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121,905 | I cannot tell the difference regarding definition between compound nouns and nouns preceded by an adjective.
For example:
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> River pollution is a serious environmental issue.
>
>
> River pollution is a serious environment issue.
>
>
>
or
>
> What is the molecular structure of water?
>
>
> what is the molec... | 2017/03/09 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/121905",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/32527/"
] | >
> *River pollution is a serious environmental issue.*
>
>
> *River pollution is a serious environment issue.*
>
>
>
These are not compound nouns, but syntactic constructions where the noun "issue" is modified by the noun "environment" and the adjective "environmental". The resultant nominals are in turn modifi... | I'm a native speaker (USA) and I can say that very few people would be able to recognize the difference in meaning in these two examples. Let's take the first example,
>
> River pollution is a serious environmental issue.
>
> River pollution is a serious environment issue.
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>
>
Only the first sentence makes... |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | It looks like that uses Sublime's Build system to do the conversion. In Sublime, open "Tools > Build System" and choose Automatic, then try building (Cmd+B, F7, or Tools>Build.) If it still doesn't work, try changing the Build System from Automatic to SASS. | I'm not sure how different things will be on Mac, but I use Sublime Text 2 on both Windows and Linux without any issues regarding Sass. I haven't used the plugin [sublime-text-haml-sass](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) though.
I would say:
1. Make sure Sass is installed on your system. The instructio... |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | It looks like that uses Sublime's Build system to do the conversion. In Sublime, open "Tools > Build System" and choose Automatic, then try building (Cmd+B, F7, or Tools>Build.) If it still doesn't work, try changing the Build System from Automatic to SASS. | I use [hammer for mac](http://hammerformac.com/ "hammer for mac") which has built in support for compiling SASS, coffeescript, HAML among others, as well as loads of other great features such as non-PHP includes, clever paths, variables etc.
Highly recommend it. |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | I've been using Edge with Sublime Text 2 to live edit Sass & Compass files. Check it out here <http://getedge.io> | It looks like that uses Sublime's Build system to do the conversion. In Sublime, open "Tools > Build System" and choose Automatic, then try building (Cmd+B, F7, or Tools>Build.) If it still doesn't work, try changing the Build System from Automatic to SASS. |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | I've been using Edge with Sublime Text 2 to live edit Sass & Compass files. Check it out here <http://getedge.io> | I use [hammer for mac](http://hammerformac.com/ "hammer for mac") which has built in support for compiling SASS, coffeescript, HAML among others, as well as loads of other great features such as non-PHP includes, clever paths, variables etc.
Highly recommend it. |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | I've been using Edge with Sublime Text 2 to live edit Sass & Compass files. Check it out here <http://getedge.io> | I'm not sure how different things will be on Mac, but I use Sublime Text 2 on both Windows and Linux without any issues regarding Sass. I haven't used the plugin [sublime-text-haml-sass](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) though.
I would say:
1. Make sure Sass is installed on your system. The instructio... |
394,431 | I downloaded this [SASS syntax highlighting files](https://github.com/n00ge/sublime-text-haml-sass) and done the four steps instructed (as a Mac user). But I don't know how to run it so that my .sass file is converted to .css
Can you suggest me anything? | 2012/02/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/394431",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/120270/"
] | I've been using Edge with Sublime Text 2 to live edit Sass & Compass files. Check it out here <http://getedge.io> | [CodeKit](https://incident57.com/codekit/) works like a charm;
Simply open up your Sass/HTML/JS in Sublime Text, then run CodeKit.
Drag and drop your source folder into CodeKit, hit Preview and voila – it compiles and update all changes while giving you a live preview. |
63,650 | I wouldn't have a gripe if the banner area was stationary, but often times the page will load and I'll target something with my mouse and then the banner will suddenly appear and shift the entire UI down.
I like the notification concept, but I'm often frustrated by the UI.
Just my 2 cents. | 2010/09/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/63650",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/148961/"
] | I just wish that clicking it would consistently take me to the "recent activity" page. Because that's usually where I'm headed anyway once I see it, and it makes a much more inviting click-target than that tiny little envelope... (or the tiny little X on the right) | The top notification bar used to be blocking. It used to hover on top of the SE navigation area. Now, I still have a number of issues with the top notification bar.
* Asynchronous. After the page loads and you start reading, the page adjusts for the notification bar. This is a minor annoyance.
* Other notification mec... |
116,933 | If a player with great cleave kills a creature while grappling it, can that player then make a grapple attempt against an adjacent creature and continue the carnage across the entire group of enemies?
Scenario:
Bob the Grappler is currently affected by enlarge person, fearsome grapple, and balor nimbus.
He grapples ... | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/116933",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Generally, yes, you can Grapple as a Melee Attack off of Cleave/Great Cleave, if you defeated the previous enemy with a Grapple check.
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[Great Cleave](http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:G... | **Yes, this works.**
[Cleave](http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#cleave) (and, by extension, Great Cleave) grants you:
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> ...an immediate, extra melee attack against another creature within reach.
>
>
>
It doesn't say it must be a "normal" melee attack or anything along those lines.
Initiating a [grapple](htt... |
116,933 | If a player with great cleave kills a creature while grappling it, can that player then make a grapple attempt against an adjacent creature and continue the carnage across the entire group of enemies?
Scenario:
Bob the Grappler is currently affected by enlarge person, fearsome grapple, and balor nimbus.
He grapples ... | 2018/03/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/116933",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/33213/"
] | So the first issue here is that Cleave (and thus Great Cleave) requires that your free attack follow up an attack that fells an opponent, and that the free attack be with the same weapon as the first attack. Per [the rules](http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/specialAttacks.htm#grappleChecks), “A grapple check is like a m... | **Yes, this works.**
[Cleave](http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#cleave) (and, by extension, Great Cleave) grants you:
>
> ...an immediate, extra melee attack against another creature within reach.
>
>
>
It doesn't say it must be a "normal" melee attack or anything along those lines.
Initiating a [grapple](htt... |
155,651 | My Outlook is already full of rules and I want my exchange server to do some rules for me. I don't know where to start inside the MS Exchange. Any ideas?
-Thank you for that. Scenario here is that I need to receive all the emails from outside and I auto-forward it to my agents. every agents have 1 rule and we are expa... | 2010/06/28 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/155651",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/46929/"
] | Outlook rules are created strictly in the outlook client. Rules may be stored on the client (client side rules) or on the server (server side rules) depending on what they do. Also, there's a 32KB limit to the rules on anything prior to Exchange 2007, if I'm not mistaken. | Not sure what type of rules you are creating, but by default Outlook **will** store and process some of its rules on the exchange server depending on what types of rules you create.
Ref: <http://www.slipstick.com/rules/serverbased.htm> and <http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/12/10/447717.aspx> |
14,878 | Ever since Junior year of college, Geology has had a [special place](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/6064/how-can-i-tell-which-layers-there-are-in-an-in-progress-fortress-in-dwarf-fortres/6079#6079) in my heart, so when I was recently faced with the following problem I felt a tug on the old heart strings:
*... | 2011/01/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/14878",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/102/"
] | Just for the sake of completeness, I'm going to take Chris' [profession guide link](http://www.wow-professions.com/wowguides/wow_jewelcrafting_leveling_guide.html) and reduce it to ore amounts. That'll at least give you the "minimum" amount.
### Absolute Minimum
The technical absolute minimum is 0 ore, as you'd just ... | This isn't an answer by your criteria but this guide contains the materials required to level to 525, some people may find it useful: <http://www.wow-professions.com/wowguides/wow_jewelcrafting_leveling_guide.html> |
80,090 | I want to create a 2D side scrolling game in a similar style as the game "Castle Crashers". (Go to: <http://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/> to see some pics of the game).
I have experience creating 2D games which use an array of tiles (a tilemap), to see if the player/enemies/bullets are moving to a blocked or un... | 2014/07/11 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/80090",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/49216/"
] | I'm assuming you're either using some sort of entity-component system, or else you have in-game classes that represent your objects.
