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377,186 | >
> Caveat - I am not the iOS developer but have been asked to research
> this
>
>
>
We submit our native iOS financial app to the Apple store for review and the person who previously managed the submission process insisted we had to provide Apple with a username and password to be able to login to our app to rev... | 2019/12/10 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/377186",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/109626/"
] | >
> Is it the case that Apple requires to be able to login to review?
>
>
>
Yes. If your app requires a login to access all the functionality, Apple requires you to provide one, so that they can review the app in its entirely. Absence of login information may prevent Apple from reviewing the app in its entirely.
... | [grg's answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/377192/279727) is perfect to show you that you must provide them with a demo login account. However I think I can provide more advice on:
>
> If so, how do people with financial/banking apps manage this?
>
>
>
Provide them an account that either fakes the data exch... |
377,186 | >
> Caveat - I am not the iOS developer but have been asked to research
> this
>
>
>
We submit our native iOS financial app to the Apple store for review and the person who previously managed the submission process insisted we had to provide Apple with a username and password to be able to login to our app to rev... | 2019/12/10 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/377186",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/109626/"
] | [App Store Review Guidelines](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/) necessitates this. You will be rejected if the app requires login and you do not provide credentials.
>
> Before you submit:
>
>
> * Provide an active demo account and login information, plus any other hardware or resources that... | [grg's answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/377192/279727) is perfect to show you that you must provide them with a demo login account. However I think I can provide more advice on:
>
> If so, how do people with financial/banking apps manage this?
>
>
>
Provide them an account that either fakes the data exch... |
180,329 | I am an undergrad student and I always get/send emails that start with "Respected Sir/Madam", or, "Dear Sir/Madam". But, I always wondered how I can be more gender-inclusive. "To whom it may concern" sounds a little bit old-schooled. So, is there any modern phrase to help me out with this problem? Thank you very much. | 2021/12/19 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/180329",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/151470/"
] | I would suggest either using the person's name if sending to one person and when sending to a group, the group's names i.e Dear Search Committee or Dear Students as appropriate. Anything else looke like you haven't done any research on who you are sending the email to.
Being specific in the name also helps the person ... | If you're emailing a man and refer to him as such by using
"Sir" or "Mister" there's nothing conceivably wrong with that.
If you don't know who you're emailing, then you can't go wrong with "to whom it may concern" (just because it's dated doesn't mean it's bad, although it's more formal) but since you insisted on oth... |
178,824 | What does "skin" or "skin in the game" mean in the following sentence?
"make sure that everyone has skin in the game". | 2014/06/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/178824",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/62956/"
] | The phrase *[skin in the game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_%28phrase%29)* is an idiom referring to effort, money, or other risk invested in something that could be potentially painful if it goes wrong. It is synonymous with the expression *stake in the game*.
According to [this source](http://www.del... | I think you are referring to:
Warren Buffett talked about *"[putting skin in the game](http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/55/messages/728.html)" in reference to managers and high officials showing their confidence in the company by putting their own money (their own skin)in*. This, in turn, builds investor confi... |
178,824 | What does "skin" or "skin in the game" mean in the following sentence?
"make sure that everyone has skin in the game". | 2014/06/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/178824",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/62956/"
] | Consider a pig and a chicken who are contemplating jointly opening a breakfast restaurant, serving primarily bacon and eggs.
The pig complains that the chicken will only be *involved* in the venture, whereas he will be *committed*. The pig, in this case, has *skin in the game*. | I think you are referring to:
Warren Buffett talked about *"[putting skin in the game](http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/55/messages/728.html)" in reference to managers and high officials showing their confidence in the company by putting their own money (their own skin)in*. This, in turn, builds investor confi... |
133,485 | Looking at Windows 10's firewall settings, I see dozens of authorized applications, for most of which I can't find a good reason to allow incoming traffic.
For example, I don't want Xbox, Twitter, MSN, Microsoft Edge to receive unknown traffic from the Internet.
I assume that these settings don't include traffic on a... | 2016/08/10 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/133485",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/83600/"
] | "Authorized Applications" does not equal "Open Ports." These applications have authorization to communicate through the firewall...This does not mean that they're listening on ports open through the firewall. In the case of many (if not all) of the application you listed, that means that when you open them and try to u... | While your assumption that having more open ports increases security risk is correct, it still depends on a lot of other factors.
Now, let me ask you if you believe that closing most ports through your firewall makes you secure? Again, you cannot have an answer to that as there are way too many factors involved.
Whil... |
51,743 | When performing hierarchical clustering, one can use many metrics to measure the distance between clusters. Two such metrics imply calculation of the centroids and means of data points in the clusters.
What is the difference between the mean and the centroid? Aren't these the same point in cluster? | 2013/03/09 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/51743",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/21754/"
] | The above answer may be incorrect see this video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMyXc3SiEqs> It seems that average adds up all the combinations of distances between the elements of cluster 1 and cluster 2 - that is n^2 distances added together and then divides by n^2 to the average.
Centroid method first computes t... | centroid is average of data points in a cluster, centroid point need not present in the data set whereas medoid is the data point which is closer to centroid,medoid has to be present in the original data |
59,096 | I'm having trouble understanding redistribution in reference to this topology
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SjQIz.jpg)
* R1, R2, R3 and R4 have OSPF enabled on all IP interfaces, all in Area 0
* R5 has a default route pointing to the VRRP address betw... | 2019/05/13 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/59096",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/3153/"
] | >
> However, when it comes to redistribution, how does R1 decide whether
> to redistribute its own static route, or to advertise the one learnt
> from R2 via OSPF?
>
>
>
One key concept about redistribution: *Redistribution happens from the routing table*, not from the given dynamic routing protocol's "topology ... | Redistributing is a one routing protocol distribute routing information with Another Protocol.
When you use Static Route, you don't use any routing Protocol. When you use Dynamic Routing you will use Protocols. Then only you can talk about Redistribution.
In your case, if your router 5 has been configured with Any p... |
14,082 | I am frequently hearing of new research finding how bad sit-ups and crunches are ([example](http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-crunches/)). So what are safe ways to exercise the abdominal muscles? For example, are planks proven to be safe? | 2013/09/28 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/14082",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/4900/"
] | Abs can be sufficiently trained via isometric exercise. I believe the safest way to exercise the abdominals is to use them for their intended function (stabilization) under a progressively increasing load or difficulty.
For example:
* The co-contraction of the abdominals with the spinal erectors that is required duri... | Besides the exercises recommended in the article you cite (planks, bridges, leg-lifts, bird-dogs and "stirring the pot"), full-body exercises that rely on your core muscles are also great ways to improve abdominal fitness, and they often strengthen your back at the same time, thereby helping prevent injury instead of p... |
14,082 | I am frequently hearing of new research finding how bad sit-ups and crunches are ([example](http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-crunches/)). So what are safe ways to exercise the abdominal muscles? For example, are planks proven to be safe? | 2013/09/28 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/14082",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/4900/"
] | Abs can be sufficiently trained via isometric exercise. I believe the safest way to exercise the abdominals is to use them for their intended function (stabilization) under a progressively increasing load or difficulty.
For example:
* The co-contraction of the abdominals with the spinal erectors that is required duri... | Try out hanging ab exercises. Click [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmRKFZg9DR0) for a video on the various techniques using the below piece of equipment:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uUxGI.jpg)
The spine doesn't come into contact with any for... |
14,082 | I am frequently hearing of new research finding how bad sit-ups and crunches are ([example](http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/19/the-man-who-wants-to-kill-crunches/)). So what are safe ways to exercise the abdominal muscles? For example, are planks proven to be safe? | 2013/09/28 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/14082",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/4900/"
] | Besides the exercises recommended in the article you cite (planks, bridges, leg-lifts, bird-dogs and "stirring the pot"), full-body exercises that rely on your core muscles are also great ways to improve abdominal fitness, and they often strengthen your back at the same time, thereby helping prevent injury instead of p... | Try out hanging ab exercises. Click [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmRKFZg9DR0) for a video on the various techniques using the below piece of equipment:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uUxGI.jpg)
The spine doesn't come into contact with any for... |
74,305 | Some of the web-pages on my site are very slim. I've recently noticed that Google appears to qualify such pages as "Soft 404":
>
> The target URL doesn't exist, but your server is not returning a 404
> (file not found) error. Learn more
>
>
> Your server returns a code other than 404 or 410 for a non-existent
> p... | 2014/12/22 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/74305",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/23133/"
] | Google doesn't want to waste its resource crawling pages that appear to not add values, so when it comes across to a page that look like an error page, Google gives a soft 404 error warning to let you know the page will not be treated like a normal page anymore unless you fix it.
