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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... | Somebody has created a puzzle by exporting a 3D model as 2D vector which contains thousands of separate relatively simple shapes like triangles. Inkscape and illustrator struggle with it, but open it with GIMP. You can set the generated bitmap image to be say 6000 px for good resolution (there's WIDE empty areas at the... |
3,578,587 | I have to deal with a lot of multithreaded programming at work. Specifically, I want to know how the ARM memory model differs from IA64. Both are very weak models, but are there any specific differences that I should know about? I'm familiar with ia64, not with arm. | 2010/08/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3578587",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175796/"
] | I have the same question, and while I haven't completely found the answer, this paper might be useful: [Reasoning about the ARM weakly consistent memory model](http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1353528)
In the Further Work section, it seems to imply that no one (even at ARM, since they wrote the paper) has answere... | <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_ordering> might answer your question. From the table it shows, it seems ARMv7 has the same as IA64. |
136,917 | The newly created packages which are created on 15/08/2016 cannot be installed in other dev orgs after waiting for almost 24 hours.
The error is :
Package Not Found
The requested package does not exist or has been deleted. Please contact the package publisher for assistance. If this is a recently uploaded package, pl... | 2016/08/16 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/136917",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/35033/"
] | After waiting for two days, those packages can be installed now. | Other than using Salesforce support, creating a new package version (with no changes) would probably be the fastest way to get your package deployed. |
96,882 | >
> Galileo was forced to **recant** his assertion that the earth orbited the
> sun (Oxford Dictionary)
>
>
> Can one **recant on** an absence of belief? (The Secret Intensity of
> Everyday Life)
>
>
>
The first “recant” is a transitive verb. And [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3aMichaelrundell) ... | 2013/01/06 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/96882",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/30551/"
] | "A transitive particle verb" is also called a "transitive phrasal verb" or a "transitive two-word verb". It's the kind talked about in the Q about "looked at". Wikipedia says: "A transitive particle verb has a nominal object in addition to the particle. If the object is an ordinary noun phrase, it can usually appear on... | There are several types of English constructions that get called "phrasal verbs". I can only speak authoritatively about my own usage of the term, and what I understand about others' usages.
I use the term [*phrasal verb*](http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/EnglishPhrasalVerbs.pdf) specifically to cover what I originally l... |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | **Glassfish Community Edition is free** and powerful (Full Java EE 6 platform support).
**GlassFish Server Open Source Edition**
* Free community-supported application server
* Full Java EE 6 platform support
* The best open source application server in the industry today
* Next-generation modular and extensible arch... | JBoss is free too (we are using it). |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | **Glassfish Community Edition is free** and powerful (Full Java EE 6 platform support).
**GlassFish Server Open Source Edition**
* Free community-supported application server
* Full Java EE 6 platform support
* The best open source application server in the industry today
* Next-generation modular and extensible arch... | If it is free, then why Jboss clearly states that "[downloads are for development use only](https://www.jboss.org/products/eap.html)"?!
 |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | **Glassfish Community Edition is free** and powerful (Full Java EE 6 platform support).
**GlassFish Server Open Source Edition**
* Free community-supported application server
* Full Java EE 6 platform support
* The best open source application server in the industry today
* Next-generation modular and extensible arch... | WebSphere Liberty Profile starting from 8.5.5.6 is fully Java EE 7 application server. It is free for development and for production usage with certain restrictions (2GB RAM per using organization). For more details check [websphere-application-server-everyone](https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/websphere-applicatio... |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | Jboss and Glassfish are great examples of application servers free for commercial use, you have to distinguish the difference between free use and support, both of them are free to use but if you want to get same support (not talking here about forums etc) you would have to probably pay for it. | JBoss is free too (we are using it). |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | If it is free, then why Jboss clearly states that "[downloads are for development use only](https://www.jboss.org/products/eap.html)"?!
 | JBoss is free too (we are using it). |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | WebSphere Liberty Profile starting from 8.5.5.6 is fully Java EE 7 application server. It is free for development and for production usage with certain restrictions (2GB RAM per using organization). For more details check [websphere-application-server-everyone](https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/websphere-applicatio... | JBoss is free too (we are using it). |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | Jboss and Glassfish are great examples of application servers free for commercial use, you have to distinguish the difference between free use and support, both of them are free to use but if you want to get same support (not talking here about forums etc) you would have to probably pay for it. | If it is free, then why Jboss clearly states that "[downloads are for development use only](https://www.jboss.org/products/eap.html)"?!
 |
6,135,809 | Is there a free Commercial-Use Application-Server ?
I found a chart on Wikipedia("Comparison of application servers"), which says that JSAS (now GlassFish) and IBM WebSphere are free.
I am not sure about this, but it seems that:
* GlassFish is [no longer free](http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/pricing/technology-p... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6135809",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704967/"
] | Jboss and Glassfish are great examples of application servers free for commercial use, you have to distinguish the difference between free use and support, both of them are free to use but if you want to get same support (not talking here about forums etc) you would have to probably pay for it. | WebSphere Liberty Profile starting from 8.5.5.6 is fully Java EE 7 application server. It is free for development and for production usage with certain restrictions (2GB RAM per using organization). For more details check [websphere-application-server-everyone](https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/docs/websphere-applicatio... |
109,917 | One of my coworkers has this problem for some of the files stored in a document library. If he clicks on the link, from the document library, the dialog has these two options: "Read-only" and "Edit" - once excel opens the file there is no "Check out" button at the top, nor is there an option to check it back in on the ... | 2014/07/25 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/109917",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/31900/"
] | TL;DR - Stay under 5,000 items for the entire library to get 100% of functionality
In addition to the 30 million documents per library you also need to be aware of the limit of 5,000 items per "view".
<http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262787(v=office.15).aspx#ListLibrary>
This particular limit can be ch... | A document Library can hold more than 30,000,000 denouements but catch is MSFT support upto 30,000,000 and if you exceed you will be out of support. That's mean MSFT will tell you delete the documents stay in limit.
So, 30 Million is upper limit, whatever folder structure you have and number of folder you have....all ... |
309,932 | I am having trouble getting connected to my Linksys wireless router. I have it set up with a specific SSID -- which it is **not** broadcasting -- and wireless security turned off. I'm sure you could lecture me about how this is bad practice, but I'm not interested in that; I need to know how to get this working.
I exp... | 2011/07/13 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/309932",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/12507/"
] | Looks like you found it, but the lecture is still needed here because this is dangerous.
Hidden SSIDs are actually WORSE than security through obscurity. Not only is there the obvious problem, that someone with wireless sniffing software will still get the SSID, there's also the not so obvious problem - in turning off... | Wait... I feel silly; I just figured it out. I need to click "Manage wireless networks" on the left in the Network and Sharing Center, locate my old profile, and click "Remove." *After doing that*, the steps I described above worked like a charm. |
25,719,153 | I can get the Window handle using "GetForegroundWindow" of "user32.dll" and by matching its class name with "#32770", I can check that it is a dialog.
Now my question is how do I know that this dialog is and alert, confirm or prompt dialog?
Please note I am working outside the Internet Explorer process using VB.Net. | 2014/09/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25719153",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | There are a *lot* of possible dialogs. Standard ones are MessageBox and the shell dialogs like OpenFileDialog, PrintDialog, ColorDialog, etcetera. A lots and lots of non-standard ones, the kind that a programmer that uses native code to write a Windows program creates with the resource editor. Displayed by the DialogBo... | You can enumerate the window elements with EnumChildWindow, and count the buttons and which ones open, as well as check the icon. There are 6 button configurations, and 9 different icons, assuming it is a standard messagebox. |
114,596 | I am learning game design, and wanted to know how one can automatically generate spiky terrain (something like this: [Cavernaut](http://www.cavernaut.com/), notice, the terrain at the sides?). I have heard about midpoint displacement algorithm. But How can I apply that to my problem, given that I would also like to inc... | 2016/01/10 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/114596",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77347/"
] | A good, though not particularly fast, algorithm for this is called "midpoint displacement."
