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16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | Ya... I'm going to have to challenge the premise here, sorry about that...
This is what I usually call ["back-burnering"](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=back%20burnered) and it's not really a great thing to do. You have your new relationship that's on the front burner, it's sizzling hot and you're mix... | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship w... | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no ... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | Casually mention your new partner in the course of conversation, maybe more than once. Your new relationship never has to be the focus of conversation. The assumption is that your ex will be respectful of your new relationship and will thus not 'try anything'.
Maybe during camping trip planning you can talk about need... | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no ... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship w... | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship w... | Casually mention your new partner in the course of conversation, maybe more than once. Your new relationship never has to be the focus of conversation. The assumption is that your ex will be respectful of your new relationship and will thus not 'try anything'.
Maybe during camping trip planning you can talk about need... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | Ya... I'm going to have to challenge the premise here, sorry about that...
This is what I usually call ["back-burnering"](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=back%20burnered) and it's not really a great thing to do. You have your new relationship that's on the front burner, it's sizzling hot and you're mix... | Might want to make it clear they you're currently in a relationship and you're not looking for anything with your ex.
Keeping a just-friends relationship is possible but if she tries anything during the camping trip you have to not just let it slide or seem to take it lightly as she might think you still have thoughts... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a... | Might want to make it clear they you're currently in a relationship and you're not looking for anything with your ex.
Keeping a just-friends relationship is possible but if she tries anything during the camping trip you have to not just let it slide or seem to take it lightly as she might think you still have thoughts... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | >
> My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now
> because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings....I don't
> know if my friend is aware of my relationship status.
>
>
>
I hope you see that by hiding that information, you've really made a mess of things. It wouldn't take more than a... | It puzzles me that you have a valued friendship and still can't talk about one of the most important things in your life with your friend. If talking about your partner with your friend would be iffy or difficult, it suggests that your relationship with your friend is not just platonic. My opposite-sex friends have no ... |
16,378 | Background
==========
I'm in a happily monogamous relationship. I also am friends with someone I used to date. My friend and I generally void the subject of dating/romance now because it can be a sore subject that stirs up feelings. I hope in time that this restriction will ease up as we adjust to just being friends.
... | 2018/07/11 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/16378",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/12540/"
] | Ya... I'm going to have to challenge the premise here, sorry about that...
This is what I usually call ["back-burnering"](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=back%20burnered) and it's not really a great thing to do. You have your new relationship that's on the front burner, it's sizzling hot and you're mix... | You're not being honest.
========================
Plain and simple. You're not being honest with your girlfriend, that you want to foster this friendship with your ex who you'd "be in a serious relationship with, were you single." You're not being honest with your ex, that you're interested in a serious relationship w... |
78,703 | How often are proxies to obfuscate internet traffic used? Do most companies connect directly to the Internet (after using a proxy to cache and filter content), or is there some obfuscation of their traffic, is that permissible?
I was curious to know if there are better ways to track a page view from a particular clien... | 2009/10/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/78703",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | Microsoft uses a technology called Volume Shadow Copy to make these backups. It's a very clever approach because it allows full volume sector-by-sector backups (like a Ghost image) that can be stored incrementally. If you backup every day, each additional copy only consumes the space required to store the changes, yet ... | I think the idea behind it is that if using Hyper-V, you can quickly move it to another Hyper-V server and mount it to another Virtual server. |
101,590 | As UX people know, these type of questions are really good for capturing perceptions of a website / product. So you let your service users to enter their own words or choose one or more from a list.
Therefore, as result of this question you will get a lot of data that have to be saved somewhere and it is not meaningf... | 2016/11/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/101590",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/80416/"
] | **TL;DR: Yes! There is!!**
I am unfamiliar with sentiment analyses (apart from a quick Wikipedia lookup!), but from an academic perspective, this is touching on UX research using qualitative and quantitative methods. If I had to work with this situation, I would have used the word association (which is essentially a q... | Consider using [google forms](https://www.google.com/forms/about/) as it will enable you to easily create this kind of survey and get exploitable data. You will then be able to export them and get a more visual result with tools likes [Word Cloud Generator](https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/).
[![enter image descri... |
61,477 | I'm currently using Diigo for saving my bookmarks and reading them later on the iPad offline. However, it allows only the 20 last for reading.
Does anyone know an app that enables reading older history items offline? | 2012/08/21 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/61477",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/11095/"
] | I really like [Instapaper](http://www.instapaper.com). Not only does it allow storage and hierarchical organization of seemingly unlimited bookmarks/pages, it has a nice, big cache and reading offline works like a charm.
It will save articles that are broken into multiple pages automatically which I particularly like.... | I discover since few days, the Pocket App (http://getpocket.com) available for the iPad and iPhone, versus with Instapaper, you can bookmarks video and other kind of content and see on the iPad after the application have downloaded.
Also, you can use the Chrome/Firefox plugin to bookmarks directly from the browser, th... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight ... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
... | The same reason you can't install Mac OS X on your PC: Apple chooses to make it available only to people who own their own brand of computers. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | The same reason you can't install Mac OS X on your PC: Apple chooses to make it available only to people who own their own brand of computers. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. | Actually you can install Mac OS X on any Intel CPU based machine. It is legal as you own the orginal install DVD for the OS X system. After aquiring a copy of Virtualbox or VMWare (either is great, personally I prefer Virtualbox because the display settings are more customizable). Virtualbox allows setup on initial set... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
... | Actually you can install Mac OS X on any Intel CPU based machine. It is legal as you own the orginal install DVD for the OS X system. After aquiring a copy of Virtualbox or VMWare (either is great, personally I prefer Virtualbox because the display settings are more customizable). Virtualbox allows setup on initial set... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight ... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
... | Xcode is a big application written to set of APIs not present on Windows. Porting it would be an enormous job, maintaining it would be a big job, and there are already popular IDEs on the Windows platform. |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
... | I guess that porting XCode would be close to very hard (if not impossible) but even if you were able to have a running XCode version under Windows, I guess that it won’t do what you really want it to do. I assume you want a complete iPhone SDK environment which is reliant on XCode and Interface Builder in a very tight ... |
2,065,343 | Why can't Xcode be hacked to be able to run on Windows?
