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403,997 | I sometimes encounter explanations of phenomena where only entropy is quoted as a driver, for example, osmosis, diffusion, hydrophobic effect... But can entropy ever be the sole driver of a process? I encountered 'entropic force', is it a real force? Aren't energy changes always present in these processes?
If this th... | 2018/05/05 | [
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] | As I see it, the driver behind all the system processes you describe involves disequilibrium, i.e., pressure, temperature, concentration etc. differentials or gradients; and the achievement of equilibrium as a result of the process results in entropy production, that is, an overall increase in entropy (system plus surr... | All these processes are due to random events. The atoms do not "feel" a concentration gradient, but random walks will cause diffusion to even out differences in concentration. |
3,822,647 | here is my scenario:
* DHCPD machine (I cannot edit DHCPD settings)
* Machine 1
+ Boots a Live GNU/Linux and offers net-boot with TFTPD
* Machine 2
+ Tries to net-boot, but ends with PXE-E53 error
If I run DHCPD on Machine 1, everything is fine, 'cos I can setup all I need.
How could I setup a PXE environment witho... | 2010/09/29 | [
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] | I think you can as you need a DHCP server to redirect the "call" to the proper TFTP server and thus to the install or OS files you want.
You need a specific DHCP server where *filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";* is properly defined. Otherwise your Machine 2 will not be able to find the necessary files and thus your ... | For the case where there is already in place a DHCP startegy PXE relies on the services of an extra "proxyDHCP server" that does not assign IP addresses but only provides the PXE parameters (bootstrap file name, and TFTP IP address) to booting stations that identify themself as PXE clients. |
85,873 | Inkscape has the simplify tool, which removes some nodes along the path and makes it smooth. Is there something like simplify, but which instead makes the path more edgy? The path is traced bitmap, so doing so by hand is impossible.
For comparison, this is a bitmap traced and post-processed as vector (probably in Phot... | 2017/02/27 | [
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] | Select all nodes within a path and change node type to Corner. That will make the path into a polygon like in your first image.[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Alchm.png) | Maybe the Fractalize extension might do what you want... or it might be way too strong of an effect! It's on the Extensions menu under Modify Path. |
48,977 | I tried for awhile to use the SOFLAM to laser target air vehicles, but no one else on the team was hitting them with javelins or laser guided tanks. (Same problem when I jump in a tank in the CITV station).
Is there any way to use the SOFLAM individually to destroy enemy vehicles? | 2012/01/30 | [
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] | No not really but you could switch kits. A lot of people forget how useful switching kits can really be. I sometimes set up a SOFLAM as Recon and leave it to designate targets automatically while I find myself a javalin. | No, there really isn't. If no one is using your targetting, you're better off doing something else with your time. The piddling amount of points you get for laser designation really isn't worth it.
I do agree it is a bit deflating. I especially hate being in the CITV station because it's so hard to coordinate with a r... |
48,977 | I tried for awhile to use the SOFLAM to laser target air vehicles, but no one else on the team was hitting them with javelins or laser guided tanks. (Same problem when I jump in a tank in the CITV station).
Is there any way to use the SOFLAM individually to destroy enemy vehicles? | 2012/01/30 | [
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] | Yes, but it isn't too useful:
Set up your SOFLAM, aim it in a useful direction, and then disconnect. Now jump into a vehicle with the Guided Shell or Guided Missile unlock. Wait until an enemy vehicle blunders through the area the SOFLAM is sitting and watching.
If you want help from teammates, you should always **an... | No, there really isn't. If no one is using your targetting, you're better off doing something else with your time. The piddling amount of points you get for laser designation really isn't worth it.
I do agree it is a bit deflating. I especially hate being in the CITV station because it's so hard to coordinate with a r... |
48,977 | I tried for awhile to use the SOFLAM to laser target air vehicles, but no one else on the team was hitting them with javelins or laser guided tanks. (Same problem when I jump in a tank in the CITV station).
Is there any way to use the SOFLAM individually to destroy enemy vehicles? | 2012/01/30 | [
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] | No not really but you could switch kits. A lot of people forget how useful switching kits can really be. I sometimes set up a SOFLAM as Recon and leave it to designate targets automatically while I find myself a javalin. | Using the SOFLAM isn't really worth all that many points anyway, but if you can find a good squad they will be glad to spawn with a javalin and make use of your targeting. The SOFLAM is very powerful and can basically take out any target with ease with two + coordinated players so DICE made it a little tedious to use p... |
48,977 | I tried for awhile to use the SOFLAM to laser target air vehicles, but no one else on the team was hitting them with javelins or laser guided tanks. (Same problem when I jump in a tank in the CITV station).
Is there any way to use the SOFLAM individually to destroy enemy vehicles? | 2012/01/30 | [
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] | No not really but you could switch kits. A lot of people forget how useful switching kits can really be. I sometimes set up a SOFLAM as Recon and leave it to designate targets automatically while I find myself a javalin. | Yes, but it isn't too useful:
Set up your SOFLAM, aim it in a useful direction, and then disconnect. Now jump into a vehicle with the Guided Shell or Guided Missile unlock. Wait until an enemy vehicle blunders through the area the SOFLAM is sitting and watching.
If you want help from teammates, you should always **an... |
48,977 | I tried for awhile to use the SOFLAM to laser target air vehicles, but no one else on the team was hitting them with javelins or laser guided tanks. (Same problem when I jump in a tank in the CITV station).
Is there any way to use the SOFLAM individually to destroy enemy vehicles? | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/48977",
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] | Yes, but it isn't too useful:
Set up your SOFLAM, aim it in a useful direction, and then disconnect. Now jump into a vehicle with the Guided Shell or Guided Missile unlock. Wait until an enemy vehicle blunders through the area the SOFLAM is sitting and watching.
If you want help from teammates, you should always **an... | Using the SOFLAM isn't really worth all that many points anyway, but if you can find a good squad they will be glad to spawn with a javalin and make use of your targeting. The SOFLAM is very powerful and can basically take out any target with ease with two + coordinated players so DICE made it a little tedious to use p... |
22,487,388 | I'm working on something that sends data from one program over UDP to another program at a known IP and port. The program at the known IP and port receives the message from the originating IP but thanks to the NAT the port is obscured (to something like 30129). The program at the known IP and port wants to send an ackn... | 2014/03/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22487388",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Okay, I figured it out - the trick is to use the same sock object to receive that you used to send. At least in initial experiments, that seems to do the trick. Thanks for your help. | The simple answer is you don't care what the "real" (ie: pre-natted) port is. Just reply to the nat query and allow the nat to handling delivering the result. If you ABSOLUTELY have to know the source UDP port, include the information in your UDP packet -- but I strongly recommend against this. |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
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] | If you click on the list of invitees, there should be an "Add Invitees" field which appears below the list.
 | I use an Exchange account and iCloud, and I notice my iCloud events remain editable while my Exchange events get "locked" after creation. There is no way to click the list. After the event is created, all the editing functions (changing time, changing notes, adding invitees, etc) are not clickable to edit. |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
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] | If you click on the list of invitees, there should be an "Add Invitees" field which appears below the list.
 | I did eventually find a solution: I logged into the external calendar via browser (in my case, exchange/Outlook) and could edit there. Apple 'Calendar' (formerly iCal) would create the event for exchange, but after a step or two could not edit, or even cancel with notifications. (Again, I would reply to the earlier sol... |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
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] | I solved the issue of not being able to add an invitee by exporting all my appointments and creating a new iCloud Calendar.
* go to **File** > **New Calendar** > **iCloud**
* create a new calendar
* go to **File** > **Export** > **Export...**
* export the old calendar
* go to **File** > **Import...**
* select the file... | If you click on the list of invitees, there should be an "Add Invitees" field which appears below the list.
 |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
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] | I think I figured out the reason. I found out this statement in Apple support page (<https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/if-you-cant-change-a-calendar-or-event-on-mac-icl1033/mac>):
>
> If you can’t change an event you created, or you can’t change your
> status for an event you were invited to, it might be beca... | I use an Exchange account and iCloud, and I notice my iCloud events remain editable while my Exchange events get "locked" after creation. There is no way to click the list. After the event is created, all the editing functions (changing time, changing notes, adding invitees, etc) are not clickable to edit. |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/266326",
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] | I solved the issue of not being able to add an invitee by exporting all my appointments and creating a new iCloud Calendar.