Few examples of when soft 404 happens
... | I want to point out that a page can be declared as a soft-404 if the text in it suggests that it is an error page regardless of the amount of quality images or template surrounding it. For example, if your page contains text such as:
"The page you are requesting could not be found"
or even:
"The page you are request... |
359,640 | This seems strange to me. I am trying to say that the document was not filled out, not signed, and not dated. Which sentence is correct? P.S. I prefer the Oxford Comma.
1. "The document was not filled out, signed, or dated."
2. "The document was not filled out, not signed, and not dated." | 2016/11/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/359640",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/195117/"
] | SInce you specifically ask 'should I repeat 'not', the answer is that you don't need to. Your first sentence is fine
>
> "The document was not filled out, signed, or dated"
>
>
>
where 'not' naturally covers all 3 words that follow. Since it is a negative statement as in 'not' you are using 'or' instead of 'and.... | The short answer is that either is correct.
Here's why:
1. You have a sentence structure of subject ("document") - linking verb ("was") - subject complement(s) ("filled out," "signed," "dated").
2. The word "not" is an adverb in your sentences. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
3. In your first... |
6,448,735 | Idea: Create an database that I can integrate with an iPhone app.
As I have never worked very in-depth with online databases, I need advice on what methods are best for creating a database. The database would need to contain a list of usernames and passwords to login.
P.S. - I have my own website server. | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6448735",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The easiest thing would be to just use MySQL probably. Then you would define web services that expose basic access to the entities in the database. Best to do those with REST. That might be more than you are up for.
The problem with lesser solutions is that you can't have users just connecting directly to a db from th... | If you are still looking for ideas, I learned a lot of what I know of web-based databases from a book called *Head First PHP & MySQL* (ISBN 978-0-596-00630-3). I already knew SQL and C++ (C++ is similar in many ways to PHP), but you really don't need it with book. It will teach you the very basics of both languages and... |
6,448,735 | Idea: Create an database that I can integrate with an iPhone app.
As I have never worked very in-depth with online databases, I need advice on what methods are best for creating a database. The database would need to contain a list of usernames and passwords to login.
P.S. - I have my own website server. | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6448735",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | In my opinion there is no need to bother with the iPhone app, just make a mobile version of the website. At the end of the day, you'll have to write the website infrastructure anyway, and with a website there is no need to worry about distribution. You'll even be able to support those using other devices. | If you are still looking for ideas, I learned a lot of what I know of web-based databases from a book called *Head First PHP & MySQL* (ISBN 978-0-596-00630-3). I already knew SQL and C++ (C++ is similar in many ways to PHP), but you really don't need it with book. It will teach you the very basics of both languages and... |
223,168 | Sometimes new users ask one question after the other, all of them quite redundant etc.
SO allows to downvote, or close such questions. But closing only punishes the answerers that just happen to prepare an answer. And downvoting very quickly is denied (that is, undone) as it is considered "serial downvoting".
On tag ... | 2014/02/26 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223168",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/174278/"
] | Just mark them as dupes. If they're truly redundant, they'll get closed. You may want to leave a comment, though, because they may not understand how SO works and why redundant questions are frowned upon. | I would hesitate to downvote multiple (similar) questions from a new user. Downvoting without leaving a note wouldn't make it apparent to other users as to why it was done so especially if the question isn't particularly *bad*.
If the previous questions had gathered responses (which is usually the case), I'd prefer [l... |
223,168 | Sometimes new users ask one question after the other, all of them quite redundant etc.
SO allows to downvote, or close such questions. But closing only punishes the answerers that just happen to prepare an answer. And downvoting very quickly is denied (that is, undone) as it is considered "serial downvoting".
On tag ... | 2014/02/26 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223168",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/174278/"
] | Close-vote the question:
* if it's a duplicate
* if it is overly broad
* if it is not clear what's being asked etc.
* or if any of the reasons listed as close-reasons are applicable
Downvote the question:
* if *you* think it's not helpful
* if you think it's a bad question
* or for whatever reasons you choose
But d... | I would hesitate to downvote multiple (similar) questions from a new user. Downvoting without leaving a note wouldn't make it apparent to other users as to why it was done so especially if the question isn't particularly *bad*.
If the previous questions had gathered responses (which is usually the case), I'd prefer [l... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | The other answers are great in their detail. I'll just add a more broad gotcha: *Dogs in the Vineyard* isn't just a set of mechanics for determining the success or failure of actions, which is how most roleplaying games you've listed are designed.
If you go into the game thinking that it's just a different "physics" s... | The most strange (and fascinating!) thing I catch reading the examples in the book is the ability of players to take storytelling decisions beyond the actions of their characters. This is very counter-intuitive for traditional role-playing, but it is what novice players often do (and is also what children do when playi... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | Dogs in the Vineyard is a great game. **It really demands that you play it by the rules as written**, which may be a cognitive leap if you are used to fudging things. I think the rules are luminously clear, but they are pretty specific and work great when you do what they say. If you don't the game suffers.
**I would... | The other answers are great in their detail. I'll just add a more broad gotcha: *Dogs in the Vineyard* isn't just a set of mechanics for determining the success or failure of actions, which is how most roleplaying games you've listed are designed.
If you go into the game thinking that it's just a different "physics" s... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | The other answers are great in their detail. I'll just add a more broad gotcha: *Dogs in the Vineyard* isn't just a set of mechanics for determining the success or failure of actions, which is how most roleplaying games you've listed are designed.
If you go into the game thinking that it's just a different "physics" s... | I played DitV with some good friends who are able to roleplay fine, but they were really taken aback by some of the aspects of the game. I was mastering and found myself trapepd into old reflexes. So...
* Don't hesitate to force your players! The rulebook says that it's fair game. If they don't want to be convinced of... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | Dogs in the Vineyard is a great game. **It really demands that you play it by the rules as written**, which may be a cognitive leap if you are used to fudging things. I think the rules are luminously clear, but they are pretty specific and work great when you do what they say. If you don't the game suffers.
**I would... | My first experience of playing Dogs in Vineyard made me realize that there was now a system that I could use to build **really** interesting stories, and found that it works best with a group that knows each other and respects each other. Where D&D can bog down into repetitive mayhem, the escalation mechanic in DitV gi... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | Dogs is a great "gateway drug" to indie games. While it's chock full of crazy indie design madness, it also has a lot of things in it that will appeal to traditional gamers. Mind you, these terms "indie" and "traditional" are admittedly pretty slippery, but I won't get into that here. I know what you mean.
Here's some... | The most strange (and fascinating!) thing I catch reading the examples in the book is the ability of players to take storytelling decisions beyond the actions of their characters. This is very counter-intuitive for traditional role-playing, but it is what novice players often do (and is also what children do when playi... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | Dogs in the Vineyard is a great game. **It really demands that you play it by the rules as written**, which may be a cognitive leap if you are used to fudging things. I think the rules are luminously clear, but they are pretty specific and work great when you do what they say. If you don't the game suffers.
**I would... | Dogs is a great "gateway drug" to indie games. While it's chock full of crazy indie design madness, it also has a lot of things in it that will appeal to traditional gamers. Mind you, these terms "indie" and "traditional" are admittedly pretty slippery, but I won't get into that here. I know what you mean.
