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169,801 | A [halfling](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/halfling) and a [human](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/human) are blocking a group of [winter wolves](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/winter-wolf) (size Large) on a 10-foot-wide ledge. Can the wolf move past the blockers by squeezing or overrunning:
* Can the wolves jus... | 2020/06/01 | [
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] | It's not moving past, it's moving through at 3 feet for every 1 foot
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It's a bit weird to imagine, but you've basically described that there is a Small and Medium creature 'blocking' a 10' wide space.
The rules around moving through other creatures a... | **It a question of Interpretation of the Squeezing rules**
Concerning your first question, the rules are very clear, see PHB, p.191, if you don't use squeezing:
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> A creature's space is the area in feet that it effectively controls in combat, not an expression of its physical dimensions.
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> If a medium hobgobl... |
27,825,659 | I've been given a Java API for my personal project. This means that all of the method calls and functions to utilize the API are in the Java programming language. However, I want to use Apple's new Swift language to create an iOS application that uses the API. So my question is as follows:
How can I get Apple's Swift ... | 2015/01/07 | [
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] | You can always write web services in Java and let Swift UI invoke them via HTTP. The separates the services from your UI and keeps that functionality available for others to use as well.
This means that the web services are deployed separately. Your UI will send a request via HTTP and send it back to the device. All t... | Another way, depending on circumstances, would be to use TCP/IP sockets. So you write a socket listener on your java server side, which would "wrap" the APIs, and you open and use the socket from your Swift App.
Or... you could use something like MQTT, a lightweight message-based protocol, with good iOS support.
Ther... |
28,370 | Consider this new card from Oath of the Gatewatch -- Crush of Tentacles.
I realize the first part -- *"Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands"* -- happens when the spell resolves, but what about the second part of the card text -- *"If Crush of Tentacles surge cost was paid, put an 8/8 blue Octopus creat... | 2016/01/12 | [
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] | The effect that checks whether the Surge cost was paid resolves when the spell resolves. This is because abilities of Instants and Sorceries are by default "spell abilities", and resolve when the spell resolves. [Rule 112.3a](http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Abilities) says
>
> Spell abilities are abilities that are... | The Surge effect will occur when the Card resolves, since it is in the same paragraph as the spell's effect, per 112.2c.
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> 112.2c An object may have multiple abilities. If the object is represented by a card, then aside from certain defined abilities that may be strung together on a single line (see rule 702, “Keyw... |
28,370 | Consider this new card from Oath of the Gatewatch -- Crush of Tentacles.
I realize the first part -- *"Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands"* -- happens when the spell resolves, but what about the second part of the card text -- *"If Crush of Tentacles surge cost was paid, put an 8/8 blue Octopus creat... | 2016/01/12 | [
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] | The effect that checks whether the Surge cost was paid resolves when the spell resolves. This is because abilities of Instants and Sorceries are by default "spell abilities", and resolve when the spell resolves. [Rule 112.3a](http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Abilities) says
>
> Spell abilities are abilities that are... | CR 603.1:
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> 603.1. Triggered abilities have a trigger condition and an effect. They are written as “[Trigger condition], [effect],” and begin with the word “when,” “whenever,” or “at.” They can also be expressed as “[When/Whenever/At] [trigger event], [effect].”
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Crush of Tentacles doesn't say “when,” “whe... |
171,595 | The spectrum of the Sun as seen at sea level can be seen at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png> so we can see that wavelengths around green to yellow are the ones that are the most present.
The human eye seems to be more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nm which is plain green) compar... | 2015/03/21 | [
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] | Note the vertical scale on the two graphs you gave: The solar spectrum at sea level is given as an intensity (power per area), and it is very nearly flat over most of the visual range. The eye sensitivity is given as a percentage, which [the wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision) where it is used d... | >
> And why more toward yellow than green?
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>
>
Human vision and perception of colors is a complex process. It is safe to say humans are not very good at determining the actual spectral distribution of light they see. The sunlight may very well have frequency distribution that has maximum in green and humans may ... |
171,595 | The spectrum of the Sun as seen at sea level can be seen at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png> so we can see that wavelengths around green to yellow are the ones that are the most present.
The human eye seems to be more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nm which is plain green) compar... | 2015/03/21 | [
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] | Note the vertical scale on the two graphs you gave: The solar spectrum at sea level is given as an intensity (power per area), and it is very nearly flat over most of the visual range. The eye sensitivity is given as a percentage, which [the wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision) where it is used d... | I am just rewriting what I wrote in a comment to make it more visible, since I think I found out the answer: the solar spectrum as seen on Earth's surface has much less violet and blue than both green and red according to the first link I posted. So mixing all colors should be slightly like mixing mostly green and red ... |
171,595 | The spectrum of the Sun as seen at sea level can be seen at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png> so we can see that wavelengths around green to yellow are the ones that are the most present.
The human eye seems to be more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nm which is plain green) compar... | 2015/03/21 | [
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] | Note the vertical scale on the two graphs you gave: The solar spectrum at sea level is given as an intensity (power per area), and it is very nearly flat over most of the visual range. The eye sensitivity is given as a percentage, which [the wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vision) where it is used d... | Mostly working off this [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_cell), so information would best be further confirmed.
From the article, "The color yellow, for example, is perceived when the L cones are stimulated slightly more than the M cones...." (Further questions here probably is best asked in the ... |
171,595 | The spectrum of the Sun as seen at sea level can be seen at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png> so we can see that wavelengths around green to yellow are the ones that are the most present.
The human eye seems to be more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nm which is plain green) compar... | 2015/03/21 | [
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] | >
> And why more toward yellow than green?
>
>
>
Human vision and perception of colors is a complex process. It is safe to say humans are not very good at determining the actual spectral distribution of light they see. The sunlight may very well have frequency distribution that has maximum in green and humans may ... | I am just rewriting what I wrote in a comment to make it more visible, since I think I found out the answer: the solar spectrum as seen on Earth's surface has much less violet and blue than both green and red according to the first link I posted. So mixing all colors should be slightly like mixing mostly green and red ... |
171,595 | The spectrum of the Sun as seen at sea level can be seen at <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Spectrum.png> so we can see that wavelengths around green to yellow are the ones that are the most present.
The human eye seems to be more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nm which is plain green) compar... | 2015/03/21 | [
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] | Mostly working off this [wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_cell), so information would best be further confirmed.
From the article, "The color yellow, for example, is perceived when the L cones are stimulated slightly more than the M cones...." (Further questions here probably is best asked in the ... | I am just rewriting what I wrote in a comment to make it more visible, since I think I found out the answer: the solar spectrum as seen on Earth's surface has much less violet and blue than both green and red according to the first link I posted. So mixing all colors should be slightly like mixing mostly green and red ... |
363,507 | As we know the term 'et al 'is used frequently to denote a team along with a specific person,how is it actually pronounced?
For eg.Sir William Brown et al have conducted extensive studies on black holes.
I have heard the pronunciation as 'et al' itself and usages like 'and others'.How should it be correctly pronounce... | 2016/12/14 | [
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] | The way to pronouce 'et al.' is given in many dictionaries. For instance [Cambridge](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/et-al).
If you are asking whether you should actually say 'et al.' or something different, that is up to you. Academia has a close question: ['et al' in presentation speech](https:... | If you must pronounce it, it is quite straightforward: ‘et’ as in ‘etiquette’, ‘al’ as in ‘Alexander’.
But I always discouraged my students from speaking Latin, and suggested they said “and coworkers” instead. In the context of quoting a paper, then “and co-authors”, as @JanusBahsJacquet suggested, would be better. |
363,507 | As we know the term 'et al 'is used frequently to denote a team along with a specific person,how is it actually pronounced?