* go to **File** > **New Calendar** > **iCloud**
* create a new calendar
* go to **File** > **Export** > **Export...**
* export the old calendar
* go to **File** > **Import...**
* select the file... | I use an Exchange account and iCloud, and I notice my iCloud events remain editable while my Exchange events get "locked" after creation. There is no way to click the list. After the event is created, all the editing functions (changing time, changing notes, adding invitees, etc) are not clickable to edit. |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/266326",
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] | I think I figured out the reason. I found out this statement in Apple support page (<https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/if-you-cant-change-a-calendar-or-event-on-mac-icl1033/mac>):
>
> If you can’t change an event you created, or you can’t change your
> status for an event you were invited to, it might be beca... | I did eventually find a solution: I logged into the external calendar via browser (in my case, exchange/Outlook) and could edit there. Apple 'Calendar' (formerly iCal) would create the event for exchange, but after a step or two could not edit, or even cancel with notifications. (Again, I would reply to the earlier sol... |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/266326",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/81319/"
] | I solved the issue of not being able to add an invitee by exporting all my appointments and creating a new iCloud Calendar.
* go to **File** > **New Calendar** > **iCloud**
* create a new calendar
* go to **File** > **Export** > **Export...**
* export the old calendar
* go to **File** > **Import...**
* select the file... | I did eventually find a solution: I logged into the external calendar via browser (in my case, exchange/Outlook) and could edit there. Apple 'Calendar' (formerly iCal) would create the event for exchange, but after a step or two could not edit, or even cancel with notifications. (Again, I would reply to the earlier sol... |
266,326 | I can not find a way to add an invitee after the event has been created and the invite emails sent. Is it possible?
Below is the already created event, where I do not see the field to "add invitees" any more:
![This is the already created event, and I do not see anymore 'add invitees'](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjYlO... | 2016/12/27 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/266326",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/81319/"
] | I solved the issue of not being able to add an invitee by exporting all my appointments and creating a new iCloud Calendar.
* go to **File** > **New Calendar** > **iCloud**
* create a new calendar
* go to **File** > **Export** > **Export...**
* export the old calendar
* go to **File** > **Import...**
* select the file... | I think I figured out the reason. I found out this statement in Apple support page (<https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/if-you-cant-change-a-calendar-or-event-on-mac-icl1033/mac>):
>
> If you can’t change an event you created, or you can’t change your
> status for an event you were invited to, it might be beca... |
17,621,342 | For example, right now I have a cell like this:
But I want it like this.
Is it possible in excel VBA?
Thank you!! | 2013/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17621342",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2495069/"
] | Use the Text To Columns feature under the Data tab to break this into 2 columns. Then, if you really need a line, select the last column and add a left border. | Is this data all in a single cell?
You will struggle to get it to align correctly, with or without VBA - each character occupies a slightly different width. **Edited** Well, it may behave better with a fixed-width font, as suggested by Tim Williams, but I still doubt that it will work consistently. (You could only ins... |
32,034 | My question is pretty much summed up in the title. My story includes a lot of narration. Narrating events, narrating character's thoughts. There are several intervals in each chapter where the characters engage dialogue, but most of the story telling is done through narration.
How viable is this for writing an enjoy... | 2017/12/16 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/32034",
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] | I don't think this balance matters terribly much.
The more critical measure is whether there is tension due to conflict. If your narration is describing a battle, for example, it can go on for pages without any dialogue. If your narration is describing people at high risk (trying to infiltrate a lair, for example) it... | I like good narration and am annoyed by too much pointless dialog.
Actually, the dialog does not even need to be pointless. I become annoyed by dialog.
So, as a reader, to answer your question, there is **no such thing** as "too much narration." But there is, to this reader, such a thing as "too much dialog."
In my ... |
15,411,408 | I got confused about some issues:
1: The one month duration of auto-renewable subscriptions is 30 days or does it depend on a natural month?
Because I can only test in sandbox mode，so the duration is just several minutes...
Maybe Apple just simply calculates it like this: 2013\01\15 -> 2013\02\15 -> 2013\03\15. If s... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15411408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1530528/"
] | It's adding 1 month, not 30 days. The number of days in 1 month varies. So purchasing a subscription on 3/31 would end on 4/30.
You can use NSDate, NSCalendar, and NSDateComponents to add a month to a date and see how long it will last. More info here: [Modifying NSDate to represent 1 month from today](https://stackov... | I can confirm this from my own app's data on both iOS and Android.
If someone purchases a monthly renewing subscription on, for example, the 15th of one month, then it will renew on the 15th of the next month, irrespective of how many days were in the month.
If someone purchases the subscription on the 31st of March,... |
14,839 | I have done a three months independent research at a national lab in US with guidance from a scientist who was working there, but he is very busy and not much time is left to ask him to write a recommendation letter (RL) since the application deadline is coming.
I want to include this experience in my SOP, and wonder,... | 2013/12/17 | [
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] | I believe the research experience with a national lab would be very helpful to your graduate school application. You should do your best to ask that senior scientist to write the recommendation letter for you. And he should understand it's part of his job to write recommendation letters.
In the worst case he will neve... | You need a letter from the senior person under whom you did the work! If you don't have one, this is like getting a *bad* letter. People know that they have this responsibility to junior people, so, although, yes, it involves some work on their part, it would be irresponsible to shirk it. You need that letter, I think,... |
14,839 | I have done a three months independent research at a national lab in US with guidance from a scientist who was working there, but he is very busy and not much time is left to ask him to write a recommendation letter (RL) since the application deadline is coming.
I want to include this experience in my SOP, and wonder,... | 2013/12/17 | [
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] | I believe the research experience with a national lab would be very helpful to your graduate school application. You should do your best to ask that senior scientist to write the recommendation letter for you. And he should understand it's part of his job to write recommendation letters.
In the worst case he will neve... | One of the duties of a researcher who takes on a mentor role is to write letters of recommendation for his students. Your advisor will understand this responsibility. You may want to read the answers to [this question regarding writing your own recommendation letter](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1452/po... |
63,253 | The History Channel program *Life After People* focuses on how civilization would fare if humans instantly vanished. One episode says that one hour after people, unattended oil refineries blow up in flames. Another episode says that simple gas leaks are enough to turn residential neighborhoods like Levittown, New York,... | 2016/12/03 | [
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] | Automated loss-of-fuel shutdown - not very exciting
===================================================
For coal powered plants, pulverized coal is fed from hoppers into the furnace. Human operator action is required to switch between hopper feed sources, or to refill the currently on-use hopper.
With no humans, the ... | Even the most automated plants will run out of fuel within a few hours, coal plants require trainloads of coal per day and there are no people to run the trains, trucks, and tractors. |
63,253 | The History Channel program *Life After People* focuses on how civilization would fare if humans instantly vanished. One episode says that one hour after people, unattended oil refineries blow up in flames. Another episode says that simple gas leaks are enough to turn residential neighborhoods like Levittown, New York,... | 2016/12/03 | [
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] | Even the most automated plants will run out of fuel within a few hours, coal plants require trainloads of coal per day and there are no people to run the trains, trucks, and tractors. | I'm not clear on the meaning of "coal factories", but coal fired thermal energy plants will shut down after the fuel in the ready bins runs out without anyone to refill them.
Coke plants (burning off the impurities in coal to make a pure carbon fuel for steel mills) will also shut down without operator supervision, al... |
63,253 | The History Channel program *Life After People* focuses on how civilization would fare if humans instantly vanished. One episode says that one hour after people, unattended oil refineries blow up in flames. Another episode says that simple gas leaks are enough to turn residential neighborhoods like Levittown, New York,... | 2016/12/03 | [
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] | Automated loss-of-fuel shutdown - not very exciting
===================================================
For coal powered plants, pulverized coal is fed from hoppers into the furnace. Human operator action is required to switch between hopper feed sources, or to refill the currently on-use hopper.
With no humans, the ... | I'm not clear on the meaning of "coal factories", but coal fired thermal energy plants will shut down after the fuel in the ready bins runs out without anyone to refill them.
Coke plants (burning off the impurities in coal to make a pure carbon fuel for steel mills) will also shut down without operator supervision, al... |
228,131 | What I mean by this question is that the ship should follow the basic anatomy of the protagonist Enterprises such as the Constitution and Galaxy classes. I.e. they should have two nacelles connected by distinct pylons, primary and secondary hulls, some sort of saucer section, etc.
Is there something smaller than a ful... | 2020/03/02 | [
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] | "two nacelles connected by distinct pylons, primary and secondary hulls, some sort of saucer section"
It's crew module is more of a tea-cup than a saucer, but with two nacelles on pylons, a secondary hull made from a surplus nuclear missile and a primary hull made of scavenged titanium, Cochrane's 'The Phoenix' seems ... | It turns out there's not an easy way to answer this, because canon is sloppy or missing.
