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16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | Define a [definition of done](https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/september/what-is-definition-of-done-(dod)) that includes testing. Define which testing effort is minimal needed to get the work done.
* Time boxed exploratory testing session for each story, just after coding is done or even during th... | My idea is preety simple. Prepare regression automation suite and setup in CI & CD pipeline and add this as a post build action.
So for the new deployment it will run can help to do the regression and sanity of the application.
Your focus during the Sprint should be starting automation of repeatative tasks and push t... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | As shown in the other answers and comments this is a common issue that I've seen in several companies that I've worked in. Thinking it through, I suspect most companies struggle with the generic issue of allowing enough time for QA, testing, and automation once the feature is complete.
Generally, people may feel there... | Keep it simple!
Test throughout the sprint!
Yes, this means deployment throughout the sprint!
But how!
Developers should work ahead.
They will only be able to work ahead if the most ignored Agile rule of under-estimating and taking on less than can be done in sprint cycle days per developer, is properly implemented.
... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | Testing of a particular feature that is being created in the sprint can be done, only if the developer has developed the feature up to some extent. Meanwhile, when the developer is busy developing the feature, a QA should start working on the test plan/test cases on the basis of the feature specification document or th... | Keep it simple!
Test throughout the sprint!
Yes, this means deployment throughout the sprint!
But how!
Developers should work ahead.
They will only be able to work ahead if the most ignored Agile rule of under-estimating and taking on less than can be done in sprint cycle days per developer, is properly implemented.
... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | My team struggles with a similar issue having multiple input streams, that are running on different iteration/sprint cycles into a common product.
We tried testing in the dev int area for each team for a while and then marking items done at that point, but we quickly discovered that was too early in the process. We c... | Keep it simple!
Test throughout the sprint!
Yes, this means deployment throughout the sprint!
But how!
Developers should work ahead.
They will only be able to work ahead if the most ignored Agile rule of under-estimating and taking on less than can be done in sprint cycle days per developer, is properly implemented.
... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | Define a [definition of done](https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/september/what-is-definition-of-done-(dod)) that includes testing. Define which testing effort is minimal needed to get the work done.
* Time boxed exploratory testing session for each story, just after coding is done or even during th... | Testing of a particular feature that is being created in the sprint can be done, only if the developer has developed the feature up to some extent. Meanwhile, when the developer is busy developing the feature, a QA should start working on the test plan/test cases on the basis of the feature specification document or th... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | My team struggles with a similar issue having multiple input streams, that are running on different iteration/sprint cycles into a common product.
We tried testing in the dev int area for each team for a while and then marking items done at that point, but we quickly discovered that was too early in the process. We c... | Testing of a particular feature that is being created in the sprint can be done, only if the developer has developed the feature up to some extent. Meanwhile, when the developer is busy developing the feature, a QA should start working on the test plan/test cases on the basis of the feature specification document or th... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | My idea is preety simple. Prepare regression automation suite and setup in CI & CD pipeline and add this as a post build action.
So for the new deployment it will run can help to do the regression and sanity of the application.
Your focus during the Sprint should be starting automation of repeatative tasks and push t... | Keep it simple!
Test throughout the sprint!
Yes, this means deployment throughout the sprint!
But how!
Developers should work ahead.
They will only be able to work ahead if the most ignored Agile rule of under-estimating and taking on less than can be done in sprint cycle days per developer, is properly implemented.
... |
16,472 | There is a technique to check if something visually not broken in HTML and CSS markup - [visual regression testing](https://css-tricks.com/visual-regression-testing-with-phantomcss/).
We do following steps:
1. Check everything is ok.
2. Create a test "reference" (creating \*.png files).
3. Change something.
4. Run te... | 2016/01/12 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/16472",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/16013/"
] | Define a [definition of done](https://www.scrumalliance.org/community/articles/2008/september/what-is-definition-of-done-(dod)) that includes testing. Define which testing effort is minimal needed to get the work done.
* Time boxed exploratory testing session for each story, just after coding is done or even during th... | As shown in the other answers and comments this is a common issue that I've seen in several companies that I've worked in. Thinking it through, I suspect most companies struggle with the generic issue of allowing enough time for QA, testing, and automation once the feature is complete.
Generally, people may feel there... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You must always close all your Connections, Statements and ResultSets.
If not, is more probable you can't obtain new connections from the pool than a memory leak. | I don't have a source, but I believe (if I remember right, it's been a while since I've touched JDBC) that it depends on the JDBC driver implementation. You should always close your connections and clean up after yourself as not all JDBC drivers do it for you (although some might).
This goes back to a rule that I like... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You must always close all your Connections, Statements and ResultSets.
If not, is more probable you can't obtain new connections from the pool than a memory leak. | Assuming you are using JDBC, the answer is yes. If you don't close the connection, then the JDBC driver might try to close it in a finallizer, but that could hold the connection open for a very long time, causing resource issues (the amount of database connections allowed to be open at one time is finite). Typically JD... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You must always close all your Connections, Statements and ResultSets.
If not, is more probable you can't obtain new connections from the pool than a memory leak. | yes and yes |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You should provide more details like which framework you are using or something.
Anyway, are you using JDBC? If so you should close the following objects by using their respective `close()` methods: Statement, ResultSet and Connection. | I don't have a source, but I believe (if I remember right, it's been a while since I've touched JDBC) that it depends on the JDBC driver implementation. You should always close your connections and clean up after yourself as not all JDBC drivers do it for you (although some might).
This goes back to a rule that I like... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | Assuming you are using JDBC, the answer is yes. If you don't close the connection, then the JDBC driver might try to close it in a finallizer, but that could hold the connection open for a very long time, causing resource issues (the amount of database connections allowed to be open at one time is finite). Typically JD... | I don't have a source, but I believe (if I remember right, it's been a while since I've touched JDBC) that it depends on the JDBC driver implementation. You should always close your connections and clean up after yourself as not all JDBC drivers do it for you (although some might).
This goes back to a rule that I like... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | I don't have a source, but I believe (if I remember right, it's been a while since I've touched JDBC) that it depends on the JDBC driver implementation. You should always close your connections and clean up after yourself as not all JDBC drivers do it for you (although some might).
This goes back to a rule that I like... | yes and yes |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You should provide more details like which framework you are using or something.
Anyway, are you using JDBC? If so you should close the following objects by using their respective `close()` methods: Statement, ResultSet and Connection. | Assuming you are using JDBC, the answer is yes. If you don't close the connection, then the JDBC driver might try to close it in a finallizer, but that could hold the connection open for a very long time, causing resource issues (the amount of database connections allowed to be open at one time is finite). Typically JD... |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | You should provide more details like which framework you are using or something.
Anyway, are you using JDBC? If so you should close the following objects by using their respective `close()` methods: Statement, ResultSet and Connection. | yes and yes |
1,596,462 | It is necessary to disconnect from the database after the job is done in Java? If it is not disconnected, will it lead to memory leaks? | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596462",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/193304/"
] | Assuming you are using JDBC, the answer is yes. If you don't close the connection, then the JDBC driver might try to close it in a finallizer, but that could hold the connection open for a very long time, causing resource issues (the amount of database connections allowed to be open at one time is finite). Typically JD... | yes and yes |
130,991 | Is there any difference between these two statements. If yes could you tell me when to use them.
1. I have to do that
2. I will have to do that | 2013/10/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/130991",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/48746/"
] | The difference is in the [verb tense](http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html) of the sentence. I think the difference will be more apparent if I modify your example slightly.
"I need to purchase gasoline."
"I will need to purchase gasoline."
The first statement indicates that this need is occurring ... | The difference is that the idiom *have to* (always pronounced /hæftə/, never /hævtə/)
is in the present tense in sentence (1),
but is an infinitive in sentence (2).