In midpoint displacement, you start with a flat terrain, then find the midpoint between the edges and move the midpoint up or down by a random amount. You then repeat this process, taking the midpoints on either side of the pre... | One (not very good way) would be to generate lots of random y coords, increase the x by, say, 50px every y coord and generate a polygon from that. Hard to explain but if you want I could do a picture. |
136,825 | First of all, I can't boot my Windows 7. I get a black screen with a cursor up in the left corner.
So, I tried using Windows 7 installation which I've put on my flash drive.
To boot from the drive, I've changed the boot order to boot from the drive first.
It boots but does not find any HDD to install Windows on (which... | 2010/05/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/136825",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/35832/"
] | I get this behaviour (black screen, flashing cursor) if I have certain brands of USB flash drives plugged in during boot, regardless of the boot order. When I remove all flash drives and reboot, Windows starts normally. | Not being able to boot with USB flash attached could also be a problem with motherboard BIOS.Especially on older motherboards.For example my ASUS A8N32 SLI-Deluxe recieved an updated BIOS that fixes a problem of this nature.
And if you are still not able to boot then i would be better to disconnect all unnessesary dri... |
92,480 | I am a beginner to android programming and I want to use my personal phone that I use daily to test my programs, but I am not sure if that is a good idea.
Is it possible to somehow corrupt my phone by trying out my programs on it? In what ways might this be possible?
The phone is unrooted; would it be possible in a r... | 2014/12/23 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/92480",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/37436/"
] | No, you can't. As you surmise, if you root your phone and write programs that use root to change system files or settings that you can't normally change, then you can break the phone that way. The risk is not really any different to running root programs that other people have written.
If you don't root the phone, or d... | You can use your Android for development. In fact, *you should* use your Android device for development. The emulators are OK for very little things, but it's far from being enough.
You can't break your phone if you're doing beginner development and you're not touching system files on the device. In the *wooooorst cas... |
92,480 | I am a beginner to android programming and I want to use my personal phone that I use daily to test my programs, but I am not sure if that is a good idea.
Is it possible to somehow corrupt my phone by trying out my programs on it? In what ways might this be possible?
The phone is unrooted; would it be possible in a r... | 2014/12/23 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/92480",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/37436/"
] | No, you can't. As you surmise, if you root your phone and write programs that use root to change system files or settings that you can't normally change, then you can break the phone that way. The risk is not really any different to running root programs that other people have written.
If you don't root the phone, or d... | There is only one potential risk - I was using several phones to test my apps and I noticed that battery health suffers a lot, especially in older devices.
You should use real phone instead of emulator if you have the chance. Emulators are good, but require a lot of RAM and hardly emulates all the cases you will get o... |
5,707,549 | I have a list and in each list element, I need some details.
What will be more efficient to use the list in the list
[['brown', 'wood', 2], ['red', 'box', 3 ],...]
Or create a new class for the parameters(details) of color, type, etc.. and creating objects from this class in every element of the list.
[object1,objec... | 2011/04/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5707549",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1360400/"
] | List of lists will be more efficient(as in less overhead for function calls, object creation, object destruction etc and take up less space in memory), however creating a new class might be better for readability, writability, and maintainability.
My opinion is that you shouldn't worry about these micro optimizations... | Lists-in-lists are typically more efficient (builtin types), but you shouldn't care about efficiency until you have to; it will be more maintainable and easier to work with if you use objects. There's the old adage:
>
> "Never optimize until you need to."
>
>
> |
25,123,274 | How do I make my UIScrollview big enough in storyboard so that I can adda all the content I need to it? The amount of content I am adding is longer vertically than an iPhone screen, but storyboard will not let me detach the scroll view from the view controller so that I can extend it vertically and add all my required ... | 2014/08/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25123274",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3273344/"
] | @AlexFritz: This is happening because you're not setting contentSize of the scrollView. When you are done putting your subviews in UIScrollView you can put the UIViewController's frame back to its original size. And use this following screen shot to set you ScrollView's contentSize.
![Set ScrollView's Content Size](ht... | You don't need to make your scrollview size big, Keep your scroll view Size as it is with repect to the view, Only add a label as a subview to the ScrollView then make its height big enough to contain all your text and just set the content offset of the scrollview big enough to accommodate the label |
25,123,274 | How do I make my UIScrollview big enough in storyboard so that I can adda all the content I need to it? The amount of content I am adding is longer vertically than an iPhone screen, but storyboard will not let me detach the scroll view from the view controller so that I can extend it vertically and add all my required ... | 2014/08/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25123274",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3273344/"
] | I had the same problem in the Xcode 10 storyboard. I was able to solve the problem by selecting the ViewController in Storyboard, and then selecting the Size Inspector. It shows the Simulated Size...
I changed the Simulated Size to Freeform, and then changed the Height to 1000 (or whatever size you need it to be) to ... | You don't need to make your scrollview size big, Keep your scroll view Size as it is with repect to the view, Only add a label as a subview to the ScrollView then make its height big enough to contain all your text and just set the content offset of the scrollview big enough to accommodate the label |
25,123,274 | How do I make my UIScrollview big enough in storyboard so that I can adda all the content I need to it? The amount of content I am adding is longer vertically than an iPhone screen, but storyboard will not let me detach the scroll view from the view controller so that I can extend it vertically and add all my required ... | 2014/08/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25123274",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3273344/"
] | I had the same problem in the Xcode 10 storyboard. I was able to solve the problem by selecting the ViewController in Storyboard, and then selecting the Size Inspector. It shows the Simulated Size...
I changed the Simulated Size to Freeform, and then changed the Height to 1000 (or whatever size you need it to be) to ... | @AlexFritz: This is happening because you're not setting contentSize of the scrollView. When you are done putting your subviews in UIScrollView you can put the UIViewController's frame back to its original size. And use this following screen shot to set you ScrollView's contentSize.
 and why whould you choose it ? By chess engine, I mean the portion of a program that evaluates the current board and decides the computer's next move.
I'm asking because I thought it might be fun to write a c... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34952",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9830/"
] | Evaluation isn't a parallelizable problem as far as I know but evaluating different chains is , so I definitively would write it to make use of multiple cores and multithreading.
Whether you go functional or semi-functional is a matter of taste. Personally i'd go OOP and use the support for functional programming and ... | I guess it depends upon your goals, which I take are strictly didactic. If you were trying to write a competitive product, you would want maximum efficiency in the lowest level evaluators. Lots of opportunity for bit level parallelism here. Also lots of opportunities for hash tables. Also opportunities to exploit paral... |
34,952 | If you were going to write a chess game engine, what programming paradigm would you use (OOP, procedural, etc) and why whould you choose it ? By chess engine, I mean the portion of a program that evaluates the current board and decides the computer's next move.
I'm asking because I thought it might be fun to write a c... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34952",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9830/"
] | Evaluation isn't a parallelizable problem as far as I know but evaluating different chains is , so I definitively would write it to make use of multiple cores and multithreading.
Whether you go functional or semi-functional is a matter of taste. Personally i'd go OOP and use the support for functional programming and ... | I have choosen OOP paradigm in my chess engine named [The Turk](http://theturk.codeplex.com/). First version of my chess engine was written more procedural rather than OOP.Then i found so hard to improve my chess engine because of long code blocks and poor design.
It depends on what you want to achieve while writing c... |
34,952 | If you were going to write a chess game engine, what programming paradigm would you use (OOP, procedural, etc) and why whould you choose it ? By chess engine, I mean the portion of a program that evaluates the current board and decides the computer's next move.
I'm asking because I thought it might be fun to write a c... | 2011/01/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/34952",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/9830/"
] | Evaluation isn't a parallelizable problem as far as I know but evaluating different chains is , so I definitively would write it to make use of multiple cores and multithreading.