Oberth Class (120M? 150M?)
==========================
The [Oberth class](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/oberth-size.htm) meets all the requirements at 120M (per Star Trek III production notes). But, as the link above ... |
228,131 | What I mean by this question is that the ship should follow the basic anatomy of the protagonist Enterprises such as the Constitution and Galaxy classes. I.e. they should have two nacelles connected by distinct pylons, primary and secondary hulls, some sort of saucer section, etc.
Is there something smaller than a ful... | 2020/03/02 | [
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] | It turns out there's not an easy way to answer this, because canon is sloppy or missing.
Oberth Class (120M? 150M?)
==========================
The [Oberth class](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/oberth-size.htm) meets all the requirements at 120M (per Star Trek III production notes). But, as the link above ... | "Classic design" I assume you mean TOS? or the saucer/body/nacelle design.
The smallest is the "Nova class" the ship comes in at 221 meters in length and follows the classic design philosophy.
"Size according to main website"
<https://www.startrek.com/article/inside-the-u-s-s-equinox-ncc-72381>
Never the less, approxi... |
228,131 | What I mean by this question is that the ship should follow the basic anatomy of the protagonist Enterprises such as the Constitution and Galaxy classes. I.e. they should have two nacelles connected by distinct pylons, primary and secondary hulls, some sort of saucer section, etc.
Is there something smaller than a ful... | 2020/03/02 | [
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] | "two nacelles connected by distinct pylons, primary and secondary hulls, some sort of saucer section"
It's crew module is more of a tea-cup than a saucer, but with two nacelles on pylons, a secondary hull made from a surplus nuclear missile and a primary hull made of scavenged titanium, Cochrane's 'The Phoenix' seems ... | "Classic design" I assume you mean TOS? or the saucer/body/nacelle design.
The smallest is the "Nova class" the ship comes in at 221 meters in length and follows the classic design philosophy.
"Size according to main website"
<https://www.startrek.com/article/inside-the-u-s-s-equinox-ncc-72381>
Never the less, approxi... |
232,253 | So, I am developing a fictitious world that is very similar to our earth. Generally, most of the continents stay the same way they are (Maybe North America is split in two smaller continents), with slight alteration in shape and size. However, these are the major changes I am considering to add.
* First, there is a la... | 2022/07/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/232253",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/97031/"
] | It depends a lot on what the geologic history of your world is.
On the one hand, the climatic history of the Cenozoic is almost entirely dependent on the history of Antarctica. You have a large landmass positioned directly over the South Pole where ice can build up on it, *then* you have the continent lose its connect... | **The Northern hemisphere landmasses around the Arctic would likely be a bit warmer. Antarctica would still be largely unchanged, possibly slightly colder.**
The climate is primarily driven by the sun and the atmosphere. The amount of energy being received by the planet isn't changing and neither is the composition of... |
375,276 | This question keeps coming up every here at meta and it gets positive responses.
Yet it has not been implemented yet.
Why?!
Using a phone and copy pasting a code block is a true nightmare!
Sometimes it can take minutes to make sure you select the correct text.
Try to copy paste an array with multiple dimen... | 2018/10/13 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/375276",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5159168/"
] | This feature should have been implemented *much earlier*, as we can see from the linked meta discussion above from 2014 or even 2009.
It's not only about phone. Even on a computer, I always need to drag the mouse multiple times to correctly select the code area, it's very cumbersome. This also affects users who merely... | If I were to wager a guess...this feature's not implemented because the people who would primarily benefit from it (e.g. users who post answers on phones) are a much smaller demographic in general.
The larger demographic has an existing work around in that they can simply select all of the text they want and copy that... |
375,276 | This question keeps coming up every here at meta and it gets positive responses.
Yet it has not been implemented yet.
Why?!
Using a phone and copy pasting a code block is a true nightmare!
Sometimes it can take minutes to make sure you select the correct text.
Try to copy paste an array with multiple dimen... | 2018/10/13 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/375276",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5159168/"
] | This feature should have been implemented *much earlier*, as we can see from the linked meta discussion above from 2014 or even 2009.
It's not only about phone. Even on a computer, I always need to drag the mouse multiple times to correctly select the code area, it's very cumbersome. This also affects users who merely... | I don't get the scenario you have in mind. You said you feel the urge of this feature because you want:
>
> To write answers. I post most of my answers from my phone
>
>
>
Odds are that you want to quote a snippet from the whole code and you have to select it anyways before copying; if you want a button to copy... |
5,372,340 | I need to save several documents to the cloud and need to save the documents, document metadata, and words/phrases for searching.
My plan is to use a symmetric cypher for encrypting the whole document, but I'm unsure of the right way to hash each word. I would like something secure, but I don't want to increase the co... | 2011/03/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5372340",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/328397/"
] | First, I suggest different tags. It sounds like you're really interested in offloading searching to a server in a cryptographically secure way (such that the server doesn't have access to the plaintext and such that the client need not transfer the entire index).
Issues:
* An attacker being able to figure out which w... | Your requirements are mutually exclusive. That kind of metadata will leak a huge amount of information about the document content, to the point it can't be called secure.
Furthermore, encrypting individual words is futile. The difficulty of breaking encryption is usually said to be as difficult as breaking the key, bu... |
124,938 | >
> Can you guess how old I am?
>
>
>
What tense should I use with *guess*?
>
> I **guess** you are around 30.
>
>
> I **am guessing** you are around 30.
>
>
> | 2017/04/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/124938",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/47521/"
] | One of the keepers of the International System of Units is the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (*Bureau international des poids et mesures*). [Its website](http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/section5-3.html) says, among many other things:
>
> ... a space is always used to separate the unit f... | Numeric metric expressions with the abbreviated metric measurement name should be written after the number with no space.
>
> The cultivation was performed in a 1000L bioreactor.
>
>
> I bought 250kg of X, 250ml of Y, 250cm of Z, etc.
>
>
> 3cm x 4cm strip.
>
>
> |
136,677 | **[SOURCE](https://www.eduzip.com/ssc/ssc-cgl-tier-1-9th-august-2015-morning/english-comprehension.html)** (Indian civil service exam; one of dozens)
>
> The second pigeon flew just as the first **pigeon had flown.**
>
>
>
A) No improvement
B) one had done
C) one had flown away
D) had done
Which part, among the ... | 2017/07/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/136677",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/46809/"
] | >
> 1. The second pigeon **flew**…
>
>
>
This is the simple past.
We also learn a previous pigeon had performed the same action earlier.
>
> 2. …just as the first pigeon **had flown**.
>
>
>
This is the past perfect tense.
The original sentence could remain as it is, but a good writer will probably sen... | All are bad. The sentence is a muddled jumble. D is probably best.
To express similarity of flight...
>
> The second pigeon flew just like the first.
>
>
> The second pigeon flew just like the first pigeon flew.
>
>
>
To express concurrency of flight or as it's worded, flying.
>
> The second pigeon flew whil... |
136,677 | **[SOURCE](https://www.eduzip.com/ssc/ssc-cgl-tier-1-9th-august-2015-morning/english-comprehension.html)** (Indian civil service exam; one of dozens)
>
> The second pigeon flew just as the first **pigeon had flown.**
>
>
>
A) No improvement
B) one had done
C) one had flown away
D) had done
Which part, among the ... | 2017/07/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/136677",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/46809/"
] | >
> 1. The second pigeon **flew**…
>
>
>
This is the simple past.
We also learn a previous pigeon had performed the same action earlier.
>
> 2. …just as the first pigeon **had flown**.
>
>
>
This is the past perfect tense.
The original sentence could remain as it is, but a good writer will probably sen... | I disagree with both answers. All the four option are possible. The **D** version being rather informal. The rest is only a matter of style and emphasis. However both **B** and **D** improve the sentence.
Of all the options, clearly "**C**" isn't the best one (it doesn't improve anything). I would go with "**B**", whi... |
75,263 | I read a recipe that said don't preheat the oven when baking a pound cake. Why wouldn't you preheat the oven? Every recipe I've ever read said preheat the oven. This is really confusing to me. | 2016/11/04 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75263",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51728/"
] | I have seen (yeast) bread recipes that rely on an un-preheated oven and seem to take advantage of the slow heating process (give the leavener some time to act before incapacitating it by overheating). While pound cake is unlikely to use yeast, there was likely a similar idea on the recipe writers mind. Maybe getting a ... | Without seeing the recipe and likely experimenting, it is hard to know for sure, but a few thoughts on pre-heating:
The shorter a cooking time, typically the more important it is to preheat. If you are doing a 5 minute cookie bake, you are unlikely to get your desired results if you fail to pre-heat. If you are doing ... |
75,263 | I read a recipe that said don't preheat the oven when baking a pound cake. Why wouldn't you preheat the oven? Every recipe I've ever read said preheat the oven. This is really confusing to me. | 2016/11/04 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/75263",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/51728/"
] | One obvious reason is to avoid wasting energy. A lot of people tend to like recipes which avoid preheating for this reason alone.