Here's some... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | The other answers are great in their detail. I'll just add a more broad gotcha: *Dogs in the Vineyard* isn't just a set of mechanics for determining the success or failure of actions, which is how most roleplaying games you've listed are designed.
If you go into the game thinking that it's just a different "physics" s... | My first experience of playing Dogs in Vineyard made me realize that there was now a system that I could use to build **really** interesting stories, and found that it works best with a group that knows each other and respects each other. Where D&D can bog down into repetitive mayhem, the escalation mechanic in DitV gi... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | My first experience of playing Dogs in Vineyard made me realize that there was now a system that I could use to build **really** interesting stories, and found that it works best with a group that knows each other and respects each other. Where D&D can bog down into repetitive mayhem, the escalation mechanic in DitV gi... | The most strange (and fascinating!) thing I catch reading the examples in the book is the ability of players to take storytelling decisions beyond the actions of their characters. This is very counter-intuitive for traditional role-playing, but it is what novice players often do (and is also what children do when playi... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3282",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/732/"
] | Dogs in the Vineyard is a great game. **It really demands that you play it by the rules as written**, which may be a cognitive leap if you are used to fudging things. I think the rules are luminously clear, but they are pretty specific and work great when you do what they say. If you don't the game suffers.
**I would... | I played DitV with some good friends who are able to roleplay fine, but they were really taken aback by some of the aspects of the game. I was mastering and found myself trapepd into old reflexes. So...
* Don't hesitate to force your players! The rulebook says that it's fair game. If they don't want to be convinced of... |
3,282 | Our gaming group has got a lot of experience in playing more mainstream/traditional RPGs; we've played D&D (3.0,3.5,4.0) World of Darkness, Rogue Trader, and even a little L5R. However, after the recent implosion of a WoD campaign, we've decided to try going for a more 'rules light' system, and we're going to try out "... | 2010/10/07 | [
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] | My first experience of playing Dogs in Vineyard made me realize that there was now a system that I could use to build **really** interesting stories, and found that it works best with a group that knows each other and respects each other. Where D&D can bog down into repetitive mayhem, the escalation mechanic in DitV gi... | I played DitV with some good friends who are able to roleplay fine, but they were really taken aback by some of the aspects of the game. I was mastering and found myself trapepd into old reflexes. So...
* Don't hesitate to force your players! The rulebook says that it's fair game. If they don't want to be convinced of... |
541,336 | I gather that the phrase "your mileage may vary" basically means your experience may vary. But, in general use, the term "mileage" has two different senses, and both seem to be capable of being the one the phrase means :
1. Mileage as a measure of fuel efficiency -- i.e. how much fuel a vehicle uses for specific numbe... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | *Your mileage may vary* fits your first definition, "Mileage as a measure of fuel efficiency."
In the US, the EPA has a procedure for how to estimate a car's mileage in the city and on the highway. These tests were run under laboratory conditions on a machine called a *dynamometer*.
[Source](https://www.fueleconomy.g... | As it turns out, [at least according to Oxford](https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/mileage), **mileage** has another (informal) definition.
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> mileage, noun
>
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> >
> > Actual or potential benefit from something.
> >
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I would say that this is the most accurate definition for this usage. |
541,336 | I gather that the phrase "your mileage may vary" basically means your experience may vary. But, in general use, the term "mileage" has two different senses, and both seem to be capable of being the one the phrase means :
1. Mileage as a measure of fuel efficiency -- i.e. how much fuel a vehicle uses for specific numbe... | 2020/07/20 | [
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"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is mainly an answer to a different question — ”When did the phrase switch from a literal to a figurative meaning?” — but by documenting it I do answer the question, so pause a second before downvoting me.
A [Google Books ngram search for “mileage may vary”](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?smoothing=3&year_e... | As it turns out, [at least according to Oxford](https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/mileage), **mileage** has another (informal) definition.
>
> mileage, noun
>
>
>
> >
> > Actual or potential benefit from something.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
I would say that this is the most accurate definition for this usage. |
541,336 | I gather that the phrase "your mileage may vary" basically means your experience may vary. But, in general use, the term "mileage" has two different senses, and both seem to be capable of being the one the phrase means :
1. Mileage as a measure of fuel efficiency -- i.e. how much fuel a vehicle uses for specific numbe... | 2020/07/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/541336",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1705/"
] | *Your mileage may vary* fits your first definition, "Mileage as a measure of fuel efficiency."
In the US, the EPA has a procedure for how to estimate a car's mileage in the city and on the highway. These tests were run under laboratory conditions on a machine called a *dynamometer*.
[Source](https://www.fueleconomy.g... | This is mainly an answer to a different question — ”When did the phrase switch from a literal to a figurative meaning?” — but by documenting it I do answer the question, so pause a second before downvoting me.
A [Google Books ngram search for “mileage may vary”](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?smoothing=3&year_e... |
332,748 | I have configured my default page to be say "abcd.aspx" and is under ~/View//abcd.aspx and I have my javascripts under ~/Contents/Scripts/.js
For some reason, only "../Content/Scripts/.js" works for including the js file on the page and "~/Contents/Scripts/.js" does not. This works only when i access the page with the... | 2008/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/332748",
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"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Using /Content/Scripts works, but has issues when you have installed your application under a virtual directory/application. If you are looking for the same type of behavior as in webforms, try using the Url helper:
<%=Url.Content("~/Content/Scripts/jquery-ui.js")%>" | The easiest way would be to use "/Content/Scripts", the "~/" shortcut won't work in a standard script tag and using relative paths will break once the perceived path changes with different routes. |
18,307 | I read one of the related questions here, but what i'm curious to know is how do we deflect imminent collision courses of comets, if we detect them at a later stage? I read somewhere else that there are systems which use powerful lasers (radiation pressure) to deflect them, but honestly, i don't understand why somethin... | 2016/09/11 | [
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] | Difficulty is hard to say, but the reason a laser might work is because the laser is supposed to melt one side of the comet, which, as it melts, gas particles fly off at relatively high velocity, which redirects the momentum of the comet somewhat. It's not the pressure from the laser, it's the heat from the laser and t... | Fortunately it is not something that we have yet had to face.
Diverting the impact of a comet would not be easy, especially if it was a newly discovered comet on a nearly parabolic orbit. We would probably have less than 2 years to prepare.
Remember that the Earth is orbiting the sun at 30 km/s. So if we can delay t... |
18,307 | I read one of the related questions here, but what i'm curious to know is how do we deflect imminent collision courses of comets, if we detect them at a later stage? I read somewhere else that there are systems which use powerful lasers (radiation pressure) to deflect them, but honestly, i don't understand why somethin... | 2016/09/11 | [
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] | Fortunately it is not something that we have yet had to face.
Diverting the impact of a comet would not be easy, especially if it was a newly discovered comet on a nearly parabolic orbit. We would probably have less than 2 years to prepare.
Remember that the Earth is orbiting the sun at 30 km/s. So if we can delay t... | Space is really very empty and large. The Earth moves one radius in orbit every 3½ minutes. There are half a million minutes per year. So a pretty tiny push is enough to make the difference between a hit and a miss, given that there are a few years' warning and prompt action. |
18,307 | I read one of the related questions here, but what i'm curious to know is how do we deflect imminent collision courses of comets, if we detect them at a later stage? I read somewhere else that there are systems which use powerful lasers (radiation pressure) to deflect them, but honestly, i don't understand why somethin... | 2016/09/11 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/18307",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/13414/"
] | Difficulty is hard to say, but the reason a laser might work is because the laser is supposed to melt one side of the comet, which, as it melts, gas particles fly off at relatively high velocity, which redirects the momentum of the comet somewhat. It's not the pressure from the laser, it's the heat from the laser and t... | Space is really very empty and large. The Earth moves one radius in orbit every 3½ minutes. There are half a million minutes per year. So a pretty tiny push is enough to make the difference between a hit and a miss, given that there are a few years' warning and prompt action. |
114,646 | I am printing to the outside of bowls in an industrial setting by transferring an image from a flatbed live paint print station via an silicone pad printing head. The image distorts quite a bit growing outward as it moves down the bowl but compressing cylindrically at the same time.