You can't tell this from the sentences,
because both are spelled -- and pronounced -- the same way,
but you **can** tell if you change the sub... |
129,922 | Having watched *The Dark Crystal* at a young age, I grew up thinking that the Mystics had three arms. However [this source](http://www.darkcrystal.com/encyclopedia_urru.php) says that they have four.
I know they used puppetry for all of the creatures in *The Dark Crystal*, so that created some limitations in what the... | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/129922",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/46330/"
] | You can see a Mystic's **four** hands in the sequence below, at timestamp 0:12
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6PcgQ.png)
and within the first few seconds of the film starting, just after the opening scene with the Skeksis
[, we were visiting the museum today. The puppet was not on public display, but one of the workers brought us down to... |
102,363 | Excluding the pilot episode 'The Cage', *The Original Series* opening credits used a decorative, emboldened and narrowed, high contrast font. Seen below are samples from the episodes Man Trap and Day of the Dove, respectively:
[](https://i.stack.im... | 2015/09/09 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/102363",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/28973/"
] | The font was almost certainly purpose-built.
============================================
The font you are referring to was called **"Final Frontier"**, later renamed to **"Final Frontier Old Style"** (as the font for *Star Trek: Voyager* had also been christened "Final Frontier") and then renamed yet again to **"Hori... | According to Daren Dochterman (who worked on Star Trek Voyager as well as the Director's Cut of Star Trek the Motion Picture), the original Star Trek titles were hand drawn by Richard Edlund who worked at the Anderson Company (the company that did the special effects for the original series).
<http://disq.us/p/1hmspco... |
11,296 | I am an amateur observer and Olympus 10x50 binocular is my tool. As I keep locating celestial objects (Planets, Stars etc), I would like to maintain a log of the observed objects. The purpose of the log is to list down the number of celestial objects I have observed/located. I need suggestion on what data points should... | 2015/07/16 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/11296",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/7698/"
] | I suggest you to take a look at the [Amateur Astronomy Observers Log Web Site](http://www.lies.com/aaol/), where everybody can share their astronomical logs.
The logs contain:
* Instrumentation used
* Sky condition (seeing, light pollution, ...)
* Accurate date and time of the observation
Specific informations that ... | I'm using my own web app for this: <https://deep-skies.com> . You can manually create an observation log or import one saved in a .skylist file (default format in SkySafari app 4 & 5 versions). You also have a nice overview of all of your observing sessions. |
79,294 | Does the Korg d1600 have mic preamp or d/a converters inside that would allow me to use this piece of equipment as an audio/midi interface? I believe It has all the appropriate inputs and outputs? | 2019/01/27 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/79294",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/57156/"
] | The Korg D1600 has a comprehensive list of inputs, including mic preamps with phantom power. But I see no mention in the manual (linked below) of being able to use it as a computer interface. The words 'USB' or even 'Firewire' do not appear in the manual. So I'm afraid your answer is no. It is essentially a self-contai... | You can use it as an input for all your devices (mics, synths, guitars) and then plug thru the S/PDIF optical output. But you have to have a bacic sound card with optical S/PDIF. If you have an old computer you can use M-Audio Firewire 410 (drivers are only available for older operating systems like Win 7 etc). You can... |
11,124,133 | I have some problemas with Datastore.
when i restart googleappengine all my data is deleted.
i don't know Why my data is deleted when restart AppEngine ?
what can't i do? | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11124133",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1469918/"
] | Paypal/mts confirms that their documentation is incorrect. Chained payments require confirmed paypal accounts and not just an email ID. They said they will update the documentation. | I can confirm this also, Paypal Adaptive Payments with Chained Delayed payments does require the secondary receiver and the primary one to be verified, but there seems to be some confusion about 'confirmed' and 'verified'. When pressing PayPal on this we discovered the criteria differs (or so they told us at Eco Market... |
11,124,133 | I have some problemas with Datastore.
when i restart googleappengine all my data is deleted.
i don't know Why my data is deleted when restart AppEngine ?
what can't i do? | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11124133",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1469918/"
] | Paypal/mts confirms that their documentation is incorrect. Chained payments require confirmed paypal accounts and not just an email ID. They said they will update the documentation. | In my experience, in adaptive payments, (in particular chained payments) you need this environment:
a) the app holder/developer must have a registered and verified paypal business account (the premium account is ok too but not the personal)
b) the recipients must have a business account
if the amount doesn't exceed t... |
55,459 | Let's say I am in a house with two entrances, one in the back, one in front. I need to ask someone which one they took
Should I say
>
> I did not see you come in. Did you **come in front/back**?
>
>
>
or
>
> I did not see you come in. Did you **come from front/back**?
>
>
>
Are they both idiomatic? If yes, ... | 2015/04/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/55459",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/893/"
] | It is a bit different between where you came into the house, and where you came from.
>
> I did not see you come in. Did you come **in** the *front/back door*?
>
>
>
and
>
> I did not see you come in. Did you come **in from** the *front porch/backyard*?
>
>
> | You are talking about the **source** which is *unknown* to you.
When you talk about the *source*, it is *generally* with the preposition 'from'.
>
> I did not notice you. Did you come ***from*** the backdoor?
>
>
>
People come **from** somewhere ***as a source*** which is the case here.
>
> You come ***fro... |
15,775,295 | I am doing my first steps with Cython, and I am wondering how to improve performance even more.
Until now I got to half the usual (python only) execution time, but I think there must be more!
I know `cython -a` and I already typed my variables. But there is still a lot in yellow in my function. Is this because cython ... | 2013/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15775295",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2238028/"
] | I believe you can benefit by using math functions from libc as you are calling np.sqrt and np.floor on scalars. This has not only the Python call overhead but there are different code paths in the numpy ufuncs for scalars and arrays. So that involves at least a type switch. | I think it's not a problem, as I've tested with the [official tutorial](http://wiki.cython.org/tutorials/numpy), it's also reported as yellow on every np.\* lines, and involves python just the same as your code.
Point 3 at the end of that page should have explained this:
>
> Calling NumPy/SciPy functions currently h... |
82,476 | I have a LTD ESP Snakebyte and the bridge volume knob is overturning and I think it took one of the wires out when I turned it too much. I checked the wires that go to the input and both of them are in the right spot. However theres a red wire that splits off into three different sections and it's not connected to anyt... | 2019/04/07 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/82476",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/58968/"
] | This is a common problem I see come through the repair shop. The nut holding the pot loosens, allowing the pot to rotate out of position from where it was mounted which can break off the wires at the solder joint.
As Todd answered in the comments, unless you know how to solder and follow a wiring diagram, the best th... | Some pickups have wires that aren't used, except for certain applications. If the guitar was working prior to the Pot being banjo'd then the problem lies with the pot. change it out. they are inexpensive and easy to swap out. |
344,080 | I have posted a question which was later flagged as duplicate. This is fine with me, as the linked answer completely covered my issue. Later, I was given criticism due to the question title, and I decided to modify it in order to address such criticism.
Was I right in modifying my question regardless of its duplicate ... | 2017/02/17 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/344080",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/930287/"
] | Yes, editing a duplicate question can be useful.
Suppose that a question that has been closed as duplicate is titled "How can I get rid of this error?" Surely a more descriptive title can be provided! Generally improving the terminology used is a good thing. The reason duplicates are subject to different deletion rul... | **Yes!**
Duplicates - if not *truly bad* - remain on this site to guide the users to the correct answer, without having the same Q&A ten times.
So, since your question is here to stay, improving its quality is **never a bad thing**. |
344,080 | I have posted a question which was later flagged as duplicate. This is fine with me, as the linked answer completely covered my issue. Later, I was given criticism due to the question title, and I decided to modify it in order to address such criticism.