Either way, you have some reference to your in-game objects (players, walls, enemies, etc.) At a minimum, these objects should have:
* A position
* A sprite (display)
* A collision prim... | You can use a raycasting (or linecasting) based collision detection system. At a very high level, you cast rays from your player (preferably from the edges of it's collider box) into the game map. When the ray hits something, you can check to see what its hit, and if it's a collidable surface, resolve the collision and... |
80,090 | I want to create a 2D side scrolling game in a similar style as the game "Castle Crashers". (Go to: <http://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/> to see some pics of the game).
I have experience creating 2D games which use an array of tiles (a tilemap), to see if the player/enemies/bullets are moving to a blocked or un... | 2014/07/11 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/80090",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/49216/"
] | I'm assuming you're either using some sort of entity-component system, or else you have in-game classes that represent your objects.
Either way, you have some reference to your in-game objects (players, walls, enemies, etc.) At a minimum, these objects should have:
* A position
* A sprite (display)
* A collision prim... | Simply use shapes and AABB collisions.
Keep a tiled map. Create an approximation of a circle using tiles and create a rectangle for each of the unwalkable tiles.
Next, when you create a player or any movable entity, simply create a Rectangle around them too. Before moving, look whether or not the player's rectangle w... |
110,922 | **Not the same as** [Why I can't scan the WhatsApp QR?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/96546/why-i-cant-scan-the-whatsapp-qr) **because the problem there was the "OK Got It" was not visible due to the screen being too small, but that's not the problem here**
I have the latest version of WhatsApp
I restar... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/110922",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/110846/"
] | I found that a Chrome extension I had was causing the built in scanner to fail. DarkReader modified the background of the page to a dark colour, which apparently caused the WhatsApp QR scanner to fail.
If you are using dark mode plugin, ensure it's off when scanning the QR code. | Mine wouldn't scan when phone was on wifi; turned off wifi and it worked perfectly. |
147,971 | I'm looking to build a [Roy Mustang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Mustang) (from [FMA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist)) style character, whose primary method attack is a fiery explosion. While there are many Fire-based spells and cantrips I can use, I'm focused on the interaction of the Kiss of ... | 2019/05/13 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/147971",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/55388/"
] | There currently is no method for this
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While the [Unearthed Arcana Lore Wizard](http://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/20170213_Wizrd_Wrlck_UAv2_i48nf.pdf) created a method to change spell damage types, it only included spells that cost a spell slot, so cantrips like Eldritch ... | There isn't really a way to do that officially, but I wouldn't worry too much about having the DM do it by fiat -- changing Force damage into Fire damage is actually a serious *downgrade*, as fire is the second most commonly reduced1 damage type (after poison), while almost nothing reduces pure force.
If the DM gets a... |
147,971 | I'm looking to build a [Roy Mustang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Mustang) (from [FMA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist)) style character, whose primary method attack is a fiery explosion. While there are many Fire-based spells and cantrips I can use, I'm focused on the interaction of the Kiss of ... | 2019/05/13 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/147971",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/55388/"
] | There currently is no method for this
=====================================
While the [Unearthed Arcana Lore Wizard](http://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/20170213_Wizrd_Wrlck_UAv2_i48nf.pdf) created a method to change spell damage types, it only included spells that cost a spell slot, so cantrips like Eldritch ... | There will likely never be a RAW way to do this. In your own game, though, it shouldn't be unbalanced, with a few caveats.
==========================================================================================================================
Currently, there is no way to change the element of [Eldritch Blast](http... |
147,971 | I'm looking to build a [Roy Mustang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Mustang) (from [FMA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullmetal_Alchemist)) style character, whose primary method attack is a fiery explosion. While there are many Fire-based spells and cantrips I can use, I'm focused on the interaction of the Kiss of ... | 2019/05/13 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/147971",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/55388/"
] | There isn't really a way to do that officially, but I wouldn't worry too much about having the DM do it by fiat -- changing Force damage into Fire damage is actually a serious *downgrade*, as fire is the second most commonly reduced1 damage type (after poison), while almost nothing reduces pure force.
If the DM gets a... | There will likely never be a RAW way to do this. In your own game, though, it shouldn't be unbalanced, with a few caveats.
==========================================================================================================================
Currently, there is no way to change the element of [Eldritch Blast](http... |
12,677,905 | We need CI on Heroku for our RoR app.
We want to use an add-on. I don't mind paying a few bucks to avoid complexity / distraction.
I see its basically Railsonfire vs. Tddium
What are the factors that we should consider in choosing to use one vs. the other?
A similar question was asked at the link below, but it a... | 2012/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12677905",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1232686/"
] | Another option is [CircleCi](https://circleci.com), which makes it incredibly easy, though it isn't yet in the Heroku add-on marketplace.
I personally believe speed is the major consideration. The speed at which your team moves is tied to how quickly you can get notifications, and a platform optimized for speed is goi... | One consideration I'd give you to… uh… consider is support. I don't know anything about the Tddium team, but I do know that a couple months ago I tried Rails On Fire was blown away by the support. I asked some crazy questions (I do crazy things) and Florian responded in email and on Twitter right away with both help an... |
163,029 | Are these sentences natural?
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> 1. Members of my family have their weddings on Saturdays.
> 2. Pete pays a visit to his grandmother once a month. He does it on Saturdays.
> 3. I celebrate my birthday on Saturdays.
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>
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It is obvious that 'Saturdays' doesn't mean 'every Saturday' or 'almost every Saturday'. But... | 2018/04/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/163029",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/32659/"
] | *Promise* takes *to*-infinitival clauses as complements:
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> 1. My father *promised* **never to smoke**.
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But it doesn't take *V-ing* clauses as complements:
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> 2. \*My father *promised* **never smoking**. *(ungrammatical)*
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Unfortunately, you just have to memorize which kinds of complements each... | Remove **never** from the examples for a moment.
It's possible to promise (something to) a person.
Who did he promise?
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> He promised Jane.
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And it's possible to promise some *things*
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> He promised fidelity/love.
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You can also promise to do certain things.
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> He promised to marry.
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> H... |
3,986 | I visualize a shape-layer in the mapserver. Now I want to make some requests for only some classes of this layer. I want for example one request for only the water-classes and later for only the wood-classes. Can I realise this with the mapserver? | 2010/11/30 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/3986",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/1225/"
] | You should in your case have two layers, one for wood and one for water.
You can have two layers using the same shapefile..
Then you canchoose what layers to visualize directly in the request by the LAYERS parameter.
The classes only represent different parts of the data (e.g. how data in that layers should be rende... | If you really, really need them all in one layer, you can used Named Styles to achieve this. See [here](http://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-39.html) for more details. Peter's suggestion of multiple layers is in many ways a much simpler approach, however. |
20,231 | I'm in need of finding a data source that I can use to create a heat map showing varying water hardness in the U.S.
I've tried the usual, i.e. usgs, epa, and I'm not able to find what I need.
I'd like to make something similar to this (I can't find the original creator so I have to make my own
[![enter image descrip... | 2022/01/28 | [
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/20231",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/users/30934/"
] | Your question is quite open ended and answers may be quite subjective, but here are some resources and pointers.
There are in fact many different domain specific standard data models and exchange formats. You can find some of these in standards registries like [fairsharing](https://fairsharing.org/), which may have a ... | There are many different domain-specific standard for open data. There are also general metadata frameworks which maybe are what you are thinking about: see for example [frictionless](https://frictionlessdata.io/) which provides a framework & and a standard for writing metadata (in json format) describing tabular data ... |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | There is nothing wrong with using the word *reunion* for as few as two people, although it is more commonly associated with groups. For instance, consider Paul Simon's song *[Mother and Child Reunion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs)*.
If you feel that the term makes it sound like a bigger event than it re... | It is perfectly correct to say you are having a *reunion* with an old friend. Indeed you could even say ***I was reunited with my old friend of 15 years ago***. |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | There is nothing wrong with using the word *reunion* for as few as two people, although it is more commonly associated with groups. For instance, consider Paul Simon's song *[Mother and Child Reunion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs)*.
