml, as you did.
Not free, but cheap, have a look at [Koolmoves](http://www.koolmoves.com) .It has svg export. I like the tool.
(Anyway, consider other exports, like SWF or HTML ... | There is a commercial non-free tool made for creating SVG animation similar to Macromedia Dreamviewer and Microsoft expression blend:
<https://aphalina.com/>
Disclaimer: A friend of mine made this product. I don't work for him. |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | You might want to have a look at [Synfig](http://synfig.org).
When I needed to make something in this line, used SVG frames, and editing the xml, as you did.
Not free, but cheap, have a look at [Koolmoves](http://www.koolmoves.com) .It has svg export. I like the tool.
(Anyway, consider other exports, like SWF or HTML ... | I would suggest using Blender or Synfig Studio.
Synfig Studio would be great if you want only 2D.
Blender can import and use SVG, it is used for 3D but you can setup camera's to use it in 2D. |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | You might want to have a look at [Synfig](http://synfig.org).
When I needed to make something in this line, used SVG frames, and editing the xml, as you did.
Not free, but cheap, have a look at [Koolmoves](http://www.koolmoves.com) .It has svg export. I like the tool.
(Anyway, consider other exports, like SWF or HTML ... | If you just simply want to animate an SVG and export a single animated SVG file with clean code, I would recommend [SVGator](https://www.svgator.com).
I've tried other tools, but SVGator is the best one so far. It doesn't require any coding skills, but in case you need some help getting started you can check out their ... |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | There is a commercial non-free tool made for creating SVG animation similar to Macromedia Dreamviewer and Microsoft expression blend:
<https://aphalina.com/>
Disclaimer: A friend of mine made this product. I don't work for him. | Try <http://archer.graphics> - not exactly animation but you can go quite far with it when you know how to write javascript code |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | There is a commercial non-free tool made for creating SVG animation similar to Macromedia Dreamviewer and Microsoft expression blend:
<https://aphalina.com/>
Disclaimer: A friend of mine made this product. I don't work for him. | I would suggest using Blender or Synfig Studio.
Synfig Studio would be great if you want only 2D.
Blender can import and use SVG, it is used for 3D but you can setup camera's to use it in 2D. |
1,405 | Are there any graphical tools to create and edit animated SVG images? Inkscape is great, but it does everything *except* animation. I created an image in Inkscape, then manually edited the XML to add animation properties; and this gave me what I wanted, but for slightly more complicated designs it can be very tedious. | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/1405",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/910/"
] | There is a commercial non-free tool made for creating SVG animation similar to Macromedia Dreamviewer and Microsoft expression blend:
<https://aphalina.com/>
Disclaimer: A friend of mine made this product. I don't work for him. | If you just simply want to animate an SVG and export a single animated SVG file with clean code, I would recommend [SVGator](https://www.svgator.com).
I've tried other tools, but SVGator is the best one so far. It doesn't require any coding skills, but in case you need some help getting started you can check out their ... |
2,958,056 | I developed a iPhone application for my client.
I have my own developer account, so I created the Ad Hoc and App Store Distribution profiles by using my account.
Now the thing is, my client want to submit the app by using his account. He has his own account.
I want to know,
Should I build the app using my distribu... | 2010/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2958056",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/102839/"
] | All the certs involved for the client's app should be the client's certs. You should even create a separate developer's cert for yourself under the client's account.
These certs not only identify the distributed apps to the technology of the App store but are also the apps financial and legal IDs. In other words, the... | You should create a distribution profile using the client's account.
You can have multiple distribution profile & certificates on your machine at once and select the one you want to use when you build the project.
While you're at it, I would also create a iTunes Connect user for yourself in their account, so that you... |
16,937 | I've build a trap dipole for 20/40m bands. Traps are made of a coil wound on an insulator of RG213 coax and 3 kV NP0 capacitors. The impedance measured with EU1KY antenna analyzer is following:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AeqN7.png)
This is a single... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/16937",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/13598/"
] | I don't know how much of an impact it might make, but you might try moving the trap resonance to be outside the 20m band.