Does Xcode have another programming methods?
Also, I heard that iPhone apps are made with Objective-C, so why is this not available in Windows?
Thanks | 2010/01/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2065343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/241654/"
] | Xcode is written in Objective-C and takes advantage of a number of OS X frameworks, so porting it to Windows would require porting all the frameworks on which Xcode relies. Furthermore, Xcode also uses a number of programming tools that would have to be ported to Windows as well (some of them already are, of course).
... | Same can be said why isn't there Visual Studio 2008 for OSX. |
19,566 | Since the revamp/relaunch of the Delicious site, I can no longer log in with my Yahoo! ID. Instead, I'm being asked for a Delicious ID. If I sign up, I will lose all my previous bookmarks.
I have thousands of bookmarks stored on Delicious.
Is there a workaround somehow so that I can log back into my account using my ... | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/19566",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/21013/"
] | >
> First step, if you haven't already, is to click the "forgot password?" link right below the password field on the Delicious sign-in form. A password reset link, along with a reminder of your username, will be sent to the email address associated with your account.
>
>
> If you don't get the password reset email,... | As Kenny said, if you used a Yahoo ID to log in, you can't use it any more. I don't recall being prompted to choose a new Delicious ID, and even if I had been asked to, I would have chosen the same ID anyway, so I'm not too impressed that I can't access my bookmarks... |
26,503,389 | I downloaded the alamofire library and opened the iOS Example.xcodeproj, but it won't run.
In import Alamofire , when i command press it it gives message that Alamofire symbol not found. Alamofire.framework is showing red. How to tackle this problem?
... | 2014/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26503389",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4169055/"
] | The most probable cause might be that your phone is not rooted, so you will not be able to remount the partition for read/write access.
There is a particular stack overflow page for remounting a rooted device into RW mode.
[link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5467881/a-terminal-command-for-a-rooted-android-to-rem... | I managed to fix the problem!
Downloaded and installed Kies, which also installs the appropriate Samsung drivers. Then ran a firmware installation from there (Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization).
Make sure you have the model number and S/N handy (written on inside of phone). |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | MSDN pretty much lists all of this in the introduction to [Isolated Storage](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy.aspx):
>
> Isolated storage is a data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data. Standardization provides other ben... | It could be used to store Personalized Data, Application Setting that you do not want to store in either a Settings file like .ini or in the Registry. The Isolated Storage is a space on the harddrive that you normally dont use for storage. But now ASP.NET applications and normal Windows Applications can use it. |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | It could be used to store Personalized Data, Application Setting that you do not want to store in either a Settings file like .ini or in the Registry. The Isolated Storage is a space on the harddrive that you normally dont use for storage. But now ASP.NET applications and normal Windows Applications can use it. | Isolated Storage is, in effect, a location on the local file system that is determined using the user information and the assembly information so if you put files there then they should be fairly free from corruption due to other apps selecting the same location.
It gets around the issue of everyone deciding to use c:... |
3,873,164 | I have read .NET Framework Microsoft training course but still confused with the real understanding what Isolated Storage is. Could anyone give me any real life examples, where it is used? | 2010/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3873164",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/455131/"
] | MSDN pretty much lists all of this in the introduction to [Isolated Storage](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3ak841sy.aspx):
>
> Isolated storage is a data storage mechanism that provides isolation and safety by defining standardized ways of associating code with saved data. Standardization provides other ben... | Isolated Storage is, in effect, a location on the local file system that is determined using the user information and the assembly information so if you put files there then they should be fairly free from corruption due to other apps selecting the same location.
It gets around the issue of everyone deciding to use c:... |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: T... | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | ### All are equally dispensable, but I think the true answer to your question is "none are"
Theoretically, any rotation in 1 direction can be created from a series of rotations in the other 2.
For example:
* to yaw 90 degrees left in a spacecraft with no yaw control, you can pitch up 90 degrees, roll 90 digress righ... | **One thruster. All possible directions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pi4j1.png)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)>
Your game will be done Asteroids style. That will make coding easy and calculating speed and trajectory easy to... |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: T... | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | ### All are equally dispensable, but I think the true answer to your question is "none are"
Theoretically, any rotation in 1 direction can be created from a series of rotations in the other 2.
For example:
* to yaw 90 degrees left in a spacecraft with no yaw control, you can pitch up 90 degrees, roll 90 digress righ... | In space you have 6 degrees of freedom. 3 rotations (as you have said) and 3 translations (think forward/backward, left/right, up/down).
For movement you would need at least 1 translation (so thrust out the back) and 2 rotations (any 2 does not matter for movement but pilots may have a preference).
So to get somewher... |
197,804 | Looking to design a one-man fighter craft (using CGI) for space-based combat. To be at all useful in such a role the pilot must be able to turn the craft. There are three axes of rotation involved in the motion of any aerospace craft:
Pitch: This value changes when the craft rotates around its left-right axis.
Yaw: T... | 2021/03/14 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/197804",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19460/"
] | **One thruster. All possible directions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pi4j1.png)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)>
Your game will be done Asteroids style. That will make coding easy and calculating speed and trajectory easy to... | In space you have 6 degrees of freedom. 3 rotations (as you have said) and 3 translations (think forward/backward, left/right, up/down).
For movement you would need at least 1 translation (so thrust out the back) and 2 rotations (any 2 does not matter for movement but pilots may have a preference).