If you feel that the term makes it sound like a bigger event than it re... | I would not use 'reunion' to refer to two persons meeting each other again after a long time period had passed. If you need an alternative, you could consider *reunitement*. Although it too can refer to a group >2 meeting, still it's unique.
**reunitement**
The OED lists
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues... |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | There is nothing wrong with using the word *reunion* for as few as two people, although it is more commonly associated with groups. For instance, consider Paul Simon's song *[Mother and Child Reunion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa5H_4lBXs)*.
If you feel that the term makes it sound like a bigger event than it re... | Nothing wrong with using *reunion* in your case, I recognize. But if you are not comfortable with it, as you were only three people dare I say the following might help:
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> *I had a [get together](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get-together) with a childhood friend.*
>
>
>
Get-together:an informal and us... |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | It is perfectly correct to say you are having a *reunion* with an old friend. Indeed you could even say ***I was reunited with my old friend of 15 years ago***. | I would not use 'reunion' to refer to two persons meeting each other again after a long time period had passed. If you need an alternative, you could consider *reunitement*. Although it too can refer to a group >2 meeting, still it's unique.
**reunitement**
The OED lists
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues... |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | It is perfectly correct to say you are having a *reunion* with an old friend. Indeed you could even say ***I was reunited with my old friend of 15 years ago***. | Nothing wrong with using *reunion* in your case, I recognize. But if you are not comfortable with it, as you were only three people dare I say the following might help:
>
> *I had a [get together](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get-together) with a childhood friend.*
>
>
>
Get-together:an informal and us... |
226,041 | I met a childhood friend after over 15 years. It was myself, my spouse (who had never met the friend), and this friend.
Would I use *reunion* for this situation, as it always makes me feel it's for a group of people, and LDOCE says:
>
> **1** a social meeting of people who have not met for a long time, especially pe... | 2015/02/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/226041",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16040/"
] | Nothing wrong with using *reunion* in your case, I recognize. But if you are not comfortable with it, as you were only three people dare I say the following might help:
>
> *I had a [get together](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get-together) with a childhood friend.*
>
>
>
Get-together:an informal and us... | I would not use 'reunion' to refer to two persons meeting each other again after a long time period had passed. If you need an alternative, you could consider *reunitement*. Although it too can refer to a group >2 meeting, still it's unique.
**reunitement**
The OED lists
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues... |
197,297 | I'm of the opinion that Witch Bolt kinda sucks. A hot take, to be sure. So I have two possible alternate versions. Which one is better at
1. Actually being a spell someone would want to take and use
2. While still being in line with other 1st level combat-type spells on the sorcerer/wizard/warlock list
>
> **Witch B... | 2022/03/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/197297",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/64542/"
] | Both succeed at #1 and fail at #2
---------------------------------
Both would be very strong for a first level damage spell.
Witch Bolt sucks because it takes your action every turn. At the early levels in the game, you do not have that many useful options for using bonus actions proactively. Changing this to a bonu... | Both have issues
----------------
*Witch bolt* is a considered a "trap" because it uses your whole action every round to sustain. Whereas a lot of other spells that sustain are either a Bonus Action, or you can pick and choose whether to "use" the spell or not (such as *compelled duel* and *dragon's breath*).
At 1st ... |
30,332 | I'm curious if the physics allow a company to build such a lens of course with good IQ, minimal color aberration, maximum sharpness, and little to none lens vignetting or edge softness | 2012/12/08 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/30332",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6222/"
] | Your question raises an interesting point as there are some lenses you really *can't* make, for example you'll never have a 50 f/0.2 as physics simply wont allow it.
However a 300 f/1.2 is merely an engineering problem (building a barrel to hold and move the giant lens elements required), after all a 300 f/2.0 lens wa... | I'm not convinced it's possible to make something covering such a wide zoom range, with a fast aperture, and of high quality. mattdm makes many good points and has a solid analysis, but one thing I notice that makes me question whether this is possible: The wide-angle and mid-range f2.8 zooms (from any manufacturer) ha... |
609,028 | How Can I sort a text file by line length in notepad++? Is there any plugin available for the mentioned task?
In case that there is no plugin, What is the first and maybe second tutorial to read, In order to write the plugin Myself? | 2013/06/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/609028",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/219129/"
] | No I don't think there is. The closest is TextFx plugin but that's an character based sort not line length based. Your best bet is to throw the text into a spreadsheet and sort it there (using a separate computed column using the `LEN()` function). | Paste the data into a MS Access database - into a table with one text and one integer. Paste the text lines from the source file into the Access text field (set up a quesry with the one field and it pastes in from the top). Any line longer than 255 characters will be redirected to the Error file, as a "memo" field - wh... |
15,461,066 | Working on a Japanese forum web app done in Yii. The problem is we are starting to get some english-language spamming since the captcha is in English characters and anyone who can read it can basically spam. I'd like to have the captcha in Japanese kanji, which is of multibyte string type. Anyone do a multibyte-captcha... | 2013/03/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15461066",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1082041/"
] | I have found the solution (at least for Japanese-language uses). Check out Yii veteran [softark](http://www.yiiframework.com/user/13986/)'s awesome CCaptcha extension ***jcaptcha***: <http://www.yiiframework.com/extension/jcaptcha/> | You could try this extension:
<https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/ghd/trunk/protected/extensions/captchaExtended/CaptchaExtendedAction.php> |
50,558,994 | I just installed Jupyter Lab and tried it, however it doesn't showup properly. I tried reinstalling and installing but it show the same bug.
I am using dell xps 13, I tried installing it using:
* 'pip install jupyterlab', and
* 'conda install -c conda-forge jupyterlab'
Both gave same error. Is there a solution to th... | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50558994",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7932472/"
] | I had a similar issue using the pip-installed jupyter lab (Using Win64 with Python 3.6 in a virtualenv). Finally, I managed to run it by uninstalling the pip installer version and using the conda installer version:
* "pip uninstall jupyterlab"
* "conda install jupyterlab" | I had the same issue with jupyterlab-3.4.5 on firefox 104.0.
When I refreshed the browser (Alt R) it fixed the display. |
195,035 | why MAC address can not be used as session identifier instead of session ID?
why the physical address (MAC address) cannot be used as a session identifier during the communications between servers and client? | 2018/10/04 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/195035",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/188080/"
] | The MAC address is an identification of the specific network card at layer 2 (data-link layer). It stays only constant within the local network where no routers are involved. Once the traffic crosses a router the original MAC address is lost, i.e. the packets now have the source MAC address of the router. And if the pa... | In addition to what Steffen Ullrich said about the server not being able to see the MAC address if the client and server are not on the same network, there's another problem: there's no way to guarantee that MAC addresses are unique. On most systems, the MAC address for a network interface is easy to configure, so you ... |
54,521 | When/why would one use "vanilla sugar" instead of just plain sugar *along with* vanilla extract and/or beans/pods, particularly in recipes and baking? Is it just a matter of convenience?
I understand that some people might actually like to have vanilla sugar for direct use, such as sprinkling on things (as people also... | 2015/02/08 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54521",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/15018/"
] | >
> is there some other reason it is popular?
>
>
>
Yes: Vanilla beans are expensive, and once you've extracted the seeds, the husk, which still contains good vanilla flavor, is often discarded. Putting the empty husk in sugar allows you to extract some vanilla flavor that might otherwise be wasted. I usually save... | There is a product called Original VANILLA Sugar made by oetker. This product has been around for at least 20 years if not 30. It is artifically flavoured, a product of Canada, and comes in packages of 2 or 3, 9g (0.32oz). It smells delightful. It is made of dextrose, and artifical flavour. It is used in baking cakes, ... |
35,395 | I have harvested seeds from Zinnia elegans and Dahlia variabilis and I don't know how to easily separate the seeds from the chaff. I have put them in a bag and shaked it hoping that the seeds will fall at the bottom, but only a few did.
What else can I try?