For eg.Sir William Brown et al have conducted extensive studies on black holes.
I have heard the pronunciation as 'et al' itself and usages like 'and others'.How should it be correctly pronounce... | 2016/12/14 | [
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] | "*et al.*" is an abbreviation. When read aloud, you pronounce the full term "*et alii*" (or "*et alia*") - same as you would say "*et cetera*" when reading aloud the "*etc.*" abbreviation.
Alternatively, you could say "*and others*" - same as you would say "*for example*" when reading aloud the "*e.g.*" abbreviation. | If you must pronounce it, it is quite straightforward: ‘et’ as in ‘etiquette’, ‘al’ as in ‘Alexander’.
But I always discouraged my students from speaking Latin, and suggested they said “and coworkers” instead. In the context of quoting a paper, then “and co-authors”, as @JanusBahsJacquet suggested, would be better. |
363,507 | As we know the term 'et al 'is used frequently to denote a team along with a specific person,how is it actually pronounced?
For eg.Sir William Brown et al have conducted extensive studies on black holes.
I have heard the pronunciation as 'et al' itself and usages like 'and others'.How should it be correctly pronounce... | 2016/12/14 | [
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] | The way to pronouce 'et al.' is given in many dictionaries. For instance [Cambridge](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/et-al).
If you are asking whether you should actually say 'et al.' or something different, that is up to you. Academia has a close question: ['et al' in presentation speech](https:... | "*et al.*" is an abbreviation. When read aloud, you pronounce the full term "*et alii*" (or "*et alia*") - same as you would say "*et cetera*" when reading aloud the "*etc.*" abbreviation.
Alternatively, you could say "*and others*" - same as you would say "*for example*" when reading aloud the "*e.g.*" abbreviation. |
11,282,690 | For an app in English, how can I get a list of where it can be sold? I've found lot's of information about how to internationalize, how to get a list of all countries in English, etc. but not a list of English speaking countries.
This is an XNA game and I'd love to make it available to the entire world, but I can't im... | 2012/07/01 | [
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] | Until you have Facebook/Twitter integration or link there, you can sell it on all markets.
It, for sure, depends on the content, but there is no general restrictions
Twitter/Facebook is prohibited in China and maybe in some arabic countries | Try [this](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=countries%20speaking%20english) `Wolfram` answer. It has the amount of English speakers per country. |
47,613,508 | In my Apache Ignite 2.3 cluster I want to run one node (probably two in the future for a backup) that has my replicated cache persistent on disk. I need to make sure this node is always up while other cache nodes don't have the persistent configuration and therefore access the cache only in memory. These non-persistent... | 2017/12/02 | [
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] | You can set node filter for you cache configuration and exclude compute nodes:
<https://ignite.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/ignite/configuration/CacheConfiguration.html#setNodeFilter(org.apache.ignite.lang.IgnitePredicate)>
so the cache will be stored only on the particular set of nodes that you defi... | This is not possible; persistence is enabled on cache level and therefore all nodes where this cache is deployed will persist data to disk.
Moreover, I don't think you would benefit from such deployment. If it's a replicated cache and you start a new node, you need to copy the data to this new node before it's availab... |
47,613,508 | In my Apache Ignite 2.3 cluster I want to run one node (probably two in the future for a backup) that has my replicated cache persistent on disk. I need to make sure this node is always up while other cache nodes don't have the persistent configuration and therefore access the cache only in memory. These non-persistent... | 2017/12/02 | [
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] | You can configure your cache to be stored on a single node only. So, when it goes down, the cache stops functioning. It can be done by using [node attributes](https://apacheignite.readme.io/docs/cluster#section-cluster-node-attributes) and a [node filter](https://ignite.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/ign... | This is not possible; persistence is enabled on cache level and therefore all nodes where this cache is deployed will persist data to disk.
Moreover, I don't think you would benefit from such deployment. If it's a replicated cache and you start a new node, you need to copy the data to this new node before it's availab... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The employee has every right to be upset with you. You need to apologize IMMEDIATELY. What concerns me is that you are posting here to justify your poor management. I don't know if you noticed, but no one here has berated you for your incompetence. Think about it: We're trying to help you just like you should be helpin... | >
> However, I sense now that the employee is disgruntled. I feel that
> this is an overreaction to a simple mistake. Should I speak to him
> again about this, knowing that it might magnify his perception of the
> problem, which is so minor?
>
>
>
You didn't make a simple mistake. You *berated* an employee. Sho... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The mistake here was not so much that you forgot about the scheduling adjustments, nor that you were unaware of the employee's presence in the building before you saw him (though those, too, were mistakes). It's that you *berated* the employee, which would not be minor in any case, and the justification you claimed was... | Berating someone when they did nothing wrong creates in their head a work environment going forward where they can *expect* to be subjected to that treatment in a completely capricious manner.
Apology is a good first step, but honestly this should never have happened in the first place. Even if you abjectly apologize... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | Pull him aside and apologize if you believe you were out of line. I have tended to respect managers in the past that were willing to see that they overreacted or jumped to conclusions. It doesn't have to be a long drawn-out discussion, but a simple, "Hey...didn't realize the circumstances of...." | **Yes, you should speak to him again.**
Apologize for your mistake.
**Understand your mistake.**
You already accept that you made a mistake, but it's not clear that you understand exactly what the mistake was. It wasn't just misunderstanding or forgetting about his previously agreed start time, or even that you bera... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The coworker is *reasonably* upset. People don't like to be berated. People especially don't like to be berated for doing what they are told. Now you need to 100% own your mistake. Your mistake isn't just getting the facts wrong, it also includes how you handled yourself. | >
> However, I sense now that the employee is disgruntled. I feel that
> this is an overreaction to a simple mistake. Should I speak to him
> again about this, knowing that it might magnify his perception of the
> problem, which is so minor?
>
>
>
You didn't make a simple mistake. You *berated* an employee. Sho... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | **Yes, you should speak to him again.**
Apologize for your mistake.
**Understand your mistake.**
You already accept that you made a mistake, but it's not clear that you understand exactly what the mistake was. It wasn't just misunderstanding or forgetting about his previously agreed start time, or even that you bera... | The issue here is *not* the particular incident.
Common sense and real-life experience suggests that anyone who is a competent manager or administrator behaves in a generally consistent manner.
You have just demonstrated to your employee what *your* "consistent manner" of dealing with this sort of incident is. As suc... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The employee has every right to be upset with you. You need to apologize IMMEDIATELY. What concerns me is that you are posting here to justify your poor management. I don't know if you noticed, but no one here has berated you for your incompetence. Think about it: We're trying to help you just like you should be helpin... | **Yes, you should speak to him again.**
Apologize for your mistake.
**Understand your mistake.**
You already accept that you made a mistake, but it's not clear that you understand exactly what the mistake was. It wasn't just misunderstanding or forgetting about his previously agreed start time, or even that you bera... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | ### It isn't unreasonable.
The problem is that you were disrespectful to an employee. They rightfully were upset by that. Even now you are continuing to disrespect them by stating that they are overreacting and implying that they should just move on, since you have. But this wasn't yours to move on from. **You weren't... | >
> However, I sense now that the employee is disgruntled. I feel that
> this is an overreaction to a simple mistake. Should I speak to him
> again about this, knowing that it might magnify his perception of the
> problem, which is so minor?