Whether you go functional or semi-functional is a matter of taste. Personally i'd go OOP and use the support for functional programming and ... | I ported a simple chess program as a means of learning the Forth language. It turned out to be a great fit to this very imperative problem, and I learned a lot. The open stack allowed me to implement alpha-beta search in a unique fashion which gave me greater insight into the algorithm.
One would think that functional... |
292,076 | I've only administered rather small networks (<=25 nodes). Usually I put the gateway .1, dns/proxy as .10, mail at .20, printers at .30-39 and so on and so forth. I never directly use IP addresses as DNS hostnames are clearly the better way, but I like to have a clear pattern/layout/design when building a network from ... | 2011/07/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/292076",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/13422/"
] | Keep it simple. As simple as possible, but still allowing for security and flexibility. Design abstraction into things, which sounds like it's not simple, but in fact is the pathway to simplicity itself.
As for subnets, this is fairly common:
* Users on one subnet
* Guests on another
* Servers on their own subnet
* V... | I worked at an organisation of a similar size (we had a /26), that for reasons beyond me, the powers-that-be felt that a finely grained IP allocation scheme was paramount to operational integrity. The gateway *had* to be .1, the printers *had* to be between .2 and .12, the servers between .13 and .20 and so on. We even... |
1,412,477 | recently i have downloaded a backup of my Instagram account ...
and the zip file contained a lot of ".json" files and i have no idea how to view
it like... the way that Instagram did
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5xQkq.png)
thanks | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1412477",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/908099/"
] | Windows comes preinstalled with loads of generic drivers, or your existing drivers might be a close enough match for the hardware that they are included in the same driver. When windows starts it redetectes its hardware and loads the most suitable driver it can find. Either way it's best you download and install latest... | You can run Windows on different motherboards than originally installed on in many cases. I've successfully transplanted motherboards of different types when repairing failures. |
1,412,477 | recently i have downloaded a backup of my Instagram account ...
and the zip file contained a lot of ".json" files and i have no idea how to view
it like... the way that Instagram did
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5xQkq.png)
thanks | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1412477",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/908099/"
] | If Windows comes up as activated, then you apparently have a
*retail version* of Windows, also called "full version".
If you have purchased a retail copy of Windows 10, then you're entitled to transfer the license to another device multiple times. The same is true when upgrading a retail copy of Windows 8.x or Windows... | You can run Windows on different motherboards than originally installed on in many cases. I've successfully transplanted motherboards of different types when repairing failures. |
1,412,477 | recently i have downloaded a backup of my Instagram account ...
and the zip file contained a lot of ".json" files and i have no idea how to view
it like... the way that Instagram did
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5xQkq.png)
thanks | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1412477",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/908099/"
] | Windows comes preinstalled with loads of generic drivers, or your existing drivers might be a close enough match for the hardware that they are included in the same driver. When windows starts it redetectes its hardware and loads the most suitable driver it can find. Either way it's best you download and install latest... | Windows normally barfs if the motherboard changes because if driver issues. If the hardware is similar enough, it can continue to work think, of a basic system using all Intel chipsets.
I postulate that the systems had enough common hardware for windows to start and get a network connection after which it can update/... |
1,412,477 | recently i have downloaded a backup of my Instagram account ...
and the zip file contained a lot of ".json" files and i have no idea how to view
it like... the way that Instagram did
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5xQkq.png)
thanks | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1412477",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | If Windows comes up as activated, then you apparently have a
*retail version* of Windows, also called "full version".
If you have purchased a retail copy of Windows 10, then you're entitled to transfer the license to another device multiple times. The same is true when upgrading a retail copy of Windows 8.x or Windows... | Windows normally barfs if the motherboard changes because if driver issues. If the hardware is similar enough, it can continue to work think, of a basic system using all Intel chipsets.
I postulate that the systems had enough common hardware for windows to start and get a network connection after which it can update/... |
28,523,476 | I just had a fresh re-installation of **Mac OS X Yosemite** before I install **Xcode** and then **CommandlineTools**.
It seems I have two versions of gcc and g++ in the following two directories:
1. **/usr/bin** (both files are 14kb) and
2. **/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin** (g++ is just an alias and gcc... | 2015/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28523476",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3776170/"
] | Mac OSX doesn't use gcc (g++). It defaults to Clang since Mac OSX 10.7. So when you type gcc or g++ to compile it actually uses Clang (cc) | Basically when you call 'cc' or 'cxx' or 'c++' you are calling clang. Read here for more information about the state of Apple clang (<https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/CompilerTools/Conceptual/LLVMCompilerOverview/>)
Adding to what @adnan-kamili said, you may wonder why Apple did that. So here is a... |
3,128,836 | I have created a process similar to Shazam that creates a [Spectrogram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrogram) of a given sound clip. I am trying to figure out a way in which to store this data into a database so that I can run comparisons on it. **(I dont need actual code, just conceptual help on the process)**.
F... | 2010/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3128836",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | This is a 2D array. Possibly a *sparse* one if most of the data is 0.0.
I'd use a [ROOT](http://root.cern.ch/) histogram (say [`TH2F`](http://root.cern.ch/root/html/TH2F.html)) to avoid having to manage all the edge cases and so on, though almost any scientific library should support an appropriate data structure. ROO... | You can either store it as a raw 2D array, or else you will need to do some higher level feature extraction (track pitch contours etc) to extract the significant features which you can then use for comparison purposes. |
3,128,836 | I have created a process similar to Shazam that creates a [Spectrogram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrogram) of a given sound clip. I am trying to figure out a way in which to store this data into a database so that I can run comparisons on it. **(I dont need actual code, just conceptual help on the process)**.
F... | 2010/06/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3128836",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/345611/"
] | This is a 2D array. Possibly a *sparse* one if most of the data is 0.0.
I'd use a [ROOT](http://root.cern.ch/) histogram (say [`TH2F`](http://root.cern.ch/root/html/TH2F.html)) to avoid having to manage all the edge cases and so on, though almost any scientific library should support an appropriate data structure. ROO... | The problem with a hash is that you need close matches, not exact matches - I was thinking of something along the lines of extracting the (time, freq) tuples of local peaks in the spectrogram and then putting those in a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_database> .
To search you could extract n highest peaks (4 - ... |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | What you've described may be perfectly sensible, but you really need to say a little bit more about your project before the community can comment on your approach.
What's the pattern of access? Is it always read-only for the user, editable only by site administrator for example?
You shouldn't worry about performance ... | JSON in combination with Jquery is a great fast web page smooth updating option but ultimately it still will come down to the same database query.
Just make sure your query is efficient. Use a stored proc.
JSON is just the way the data is sent from the server (Web controller in MVC or code behind in standind c#) to t... |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | JSON is typically used as a way to format the data for the purpose of transporting it somewhere. Databases are typically used for storing data. | JSON in combination with Jquery is a great fast web page smooth updating option but ultimately it still will come down to the same database query.
Just make sure your query is efficient. Use a stored proc.
JSON is just the way the data is sent from the server (Web controller in MVC or code behind in standind c#) to t... |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | What you've described may be perfectly sensible, but you really need to say a little bit more about your project before the community can comment on your approach.
What's the pattern of access? Is it always read-only for the user, editable only by site administrator for example?
You shouldn't worry about performance ... | You should stick with the classic method (database), because you'll face many problems with concurrency and with having too many files to handle. |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | JSON is typically used as a way to format the data for the purpose of transporting it somewhere. Databases are typically used for storing data. | You should stick with the classic method (database), because you'll face many problems with concurrency and with having too many files to handle. |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | What you've described may be perfectly sensible, but you really need to say a little bit more about your project before the community can comment on your approach.
What's the pattern of access? Is it always read-only for the user, editable only by site administrator for example?
You shouldn't worry about performance ... | I think you should go with usual database query.
If you use JSON file you'll have to sync JSON files with the DB (That's mean an extra work is need) and face I/O problems (if your site super busy). |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | JSON is typically used as a way to format the data for the purpose of transporting it somewhere. Databases are typically used for storing data. | I think you should go with usual database query.