Trap losses are highest at the trap's resonant frequency because at this frequency the current circulating between the inductance and capacitance is at a maximum. Thus, ohmic losses within the trap... | My quick opinion is that this looks reasonable. A trapped dipole will likely have a smaller bandwidth than a regular dipole. A short simulation is what is required to be sure.
You're getting 5% bandwidth at 40 m (the traps don't load it very much at 40 m) which is normal. And to be generous 1% at 20 m. The traps are w... |
16,937 | I've build a trap dipole for 20/40m bands. Traps are made of a coil wound on an insulator of RG213 coax and 3 kV NP0 capacitors. The impedance measured with EU1KY antenna analyzer is following:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AeqN7.png)
This is a single... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/16937",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/13598/"
] | I don't know how much of an impact it might make, but you might try moving the trap resonance to be outside the 20m band.
Trap losses are highest at the trap's resonant frequency because at this frequency the current circulating between the inductance and capacitance is at a maximum. Thus, ohmic losses within the trap... | OK, I've checked 5 or 6 types of traps made of different materials, tuned to the same or slightly different frequencies, tuned right on the band, below the band and above the band. Most of them were not better than the first pair. Tuning above the band doesn't work. Traps made of RG58 coax work best. You get SWR 1:1 on... |
32,208 | Could anyone please suggest a good site, like Stack Overflow, for people working with cyber crime and forensics?
I have a few questions which probably don't belong here. I looked at [Super User](https://superuser.com), but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there i... | 2009/12/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32208",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140044/"
] | I would check out the **remote-exploit.org** forums. They will be able to help you out with most technical details of whatever you're trying to do.
If you're snooping around for advice on statues, copyright infringement, and legal matters you should **find a lawyer**. It doesn't matter how knowledgeable **the person o... | A lawyer licensed to practice in your jurisdiction?
I know, it's the usual cop-out answer, but it may be the right way to go, depending on the situation. |
32,208 | Could anyone please suggest a good site, like Stack Overflow, for people working with cyber crime and forensics?
I have a few questions which probably don't belong here. I looked at [Super User](https://superuser.com), but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there i... | 2009/12/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32208",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140044/"
] | I would check out the **remote-exploit.org** forums. They will be able to help you out with most technical details of whatever you're trying to do.
If you're snooping around for advice on statues, copyright infringement, and legal matters you should **find a lawyer**. It doesn't matter how knowledgeable **the person o... | Without knowing your specific question, if it's about a technical aspect of computer forensics, I'd say Stack Overflow would probably be the best site in the trilogy to start. There's a chance it will get migrated, but at least then you'd know where to ask further similar questions.
If your question is about a legal a... |
32,208 | Could anyone please suggest a good site, like Stack Overflow, for people working with cyber crime and forensics?
I have a few questions which probably don't belong here. I looked at [Super User](https://superuser.com), but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there i... | 2009/12/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32208",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140044/"
] | >
> I looked at superuser.com, but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there is not very active.
>
>
>
A suitable alternative might be [Information Security Stack Exchange](https://security.stackexchange.com/); it currently has [52 forensics questions](https://s... | A lawyer licensed to practice in your jurisdiction?
I know, it's the usual cop-out answer, but it may be the right way to go, depending on the situation. |
32,208 | Could anyone please suggest a good site, like Stack Overflow, for people working with cyber crime and forensics?
I have a few questions which probably don't belong here. I looked at [Super User](https://superuser.com), but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there i... | 2009/12/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32208",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/140044/"
] | >
> I looked at superuser.com, but there are only two questions tagged forensics there, one of which is mine. The community there is not very active.
>
>
>
A suitable alternative might be [Information Security Stack Exchange](https://security.stackexchange.com/); it currently has [52 forensics questions](https://s... | Without knowing your specific question, if it's about a technical aspect of computer forensics, I'd say Stack Overflow would probably be the best site in the trilogy to start. There's a chance it will get migrated, but at least then you'd know where to ask further similar questions.