Because the artwork is constantly ... | 2018/09/05 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/114646",
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] | This is a layman's answer as I am not sufficiently familiar with Illustrator or related graphic editors, but this may give you a head start on the answer.
Consider to create an image of a grid of lines, or a checkerboard of squares. Apply that image to your print pad and execute a print. Obviously, the previously rect... | I found a useful PDF guide called [Understanding pad printing by Peter Kiddell](https://www.epsvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2.Articles_Understanding%20the%20pad%20in%20pad%20printing.pdf)
It lists various methods to limit distortion. Distorting the image itself is described as a "last resort". Here's a quote from... |
437,235 | I'm designing a schematic and board in Eagle 9.4.0. I have couple different power nets: signal 5V, power 5V (for servos) and power 8V (from battery). I'd like the power nets to be wider than others, so I designed specific net class for them. Matching GND nets will also be wider than others.
The problem is that I want ... | 2019/05/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/437235",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | You rename them into one single name. That's all.
If you want to keep the different names and properties and simply connect them, use a zero-ohms resistor. You can design such an element consisting of two pads and a track yourself. | Janka's suggestion of zero-ohm resistor (or jumper) is a good one.
If, for some reason, you don't want to do that, I've seen people draw a copper rectangle on the PCB which overlaps both nets. This works, but it has a few drawbacks:
1. It doesn't show up on the schematic, so you should make note of it manually.
2. It... |
437,235 | I'm designing a schematic and board in Eagle 9.4.0. I have couple different power nets: signal 5V, power 5V (for servos) and power 8V (from battery). I'd like the power nets to be wider than others, so I designed specific net class for them. Matching GND nets will also be wider than others.
The problem is that I want ... | 2019/05/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/437235",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/45692/"
] | You rename them into one single name. That's all.
If you want to keep the different names and properties and simply connect them, use a zero-ohms resistor. You can design such an element consisting of two pads and a track yourself. | "I'll have to choose one of two net classes for merged net"
So what? Unless you are auto-routing, the traces will stay the same if you change the net name(s) after the routing is done. You may get some PCB checking errors for width but you can Accept those. |
437,235 | I'm designing a schematic and board in Eagle 9.4.0. I have couple different power nets: signal 5V, power 5V (for servos) and power 8V (from battery). I'd like the power nets to be wider than others, so I designed specific net class for them. Matching GND nets will also be wider than others.
The problem is that I want ... | 2019/05/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/437235",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/45692/"
] | Janka's suggestion of zero-ohm resistor (or jumper) is a good one.
If, for some reason, you don't want to do that, I've seen people draw a copper rectangle on the PCB which overlaps both nets. This works, but it has a few drawbacks:
1. It doesn't show up on the schematic, so you should make note of it manually.
2. It... | "I'll have to choose one of two net classes for merged net"
So what? Unless you are auto-routing, the traces will stay the same if you change the net name(s) after the routing is done. You may get some PCB checking errors for width but you can Accept those. |
4,050 | I've noticed that sometimes, when I send Bitcoins from one client to another, the recipient client might not see the transaction, sometimes until it already has one or more confirmations. Both clients are connected to 30-40 nodes. | 2012/06/24 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4050",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/1513/"
] | Is one of the clients disconnected when you send payment with the other? This often happens to me when I send a transaction to the other OS on a dual-boot system, meaning the receiving client is down when the transaction is broadcast.
I'm guessing this happens because all nodes the client connects to when he comes onl... | If the transaction is "spam-like" other nodes won't relay it. This is to help protect the Bitcoin network from too many low priority transactions.
Was the transaction for a tiny amount? (e.g., under 0.01 BTC?) and no fee paid? If so, that's kind of "spam-like". I don't know the exact algorithm, but both of those are ... |
3,784,115 | I've been trying struggling over the last 2 weeks to find a viable way to configure a Wordpress installation as a membership directory that pulls information from user profiles (custom and default) and displays it in a presentable (possibly sortable) format.
Initially, something along the lines of the Sobi2 plugin for... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3784115",
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] | @Nick
You must go with DirectoryPress if cost is not barrier. This is excellent Directory Plugin. Check below link...
<http://directorypress.net/>
If you're looking for Free Plugins then here are few of them...
<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/business-directory-plugin/>
<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co... | check
* <http://wpclassipress.com/demo/> which is similar to Sobi2 |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
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] | There is *some* difference between the flavor, but seeing as there are so many other predominant flavors in Worcestershire sauce and that fact that you're (hopefully) not drinking it straight, it's fairly insignificant. It's very common for one product produced in different countries to have a range of manufacturing di... | Worchestershire sauce. Was invented by George Washington Carver. That basic recipe is still used. It is sold as a dry powder today. Shipped in 1 ton box's. to the makers. World wide. Or made there in Country. Once they have it. They may add as they wish to improve the flavor. Still call it Worcherstershire sauce as tha... |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
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] | There is *some* difference between the flavor, but seeing as there are so many other predominant flavors in Worcestershire sauce and that fact that you're (hopefully) not drinking it straight, it's fairly insignificant. It's very common for one product produced in different countries to have a range of manufacturing di... | Lea and Perrins in the tan label is the US recipe its not "fake" but its not the same as the UK recipe. It is authorized. |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/13975/"
] | There is *some* difference between the flavor, but seeing as there are so many other predominant flavors in Worcestershire sauce and that fact that you're (hopefully) not drinking it straight, it's fairly insignificant. It's very common for one product produced in different countries to have a range of manufacturing di... | Worcestershire sauce in the uk and USA are both owned by Heinz. The original sauce was invented in the uk by pharmacists Mr Lea and Mr Perrins. By late 19th Century sales in USA became so large mr Lea and mr perrins decided to manufacture in the USA. The first factory was on Broadway in New York before moving to New Je... |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/13975/"
] | Lea and Perrins in the tan label is the US recipe its not "fake" but its not the same as the UK recipe. It is authorized. | Worchestershire sauce. Was invented by George Washington Carver. That basic recipe is still used. It is sold as a dry powder today. Shipped in 1 ton box's. to the makers. World wide. Or made there in Country. Once they have it. They may add as they wish to improve the flavor. Still call it Worcherstershire sauce as tha... |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/13975/"
] | Worcestershire sauce in the uk and USA are both owned by Heinz. The original sauce was invented in the uk by pharmacists Mr Lea and Mr Perrins. By late 19th Century sales in USA became so large mr Lea and mr perrins decided to manufacture in the USA. The first factory was on Broadway in New York before moving to New Je... | Worchestershire sauce. Was invented by George Washington Carver. That basic recipe is still used. It is sold as a dry powder today. Shipped in 1 ton box's. to the makers. World wide. Or made there in Country. Once they have it. They may add as they wish to improve the flavor. Still call it Worcherstershire sauce as tha... |
63,294 | I recently bought a Worcestershire sauce from Costco called Lea & Perrins. They claim to be the authentic version of Worcestershire sauce. However I have read comments online that indicate that it is a knockoff or a fake version of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce from the UK.