If you use JSON file you'll have to sync JSON files with the DB (That's mean an extra work is need) and face I/O problems (if your site super busy). |
9,034,725 | For my new project I'm looking forward to use JSON data as a text file rather then fetching data from database. My concept is to save a JSON file on the server whenever admin creates a new entry in the database.
As there is no issue of security, will this approach will make user access to data faster or shall I go wit... | 2012/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9034725",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1150614/"
] | JSON is typically used as a way to format the data for the purpose of transporting it somewhere. Databases are typically used for storing data. | What you've described may be perfectly sensible, but you really need to say a little bit more about your project before the community can comment on your approach.
What's the pattern of access? Is it always read-only for the user, editable only by site administrator for example?
You shouldn't worry about performance ... |
23,204,421 | I have a barcode I'm trying to parse via built-in regular expression in our document imaging software which I believe is in .net. These are barcodes on loan documents that include an account number and sub-account number delimited by a dash (-). The most difficult part of this is that as the sub-account number shrinks,... | 2014/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23204421",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3208272/"
] | What i would advise you is:
1) Upload the file on server without full filepath (as passing filepath could be a security issue).
2) Then save the file in your server at a temporary folder (maybe `temp`).
3) Use the path of temp location on your server to upload file to dropbox.
4) Remove file from temp fol... | I'm pretty sure you're misunderstanding the security issue. Having a full path is not just an *upload* security issue, it's a complete *javascript* security issue. If I could get the full path of the file, I could upload it using Ajax, or any number of ways ([http://mywebsite.com/pixel.gif?path=[encodedFilePath]](http:... |
23,204,421 | I have a barcode I'm trying to parse via built-in regular expression in our document imaging software which I believe is in .net. These are barcodes on loan documents that include an account number and sub-account number delimited by a dash (-). The most difficult part of this is that as the sub-account number shrinks,... | 2014/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23204421",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3208272/"
] | I took a different route and here's my workaround:
- I upload the file(s) temporary to my server (I created a folder called Uploads)
- After successful upload , I can get the file path (The one on my server) servername\uploads\filename
- Then i pass this path to the dropbox API function dropBoxStorage.UploadFile(srcFil... | I'm pretty sure you're misunderstanding the security issue. Having a full path is not just an *upload* security issue, it's a complete *javascript* security issue. If I could get the full path of the file, I could upload it using Ajax, or any number of ways ([http://mywebsite.com/pixel.gif?path=[encodedFilePath]](http:... |
157,583 | I’m hoping someone can give me some tips on the test I have in mind for my data. I have data which is samples of Americans from various zip codes throughout the US. In my data I assume if someone has the same first name, last name, date of birth, sex, and zip code then they are the same person, but the records in my da... | 2015/06/18 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/157583",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/42992/"
] | I believe that you must think if going to all this trouble is worth it -- i.e. would the violation of your uniqueness assumption drastically affect your end result? This obviously depends highly on what you are using the data for. A little background on uniqueness of personal identification data can be found here: <htt... | Something that may help to allay your fears is to consider standard policies for [data de-identification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-identification). That is, when a dataset (e.g., a medical dataset with patient records, tests, disease states, treatments, etc.) is going to be made publicly available, it first has... |
37,109 | I am working as an intern for a GIS (Map) Team. The team is relatively new and small with about 6 people. As an intern I am working on some very back-end stuff. These are things I have never done before and have proven VERY difficult for me. The past month or so can be described as two words: 'Road Blocks'.
I consiste... | 2014/12/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/37109",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | You should ask your boss this question, except phrase slightly differently.
>
> Sir, I was thinking recently about how often I ask you for help on my tasks. I am seeking to strike the correct balance between solving problems on my own (and thus learning how to help myself) and completing work swiftly enough (which so... | You should ask for as much help as you need. Sure, you should put an honest effort in to learn (or experiment) on your own to solve the problem. But in the end, your alternative to asking is for the work not to get done - and that is *always* worse. |
37,109 | I am working as an intern for a GIS (Map) Team. The team is relatively new and small with about 6 people. As an intern I am working on some very back-end stuff. These are things I have never done before and have proven VERY difficult for me. The past month or so can be described as two words: 'Road Blocks'.
I consiste... | 2014/12/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/37109",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/30238/"
] | You should ask your boss this question, except phrase slightly differently.
>
> Sir, I was thinking recently about how often I ask you for help on my tasks. I am seeking to strike the correct balance between solving problems on my own (and thus learning how to help myself) and completing work swiftly enough (which so... | In addition to Joe's excellent answer - here's an insight into your boss (I'm in a similar position to him with some junior developers):
It's all about balance - yes, your boss is busy on numerous jobs and responsibilities, but you are one of those responsibilities. Part of his role is to guide and assist you - hopefu... |
27,911 | I'm very new to the stackoverflow community, so I apologize if this is a duplicate or inappropriate question (I tried to search for answers beforehand but couldn't find them).
I noticed that, on stackoverflow.com, I have 4 up votes on one question and 1 up vote on another, but my reputation is only 43. Is this because... | 2009/10/30 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/27911",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | The one question became [Community Wiki](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts-on-stack-overflow) after the last edit, so you no longer get rep for up-votes on it. | Your question [Trace Table for Python Programs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1645028/trace-table-for-python-programs) became [Community Wiki](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts-on-stack-overflow), so it could be that you gained 1 upvote after that point. And CW does not ... |
23,727 | Will we be able to see our galaxy if we travel far enough? When we leave earth far enough, we'll be able to see Earth from distant, is it same with the galaxy? if we travel far enough, will we see the shape of our galaxy with naked eye?
Do we have to travel really far to see our galaxy like a dot? or just far enough t... | 2017/11/28 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/23727",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
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] | In theory, yes; in practice probably not ...
i) It's perhaps helpful to take the Andromeda galaxy as a first working example. It is somewhat bigger than our own Milky Way galaxy but not so big as to be a problem.
When we look at Andromeda, it appears to occupies an area about 3 degrees by 1 degree. By comparison, the... | Yes you can but it depends partly on the direction you travel relative to the galactic plane and the strength of your telescope. As you might guess, if we moved away along the galactic plane from our current position, we may see our galaxy looking like this:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... |
23,727 | Will we be able to see our galaxy if we travel far enough? When we leave earth far enough, we'll be able to see Earth from distant, is it same with the galaxy? if we travel far enough, will we see the shape of our galaxy with naked eye?
Do we have to travel really far to see our galaxy like a dot? or just far enough t... | 2017/11/28 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/23727",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
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] | In theory, yes; in practice probably not ...
i) It's perhaps helpful to take the Andromeda galaxy as a first working example. It is somewhat bigger than our own Milky Way galaxy but not so big as to be a problem.
When we look at Andromeda, it appears to occupies an area about 3 degrees by 1 degree. By comparison, the... | Theoretically it is completely feasible. In practice...just don't. In order to get there in a few thousand years, you would have to travel well beyond the speed of light (which is impossible if you didn't know). Once you got to a point where the entire galacy was within your vision, the entire galaxy would look distort... |
23,727 | Will we be able to see our galaxy if we travel far enough? When we leave earth far enough, we'll be able to see Earth from distant, is it same with the galaxy? if we travel far enough, will we see the shape of our galaxy with naked eye?
Do we have to travel really far to see our galaxy like a dot? or just far enough t... | 2017/11/28 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/23727",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes you can but it depends partly on the direction you travel relative to the galactic plane and the strength of your telescope. As you might guess, if we moved away along the galactic plane from our current position, we may see our galaxy looking like this:
[. Once you got to a point where the entire galacy was within your vision, the entire galaxy would look distort... |
1,645,663 | Eventually, I'm creating a website on three languages: english, russian and chinese. I hope that if I use UTF-8 in application and database, there won't be any problems with input-output (will there?)
But the most frightening part of it is a search. It should be cool enough. It should be full-text, it should index, et... | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1645663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/145357/"
] | Ideographic characters in languages such as Chinese or Japanese require two terminal character positions, so **you *will* have problems with UTF8 and you should use UTF16 instead**.