So to get somewher... |
691 | The question on "Advanced Calculus- Ajacent zeros" has a -4 vote and is identified as [migrated]. Other questions have a -1 vote without comment. | 2012/09/18 | [
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/691",
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://mathematica.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2308/"
] | Voting is one of the main operating principles of the Stack Exchange system, although you'll have to browse the main StackOverflow site a bit to find some general guidance. For example, [this page](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130046/when-should-i-vote) kind of captures the general consensus of when and how... | The comments on said [question](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/198331/advanced-calculus-adjacent-zeros) are quite comprehensive. A bad question asked on the wrong site is likely to get downvotes and will be migrated eventually.
As for the downvotes, they are, well, downvotes. Sometimes users just cannot be b... |
691 | The question on "Advanced Calculus- Ajacent zeros" has a -4 vote and is identified as [migrated]. Other questions have a -1 vote without comment. | 2012/09/18 | [
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] | Voting is one of the main operating principles of the Stack Exchange system, although you'll have to browse the main StackOverflow site a bit to find some general guidance. For example, [this page](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130046/when-should-i-vote) kind of captures the general consensus of when and how... | "Migrated" means a moderator moved the question to a site where it's a better fit, in this case math.stackexchange.com.
The downvotes are for two reasons:
* the question is off-topic on Mathematica.SE, as it has nothing to do with the "technical computing software Mathematica". Several users left comments on that.
... |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | If these entities have a semantic meaning across all of these tiers, I would recommend putting them in a separate project/assembly that all tiers have knowledge of.
If you have entities that are specific to one layer, I would confine them to that layer. So, for example, you wouldn't allow UI code to throw a Business L... | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | You've been doing the right thing. Creating a separate project with all entities are almost always the way to go. If the enums and exceptions are entity-related, they belong in there as well. | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | Think encapsulation.
Place them at the scope where they are needed, and not in a wider scope.
If something is only used within the UI layer, don't expose it to other layers. But if it's used across two or three layers, then define it in the lowest-level layer (e.g. if UI sits on Business Logic which sits on Database, ... | I usually put enums and custom exceptions together with the interface definitions in a separate project. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | If these entities have a semantic meaning across all of these tiers, I would recommend putting them in a separate project/assembly that all tiers have knowledge of.
If you have entities that are specific to one layer, I would confine them to that layer. So, for example, you wouldn't allow UI code to throw a Business L... | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | You've been doing the right thing. Creating a separate project with all entities are almost always the way to go. If the enums and exceptions are entity-related, they belong in there as well. | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
1,917,719 | I'm trying to figure out how to share my entities between the data, business, and UI tiers. Is it best to create a separate project for these entities that will be referenced by all the tiers? What about Enums and custom exceptions? I have some enums used only by the UI project, and some that are used by the Business. ... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1917719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/406322/"
] | Think encapsulation.
Place them at the scope where they are needed, and not in a wider scope.
If something is only used within the UI layer, don't expose it to other layers. But if it's used across two or three layers, then define it in the lowest-level layer (e.g. if UI sits on Business Logic which sits on Database, ... | If you need the entities in all tiers then using a separate project is (imo) the best way. |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or e... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've found that my rabbit loves to eat timothy hay, bananas, slightly peeled grapes, mostly stuff that's sweet.
He hates veggies. Tried most kinds of greens that are available in the grocery store. Other than timothy hay, the rabbit will not eat anything green. He even has a preferred *brand*.
Here is a complete [li... | I miss our rabbits, they're great pets... as for treats, I found that veggies made them happy, always. We had pellets for them, which tends to make them chubby, but our rabbits much preferred fresh veggies, especially carrot tops (they love the green more than the orange part, so much for Bugs Bunny) and fresh hay.
On... |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or e... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Treats can be a very important part of training your bunny. Like many pets, bunnies can be motivated by attention and/or food rewards, so using treats can be a great training device.
Any high-sugar treat like fruit should be only a small part of bunnies diet, so moderation is important. It has been recommended that [... | I miss our rabbits, they're great pets... as for treats, I found that veggies made them happy, always. We had pellets for them, which tends to make them chubby, but our rabbits much preferred fresh veggies, especially carrot tops (they love the green more than the orange part, so much for Bugs Bunny) and fresh hay.
On... |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or e... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've found that my rabbit loves to eat timothy hay, bananas, slightly peeled grapes, mostly stuff that's sweet.
He hates veggies. Tried most kinds of greens that are available in the grocery store. Other than timothy hay, the rabbit will not eat anything green. He even has a preferred *brand*.
Here is a complete [li... | Most fruit tree wood (I have heard mixed reviews on Cherry wood, so I avoid it) is both extra tasty to rabbits and healthy for them to chew on. You could have a special chew stick or branch that (once it has been introduced as a special yummy treat) only comes out when the guests do. You might start with it further awa... |
48 | My house rabbit can be rather shy around guests, and I would like to encourage her to be more friendly when people come around. I have explained to my guests that rabbits can be startled easily and they will crouch lower and move slower and quieter when going near her. I'd like to be able to offer my bunny a treat or e... | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/48",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Treats can be a very important part of training your bunny. Like many pets, bunnies can be motivated by attention and/or food rewards, so using treats can be a great training device.