Within the comments most people say tha... | 2015/11/09 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/63294",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/13975/"
] | Lea and Perrins in the tan label is the US recipe its not "fake" but its not the same as the UK recipe. It is authorized. | Worcestershire sauce in the uk and USA are both owned by Heinz. The original sauce was invented in the uk by pharmacists Mr Lea and Mr Perrins. By late 19th Century sales in USA became so large mr Lea and mr perrins decided to manufacture in the USA. The first factory was on Broadway in New York before moving to New Je... |
9,863,108 | I would like to find a better algorithm to solve the following problem:
There are *N* starting points (purple) and *N* target points (green) in 2D. I want an algorithm that connects starting points to target points by a line segment (brown) without any of these segments intersecting (red) and while minimizing the cumu... | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9863108",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/952747/"
] | This is [Minimum Euclidean Matching in 2D](http://maven.smith.edu/~orourke/TOPP/P6.html). The link contains a bibliography of what's known about this problem. Given that you want to minimize the total length, the non-intersection constraint is redundant, as the length of any pair of segments that cross can be reduced b... | Looks like a you could use a [BSP-type](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_space_partitioning) algorithm. |
9,863,108 | I would like to find a better algorithm to solve the following problem:
There are *N* starting points (purple) and *N* target points (green) in 2D. I want an algorithm that connects starting points to target points by a line segment (brown) without any of these segments intersecting (red) and while minimizing the cumu... | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9863108",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/952747/"
] | You can select a random connection, then each time delete one cross by changing the connections of its endpoints. This operation reduces the total length (by triangle inequality). Since the number of ways of lines crossing each other is finite, in a finite number of steps we arrive at a noncrossing solution. In practic... | Looks like a you could use a [BSP-type](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_space_partitioning) algorithm. |
9,863,108 | I would like to find a better algorithm to solve the following problem:
There are *N* starting points (purple) and *N* target points (green) in 2D. I want an algorithm that connects starting points to target points by a line segment (brown) without any of these segments intersecting (red) and while minimizing the cumu... | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9863108",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/952747/"
] | This is [Minimum Euclidean Matching in 2D](http://maven.smith.edu/~orourke/TOPP/P6.html). The link contains a bibliography of what's known about this problem. Given that you want to minimize the total length, the non-intersection constraint is redundant, as the length of any pair of segments that cross can be reduced b... | You can select a random connection, then each time delete one cross by changing the connections of its endpoints. This operation reduces the total length (by triangle inequality). Since the number of ways of lines crossing each other is finite, in a finite number of steps we arrive at a noncrossing solution. In practic... |
9,863,108 | I would like to find a better algorithm to solve the following problem:
There are *N* starting points (purple) and *N* target points (green) in 2D. I want an algorithm that connects starting points to target points by a line segment (brown) without any of these segments intersecting (red) and while minimizing the cumu... | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9863108",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/952747/"
] | This is [Minimum Euclidean Matching in 2D](http://maven.smith.edu/~orourke/TOPP/P6.html). The link contains a bibliography of what's known about this problem. Given that you want to minimize the total length, the non-intersection constraint is redundant, as the length of any pair of segments that cross can be reduced b... | Following qq3's answer which says ***the intersection constraint is redundant,*** there is just one more step. Assigning starting points to end points while minimizing total length. Fortunately there is a polynomial time algorithm for this:
>
> [Hungarian algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_algorithm) i... |
9,863,108 | I would like to find a better algorithm to solve the following problem:
There are *N* starting points (purple) and *N* target points (green) in 2D. I want an algorithm that connects starting points to target points by a line segment (brown) without any of these segments intersecting (red) and while minimizing the cumu... | 2012/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9863108",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/952747/"
] | You can select a random connection, then each time delete one cross by changing the connections of its endpoints. This operation reduces the total length (by triangle inequality). Since the number of ways of lines crossing each other is finite, in a finite number of steps we arrive at a noncrossing solution. In practic... | Following qq3's answer which says ***the intersection constraint is redundant,*** there is just one more step. Assigning starting points to end points while minimizing total length. Fortunately there is a polynomial time algorithm for this:
>
> [Hungarian algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_algorithm) i... |
23,542,651 | ### Currently the detail prints like this:
### I want to break the line in half like this:
### This is what I have; Not what I want
![enter image description here](https://i.sta... | 2014/05/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23542651",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/463206/"
] | The Mystery is Solved
---------------------
1. Created a 2nd sub report
2. Moved desired headings, details, and totals to the new sub report *ReportHeadr*, *DetailSection*, and *ReportFooterSection* respectively.
3. Put the new sub report directly below the original in the same (main report) section - it just happens ... | if you need to view the output as you required follow below
1. Take 2 detail sections add two sub reports in main report.
2. In sub report 1 place first 3 columns and in second sub report place other two columns |
5,473,518 | I've been thinking about this problem for a while now and I'm still not sure what is the best approach.
Basically I've got several hundred email addresses stored in a Database, and every week I would like to automatically send these addresses a bulletin of information. I've accomplished this with a Stored Procedure an... | 2011/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5473518",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/682148/"
] | This type of thing is one of the things that scheduled tasks are designed for. Imagine creating a service that sits there taking up memory doing absolutely nothing for 7 days, only to run for 4 minutes. Then another 7 days of waiting. While it may work, its certainly not what a service is for.
Use a scheduled task. Th... | Have you considered using the "scheduled tasks" feature in the control panel? That's what I use for recurring program usage similar to what you've described. |
69,042,417 | I'm trying to limit query results for a specific DocumentChooserBlock inside of a wagtail stream field block.
I already know that you can limit file types for DocumentChooser for a page type by using [hooks](https://docs.wagtail.io/en/stable/reference/hooks.html#construct-document-chooser-queryset), but I would like t... | 2021/09/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69042417",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16821708/"
] | MarcoLucidi was right, I was opening too many files at a time. I limited the number of concurrent goroutines and now it works fine. | When reading from external storage, especially over network, it happens that the read can hang. I recommend that when you read files over networked drive, read just one at a time. I understand that this kills parallelization ability, but we cannot pretend same reliability over networked drives as we do about local ones... |
8,268 | It is a widespread notion in psychology that there are two dimensions to emotion: valence (aversiveness or attractiveness of some entity) and intensity. However, recent experimental studies in neuropsychology (e.g. those listed below) have given strong evidence for two distinct pathways which process reward and punishm... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/8268",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | A meta-analysis of 397 neuroimaging studies was just published looking at this very question ([see here](http://www.unc.edu/~kal29/docs/Lindquist_Satpute_etal_CC_inpress.pdf)).
They tested three hypotheses:
1. **Bipolarity** - negative and positive are on the same continuum
2. **Bivalence** - negative and positive a... | I think that we are. But the notion of 'valence' is already problematic, as a variation on mathematical negation, which produces bizarre mathematical artifacts like Russel's Paradox.
It is tempting to follow natural language and find two balancing processes always add up to a sign and a magnitude. But in fact no two p... |
323,272 | When I go to trailhead I have a "Hands-On Orgs" option under my profile picture. How long does an org created through that menu last?
**Screenshot of the menu**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/K9mzT.png)
**Screenshot when creating a new playground thro... | 2020/10/13 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/323272",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/28059/"
] | The life span is 6 months if there is no activity, if you working on it then it will not expire. | it not being documented but it last forever until you are not decoupling it from your trailhead orgs. |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | Definition II 7a in the OED says *rag* is colloquial for:
>
> A newspaper or magazine, esp. one
> regarded as inferior or worthless.
>
>
>
It is often used to refer to tabloid newspapers, which some see as a lower form of journalism. | The paper used to publish newspapers is made from a combination of recycled old rags and wood pulp hence the term rag for newspaper |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | The paper used to publish newspapers is made from a combination of recycled old rags and wood pulp hence the term rag for newspaper | OED gives evidence that *rag* came to be used figuratively to mean any small worthless scrap. This figurative use was extended metaphorically to describe any object of contempt, not just fabrics and paper but anything: even a person, as early as 1566. Two examples:
>
> that rubbishy rag of a girl *(Ruskin)*
>
>
>
... |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | Definition II 7a in the OED says *rag* is colloquial for:
>
> A newspaper or magazine, esp. one
> regarded as inferior or worthless.
>
>
>
It is often used to refer to tabloid newspapers, which some see as a lower form of journalism. | OED gives evidence that *rag* came to be used figuratively to mean any small worthless scrap. This figurative use was extended metaphorically to describe any object of contempt, not just fabrics and paper but anything: even a person, as early as 1566. Two examples:
>
> that rubbishy rag of a girl *(Ruskin)*
>
>
>
... |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | Definition II 7a in the OED says *rag* is colloquial for:
>
> A newspaper or magazine, esp. one
> regarded as inferior or worthless.