Apart from that, any search engine supporting UTF16 and your requirements (e.g. stemming) should work fine - that is, if you like Sphinx,... | From Xapian docs :
Xapian uses the Snowball Stemming Algorithms. At present, these support Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish. There are also implementations of Lovins' English stemmer, Porter's original English s... |
1,645,663 | Eventually, I'm creating a website on three languages: english, russian and chinese. I hope that if I use UTF-8 in application and database, there won't be any problems with input-output (will there?)
But the most frightening part of it is a search. It should be cool enough. It should be full-text, it should index, et... | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1645663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/145357/"
] | Ideographic characters in languages such as Chinese or Japanese require two terminal character positions, so **you *will* have problems with UTF8 and you should use UTF16 instead**.
Apart from that, any search engine supporting UTF16 and your requirements (e.g. stemming) should work fine - that is, if you like Sphinx,... | Isn't Google User Search enough for your needs? What exactly don't you like in it? |
1,645,663 | Eventually, I'm creating a website on three languages: english, russian and chinese. I hope that if I use UTF-8 in application and database, there won't be any problems with input-output (will there?)
But the most frightening part of it is a search. It should be cool enough. It should be full-text, it should index, et... | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1645663",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/145357/"
] | Ideographic characters in languages such as Chinese or Japanese require two terminal character positions, so **you *will* have problems with UTF8 and you should use UTF16 instead**.
Apart from that, any search engine supporting UTF16 and your requirements (e.g. stemming) should work fine - that is, if you like Sphinx,... | I am maintaining an open source project based on sphinx to provide better Chinese support. You can take a look at <http://code.google.com/p/sphinx-for-chinese/> . I don't know much about Russian, but it would be no problem if Russian words are space separated. Just leave me messages if you have any problems |
79,619 | Here's some easy points for someone:
If I issue a command like copy \* /destination in a folder containing a file that is being written to, will the partially written file be copied? Will it be ignored? Will copy throw an error?
Basically I have a script that copies files from a folder to a new location on a schedule... | 2009/10/29 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/79619",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/2189/"
] | Sounds to me like this is a web server issue - you're probably using name-based virtual hosts, but only have a server name directive for the main domain.
Assuming you're using Apache, you probably just have a "ServerName 1.com" directive. You'll also need to add "ServerAlias 2.com" and "ServerAlias 3.com" directives. | Your question is a little confusing but it sounds to me like you need to set up host headers on your web site to match the CNAME records you've created. |
35,626 | **I plan to use my predictions as ground truth to continue training my model. These predictions are of course reviewed during this process. Is there an argument against that (reinforcement of slight mistakes/overfitting etc.)?**
---
Here my specific use case described:
I am using detectron's faster R-CNN implementat... | 2022/05/23 | [
"https://ai.stackexchange.com/questions/35626",
"https://ai.stackexchange.com",
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] | Using the (unchecked) predictions of the model as training data is an approach known as "pseudo-labeling". It can help in certain situations, depending on the underlying structure of your dataset, but you have to be a bit careful about how you use it (e.g. only using high-confidence predictions as your pseudo-labels) a... | The answer is: It depends.
What you describe is a strategy often used to save time and costs for labelling data. It is important that the data you have already labelled (the 20%) is representative of the rest of data (the 80%). At the very least, you must have all classes in those 20%.
It is also important that you s... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/3000",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you really go heavy, one of the most import things to do in a squat or dead lift is to keep your weight on your heels.
Running shoes tend to have a thick sole and thin toe which in effect pitches you forward.
Bare feet keep you the most connected to the ground, and gives you the best base to control your position. | Flat, non-compressible soles work best for weight-lifting. Chuck Taylors are better than any running shoe. If that isn't trendy enough for you, something like the Vibram FiveFingers or other "free" running shoe will work.
As for what the other people in the gym are doing, that's a terrible gauge for proper behavior. I... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/3000",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you really go heavy, one of the most import things to do in a squat or dead lift is to keep your weight on your heels.
Running shoes tend to have a thick sole and thin toe which in effect pitches you forward.
Bare feet keep you the most connected to the ground, and gives you the best base to control your position. | **Short answer**: barefoot is better than running shoes.
**Long Answer**:
Running shoes are designed for providing a cushion to your feet. In essence, they absorb the impact of your foot hitting the ground by compressing the sole and springing back. This is not the behavior you want when you have more than a couple hu... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/3000",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you really go heavy, one of the most import things to do in a squat or dead lift is to keep your weight on your heels.
Running shoes tend to have a thick sole and thin toe which in effect pitches you forward.
Bare feet keep you the most connected to the ground, and gives you the best base to control your position. | If I may, I'd like to supplement the answers by @rerun and @Berin.
They both speak to the same concept, that running shoes might not provide you the most stable platform (since they can be squishy). I am not arguing that point, although I feel it's a generalization and should be treated as such - but it's a generaliza... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/3000",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you really go heavy, one of the most import things to do in a squat or dead lift is to keep your weight on your heels.
Running shoes tend to have a thick sole and thin toe which in effect pitches you forward.
Bare feet keep you the most connected to the ground, and gives you the best base to control your position. | Kicking off the running shoes would be a viable alternative, but I'd actually go one step further. Don't wear running shoes for the cardio portion either. Better proprioception is better proprioception. Just like the elevated heel affects your lifting technique, it also affects your running technique, and once again, n... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
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] | Flat, non-compressible soles work best for weight-lifting. Chuck Taylors are better than any running shoe. If that isn't trendy enough for you, something like the Vibram FiveFingers or other "free" running shoe will work.
As for what the other people in the gym are doing, that's a terrible gauge for proper behavior. I... | If I may, I'd like to supplement the answers by @rerun and @Berin.
They both speak to the same concept, that running shoes might not provide you the most stable platform (since they can be squishy). I am not arguing that point, although I feel it's a generalization and should be treated as such - but it's a generaliza... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
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] | Flat, non-compressible soles work best for weight-lifting. Chuck Taylors are better than any running shoe. If that isn't trendy enough for you, something like the Vibram FiveFingers or other "free" running shoe will work.
As for what the other people in the gym are doing, that's a terrible gauge for proper behavior. I... | Kicking off the running shoes would be a viable alternative, but I'd actually go one step further. Don't wear running shoes for the cardio portion either. Better proprioception is better proprioception. Just like the elevated heel affects your lifting technique, it also affects your running technique, and once again, n... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
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] | **Short answer**: barefoot is better than running shoes.
**Long Answer**:
Running shoes are designed for providing a cushion to your feet. In essence, they absorb the impact of your foot hitting the ground by compressing the sole and springing back. This is not the behavior you want when you have more than a couple hu... | If I may, I'd like to supplement the answers by @rerun and @Berin.
They both speak to the same concept, that running shoes might not provide you the most stable platform (since they can be squishy). I am not arguing that point, although I feel it's a generalization and should be treated as such - but it's a generaliza... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
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] | **Short answer**: barefoot is better than running shoes.
**Long Answer**:
Running shoes are designed for providing a cushion to your feet. In essence, they absorb the impact of your foot hitting the ground by compressing the sole and springing back. This is not the behavior you want when you have more than a couple hu... | Kicking off the running shoes would be a viable alternative, but I'd actually go one step further. Don't wear running shoes for the cardio portion either. Better proprioception is better proprioception. Just like the elevated heel affects your lifting technique, it also affects your running technique, and once again, n... |
3,000 | This [answer](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/2975/dangerous-to-use-barbell-squat-without-padding/2979#2979) mentions that you shouldn't do squat exercises in running shoes. Why is that?
I don't feel like performing squats and dead lifts with running shoes are creating any issues for me, but it's also less... | 2011/07/23 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/3000",
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] | Kicking off the running shoes would be a viable alternative, but I'd actually go one step further. Don't wear running shoes for the cardio portion either. Better proprioception is better proprioception. Just like the elevated heel affects your lifting technique, it also affects your running technique, and once again, n... | If I may, I'd like to supplement the answers by @rerun and @Berin.