If your question is about a legal a... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | Fire extinguishers (here in the US anyway) are REQUIRED to not be usable after being discharged, partial or not, because you can never know HOW MUCH ***extinguishing material*** was discharged by just looking at the pressure gauge. So the valves are designed with breakaway seals that, once broken, will not hold the cha... | There are (at least) two types of fire extinguishers, ones that are preloaded and ones that you must load before use. The ones preloaded have the chamber, that contains the extuingishing medium preassurized. The ones you must load have a small gas tank and when you want to use the extinguisher, you press a button that ... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | Fire extinguishers (here in the US anyway) are REQUIRED to not be usable after being discharged, partial or not, because you can never know HOW MUCH ***extinguishing material*** was discharged by just looking at the pressure gauge. So the valves are designed with breakaway seals that, once broken, will not hold the cha... | While not strictly speaking "single use", I would consider a typical consumer-grade residential fire extinguisher (I have 2 - one on each floor, with the upstairs one near the kitchen) to be a single-use item. This is for a few reasons:
* Even a moderately sized fire could make good use of the entire extinguisher, so ... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | If it's a dry chemical extinguisher (seems likely, most common, particularly with a pressure gauge) the simple answer is that **the valve has got dry chemical dust** in it and no longer seals properly as a result. When refilling the valve or valve parts will either be cleaned or replaced as needed, the dry chemicals wi... | Fire extinguishers with plastic heads cannot (or should not) be refilled (recharged)...only metal heads.
Plastic heads can split, crack, etc. over time. Either they won’t take a charge or they’ll loose a charge over time. |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | Fire extinguishers (here in the US anyway) are REQUIRED to not be usable after being discharged, partial or not, because you can never know HOW MUCH ***extinguishing material*** was discharged by just looking at the pressure gauge. So the valves are designed with breakaway seals that, once broken, will not hold the cha... | Fire extinguishers with plastic heads cannot (or should not) be refilled (recharged)...only metal heads.
Plastic heads can split, crack, etc. over time. Either they won’t take a charge or they’ll loose a charge over time. |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | Fire extinguishers (here in the US anyway) are REQUIRED to not be usable after being discharged, partial or not, because you can never know HOW MUCH ***extinguishing material*** was discharged by just looking at the pressure gauge. So the valves are designed with breakaway seals that, once broken, will not hold the cha... | Can't help you with arts and crafts reuse, as that's off topic here. Do hydrostatic test the tank to 225% of working pressure. Better to go "tink" than "BOOM".
For use in a home,
Take the extinguisher to get it refilled
----------------------------------------
There are shops which do this, because commercial ente... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | If it's a dry chemical extinguisher (seems likely, most common, particularly with a pressure gauge) the simple answer is that **the valve has got dry chemical dust** in it and no longer seals properly as a result. When refilling the valve or valve parts will either be cleaned or replaced as needed, the dry chemicals wi... | While not strictly speaking "single use", I would consider a typical consumer-grade residential fire extinguisher (I have 2 - one on each floor, with the upstairs one near the kitchen) to be a single-use item. This is for a few reasons:
* Even a moderately sized fire could make good use of the entire extinguisher, so ... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | There are (at least) two types of fire extinguishers, ones that are preloaded and ones that you must load before use. The ones preloaded have the chamber, that contains the extuingishing medium preassurized. The ones you must load have a small gas tank and when you want to use the extinguisher, you press a button that ... | Can't help you with arts and crafts reuse, as that's off topic here. Do hydrostatic test the tank to 225% of working pressure. Better to go "tink" than "BOOM".
For use in a home,
Take the extinguisher to get it refilled
----------------------------------------
There are shops which do this, because commercial ente... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | Fire extinguishers with plastic heads cannot (or should not) be refilled (recharged)...only metal heads.