Was I right in modifying my question regardless of its duplicate ... | 2017/02/17 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/344080",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/930287/"
] | **Yes!**
Duplicates - if not *truly bad* - remain on this site to guide the users to the correct answer, without having the same Q&A ten times.
So, since your question is here to stay, improving its quality is **never a bad thing**. | The other answers say yes but I'd like to suggest 'maybe'. I like duplicate questions because their titles are often different enough for me to find them using google when the original question doesn't appear in my search results e.g. because the problem is different than I think it is.
If you had a title that was dif... |
344,080 | I have posted a question which was later flagged as duplicate. This is fine with me, as the linked answer completely covered my issue. Later, I was given criticism due to the question title, and I decided to modify it in order to address such criticism.
Was I right in modifying my question regardless of its duplicate ... | 2017/02/17 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/344080",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/930287/"
] | Yes, editing a duplicate question can be useful.
Suppose that a question that has been closed as duplicate is titled "How can I get rid of this error?" Surely a more descriptive title can be provided! Generally improving the terminology used is a good thing. The reason duplicates are subject to different deletion rul... | The other answers say yes but I'd like to suggest 'maybe'. I like duplicate questions because their titles are often different enough for me to find them using google when the original question doesn't appear in my search results e.g. because the problem is different than I think it is.
If you had a title that was dif... |
48,374 | Is it ever acceptable to use an exclamation mark following a question mark?
I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no stylistic changes, only errors that impede sense/clarity. The copy-editing phase is complete, so if something is acceptable, I must leave it be.
At one point in the novel, one of t... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/48374",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/41503/"
] | It's totally fine. It expresses a combination of query and astonishment. There was even an attempt to combine the marks into one, called an [interrobang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang), but it never caught on. Using "?!" is neither innovative nor idiosyncratic. | >
> I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no
> stylistic changes
>
>
>
Much like the Oxford comma, frequency of semi-colons, and gendered pronouns, this is a stylistic minefield. But since you are explicitly told not to make stylistic choices, you should just leave "?!" be.
You are absolutel... |
48,374 | Is it ever acceptable to use an exclamation mark following a question mark?
I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no stylistic changes, only errors that impede sense/clarity. The copy-editing phase is complete, so if something is acceptable, I must leave it be.
At one point in the novel, one of t... | 2019/10/04 | [
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] | It's totally fine. It expresses a combination of query and astonishment. There was even an attempt to combine the marks into one, called an [interrobang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang), but it never caught on. Using "?!" is neither innovative nor idiosyncratic. | I agree with others here that if you've been told not to make changes in style, it's likely that the writer's interpretation was that you should leave things like this alone.
But you're the proof reader in this case, so I wanted to give you an "out" in case you hated the sight of it.
If "The style of the novel is ver... |
48,374 | Is it ever acceptable to use an exclamation mark following a question mark?
I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no stylistic changes, only errors that impede sense/clarity. The copy-editing phase is complete, so if something is acceptable, I must leave it be.
At one point in the novel, one of t... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/48374",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/41503/"
] | It's totally fine. It expresses a combination of query and astonishment. There was even an attempt to combine the marks into one, called an [interrobang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang), but it never caught on. Using "?!" is neither innovative nor idiosyncratic. | You have been given a precise task: To correct grammar, not style.
A combination of question and exclamation mark is not a possible stylistic choice but – from the perspective of normative linguistics – an orthographic mistake. In English, a sentence must be terminated by a single punctuation mark.
So if you are aske... |
48,374 | Is it ever acceptable to use an exclamation mark following a question mark?
I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no stylistic changes, only errors that impede sense/clarity. The copy-editing phase is complete, so if something is acceptable, I must leave it be.
At one point in the novel, one of t... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/48374",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/41503/"
] | >
> I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no
> stylistic changes
>
>
>
Much like the Oxford comma, frequency of semi-colons, and gendered pronouns, this is a stylistic minefield. But since you are explicitly told not to make stylistic choices, you should just leave "?!" be.
You are absolutel... | I agree with others here that if you've been told not to make changes in style, it's likely that the writer's interpretation was that you should leave things like this alone.
But you're the proof reader in this case, so I wanted to give you an "out" in case you hated the sight of it.
If "The style of the novel is ver... |
48,374 | Is it ever acceptable to use an exclamation mark following a question mark?
I am proofreading a novel and have been instructed to make no stylistic changes, only errors that impede sense/clarity. The copy-editing phase is complete, so if something is acceptable, I must leave it be.
At one point in the novel, one of t... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/48374",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/41503/"
] | You have been given a precise task: To correct grammar, not style.
A combination of question and exclamation mark is not a possible stylistic choice but – from the perspective of normative linguistics – an orthographic mistake. In English, a sentence must be terminated by a single punctuation mark.
So if you are aske... | I agree with others here that if you've been told not to make changes in style, it's likely that the writer's interpretation was that you should leave things like this alone.
But you're the proof reader in this case, so I wanted to give you an "out" in case you hated the sight of it.
If "The style of the novel is ver... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | [Grounding tails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tails) are available (thanks @batsplatsterson), but you could also buy some copper wire; either on a reel or by the foot, and make your own.
As a quick rule of thumb, you should use the same size grounding conductor, as the largest ung... | You *may* need to use what is called a "greenie". It is a wire nut with a hole in the normally closed end to allow for a single wire to pass through for connecting to the ground screw. These are sold at Lowes and HD.  |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | You *may* need to use what is called a "greenie". It is a wire nut with a hole in the normally closed end to allow for a single wire to pass through for connecting to the ground screw. These are sold at Lowes and HD.  | Some devices, like [Leviton M52-RS115-2WM](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Preferred-Switch-White-10-Pack-M52-RS115-2WM/100684036?keyword=M52-RS115-2WM) (found through Home Depot web site a moment ago), have a little brass springy piece connecting the device yoke to the mounting screw at one end. When this br... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | [Grounding tails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tails) are available (thanks @batsplatsterson), but you could also buy some copper wire; either on a reel or by the foot, and make your own.
As a quick rule of thumb, you should use the same size grounding conductor, as the largest ung... | You should match the gauge of the ground to the wires you are pigtailing. Your local home improvement store will carry single stranded THHN wire which you can use to make pigtails with.
Find out what gauge wire you are working with and buy some green THHN wire of the same gauge. Green wire is coded as ground in the US... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | [Grounding tails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tails) are available (thanks @batsplatsterson), but you could also buy some copper wire; either on a reel or by the foot, and make your own.
As a quick rule of thumb, you should use the same size grounding conductor, as the largest ung... | Is the pigtail the easiest way to ground the switch? I'd say so, **if there's a threaded hole available, and it's a properly grounded metal box**. These pigtails from Ideal Industries: [pigtails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tailsdf "pigtals")
bond your box to whatever you terminat... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | [Grounding tails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tails) are available (thanks @batsplatsterson), but you could also buy some copper wire; either on a reel or by the foot, and make your own.
As a quick rule of thumb, you should use the same size grounding conductor, as the largest ung... | Some devices, like [Leviton M52-RS115-2WM](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Preferred-Switch-White-10-Pack-M52-RS115-2WM/100684036?keyword=M52-RS115-2WM) (found through Home Depot web site a moment ago), have a little brass springy piece connecting the device yoke to the mounting screw at one end. When this br... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | You should match the gauge of the ground to the wires you are pigtailing. Your local home improvement store will carry single stranded THHN wire which you can use to make pigtails with.