But, assuming that there's more than that here, my guess is that the recipe is trying to use the slower heating as a way to achieve a greater rise. Whether your pound cake recipe relies on ... | Without seeing the recipe and likely experimenting, it is hard to know for sure, but a few thoughts on pre-heating:
The shorter a cooking time, typically the more important it is to preheat. If you are doing a 5 minute cookie bake, you are unlikely to get your desired results if you fail to pre-heat. If you are doing ... |
38,798 | On one of my characters, the guy in the wagon at Whiterun will take me to almost any city in Skyrim.
On my slightly newer character, he only lets me go to four cities - Markarth, Riften, Solitude and Windhelm.
My first character has all those plus places like Morthal, Winterhold, and Falkreath.
What's the reason be... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/38798",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6139/"
] | Locations only show up if you have enough gold to travel to them, it is likely that your newer character did not have sufficiant gold to travel along the more expensive routes. | Try to scroll down. May be the issue |
38,798 | On one of my characters, the guy in the wagon at Whiterun will take me to almost any city in Skyrim.
On my slightly newer character, he only lets me go to four cities - Markarth, Riften, Solitude and Windhelm.
My first character has all those plus places like Morthal, Winterhold, and Falkreath.
What's the reason be... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/38798",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6139/"
] | Locations only show up if you have enough gold to travel to them, it is likely that your newer character did not have sufficiant gold to travel along the more expensive routes. | I just had the same issue except only the 20 gold options were available. I traveled to them all and back to whiterun and that seemed to fix the problem. |
38,798 | On one of my characters, the guy in the wagon at Whiterun will take me to almost any city in Skyrim.
On my slightly newer character, he only lets me go to four cities - Markarth, Riften, Solitude and Windhelm.
My first character has all those plus places like Morthal, Winterhold, and Falkreath.
What's the reason be... | 2011/11/27 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/38798",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6139/"
] | I just had the same issue except only the 20 gold options were available. I traveled to them all and back to whiterun and that seemed to fix the problem. | Try to scroll down. May be the issue |
3,793,311 | how can I get a list of all C API functions with Lua?
For example, there are plenty C functions in a game(Crysis) which
can be called with
Lua:
g\_gameRules.game:FunctionInC()
There are many functions I know but how can I get all available functions? | 2010/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3793311",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/458007/"
] | If you are talking about window popups then sure they are considered bad usabiltiy practice. A user feels that he is about to view an advertisement and closes it all sudden. Also it doesnt falls into seamless view of site. Popups are sure a distraction we have currently been working on a project where we use Lightbox m... | You may not count this as the answer you wanted, but I have used CSS dialog popups with great effect in some of my web apps.
See here: [CSS Message Boxes with Different Types](http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2008/05/22/CSS-Message-Boxes-for-different-message-types.aspx) |
3,793,311 | how can I get a list of all C API functions with Lua?
For example, there are plenty C functions in a game(Crysis) which
can be called with
Lua:
g\_gameRules.game:FunctionInC()
There are many functions I know but how can I get all available functions? | 2010/09/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3793311",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/458007/"
] | If you are talking about window popups then sure they are considered bad usabiltiy practice. A user feels that he is about to view an advertisement and closes it all sudden. Also it doesnt falls into seamless view of site. Popups are sure a distraction we have currently been working on a project where we use Lightbox m... | With the arrival of Web 2.0, it is better to use dialog boxes like [jQuery UI](http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/) |
139,990 | Regarding this question
[Is it okay to repost a question from another website that was never answered there?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68543/is-it-okay-to-repost-a-question-from-another-website-that-was-never-answered-the),
is it okay to repost a question which I have asked at another website (such ... | 2012/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139990",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/190828/"
] | It may also be helpful to consider improving the question in a way that ensures you get a better answer than those you received (or didn't receive) on the other site. If you didn't get a satisfactory answer there, you may want to indicate why (e.g. including details about solutions you were provided at the other site, ... | Since you're the author and plagiarism isn't an issue, the only factor you should consider is quality. Stack Exchange welcomes all good questions, regardless of whether you've asked them elsewhere.
In this context, "good" depends on a number of things, including whether your question is on-topic, how well your questio... |
139,990 | Regarding this question
[Is it okay to repost a question from another website that was never answered there?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68543/is-it-okay-to-repost-a-question-from-another-website-that-was-never-answered-the),
is it okay to repost a question which I have asked at another website (such ... | 2012/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139990",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/190828/"
] | Some people get upset if they find the same user posting the same question to multiple forum sites *at the same time.* It can be annoying if I spend ten minutes answering your question on site A, and then find your question, already answered, on site B. It's even more annoying if I see if on site C, as well!
But if a ... | Since you're the author and plagiarism isn't an issue, the only factor you should consider is quality. Stack Exchange welcomes all good questions, regardless of whether you've asked them elsewhere.
In this context, "good" depends on a number of things, including whether your question is on-topic, how well your questio... |
20,822 | In the debt based fiat system of currency currently being monopolized, the amount of money added into circulation can cause it to deflate or inflate in value. How does the network calculate the proper rate at which to add more bitcoins? | 2014/01/20 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/20822",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/12432/"
] | The answer for @jtorba is not strictly correct.
Difficulty is the main control mechanism used to determine the amount of Bitcoins released over time. The amount of bitcoins released is according to the bitcoin era as defined [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply)
Currently the system tries to maintain a... | The simple answer is that it tries to keep bitcoin creation as steady as possible, but halving the rate every 4 years in order to sustain inflation in value.
The network makes mining difficult or easier by increasing/decreasing difficulty in order to achieve a 10 minute block time. If the amount of miners increases, t... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | I also made complete demo for 9-bit UART emulation (based on even/odd parity). You can find it <http://bohdan-danishevsky.blogspot.com/2016/10/9-bit-serial-communication-in-linux.html>.
All sources available on git.
You can easily adapt it for your device. Hope you like it. | The accepted answer, which used an Atmel processor with true 9 bit data URT communicating with a Pi looks to have been either abandoned, or taken commerical.
So I am going with <https://www.vendingtools.ro/en> for Eur 70, and that will interface my Pi to the MDB 9 data bit bus.
---
[Update]
See also
<https://www.... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | My [pigpio](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/) library supports reading and writing 9-bit serial data. It uses bit banging so you can use any available GPIO.
If I remember correctly any speeds of 19.2 kbps or slower were pretty stable.
What bits per second do you need?
Reading ([C](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/cif.html#... | You can't *RELIABLE* connect RPi serial directly to MDB bus due to 9-bit format and strict MDB timings. Messages between MDB peripheral and RPi need to be converted on-the-fly and in real-time.
Check this link it will help: [DIY MDB-UART converter](https://github.com/perdidor/Arduino-MDB-UART) |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | My [pigpio](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/) library supports reading and writing 9-bit serial data. It uses bit banging so you can use any available GPIO.
If I remember correctly any speeds of 19.2 kbps or slower were pretty stable.
What bits per second do you need?
Reading ([C](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/cif.html#... | I was assigned a project to run a snack vending machine that uses MDB protocol for payment and I have completed the project using Pi Zero (Orange).
I have tried 9 bit hardware serial and software serial libraries and had timing problems on Pi Zero. MDB's 9bit serial communication became a pain. MDB protocol says peri... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | My [pigpio](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/) library supports reading and writing 9-bit serial data. It uses bit banging so you can use any available GPIO.
If I remember correctly any speeds of 19.2 kbps or slower were pretty stable.
What bits per second do you need?
Reading ([C](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/cif.html#... | All serial data is by definition, 1 bit. It is up to the interfaces reading *and* writing that data how to agree on how they interpret the bits to and from meaningful data.
If you want 9 bits of data, and a parity bit, and a stop and a start bit. Then it is up to you to convert your data into that format, and to int... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | My [pigpio](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/) library supports reading and writing 9-bit serial data. It uses bit banging so you can use any available GPIO.
If I remember correctly any speeds of 19.2 kbps or slower were pretty stable.
What bits per second do you need?