They both speak to the same concept, that running shoes might not provide you the most stable platform (since they can be squishy). I am not arguing that point, although I feel it's a generalization and should be treated as such - but it's a generaliza... |
58,727 | I am attempting a project with USB OTG functionality. I've read quite a number of documents already but there is some contradicting information out there, so I want to find out if anyone can shed some light on a couple of things.
First some background on what I aim to achieve. I want to design a low cost device that n... | 2013/02/21 | [
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] | The situation you're describing is not true OTG. True OTG is when you connect two OTG devices together and they negotiate which one becomes the host. But OTG controllers do allow switching between host and device modes at run-time, so you're on the right track. An OTG host will work normally with non-OTG devices.
8mA ... | You don't actually describe a usb OTG situation. The first option, connecting to a PC would be normal usb slave. The second option, using bluetooth to connect to a smartphone doesn't include usb in any way.
And yes, USB OTG allows for any peripheral to act as a usb slave without change, as long as the USB OTG Host kno... |
31,870 | Trying to work out how speakers which are silent from the rear work -- I.e. they have no bass spill out the back. I have recalled someone saying something about some clever technology, but I'm unable to find it. | 2014/12/03 | [
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] | Since you are interested in composing and presumably not recording, one option is to use a simple 1/8" to dual 1/4" TS adapter cable to connect to your monitor speakers ([Example](http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/IPMB2Q2?adpos=1o1&creative=54989267161&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKEAiA4_WjBRCNgf7A_KeE9j... | I've been very happy with the Stienberg UR28M. I love having a big volume knob as well as separate volume knobs for 2 sets of headphones, and it's nice to have dedicated mute, dim and mono buttons.
It doesn't have a ton of inputs/outputs, but I never record more than a couple of live sources at once so I don't miss th... |
24,067 | I currently have an HTC Desire handset. I am just about to upgrade to a new HTC handset and would like to be able to pass this phone on to my wife.
What’s the best way of changing the account setup n the phone to reflect the new ownership. I intend on using my existing Google account on the new handset to transfer my ... | 2012/06/11 | [
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] | Yes, adding a second account and disabling sync on the original one will work as you are expecting. You'll retain the ability to install and use apps you purchase with the original account, while having the sync enabled only on your wife's account will ensure the data from your own account is not present on her phone. | I'd do a factory reset, and then add both your account, and your wife's. This isn't much different than Chahk's answer, but might be a tad safer -- who knows what weird customizations you might have made to your phone that will surprise your wife? |
164,095 | In 5th Edition, the DMG says in the Divine Rank sidebar that:
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> Some gods are worshiped on multiple worlds and have a different rank on each world, depending on their influence there.
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The greater deities are described as beyond mortal understanding and that they have no physical manifestation (though can ... | 2020/02/01 | [
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] | ### Short summary: Multispheric powers can be at different levels of power in multiple spheres, with corresponding consequences.
Below you will find a long answer, mainly because you are asking multiple connected questions in one go. The short summary is that deities can be worshipped in multiple spheres, and dependin... | I don’t believe a deity can be a “greater god” in one world and anything else in another—that is, I believe that when the 5e *Dungeon Master’s Guide* refers to “greater god,” it refers to what previous editions called an “overdeity.” However, it is difficult to back this up from within 5e—as far as I am aware, nothing ... |
506,529 | Intel Pentium Processor E5700 (2M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) does not have hyper-threading but it has has 2 cores so I am assuming it has 2 threads
Now if I write a heavy number crunching program that runs 4 threads simultaneously how will this E5700 processor handle 4 threads simultaneously using its 2 cores and ... | 2012/11/16 | [
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] | For some background knowledge on threading, CPU cores, and hyperthreading, you may want to read the question **[What are threads, and what do they do in the processor?](https://superuser.com/questions/329904/what-are-threads-and-what-do-they-do-in-the-processor)**
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> Now if i write a heavy number crunching prog... | The other answers are correct that for compute bound tasks running with 4 threads on 2 cores will be slower than 2 threads. There is overhead in scheduling the threads, as well as the context switch in the cpu when the register state is switched. The one thing that does not seem to be pointed out however is that this d... |
50,557 | The [Zimmermann telegram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram) to the embassy in Mexico outright suggests that German Empire is trying to court Mexico as an ally in the Great War:
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> We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep t... | 2019/01/10 | [
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] | (Presumably the question rules out the many co-belligerents of the Central Powers, for which [Wikipedia has a detailed article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Powers#Co-belligerents).)
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**The [Kingdom of Romania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_during_World_War_I)** is possibly the best example. In fa... | 'Naturally' Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey would be interested in anyone joining their cause.
This is not about who ended up in 1918 being at war with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottomans. This is about all those considered by one side or the other as potentially siding with "them" from 1914–1918. And... |
38,556 | I just wanted to know what are ports. Can someone explain to me what a port is? | 2013/07/07 | [
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] | In network computing, a *port* is a sub-address. It is like a room number in an hotel: the hotel has an address (e.g. 42 Washington Street, Austin, Texas) and is itself subdivided into rooms, each having its own number (e.g. room 317). If you want to reach a specific room, you have to know both the address (so that you... | Ports are a concept, expressed as a number, that allow a service (program) on one computer to connect and exchange traffic with a particular service on another computer.
Many services conventionally use well defined port numbers, for example a web server would use and listen on port 80 for http traffic and port 443 f... |
38,556 | I just wanted to know what are ports. Can someone explain to me what a port is? | 2013/07/07 | [
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] | In network computing, a *port* is a sub-address. It is like a room number in an hotel: the hotel has an address (e.g. 42 Washington Street, Austin, Texas) and is itself subdivided into rooms, each having its own number (e.g. room 317). If you want to reach a specific room, you have to know both the address (so that you... | There are both Phyiscal and Virtual ports.
Physical network ports allow connecting cables to computers for instance:
* Serial
* Ethernet
* Fibre
* ...
There is also the concept of virtual ports,about which you are probably thinking. If found a nice [tutorial](http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tcp-and-udp-po... |
159,915 | I am an undergraduate student and earn money by giving private lessons as well as by writing and translating texts, and recently I lost a potential customer because we couldn't agree on the price. The case is a bit too complex to describe here, and I also don't really want to reveal some details on the Internet, but, i... | 2020/07/01 | [
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] | >
> how should I negotiate the price/salary with a potential customer/employer if there's a large gap between our BATNAs and we both know them?
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Don't negotiate, give a price and stick to it. It saves time and grief. You're basically quoting for the task, just like anyone else. Not doing retail with someone e... | I think what you should consider here is that **BATNA is not solely about monetary value**, it's about the total value of the option as perceived by the person receiving the offer.
For example, in future salary negotiations you won't only be negotiating salary but rather a full package of benefits - holidays, flexible... |
159,915 | I am an undergraduate student and earn money by giving private lessons as well as by writing and translating texts, and recently I lost a potential customer because we couldn't agree on the price. The case is a bit too complex to describe here, and I also don't really want to reveal some details on the Internet, but, i... | 2020/07/01 | [
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] | >
> how should I negotiate the price/salary with a potential customer/employer if there's a large gap between our BATNAs and we both know them?
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Don't negotiate, give a price and stick to it. It saves time and grief. You're basically quoting for the task, just like anyone else. Not doing retail with someone e... | Taking their BATNA into account sounds unethical, shady and probably illegal in some jurisdictions.
Just imagine some scenarios:
* You and your buddy go buy a pizza. Your buddy pays 5. You get charged 10 for the same pizza. Because your buddy, if charged 10, would just go over and get a burger for 5, but you hate bur... |
159,915 | I am an undergraduate student and earn money by giving private lessons as well as by writing and translating texts, and recently I lost a potential customer because we couldn't agree on the price. The case is a bit too complex to describe here, and I also don't really want to reveal some details on the Internet, but, i... | 2020/07/01 | [
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] | Your mistake was how you presented it. Saying "I know I normally charge X, but I also know you can't find someone else to do this for less than Y, so I'll do it for halfway between the two," isn't *wrong*, but it can feel unfair, whether it actually is or not. It focuses on what you can extract from the customer becaus... | I think what you should consider here is that **BATNA is not solely about monetary value**, it's about the total value of the option as perceived by the person receiving the offer.