Plastic heads can split, crack, etc. over time. Either they won’t take a charge or they’ll loose a charge over time. | Can't help you with arts and crafts reuse, as that's off topic here. Do hydrostatic test the tank to 225% of working pressure. Better to go "tink" than "BOOM".
For use in a home,
Take the extinguisher to get it refilled
----------------------------------------
There are shops which do this, because commercial ente... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | While not strictly speaking "single use", I would consider a typical consumer-grade residential fire extinguisher (I have 2 - one on each floor, with the upstairs one near the kitchen) to be a single-use item. This is for a few reasons:
* Even a moderately sized fire could make good use of the entire extinguisher, so ... | Can't help you with arts and crafts reuse, as that's off topic here. Do hydrostatic test the tank to 225% of working pressure. Better to go "tink" than "BOOM".
For use in a home,
Take the extinguisher to get it refilled
----------------------------------------
There are shops which do this, because commercial ente... |
174,235 | I'm planning to make a small DIY gas tank and I saw people using old or used fire extinguishers but I don't understand why my fire extinguisher can't hold pressure after one use.
I have this fire extinguisher about 3 years and it was holding pressure but few weeks ago my home workshop caught fire from a lithium ion ba... | 2019/09/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/174235",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/106950/"
] | While not strictly speaking "single use", I would consider a typical consumer-grade residential fire extinguisher (I have 2 - one on each floor, with the upstairs one near the kitchen) to be a single-use item. This is for a few reasons:
* Even a moderately sized fire could make good use of the entire extinguisher, so ... | There are (at least) two types of fire extinguishers, ones that are preloaded and ones that you must load before use. The ones preloaded have the chamber, that contains the extuingishing medium preassurized. The ones you must load have a small gas tank and when you want to use the extinguisher, you press a button that ... |
2,859,539 | Is there a function for ASP.NET MVC 2 built in data annotation javascript validation that performs the functionality of Jquery.Validate's isValid()?
I'd like to check if my fields are valid prior to using jquery ajax to send data to the server? Any suggestions?
Thank You. | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2859539",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14093/"
] | i used the :
<http://geekswithblogs.net/stun/archive/2010/02/27/asp.net-mvc-client-side-validation-summary-with-jquery-validation-plugin.aspx>
and it worked great for me,
especially you don't need to change the original Mvc Validation way(I mean the validation field), you just make it client side | Jquery will be your best friend
check this <http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-validation/>
document link:<http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation> |
2,859,539 | Is there a function for ASP.NET MVC 2 built in data annotation javascript validation that performs the functionality of Jquery.Validate's isValid()?
I'd like to check if my fields are valid prior to using jquery ajax to send data to the server? Any suggestions?
Thank You. | 2010/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2859539",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14093/"
] | i used the :
<http://geekswithblogs.net/stun/archive/2010/02/27/asp.net-mvc-client-side-validation-summary-with-jquery-validation-plugin.aspx>
and it worked great for me,
especially you don't need to change the original Mvc Validation way(I mean the validation field), you just make it client side | Scott Guh describe simple js validation step by step in this post: <http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/01/15/asp-net-mvc-2-model-validation.aspx> (look for step3).
It is not JQuery but wouldn't that fit your needs?
--
Dom |
113,232 | I have a friend in Arizona whose employer refuses to give pay under certain conditions.
It is a live-in place, where she and other people are working for the summer. There is a contract to stay for the duration of the summer. $4 per day is withheld by the employer from the paycheck which will be paid at the end of the... | 2018/06/01 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/113232",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/87601/"
] | It’s illegal. If you worked, they have to give you your pay for the time worked. If they think that for whatever reason they should have paid less, they need to pay you first, and then can take you to court. With what your post says, any judge would kick them as far as he can.
And that’s why the law is that way: So t... | You're friend needs to gather any documentation regarding payment policies and employment contracts she has and talk to a lawyer ASAP. What the employer is doing is highly unethical and probably illegal (but they may have found some weird loop holes). A good employment lawyer will ensure your friend, and the other empl... |
115,008 | I need to open the port for my MySQL server to the outside and from what I read, the default configuration is not secure nor encrypted.