Reading ([C](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/cif.html#... | The accepted answer, which used an Atmel processor with true 9 bit data URT communicating with a Pi looks to have been either abandoned, or taken commerical.
So I am going with <https://www.vendingtools.ro/en> for Eur 70, and that will interface my Pi to the MDB 9 data bit bus.
---
[Update]
See also
<https://www.... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | I also made complete demo for 9-bit UART emulation (based on even/odd parity). You can find it <http://bohdan-danishevsky.blogspot.com/2016/10/9-bit-serial-communication-in-linux.html>.
All sources available on git.
You can easily adapt it for your device. Hope you like it. | All serial data is by definition, 1 bit. It is up to the interfaces reading *and* writing that data how to agree on how they interpret the bits to and from meaningful data.
If you want 9 bits of data, and a parity bit, and a stop and a start bit. Then it is up to you to convert your data into that format, and to int... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | I was assigned a project to run a snack vending machine that uses MDB protocol for payment and I have completed the project using Pi Zero (Orange).
I have tried 9 bit hardware serial and software serial libraries and had timing problems on Pi Zero. MDB's 9bit serial communication became a pain. MDB protocol says peri... | The accepted answer, which used an Atmel processor with true 9 bit data URT communicating with a Pi looks to have been either abandoned, or taken commerical.
So I am going with <https://www.vendingtools.ro/en> for Eur 70, and that will interface my Pi to the MDB 9 data bit bus.
---
[Update]
See also
<https://www.... |
38,642 | I have a powered USB hub. Can I use it to power the Raspberry Pi Zero using up just one Micro USB port?
Or does the power have to come from one particular port that is only used to provide power?
Edit (2021-10): What i'm trying to ask is, can i use the micro USB port for both power and data simultaneously? This is sti... | 2015/11/27 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/38642",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/37313/"
] | My [pigpio](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/) library supports reading and writing 9-bit serial data. It uses bit banging so you can use any available GPIO.
If I remember correctly any speeds of 19.2 kbps or slower were pretty stable.
What bits per second do you need?
Reading ([C](http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/cif.html#... | I also made complete demo for 9-bit UART emulation (based on even/odd parity). You can find it <http://bohdan-danishevsky.blogspot.com/2016/10/9-bit-serial-communication-in-linux.html>.
All sources available on git.
You can easily adapt it for your device. Hope you like it. |
4,349 | Accepted answers on controversial topics on Meta pose a very real problem.
* They give an advantage to whatever position the asker of the question supports, as he can mark that as accepted and it will bubble to the top, whether or not it's the answer that the most people agree with, regardless of how well it is actua... | 2012/03/26 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4349",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3062/"
] | I think they mean something on questions asked by moderators looking for consensus on a topic.
For example, in the last ITG debate, where agent86 made the process through meta questions, the accepted solution was then accepted as official.
If we have a problem with a particular accepted answer on a meta discussion ... | A part of Meta's system is Eating our own Dogfood even if it isn't 100% perfectly suited to unanswerable discussions. The Q/A format isn't perfect here but it's familiar and it works well when people play nice.
The top answer is obviously most important on the main site and casual users will just skim for the accepte... |
4,349 | Accepted answers on controversial topics on Meta pose a very real problem.
* They give an advantage to whatever position the asker of the question supports, as he can mark that as accepted and it will bubble to the top, whether or not it's the answer that the most people agree with, regardless of how well it is actua... | 2012/03/26 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4349",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3062/"
] | To echo [Ben's answer](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4351/3389) somewhat, you sorta need to be a little more discerning when reading meta discussions. Meta should be inviting, but it's not the place to get quick rules of thumb or policies: that's what [the FAQ](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/faq) is for.
T... | I think they mean something on questions asked by moderators looking for consensus on a topic.
For example, in the last ITG debate, where agent86 made the process through meta questions, the accepted solution was then accepted as official.
If we have a problem with a particular accepted answer on a meta discussion ... |
4,349 | Accepted answers on controversial topics on Meta pose a very real problem.
* They give an advantage to whatever position the asker of the question supports, as he can mark that as accepted and it will bubble to the top, whether or not it's the answer that the most people agree with, regardless of how well it is actua... | 2012/03/26 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4349",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3062/"
] | To echo [Ben's answer](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4351/3389) somewhat, you sorta need to be a little more discerning when reading meta discussions. Meta should be inviting, but it's not the place to get quick rules of thumb or policies: that's what [the FAQ](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/faq) is for.
T... | A part of Meta's system is Eating our own Dogfood even if it isn't 100% perfectly suited to unanswerable discussions. The Q/A format isn't perfect here but it's familiar and it works well when people play nice.
The top answer is obviously most important on the main site and casual users will just skim for the accepte... |
56,659 | Downloading the zip for Raspbian from <https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/> is taking hours. There is also a small torrent file that can be downloaded. How can this be used to install Raspbian? | 2016/10/22 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/56659",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/35590/"
] | This works on Pi3
Create 3 shell scripts, one for each service.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CYiXh.jpg)
I run this from the GUI (open in terminal) and works fine.
You still need to enter auth credentials though.
You will need to change paths - my fil... | In order to do this headless, kicking off three terminals I'd look into [crontab](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/57852/crontab-job-start-1-min-after-reboot). Otherwise you should be able to run the script as a [daemon](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19233529/run-bash-script-as-daemon). Remember that Rasp... |
82,147 | Well, I just upgraded one of my machines to windows 7, and it turns out that my usb wireless adapter just isn't working. There is no driver for it in windows 7 (yes, I've looked everywhere). So I'm willing to buy a new one, but want to make sure it's gonna work perfect. So it either needs to have a windows 7 driver or ... | 2009/12/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/82147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6371/"
] | i have the ENUWI-N USB WLAN adapter and it works fine with Windows 7 x64 | Right in the linksys pages that you linked is this Windows 7 compatibility list for their adapters...
<http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=20872> |
82,147 | Well, I just upgraded one of my machines to windows 7, and it turns out that my usb wireless adapter just isn't working. There is no driver for it in windows 7 (yes, I've looked everywhere). So I'm willing to buy a new one, but want to make sure it's gonna work perfect. So it either needs to have a windows 7 driver or ... | 2009/12/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/82147",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/6371/"
] | i have the ENUWI-N USB WLAN adapter and it works fine with Windows 7 x64 | At first, the WUSB54GC v1.0 did work with Windows 7 64 bit. But later it went into a code 10. Microsoft do have a list of wireless adapters that will work with Windows 7. Also, they are working on drivers for the WUSB54GC to work on the Windows 7 64 bit. |
151,387 | I Accepted two conditional job offers from two large investment banks. Both of these companies use the same background check company (First Advantage)
Is there a risk the background check company tells one company that I have accepted an offer from another company? | 2020/01/16 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151387",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113652/"
] | Go ahead and accept conditional job offers, until you have an unconditional and confirmed offer in hand.
A conditional job offer is **not** a guaranteed one - there is no reason to consider it as one, most likely the other party (the company offering the job) is not.
However, once you have accepted an unconditional o... | >
> I there a risk the background check company tells one company that I have accepted an offer from another company?
>
>
>
There is always a risk depending on how extensive of a background check either of the companies have asked the background check company to perform. To prevent such incidents in the future, yo... |
18,147 | Tempest devices could via intercepting from far away the electro-magnetic waves coming out from one's computer detect what one does on the computer. Employing the Faraday cage principle, one could prevent such detections. A. Stanoyevitch in his book Discrete Structures with Contemporary Applications, CRC Press, 2011, p... | 2017/04/03 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/18147",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/4642/"
] | The only applicable law for the US would seem to be FCC regulations against interfering with "any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized". [Marriott Hotels](https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-1444A1_Rcd.pdf) was fined substantially for blocking people's hotspots within the hotel. As... | A Faraday cage can prevent EM emissions that can (in theory) be used to eavesdrop on electronic devices. But no, there is no U.S. law against putting metallic screens around a room or within a building. Just as there is no U.S. law against putting shades in windows that would prevent visual surveillance of anything ins... |
44,204,878 | Can someone explain how I can configure Azure cosmosDB to not be so expensive? 30€ for 3 days??
It's a small test environment with very few users.
In the backend, I only see that it will cost some cents ...
Here is my Cost overview:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/agu... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44204878",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6506286/"
] | The problem is that you are billed by collection. So even if you use only a little storage space and you make only a couple of requests, you have to pay the minimum RU per document collection. | You created 18 collections, meaning you have 18 billable database constructs. And with the lowest-cost collection starting at roughly 20 Euro per month (about 5 Euro per 100 RU per month, minimum 400 RU), the math works out: You basically created an environment with 400\*18=7200 RU. Perhaps just use fewer collections t... |
98,534 | In our current adventures my PCs are in a specific very large City. By searching, they found a specific black market shop, the route leading to which was a bit complicated.