>
>
>
You didn't make a simple mistake. You *berated* an employee. Sho... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The employee has every right to be upset with you. You need to apologize IMMEDIATELY. What concerns me is that you are posting here to justify your poor management. I don't know if you noticed, but no one here has berated you for your incompetence. Think about it: We're trying to help you just like you should be helpin... | The coworker is *reasonably* upset. People don't like to be berated. People especially don't like to be berated for doing what they are told. Now you need to 100% own your mistake. Your mistake isn't just getting the facts wrong, it also includes how you handled yourself. |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | You overreacted to a perceived "mistake" that wasn't actually the employee's mistake at all, but was your own, and when it was made known to you that it was your mistake and not his, you brushed it off like "a simple mistake". The employee is therefore rightfully upset; would it have been "a simple mistake" if it was a... | Apologize immediately and sincerely
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You wronged your employee and need to sincerely apologize immediately if you want to salvage the relationship. Put yourself in their shoes: their boss asked them to work overtime in exchange for coming in late the next day. But then the boss made ... |
134,157 | To keep it short, I am an overworked and overstretched manager. Today my employee appeared to show up to work an hour late, having only had one simple work-related task to complete before arrival - which shouldn’t take more than 25 minutes or so.
I began to berate him for this as I believed he had slept in or was bei... | 2019/04/18 | [
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] | The employee has every right to be upset with you. You need to apologize IMMEDIATELY. What concerns me is that you are posting here to justify your poor management. I don't know if you noticed, but no one here has berated you for your incompetence. Think about it: We're trying to help you just like you should be helpin... | Berating someone when they did nothing wrong creates in their head a work environment going forward where they can *expect* to be subjected to that treatment in a completely capricious manner.
Apology is a good first step, but honestly this should never have happened in the first place. Even if you abjectly apologize... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
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There's no way to get around this. Why? **Memory.**
Pay attention to your senses for a minute. Look around you. Listen. How many things can you see? How many things can you feel? How many things c... | Do you mean to divert the brain's "processing power" to whichever sense you want? I don't know if it's possible right now (but if you step into sci-fi everything changes), but I think you'd hit a resolution problem. What I mean is, using more power for the ears you could follow two or more conversations at once, but yo... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
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] | Do you mean to divert the brain's "processing power" to whichever sense you want? I don't know if it's possible right now (but if you step into sci-fi everything changes), but I think you'd hit a resolution problem. What I mean is, using more power for the ears you could follow two or more conversations at once, but yo... | Think of the brain as if it is your computer. That computer doesn't just have hardware (processing power) it has software. The brain too has 'software'.
For instance your brain has a visual cortex, specialised in interpreting visual data from your optic nerves. Inherent in the way it does that is 'software' which kno... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26245/"
] | I'm not entirely sure what your concept really is, so this will be an answer in two parts. Part one, selective enhanced sensory perception. Part two, generalized sensor processing, where more brain power could, for example, be dedicated to the business of processing primary visual signals. .
First, unfortunately, I t... | Do you mean to divert the brain's "processing power" to whichever sense you want? I don't know if it's possible right now (but if you step into sci-fi everything changes), but I think you'd hit a resolution problem. What I mean is, using more power for the ears you could follow two or more conversations at once, but yo... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
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] | You need areas of the brain to be wired for specific senses.
------------------------------------------------------------
There's no way to get around this. Why? **Memory.**
Pay attention to your senses for a minute. Look around you. Listen. How many things can you see? How many things can you feel? How many things c... | Think of the brain as if it is your computer. That computer doesn't just have hardware (processing power) it has software. The brain too has 'software'.
For instance your brain has a visual cortex, specialised in interpreting visual data from your optic nerves. Inherent in the way it does that is 'software' which kno... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | You need areas of the brain to be wired for specific senses.
------------------------------------------------------------
There's no way to get around this. Why? **Memory.**
Pay attention to your senses for a minute. Look around you. Listen. How many things can you see? How many things can you feel? How many things c... | **Non-fiction: "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins.** Hawkins and his team are doing some marvelous work in AI, and this fairly short book lays out their deconstruction of the human brain that guides their goal of simulating it.
From that book, strong evidence exists that human brains do not have set regions that must ... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26245/"
] | **Non-fiction: "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins.** Hawkins and his team are doing some marvelous work in AI, and this fairly short book lays out their deconstruction of the human brain that guides their goal of simulating it.
From that book, strong evidence exists that human brains do not have set regions that must ... | Think of the brain as if it is your computer. That computer doesn't just have hardware (processing power) it has software. The brain too has 'software'.
For instance your brain has a visual cortex, specialised in interpreting visual data from your optic nerves. Inherent in the way it does that is 'software' which kno... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26245/"
] | I'm not entirely sure what your concept really is, so this will be an answer in two parts. Part one, selective enhanced sensory perception. Part two, generalized sensor processing, where more brain power could, for example, be dedicated to the business of processing primary visual signals. .
First, unfortunately, I t... | Think of the brain as if it is your computer. That computer doesn't just have hardware (processing power) it has software. The brain too has 'software'.
For instance your brain has a visual cortex, specialised in interpreting visual data from your optic nerves. Inherent in the way it does that is 'software' which kno... |
53,333 | So everyone has different sections of their brain wired to specific senses. A sections for sight, touch, smell etc.
Now if someone loses a sense their brain will rewire itself to allocate more brain power to the other senses.
What I'm asking is this: Is it possible to have a brain wired in a way that did not have spe... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/53333",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/26245/"
] | I'm not entirely sure what your concept really is, so this will be an answer in two parts. Part one, selective enhanced sensory perception. Part two, generalized sensor processing, where more brain power could, for example, be dedicated to the business of processing primary visual signals. .
First, unfortunately, I t... | **Non-fiction: "On Intelligence" by Jeff Hawkins.** Hawkins and his team are doing some marvelous work in AI, and this fairly short book lays out their deconstruction of the human brain that guides their goal of simulating it.
From that book, strong evidence exists that human brains do not have set regions that must ... |
148,322 | I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.
* One server, hosting two web applications in IIS - both are ASP.NET
* One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
* I need to upload a file from this admi... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/148322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1801/"
] | You could setup a new virtual directory in each application that points to the same folder on your server where you would upload the files to. Lets say you created a new folder on your c: drive called "uploads" i.e. c:\uploads. Then in IIS setup a new virtual directory called "uploads" that points to c:\uploads for eac... | Can I ask why you are not keeping the file in the DB? This would make passing it around much easier. |
148,322 | I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.
* One server, hosting two web applications in IIS - both are ASP.NET
* One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
* I need to upload a file from this admi... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/148322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1801/"
] | Since both applications are on the same server this should be straightforward:
* Save the uploaded file somewhere on
the server.
* Create a virtual directory in any
application needing to expose the
files pointing to the physical path.
* Save the virtual path in the db for flexibility | Can I ask why you are not keeping the file in the DB? This would make passing it around much easier. |
148,322 | I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.
* One server, hosting two web applications in IIS - both are ASP.NET
* One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
* I need to upload a file from this admi... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/148322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1801/"
] | You could setup a new virtual directory in each application that points to the same folder on your server where you would upload the files to. Lets say you created a new folder on your c: drive called "uploads" i.e. c:\uploads. Then in IIS setup a new virtual directory called "uploads" that points to c:\uploads for eac... | Assuming the file path you put in the DB is accessible from the non-admin web app (which it sounds like it is), the file just needs to go somewhere that both applications have access rights to. Only the admin app would need to have write access.
You can configure what user account an IIS web site will run under Websit... |
148,322 | I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.
* One server, hosting two web applications in IIS - both are ASP.NET
* One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
* I need to upload a file from this admi... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/148322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1801/"
] | Since both applications are on the same server this should be straightforward:
* Save the uploaded file somewhere on
the server.
* Create a virtual directory in any
application needing to expose the
files pointing to the physical path.
* Save the virtual path in the db for flexibility | You could setup a new virtual directory in each application that points to the same folder on your server where you would upload the files to. Lets say you created a new folder on your c: drive called "uploads" i.e. c:\uploads. Then in IIS setup a new virtual directory called "uploads" that points to c:\uploads for eac... |
148,322 | I have a scenario where I need to upload a file from one web application and use it in another one. My setup is the following.