Any high-sugar treat like fruit should be only a small part of bunnies diet, so moderation is important. It has been recommended that [... | Most fruit tree wood (I have heard mixed reviews on Cherry wood, so I avoid it) is both extra tasty to rabbits and healthy for them to chew on. You could have a special chew stick or branch that (once it has been introduced as a special yummy treat) only comes out when the guests do. You might start with it further awa... |
44,127,348 | Is it possible to pass a manual device id without passing the real device id using getDeviceId()? I want to pass a pre-defined device id in my app. I am just playing with my code and a beginner that's why i am if it is possible to do so. Thanks | 2017/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44127348",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8051713/"
] | Instead of writing getDeviceId(), you can just simply write your own value and assign to a variable for further use. | just pass the value you want to intent of getDevice(), pass your string with usename and pass add another string as deviceid and pass it,simple. |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | YSlow, etc detect problems in the HTML, Javascript and CSS parts, and these are probably OK. It looks like your hosting is to blame. | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Tha... |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | YSlow, etc detect problems in the HTML, Javascript and CSS parts, and these are probably OK. It looks like your hosting is to blame. | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | If those plug-in results are correct (and I've no reason to doubt they are), then it's most likely a case of your virtual server simply being overloaded.
I presume you have no such issues running an identical site in a "local" production environment either, although you might want to try this to confirm if you've not ... | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Tha... |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | If those plug-in results are correct (and I've no reason to doubt they are), then it's most likely a case of your virtual server simply being overloaded.
I presume you have no such issues running an identical site in a "local" production environment either, although you might want to try this to confirm if you've not ... | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | Based on some tests from a tool that I built ([The Performance Grader](http://www.joomlaperformance.com/component/option,com_performance/Itemid,52/) at JoomlaPerformance.com), wow is it bad...
Notice that the HTML took approximately 21.83 seconds to download (fr... | As most of you pointed out, the issue seemed to be with the server. I contacted GoDaddy and explained the situation. It turns out that my site was hosted on one of their legacy servers and was most likely overloaded. They switched me over to one of their grid servers (no cost) and now everything is loading quickly. Tha... |
4,785,451 | My website is <http://secretpassagesbooks.com/>. It runs on the latest version of wordpress and is hosted via GoDaddy on a shared web server.
My website takes at anywhere from ten seconds to one minute to load, and I don't understand why. I have tested in IE, FireFox, and Chrome, and the page speed is the same. I perf... | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4785451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/587906/"
] | Based on some tests from a tool that I built ([The Performance Grader](http://www.joomlaperformance.com/component/option,com_performance/Itemid,52/) at JoomlaPerformance.com), wow is it bad...
Notice that the HTML took approximately 21.83 seconds to download (fr... | GoDaddy's webhosting is the bottleneck to your website, you should probably go for a VPS if you have got an advanced website with loads of lookups! |
116,821 | More fully, does a failed Medicine (Wisdom) check while taking the Stabilize action on an unconscious creature count as a failed death saving throw for the unconscious creature?
I've searched all over for this and haven't found anything conclusive, so I apologize if this is a duplicate. I had a disagreement with our D... | 2018/03/06 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/116821",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/42611/"
] | By the book, no
---------------
The rules on stabilizing creatures in *Player's Handbook* (pages 197-198) make no mention of a failed stabilize action having adverse effects on the target, apart from them remaining unconscious and having to continue making death saving throws on their turns. This isn't said in the sec... | RAW no, but other ability checks have drawbacks if you fail by a certain amount (Thieves' Tools can set off a trap, Athletics while climbing can result in the character falling, etc...).
So, in my game, a failure by 5 or more, or a natural 1, results in a failed death saving throw. It makes the skill proficiency a bit... |
346,409 | Can I hire the companion again and continue the quest?
Do I need to start the quest from beginning?
Regarding Boon, does it count if I fight the Legion without him and then hire him again? | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/346409",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/227125/"
] | Boone's quest (Also Raul's, Arcade's & Veronica's) is triggered by earning "history points" by doing certain things while he is with you. You won't lose progress if you dismiss Boone, nor will you lose any quests from your log, but you can only make progress while he is with you.
This can make Boone's quest impossible... | It's remarkably hard to find information on how Fallout:New Vegas deals with companions and their quests in this respect. Based on my own experience, though, and as I cannot find proof to the contrary, dismissing companions should not have any bearing on their companion quests.
From [here](http://www.gamesas.com/dismi... |
23,177,455 | I want to animate a small section of an image. So basically most part of the image is going to remain static and only a small section is going to animate. This can be done with animated GIF but is there a better alternative to this? I'm not sure if APNG is well supported by most browsers. Are there any jQuery plugins t... | 2014/04/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23177455",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1448031/"
] | APNG is capable of animating a portion of the image, like GIF, plus it allows eight bits per sample RGBA with millions of colors, unlike GIF which limits you to 256 colors and 1-bit transparency. APNG is not well supported by browsers. Supposedly the latest version of WebP supports animation. | The upcoming Chrome v59 will introduce support for APNG. Firefox, Safari iOS already support APNG. However, it is not yet supported by Internet Explorer, Edge or Opera.
WebP also supports animation but browser supported is currently limited to only Chrome and Opera.
Until all major browsers support an animated image ... |
35,672,662 | I am building my own API which is being used by:
1) Android App
2) Desktop Application
One of my urls is this: <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php> from which my users get data from my database through JSON. I was thinking lately to create authentication with an API Key.
Any ideas on how to do it? ... | 2016/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35672662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3078121/"
] | as @mike mentioned, the OAuth's are complex API, and more importantly require a third service endpoint running somewhere to provide the authentication/authorization for access.
One think you definitely *don't* want to do is include the API key in the URL. That's very easily replayed and/or spoofed and identified by pr... | OAuth is a complicated protocol and would be better learned by Googling and reading the documentation, but this is probably a good option to secure your API endpoints.
In short, OAuth is a way for a user to gain access to your API by proving they are allowed access and then by using a secure "access token" that you pr... |
35,672,662 | I am building my own API which is being used by:
1) Android App
2) Desktop Application
One of my urls is this: <http://api.chatapp.info/order_api/files/getbeers.php> from which my users get data from my database through JSON. I was thinking lately to create authentication with an API Key.