For that, I have a few solutions in mind with their reason but I'd like to know, from a better security point of view, if I'm missing something.
First, the initial idea was to set up... | 2016/02/18 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/115008",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/9611/"
] | The specific issues depend to some extent on the precise reasons you're opening the server in this way. However, I'm not sure what the difference between a direct MySQL connection dropping (which could happen anyway) and an SSL tunnelled connection dropping, in terms of levels of worry.
1. Changing the port is essenti... | One thing I can think of: Setting up SSL may not *enforce* all connections to be SSL. Be sure to verify that.
Aside from the above concern, I think it would only be vulnerable if there was a bug in Mysql itself. If you want to mitigate that, use a VPN (which is not unlike SSH tunneling, as it is an extra point of pote... |
2,768,828 | I'm using the MySql connector for .NET to copy data from MySql servers to SQL Server 2008.
Has anyone experienced better performance using one of the following, versus the other?
* DataAdapter and calling Fill to a DataTable in chunks of 500
* DataReader.Read to a DataTable in a loop of 500
I am then using SqlBulkCo... | 2010/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2768828",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111934/"
] | I've used SqlBulkCopy with DataReader when processing large amounts of data. I’ve found the process to be quite efficient in terms of speed and memory usage, since the entire data set is not retrieved before copying. I recommend setting the BatchSize property to some reasonable value, say 500 in your case. | I have not used SqlBulkCopy, but as a general rule of thumb, DataReaders typically offer better performance.
A DataReader can be processed while the underlying query is still returning records (so you don't have to wait for the query to finish before you can start processing data). A DataReader will return data as so... |
774,374 | I am setting up a VPN server using OpenVPN. The authentication method is the certificate one (different certs for client and server). The VPS has 1TB of traffic monthly.
I plan allowing up to 4 clients per one server. So I'd like to restrict the client using more than 250GB per month.
I thought I might have restric... | 2016/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/774374",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/352553/"
] | I'm a bit late to the party, but you can use the **client-config-dir** option to assign each client conf a local IP address.
Then you can use Linux's **Traffic Control** (tc) to limit the bandwidth for each IP (and thus for each client). Would that work for you ? | Per [OpenVPN 2.0.x](https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/manuals/65-openvpn-20x-manpage.html):
>
> --shaper n Limit bandwidth of outgoing tunnel data to n bytes per second on the TCP/UDP port. If you want to limit the bandwidth in both
> directions, use this option on both peers. OpenVPN uses the ... |
774,374 | I am setting up a VPN server using OpenVPN. The authentication method is the certificate one (different certs for client and server). The VPS has 1TB of traffic monthly.
I plan allowing up to 4 clients per one server. So I'd like to restrict the client using more than 250GB per month.
I thought I might have restric... | 2016/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/774374",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/352553/"
] | I'm a bit late to the party, but you can use the **client-config-dir** option to assign each client conf a local IP address.
Then you can use Linux's **Traffic Control** (tc) to limit the bandwidth for each IP (and thus for each client). Would that work for you ? | You can use the **iptables quota** match extension as shown with a good example in [this answer](https://serverfault.com/a/245565/209089) to limit the traffic volume of a specific IP address. |
142,650 | I have an svg image generated by another program (for visualisation of molecules) that is super complex, and I'd like to try and automatically simplify it. For example, a simple sphere with a gradient is drawn with 576 triangles. Is there a program (I have Inkscape and Illustrator, but I can download another free progr... | 2020/10/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/142650",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/157566/"
] | Might be easier to just recreate these totally from scratch to be honest. I just tried using the shape builder to try and merge some shapes and Illustrator just sits there doing nothing.
The whole thing is only made up of a few individual shapes with gradients.
Here's an example showing the pieces (on the right), and... | No! Though in this case its relatively easy to replace the artwork generation with some thing smarter than just dumping your opengl feed. |
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