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/U... | 2017/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/35395",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16253/"
] | Personally I would start by picking out the large debris with my hand. From there, I've seen people take the seeds and place them in a shallow dish, tilt the dish, and gentle blow the chaff away - this is called winnowing. There are also commercial seed sives that can the separating for you purchase, but I believe they... | I'll post this as an answer because it is more of an answer than an update.
The easiest way of separating the seeds was rubbing them when dry in order to grind the chaff (as Bamboo says in her comment), then winnowing (as in Ben's answer that I will mark as accepted). For more round-ish seeds it worked well by improvi... |
10,075 | I have a line-of-business tablet application that is used outdoors day and night in a vehicle. One of the users recently provided feedback that they find it difficult to read the screen when wearing sunglasses in bright daylight.
The current color scheme is similar to Microsoft Office (2007).
Would switching to a bla... | 2011/08/16 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/10075",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/7413/"
] | Yes, bright ambient light reduces contrast, so going with a black and white display will be the best you can do. Increasing font size and weight may also help. Hue differences also tend to wash out in bright light so your color codes are probably performing poorly anyway. Tinted sunglasses probably don’t help either. I... | If said tablet is an iPad, there is an accessibility setting that toggles the display into a high contrast mode. It's not black and white, but it might let you test out a high contrast solution without having to make any changes right away.
If you do decide to go with a high contrast solution, looking for screenshots ... |
24,860 | I just stumbled across an [old question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1143640/aliasing-resources-wpf) of mine, realising it didn't yet have any accepted answer. However, when I viewed the page, I noticed that the tick marks for accepting answers had all disappeared. Is this by design - if not, what's up here? | 2009/10/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24860",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/130256/"
] | Did you previously set up a bounty on that question? Questions that have a [bounty](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1413/1414#1414) expire without an accepted answer can never have an accepted answer. In your reputation history you have a -50 for that question, which almost always suggests a bounty was offered... | The existing accepted answer to this question — *this* MSO question, not the SO question that it's asking about — is wrong, although it was correct at the time that it was written.
On June 18, 2010, [the bounty system changed](https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/improvements-to-bounty-system/). Bounties and accepte... |
64,792,597 | Currently, I created a ASP.NET Core Web app using VS2019, came across that 'Add Areas' option is missing from Context menu.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KDhwB.png)
I tried [this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/59783296/7013518) and Add New Sca... | 2020/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64792597",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7013518/"
] | Just right click on the project name and add a New Folder named Areas. Be sure that the name is exactly Areas. After that, you can right click on area Folder and add a new area.
Good luck | Apparently this option has not been deleted and has only been moved to the Common section
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CtAvE.png) |
64,792,597 | Currently, I created a ASP.NET Core Web app using VS2019, came across that 'Add Areas' option is missing from Context menu.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KDhwB.png)
I tried [this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/59783296/7013518) and Add New Sca... | 2020/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64792597",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7013518/"
] | Just right click on the project name and add a New Folder named Areas. Be sure that the name is exactly Areas. After that, you can right click on area Folder and add a new area.
Good luck | To add a new Area, Right Click on application name from solution explorer -> Select Add -> Select New Scaffolded Item -> select MVC Area from middle pane of dialog box -> Enter Name -> Click Ok. |
64,792,597 | Currently, I created a ASP.NET Core Web app using VS2019, came across that 'Add Areas' option is missing from Context menu.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KDhwB.png)
I tried [this solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/59783296/7013518) and Add New Sca... | 2020/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64792597",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7013518/"
] | Apparently this option has not been deleted and has only been moved to the Common section
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CtAvE.png) | To add a new Area, Right Click on application name from solution explorer -> Select Add -> Select New Scaffolded Item -> select MVC Area from middle pane of dialog box -> Enter Name -> Click Ok. |
69,447 | In general computer science there are modeling "languages" (read: standardized diagramming techniques) such as UML [1](http://www.uml.org/),[2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language), in databases there are things like ERD[3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity%E2%80%93relationship_model), in business ... | 2014/01/28 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/69447",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/41439/"
] | There's no industry standard, but most high-profile studios do create a [game design document.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design_document)
Game development, after all, encompasses quite a number of fields, so there will often be a combination of storyboarding, UML for the programming side, a script for dialogu... | One of the actual models that I know about in game design is the MDA framework. This is the closest thing to your question that I can think of, as MDA gives you a reference to think and talk in (thus a language). And you can visualize it in a diagram if necessary.
A proper definition is given in [this paper by Hunicke... |
63,740 | I have 20 observations labeled for each class.
The number of classes is 5, so I have a total of 100 observations.
I want to classify one class vs. other classes (one vs. all).
For this, I first labeled '1' for one of five classes (= 20 observations), and '2' for the other classes (= 80 observations). After that, I ... | 2013/07/09 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/63740",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/27795/"
] | It is answered by Bayesian statistics. The training sample signal to background ratio 20/80 is your prior probability. The classifier is your likelihood and doesn't depend on the signal to backround ratio. This is easily understandable: the predicted numbers for the signal samples are the same if you calculate them for... | I had the same problematic with LDA: discrimination worked a lot better when the number of observations in each class were matching.
I ended up artificially growing the numbers by adding more observations to the classes through [boosting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boosting_%28machine_learning%29). There are several... |
74,767 | I am curious about tilt-rotor feasibility (such as [AW609](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW609)) against fixed-wing and rotor-blade aircraft (conventional helicopters).
One important issue that immediately arises in my mind is that both propellers must be highly robust against failures. This is transla... | 2020/02/21 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/74767",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/46126/"
] | This concern was one of the major design challenges in the development of tilt-rotor VTOL craft. In every flying example I'm aware of, it was solved one of two ways: either the engines were embedded in the fuselage and power was transmitted through a common gearbox (much like a twin engine helicopter), or the engines i... | Short Answer: yes. If they could not, they'd likely not get certified
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One engine can drive both prop rotors.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cWO63.jpg)
After digging into an old ... |
8,923,180 | I need to know whether the "crypt" Command Unix/Solaris 10 support 128bit encryption/decryption. | 2012/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8923180",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/834104/"
] | A [Blog Post](http://blogs.oracle.com/darren/entry/encrypting_files_in_solaris_10) shows that crypt on Solaris 10 does not use anything like DES, RSA, AES etc (wich are typically involved when speaking of "128 Bit encryption"). It uses a weak function that can be broken by many tools, one mentioned in that very article... | Use the encrypt and decrypt commands which are always installed on Solaris 10. Openssl provides similar functionalities but might be missing from a standard installation. |
46 | Только что [задал вопрос](https://rus.stackexchange.com/q/416914/177015) о том, как выразить определенный смысл одним словом. Пытался найти соответствующую метку, а её нет. При этом, [вопросов об этом](https://rus.stackexchange.com/search?q=%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%20%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%20is%3Aq)... | 2015/07/14 | [
"https://rus.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/46",
"https://rus.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://rus.meta.stackexchange.com/users/177015/"
] | Ввести метку [одним-словом](https://rus.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%bc "показать вопросы с меткой [одним-словом]")
Краткое описание:
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> Обозначает вопросы о том, как выразить определенное значение одним словом.
>
>
>
Полное описание:
>
> ... | Предложение интересное, и, как видно, метка успешно используется на других сайтах.
Однако сейчас вопросы, для которых она была бы полезной, задаются редко, и острой необходимости в ней нет. *(Также стоит обратить внимание на результаты голосования: +1 / -2.)* |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In general it is not a good idea to be sharing personal information. In particular I'd advise against sharing financial information unless there is a good reason behind it such as asking an expert for advice.
Work friendships can be fairly shallow (as can non work ones). You never know when something you said can come... | It really depends on your specific office. Generally, your financial situations are your personal business and therefore nobody else really needs to know about them. However, if someone asks about them and you are comfortable talking to them about it, go right ahead.
If your work-environment is something like a large ... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't mention the country... In most countries, the company pays you a salary, and deducts some amount of tax off the salary, sending that money to the tax office. This should more or less reflect what taxes you owe, but will always be a bit inaccurate. And at the end of the year, you fill out your tax return, whe... | It really depends on your specific office. Generally, your financial situations are your personal business and therefore nobody else really needs to know about them. However, if someone asks about them and you are comfortable talking to them about it, go right ahead.