For example, in future salary negotiations you won't only be negotiating salary but rather a full package of benefits - holidays, flexible... |
159,915 | I am an undergraduate student and earn money by giving private lessons as well as by writing and translating texts, and recently I lost a potential customer because we couldn't agree on the price. The case is a bit too complex to describe here, and I also don't really want to reveal some details on the Internet, but, i... | 2020/07/01 | [
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] | Your mistake was how you presented it. Saying "I know I normally charge X, but I also know you can't find someone else to do this for less than Y, so I'll do it for halfway between the two," isn't *wrong*, but it can feel unfair, whether it actually is or not. It focuses on what you can extract from the customer becaus... | Taking their BATNA into account sounds unethical, shady and probably illegal in some jurisdictions.
Just imagine some scenarios:
* You and your buddy go buy a pizza. Your buddy pays 5. You get charged 10 for the same pizza. Because your buddy, if charged 10, would just go over and get a burger for 5, but you hate bur... |
41,993 | There is a tax border between Northern Ireland and Ireland for excise.
By "tax border" I mean a border across which tax is due.
Although there has been a harmonisation effort within the EU for excise, it is is incomplete and only minimum rates are set for member states ([Directive 2008/118/EC](https://eur-lex.europa.... | 2019/06/06 | [
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] | The UK and Ireland are both part of the EU [Single Market](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_European_Act) and the [Common Travel Area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Travel_Area). Hence there is no excise duty on goods crossing the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and citizens of U... | There is currently a tax border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The tax border between Ireland and Northern Ireland has two components: VAT and excise.
@Peteris asks in a comment below this answer:
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> WTF [sic] is a tax border?
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A tax border is a border across which tax become due.
The border bet... |
41,993 | There is a tax border between Northern Ireland and Ireland for excise.
By "tax border" I mean a border across which tax is due.
Although there has been a harmonisation effort within the EU for excise, it is is incomplete and only minimum rates are set for member states ([Directive 2008/118/EC](https://eur-lex.europa.... | 2019/06/06 | [
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] | Fuel is cheaper in Ireland than in Northern Ireland. So Ireland doesn't have to do anything about it. Northern Ireland would have to do something about it, but currently seems to do nothing, even though the estimates are that it (and/or the UK) lose(s) [200 million pounds a year](https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news... | There is currently a tax border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The tax border between Ireland and Northern Ireland has two components: VAT and excise.
@Peteris asks in a comment below this answer:
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> WTF [sic] is a tax border?
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A tax border is a border across which tax become due.
The border bet... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Tell your professor. I don't know whether Canvas keeps logs such as you describe, but it doesn't make any difference. Your feeling of moral obligation is correct. You are obligated to tell your professor.
Here is some general advice. Author John D. MacDonald has one of his characters say, approximately, "In the case o... | Two things to add to the excellent answer of Bob:
Not only should you tell the prof, but you are in the right to request anonymity.
Your fellow students will likely not be happy and, be aware, that, despite you doing the right thing, there is a high likelihood that will feel that you cheated them. Unfortunately, that... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Tell your professor. I don't know whether Canvas keeps logs such as you describe, but it doesn't make any difference. Your feeling of moral obligation is correct. You are obligated to tell your professor.
Here is some general advice. Author John D. MacDonald has one of his characters say, approximately, "In the case o... | It is your unequivocal ethical duty to let the professor know about discovering the exam file. If you knowingly take an exam whose contents you know in advance even though you are not supposed to know them, then you are guilty of cheating, plain and simple. There isn’t any way to make such an action appear morally just... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Tell your professor. I don't know whether Canvas keeps logs such as you describe, but it doesn't make any difference. Your feeling of moral obligation is correct. You are obligated to tell your professor.
Here is some general advice. Author John D. MacDonald has one of his characters say, approximately, "In the case o... | Many academic ethics problems are reasonably well addressed by the "Golden rule", i.e. treat other people the way you would like to be treated if roles were reversed (sadly, this is sometimes exactly what the maxim in Bob's answer suggests).
If you were the prof. you would probably want to be informed *immediately*. T... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Tell your professor. I don't know whether Canvas keeps logs such as you describe, but it doesn't make any difference. Your feeling of moral obligation is correct. You are obligated to tell your professor.
Here is some general advice. Author John D. MacDonald has one of his characters say, approximately, "In the case o... | The mainstream opinion here does not generalize well. I agree that it's ethical to tell the professor, and it seems from your words you are not afraid of repercussions.
But for the people in different situations, remember that often **no good deed goes unpunished**. You can derail your academic career or even *get in ... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Two things to add to the excellent answer of Bob:
Not only should you tell the prof, but you are in the right to request anonymity.
Your fellow students will likely not be happy and, be aware, that, despite you doing the right thing, there is a high likelihood that will feel that you cheated them. Unfortunately, that... | Many academic ethics problems are reasonably well addressed by the "Golden rule", i.e. treat other people the way you would like to be treated if roles were reversed (sadly, this is sometimes exactly what the maxim in Bob's answer suggests).
If you were the prof. you would probably want to be informed *immediately*. T... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | Two things to add to the excellent answer of Bob:
Not only should you tell the prof, but you are in the right to request anonymity.
Your fellow students will likely not be happy and, be aware, that, despite you doing the right thing, there is a high likelihood that will feel that you cheated them. Unfortunately, that... | The mainstream opinion here does not generalize well. I agree that it's ethical to tell the professor, and it seems from your words you are not afraid of repercussions.
But for the people in different situations, remember that often **no good deed goes unpunished**. You can derail your academic career or even *get in ... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | It is your unequivocal ethical duty to let the professor know about discovering the exam file. If you knowingly take an exam whose contents you know in advance even though you are not supposed to know them, then you are guilty of cheating, plain and simple. There isn’t any way to make such an action appear morally just... | Many academic ethics problems are reasonably well addressed by the "Golden rule", i.e. treat other people the way you would like to be treated if roles were reversed (sadly, this is sometimes exactly what the maxim in Bob's answer suggests).
If you were the prof. you would probably want to be informed *immediately*. T... |
168,220 | I was going through the files on canvas of my course, then I saw a file called like Examination\_(coursename)\_2021 and was like "it's probably the practice". I opened it and it seemed like the actual exam, so I sent a message to course group like is this the actual exam? It seems like it is and they asked me to share ... | 2021/05/26 | [
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] | It is your unequivocal ethical duty to let the professor know about discovering the exam file. If you knowingly take an exam whose contents you know in advance even though you are not supposed to know them, then you are guilty of cheating, plain and simple. There isn’t any way to make such an action appear morally just... | The mainstream opinion here does not generalize well. I agree that it's ethical to tell the professor, and it seems from your words you are not afraid of repercussions.
But for the people in different situations, remember that often **no good deed goes unpunished**. You can derail your academic career or even *get in ... |
107,105 | I like the idea that the players of my campaign are meddlers. Creatures who have came upon knowledge only by accident or putting their noses where those noses don't belong. The idea that the adventurers are only really along for the ride (until they aren't).
What methods of information delivery work well for this? | 2017/09/19 | [
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] | Give them quests and sidequests that are not about your main plotline or quest, but somehow are related to them.
While they're going about their adventurer business in the normal fashion, making cash, earning their reputation, they keep finding small hints. They seem like arbitrary pieces of fluff, until a player lin... | Acquisition of information itself cannot be accidental. You instinctively observe your surroundings and try to make sense of it. (The only exception I can think of is planting information in someone directly via *modify memory*.)