* One server, hosting two web applications in IIS - both are ASP.NET
* One of the applications is used to administer the other one + a bunch more stuff
* I need to upload a file from this admi... | 2008/09/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/148322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1801/"
] | Since both applications are on the same server this should be straightforward:
* Save the uploaded file somewhere on
the server.
* Create a virtual directory in any
application needing to expose the
files pointing to the physical path.
* Save the virtual path in the db for flexibility | Assuming the file path you put in the DB is accessible from the non-admin web app (which it sounds like it is), the file just needs to go somewhere that both applications have access rights to. Only the admin app would need to have write access.
You can configure what user account an IIS web site will run under Websit... |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | This is a case of two extremes. Remy Danton gets pulled over for speeding but doesn't have his license or registration on him. He asks the cop for a break but becomes a victim of racial profiling and is slammed on the hood of the car. After he tells the officers to "google" him to verify his identity, we see the opposi... | There is a chance he did it for legal purposes. With the speeding ticket written, there has to be a paper trail including the officers names. This can come in useful in case he ever has to raise an issue about racism in the police force or something.
It may actually be a case of an automatic reaction by a lawyer. Reme... |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | This is a case of two extremes. Remy Danton gets pulled over for speeding but doesn't have his license or registration on him. He asks the cop for a break but becomes a victim of racial profiling and is slammed on the hood of the car. After he tells the officers to "google" him to verify his identity, we see the opposi... | Peter Russo got in deep with Francis Underwood due to Frank "handling" his problems with the law. My interpretation of the scene was that Remy didn't want someone showing up later telling him he owes Frank or anyone else a favor now. |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | This is a case of two extremes. Remy Danton gets pulled over for speeding but doesn't have his license or registration on him. He asks the cop for a break but becomes a victim of racial profiling and is slammed on the hood of the car. After he tells the officers to "google" him to verify his identity, we see the opposi... | He most likely plans on getting revenge on the police officer who decided he would abuse and racially profile someone. Unfortunately for the officer, it was the wrong someone and he wants the ticket so he can have the officer's information and can take proper action against him.
This is my opinion as someone who's not... |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | There is a chance he did it for legal purposes. With the speeding ticket written, there has to be a paper trail including the officers names. This can come in useful in case he ever has to raise an issue about racism in the police force or something.
It may actually be a case of an automatic reaction by a lawyer. Reme... | Peter Russo got in deep with Francis Underwood due to Frank "handling" his problems with the law. My interpretation of the scene was that Remy didn't want someone showing up later telling him he owes Frank or anyone else a favor now. |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | There is a chance he did it for legal purposes. With the speeding ticket written, there has to be a paper trail including the officers names. This can come in useful in case he ever has to raise an issue about racism in the police force or something.
It may actually be a case of an automatic reaction by a lawyer. Reme... | He most likely plans on getting revenge on the police officer who decided he would abuse and racially profile someone. Unfortunately for the officer, it was the wrong someone and he wants the ticket so he can have the officer's information and can take proper action against him.
This is my opinion as someone who's not... |
51,627 | In one of the later episodes of *House Of Cards* Season 3, Remy got pulled over by a police officer for speeding, and when asked for his ID he says he forgot it in his office.
Things get intense between the police officer and Remy and he gets cuffed. When the superior officer arrives, he apologizes to Remy for cuffing... | 2016/04/12 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/51627",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/8228/"
] | Peter Russo got in deep with Francis Underwood due to Frank "handling" his problems with the law. My interpretation of the scene was that Remy didn't want someone showing up later telling him he owes Frank or anyone else a favor now. | He most likely plans on getting revenge on the police officer who decided he would abuse and racially profile someone. Unfortunately for the officer, it was the wrong someone and he wants the ticket so he can have the officer's information and can take proper action against him.
This is my opinion as someone who's not... |
77,417 | In Matthew 24 there are two themes that run throughout the narrative one is the destruction of Jerusalem/Temple and the other is the coming of the son of man
Matthew 24:1-2
Destruction of Jerusalem/Temple(A)
Matthew 24:3-14
The coming of the son of man (B)
Matthew 24:15-22
Destruction of Jerusalem/Temple (A)
Mat... | 2022/07/16 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/77417",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/16527/"
] | Yes, this is not an uncommon view: Jesus is speaking prophetically of two events, at different points in time, which have some common features between them.
**Parallelism**
Although this would not be a chiasmus (an inverted parallelism), it is a form of parallelism. As noted by Victor Ludlow:
>
> Parallelism is the... | I tend to say that it is not a chiasm or a parallel structure.
Concernig your thesis:
15-22 may well be linked to the destruction of the Temple because it mentions Judea. However, I do not see a clear reference to the destruction of the Temple in verse 34.
Parting from the hypothesis that the Gospel according to Mar... |
77,417 | In Matthew 24 there are two themes that run throughout the narrative one is the destruction of Jerusalem/Temple and the other is the coming of the son of man
Matthew 24:1-2
Destruction of Jerusalem/Temple(A)
Matthew 24:3-14
The coming of the son of man (B)
Matthew 24:15-22
Destruction of Jerusalem/Temple (A)
Mat... | 2022/07/16 | [
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"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/16527/"
] | Yes, this is not an uncommon view: Jesus is speaking prophetically of two events, at different points in time, which have some common features between them.
**Parallelism**
Although this would not be a chiasmus (an inverted parallelism), it is a form of parallelism. As noted by Victor Ludlow:
>
> Parallelism is the... | The OP's proposed analysis of Jesus' sermon in Matt 24 is problematic for two main reasons:
1. It is based on one interpretation, assuming the predictions in Matt 24 are distinct. However, many see most (not all) the predictions as being dual, ie, applying to BOTH the coming of the Son of Man/Messiah AND the destructi... |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | There's also the Apache commons Math library:
<http://commons.apache.org/math/>
which has matrices and SVD algorithms. And lots of other useful stuff! | See also Apache Mahout's implementation(s) - <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAHOUT/Dimensional+Reduction> |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | You can use the [Java Native Interface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface) (JNI) to call native code from your java program. It's not too difficult to get set up. | Back when I had to do matrix operations in Java I used [JAMA: A Java Matrix Package](http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/)
I know it has SVD, but I can't vouch for the efficiency or current status of the package. |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | [Colt](http://acs.lbl.gov/~hoschek/colt/) is another Java maths library with matrices and SVD. | Adrian Kuhn and David Erni recently released [SVDLIBJ](http://bender.unibe.ch/svn/codemap/Archive/svdlibj/), which is a pure Java port of SVDLIBC. If you're looking to do a thin SVD (where you only need a few of the most singular values or vectors), this is probably best bet. JAMA, COLT and the Apache Commons Math pack... |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | If it's straight C, you could look at [JNA](https://github.com/twall/jna/), which will allow you to call C from java relatively easily.
There's also [JNI](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jni/) and/or [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/), but they're more involved. | See also Apache Mahout's implementation(s) - <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAHOUT/Dimensional+Reduction> |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | If it's straight C, you could look at [JNA](https://github.com/twall/jna/), which will allow you to call C from java relatively easily.
There's also [JNI](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jni/) and/or [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/), but they're more involved. | [Colt](http://acs.lbl.gov/~hoschek/colt/) is another Java maths library with matrices and SVD. |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | There's also the Apache commons Math library:
<http://commons.apache.org/math/>
which has matrices and SVD algorithms. And lots of other useful stuff! | [Colt](http://acs.lbl.gov/~hoschek/colt/) is another Java maths library with matrices and SVD. |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | If it's straight C, you could look at [JNA](https://github.com/twall/jna/), which will allow you to call C from java relatively easily.