Any ideas on how to do it? ... | 2016/02/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35672662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3078121/"
] | as @mike mentioned, the OAuth's are complex API, and more importantly require a third service endpoint running somewhere to provide the authentication/authorization for access.
One think you definitely *don't* want to do is include the API key in the URL. That's very easily replayed and/or spoofed and identified by pr... | If you need to authenticate user, then I would go with Oauth. If not then with adding encrypted checksum of request parameters to custom request header. |
6,517,328 | I want hide a contact form after sent msg. Only show msg successfully. | 2011/06/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6517328",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/820267/"
] | The solution of this is to add folder ringtone in audio ( /sdcard/media/audio/ringtone/ )
and you can add mp3 in this folder so lather on they will be shown in the list | You can use [**TYPE\_ALL**](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/RingtoneManager.html) |
18,813 | I am looking for a solution regarding the gsr, accelerometer, heart rate, skin temperature. From this [other question](https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/601/grove-sensors-without-a-grove-shield) seems that Grove isn't clear enough with their documentation. So I am looking for other ideas. I already know cooki... | 2015/12/18 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/18813",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/15699/"
] | The accelerometer may be pretty easy (since it may not need to be in close contact with the person), but the GSR and skin temperature will need to be touching the person to work.
The first thing you will want to do is to identify the sensors that you want to use, and then come up with some ideas for how to make them w... | For accelerometer sensing I used LIS3DH from STMicroelectronics, its low power(down to 2uA), small (LGA package 3x3x1 mm) and has cool build-in features (like orientation, tap and doble tap detection among other things). <http://www.st.com/web/catalog/sense_power/FM89/SC444/PF250725?icmp=pf250725_pron_pr_feb2014> and t... |
18,813 | I am looking for a solution regarding the gsr, accelerometer, heart rate, skin temperature. From this [other question](https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/601/grove-sensors-without-a-grove-shield) seems that Grove isn't clear enough with their documentation. So I am looking for other ideas. I already know cooki... | 2015/12/18 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/18813",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/15699/"
] | I ran into a similar quandary when making a prototype for a device that needed real test-data from an external, glove-worn accelerometer. I wound up running the data/power/etc pins from my Arduino board to a female RJ-45 jack (I've used a telephone jack on another project where only 4 wires were needed). Then I cut an ... | For accelerometer sensing I used LIS3DH from STMicroelectronics, its low power(down to 2uA), small (LGA package 3x3x1 mm) and has cool build-in features (like orientation, tap and doble tap detection among other things). <http://www.st.com/web/catalog/sense_power/FM89/SC444/PF250725?icmp=pf250725_pron_pr_feb2014> and t... |
925 | I'd like to know a couple of things:
Did you make dark or light?
What procedure did you use/recommend?
Did you try to make rocks or did you just make sheet candy and break it up?
Did you use cane sugar or beet sugar? (although there shouldn't be a difference, sucrose is sucrose)
What was your brewing experience wi... | 2009/12/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/925",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/381/"
] | I think what you are really asking is how to make inverted sugar. This is when you break the sucrose down into fructose and glucose to make a more highly and easily fermented sugar.
I usually do this for my trippel. To make it I measure out the amount of sugar I am going to put in to my recipe, in this case a pound. ... | Don't bother making rock candy. Just put sugar in. It's exactly the same thing. Cane sugar and beet sugar will give you the exact same flavor after it's been refined.
If you want it dark, just caramelize the sugar in a pan before adding it, or add a teeeeeny bit of molasses in with your sugar (since that's what comes ... |
925 | I'd like to know a couple of things:
Did you make dark or light?
What procedure did you use/recommend?
Did you try to make rocks or did you just make sheet candy and break it up?
Did you use cane sugar or beet sugar? (although there shouldn't be a difference, sucrose is sucrose)
What was your brewing experience wi... | 2009/12/18 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/925",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/381/"
] | I think what you are really asking is how to make inverted sugar. This is when you break the sucrose down into fructose and glucose to make a more highly and easily fermented sugar.
I usually do this for my trippel. To make it I measure out the amount of sugar I am going to put in to my recipe, in this case a pound. ... | If what you want is candy syrup, sold as D2 etc in American homebrew stores, then you need to [read this explanation](http://ryanbrews.blogspot.com/2012/02/candy-syrup-right-way-hint-weve-been.html) of what it really is and how to make it. In Dutch it is "kandizuiker" and this has been mistranslated/misinterpreted as m... |
16,895 | I'm sorry if this question has been asked before or if it's a very vague question, but I'm just in the process of buying a new backpack for myself and I'm confused about how it's supposed to fit on the shoulders. I've no previous experience with backpacks and would appreciate a little help.
I was considering this bac... | 2017/08/17 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16895",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/13873/"
] | You'll notice that the shoulder straps are adjustable by pulling webbing/strap through the locking slider on the front of the bottom of the padded part of the strap. It's not very likely that there is no range at which the pack will fit you.
The fact that the picture shows the strap lifting up off the shoulder a littl... | Too long for a comment so will add this to complement the excellent answer by @Beanluc.
Referring solely to the picture.
Even with the apparent light weight of the pack, it appears that pack is adjusted too long for the person in the picture. The straps are attached to the pack well above her shoulders and the wais... |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | If you're going to use the object later on you should check **Before** making the call to the function, It will **avoid an exception** in the long run, but it really matters ***when the object is used*** |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | Always code defensively. Do both, but the callee is more important. |
711,813 | Should a check for null occur before making the call to a function or within the function itself? | 2009/04/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/711813",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49632/"
] | I would say within the call itself. That way, you only check for null in one place, not 5 places if you call that function from 5 different spots.
But this isn't a for sure answer. It really depends on the function and what the consequences are of calling it with a null argument. | If receiving a null on a function is a valid possibility, check for null within the function. Also DRY, and avoid having to check for null multiple times in the callers (so I second ryeguy's answer).