If your work-environment is something like a large ... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It really depends on your specific office. Generally, your financial situations are your personal business and therefore nobody else really needs to know about them. However, if someone asks about them and you are comfortable talking to them about it, go right ahead.
If your work-environment is something like a large ... | You should avoid any specific talk. The underlying issue is that your tax refund gives others an idea of your salary, and that can cause resentment. It doesn't give specific information, but it gives people a rough idea.
I have heard people complain about due dates, and administrative nightmares caused by ridiculously... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I agree with gnasher729. Furthermore, you can if you're talking to payroll/HR/management (if they're the ones you negotiated your salary with) and it is a tax issue. Otherwise, if your just bragging about how you managed to deduct a large amount by maxing out an IRA or something like that, you're best off keeping it to... | It really depends on your specific office. Generally, your financial situations are your personal business and therefore nobody else really needs to know about them. However, if someone asks about them and you are comfortable talking to them about it, go right ahead.
If your work-environment is something like a large ... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't mention the country... In most countries, the company pays you a salary, and deducts some amount of tax off the salary, sending that money to the tax office. This should more or less reflect what taxes you owe, but will always be a bit inaccurate. And at the end of the year, you fill out your tax return, whe... | In general it is not a good idea to be sharing personal information. In particular I'd advise against sharing financial information unless there is a good reason behind it such as asking an expert for advice.
Work friendships can be fairly shallow (as can non work ones). You never know when something you said can come... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In general it is not a good idea to be sharing personal information. In particular I'd advise against sharing financial information unless there is a good reason behind it such as asking an expert for advice.
Work friendships can be fairly shallow (as can non work ones). You never know when something you said can come... | You should avoid any specific talk. The underlying issue is that your tax refund gives others an idea of your salary, and that can cause resentment. It doesn't give specific information, but it gives people a rough idea.
I have heard people complain about due dates, and administrative nightmares caused by ridiculously... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I agree with gnasher729. Furthermore, you can if you're talking to payroll/HR/management (if they're the ones you negotiated your salary with) and it is a tax issue. Otherwise, if your just bragging about how you managed to deduct a large amount by maxing out an IRA or something like that, you're best off keeping it to... | In general it is not a good idea to be sharing personal information. In particular I'd advise against sharing financial information unless there is a good reason behind it such as asking an expert for advice.
Work friendships can be fairly shallow (as can non work ones). You never know when something you said can come... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You didn't mention the country... In most countries, the company pays you a salary, and deducts some amount of tax off the salary, sending that money to the tax office. This should more or less reflect what taxes you owe, but will always be a bit inaccurate. And at the end of the year, you fill out your tax return, whe... | You should avoid any specific talk. The underlying issue is that your tax refund gives others an idea of your salary, and that can cause resentment. It doesn't give specific information, but it gives people a rough idea.
I have heard people complain about due dates, and administrative nightmares caused by ridiculously... |
65,259 | Figure the title is pretty self-explanatory. But if need be, if I were to mention I'm getting a large refund this year, or getting audited, or anything in between, am I walking on thin ice talking about this? | 2016/04/15 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/65259",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I agree with gnasher729. Furthermore, you can if you're talking to payroll/HR/management (if they're the ones you negotiated your salary with) and it is a tax issue. Otherwise, if your just bragging about how you managed to deduct a large amount by maxing out an IRA or something like that, you're best off keeping it to... | You should avoid any specific talk. The underlying issue is that your tax refund gives others an idea of your salary, and that can cause resentment. It doesn't give specific information, but it gives people a rough idea.
I have heard people complain about due dates, and administrative nightmares caused by ridiculously... |
69,058 | Does the random walk theory assume a simple symmetric random walk? In other words: does the random walk theory assume that the price rises as often as it falls? I've been looking for an answer for a while but I'm still not sure. Maybe this question is very simple, but I think that it will then be easier for other peopl... | 2021/12/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/69058",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/59863/"
] | Yes. In fact one way to test if the CAPM is true is to apply the Gibbons-Ross-Shanken or GRS test.
See for example [how to interpret the GRS F test values?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/35781/how-to-interpret-the-grs-f-test-values) and the answer by M. Gunn
How does GRS work? This is a statistical test o... | Yes, assuming liquidity is infinite or information acquisition is frictionless. |
69,058 | Does the random walk theory assume a simple symmetric random walk? In other words: does the random walk theory assume that the price rises as often as it falls? I've been looking for an answer for a while but I'm still not sure. Maybe this question is very simple, but I think that it will then be easier for other peopl... | 2021/12/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/69058",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/59863/"
] | Yes. In fact one way to test if the CAPM is true is to apply the Gibbons-Ross-Shanken or GRS test.
See for example [how to interpret the GRS F test values?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/35781/how-to-interpret-the-grs-f-test-values) and the answer by M. Gunn
How does GRS work? This is a statistical test o... | This is a belt-and-braces reformulation of the "No" argument. And the "NNNNOOOO NNNOOO NNOO NO" still holds.
Let's assume that CAPM does indeed work. This just defines a company's cost of capital, ie its ex-ante expected return ASSUMING THAT MARKET EXPECTATIONS ARE CORRECT. This can indeed then be precisely defined.
... |
69,058 | Does the random walk theory assume a simple symmetric random walk? In other words: does the random walk theory assume that the price rises as often as it falls? I've been looking for an answer for a while but I'm still not sure. Maybe this question is very simple, but I think that it will then be easier for other peopl... | 2021/12/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/69058",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/59863/"
] | This is a belt-and-braces reformulation of the "No" argument. And the "NNNNOOOO NNNOOO NNOO NO" still holds.
Let's assume that CAPM does indeed work. This just defines a company's cost of capital, ie its ex-ante expected return ASSUMING THAT MARKET EXPECTATIONS ARE CORRECT. This can indeed then be precisely defined.
... | Yes, assuming liquidity is infinite or information acquisition is frictionless. |
371,973 | I am having an issue with Windows 7 fonts. Someone messed up the default fonts and it is causing an issue with reports and websites where the font is different than what it is supposed to be.
This is causing reports to cut the title off and websites to display links and paragraphs in the wrong areas or being cut off.... | 2011/12/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/371973",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/111110/"
] | The fonts used by the system are different from the fonts used by the web browser. Try changing the web browser's fonts. I think the default font for IE on our machines is Times Roman 16. | Here is how to restore you fonts to default in Windows 7;
1. Open Fonts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Fonts.
2. In the left pane, click Font settings.
3. Click Restore default font settings. |
284,559 | Sort of like onomatopoeia, where the word sounds like that which it describes, but where saying the word makes one feel like that which it describes.
Sorry for the terrible explanation.
EDIT: This came up during a conversation with a friend who described something as 'scuzzy'. Saying scuzzy makes me feel scuzzy and ... | 2015/11/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/284559",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/145646/"
] | [**Ideophone**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideophone)
>
> 'A vivid representation of an idea in sound. A word, often
> onomatopoeic, which describes a predicate, qualificative or adverb in
> respect to manner, color, sound, smell, action, state or intensity.’
>
>
> Ideophones evoke sensory events.
>
>
>
Ex... | This is subjective, but I submit the word "Cacophonous", which describes anything that involves or produces a harsh or discordant mixture of sounds.
EDIT: It seems like you were looking for something more general. Per one of the other posts, "cacophony" is but one example of "ideophone". |
284,559 | Sort of like onomatopoeia, where the word sounds like that which it describes, but where saying the word makes one feel like that which it describes.
Sorry for the terrible explanation.
EDIT: This came up during a conversation with a friend who described something as 'scuzzy'. Saying scuzzy makes me feel scuzzy and ... | 2015/11/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/284559",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/145646/"
] | [**Ideophone**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideophone)
>
> 'A vivid representation of an idea in sound. A word, often
> onomatopoeic, which describes a predicate, qualificative or adverb in
> respect to manner, color, sound, smell, action, state or intensity.’