There's also [JNI](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jni/) and/or [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/), but they're more involved. | Back when I had to do matrix operations in Java I used [JAMA: A Java Matrix Package](http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics/jama/)
I know it has SVD, but I can't vouch for the efficiency or current status of the package. |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | If it's straight C, you could look at [JNA](https://github.com/twall/jna/), which will allow you to call C from java relatively easily.
There's also [JNI](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jni/) and/or [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/), but they're more involved. | Adrian Kuhn and David Erni recently released [SVDLIBJ](http://bender.unibe.ch/svn/codemap/Archive/svdlibj/), which is a pure Java port of SVDLIBC. If you're looking to do a thin SVD (where you only need a few of the most singular values or vectors), this is probably best bet. JAMA, COLT and the Apache Commons Math pack... |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | There's also the Apache commons Math library:
<http://commons.apache.org/math/>
which has matrices and SVD algorithms. And lots of other useful stuff! | Adrian Kuhn and David Erni recently released [SVDLIBJ](http://bender.unibe.ch/svn/codemap/Archive/svdlibj/), which is a pure Java port of SVDLIBC. If you're looking to do a thin SVD (where you only need a few of the most singular values or vectors), this is probably best bet. JAMA, COLT and the Apache Commons Math pack... |
1,750,463 | I have a SVD library implemented in C. But I want to call its functions in a Java program. Is there a easy way to do that? Or someone please suggest a link for a SVD implementation in Java. | 2009/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1750463",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/213099/"
] | There's also the Apache commons Math library:
<http://commons.apache.org/math/>
which has matrices and SVD algorithms. And lots of other useful stuff! | You can use the [Java Native Interface](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface) (JNI) to call native code from your java program. It's not too difficult to get set up. |
287,871 | I updated to 13.04 from a wubi install 12.04 updated to 12.10 a few days ago but something failed 75% of the way through.
I was able to cancel as I didn't understand the prompt. It said I was running 13.04 but articles like the user accounts were missing.
Upon reboot and now every time I get dual boot option. But han... | 2013/04/29 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/287871",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/153646/"
] | **Summary of the comments as solution**
You have a WUBI installation that was initially 12.04. It was upgraded from within WUBI to 12.10. However, while upgrade to 13.04 the upgrade failed. Now Ubuntu is unbootable. Windows is bootable. There is no valuable data in the Ubuntu.
**Note:** The way WUBI works is cumberso... | I don't know what failed, but easiest way is to boot using LiveDVD or LiveUSB, copy your important files from Ubuntu partition to a safe place and make a clean install (overwriting the current Ubuntu).
But better wait a bit, maybe someone with better ideas will come here and help you. |
31,110,432 | All the objects of a class share the static variable.
But when is the memory allocated for the static variable? Is it when the first object is created for the class? Or does it happen even before any instance for the class is created?
Also instance variable is allocated memory at runtime. The memory for static variable... | 2015/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31110432",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2769527/"
] | When the class is loaded, at runtime. You can find the details [here](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-5.html). | when class loader loads the class, memeory for all static variables will be allocated and this will be done only once |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | Stein & Shakarchi's Complex Analysis has a proof of the FTA as a consequence of Liouville's Theorem. | The lovely book [Numbers](http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9780387974972) by Ebbinghaus et al. may be of interest to you. It has a chapter dedicated to the fundamental theorem of algebra. Among many other interesting things, the chapter has an appendix giving Laplace's proof that was vilified by Gauss, but is quite acce... |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | Stein & Shakarchi's Complex Analysis has a proof of the FTA as a consequence of Liouville's Theorem. | Lang's Algebra book has a nice proof using Galois theory, which he attributes to Artin. |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | The book [The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra](http://www.springer.com/br/book/9780387946573) by Fine and Rosenberger contains eight proofs with an exposition of the mathematics needed for each proof. Very nice and instructive. | The lovely book [Numbers](http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9780387974972) by Ebbinghaus et al. may be of interest to you. It has a chapter dedicated to the fundamental theorem of algebra. Among many other interesting things, the chapter has an appendix giving Laplace's proof that was vilified by Gauss, but is quite acce... |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | Do watch this 15 minute video. I don't think it is a self standing proof but does offer a somewhat different perspective on things.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shEk8sz1oOw>
(P.S. I'd be interested in a reference that does complete a rigorous proof along these lines: I'd anticipate something topological concernin... | The lovely book [Numbers](http://www.springer.com/gb/book/9780387974972) by Ebbinghaus et al. may be of interest to you. It has a chapter dedicated to the fundamental theorem of algebra. Among many other interesting things, the chapter has an appendix giving Laplace's proof that was vilified by Gauss, but is quite acce... |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | The book [The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra](http://www.springer.com/br/book/9780387946573) by Fine and Rosenberger contains eight proofs with an exposition of the mathematics needed for each proof. Very nice and instructive. | Lang's Algebra book has a nice proof using Galois theory, which he attributes to Artin. |
1,692,241 | I've been assigned to do a project on the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and in particular discuss it's proofs and applications. I was wondering if anyone could recommend books that would aid me in my research? I've searched online and while Wikipedia and other websites are helpful, I feel books would be more helpful i... | 2016/03/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1692241",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/306147/"
] | Do watch this 15 minute video. I don't think it is a self standing proof but does offer a somewhat different perspective on things.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shEk8sz1oOw>
(P.S. I'd be interested in a reference that does complete a rigorous proof along these lines: I'd anticipate something topological concernin... | Lang's Algebra book has a nice proof using Galois theory, which he attributes to Artin. |
38,819 | >
> When Tom won the talent contest, his friends cheered for him.
>
>
>
In this sentence, what is the pronoun that matches the antecedent *Tom*? I suspect it is "him", but can it also be "his" in this case? | 2014/11/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/38819",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/11757/"
] | This sentence could be expanded into:
>
> When Tom won the talent contest, Tom's friends cheered for Tom.
>
>
>
Thus both "his" and "him" ultimately refer to "Tom". | The referent of *his* is the implied *Tom's*. |
1,629 | The older Android versions are called "cupcake" and "eclair". Where does 2.2 get it's name from? | 2010/09/27 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/1629",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/483/"
] | It's short for *Fro* zen *Yo* ghurt. I have no idea who came up with the idea to name it after frozen yoghurt though. | They'd all be desserts or sugary goods.
After Gingerbread (2.3) and Honeycomb (3.x) it's rumoured to be Ice Cream - see the pattern? |
1,761,193 | **Hi,**
For my project I m using jquery bulit in photo slide show,jquery code is taking images from array and displaying the images..The problem is I have a lot of images which I don't want to put it in Array(because it need manual effort) instead of that I want to read each image from the folder and display the image... | 2009/11/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1761193",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117519/"
] | Javascript being client-side, it's possible to list the content of a server directory with it. You'll need some server side scripting to do that, like PHP.
see [this SO question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711715/php-script-to-parse-directory-list-all-images-and-add-classlast-to-the-last-i) for an example | I think you should add an `Ajax` request to get the names of file in the directory.