If receiving a null represents an error, fail (and fail early) with an exception (or let something like NullPointerExce... |
13,304 | I have read the [post](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3306/why-are-push-propellers-so-rare-yet-they-are-still-around) where it describes about the push and pull configurations of the engine, advantages/dis-advantages in them but not the purpose.
I have seen images of a figter where the propellers are pla... | 2015/03/18 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13304",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3012/"
] | The biggest factor is familiarity: What has worked before?
Other factors are:
* Propeller size: Slow-turning propellers driven by powerful engines have a big diameter. This is desirable because it improves efficiency. However, now the propeller cannot be placed behind the wheels if the rotation angle should not be re... | It is the purpose. Each configuration has it's own advantages and disadvantages. This is already explained in [Why are push-propellers so rare, yet they are still around?](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/3306/) and [this answer](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/3320/524) in particular.
In case of Do33... |
101,986 | I've been taking drum lessons for about two months now. I'm a bit short on money, and I spent savings on drum class. So, I've been practising paradiddles on a wooden board with a cloth on top. Today, when I was hitting the practice pad at my class, I realised that I've gotten faster. (Its hard to tell from my makeshift... | 2020/07/16 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101986",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/52814/"
] | What makes a Pentatonic scale so "useful" is that you can play it on any scale degree, not just on **I** chords. The Pentatonic scale has at least one note in each of the chords you listed, so it will never technically be wrong to stick purely to the scale. Now, that wouldn't make for a very interesting jam, but it is ... | Pentatonics. Here, pent. major. In key C, C major pentatonic works well. Especially over any bars with a C chord. That's particularly due to two 'avoid' notes missing. C maj. pent. has C D E G A. Missing F and B. Those avoid notes are so called because they are the ones which can easily clash when played over a C chord... |
31,515,676 | Let's say that we are building a 'forgot password' page where a user is expected to enter its email id. What if email id doesn't match any record in our database? Should we still respond with 200? | 2015/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31515676",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1278007/"
] | So after exploring more on this, I feel that I should still respond with 200 since there is nothing wrong with the request and request parameters. Its still a valid request.
It may also be worth to note that it makes complete sense to respond with 401 when a user is trying to access resource that doesn't belong to it.... | Yeah it will be still response **200 OK**.
For security reasons is better don't do information email doesn't exists in database. It's better return only information incorrect credentials. Attacker haven't information if account with email exists or not.
Different situation will be in case of API. in this case will be... |
454,502 | I can find these 3 flavours on Ubuntu download page, but previously, I could find only 32 and 64 bit versions. Can anybody explain about each?
1. 64-bit
2. 32-bit (for machines with less than 2GB RAM)
3. 64-bit Mac (AMD64)
Note: I have i5-4Gb system. | 2014/04/18 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/454502",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/21919/"
] | 1. First option is for modern machines with more than 4 GB of RAM. The processor must support 64 bit mode.
2. It's for older machines. Suitable for all Intel and AMD processors, but leaks with performance.
3. It is designed for Apple Mac computers in case of first option not working.
If your computer isn't a Mac, choo... | A better explanation is on <http://releases.ubuntu.com/trusty/>
**PC (Intel x86) desktop image**
>
> For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors. Choose this... |
158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never ... | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Black Spider [did](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=15170) [appear](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=14145) on the show, according to producer Greg Weisman, but I am unable to find explicit proof that the character you screenshot is meant to be him. However, his costume is quite simi... | Greg had just come from working on "Spectacular Spider-Man" and brought Josh Keaton (the voice of the titular character) with him. Because they could and did have Spider-Man voicing Black Spider, they decided to switch up his powers and abilities to be more like an evil clone of the OG marvel character.
Personally it... |
158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never ... | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Black Spider [did](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=15170) [appear](http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=14145) on the show, according to producer Greg Weisman, but I am unable to find explicit proof that the character you screenshot is meant to be him. However, his costume is quite simi... | In his second apparition, where he has a voice actor (in his first one he has no lines), check the credits and you'll see his name listed as Black Spider. |
158,453 | Young Justice features a villain who appears nearly identical to Spider-Man. He wears a similar suit - albeit purple, sticks to walls, and fires red webbing from wrist-mounted bracelets. A quick Google search shows that on Wikipedia he's identified as Black Spider. From what I know of Black Spider, however, he's never ... | 2017/04/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/158453",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20557/"
] | Greg had just come from working on "Spectacular Spider-Man" and brought Josh Keaton (the voice of the titular character) with him. Because they could and did have Spider-Man voicing Black Spider, they decided to switch up his powers and abilities to be more like an evil clone of the OG marvel character.
Personally it... | In his second apparition, where he has a voice actor (in his first one he has no lines), check the credits and you'll see his name listed as Black Spider. |
54,616 | Amanda, Frank, and Michael are 3 users on Stack Exchange. One of them was serial down-voting. Can you figure out who the culprit is?
**Evidence:**
* Amanda has been suspended for sock-puppetry numerous times. She has over 35 different accounts, but the exact ones are unknown.
* Frank’s posts are often flagged for spa... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/54616",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25395/"
] | From
>
> a\*10^5+b\*10^4+c\*10^3+a\*10^2+b\*10^1+b\*10^0
>
> **+** b\*10^5+b\*10^4+b\*10^3+c\*10^2+a\*10^1+b\*10^0
>
> **-** b\*10^5+c\*10^4+b\*10^3+a\*10^2+b\*10^1+c\*10^0
>
> **=** c\*10^5+c\*10^4+c\*10^3+c\*10^2+c\*10^1+c\*10^0
>
> We get
>
> a\*100010+20002\*b+1100\*c-10001\*c **=** 111111\*c
... | C=0,B=5,A=9.I took numbers 0to9 and looked at middle numbers And tried out middle letter as 4 or 5 .and figured out that B is either 4 or 5 .I then looked at last column and added B aND B and figured out C =0 .then I looked at column before last .added 1 from the 10 of last column to B and subtracted the other B in col... |
54,616 | Amanda, Frank, and Michael are 3 users on Stack Exchange. One of them was serial down-voting. Can you figure out who the culprit is?