What would fit the style you are going for is putting the sources of information in ordin... |
107,105 | I like the idea that the players of my campaign are meddlers. Creatures who have came upon knowledge only by accident or putting their noses where those noses don't belong. The idea that the adventurers are only really along for the ride (until they aren't).
What methods of information delivery work well for this? | 2017/09/19 | [
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] | Use the Three Clue Rule
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Let them gather pieces of information naturally, while exploring locations you've prepared.
To make sure they'll found at least one, use the Three Clue rule of thumb:
<http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule>
For instance, they could... | Acquisition of information itself cannot be accidental. You instinctively observe your surroundings and try to make sense of it. (The only exception I can think of is planting information in someone directly via *modify memory*.)
What would fit the style you are going for is putting the sources of information in ordin... |
107,105 | I like the idea that the players of my campaign are meddlers. Creatures who have came upon knowledge only by accident or putting their noses where those noses don't belong. The idea that the adventurers are only really along for the ride (until they aren't).
What methods of information delivery work well for this? | 2017/09/19 | [
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] | Give them quests and sidequests that are not about your main plotline or quest, but somehow are related to them.
While they're going about their adventurer business in the normal fashion, making cash, earning their reputation, they keep finding small hints. They seem like arbitrary pieces of fluff, until a player lin... | Use the Three Clue Rule
-----------------------
Let them gather pieces of information naturally, while exploring locations you've prepared.
To make sure they'll found at least one, use the Three Clue rule of thumb:
<http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule>
For instance, they could... |
15,556 | As a sort of disclaimer, "diagnosis" is a much stronger word than what is meant.
ADD seems to be an umbrella term. Where does one start with self-diagnosis? Or what macro-level categories are there (to further observe oneself for certain characteristics or traits). An outline is probably the best way.
I do not mean ... | 2016/07/29 | [
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] | Attempting to diagnose your self is likely to result in a diagnosis riddled with confirmation bias, and therefore incorrect. However, if you insist on diagnosing yourself I would recommend starting with the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - 5). This is a psychiatrist's bible, and strictly outlines the set of s... | As a precursor, there are common pitfalls of self diagnosis. If already diagnosed as ADD/ADHD or slow processing speed, it may be a lack of understanding or knowledge of the causes of this disorder rather than a different disability:
* [Is there a difference between ADD and ADHD?](https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/ques... |
424,848 | It seems that both "theism" and "deism" take their roots in Classical words for "god." Is there an etymological explanation for why they have such different meanings?
I wasn't able to find anything beyond the fact that "theism" is an earlier word whereas "deism," according to [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wik... | 2018/01/03 | [
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] | I don't think there is any etymological explanation of the difference in meaning and usage between "deism" and "theism". If there is one, it doesn't seem to be very obvious, as you have already noticed.
Different words often naturally develop different connotations, and when they don't, people often put them to use fo... | Deism is the understanding that a collection of natural laws govern existance. But either rejects the existence of supernatural beings, or simply rejects that God or gods take physical form to interact with humans, or that they interfere with the affairs of humans in a manner that causes a favorable or unfavorable outc... |
424,848 | It seems that both "theism" and "deism" take their roots in Classical words for "god." Is there an etymological explanation for why they have such different meanings?
I wasn't able to find anything beyond the fact that "theism" is an earlier word whereas "deism," according to [Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wik... | 2018/01/03 | [
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] | Simplistically, *deist* (and hence *deism*) derives from *Zeus* while *theist* (and hence *theism*) derives from the more generic *theos*, both terms of Greek extraction:
>
> **deist (n.)**
> 1620s, from French déiste, from Latin deus (see Zeus). Related: Deistic (1795). Also see deism.
> [- etymonline](https://www.e... | Deism is the understanding that a collection of natural laws govern existance. But either rejects the existence of supernatural beings, or simply rejects that God or gods take physical form to interact with humans, or that they interfere with the affairs of humans in a manner that causes a favorable or unfavorable outc... |
1,108,355 | I looked at some demos but did not find any articles that explain the concept.
[Demo link](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjava.sun.com%2Fproducts%2Fjfc%2Fjws%2FSwingSet2.jnlp&ei=Y-xWSsOSD5T7tgex6PndCg&usg=AFQjCNGWki9C_BLV5fUkYdxhFyB0-zmXxg&sig2=9olvfcuWLHu8t-fQ46Lb3A) | 2009/07/10 | [
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] | Swingset is a java demonstration of the swing feature in java which is a set of cross platform gui options. It was made to showcase swing. Its somewhat useful in that you can see the code of the gui with the swingset. | SwingSet are some free libraries for improve some elements from Swing. Fro example it has a Grid which you can connect to a ResultSet and Combos etc. |
32,519 | I will do my best and try to self study Diestel's Graph Theory during the next few years. This will obviously result me asking help/proof checking in this forum, so I would like to be on the same page with everyone else in terms of the format used for, say proof checking. Is a format of "Seeking proof checking for {Boo... | 2020/09/09 | [
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] | I would recommend that you describe the mathematical content of your question in a self-contained way in the title - bibliographic information is certainly important and useful to some (and absolutely should be included in the body of the question for context), but it's not as broadly accessible as a brief description ... | That title would be OK. Better: put the problem number in the body, use the title to provide information about the theorem being proved. |
135,539 | Working on a system that has a TON of data - and trying to optimize it since so much data comes out of it. There are a lot of filters in this system and all data was returned, bad I know. In any event, I recommended to the team to have a new filter called "Requires My Action" and default it to `checked` so that when th... | 2020/11/13 | [
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] | There are certainly other solutions, but probably the simplest would be to **change the button text from "Clear All" to "Reset Filters".**
Now, instead of "emptying all filters", the button indicates that it's "resetting all filters to the default value" and the checkbox can remain checked. | If you have a button that says it will clear all filters it should do that.
Without knowing the full set of use cases I can only guess if a button doing that is useful or not. I would imagine it would be very useful for someone looking at the data for a different purpose than the one you are focused on. Perhaps a pers... |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
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] | Some people have modded the pedals to add set-screws which provide better grip. Typically this involves drilling a hole, tapping it for threads, and adding a set screw of the desired length.
For example, here's an a530 with 2x set screws added:
 | I would pay a visit to your local skateboard shop and get some 'skateboard grip tape'.
This should be inexpensive and it can be applied in such a way that your pedals are not permanently damaged. The glue on the stuff is pretty good and it is pretty much totally designed for keeping feet in place.
Your pedals might l... |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
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] | I'm not sure there is a good answer to this question. It probably depends most on what type of shoes you wear. Have you tried using trainers/sneakers with a rubber sole? I wouldn't want to try and modify the pedals as you may risk damaging them.
If you want a really good reliable pedal connection on the platform side,... | Perhaps you need to change your pedalling style when you're riding without clips: push (only) down onto the pedal, instead of spinning.
That's why you *have* clips. |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
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] | I wired a piece of rubber tubing around the front and back beams on mine and it helped a lot. I like the skateboard tape idea and will try it. These pedals are beautifully finished but the edges of all the lugs are rounded over and then hardcoat anodized resulting in a really slippery pedal; your feet tend to slide sid... | This seems an easy solution pretty easy to take on and off:
 |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
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] | I would pay a visit to your local skateboard shop and get some 'skateboard grip tape'.
This should be inexpensive and it can be applied in such a way that your pedals are not permanently damaged. The glue on the stuff is pretty good and it is pretty much totally designed for keeping feet in place.
Your pedals might l... | This seems an easy solution pretty easy to take on and off:
 |
4,368 | The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it? | 2011/06/21 | [
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] | I would pay a visit to your local skateboard shop and get some 'skateboard grip tape'.
This should be inexpensive and it can be applied in such a way that your pedals are not permanently damaged. The glue on the stuff is pretty good and it is pretty much totally designed for keeping feet in place.
Your pedals might l... | Perhaps you need to change your pedalling style when you're riding without clips: push (only) down onto the pedal, instead of spinning.
That's why you *have* clips. |
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