Find out what gauge wire you are working with and buy some green THHN wire of the same gauge. Green wire is coded as ground in the US... | Some devices, like [Leviton M52-RS115-2WM](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Preferred-Switch-White-10-Pack-M52-RS115-2WM/100684036?keyword=M52-RS115-2WM) (found through Home Depot web site a moment ago), have a little brass springy piece connecting the device yoke to the mounting screw at one end. When this br... |
78,653 | I need to ground my switches by connecting the grounding wires from switches onto an electrical twist nut and pig tailing it it to the box. Does Home Depot or other stores sell little pieces of copper to complete the pig tail or do I need to buy a big roll of copper? Does the gauge of the copper matter? | 2015/11/24 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/78653",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/45817/"
] | Is the pigtail the easiest way to ground the switch? I'd say so, **if there's a threaded hole available, and it's a properly grounded metal box**. These pigtails from Ideal Industries: [pigtails](http://www.idealind.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=solid-wire-grounding-tailsdf "pigtals")
bond your box to whatever you terminat... | Some devices, like [Leviton M52-RS115-2WM](http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-15-Amp-Preferred-Switch-White-10-Pack-M52-RS115-2WM/100684036?keyword=M52-RS115-2WM) (found through Home Depot web site a moment ago), have a little brass springy piece connecting the device yoke to the mounting screw at one end. When this br... |
47,302 | In my IB Computer Science class I am routinely asked by... pretty much everyone how to do X or implement Y. I'm the only person with any significant programming experience in the class and I do not necessaries mind teaching people about programming but so many of the questions could be simply solved by doing a little i... | 2011/02/13 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/47302",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Firstly, if you're showing them software patterns, stop doing that.
Seriously. For awhile, anyway.
Software patterns, plugins and libraries give students the impression that all programming is about is stitching together bits of code, and makes them lazy, because they don't think for themselves.
Anyway, the single b... | The problem is not that they are asking you, the problem is your inability to say NO to them.
We all need to learn to say no to other people even if it sometimes feels hard but as the old saying goes: saying no to others is saying yes to yourself. |
47,302 | In my IB Computer Science class I am routinely asked by... pretty much everyone how to do X or implement Y. I'm the only person with any significant programming experience in the class and I do not necessaries mind teaching people about programming but so many of the questions could be simply solved by doing a little i... | 2011/02/13 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/47302",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Build a fire for a man and he will be
> warm for a night, set a man on fire
> and he will be warm for the rest of
> his life.
>
>
>
As a development manager I encounter this issue a lot with the more novice programmers. It is very frustrating when you help them with an issue and they seem to keep coming bac... | Firstly, if you're showing them software patterns, stop doing that.
Seriously. For awhile, anyway.
Software patterns, plugins and libraries give students the impression that all programming is about is stitching together bits of code, and makes them lazy, because they don't think for themselves.
Anyway, the single b... |
47,302 | In my IB Computer Science class I am routinely asked by... pretty much everyone how to do X or implement Y. I'm the only person with any significant programming experience in the class and I do not necessaries mind teaching people about programming but so many of the questions could be simply solved by doing a little i... | 2011/02/13 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/47302",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Build a fire for a man and he will be
> warm for a night, set a man on fire
> and he will be warm for the rest of
> his life.
>
>
>
As a development manager I encounter this issue a lot with the more novice programmers. It is very frustrating when you help them with an issue and they seem to keep coming bac... | The problem is not that they are asking you, the problem is your inability to say NO to them.
We all need to learn to say no to other people even if it sometimes feels hard but as the old saying goes: saying no to others is saying yes to yourself. |
73,472 | There are various sizes and shapes of (pedalled as opposed to electric) unicycles.
It is possible to buy them with large wheels, supposedly for road use.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/myAY1.jpg)
Image still sourced from
**Question**
I imagine that... | 2020/11/20 | [
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] | Unicycling has so many obvious disadvantages over walking. Unicycles require lots of practice and they cannot easily traverse uneven ground like stairs or sand. Additionally, the "having to brake by back pressure" effect means that unicycling down a slope is approximately just as tiring as unicycling up the same slope.... | In my experience a unicycle is not as efficient as walking.
On a bicycle you keep balance by leaning a bit to the left/right or by making small steering adjustments left/right to keep from tipping over. These are typically tiny adjustments don't slow you down much.
To keep balance on a unicycle you make the same le... |
73,472 | There are various sizes and shapes of (pedalled as opposed to electric) unicycles.
It is possible to buy them with large wheels, supposedly for road use.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/myAY1.jpg)
Image still sourced from
**Question**
I imagine that... | 2020/11/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/73472",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | With a competent rider, a unicycle is far more efficient than walking. As evidence of that consider for example:
* [World 24 hour distance record on a unicycle](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/farthest-distance-travelled-on-a-unicycle-in-24-hours#:%7E:text=Sam%20Wakeling%20(United%20Kingdom)%20cover... | In my experience a unicycle is not as efficient as walking.
On a bicycle you keep balance by leaning a bit to the left/right or by making small steering adjustments left/right to keep from tipping over. These are typically tiny adjustments don't slow you down much.
To keep balance on a unicycle you make the same le... |
73,472 | There are various sizes and shapes of (pedalled as opposed to electric) unicycles.
It is possible to buy them with large wheels, supposedly for road use.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/myAY1.jpg)
Image still sourced from
**Question**
I imagine that... | 2020/11/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/73472",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/20350/"
] | For a skilled rider in reasonable terrain, the efficiency of a unicyle is not that different from a bike, and drastically higher than walking.
The bicycle is popularly regarded as the most efficient means of human powered transit. Basically you sit there, use a smooth rotational movement, and mechanical advantage send... | In my experience a unicycle is not as efficient as walking.
On a bicycle you keep balance by leaning a bit to the left/right or by making small steering adjustments left/right to keep from tipping over. These are typically tiny adjustments don't slow you down much.
To keep balance on a unicycle you make the same le... |
6,820 | There are quite a few questions here about suitable foods for different excursions / types of food to take etc. Inspired by questions like [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/3524/3313) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/4647/3313) I decided to finally ask this one.
I happen to have Acid Reflux wh... | 2014/09/24 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/6820",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/3313/"
] | Its an answer which you *may* not find specifically good for you, but rather more of a generic approach towards a person suffering from Acid Reflux.
Narrowing down the scope up to foods/meals over a trek, I'd suggest:
* Yogurt. You can try [Trail Yogurt Recipe](http://backpackerrecipes.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/fresh-... | If I had to bring one thing for acid reflux, it'd be a bottle of citric acid powder.
Hopefully this doesn't come off as crackpot-ish, but it's solved the bulk of my acid reflux problem.
Any evening I ate pizza or legumes, like clockwork I'd be lying awake half the night from extreme acid reflux, the kind you have to ... |
512,878 | I have two Linux machines that I wish to connect via a bonded link.
One machine has two UMTS modems (DN:5mbit UL:1.2mbit) as its gateways, and the other machine has optical fiber (DL:100Mbit UL: 20mbit) as its gateway.
I can successfully create 2 OpenVPN channels (one per UMTS modem, using iptables rules) and have a... | 2013/06/03 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/512878",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/176339/"
] | Finally i found the (obvious) cause of the problem.
"If you have a network link with low bandwidth then it's an easy matter of putting several in parallel to make a combined link with higher bandwidth, but if you have a network link with bad latency then no amount of money can turn any number of them into a link with ... | Why don't you just increase the TCP window size, like your link says?
If you double the size, you should be able to reach the desired bandwidth. |
512,878 | I have two Linux machines that I wish to connect via a bonded link.
One machine has two UMTS modems (DN:5mbit UL:1.2mbit) as its gateways, and the other machine has optical fiber (DL:100Mbit UL: 20mbit) as its gateway.
I can successfully create 2 OpenVPN channels (one per UMTS modem, using iptables rules) and have a... | 2013/06/03 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/512878",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/176339/"
] | Finally i found the (obvious) cause of the problem.
"If you have a network link with low bandwidth then it's an easy matter of putting several in parallel to make a combined link with higher bandwidth, but if you have a network link with bad latency then no amount of money can turn any number of them into a link with ... | I doubt return traffic with data is coming balanced between links, so would recommend to test an uplink speed on bonded interface first. |
512,878 | I have two Linux machines that I wish to connect via a bonded link.