>
>
> Ideophones evoke sensory events.
>
>
>
Ex... | >
> Mood: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Usually, mood is referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the readers.
>
> [Literary Devices: Mood](https://literarydevices... |
649,651 | We have a certain piece of software which is on a machine which is going to *die* any time soon. Very soon, by our estimates.
The problem is that that is the only machine on which a certain specialist software works. It is installed locally, but also takes some data from a network partition (which is on an office serv... | 2013/09/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/649651",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2127/"
] | * [CloneZilla](http://clonezilla.org/).
* [Acronis TrueImage](http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/transfer-pc-files/)
* [Ghost](http://www.symantec-norton.com/Ghost%E2%80%8E)
* [dd](http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd). E.g. used [like this](https://superuser.com/questions/557193/can-i-clone-a-root-file-system-of-a-running-... | >
> What would be a good way to copy entire partitions to external HDD?
>
>
>
Use [Acronis® True Image™ 2014 Premium](http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/transfer-pc-files/) to create an image of the hdd and restore the image on new hardware. This will require a new license in an ideal world. There are several ot... |
649,651 | We have a certain piece of software which is on a machine which is going to *die* any time soon. Very soon, by our estimates.
The problem is that that is the only machine on which a certain specialist software works. It is installed locally, but also takes some data from a network partition (which is on an office serv... | 2013/09/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/649651",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2127/"
] | >
> What would be a good way to copy entire partitions to external HDD?
>
>
>
Use [Acronis® True Image™ 2014 Premium](http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/transfer-pc-files/) to create an image of the hdd and restore the image on new hardware. This will require a new license in an ideal world. There are several ot... | You really just need two things.
VMWare Converter and VMware Player
Both are Free Downloads!
Install the converter on another machine and capture an image of said workstation. Install the player on a different machine and fire up that image you captured. This isn't the most "professional" solution out there but I'v... |
649,651 | We have a certain piece of software which is on a machine which is going to *die* any time soon. Very soon, by our estimates.
The problem is that that is the only machine on which a certain specialist software works. It is installed locally, but also takes some data from a network partition (which is on an office serv... | 2013/09/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/649651",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2127/"
] | * [CloneZilla](http://clonezilla.org/).
* [Acronis TrueImage](http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/transfer-pc-files/)
* [Ghost](http://www.symantec-norton.com/Ghost%E2%80%8E)
* [dd](http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd). E.g. used [like this](https://superuser.com/questions/557193/can-i-clone-a-root-file-system-of-a-running-... | You really just need two things.
VMWare Converter and VMware Player
Both are Free Downloads!
Install the converter on another machine and capture an image of said workstation. Install the player on a different machine and fire up that image you captured. This isn't the most "professional" solution out there but I'v... |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The cookie will typically be included in any type of request, but the scenario you describe is what's known as a *third-party cookie* (that is, the cookie is set on a domain that is different than the domain of the loaded page) and most browsers offer a privacy setting to block third-party cookies.
A third-party cook... | This question is old, but was the first result on Google for me, so I think it's worth clarifying how this works nowadays (2021).
When bar.com sets the cookie, they can specify a `SameSite` attribute.
If the cookie is set with **SameSite=Lax** (or the SameSite attribute is not specified), then the cookie **will not b... |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The cookie will typically be included in any type of request, but the scenario you describe is what's known as a *third-party cookie* (that is, the cookie is set on a domain that is different than the domain of the loaded page) and most browsers offer a privacy setting to block third-party cookies.
A third-party cook... | Yes cookies are sent on all requests.
This includes "img" and "script" as well as XMLHttpRquest calls from javascript and can be a security issue on script tags as scripts loaded by one website can load scripts from another site and will send their authentication cookies too. This can be exploited to steal data. |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | This question is old, but was the first result on Google for me, so I think it's worth clarifying how this works nowadays (2021).
When bar.com sets the cookie, they can specify a `SameSite` attribute.
If the cookie is set with **SameSite=Lax** (or the SameSite attribute is not specified), then the cookie **will not b... | Yes cookies are sent on all requests.
This includes "img" and "script" as well as XMLHttpRquest calls from javascript and can be a security issue on script tags as scripts loaded by one website can load scripts from another site and will send their authentication cookies too. This can be exploited to steal data. |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | If third-party-cookies are not blocked by the user then most modern browsers will set or send cookies of the third party domain when a request is made to the third party web site. IE 6 has a different kind of blocking mechanism called leashing. wiki: A leashed cookie is a third-party cookie that is sent by the browser ... | Yes cookies are sent on all requests.
This includes "img" and "script" as well as XMLHttpRquest calls from javascript and can be a security issue on script tags as scripts loaded by one website can load scripts from another site and will send their authentication cookies too. This can be exploited to steal data. |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Yes. HTTP doesn't distinguish between one kind of resource or another (image vs html). | This question is old, but was the first result on Google for me, so I think it's worth clarifying how this works nowadays (2021).
When bar.com sets the cookie, they can specify a `SameSite` attribute.
If the cookie is set with **SameSite=Lax** (or the SameSite attribute is not specified), then the cookie **will not b... |
1,019,370 | If I have a site (e.g. foo.com) and on the home page of foo.com, there is an image request where the src=bar.com..., will the cookies on the bar.com domain be sent to the bar.com servers? | 2009/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1019370",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Yes. HTTP doesn't distinguish between one kind of resource or another (image vs html). | The cookie will typically be included in any type of request, but the scenario you describe is what's known as a *third-party cookie* (that is, the cookie is set on a domain that is different than the domain of the loaded page) and most browsers offer a privacy setting to block third-party cookies.
A third-party cook... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | The way I always understood it growing up as a USA-sian, "skipping rope" is just one particular way of using a jump rope. In particular, its generally done solo with the user employing a skipping cadence.
"Jump rope" can refer to the rope itself, or to the activity of using a jump rope. If you are hopping up when it c... | Here is a guess at the "skipping" etymology. This is probably because skipping (which we can take to be light, or small jumping) is all that is necessary to use the rope as it is intended. Only a small amount of clearance is required for the rope to pass under the feet. It is not necessary to jump, and doing so will on... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | Here in America, ***jump rope*** is the only noun we use. At my gym we warm up by *jumping rope* so I own my own *jump rope* of just the right length and thickness. As an adult wanting to exercise, I *jump rope* (doing *single unders* and *double unders*) at my gym.
Young girls at play might *jump rope* or *skip rope... | To throw some more oddness into the mix - as an Aus English speaker - I've heard both but by far and away, it's a *skipping rope* in Aus.
I *do*, however, have memories of participating in [Jump Rope For Heart](http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/events/schools-and-youth-groups/jump-rope-for-heart.aspx) (organised by ... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | I imagine some of the hits for *jump rope* in your Ngram may refer to the noun form.
The *jump rope* is the rope used for skipping rope. Put another way, you might say:
>
> *I need to lose some weight, so I'm going to start skipping rope. Time to buy a new jump rope.*
>
>
>
Which term is most common? In most of... | To throw some more oddness into the mix - as an Aus English speaker - I've heard both but by far and away, it's a *skipping rope* in Aus.
I *do*, however, have memories of participating in [Jump Rope For Heart](http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/events/schools-and-youth-groups/jump-rope-for-heart.aspx) (organised by ... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | >
> Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen
> the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on
> some information I have asked myself a few questions:
>
>
> Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England ? Do they call
> it skipping rope or jump rope in... | The way I always understood it growing up as a USA-sian, "skipping rope" is just one particular way of using a jump rope. In particular, its generally done solo with the user employing a skipping cadence.
"Jump rope" can refer to the rope itself, or to the activity of using a jump rope. If you are hopping up when it c... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | >
> Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen
> the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on
> some information I have asked myself a few questions:
>
>
> Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England ? Do they call
> it skipping rope or jump rope in... | *Skipping rope* is defined as follows <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/skipping-rope>
>
> skipping-rope
> n
> (Group Games / Games, other than specified) Brit a cord, usually having handles at each end, that is held in the hands and swung round and down so that the holder or others can jump over it
>
>
>
I've ... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | The way I always understood it growing up as a USA-sian, "skipping rope" is just one particular way of using a jump rope. In particular, its generally done solo with the user employing a skipping cadence.