Can they roll an intelligence check to determine if they remember the complex route, or do I have to describe the roads one by one until they find... | 2017/04/21 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98534",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/33564/"
] | The DMG (p.237) says, that **Intelligence checks are used for memory and reason**, so this would be a fitting check.
>
> [...] or do I have to describe the roads one by one until they find it again (which is not a problem)
>
>
>
This would be a *"test the characters, not the players"* situation. I would strongly ... | What is the consequence of failure?
===================================
Let's assume that they fail. What happens now? I'm guessing that they will just use whatever method caused them to find it in the first place to find it in the second place. If so: **why are we wasting valuable playing time on this?**
Only if you... |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | One method that has worked for me if you desperately need to use that cork again is to shave the end with a knife to create a taper so that it will slide into the opening of the bottle and then with the pressure of your hand you can squeeze it down in.
I always keep a set of reusable rubber corks around though for th... | I can sometimes get them back in by flipping them over and using the corkscrew end.
But if you can, you're better off using one of those rubber stoppers with a vacuum pump (e.g. "vacu-vin"). It will remove a lot of the air, preventing the wine from oxidizing as much. |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | One method that has worked for me if you desperately need to use that cork again is to shave the end with a knife to create a taper so that it will slide into the opening of the bottle and then with the pressure of your hand you can squeeze it down in.
I always keep a set of reusable rubber corks around though for th... | Flip it over and insert the dry end back in the bottle. I do it all the time! |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | Saw a bit of diameter off the cork with a bread knife and happily plug it back in (it may not seal it completely but it'll do overnight) | Flip it over and insert the dry end back in the bottle. I do it all the time! |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | There is no trick, it just won't work. Synthetic corks are popular as replacements to cork not only because they are cheaper, but more effective at preserving wine as they don't dry out, and they expand more in the neck keeping a tighter seal. This makes it more difficult, if not impossible, to get them back in.
The ... | I just tried it and got it back in. Put the cork in at a 30-45 degree angle and keep applying pressure. This works best if you can sit down with your feet under you butt and keep the bottle tight between your thighs. Apply pressure and take a butter knife and keep working the edges in. Once in just put your weight on t... |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | One method that has worked for me if you desperately need to use that cork again is to shave the end with a knife to create a taper so that it will slide into the opening of the bottle and then with the pressure of your hand you can squeeze it down in.
I always keep a set of reusable rubber corks around though for th... | When I have tried and am alone with no muscle, I have tried every trick internet search gives.... not even warm/hot water worked for me with plastic corks in large champagne bottles... what worked at end of day even after going to buy a whole other bottle and its cork also not giving way.... butter knife!
Just keep pr... |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | I can sometimes get them back in by flipping them over and using the corkscrew end.
But if you can, you're better off using one of those rubber stoppers with a vacuum pump (e.g. "vacu-vin"). It will remove a lot of the air, preventing the wine from oxidizing as much. | I shaved the plastic rind off with a scissors, squeezed it in as far as I could with my hands, then put the hard plastic bottom of a bottle of ibuprofen on top of the cork and pressed down. I imagine any kind of grippable, flat and hard thing would work. The ibuprofen bottle made it much easier to apply force once the ... |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | Saw a bit of diameter off the cork with a bread knife and happily plug it back in (it may not seal it completely but it'll do overnight) | Why not expand the wine bottle head using heat then fit the cork back in maybe that should work |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | I can sometimes get them back in by flipping them over and using the corkscrew end.
But if you can, you're better off using one of those rubber stoppers with a vacuum pump (e.g. "vacu-vin"). It will remove a lot of the air, preventing the wine from oxidizing as much. | I just tried it and got it back in. Put the cork in at a 30-45 degree angle and keep applying pressure. This works best if you can sit down with your feet under you butt and keep the bottle tight between your thighs. Apply pressure and take a butter knife and keep working the edges in. Once in just put your weight on t... |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | I shaved the plastic rind off with a scissors, squeezed it in as far as I could with my hands, then put the hard plastic bottom of a bottle of ibuprofen on top of the cork and pressed down. I imagine any kind of grippable, flat and hard thing would work. The ibuprofen bottle made it much easier to apply force once the ... | Why not expand the wine bottle head using heat then fit the cork back in maybe that should work |
33,242 | The past couple times I've bought wine stopped with a [synthetic cork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aVinova_synthetic_wine_closure.jpg), I've had a very difficult time reinserting the cork after opening the bottle. It seems the cork expands after leaving the bottle, and it's made of such a rigid material that som... | 2013/04/05 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/33242",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/7107/"
] | I just tried it and got it back in. Put the cork in at a 30-45 degree angle and keep applying pressure. This works best if you can sit down with your feet under you butt and keep the bottle tight between your thighs. Apply pressure and take a butter knife and keep working the edges in. Once in just put your weight on t... | Why not expand the wine bottle head using heat then fit the cork back in maybe that should work |
54,160,011 | Fairly new to capybara and cucumber (and testing in general) here.
I am doing some black box acceptance testing and I need to test a page that can only be reached by typing in the url.
That page requires authentication so when the page is reached through a call to visit() I am redirected to the login page.
The probl... | 2019/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54160011",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1242439/"
] | There might be a signing issue. Is your app signed? The default signing is the debug signing. When you just build and deploy or run it on a connected device, it is signed by default as a debug sign.
If it is **not** uniquely signed, then running or installing on other devices might not be possible. Look at the app sig... | by default the Android Studio packages just the needed files and installs the app in your mobile. If you share to other mobiles, the app will not install in few devices due to a few reasons like OS version, files mismatch, SHA keys mismatch, etc.
However, if you build the APK and share, the APK is equipped to be insta... |
646,806 | So I'm trying to [make a pulse sensor using TCRT5000](http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/%7Estallur/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Heart-Rate-Measurement-using-PPG1.pdf) IR sensor and arduino UNO (giving out 4.8V really from 5V pin) (Baud Rate 19200), and I'm supposed to get a pulse plot like this
[![Ideal pulse curve](https://i.st... | 2022/12/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/646806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/323019/"
] | If you need a negative voltage, you can use this (only V2- part of schematic, D2-D3-C10-C11) or use outputs of Arduino with software ...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKgqv.png) | Antonio51 has given the right solution, but I found to my application the use of a TC7660 IC more suitable with 10uF Capacitor (as advised on another forum). But since Antonio's answer is correct and the source for my further inquiry, that stays as the solution. |
646,806 | So I'm trying to [make a pulse sensor using TCRT5000](http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/%7Estallur/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Heart-Rate-Measurement-using-PPG1.pdf) IR sensor and arduino UNO (giving out 4.8V really from 5V pin) (Baud Rate 19200), and I'm supposed to get a pulse plot like this
[![Ideal pulse curve](https://i.st... | 2022/12/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/646806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/323019/"
] | If you need a negative voltage, you can use this (only V2- part of schematic, D2-D3-C10-C11) or use outputs of Arduino with software ...
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKgqv.png) | Regarding the question first part, the ideal method needs to be to check the output of each stage progressively and make alterations till that expected output is achieved. It was discovered that 1K pot was not set at 1K and needed to be altered to receive the expected output at stage 1. In this case the 1k pot needed t... |
646,806 | So I'm trying to [make a pulse sensor using TCRT5000](http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/%7Estallur/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Heart-Rate-Measurement-using-PPG1.pdf) IR sensor and arduino UNO (giving out 4.8V really from 5V pin) (Baud Rate 19200), and I'm supposed to get a pulse plot like this
[![Ideal pulse curve](https://i.st... | 2022/12/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/646806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/323019/"
] | Antonio51 has given the right solution, but I found to my application the use of a TC7660 IC more suitable with 10uF Capacitor (as advised on another forum). But since Antonio's answer is correct and the source for my further inquiry, that stays as the solution. | Regarding the question first part, the ideal method needs to be to check the output of each stage progressively and make alterations till that expected output is achieved. It was discovered that 1K pot was not set at 1K and needed to be altered to receive the expected output at stage 1. In this case the 1k pot needed t... |
47,431 | I use hangouts on Android and on the desktop (browser extension) and these messages periodically appear in my Gmail inbox. So every day I'm having to manually archive all these hangout messages that have appeared in my inbox.