After you can just pass along the array and show only those images in the slideshow. |
120,184 | I am writing my statement of purpose for my Ph.D. and I want to work in a specific field with a specific professor in the department that I am going to apply for and I have a very good experience in this field. I sent an email for that professor asking if he/she is accepting Ph.D. students and he/she did not respond. I... | 2018/11/16 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120184",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/13614/"
] | Stating specific professors you want to work with can be a good idea usually I feel. It shows that you have researched the school individually and are not just sending out blanket applications. It also allows for the admissions committee to see a developed idea of what you plan on studying. Whenever I review applicatio... | If you tell a department that you only want to work with a specific individual professor and, for some reason, that opportunity does not present itself—perhaps the professor does not have funding for you, or is not looking to take on new students, or will be on sabbatical—then it is unlikely that you are going to gain ... |
91,626 | Would toasting a croissant safe/ by accident with a person no paying attention would the croissant catch fire or would it just burn? | 2018/08/12 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/91626",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/68647/"
] | It's not uncommon for them to catch fire in the conveyor belt toasters common in hotel breakfast buffets. This is because they toast faster than bread, and the process is self-accelerating: the dark (hottest) bits absorb more heat, meaning that they then get very hot, which can ignite the fat, of which there is much mo... | Both.
Croissants have a large amount of fat in it (butter) and lot of thin layers, the external layers will flame up a little bit before burning. |
300,160 | We have 1 TB disk which is almost full(85%). We're going to free up disk space without any impact on application availability with below approach. Please suggest if this approach looks good or there is any other better approach?
1. Create new Drive(H) with new capacity
2. Create new APP\_DB\_NEW database
3. Create tab... | 2021/09/25 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/300160",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/3339/"
] | Just [add another data file](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/add-data-or-log-files-to-a-database) to the database's primary filegroup on the new drive. SQL Server will write a majority of new data to that file until the two files become equally full. | One option with almost no downtime:
* Mirror the drives using a Windows Dynamic Disk, where the second drive is larger than the original
* Wait for full synchronization
* Detach the original, and delete its volume marked `Missing`
* Extend the volume to fill the whole drive
* Ideally replace the original with a new dr... |
341,209 | Even **after** I logout, Facebook still sets 9 cookies, 2 out of those 9 are set to expire 2 years ahead, while the rest expire when I close the browser. I don't like that. I'm using chrome. When I click logout, I want it to clear every cookie belonging to Facebook? How can I achieve this with chrome? | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/341209",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/94195/"
] | Go to Preferences, Click 'Under the Hood', Click on 'Content Settings', check the checkbox for 'Clear cookies and other site and plug-in data when I quit my browser'
You'll have to close Chrome after logout though. | One way to do this is with [CCleaner](http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER). CCleaner is a popular app that deletes temporary files, cookies, browser histories and other junk from your computer. It has an option to whitelist cookies. CCleaner will look in every browser and remove all cookies NOT on this whitelist. I find t... |
341,209 | Even **after** I logout, Facebook still sets 9 cookies, 2 out of those 9 are set to expire 2 years ahead, while the rest expire when I close the browser. I don't like that. I'm using chrome. When I click logout, I want it to clear every cookie belonging to Facebook? How can I achieve this with chrome? | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/341209",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/94195/"
] | I suggest using "Incognito Mode" (<http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95464>) in Google Chrome. All cookies will be deleted when ending the incognito session that way. | One way to do this is with [CCleaner](http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER). CCleaner is a popular app that deletes temporary files, cookies, browser histories and other junk from your computer. It has an option to whitelist cookies. CCleaner will look in every browser and remove all cookies NOT on this whitelist. I find t... |
75,953 | When I process pictures in LightRoom (newest, CC 2015.4), I often would like to move the sliders over the maximum (or under the minimum) offered.
This question is specifically about the 'Distortion', which is under 'Lens Correction'/'Manual'. When I compose several shots with 'Photo/Photo Merge/Panorama', the result c... | 2016/03/27 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/75953",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46784/"
] | The way around the limit is to export the image and apply correction to it again. You can do this any number of times to reach 200 or 1000 or more cummalatively. If you use a lossless format such TIFF or DNG (Not sure how Lightroom stores PSDs, most likely that too is lossless) then there should not be any artifacts du... | Elaborating on your initial approach to export into JPG and continuing with the copy, please note that this will lead to a loss in image quality due to the 8-bit nature of the JPG format – especially if you do this several times in a row.
If you choose to go down this road (and I can't think of any other options for d... |
75,953 | When I process pictures in LightRoom (newest, CC 2015.4), I often would like to move the sliders over the maximum (or under the minimum) offered.
This question is specifically about the 'Distortion', which is under 'Lens Correction'/'Manual'. When I compose several shots with 'Photo/Photo Merge/Panorama', the result c... | 2016/03/27 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/75953",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46784/"
] | You're using the wrong tool to get what you want. The distortion settings in Lightroom are assuming you're using a physical lens, not a virtual one, like you do when shooting a panorama. You've basically blown past the limits of that that setting is meant to do.
What you need is a more sophisticated panorama stitching... | Elaborating on your initial approach to export into JPG and continuing with the copy, please note that this will lead to a loss in image quality due to the 8-bit nature of the JPG format – especially if you do this several times in a row.
If you choose to go down this road (and I can't think of any other options for d... |
619,130 | I have a simple WinCE network application (in C, Win32 APIs). I find that networking doesn't seem to work unless I launch IE (or another network app) first. I assume that IE is setting up my network interface in some way.
How can I do this for myself?
Might I need to display a list of available interfaces to the user... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/619130",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74487/"
] | All I know is that Internet Explorer uses [WinInet](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383630(VS.85).aspx) (wininet.dll) for its networking, and you can too. WinInet is a MS API for working with http and ftp protocols. Many of the settings on the "Internet Options" control panel applet are actually WinInet setti... | If by "network application" you mean sockets, then WinCE definitely does not require IE to launch for that to work. You'll need to provide more specifics about what you're trying to do for a better answer than that. |
619,130 | I have a simple WinCE network application (in C, Win32 APIs). I find that networking doesn't seem to work unless I launch IE (or another network app) first. I assume that IE is setting up my network interface in some way.
How can I do this for myself?
Might I need to display a list of available interfaces to the user... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/619130",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74487/"
] | All I know is that Internet Explorer uses [WinInet](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa383630(VS.85).aspx) (wininet.dll) for its networking, and you can too. WinInet is a MS API for working with http and ftp protocols. Many of the settings on the "Internet Options" control panel applet are actually WinInet setti... | You need to establish a network connection first. You can automate the process using the connection manager API:
[Connection Manager](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb840031.aspx)
The user can also raise a data connection manually. |
619,130 | I have a simple WinCE network application (in C, Win32 APIs). I find that networking doesn't seem to work unless I launch IE (or another network app) first. I assume that IE is setting up my network interface in some way.
How can I do this for myself?
Might I need to display a list of available interfaces to the user... | 2009/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/619130",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74487/"
] | If by "network application" you mean sockets, then WinCE definitely does not require IE to launch for that to work. You'll need to provide more specifics about what you're trying to do for a better answer than that. | You need to establish a network connection first. You can automate the process using the connection manager API:
[Connection Manager](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb840031.aspx)
The user can also raise a data connection manually. |
24,852,089 | I'm new to Android development. I'v developed an android application which needs to store the connection/data even after 1 hour. Currently I have all the data and the connections(chromecast mediaplayer) in a singleton class. But, when the user puts the app into the background for about an hour, the activity is destroye... | 2014/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24852089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/258741/"
] | I think you might misunderstand what an Android application is.
Your application is a bunch of components that run in a single Linux process. Components come and go, within that process. You have absolutely no control over the lifecycle of the process itself.
The answer to part of your question is that "yes" a Servi... | Android O.S can destroy any activity , when it is low at resources it destroys any activities to make more space for other apps.
But you can use background service to hold your singleton
[You can use this link to create your background service](http://techblogon.com/simple-android-service-example-code-description-sta... |
24,852,089 | I'm new to Android development. I'v developed an android application which needs to store the connection/data even after 1 hour. Currently I have all the data and the connections(chromecast mediaplayer) in a singleton class. But, when the user puts the app into the background for about an hour, the activity is destroye... | 2014/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24852089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/258741/"
] | It sounds like you want to keep connectivity to a chromecast device around when your application is in the background. Obviously services can be helpful but I have a few comments that may come handy:
* Services can be killed by system but based on how you have set them up (e.g. the return value of onStartCommand()), t... | Android O.S can destroy any activity , when it is low at resources it destroys any activities to make more space for other apps.