"Jump rope" can refer to the rope itself, or to the activity of using a jump rope. If you are hopping up when it c... | To throw some more oddness into the mix - as an Aus English speaker - I've heard both but by far and away, it's a *skipping rope* in Aus.
I *do*, however, have memories of participating in [Jump Rope For Heart](http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/events/schools-and-youth-groups/jump-rope-for-heart.aspx) (organised by ... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | I imagine some of the hits for *jump rope* in your Ngram may refer to the noun form.
The *jump rope* is the rope used for skipping rope. Put another way, you might say:
>
> *I need to lose some weight, so I'm going to start skipping rope. Time to buy a new jump rope.*
>
>
>
Which term is most common? In most of... | Here is a guess at the "skipping" etymology. This is probably because skipping (which we can take to be light, or small jumping) is all that is necessary to use the rope as it is intended. Only a small amount of clearance is required for the rope to pass under the feet. It is not necessary to jump, and doing so will on... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | *Skipping rope* is defined as follows <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/skipping-rope>
>
> skipping-rope
> n
> (Group Games / Games, other than specified) Brit a cord, usually having handles at each end, that is held in the hands and swung round and down so that the holder or others can jump over it
>
>
>
I've ... | Here is a guess at the "skipping" etymology. This is probably because skipping (which we can take to be light, or small jumping) is all that is necessary to use the rope as it is intended. Only a small amount of clearance is required for the rope to pass under the feet. It is not necessary to jump, and doing so will on... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | The way I always understood it growing up as a USA-sian, "skipping rope" is just one particular way of using a jump rope. In particular, its generally done solo with the user employing a skipping cadence.
"Jump rope" can refer to the rope itself, or to the activity of using a jump rope. If you are hopping up when it c... | I think that the title reflects the action. Especially if two others are holding the rope or in some cases two counter rotating ropes.
When skipping you do not jump, raising your whole body,unless you only want to do it for a short time. Instead as the rope approaches your feet you lift your feet, or foot if your are h... |
65,766 | Well it is summer time and I have to lose some weight so I have chosen the cardiovascular activity to do that jumping rope. While digging on some information I have asked myself a few questions:
Why do they call the jump rope skipping rope in England? Do they call it skipping rope or jump rope in the States as there a... | 2012/04/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65766",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16138/"
] | *Skipping rope* is defined as follows <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/skipping-rope>
>
> skipping-rope
> n
> (Group Games / Games, other than specified) Brit a cord, usually having handles at each end, that is held in the hands and swung round and down so that the holder or others can jump over it
>
>
>
I've ... | To throw some more oddness into the mix - as an Aus English speaker - I've heard both but by far and away, it's a *skipping rope* in Aus.
I *do*, however, have memories of participating in [Jump Rope For Heart](http://www.bhf.org.uk/get-involved/events/schools-and-youth-groups/jump-rope-for-heart.aspx) (organised by ... |
2,972,824 | SSIS (SQL 2005) packages that have a script task that invoke custom .NET dlls throw the following error when run in a 64 bit environment
*The task cannot execute in 64-bit environment because the script is not pre-compiled. Please turn on the option to pre-compile the script in the task editor.*
The script tasks are... | 2010/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2972824",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/163468/"
] | This is probably not what you want to hear,but i would suggest exploring the idea of replacing some of your script tasks with custom components. There are plently of samples on codeplex. This would allow easy updates because you would just drop new component builds and the referenced assemblies into GAC.
HTH | Pragmatic Works has something (I have never used) called BI xPress which has [something](http://www.pragmaticworks.com/help/bixpress/scr/Compile%20Scripts.htm) which might help. |
434,693 | I just came across this article ([noun modifiers](https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/noun-modifiers)), and I'm surprised that these two nouns mean different things:
>
> The kitchen’s window
>
>
> The kitchen window
>
>
>
The [Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?conten... | 2018/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/434693",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250862/"
] | They only vary slightly.
The village church: The church which is located in the village.
The village's church: The church which belongs to the village.
In the first sentence it's used a bit like "the town drunk" or "city hall" where it functions more like an adjective than a noun. | A kitchen does not possess things, one or more windows are *in* a kitchen, a window is a feature. The term *kitchen* is a **[noun adjunct](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218058/parts-of-speech-and-functions-bob-made-a-book-collector-happy-the-other-day/219971#219971)**, it tells us what sort of window we a... |
434,693 | I just came across this article ([noun modifiers](https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/noun-modifiers)), and I'm surprised that these two nouns mean different things:
>
> The kitchen’s window
>
>
> The kitchen window
>
>
>
The [Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?conten... | 2018/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/434693",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250862/"
] | First off, in the source sentence:
>
> The kitchen’s window and door combination has an arch similar to that
> of the brick-in arch elsewhere in the facade.
>
>
>
**The possessive "kitchen's" does not modify "window", but rather "window and door combination".** If one did use "kitchen" in this context the reader... | They only vary slightly.
The village church: The church which is located in the village.
The village's church: The church which belongs to the village.
In the first sentence it's used a bit like "the town drunk" or "city hall" where it functions more like an adjective than a noun. |
434,693 | I just came across this article ([noun modifiers](https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/noun-modifiers)), and I'm surprised that these two nouns mean different things:
>
> The kitchen’s window
>
>
> The kitchen window
>
>
>
The [Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?conten... | 2018/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/434693",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/250862/"
] | First off, in the source sentence:
>
> The kitchen’s window and door combination has an arch similar to that
> of the brick-in arch elsewhere in the facade.
>
>
>
**The possessive "kitchen's" does not modify "window", but rather "window and door combination".** If one did use "kitchen" in this context the reader... | A kitchen does not possess things, one or more windows are *in* a kitchen, a window is a feature. The term *kitchen* is a **[noun adjunct](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/218058/parts-of-speech-and-functions-bob-made-a-book-collector-happy-the-other-day/219971#219971)**, it tells us what sort of window we a... |
87,365 | I have been thinking about this question for quiet a long time but, couldn't make up an answer myself. Usually when someone asks about why a system is the way it is we answer it by saying that it is the most stable lowest energy state(to know about why a system should be at its lowest energy state for its stability cli... | 2013/11/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/87365",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/23742/"
] | The answer depends on the interpretation of quantum mechanics you like the most. As they are mathematically equivalent, the question is metaphysical rather than scientific.
Some of the ways to explain:
* There is no uncertainty in the system. The uncertainty is in the observer. By making the measurement the observer ... | Physics isn't entitled in answering the question "why" but rather "how". The question "why" is always diverted to philosophy, and some liars use it to make religions. |
87,365 | I have been thinking about this question for quiet a long time but, couldn't make up an answer myself. Usually when someone asks about why a system is the way it is we answer it by saying that it is the most stable lowest energy state(to know about why a system should be at its lowest energy state for its stability cli... | 2013/11/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/87365",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/23742/"
] | The answer depends on the interpretation of quantum mechanics you like the most. As they are mathematically equivalent, the question is metaphysical rather than scientific.
Some of the ways to explain:
* There is no uncertainty in the system. The uncertainty is in the observer. By making the measurement the observer ... | >
> Usually when someone asks about
> why a system is the way it is we
> answer it by saying that it is the
> most stable lowest energy state.
>
>
>
That's a lousy explanation. A system doesn't have to be in the lowest energy state (in that case the Universe would be very boring). In fact, some systems don't ev... |
87,365 | I have been thinking about this question for quiet a long time but, couldn't make up an answer myself. Usually when someone asks about why a system is the way it is we answer it by saying that it is the most stable lowest energy state(to know about why a system should be at its lowest energy state for its stability cli... | 2013/11/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/87365",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/23742/"
] | The answer depends on the interpretation of quantum mechanics you like the most. As they are mathematically equivalent, the question is metaphysical rather than scientific.