(In my case it is really just 1 hangout with 1 person. Opening any of these hangout messages ... | 2013/08/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/47431",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/5434/"
] | It appears that chat/hangout messages are auto-archived in Gmail afterall - providing you don't have *any* filters set on the user you are chatting with! (This sounds like a bug if you ask me!)
I previously had a filter set on this particular user that simply prevented any emails from that user being seen as spam - bu... | I had the same problem but your solution did not apply to my case. Instead, the following filter works for me:
>
> Matches: **label:chats label:inbox**
>
>
> Do this: Skip Inbox
>
>
>
I had originally matched against "*in*:chats" and "*in*:inbox", but Gmail automatically converts those. Don't get concerned when... |
47,431 | I use hangouts on Android and on the desktop (browser extension) and these messages periodically appear in my Gmail inbox. So every day I'm having to manually archive all these hangout messages that have appeared in my inbox.
(In my case it is really just 1 hangout with 1 person. Opening any of these hangout messages ... | 2013/08/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/47431",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/5434/"
] | It appears that chat/hangout messages are auto-archived in Gmail afterall - providing you don't have *any* filters set on the user you are chatting with! (This sounds like a bug if you ask me!)
I previously had a filter set on this particular user that simply prevented any emails from that user being seen as spam - bu... | I set up a new filter that looks for @profiles.google.com as part of the sender and immediately archives those. It seems to be working well. |
47,431 | I use hangouts on Android and on the desktop (browser extension) and these messages periodically appear in my Gmail inbox. So every day I'm having to manually archive all these hangout messages that have appeared in my inbox.
(In my case it is really just 1 hangout with 1 person. Opening any of these hangout messages ... | 2013/08/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/47431",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/5434/"
] | I had the same problem but your solution did not apply to my case. Instead, the following filter works for me:
>
> Matches: **label:chats label:inbox**
>
>
> Do this: Skip Inbox
>
>
>
I had originally matched against "*in*:chats" and "*in*:inbox", but Gmail automatically converts those. Don't get concerned when... | I set up a new filter that looks for @profiles.google.com as part of the sender and immediately archives those. It seems to be working well. |
130,691 | This is a question from a study guide for a military officer exam:
I have fluid flowing through an elbow in a pipe (the elbow is in the shape of an upside down and backwards "J") and the flow goes from south to north to east. If holes are drilled at the upper left outside part of the bend and the lower right inside pa... | 2014/08/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/130691",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/57155/"
] | When a pipe is bent the outside curve - what would be the longest path through the curve - has the highest pressure and the lowest speed. The inside curve - the shortest path through the curve - has the lowest pressure and the highest speed. In short, when the path of a fluid in steady-state flow bends, the pressure on... | The same answer as above, but I also happened to have analysis results for this question. Hope this helps,
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YHsxU.png)
The above image is velocity contour of the cross section of the pipe.
Below Image is for Pressure
[![ent... |
130,691 | This is a question from a study guide for a military officer exam:
I have fluid flowing through an elbow in a pipe (the elbow is in the shape of an upside down and backwards "J") and the flow goes from south to north to east. If holes are drilled at the upper left outside part of the bend and the lower right inside pa... | 2014/08/12 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/130691",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/57155/"
] | If you imagine the bend portion of the pipe to be a part of a circle, it becomes apparent that there is centripetal force present. As the water travels through the bend, there is a centripetal force that acts inwards towards the centre of the "circle". There must be a reactionary force to this which acts in the opposit... | The same answer as above, but I also happened to have analysis results for this question. Hope this helps,
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YHsxU.png)
The above image is velocity contour of the cross section of the pipe.
Below Image is for Pressure
[![ent... |
5,537,890 | i am newb in using SQLite in mobile development having experience in sql server, MySQL on web based applications.
After googling around I found sql browser and navicut to use for sqlite manager. While working on both of them, realising they are very buggy.Now i am trying Firefox SQLite plugin.Can someone please suggest... | 2011/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5537890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/490953/"
] | Try [Base](http://menial.co.uk/software/base/).
>
> Base is an application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files. It's a proper Mac OS X application. Fast to launch, quick to get in to and get the data you need.
>
>
> | [SQLVue](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sqlvue/id426397771?mt=12), which my company just released on the Mac App Store this week, is a lightweight SQLite development tool for Mac OS X. |
5,537,890 | i am newb in using SQLite in mobile development having experience in sql server, MySQL on web based applications.
After googling around I found sql browser and navicut to use for sqlite manager. While working on both of them, realising they are very buggy.Now i am trying Firefox SQLite plugin.Can someone please suggest... | 2011/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5537890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/490953/"
] | Try [Base](http://menial.co.uk/software/base/).
>
> Base is an application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files. It's a proper Mac OS X application. Fast to launch, quick to get in to and get the data you need.
>
>
> | [SQLiteFlow](http://www.sqliteflow.com/)
Since you're using SQLite in iOS app development, I recently found SQLiteFlow is nice. And one of its outstanding feature I think is it can handle database directory changes, this really mean something when you debug your iOS app in an iOS simulator which your SQLite database d... |
5,537,890 | i am newb in using SQLite in mobile development having experience in sql server, MySQL on web based applications.
After googling around I found sql browser and navicut to use for sqlite manager. While working on both of them, realising they are very buggy.Now i am trying Firefox SQLite plugin.Can someone please suggest... | 2011/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5537890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/490953/"
] | I'm not sure which SQLite Manager you were mentioning, there's a Firefox add-on and a native Mac app. I've used the Mac app, [SQLiteManager](http://www.sqlabs.net/sqlitemanager.php) for a while and found that it's quick and easy to use, even if it has a few quirks. I don't think it's buggy at all. It is pricey though.
... | [SQLVue](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sqlvue/id426397771?mt=12), which my company just released on the Mac App Store this week, is a lightweight SQLite development tool for Mac OS X. |
5,537,890 | i am newb in using SQLite in mobile development having experience in sql server, MySQL on web based applications.
After googling around I found sql browser and navicut to use for sqlite manager. While working on both of them, realising they are very buggy.Now i am trying Firefox SQLite plugin.Can someone please suggest... | 2011/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5537890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/490953/"
] | I'm not sure which SQLite Manager you were mentioning, there's a Firefox add-on and a native Mac app. I've used the Mac app, [SQLiteManager](http://www.sqlabs.net/sqlitemanager.php) for a while and found that it's quick and easy to use, even if it has a few quirks. I don't think it's buggy at all. It is pricey though.
... | [SQLiteFlow](http://www.sqliteflow.com/)
Since you're using SQLite in iOS app development, I recently found SQLiteFlow is nice. And one of its outstanding feature I think is it can handle database directory changes, this really mean something when you debug your iOS app in an iOS simulator which your SQLite database d... |
61,228 | Why would my furnace run it's cycle, shut down and then start up again a few minutes later. Continuing this cycle all night?? Thanks | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/61228",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/34166/"
] | If the home is maintaining the temperature set on the thermostat (at least AT the thermostat) then it's probable that you are near, but not quite at, "design load" for the furnace. At design load, the furnace runs 100% of the time to keep up with heat loss in the house and maintain temperature - if it gets colder than ... | As Ecnerwal said, your furnace cannot keep up with heating your home. This could be caused by a number of things.
1. Your furnace itself is inadequate and cannot keep up with the load. The rating in BTUs is not high enough.
2. There are inefficiencies in your home which is causing the furnace to work harder than it wa... |
61,228 | Why would my furnace run it's cycle, shut down and then start up again a few minutes later. Continuing this cycle all night?? Thanks | 2015/02/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/61228",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/34166/"
] | If the home is maintaining the temperature set on the thermostat (at least AT the thermostat) then it's probable that you are near, but not quite at, "design load" for the furnace. At design load, the furnace runs 100% of the time to keep up with heat loss in the house and maintain temperature - if it gets colder than ... | Thank you all for your replies. The issue was simple. My filters were clogged. First thing I should have looked at. Obviously with the dust build up, not enough cool air was coming in to transfer |
23,344,251 | Are there any classes in Windows RunTime APIs to find the current device information(OS info, RAM size, power source) ?
The equivalent class in Windows Phone 8 is Microsoft.Phone.Info.DeviceStatus (<http://bit.ly/deviceStatus>)
Any Help? | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23344251",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2140743/"
] | According to my knowledge and what I've searched currently there is no method that will tell you that. Similar problem according to WinRT was raised [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/19924303/2681948).