But you can use background service to hold your singleton
[You can use this link to create your background service](http://techblogon.com/simple-android-service-example-code-description-sta... |
24,852,089 | I'm new to Android development. I'v developed an android application which needs to store the connection/data even after 1 hour. Currently I have all the data and the connections(chromecast mediaplayer) in a singleton class. But, when the user puts the app into the background for about an hour, the activity is destroye... | 2014/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/24852089",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/258741/"
] | I think you might misunderstand what an Android application is.
Your application is a bunch of components that run in a single Linux process. Components come and go, within that process. You have absolutely no control over the lifecycle of the process itself.
The answer to part of your question is that "yes" a Servi... | It sounds like you want to keep connectivity to a chromecast device around when your application is in the background. Obviously services can be helpful but I have a few comments that may come handy:
* Services can be killed by system but based on how you have set them up (e.g. the return value of onStartCommand()), t... |
74,688 | I'm working on a research project regarding the Bell XS-1, which used the NACA 65-110 airfoil. I haven't been able to find any data on this airfoil, and I'm wondering if anyone knows where I could? | 2020/02/19 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/74688",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/46111/"
] | Google "NACA 65-110" and the first entry is [airfoiltools](http://airfoiltools.com/airfoil/details?airfoil=n64110-il).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ANcCf.jpg) | The NACA airfoils are all designated by a math formula, pop in the variables (65-110) and out comes the shape. 4-digit series 5-digit series and the "6" series are the most popular.(all with standard or modified versions) So all you need is the 6 series formula and a spreadsheet.
The 6 series formula produces what are... |
74,688 | I'm working on a research project regarding the Bell XS-1, which used the NACA 65-110 airfoil. I haven't been able to find any data on this airfoil, and I'm wondering if anyone knows where I could? | 2020/02/19 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/74688",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/46111/"
] | Google "NACA 65-110" and the first entry is [airfoiltools](http://airfoiltools.com/airfoil/details?airfoil=n64110-il).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ANcCf.jpg) | **strong text**[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EEHKV.jpg)At this webpage you can find the information about the Naca 65-110 airfoil.
- <http://www.pdas.com/sections6.html> |
92,494 | I'm new to NWoD, I've played a bit of VTM and VTR, but my group is looking to play Werewolf the forsaken, I've read through the book a bit and the shape-shifting section, but didn't find an answer to this. what happens if say, a werewolf is handcuffed, or chained up, or is buried alive, or in a car... and they transfor... | 2017/01/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/92494",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/33189/"
] | Use the rules for breaking objects, using the Strength of the new form (+3 for Gauru).
An object with low durability (wooden door with 1 Durability) would break or bend to accomodate the new form of the player, but a object with high durability (reinforced concrete or steel) may not.
Instead of using 'damage to objec... | I'd say it depends on the surrounding material. Obviously a thin rope will simply snap, whereas a 1ft thick solid steel wall on both sides shouldn't budge. As a general rule of thumb I'd say anything the character's strength check is unable to overcome will not budge. The transformation may continue but you'd end up mi... |
92,494 | I'm new to NWoD, I've played a bit of VTM and VTR, but my group is looking to play Werewolf the forsaken, I've read through the book a bit and the shape-shifting section, but didn't find an answer to this. what happens if say, a werewolf is handcuffed, or chained up, or is buried alive, or in a car... and they transfor... | 2017/01/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/92494",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/33189/"
] | Use the rules for breaking objects, using the Strength of the new form (+3 for Gauru).
An object with low durability (wooden door with 1 Durability) would break or bend to accomodate the new form of the player, but a object with high durability (reinforced concrete or steel) may not.
Instead of using 'damage to objec... | Considering the transformation in NWoD is a fast process, the surge of physical size and strength would be able to get your players out of tight ropes and maybe weak chains, possibly break a closet door apart. However, if your werewolf doesn't have the physical strength to destroy a road while transformed, it won't be ... |
5,074 | What are the preferred use cases for the following sets of terms:
1. Log in / Log out
2. Log on / Log off
3. Sign in / Sign out
4. Sign on / Sign off
From what I can guess, "Logging in" should be used for a long-lived session (like a website), whereas "Sign in" should be for something that you will be attending to (l... | 2010/09/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/5074",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/2544/"
] | I've always used Login/Logout without the space. I notice that Microsoft is preferential to Sign in/Sign out. | There *isn't* a "proper use." It's all preference. They're all synonyms, as far as the Web At Large is concerned. |
5,074 | What are the preferred use cases for the following sets of terms:
1. Log in / Log out
2. Log on / Log off
3. Sign in / Sign out
4. Sign on / Sign off
From what I can guess, "Logging in" should be used for a long-lived session (like a website), whereas "Sign in" should be for something that you will be attending to (l... | 2010/09/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/5074",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/2544/"
] | I've always used Login/Logout without the space. I notice that Microsoft is preferential to Sign in/Sign out. | They are all similar, occasionally you might even see Enter / Exit or Start / Stop or ... |
5,074 | What are the preferred use cases for the following sets of terms:
1. Log in / Log out
2. Log on / Log off
3. Sign in / Sign out
4. Sign on / Sign off
From what I can guess, "Logging in" should be used for a long-lived session (like a website), whereas "Sign in" should be for something that you will be attending to (l... | 2010/09/18 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/5074",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/2544/"
] | I forget where I read it, I think it was the Rails company **Thoughtbot** but the basic idea was to use "Sign" for everything so that there are three actions always:
1. Sign In
2. Sign Out
3. Sign Up
This nomenclature makes sense because the basis for authentication is a logbook, so you "sign in" when you enter and "... | They are all similar, occasionally you might even see Enter / Exit or Start / Stop or ... |
50,918 | I want to re-create this **white (metallic)** looking skin.
I've seen some tutorials in a magazine on this. If I remember it correctly, the first step is to adjust the curve to a "W" shape. I don't remember the remaining steps.
I would like the highlights and dark reflections to be as realistic as possible.
Photo By... | 2015/04/09 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/50918",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/40478/"
] | Here is a very simple approach. But we need to consider some things first.
**a)** You need to start from a good image from the beginning, which in my opinion must have some characteristics similar to the ones you want in the final image. Highlights and hi key tone.
**b)** Try to work with 16-bit images because it has... | As Ryan mentioned in his comment, this would take a step by step tutorial and it will be very specific for the image you are using but here are some things to consider.
Take a look at these swatches for 3D materials.
[original source](http://james-h... |
104,191 | Recently, a recruiter from my dream company reached out for an interview.
I showed my interest and he responded with two emails 3 days back, one with an online programming test and the other asking for things like the reason for the change, current salary, and expected salary etc.
I attempted the online interview tes... | 2017/12/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/104191",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | The recruiter made two requests of you: take this test, and answer these questions. The poor test result might doom your application, but you have an opportunity left to make a positive impression regardless. If you don't respond you won't get the job -- not only did you do poorly on the test but you failed to follow t... | >
> Should I revert back to the interviewer with the details asked in
> other email or wait for the interviewer to come back or forget about
> the company?
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If you blew the programming test, then *I would consider this position dead and buried.* If you're actively looking for other work, I would continue to... |
82,559 | This is more of a history of science question, but I hope it's on-topic here.
I've read that Thomas Bayes only managed to discover Bayes' theorem for the special case of a uniform prior, and even then he struggled with it, apparently.