One machine has two UMTS modems (DN:5mbit UL:1.2mbit) as its gateways, and the other machine has optical fiber (DL:100Mbit UL: 20mbit) as its gateway.
I can successfully create 2 OpenVPN channels (one per UMTS modem, using iptables rules) and have a... | 2013/06/03 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/512878",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/176339/"
] | I doubt return traffic with data is coming balanced between links, so would recommend to test an uplink speed on bonded interface first. | Why don't you just increase the TCP window size, like your link says?
If you double the size, you should be able to reach the desired bandwidth. |
19,044 | Since, given enough compaction, salt is able to behave like a fluid & buoyant too if it's overlain by a higher density rock (it could be fine grained clay or a sandy sequence). But in another case, when a layered sandstone is inter bedded with shale, & given enough pressure and temperature, the shale becomes mobile & f... | 2020/01/21 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/19044",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/18747/"
] | You are referring to shale "boudins": sausage-like structures that form when rock layers are compacted, break apart, and are pinched at the ends by differential compaction stresses:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pg5fg.jpg)
Their formation has nothing i... | In your question I think you are mixing up metamorphic conditions such as the conditions that gneiss forms from sedimentary rock with the formation of diapirs. Diapirs occur where a less dense layer of a relatively plastic rock has denser overlying formations create sufficient pressure so that the less dense substance ... |
21,294 | Could someone explain when or why I would want to generate a new managed path in a SharePoint Web Application?
Bismarck | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/21294",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3113/"
] | The advantage of multiple managed paths is it's a first piece of metadata you can have in your farm. It helps break sites out into logical trees even thought they all reside in the same farm. This becomes very beneficial if you organize your structure very flat (many site collection)
Based on the managed paths, you c... | As an extension to the meta-data reason mentioned by @pirateeric, I also find it very useful for being able to optimize content sources and search scopes within the search system. |
21,294 | Could someone explain when or why I would want to generate a new managed path in a SharePoint Web Application?
Bismarck | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/21294",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3113/"
] | The advantage of multiple managed paths is it's a first piece of metadata you can have in your farm. It helps break sites out into logical trees even thought they all reside in the same farm. This becomes very beneficial if you organize your structure very flat (many site collection)
Based on the managed paths, you c... | Nice post. Here is the one more post explaining Managed path in Sharepoint
<http://sureshpydi.blogspot.in/2013/03/share-point-managed-paths.html> |
21,294 | Could someone explain when or why I would want to generate a new managed path in a SharePoint Web Application?
Bismarck | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/21294",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/3113/"
] | As an extension to the meta-data reason mentioned by @pirateeric, I also find it very useful for being able to optimize content sources and search scopes within the search system. | Nice post. Here is the one more post explaining Managed path in Sharepoint
<http://sureshpydi.blogspot.in/2013/03/share-point-managed-paths.html> |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | A setting to make them private would be good and leave the default setting as public.
Or since SE apparently hates "settings", how about adding a way per question to get updated on changes to the question. Similar to the tag email alerts or how you can get alerted on new answers if you are the person who wrote the que... | I don't see how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
There is no way to tell from the user's bookmarking behaviour alone how they have voted, or commented. (Plus, all comments from a user are publicly visible anyway.) |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | The point to being able to see a person's bookmarks is to see the topics they find interesting. Keep in mind that I, for instance, may want to bookmark something to see what further answers are submitted (like on older questions) or it may be a topic I want to come back to and find in the future (easier to sort through... | I don't see how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
There is no way to tell from the user's bookmarking behaviour alone how they have voted, or commented. (Plus, all comments from a user are publicly visible anyway.) |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | Being able to see anyone's bookmarks **is** a symptom of a privacy issue - that users are not given the choice of what, when, or how to share some parts of their personal information. Several proposed answers ridicule you for bringing this up, or claim that being able to hide your bookmarks has no value. These answers ... | I don't see how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
There is no way to tell from the user's bookmarking behaviour alone how they have voted, or commented. (Plus, all comments from a user are publicly visible anyway.) |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | I will explain how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
You know that some guy works in a competing company. You monitor his SO activity. When a new field of interest appears, you see that the competing company is doing something in this area. In the best case, you can guess the features of their product befo... | I don't see how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
There is no way to tell from the user's bookmarking behaviour alone how they have voted, or commented. (Plus, all comments from a user are publicly visible anyway.) |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | Being able to see anyone's bookmarks **is** a symptom of a privacy issue - that users are not given the choice of what, when, or how to share some parts of their personal information. Several proposed answers ridicule you for bringing this up, or claim that being able to hide your bookmarks has no value. These answers ... | A setting to make them private would be good and leave the default setting as public.
Or since SE apparently hates "settings", how about adding a way per question to get updated on changes to the question. Similar to the tag email alerts or how you can get alerted on new answers if you are the person who wrote the que... |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | I will explain how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
You know that some guy works in a competing company. You monitor his SO activity. When a new field of interest appears, you see that the competing company is doing something in this area. In the best case, you can guess the features of their product befo... | A setting to make them private would be good and leave the default setting as public.
Or since SE apparently hates "settings", how about adding a way per question to get updated on changes to the question. Similar to the tag email alerts or how you can get alerted on new answers if you are the person who wrote the que... |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | Being able to see anyone's bookmarks **is** a symptom of a privacy issue - that users are not given the choice of what, when, or how to share some parts of their personal information. Several proposed answers ridicule you for bringing this up, or claim that being able to hide your bookmarks has no value. These answers ... | The point to being able to see a person's bookmarks is to see the topics they find interesting. Keep in mind that I, for instance, may want to bookmark something to see what further answers are submitted (like on older questions) or it may be a topic I want to come back to and find in the future (easier to sort through... |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | I will explain how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
You know that some guy works in a competing company. You monitor his SO activity. When a new field of interest appears, you see that the competing company is doing something in this area. In the best case, you can guess the features of their product befo... | The point to being able to see a person's bookmarks is to see the topics they find interesting. Keep in mind that I, for instance, may want to bookmark something to see what further answers are submitted (like on older questions) or it may be a topic I want to come back to and find in the future (easier to sort through... |
94,826 | I can see that anyone can see other peoples' bookmarks.
I don't care much about this, but I was thinking: is this a privacy issue?
For example, someone downvoted some questions or wrote negative comments on it and later when a question gained popularity, that person marked it as a bookmark.
Although it's not a big i... | 2011/06/12 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94826",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/139273/"
] | Being able to see anyone's bookmarks **is** a symptom of a privacy issue - that users are not given the choice of what, when, or how to share some parts of their personal information. Several proposed answers ridicule you for bringing this up, or claim that being able to hide your bookmarks has no value. These answers ... | I will explain how seeing a user's bookmarks is a privacy issue.
You know that some guy works in a competing company. You monitor his SO activity. When a new field of interest appears, you see that the competing company is doing something in this area. In the best case, you can guess the features of their product befo... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | From first-hand experience, I can shoot my 24-105L at 105mm at 1/10 second on a full frame camera and expect reliably sharp shots. (If the image is blurry, it is because I yanked the shutter button or did something similarly stupid!)
1/10 is just about where a three-stop IS ought to be (1/100-1/50-1/25-1/12.5 sec) ac... | Three stops should be three stops regardless of the focal length. If you can do 1/100 @ 105mm, then with IS it would be 1/15 or so.
\* However, keep in mind that this will only compensate for **camera shake** and not for subject motion. If your main interest is people or dynamic scenery, then the f/2.8 may be more han... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | Reverting to some empirical data, the 70-200 f/2.8L II lens has a supposed 4 stops of IS at all focal length. DPreview tested it at 70mm and at 200mm and revealed it had just under 4 stops and 70mm and *over 4 stops* at 200mm!