>
>
>
It is often used to refer to tabloid newspapers, which some see as a lower form of journalism. | In the 13th century in Europe paper was made from pulping rags, a process developed in the Netherlands. This may have had some influence. Think of Rag week. College magazines were often named 'Rag'. |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | The origin of this use of the word goes back to the seventeenth century. The OED’s entry for it comes under the category *rag* used in ‘Senses relating to something compared to a torn piece of cloth’. It is quite possible that early newspapers bore just such a resemblance. | The paper used to publish newspapers is made from a combination of recycled old rags and wood pulp hence the term rag for newspaper |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | To supplement Barrie England and MετάEd's answers: Etymonline reports that the pejorative term *rag*, which is used to express or suggest a newspaper's worthlessness, dates back to the 18th century.
>
> **[rag](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rag)** *(n.)* **scrap of cloth**, early 14c., probably from Old No... | In the 13th century in Europe paper was made from pulping rags, a process developed in the Netherlands. This may have had some influence. Think of Rag week. College magazines were often named 'Rag'. |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | To supplement Barrie England and MετάEd's answers: Etymonline reports that the pejorative term *rag*, which is used to express or suggest a newspaper's worthlessness, dates back to the 18th century.
>
> **[rag](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rag)** *(n.)* **scrap of cloth**, early 14c., probably from Old No... | OED gives evidence that *rag* came to be used figuratively to mean any small worthless scrap. This figurative use was extended metaphorically to describe any object of contempt, not just fabrics and paper but anything: even a person, as early as 1566. Two examples:
>
> that rubbishy rag of a girl *(Ruskin)*
>
>
>
... |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | To supplement Barrie England and MετάEd's answers: Etymonline reports that the pejorative term *rag*, which is used to express or suggest a newspaper's worthlessness, dates back to the 18th century.
>
> **[rag](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rag)** *(n.)* **scrap of cloth**, early 14c., probably from Old No... | The paper used to publish newspapers is made from a combination of recycled old rags and wood pulp hence the term rag for newspaper |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | The paper used to publish newspapers is made from a combination of recycled old rags and wood pulp hence the term rag for newspaper | In the 13th century in Europe paper was made from pulping rags, a process developed in the Netherlands. This may have had some influence. Think of Rag week. College magazines were often named 'Rag'. |
81,458 | In Australia and the UK, some folks refer to a newspaper as a *rag*, and I am curious how this term was coined.
Although most people would ask for a newspaper, I have gone around asking "Have you got a copy of today's rag?" today and only one out of twelve people I asked (I asked in coffee shops and the like) didn't k... | 2012/09/13 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/81458",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/26010/"
] | The origin of this use of the word goes back to the seventeenth century. The OED’s entry for it comes under the category *rag* used in ‘Senses relating to something compared to a torn piece of cloth’. It is quite possible that early newspapers bore just such a resemblance. | OED gives evidence that *rag* came to be used figuratively to mean any small worthless scrap. This figurative use was extended metaphorically to describe any object of contempt, not just fabrics and paper but anything: even a person, as early as 1566. Two examples:
>
> that rubbishy rag of a girl *(Ruskin)*
>
>
>
... |
86,294 | Using two Sniper Rifles using almost the exact same damage, I noticed Head Shots from my Shock rifle on Shielded targets deal significantly less damage than Fire shots to unshielded targets. 110k damage from the Fire sniper, 69k from the Shock weapon.
If damage were calculated only once and applied to damage *and* hea... | 2012/09/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86294",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11920/"
] | Damage is first calculated from shields, then the remaining damage is calculated by health.
For example you are using shock sniper, your damage with the sniper is 1000 (including all the bonuses and modifiers) but the damage is further multiplied by it's effectiveness on shields x2 on normal and x2.5 on true vault hun... | Shock damage takes more "Life" out of a shield, as explained by the game, where as Fire damage takes more out of the Health of an opponent, assuming they are not armored, which is also explained by the game. Armored people take more damage from Corrosive, like Hyperion Robots, and Slag just makes them take more damage,... |
9,132,369 | I have checked out an application that besides the regulars, needs user management and push notifications. To make it cross platform and also make it available via web browsers, I am planning to build it as a Web Application (as it is called in Android). Is it a good idea? Or is it better to build a completely native a... | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9132369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/238864/"
] | It depends on a lot of factors.
If you have the time and budget (and expertise) a native app for each platform is always going to be the best user experience.
If you are trying to do something that violates Apple App Store terms and conditions, A web app may be the only option.
Web apps are relatively easy to build ... | If you can give your users the same functionality, but without forcing them to be tied to a software download and update scheme, I view that as a win for them. Not having to maintain multiple incarnations of code per platform is a win for you.
I'd say if its functional as a web app, go for it. |
9,132,369 | I have checked out an application that besides the regulars, needs user management and push notifications. To make it cross platform and also make it available via web browsers, I am planning to build it as a Web Application (as it is called in Android). Is it a good idea? Or is it better to build a completely native a... | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9132369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/238864/"
] | You can find a neat comparison between
* [Phonegap](http://phonegap.com/)
* [Corona](http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/)
* [Appcelerator](http://www.appcelerator.com/)
Over here : [Comparison between Corona, Phonegap, Titanium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1482586/comparison-between-corona-phonegap-titanium)
... | If you can give your users the same functionality, but without forcing them to be tied to a software download and update scheme, I view that as a win for them. Not having to maintain multiple incarnations of code per platform is a win for you.
I'd say if its functional as a web app, go for it. |
9,132,369 | I have checked out an application that besides the regulars, needs user management and push notifications. To make it cross platform and also make it available via web browsers, I am planning to build it as a Web Application (as it is called in Android). Is it a good idea? Or is it better to build a completely native a... | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9132369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/238864/"
] | It depends on a lot of factors.
If you have the time and budget (and expertise) a native app for each platform is always going to be the best user experience.
If you are trying to do something that violates Apple App Store terms and conditions, A web app may be the only option.
Web apps are relatively easy to build ... | There are tools like [MobiRoller](http://mobiroller.com/en/) for content based multiplatform mobile applications. You can create your application via a web based panel. |
9,132,369 | I have checked out an application that besides the regulars, needs user management and push notifications. To make it cross platform and also make it available via web browsers, I am planning to build it as a Web Application (as it is called in Android). Is it a good idea? Or is it better to build a completely native a... | 2012/02/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9132369",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/238864/"
] | You can find a neat comparison between
* [Phonegap](http://phonegap.com/)
* [Corona](http://www.anscamobile.com/corona/)
* [Appcelerator](http://www.appcelerator.com/)
Over here : [Comparison between Corona, Phonegap, Titanium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1482586/comparison-between-corona-phonegap-titanium)
... | There are tools like [MobiRoller](http://mobiroller.com/en/) for content based multiplatform mobile applications. You can create your application via a web based panel. |
5,694 | I am on Drupal 7.
I have two content types. Content type 1 is called Bulletin and content type 2 is called Bulletin Text. I have a node reference field in Bulletin Text content type that allows me to link it to a certain Bulletin object.
Now, when my user is on a Bulletin Text node I want him/her to:
1. see all the ... | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/5694",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/849/"
] | Hook\_menu\_alter is called when the menu is being rebuild so you shouldn't use it for these situations.
Normally you should set the permission on your page view to only allow the roles you want to see that view. The menu system will handle hidding the tab for you when the user doesn't have the right permission.
The ... | Easiest way is to write custom Access Callback with [Views Access Callback](https://www.drupal.org/project/views_access_callback) module. |
9,272,389 | I'm currently having some trouble trying to copy all the attributes from a bunch of list items into the first list item.