**Evidence:**
* Amanda has been suspended for sock-puppetry numerous times. She has over 35 different accounts, but the exact ones are unknown.
* Frank’s posts are often flagged for spa... | 2017/08/28 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/54616",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/25395/"
] | Looking at the last column,
>
> 2B = 2C (mod 10), so they differ by 5.
>
>
>
Looking at the first column,
>
> there must be a carry, so C = A + 1
>
>
>
Then from the penultimate column,
>
> there is a carry from the last column, so B = C + 5 = A + 6.
>
>
>
And then the remaining columns just repeat... | Mostly trial and error. But got my answer in second attempt.
>
> A=3, B=9, C=4
>
>
>
Logic behind my approach
>
> possible combination for the last digit (which is 2B-C = C +/- 10x) where B=0 & C=5, which was eliminated in previous answer, then I just tried for another such possibility which seemed to be B=9,... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | 37 Pieces of Flair
------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x telec... | Pennies in the Fountain
-----------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iZLhM.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to midtown NYC 2018-07-08 4:25pm. The boy was asking his mother for pennies to throw into the South Fountain in Madison Square Park
f5... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | Indifference
============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwNSy.jpg)
PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Sidewalk Sugar Skull
--------------------
An artist is almost done painting a sugar skull design on the face of a girl as twilight falls over a Friday Night street festival in Decatur, AL on 15 July, 2016.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/otF21.jpg)
Canon EOS 5D Mark II... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | Indifference
============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwNSy.jpg)
PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Crash
-----
June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the hig... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | 37 Pieces of Flair
------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x telec... | Crash
-----
June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the hig... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | 37 Pieces of Flair
------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x telec... | A formal sendoff
----------------
Taken opposite Royal Thai Police headquarters at Rama I road in Bangkok. The policeman pictured followed the car across the street. Presumably, there's a high-ranking officer onboard as it's a luxury car with the emergency lights on (barely visible on the grill of the car). After stop... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | I'm Moo-vin' On
---------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WKcDn.jpg)
The parade had passed moving right to left earlier in the evening. About forty-five minutes after the end had snaked by the Princess Theatre and continued another mile or so to t... | Los Gatos Muertos
-----------------
Los Gatos, California - February 10th 2020
iPhone 7+, f/2.8, 1/120, ISO-40
I saw two dead cats when I was biking to school. I quickly hopped off my bike and took a picture.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFrFi.jpg) |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | I'm Moo-vin' On
---------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WKcDn.jpg)
The parade had passed moving right to left earlier in the evening. About forty-five minutes after the end had snaked by the Princess Theatre and continued another mile or so to t... | Crash
-----
June 27th 2021, California
Nikon D500 with Nikkor 18-140
1/1000, f/6.3, ISO2016, 62mm
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ESZTo.jpg)
Was driving back home from Sequoia National Park, and snapped this pic of a crash as we were going on the hig... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | Indifference
============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwNSy.jpg)
PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | 37 Pieces of Flair
------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wYRl5.jpg)
On a photography walkabout to downtown NYC 2017-06-24 4:27pm, saw this lady who could give Brian a run for his money.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 80-400mm
f9 1/200s ISO 3200 @ 800mm (using a 2x telec... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | Indifference
============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwNSy.jpg)
PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Tinkerbell Takes a Peek
-----------------------
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/L5C9b.jpg)
A young lady costumed as the 'Peter Pan' character Tinkerbell glances at her reflection in a door glass as she walks past during late afternoon at a street fair i... |
125,278 | Theme: Street Photography
-------------------------
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_photography) says it quite well:
>
> A type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid
> situations within public places such as streets, parks, beaches,
> malls, political conventions and other setti... | 2021/06/22 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/125278",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/11924/"
] | Indifference
============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SwNSy.jpg)
PANASONIC LUMIX GX10
F10
1/400
31mm
ISO 200 | Los Gatos Muertos
-----------------
Los Gatos, California - February 10th 2020
iPhone 7+, f/2.8, 1/120, ISO-40
I saw two dead cats when I was biking to school. I quickly hopped off my bike and took a picture.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gFrFi.jpg) |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religiou... | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religiou... | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by th... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religiou... | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you sho... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Here is a non-exhaustive list of warning signs. If any of them are present, you *should* definitely politely leave and never return.
1. [The dojo is a McDojo](https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/q/6739/82): *Run, just run.*
2. **Cult warning signs**. Run, just run. Here is [how to spot the signs](http://www.religiou... | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notic... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical... | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by th... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | Sard has a good list. I would add a few other things:
1. Unwilling to let you watch/try out classes for a week or so.
2. A very high proportion of new students to more advanced students (Unless it is something like a brand new school) - this indicates lack of retention, which can be indicative of problems.
3. Phsyical... | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notic... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you sho... | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by th... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | First thing I look at is cleanliness. I expect the mats to uniformly be the same colour, unless they're distinctly different, but all the red mats should be the same shade of red, and the green mats should be the same shade of green (reasonable exceptions are made for colour fading due to age). I also want to see by th... | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notic... |
1,504 | What are things to look for in a school to indicate that one should absolutely NOT study there?
You know, things like having the name Cobra Kai or making you do donut runs because you're the new student. Or worse. | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1504",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com",
"https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/users/68/"
] | I don't have a lot to add, as others have done a good job of answering this one. I do have a pet favourite thing to look for, though:
Are the higher-ranked students obviously better than the junior students?