<http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_70-200_2p8_is_usm_ii_c16/page5.asp>
From the re... | Three stops should be three stops regardless of the focal length. If you can do 1/100 @ 105mm, then with IS it would be 1/15 or so.
\* However, keep in mind that this will only compensate for **camera shake** and not for subject motion. If your main interest is people or dynamic scenery, then the f/2.8 may be more han... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | Three stops should be three stops regardless of the focal length. If you can do 1/100 @ 105mm, then with IS it would be 1/15 or so.
\* However, keep in mind that this will only compensate for **camera shake** and not for subject motion. If your main interest is people or dynamic scenery, then the f/2.8 may be more han... | >
> Do I have my calculations correct?
>
>
>
Your math is totally flawed. At 105mm, the 1/FL rule of thumb is 1/100. At 70mm, 1/FL=1/60 or 1/80. At 24mm, 1/FL = 1/25. Three stops slower than 1/25 is a lot longer exposure than three stops slower than 1/100!
**You are still expecting three stops slower than 1/25 a... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | Reverting to some empirical data, the 70-200 f/2.8L II lens has a supposed 4 stops of IS at all focal length. DPreview tested it at 70mm and at 200mm and revealed it had just under 4 stops and 70mm and *over 4 stops* at 200mm!
<http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_70-200_2p8_is_usm_ii_c16/page5.asp>
From the re... | From first-hand experience, I can shoot my 24-105L at 105mm at 1/10 second on a full frame camera and expect reliably sharp shots. (If the image is blurry, it is because I yanked the shutter button or did something similarly stupid!)
1/10 is just about where a three-stop IS ought to be (1/100-1/50-1/25-1/12.5 sec) ac... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | From first-hand experience, I can shoot my 24-105L at 105mm at 1/10 second on a full frame camera and expect reliably sharp shots. (If the image is blurry, it is because I yanked the shutter button or did something similarly stupid!)
1/10 is just about where a three-stop IS ought to be (1/100-1/50-1/25-1/12.5 sec) ac... | >
> Do I have my calculations correct?
>
>
>
Your math is totally flawed. At 105mm, the 1/FL rule of thumb is 1/100. At 70mm, 1/FL=1/60 or 1/80. At 24mm, 1/FL = 1/25. Three stops slower than 1/25 is a lot longer exposure than three stops slower than 1/100!
**You are still expecting three stops slower than 1/25 a... |
14,812 | I've been considering getting an L-series zoom lens, and the two that I am looking at are the Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS, and the 24-70mm f/2.8L.
Aside from the extra reach of the 24-105, the main difference is obviously the f/2.8 aperture versus the active Image Stabilisation.
Canon state that the IS on this lens "permi... | 2011/08/11 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14812",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2131/"
] | Reverting to some empirical data, the 70-200 f/2.8L II lens has a supposed 4 stops of IS at all focal length. DPreview tested it at 70mm and at 200mm and revealed it had just under 4 stops and 70mm and *over 4 stops* at 200mm!
<http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_70-200_2p8_is_usm_ii_c16/page5.asp>
From the re... | >
> Do I have my calculations correct?
>
>
>
Your math is totally flawed. At 105mm, the 1/FL rule of thumb is 1/100. At 70mm, 1/FL=1/60 or 1/80. At 24mm, 1/FL = 1/25. Three stops slower than 1/25 is a lot longer exposure than three stops slower than 1/100!
**You are still expecting three stops slower than 1/25 a... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | >
> Surprisingly, [the green light on the airplane socket goes off] when I plug the charger alone without the laptop at the other end.
>
>
>
This means the actual power consumption has nothing to do with it, it's purely the inrush current phenomenon. Your laptop has a beefy capacitor near the input which is suppos... | There is actually a technical solution, but you may not be able to apply it. I include it for completeness anyway.
[Negative Temperature Coefficient resisitors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current_limiter) are used to limit inrush current. However fitting one would mean customising mains-powered equipment, wh... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | When you power your laptop on, you're likely drawing the peak 180W. That may be causing issues with not just the circuit breaker, but any surge suppression or arc-fault detectors as well. While [this is for Virgin Atlantic circa 2010](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/really-nerds-only-final-words-... | I had this problem a few years ago with my MacbookPro. This was using a grounded Australian plug. Strangely, when I connected a European (or maybe it was US) plug adapter (*not* a transformer), it worked OK. My guess was either the Australian plugs were not making good contact, or it was some sort of ground protection ... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | You can try finding a compatible charger that supplies fewer watts, say 60 or 80 watts.
The effect would be that your battery might discharge slowly while you use your computer (much slower than if you are not using any charger) and it recharges more slowly when the laptop gets turned off, but hopefully it gets you r... | From personal experience on many flights: it's probably an inrush current issue, but repeatedly unplugging and replugging often keeps the mysterious green light on. Plugging in with the lid closed, then opening the lid often helps. |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | I had a laptop that drew too much power for the socket. So I didn't plug it in and use it at the same time. I used it on battery, then when I wasn't using it (eg during meals) I closed the lid and plugged it in. This reduced the draw enough to keep the breaker from flipping. This may not make any and all laptops work w... | From personal experience on many flights: it's probably an inrush current issue, but repeatedly unplugging and replugging often keeps the mysterious green light on. Plugging in with the lid closed, then opening the lid often helps. |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | *Overcurrent* isn't the only reason for an airline circuit to trip. It might also be looking for ground faults/residual current (GFCI/RCD) or listening for arc faults (AFCI). Any appliance can have either problem.
Trains are electric beasts - even a diesel train has the diesel engine driving a giant electric generator... | There is actually a technical solution, but you may not be able to apply it. I include it for completeness anyway.
[Negative Temperature Coefficient resisitors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current_limiter) are used to limit inrush current. However fitting one would mean customising mains-powered equipment, wh... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | This alone explains it all:
>
> it also happens when I plug the charger alone without the laptop at the other end.
>
>
>
Because of the way power supplies are constructed, they draw extremely short, but very large "inrush" current. This can sometimes even visually manifest itself as a tiny spark when plugging it ... | From personal experience on many flights: it's probably an inrush current issue, but repeatedly unplugging and replugging often keeps the mysterious green light on. Plugging in with the lid closed, then opening the lid often helps. |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | You can try finding a compatible charger that supplies fewer watts, say 60 or 80 watts.
The effect would be that your battery might discharge slowly while you use your computer (much slower than if you are not using any charger) and it recharges more slowly when the laptop gets turned off, but hopefully it gets you r... | You are most likely drawing more than 100 watts of power. According to Acer, the Predator Helios 300 comes with either a 135 watt or 180 watt power supply, depending on model. The airplane outlet is likely correct in detecting a current overdraw and shutting down. In my experience, the outlet limiters on planes are ove... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | *Overcurrent* isn't the only reason for an airline circuit to trip. It might also be looking for ground faults/residual current (GFCI/RCD) or listening for arc faults (AFCI). Any appliance can have either problem.
Trains are electric beasts - even a diesel train has the diesel engine driving a giant electric generator... | You are most likely drawing more than 100 watts of power. According to Acer, the Predator Helios 300 comes with either a 135 watt or 180 watt power supply, depending on model. The airplane outlet is likely correct in detecting a current overdraw and shutting down. In my experience, the outlet limiters on planes are ove... |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | When you power your laptop on, you're likely drawing the peak 180W. That may be causing issues with not just the circuit breaker, but any surge suppression or arc-fault detectors as well. While [this is for Virgin Atlantic circa 2010](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/really-nerds-only-final-words-... | From personal experience on many flights: it's probably an inrush current issue, but repeatedly unplugging and replugging often keeps the mysterious green light on. Plugging in with the lid closed, then opening the lid often helps. |
143,910 | Even if the question may go into the technical details of a laptop computer specifications, I would like to know general experience of travellers concerning that topic.