Considering how trivial the general Bayes' theorem is in modern treatment, why did ... | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/82559",
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] | Bayes' paper† begins:–
>
> *Given* the number of times in which an unknown event has happened and failed: *Required* the chance that the probability of its happening in a single trial lies somewhere between any two degrees of probability that can be named.
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Coming up with the theorem that now bears his name ... | Because everything is better understood now after great efforts by many people. As a result of that, it is much easier to teach these concepts in an understandable, intuitive manner. Imagine that you only know what was known at that time, instead of everything you've learnt now.
You can think of it as a puzzle: the mo... |
200,876 | So basically I have a tethered reboot iOS 6.1.4 on my iPhone 4. Recently the Home button broke and now I'm unable to put it into DFU Mode to turn it on. Is there a way I can put it in DFU Mode, or maybe get iTunes to install the latest iOS on it? I just need it to turn on again so I can listen to music. | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/200876",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/141995/"
] | If the home button is non-functional, and the device requires a working home button to even power up, then it seems you're in a chicken-egg situation. There is of course software that lets you remap some other button or UI action to correspond to the home button, but if you can't get the thing turned on you're out of t... | Repair the home button seems the cheapest solution.
With the digitizer working, OS working and you have accessibility enabled, you could use software to simulate a home button press.
With root ssh access, you might have other avenues due to being jailbroken, but for most people, needing DFU and a broken home button i... |
47,845,602 | I know that by sending a http post request to <http://host:port/shutdown>, we can shutdown a Springboot application. Is it possible to restart the whole springboot application by sending a http request in a production environment? So we don't need to login in the server to do that. Thank you. | 2017/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47845602",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6215819/"
] | I don't think such a thing exists, I'll be glad to be proven otherwise:
Spring boot doesn't do any assumptions about the environment it runs in. So when spring boot process gets shut down, re-starting it again is "out of competence" of spring boot infrastructure which is just a bunch of java classes running inside a J... | You should look at [Spring boot jenkins](https://github.com/rcoli/spring-boot-jenkins/blob/master/README.md) You will also find a small article explaining how to configure the project on jenkins. |
67,816 | Both books came out in the last 10-15 years or so (late 90's early 2000's) and both were written by the same female author (this is why I've listed both here under a single question).
The first book (told in first person) is about **Gilgamesh** (the name Gilgamesh is not in the book title) and he tells his story from ... | 2014/09/16 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/67816",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/11952/"
] | This answer only fits some parts of your question, but Janet Morris had a multi-author series involving a bunch of heroes, including Gilgamesh. The series was called *[Heroes in Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_in_Hell)*. It included the Hugo Award winning story [Gilgamesh in the Outback](https://en.wikipedia... | Not sure about Gilgamesh, but the English author Tanith Lee certainly wrote a book called "Lilith" |
67,816 | Both books came out in the last 10-15 years or so (late 90's early 2000's) and both were written by the same female author (this is why I've listed both here under a single question).
The first book (told in first person) is about **Gilgamesh** (the name Gilgamesh is not in the book title) and he tells his story from ... | 2014/09/16 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/67816",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/11952/"
] | Well Organic Marble has guided in the right track. The answer is Janet Morris's (writer and or editor) books.
Janet Morris' s [Heroes In Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_in_Hell) project is a shared world premise of all mythical heroes and heroines. Gilgamesh is one of the many important characters in it. S... | Not sure about Gilgamesh, but the English author Tanith Lee certainly wrote a book called "Lilith" |
62,440 | I'm about at the point where I need my clutch replaced. From what I've seen, a performance clutch has a more aggressive, synthetic friction material which can handle the higher temperatures of high performance driving.
I understand a performance clutch will be more difficult to use, and I'm not afraid of the learning ... | 2019/01/03 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/62440",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/41005/"
] | I had the same problem with an Oldsmobile long ago. It would run all day at 55 mph , but would overheat quickly at 60+. It was a bad seal on the water pump . At high speed it leaked behind the fan and atomized the water so there was no sign of a leak except the radiator was low. I replaced the pump and it ran fine for ... | This won't fit in the comments, so:
A cracked radiator absolutely needs to be replaced, but it won't cause overheating until you're *very* low on coolant. BUT, that - losing a lot of coolant - can happen very quickly. I once trashed an engine due to a slightly-oversized hose clamp. It was probably leaking less than a ... |
198,576 | Which preposition should below sentence use and why?
In the given chart, we can observe cellular phone sales for four companies OR
In the given chart, we can observe cellular phone sales of four companies. | 2019/02/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/198576",
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] | Both sentences are correct, but the second sentence has a mistake in it. If you want to use "of", you need to add "the":
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> In the given chart, we can observe **the** cellular phone sales of four companies.
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If you want to improve these sentences further in terms of style, you might want to change "In the g... | Your first example is acceptable and quite common, with 'for' meaning 'with respect to' or 'concerning'.
Your second example is more correct, with 'of' meaning 'relating to' or 'belonging to'. |
8,564 | The base question of the problem is [here](https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/8563/strong-thin-rope-for-kite). Another related question [here](https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/8565/how-to-make-kite-line-more-visible).
Additional to the material of the rope, I also need to be able to deal with the sai... | 2020/09/23 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/8564",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/users/6715/"
] | It appears from your question development that you are considering something other than the typical "children's" kite in your project.
Your additional information indicates that the aforementioned Spectra line would be a good choice. Light weight, low volume.
My use of the line was for a tow system to launch paraglid... | Maybe add info about how big "kite" you have in mind to your question.
As it might come like kid's version, less then 1 square meter and single thin rope or fishing line would be enough as it's power would not be enough to lift you off the ground.
Or it could be something like wing glider where there 4 ropes to fu... |
13,584 | The title says it all. We have a [Corian countertop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corian). One of the selling points of this type of counter is that it is supposedly easy to fix minor flaws in it, but there seems to be [little information on the net](https://www.google.com/search?q=refinishing+a+corian+countertop) abou... | 2012/04/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/13584",
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"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | Some serious buffing is required. Not just of the burn area.. but you'll need to buff the nearby surrounding areas as well.
Two options:
1. do it yourself cautious: experiment with automobile "rubbing compound" on it.. if it works on a small area, expand to the entire area.
2. do it yourself confident: sand with 800 ... | I used pledge for the minor abrasions and it did help |
46,611 | Another question but slightly different than the one [here](https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/46563/case-of-a-prophet-revered-person-in-the-quran-that-says-alhamdullillah/46570?noredirect=1#comment78103_46570)
Is there any case (narration) in the Quran of a Revered (Real) Person / Prophet who essentially is th... | 2018/03/15 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/46611",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/24427/"
] | First your new question has a smooth transition to your last one therefore some of my quotes may more apply to your earlier question and some may apply to both and some may more likely be a good answer on your actual question.
I think there's also a smooth transition to supplication, as thanking Allah or doing supli... | There is an implied mention of Noah ﷺ saying so after mounting his vessel prior to the flooding as commanded by Allah:
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> فَإِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى الْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَجَّانَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
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> And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you... |
26,836 | What would be the necessary steps to make Jerusalem an independent country like the Vatican City State? And is this even feasible? | 2017/12/13 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/26836",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/7653/"
] | For a country to be considered an Independent State it should
1. Start acting like an independent state.
2. Get other countries to treat it like an independent state.
The history of the Vatican state is complex. Throughout the Medieval and Early Modern period, the Pope was "king" over quite a large part of Italy. So... | I have to admit that the idea is somewhat intriguing.
The main problem I can see rightaway is that who will "own" it ? The Jews, the Christians, the Muslims, all 3 of them ? have a Triumvirate or have it under international (UN) jurisdiction?
And how will that solve the Israel/Palestine problem ?
They will continu... |
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