Some of the ways to explain:
* There is no uncertainty in the system. The uncertainty is in the observer. By making the measurement the observer ... | This reply probably would be more suitable as comment, but i'm unable to comment yet, so:
First of all we can't really describe universe as a system that even close to entropy which actually would be a lowest energy and most stable state for universe. So, following from that: universe is unstable, and as it's unstable ... |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | The only solution I am aware of (besides hacking the code itself) is blocking permissions:
* [Permissions denied](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions.donate)
* [PDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid) privacy extension
Regarding PDroid: Currently, ... | I had the same problem. I downloaded a separate browser (Skyfire) for "guests" to use and used an app lock to lock my main browser. The authentication option did not drop down in the second browser. |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | The only solution I am aware of (besides hacking the code itself) is blocking permissions:
* [Permissions denied](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions.donate)
* [PDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid) privacy extension
Regarding PDroid: Currently, ... | Change your homepage to www.google.com or similar |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | The only solution I am aware of (besides hacking the code itself) is blocking permissions:
* [Permissions denied](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stericson.permissions.donate)
* [PDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.privacy.pdroid) privacy extension
Regarding PDroid: Currently, ... | Disable "Google Account sign-in prompts," which allow Google to offer a faster way to sign in with your Google Account on supported third-party sites
<https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?pli=1> |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | I had the same problem. I downloaded a separate browser (Skyfire) for "guests" to use and used an app lock to lock my main browser. The authentication option did not drop down in the second browser. | Change your homepage to www.google.com or similar |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | Disable "Google Account sign-in prompts," which allow Google to offer a faster way to sign in with your Google Account on supported third-party sites
<https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?pli=1> | I had the same problem. I downloaded a separate browser (Skyfire) for "guests" to use and used an app lock to lock my main browser. The authentication option did not drop down in the second browser. |
32,616 | This question seems to be all over various forms, but i haven't yet found an answer.
On my Android phone, the stock web browser offers to sign in to my Google account when i visit Google websites. At the top of the screen appears a yellow pop-up listing all my Google account in a drop-down, and two buttons: "hide" and... | 2012/10/30 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/32616",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/23043/"
] | Disable "Google Account sign-in prompts," which allow Google to offer a faster way to sign in with your Google Account on supported third-party sites
<https://myaccount.google.com/permissions?pli=1> | Change your homepage to www.google.com or similar |
153,544 | I want to install a light distro on my netbook. (It currently has an out of date distro which is not upgradeable.) Here are the specs:
* eEE pc 4g GLAXY, LINUX 4g SSD, 512MB DDR2
* Intel Mobile cpu & Chipset
* WI-FI 802, 11B/G 10/100MBPS ETHERNET, 0.3 m CAMERA
Which Lubuntu should I use please?
Will everything work-... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153544",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71980/"
] | Lubuntu 12.04 32-bit
====================
The latest version of lubuntu will support in your hardware. [Download it right now.](http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/release/lubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso) :-) | Precise Pangolin of course.
Download it from [here](http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/12.04/release/).
[Here](http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) you have USB Pendrive, it would help to install from usb stick. |
153,544 | I want to install a light distro on my netbook. (It currently has an out of date distro which is not upgradeable.) Here are the specs:
* eEE pc 4g GLAXY, LINUX 4g SSD, 512MB DDR2
* Intel Mobile cpu & Chipset
* WI-FI 802, 11B/G 10/100MBPS ETHERNET, 0.3 m CAMERA
Which Lubuntu should I use please?
Will everything work-... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153544",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71980/"
] | Lubuntu 12.04 32-bit
====================
The latest version of lubuntu will support in your hardware. [Download it right now.](http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/precise/release/lubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso) :-) | You will need to be sure to install the 32-bit version of Lubuntu.
Your hardware should work completely without issue, but the install size of Lubuntu will come close to consuming your whole SSD. This is dangerous because Lubuntu is not as light as you might think it is. Once you open a couple of tabs with the default... |
153,544 | I want to install a light distro on my netbook. (It currently has an out of date distro which is not upgradeable.) Here are the specs:
* eEE pc 4g GLAXY, LINUX 4g SSD, 512MB DDR2
* Intel Mobile cpu & Chipset
* WI-FI 802, 11B/G 10/100MBPS ETHERNET, 0.3 m CAMERA
Which Lubuntu should I use please?
Will everything work-... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/153544",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/71980/"
] | Precise Pangolin of course.
Download it from [here](http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/12.04/release/).
[Here](http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) you have USB Pendrive, it would help to install from usb stick. | You will need to be sure to install the 32-bit version of Lubuntu.
Your hardware should work completely without issue, but the install size of Lubuntu will come close to consuming your whole SSD. This is dangerous because Lubuntu is not as light as you might think it is. Once you open a couple of tabs with the default... |
1,312,525 | I know about using Alt+Enter to add carriage returns to a cell, and they display fine at the top editing panel, but not within the cell itself.
If I turn on wrapping, it shows as multi line, but each line in the multi-line doesn't 'bleed' into the next column.
However, if I turn wrapping off, it stupidly becomes a si... | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1312525",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/112234/"
] | >
> However, if I turn wrapping off, it stupidly becomes a single line of
> text. I want the best of both worlds, for it to display as multiline
> AND for the text to bleed over into the next column.
>
>
> Is there a way to fix this?
>
>
>
**NO**, there is no way to fix that.
You play around with merging cell... | i had a text (of say 300 charcters) in a1 which came across a1..i10
to spread to multiple rows (a1,a2...10) this is what i did.
highlight the area (for example a2…c4, assuming your data is in single cell but extended upto a1 to i10)
home --> fill -->justify-->ok |
1,312,525 | I know about using Alt+Enter to add carriage returns to a cell, and they display fine at the top editing panel, but not within the cell itself.
If I turn on wrapping, it shows as multi line, but each line in the multi-line doesn't 'bleed' into the next column.
However, if I turn wrapping off, it stupidly becomes a si... | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1312525",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/112234/"
] | >
> However, if I turn wrapping off, it stupidly becomes a single line of
> text. I want the best of both worlds, for it to display as multiline
> AND for the text to bleed over into the next column.
>
>
> Is there a way to fix this?
>
>
>
**NO**, there is no way to fix that.
You play around with merging cell... | Adjust the row height to make all wrapped text visible
Select the cell or range for which you want to adjust the row height.
On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
Under Cell Size, do one of the following:
To automatically adjust the row height, click AutoFit Row Height.
To specify a row height, click R... |
1,312,525 | I know about using Alt+Enter to add carriage returns to a cell, and they display fine at the top editing panel, but not within the cell itself.
If I turn on wrapping, it shows as multi line, but each line in the multi-line doesn't 'bleed' into the next column.
However, if I turn wrapping off, it stupidly becomes a si... | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1312525",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/112234/"
] | Adjust the row height to make all wrapped text visible
Select the cell or range for which you want to adjust the row height.
On the Home tab, in the Cells group, click Format.
Under Cell Size, do one of the following:
To automatically adjust the row height, click AutoFit Row Height.
To specify a row height, click R... | i had a text (of say 300 charcters) in a1 which came across a1..i10
to spread to multiple rows (a1,a2...10) this is what i did.
highlight the area (for example a2…c4, assuming your data is in single cell but extended upto a1 to i10)
home --> fill -->justify-->ok |
1,688 | Working with 19th-century deeds, I often find the wife has executed the deed in what is described as an act of relinquishing her "right of Dower." (Corrections to the way I have described that execution are welcome.)
Below is an example of one such deed, ca1830. The relevant clause reads, "And I Asenath Preston wife o... | 2012/10/23 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/1688",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/7/"
] | A Dower means that a Husband's estate or a portion thereof, could be assumed by a Wife and that she may be entitled to the use of said estate for her lifetime after the Husbands death. Generally, considered restitution for services rendered; such as, nurture and rearing of children. The amount of the Dower, or whether ... | As US law was derived from English law, I suspect that in the 1830s New Hampshire/Ohio, married women could not be the legal owners of property. However, a married woman could still have interests in property such as dower, freebench, and widow's part. People other than the legal owner could also have interests in the ... |
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