Some airlines offer power sockets at their seats where it is possible to plug a computer. So far, I have not been able to know limitations of the supp... | 2019/08/15 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/143910",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/75/"
] | You can try finding a compatible charger that supplies fewer watts, say 60 or 80 watts.
The effect would be that your battery might discharge slowly while you use your computer (much slower than if you are not using any charger) and it recharges more slowly when the laptop gets turned off, but hopefully it gets you r... | There is actually a technical solution, but you may not be able to apply it. I include it for completeness anyway.
[Negative Temperature Coefficient resisitors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current_limiter) are used to limit inrush current. However fitting one would mean customising mains-powered equipment, wh... |
9,868,428 | I want to encrypt small serialized data structures (~256 bytes) so I can pass them around (especially in URLs) safely. My current approach is to use a symmetric block cipher, and then to base 64 encode, then URL encode the cipher text. This yields an encoded cipher text that is (unsurprisingly) quite a bit longer than ... | 2012/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9868428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175469/"
] | For a given key K, a cipher has to produce a different ciphertext for each plaintext. If your message space is 256 bytes, the cipher has to be able to produce at least 256^256 different messages. This will require at least 256 bytes, and any reduction in the size of the output alphabet requires longer messages.
As you... | URL encoding will not significantly expand a base64 encoded string, since 62 of the 64 characters do not need to be modified. However, you can use [modified base64 encoding](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#URL_applications) to do a little better. This encoding uses the '-' and '\_' characters in place of the '+' an... |
9,868,428 | I want to encrypt small serialized data structures (~256 bytes) so I can pass them around (especially in URLs) safely. My current approach is to use a symmetric block cipher, and then to base 64 encode, then URL encode the cipher text. This yields an encoded cipher text that is (unsurprisingly) quite a bit longer than ... | 2012/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9868428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/175469/"
] | For a given key K, a cipher has to produce a different ciphertext for each plaintext. If your message space is 256 bytes, the cipher has to be able to produce at least 256^256 different messages. This will require at least 256 bytes, and any reduction in the size of the output alphabet requires longer messages.
As you... | If your data structure is 256 bytes long encrypting it with a block cipher of 8 bytes increases it up to 8 bytes (depending of the concrete input length).
Therefore before applying base64 you have up to 264 bytes which are increased by the base64 encoding up to 352 bytes.
Therefore as you can see the most overhead is... |
55,409 | I have 2 store views sharing the same root category.
Is it possible to change the category structure based on store view?
If I drag the category on a store view it makes the change in the other store view.
Maybe there is a setting that I don't know.
To be clearer, I need a sub-category to have different parents b... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/55409",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/21070/"
] | This is not possible by default without duplicating the sub category and setting it to display only on the Store View that you want it to display on. Note this will also effect the URL path to the products in the sub categories. | I don't think that's possible without customization. I think you just need to maintain two trees. There are extensions out there to duplicate categories, so that could make it a little easier.
Also you could use some separate menu extension altogether that let's you arrange by category ids per store view. Many mega me... |
55,409 | I have 2 store views sharing the same root category.
Is it possible to change the category structure based on store view?
If I drag the category on a store view it makes the change in the other store view.
Maybe there is a setting that I don't know.
To be clearer, I need a sub-category to have different parents b... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/55409",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/21070/"
] | This is not possible by default without duplicating the sub category and setting it to display only on the Store View that you want it to display on. Note this will also effect the URL path to the products in the sub categories. | Magento doesn't allow to change the categories at store view at the same level as products.
The product-category relation is not on storeview level. |
55,409 | I have 2 store views sharing the same root category.
Is it possible to change the category structure based on store view?
If I drag the category on a store view it makes the change in the other store view.
Maybe there is a setting that I don't know.
To be clearer, I need a sub-category to have different parents b... | 2015/02/11 | [
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/55409",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com",
"https://magento.stackexchange.com/users/21070/"
] | I don't think that's possible without customization. I think you just need to maintain two trees. There are extensions out there to duplicate categories, so that could make it a little easier.
Also you could use some separate menu extension altogether that let's you arrange by category ids per store view. Many mega me... | Magento doesn't allow to change the categories at store view at the same level as products.
The product-category relation is not on storeview level. |
88,229 | I'd like to ask if there is any difference between
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> In **such environment**, we...
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and
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> In **such an environment**, we...
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>
If yes, then what does each phrase mean?
If anyone happens to know the grammatical term/topic to describe this difference so that I can read more about it, please let ... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/88229",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> Would you speak louder?
>
>
>
Is a polite request.
>
> I wish that you would speak louder.
>
>
>
Is a slightly tetchier version of the same request. It suggests that there is no reason to speak so quietly, other than to irritate you.
>
> I wish that you spoke louder
>
>
>
is a hypothetical wish- a... | "I wish you would speak louder as I can't hear what you say?" -is correct because it means you did not speak louder but you should have.
On the other hand, "I wish you spoke louder as I can't hear what you say?" Does not make a clear sense. Somehow it is similar in meaning that, I wish and you really fulfilled my wish... |
88,229 | I'd like to ask if there is any difference between
>
> In **such environment**, we...
>
>
>
and
>
> In **such an environment**, we...
>
>
>
If yes, then what does each phrase mean?
If anyone happens to know the grammatical term/topic to describe this difference so that I can read more about it, please let ... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/88229",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/128222/"
] | >
> Would you speak louder?
>
>
>
Is a polite request.
>
> I wish that you would speak louder.
>
>
>
Is a slightly tetchier version of the same request. It suggests that there is no reason to speak so quietly, other than to irritate you.
>
> I wish that you spoke louder
>
>
>
is a hypothetical wish- a... | Context free both:
>
> I wish you would speak louder.
>
>
>
and
>
> I wish you spoke louder.
>
>
>
are grammatically correct with a nuance:
>
> I wish you would speak louder.
>
>
>
shows the irritation of the speaker to what they feel is an unpleasant situation.
To my mind adding the subordinate c... |
88,229 | I'd like to ask if there is any difference between
>
> In **such environment**, we...
>
>
>
and
>
> In **such an environment**, we...
>
>
>
If yes, then what does each phrase mean?
If anyone happens to know the grammatical term/topic to describe this difference so that I can read more about it, please let ... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/88229",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/128222/"
] | >
> Would you speak louder?
>
>
>
Is a polite request.
>
> I wish that you would speak louder.
>
>
>
Is a slightly tetchier version of the same request. It suggests that there is no reason to speak so quietly, other than to irritate you.
>
> I wish that you spoke louder
>
>
>
is a hypothetical wish- a... | from Cambridge Dictionary
>
> **used to express anger at someone's behaviour:**
> I wish you would speak louder as I can't hear you. The other
> party complains that your voice was too low.
>
>
>
>
> **used with the past simple to express that you feel sorry or sad about
> a state or situation that exists at the... |
42,596,518 | I have a project using yii2 framework. I want to make the project become a real time application, maybe it will have realtime notification. But I don't know how to make it. If I use another framework, like laravel, I have gotten some tutorials and it will use vuejs. So, how about yii2? Where I can get the tutorial how ... | 2017/03/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42596518",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5865411/"
] | You can use SSE to make your application real time. Here is a repository that might help achieving SSE in `Yii2` easier: [Yii2-Sse](https://github.com/odannyc/yii2-sse) | @RiefSapthana If you meaning 'real time' like air traffic control, aerospace, utility control systems; my recommendation is to not use PHP.