I'm not talking about fitter, or stronger, or able to jump higher. Even to a relatively-untrained eye, you sho... | Some things I've noticed, that led me to walk out on a couple of schools:
1. Teacher singles you out and calls you out in front of the class.
2. Other student(s) actually laughs/snickers when that happens. and the Instructor allows that!
3. Teacher physically injures you. Could be to make an example of you. You notic... |
47,346,886 | I have created a master page using sharepoint designer 2013. I am able to edit the page.But whenever any changes are made they are only reflected on the view of administrators site. Changes are not reflected/visible to other user who logs into the site
How to reflet the changes throughout ? | 2017/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47346886",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4915986/"
] | You need to "publish" and "approve" your changes. I'm not sure if Sharepoint Designer allows you to do this. You can do it in Site Settings -> Web Designer Galleries/Master pages and page layouts. Select your master page, then publish, then approve it (use corresponding toolbar options for these). | If only you or some admin users can see the changes, then check-in, publish and approve.
[You can do it from Designer with right-click:](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C5q2t.png)
If only some administrative pages show your changes, but not regular site pages, make sure the Master Page being edited is selected both as Site... |
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> **Possible Duplicate:**
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> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
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Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | That really depends on your exact requirements.
Most modern encryption algorithms are probably more than strong enough for your needs if you use them properly.
The weak point in your system *will not* be the encryption algorithm itself. Almost every other aspect of your setup will be more vulnerable to attack than th... | My primary answer is "it depends upon what you're doing with that string". This question (and answers) will guide you...
[.NET Secure Memory Structures](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1166952/net-secure-memory-structures)
... but it depends if you're encyrpting/security that string in memory, how you're persisti... |
4,335,264 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
>
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Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | My primary answer is "it depends upon what you're doing with that string". This question (and answers) will guide you...
[.NET Secure Memory Structures](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1166952/net-secure-memory-structures)
... but it depends if you're encyrpting/security that string in memory, how you're persisti... | That would be a [one-time pad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad). If correctly implemented it's been proved to be impossible to crack but an OTP is most probably not a viable option for you.
[RSA encryption](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA#Encryption) is very secure and .NET [supports it](http://msdn.microso... |
4,335,264 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to encrypt a string in .NET?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629828/how-to-encrypt-a-string-in-net)
>
>
>
Which one is the most excellent and toughest encryption for String type data in C#.. | 2010/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4335264",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/504800/"
] | That really depends on your exact requirements.
Most modern encryption algorithms are probably more than strong enough for your needs if you use them properly.
The weak point in your system *will not* be the encryption algorithm itself. Almost every other aspect of your setup will be more vulnerable to attack than th... | That would be a [one-time pad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad). If correctly implemented it's been proved to be impossible to crack but an OTP is most probably not a viable option for you.
[RSA encryption](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA#Encryption) is very secure and .NET [supports it](http://msdn.microso... |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to h... | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | You could move it away from any star, making it a [rogue planet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_planet).
Basically, any planet near a star is detectable through a few different means like eclipsing, redshift of the star caused by the planet's mass, and simply viewing the planet using the star's light if close eno... | Make your planet hard to spot, and uninteresting. Play the odds.
There's a lot of planets.
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The Milky Way is estimated to have over 100 billion stars each with at least one planet. If you had 1000 ships each visiting a star per day it would take 275,000 years to visit them all.
Space is big.... |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to h... | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | Make your planet hard to spot, and uninteresting. Play the odds.
There's a lot of planets.
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The Milky Way is estimated to have over 100 billion stars each with at least one planet. If you had 1000 ships each visiting a star per day it would take 275,000 years to visit them all.
Space is big.... | Hide in plain site [pun intended].
Where is the Second Foundation located?
The real problem with your premise is that of moving the goods. Just as with embezzlers on Earth today, it's relatively easy to disguise whatever is being done to collect the special sauce; it's much harder to ship it off-planet without a st... |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to h... | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | You can't. Planet will have mass. Mass will create gravitational lens. From all angles. How this was told in some movie "there is nothing there but all the data point that there should be something".
So you don't hide it. Just don't. Put a big sign on it "We have poisonus snakes, spiders that eat snakes, sharks that ... | Hide in plain site [pun intended].
Where is the Second Foundation located?
The real problem with your premise is that of moving the goods. Just as with embezzlers on Earth today, it's relatively easy to disguise whatever is being done to collect the special sauce; it's much harder to ship it off-planet without a st... |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to h... | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | **It is an icy moon with a subsurface ocean**
Our solar system has several moons orbiting gas giants which are though to have rather large subsurface oceans under a thick layer of ice. The Saturnian moons Dione, Titan and Enceladus are thought to have subsurface oceans, and the same is true for the three big Jovian mo... | If you do not really care about the scientific accuracy of your story, there can be some generator that can transfer the planet into slipstream space, or the Star Wars equivalent of hyperspace. Perhaps your protagonist got there by some quirk in the space-time continuum. Let your imagination fly! If you are not bound b... |
170,473 | A major plot point for my story is the Protagonist stumbling upon a planet that was purposely hidden from the rest of the galaxy (at the edge of the galaxy) as it's being used by high level government officials to conduct a secret trade of a commodity that only this planet has and that uses the planet's population to h... | 2020/03/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/170473",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/73037/"
] | **It has a secret identity.**
The universe is full of crappy planets that no-one would want to visit. Lava worlds. Stinking gas giants. Acid blasting Venuses. Atmosphereless Mercury hellscapes.
Your planet is just another one of these - not a place for life of any kind, or machines, or anything but a note in the cha... | Dyson Sphere around the planet with a cloaking surface on the exterior (vanta-black and EM spectrum absorbing materials) |
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