As I've also searched looking at [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464945.aspx), there i... | As mentioned earlier, there is currently no straightforward way to get the device info on a windows phone 8.1 runtime app although its possible to get some infor using the:
Windows.Security.ExchangeActiveSyncProvisioning.EasClientDeviceInformation class <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.sec... |
587,573 | Is there any English dialect that distinguishes the stressed /oʊ/ as in *goat, throat, slope, broke, stroke*, etc. from the final, unstressed /oʊ/ as in *sparrow, arrow, tomorrow, yellow, window*, etc?
What does the unstressed /oʊ/ sound like in those dialects? | 2022/04/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/587573",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250563/"
] | ...the lyrics were written to scan
Scan means 'fit the line'.
Definition:
scan - verb (POEM)
If a poem or part of a poem scans, it follows a pattern of regular beats: This line doesn't scan - it has too many syllables.
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scan>
There are several definitions for scan... | What about **metrical**?
>
> pertaining to meter or poetic measure
>
> [source](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/metrical)
>
>
>
"*Don't take too much literal meaning from this song. The lyrics were written metrically*."
Another example (my emphasis):
>
> for he knew that **if he had written metrically in ... |
587,573 | Is there any English dialect that distinguishes the stressed /oʊ/ as in *goat, throat, slope, broke, stroke*, etc. from the final, unstressed /oʊ/ as in *sparrow, arrow, tomorrow, yellow, window*, etc?
What does the unstressed /oʊ/ sound like in those dialects? | 2022/04/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/587573",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250563/"
] | ...the lyrics were written to scan
Scan means 'fit the line'.
Definition:
scan - verb (POEM)
If a poem or part of a poem scans, it follows a pattern of regular beats: This line doesn't scan - it has too many syllables.
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scan>
There are several definitions for scan... | This only captures part of your intended meaning, but you could say that **the lyrics are just filler.** [Cambridge defines "filler" in this sense as:](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/filler)
>
> something of lower quality included in a film, broadcast, speech, record, etc. in order to fill all... |
1,116,283 | I need SFTP functionality on my Windows 2012 VPS server.
According to [this page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse?tabs=gui), one of the prerequisites is that I'm running at least Windows Server 2019 or Windows 10 (build 1809).
My hosting company says th... | 2022/11/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1116283",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/317530/"
] | Domain Admins will be able to read and write, and Authenticated Users will be able to read. | >
> If I set write permissions for domain admins, but then read-only for 'authenticated users', which takes precedence?
>
>
> Does the domain admins write permission trump the authenticated users read-only permission? Or will the domain admins be unable to write because domain admins are included in authenticated us... |
28,764 | I've enabled WiFi sync for my 4S and my first gen iPad, both running iOS5. When my phone is plugged in to my computer with a USB cable, it shows up in the sidebar, but as soon as it's unplugged it goes away. The iPad stays in the sidebar until I manually eject it.
It seems that my iPad is behaving 'correctly', at leas... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/28764",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/8308/"
] | I had this problem with an iPad. I did the initial setup over USB, enabled Wi-Fi sync, but then when I removed the iPad, it disappeared from the iTunes sidebar, but my iPhone didn't have that problem.
Turned out that I had been disconnecting the USB end of the cable from my Mac first; disconnecting the dock connector ... | It disappears because the "show" selection on DEVICES needs to be activated and then it wil come back |
28,764 | I've enabled WiFi sync for my 4S and my first gen iPad, both running iOS5. When my phone is plugged in to my computer with a USB cable, it shows up in the sidebar, but as soon as it's unplugged it goes away. The iPad stays in the sidebar until I manually eject it.
It seems that my iPad is behaving 'correctly', at leas... | 2011/10/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/28764",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/8308/"
] | I have tried reinstalling iTunes, restoring the software, rebooting the router and pretty much every combination of checkboxes checked and unchecked and you know what fixed it for me?
Rebooting my MacBook.
I've been struggling with this for several hours and it never came to me to reboot my laptop.
So my guess is th... | It disappears because the "show" selection on DEVICES needs to be activated and then it wil come back |
240,556 | After a hard drive died on a RAID5 setup on a legacy system, the Vmware Virtual Machine on it kept on running for a period of 6 months. Needless to say, finally it crashed bad. Now, the dead hard drive has been replaced and RAID5 restoration tools have been used to recover the lost data.
Yet, the logical drive is stil... | 2011/02/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/240556",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/49376/"
] | You aren't telling us enough:
Are you using a hardware RAID controller? Which one? If not, software RAID on what operating system? Did the recovery have finished without reporting any errors? Did the RAID management tools for the RAID solution you are using report the volume as working fine? What kind of I/O errors d... | Yep, you should for sure but that's not 100 % warranty, you know. I'd use Linux Software RAID as a tool to check how many stripes have had bad CRCs. That would give overall damage picture. |
8,317 | I have noticed that interior of the ISS appears to be very disorganized.
Let me clarify what I mean by that. I grew up watching Star Trek, and the Enterprise was *the* reference of clean space-faring vehicle. Things were in drawers, hidden. Or structured in a clean way. Computers were built into larger panels. There w... | 2015/03/02 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/8317",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/8610/"
] | In Star Trek there is artificial gravity, and lots of staff. On the ISS there is neither. The crew spends a lot of time maintaining the station. They barely get time for science operations, with all the time they spend on maintenance. Going to a crew of 7, which Commercial Crew vehicles will enable (bringing 4 at a tim... | At 4,000 to 14,000 dollar per kg in launch costs, pretty panels are a huge waste of money. It needs to be fixed solidly enough to withstand a crewmember bumping into it, and easily detachable enough to be replaced when needed. Beyond that, the crewmembers are professionals who watch where they're going and don't need a... |
28,089,123 | I want to know the right concept about it. If I have a MVC application with Repository Pattern, where the BL should be?
* Should it be inside the Model? Model should have all the business
logic before call the unitofwork to insert or not the data into
database?
* Should it be in the controller? Before call the model?
... | 2015/01/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28089123",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2274562/"
] | The short answer - it depends. If it's a fairly complex or sizable application, I like to create a service layer project with the repositories as dependencies. If it's a small application, I'll put the logic in the controller. In my opinion, if it takes more time and effort to create the service layer than it would be ... | The third one... and then some.
Your application structure could look like this (each in different projects):
* Data storage layer (e.g. SQL database)
* ORM (e.g. NHibernate or Entity Framework)
* Domain (including abstract repositories and entities)
* Service layer (and optionally business)
* MVC application (which ... |
28,089,123 | I want to know the right concept about it. If I have a MVC application with Repository Pattern, where the BL should be?
* Should it be inside the Model? Model should have all the business
logic before call the unitofwork to insert or not the data into
database?
* Should it be in the controller? Before call the model?
... | 2015/01/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28089123",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2274562/"
] | The short answer - it depends. If it's a fairly complex or sizable application, I like to create a service layer project with the repositories as dependencies. If it's a small application, I'll put the logic in the controller. In my opinion, if it takes more time and effort to create the service layer than it would be ... | There is no "correct" answer to this question, it is primarily opinion-based. You can read about my opinion in the following project wiki:
<https://github.com/danludwig/tripod/wiki/Why-Tripod%3F>
<https://github.com/danludwig/tripod/wiki/Dependency-and-Control-Inversion>
<https://github.com/danludwig/tripod/wiki/Tri... |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | It's important to have a firm grasp of precisely who the legal entities are in any contractual agreement, so you know who you have to sue or blame or whatever if it ever comes to that.
Less seriously, if account-sharing were permissible, then blaming "somebody else who was using the account at the time" would be a rea... | From both a legal & security standpoint, the single biggest factor I'm aware of is accountability. If you cannot determine who is responsible for the account, you cannot reasonably hold anyone accountable for actions related to the account. For instance, money laundering is easier if you cannot trace account ownership.... |
148,354 | In games where you have to use an account to sign in or otherwise authenticate yourself (e.g MMO games), it is often prohibited to share your account with other people.
For example in the [World of Warcraft Official Terms of Use Agreement](http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/legal/wow_tou.html):
>
> [...] You may n... | 2017/09/13 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/148354",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/77195/"
] | In addition to all the other answers, there is another reason: **Ensuring leaderboard integrity by prohibiting account sharing and multi-account usage.** A famous example is the rhythm game [osu!](https://osu.ppy.sh), which states as its **first** rule:
[![Each player may only have ONE account at any point of time. Th... | I run Wildfire, a multiplayer network backend for Crysis Wars.
Like other networks, we don't allow account sharing- our ToS never actually goes into detail as to why this is, but I made this decision because:
* One copy of the game per account- allowing users to share their accounts would *dramatically* skew the stati... |
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