I want to add the first list item (All) to the top of the list and then copy all of the data-filter attributes from the elements below into All, so they appear like data-filter=".ant, .bee, .bug, .m... | 2012/02/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9272389",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1146670/"
] | If you're on windows there's [Toad for Cloud](http://toadforcloud.com/index.jspa) | Check out [HBaseXplorer](http://sourceforge.net/projects/hbaseexplorer/) & [HBaseXplorer git link](https://github.com/zaharije/hbase-gui-admin).Its a java desktop application for managing and exploring HBase database. |
18,347 | Sometimes when I reply to an SMS, I also want to send that same SMS to another person. On my previous non-android phones this was easy, every SMS was a single message, as opposed to the threads in Android. I could just add another receiver there.
When I answer an SMS in Android, I do not have the option to add another... | 2012/01/14 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18347",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10857/"
] | You could long-tap the message, select "Copy message text", then paste that into the input field of a thread with the new recipient. | **Works in 2.3.6**
*I have 2.3.6 version (galaxy y). I am not sure if this works in 2.3 alone but this answer could help others as this (text forwarding) is tricky in android which you won't find any menu options directly.*
Even I had trouble forwarding initially but I found the actual answer from Hedgeterimmer's ans... |
79,933 | Three people were driving through the Sahara desert one bright sunny day. The wind was blowing lightly, but the day was clear, and all seemed right with the world, despite their particular predicament.
The oldest who was driving had a compass and some keys, the second oldest, who was in the passenger seat, had a map, ... | 2019/02/24 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/79933",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/56835/"
] | Partial answer...
The 3 people
>
> Are not a family. I think they are 2 seasoned archaeologists and their trainee or assistant. That's why they're constantly "chatting about old times". They're discussing history.
>
>
>
Their pockets
>
> Contain a map to something valuable, maybe a pharaoh's tomb or a cave. ... | What happened:
>
> 1. The boy pocketed the nail and used it to mess up the engine in a reversible way while charging the battery (lowered it on a rope so that it can be pulled out later? I don't know enough about the engines to figure out how it can be done).
>
>
> 2. Then during the sandstorm he pick-pockete... |
15,350 | I'd like to embed a Youtube tutorial video inside a CDF. I'm guessing this is not possible as my search for how to do this has been in vain. I'm imagining an embedded Youtube video like one sees on a blog. | 2012/11/28 | [
"https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/15350",
"https://mathematica.stackexchange.com",
"https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It is not possible. Embedding a youtube video requires embedding some html into your webpage. CDFs are not constructed with html. | you can call a youtube video from within a notebook if you can access wi-fi where you're showing the notebook. here's an example:
SystemOpen["<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaO69CF5mbY>"]
if you don't have wi-fi where you use the computer, you can download and save a youtube file on your computer and then just doub... |
74,147 | Trying to boot my old compaq presario v2433au laptop.
It has win xp sp3 and ubuntu 9.04 dual boot.
So what happens now when I turn it on i get compaq boot screen
i.e. press f10 to set up , press x to change boot process press f12 network boot.
tried pressing anything at this stage- keyboard appears to not be taking i... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/74147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | Try holding F2 as you're booting it. It might be locking up after it displays that message, maybe if you can get it to recognize the key right away it will let you past that point.
You can also try plugging in another keyboard and see if it recognizes input from that. | remove the hard drive and see if it atleasts gets past that OR into bios. If you can do that. Maybe it might not be too far gone. |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | Hmmm.
* Daryl Hannah - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YbHgP.jpg)
* Sean Young - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tHjiv.jpg)
* Rutger Hauer - no glowing eyes:
[](https:/... | Humans have glowing eyes at times, for example taking a picture with flash and a [red-eye effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect) appears.
If we had a more detailed description of that glow in the eyes of the replicants perhaps we could have a better answer. |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | **Deckard can't see it; it's non-[diegetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis#Film_sound_and_music), intended for the film audience, but not for the film's characters.** Given that we only ever see the 'glowing eyes' effect when the in-universe characters have not acknowledged it, it tells us that this must be a f... | Hmmm.
* Daryl Hannah - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YbHgP.jpg)
* Sean Young - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tHjiv.jpg)
* Rutger Hauer - no glowing eyes:
[](https:/... |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | Hmmm.
* Daryl Hannah - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YbHgP.jpg)
* Sean Young - no glowing eyes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tHjiv.jpg)
* Rutger Hauer - no glowing eyes:
[](https:/... | Lots of films use visual cues for the audience that isn't part of the universe such as unrealistic lighting, shadows, sounds (especially sounds in space!), etc etc etc. Most are rather subtle--meant more for mood and creating thoughtful environments. It's all part of the dramatism. Naturalism in film is the opposite, w... |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | **Deckard can't see it; it's non-[diegetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis#Film_sound_and_music), intended for the film audience, but not for the film's characters.** Given that we only ever see the 'glowing eyes' effect when the in-universe characters have not acknowledged it, it tells us that this must be a f... | Humans have glowing eyes at times, for example taking a picture with flash and a [red-eye effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect) appears.
If we had a more detailed description of that glow in the eyes of the replicants perhaps we could have a better answer. |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | Lots of films use visual cues for the audience that isn't part of the universe such as unrealistic lighting, shadows, sounds (especially sounds in space!), etc etc etc. Most are rather subtle--meant more for mood and creating thoughtful environments. It's all part of the dramatism. Naturalism in film is the opposite, w... | Humans have glowing eyes at times, for example taking a picture with flash and a [red-eye effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eye_effect) appears.
If we had a more detailed description of that glow in the eyes of the replicants perhaps we could have a better answer. |
150,961 | In the film *[Blade Runner](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)* (1982), Rick Deckard hunts realistic androids called [replicants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant).
According to [Jordan Cronenweth](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005675/), Blade Runner's (genius) director of photography,
>
> One of the identif... | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/150961",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/27839/"
] | **Deckard can't see it; it's non-[diegetic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis#Film_sound_and_music), intended for the film audience, but not for the film's characters.** Given that we only ever see the 'glowing eyes' effect when the in-universe characters have not acknowledged it, it tells us that this must be a f... | Lots of films use visual cues for the audience that isn't part of the universe such as unrealistic lighting, shadows, sounds (especially sounds in space!), etc etc etc. Most are rather subtle--meant more for mood and creating thoughtful environments. It's all part of the dramatism. Naturalism in film is the opposite, w... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Coding style is about communicating intent to people, whether yourself in six months time, or your co-worker on the project, or whoever has your job after your move on.
So if your code is clearer and more understandable, that's a big win. There will be fewer bugs in it, and fewer bugs in code that interacts with it.
... | Repeated code is bad because it's easy for the copies to go out of sync when you have to make a change to how they function. Even if you don't forget to update all the copies when you change one, you're still going to need to make four( or however many copies you have) changes every time you make a change.
And at tha... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
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] | Lines of code is not a good measure of code complexity. It should only be used as a rough estimate of project size. For example, a 1k LOC program is generally simpler than a 10k LOC program. I'm assuming that that actual number of lines you are talking about stays within the negligible spectrum.
Reducing code repetiti... | As you describe your problem, I don't understand why each level of the iteration needed to go in a separate class. It sounds like you have something like nested collections, and you need to consider all elements in some certain order, but multiple times. That is, you need one procedure, which takes the top level data s... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Repeated code is bad because it's easy for the copies to go out of sync when you have to make a change to how they function. Even if you don't forget to update all the copies when you change one, you're still going to need to make four( or however many copies you have) changes every time you make a change.
And at tha... | As you describe your problem, I don't understand why each level of the iteration needed to go in a separate class. It sounds like you have something like nested collections, and you need to consider all elements in some certain order, but multiple times. That is, you need one procedure, which takes the top level data s... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Lines of code is not a good measure of code complexity. It should only be used as a rough estimate of project size. For example, a 1k LOC program is generally simpler than a 10k LOC program. I'm assuming that that actual number of lines you are talking about stays within the negligible spectrum.
Reducing code repetiti... | Following DRY (“Don’t Repeat Yourself”) has been worth the effort in my experience. I know when I work on my code that things are specified once and only once, and that simplifies understanding and developing the code.