[Real Time Computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_computing)
If you are asking how to have the browser and server talk back and forth without the need to reload the b... |
95,434 | I can see the purchases vs. returns on the Performance tab in Vanguard but that is for my retirement and brokerage accounts. I'd like to see that breakdown for just my brokerage account. Does anyone know how to do that? | 2018/05/14 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/95434",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/68308/"
] | You can use the 'My Accounts'->'Cost Basis' link to see the total cost and profit/loss on a per investment, per account basis. | If you click through to the "Personal Performance" tab ([this url or a similar one](https://personal.vanguard.com/us/myaccounts/personalperformance)), you see that same chart as before; but you now have a section that can either select accounts, or holdings, and allows you to click checkboxes for whichever you want to ... |
252,312 | If you start the title of a question with a construction like "[tag]", you get a red box telling you that:
>
> Title contains a [tag] prefix; please use the tag field to enter tags instead.
>
>
>
And so, I can't title this post "[tag] prohibition in titles on meta sites i... | 2015/03/30 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/252312",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/224428/"
] | Special-casing rules on meta sites is a pain. Sometimes, it's necessary; I don't see that's the case here.
Keep in mind, even on main sites folks are encouraged to put tags in their titles when the tag-name is relevant somehow - it's *prefixing* that's discouraged. So you'd write, "How can I get the current location u... | What's wrong with:
>
> The "identification-request" tag is being inappropriately applied in a
> number of cases
>
>
>
?
Given that stopping people using tags in titles is a really good thing, not being able to use them *legitimately* "now and then" is surely acceptable?
How would they identify what is legi... |
516,727 | I have seen the sentence 'This outfit would be the underdog to a stiff breeze.' in a quote of the newspaper 'TIMES'.
I was looking for 'breeze' in the collins online dictionary and this phrase appears as an example, but without context.
If you look 'underdog' in the dictionary, you get: 'The underdog in a competitio... | 2019/10/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/516727",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/365510/"
] | Here is extended context from [Geoff Shackleford](http://geoffdshackelford.squarespace.com/homepage/2006/8/22/reilly-the-single-worst-squad-weve-ever-taken-to-a-ryder-cup.html), quoting Sports Illustrated contributor Rick Reilly:
>
> **This outfit would be the underdog to a stiff breeze**. Or do Brett Wetterich, Zach... | Your issue in this particular case, seems to be that *outfit* doesn't mean *clothes*, but rather the second definition:
>
> a group of people undertaking a particular activity together, as a
> group of musicians, a military unit, or a business concern.
>
>
>
Combined with TaliesinMerlin's answer above, that shou... |
42,246,669 | I've installed Tomcat 9 and Netbeans 8.2 in Ubuntu 16.04. I've tried to add Tomcat in Netbeans as a server but says: **The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid**.
I've looking for the solution but nothing worked.
I've installed tomcat in folder: /opt/tomcat.
I've tried to create symbolic lin... | 2017/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42246669",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6631562/"
] | hi roberto i dont know if you solve this problem but for another people i solved this problem in ubuntu 18.04 with
chmod -R 777 apache-tomcat-9.0.14/
working perfectly
perfectly,
Sorry for my english not is my primary language | In my Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS I have installed Tomcat from this link [Tomcat installation guide](https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-tomcat-9-on-ubuntu-20-04/) in /opt/tomcat folder .
When I installed Netbeans I was facing the similar issue so I just change the permission of /opt/tomcat/ with **sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/t... |
3,203,921 | I have a C# project, built using VS2008. It has a number of third party dependencies. However, when I create a set-up project for it, the “Detected Dependencies” folder is empty. How do I either force it to detect these dependencies, or manually add them? | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3203921",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/166556/"
] | You have to add the output from another project, or some other assembly (could be an executable), and then the setup project will automatically detect the dependencies and will add the corresponding assemblies. | * Within the Solution Explorer right click on the setup project and select **Add - Project Output**.
* Now select your other project within the solution.
* The Detected Dependencies should be filled up. |
116,918 | This question is going to seem weird, so I will do my best to describe the problem. Are musicians able to jump to any arbitrary note without giving it much thought and not go out of key?
Assume for this entire post that we stay in one key.
My problem is this: I've played the guitar for so long that I can rifle up and... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116918",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/63216/"
] | It sounds to me like you can instinctively find the notes you need within certain small intervals, but once you go beyond an octave or so you start guessing at speed which may or may not work.
You could possibly improve this by improvising **with a metronome** at a **slow** tempo, ideally with some kind of a looping b... | I had a few thoughts that might be useful while I was busy misunderstanding your problem. As a player of a fretless instrument, I'm always dealing with the need for physical hyper-precision in shifts. Sure, I can do an arpeggio, but a piece with huge unprepared leaps is challenging. For this, I'd encourage you to think... |
116,918 | This question is going to seem weird, so I will do my best to describe the problem. Are musicians able to jump to any arbitrary note without giving it much thought and not go out of key?
Assume for this entire post that we stay in one key.
My problem is this: I've played the guitar for so long that I can rifle up and... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116918",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/63216/"
] | You say you can go up and down scales/arpeggios etc with alacrity. So you know the shapes. If that was true, you'd know that in C minor, there's no E or F♯. The target would have to be E♭ to stay in key. In the patterns you know and play, you'll never be fretting an E or an F♯ while playing scales and notes in C minor.... | If you are, like me, at ease with patterns and shapes (like you seem to tell in the question), my advice is to start with the local before you extend to a broader dimension.
For example, if you know the position of the note you want to play in your current position, start by that, then extend to the octave. You'll kno... |
116,918 | This question is going to seem weird, so I will do my best to describe the problem. Are musicians able to jump to any arbitrary note without giving it much thought and not go out of key?
Assume for this entire post that we stay in one key.
My problem is this: I've played the guitar for so long that I can rifle up and... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116918",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/63216/"
] | You say you can go up and down scales/arpeggios etc with alacrity. So you know the shapes. If that was true, you'd know that in C minor, there's no E or F♯. The target would have to be E♭ to stay in key. In the patterns you know and play, you'll never be fretting an E or an F♯ while playing scales and notes in C minor.... | I had a few thoughts that might be useful while I was busy misunderstanding your problem. As a player of a fretless instrument, I'm always dealing with the need for physical hyper-precision in shifts. Sure, I can do an arpeggio, but a piece with huge unprepared leaps is challenging. For this, I'd encourage you to think... |
116,918 | This question is going to seem weird, so I will do my best to describe the problem. Are musicians able to jump to any arbitrary note without giving it much thought and not go out of key?
Assume for this entire post that we stay in one key.
My problem is this: I've played the guitar for so long that I can rifle up and... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116918",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/63216/"
] | It sounds to me like you can instinctively find the notes you need within certain small intervals, but once you go beyond an octave or so you start guessing at speed which may or may not work.
You could possibly improve this by improvising **with a metronome** at a **slow** tempo, ideally with some kind of a looping b... | You say you can go up and down scales/arpeggios etc with alacrity. So you know the shapes. If that was true, you'd know that in C minor, there's no E or F♯. The target would have to be E♭ to stay in key. In the patterns you know and play, you'll never be fretting an E or an F♯ while playing scales and notes in C minor.... |
116,918 | This question is going to seem weird, so I will do my best to describe the problem. Are musicians able to jump to any arbitrary note without giving it much thought and not go out of key?
Assume for this entire post that we stay in one key.
My problem is this: I've played the guitar for so long that I can rifle up and... | 2021/08/29 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/116918",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/63216/"
] | It sounds to me like you can instinctively find the notes you need within certain small intervals, but once you go beyond an octave or so you start guessing at speed which may or may not work.
You could possibly improve this by improvising **with a metronome** at a **slow** tempo, ideally with some kind of a looping b... | If you are, like me, at ease with patterns and shapes (like you seem to tell in the question), my advice is to start with the local before you extend to a broader dimension.
For example, if you know the position of the note you want to play in your current position, start by that, then extend to the octave. You'll kno... |
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