Functional languages can help with this because you can pass a function into a method that applies t... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Lines of code is not a good measure of code complexity. It should only be used as a rough estimate of project size. For example, a 1k LOC program is generally simpler than a 10k LOC program. I'm assuming that that actual number of lines you are talking about stays within the negligible spectrum.
Reducing code repetiti... | Coding style is about communicating intent to people, whether yourself in six months time, or your co-worker on the project, or whoever has your job after your move on.
So if your code is clearer and more understandable, that's a big win. There will be fewer bugs in it, and fewer bugs in code that interacts with it.
... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Hard to say without seeing the code you refactored, but removing code duplication is always a good thing in my mind, even if it ends up increasing the LOC count. | Following DRY (“Don’t Repeat Yourself”) has been worth the effort in my experience. I know when I work on my code that things are specified once and only once, and that simplifies understanding and developing the code.
Functional languages can help with this because you can pass a function into a method that applies t... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Coding style is about communicating intent to people, whether yourself in six months time, or your co-worker on the project, or whoever has your job after your move on.
So if your code is clearer and more understandable, that's a big win. There will be fewer bugs in it, and fewer bugs in code that interacts with it.
... | As you describe your problem, I don't understand why each level of the iteration needed to go in a separate class. It sounds like you have something like nested collections, and you need to consider all elements in some certain order, but multiple times. That is, you need one procedure, which takes the top level data s... |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Following DRY (“Don’t Repeat Yourself”) has been worth the effort in my experience. I know when I work on my code that things are specified once and only once, and that simplifies understanding and developing the code.
Functional languages can help with this because you can pass a function into a method that applies t... | Slightly longer code can be easier to maintain if it means that a policy change can be implemented in a single place. Collecting a complex nested iteration into a class is a good idea, but in my experience most programmers are not familiar with this pattern. |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Hard to say without seeing the code you refactored, but removing code duplication is always a good thing in my mind, even if it ends up increasing the LOC count. | Slightly longer code can be easier to maintain if it means that a policy change can be implemented in a single place. Collecting a complex nested iteration into a class is a good idea, but in my experience most programmers are not familiar with this pattern. |
62,087 | I have an ugly bit of code - essentially iteration over some data structures where the meat of the action was changing, but the iteration code stayed same. The iteration constituted the bulk of code, and there were at least four cases of code copying.
So I refactored the code, putting each level of iteration into its ... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/62087",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/21194/"
] | Repeated code is bad because it's easy for the copies to go out of sync when you have to make a change to how they function. Even if you don't forget to update all the copies when you change one, you're still going to need to make four( or however many copies you have) changes every time you make a change.
And at tha... | Slightly longer code can be easier to maintain if it means that a policy change can be implemented in a single place. Collecting a complex nested iteration into a class is a good idea, but in my experience most programmers are not familiar with this pattern. |
4,806,043 | Let's say I need to store Apartments in my db. Apartments have several attributes like size, area, is it furnished or not, etc.
What is better: to store each value in a separate column or have several columns with arrays in them? | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4806043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/577121/"
] | You can't answer this question with one singular answer. "it depends" on how many columns we're talking about, and if they can reasonably be decomposed (ie. normalized) into separate entities :-P | I usually look at the data that I'll be storing and see if the data is something I'll need to search by later... For example... If I have an apartment table and I'll probably be searching for apartments with 4 bedrooms (or 1,2,3...) I'll try to put the bedroom count in a separate column... if the bedroom count in in a ... |
4,806,043 | Let's say I need to store Apartments in my db. Apartments have several attributes like size, area, is it furnished or not, etc.
What is better: to store each value in a separate column or have several columns with arrays in them? | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4806043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/577121/"
] | I agree with Joel that it depends, esp. on how many columns. For what it's worth though, I'd always start the straightforward way, and do one column per 'interesting' attribute. Certainly anything you want to query on, or do math upon ($/sq-ft), is easiest in a column.
Maybe some blocks that are just 'display' can be ... | You can't answer this question with one singular answer. "it depends" on how many columns we're talking about, and if they can reasonably be decomposed (ie. normalized) into separate entities :-P |
4,806,043 | Let's say I need to store Apartments in my db. Apartments have several attributes like size, area, is it furnished or not, etc.
What is better: to store each value in a separate column or have several columns with arrays in them? | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4806043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/577121/"
] | I agree with Joel that it depends, esp. on how many columns. For what it's worth though, I'd always start the straightforward way, and do one column per 'interesting' attribute. Certainly anything you want to query on, or do math upon ($/sq-ft), is easiest in a column.
Maybe some blocks that are just 'display' can be ... | I usually look at the data that I'll be storing and see if the data is something I'll need to search by later... For example... If I have an apartment table and I'll probably be searching for apartments with 4 bedrooms (or 1,2,3...) I'll try to put the bedroom count in a separate column... if the bedroom count in in a ... |
4,806,043 | Let's say I need to store Apartments in my db. Apartments have several attributes like size, area, is it furnished or not, etc.
What is better: to store each value in a separate column or have several columns with arrays in them? | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4806043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/577121/"
] | If you are talking about relational databases like Oracle, mysql, postgre, then
generally it is best to have one column for each attribute. With this method you can easily search your database for a specific attribute.
Storing multiple values in one column is uncommon and only use for very special performance optimiza... | I usually look at the data that I'll be storing and see if the data is something I'll need to search by later... For example... If I have an apartment table and I'll probably be searching for apartments with 4 bedrooms (or 1,2,3...) I'll try to put the bedroom count in a separate column... if the bedroom count in in a ... |
4,806,043 | Let's say I need to store Apartments in my db. Apartments have several attributes like size, area, is it furnished or not, etc.
What is better: to store each value in a separate column or have several columns with arrays in them? | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4806043",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/577121/"
] | I agree with Joel that it depends, esp. on how many columns. For what it's worth though, I'd always start the straightforward way, and do one column per 'interesting' attribute. Certainly anything you want to query on, or do math upon ($/sq-ft), is easiest in a column.
Maybe some blocks that are just 'display' can be ... | If you are talking about relational databases like Oracle, mysql, postgre, then
generally it is best to have one column for each attribute. With this method you can easily search your database for a specific attribute.
Storing multiple values in one column is uncommon and only use for very special performance optimiza... |
152,522 | The *Player's Handbook* on [Race and Languages](http://dndsrd.net/races.html#race-and-languages) says
>
> All characters know how to speak Common.… A smart character (one who had an Intelligence bonus at 1st level) speaks other languages as well, one extra language per point of Intelligence bonus as a starting charac... | 2019/07/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/152522",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Warforged explicitly have
>
> * Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus Languages: None.
>
>
>
(*Eberron Campaign Setting* pg. 24)
And *Races of Eberron* explicitly describes how this affects their starting languages:
>
> Warforged speak Common, which is the language of their creators and most of their former owner... | On the *Monster Manual*, the *3.5* revision, and bonus languages
================================================================
The *Third Edition* original *Monster Manual* (2000) includes verbatim the section the question quotes on Intelligence (10), but that *Monster Manual* itself makes no mention of bonus langu... |
9,345,699 | I'm actually looking for an opinion here. At work, we were discussing the downfalls of creating some of our applications in silverlight as they will be used via thinclient and since silverlight runs client side, there was concern for performance. Now, these apps aren't going to be rich by any means, mostly data entry f... | 2012/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9345699",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/462631/"
] | Personally I would go ASP.Net silverlight does not appear to have a very sure future.
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-it-matter/11180>
This means that you could have a hard time finding devs to work on it in the future / or it will cost more to hire them.
This also means... | What's the problem with good ol' html? Maybe a CLI data entry app?
The last thing you want when dealing with "microsoft only" companies is playing along. Do you get extra pay for using a technology? If not, don't add an extra layer to your system, be it Adobe's or Microsoft's or whoever. Also, don't jump into the magic... |
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