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I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This als... | 2011/12/20 | [
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] | Get this [Air Push Detector app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..) to find out what is creating those notifications.
Then uninstall the app(s) that are creating them. | Adding the option that you can manually opt out of airpush notification by going to <http://m.airpush.com/optout> and click the "manual opt-out" button.
You enter your IMEI (found in the "About Phone" info screen). |
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> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
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I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This als... | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | Get this [Air Push Detector app](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5icm9zbWlrZS5haXJwdXNoZGV0ZWN0b3IiXQ..) to find out what is creating those notifications.
Then uninstall the app(s) that are creating them. | This Problem solved in Android 4.1.
its about hold on the notification and you will get the application information.
you can disable the Application notification. |
17,228 | >
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> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
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I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This als... | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | The **AirPush Detector App** is way to go (+1 Bryan).
It very nicely also lets you quickly uninstall the offending app.
Just in case people are looking, there is also an [Airpush Permanent Opt out](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.airpush.optoutapp&hl=en) from AirPush.com;
they also suggest entering yo... | Agree with the Airpush suggestions. One way to find the offending app is to look at the list of running apps and kill them one by one until the notification disappears. Note, when this happened to me, it was from a First Aid app that I've since uninstalled. |
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> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
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I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This als... | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | The **AirPush Detector App** is way to go (+1 Bryan).
It very nicely also lets you quickly uninstall the offending app.
Just in case people are looking, there is also an [Airpush Permanent Opt out](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.airpush.optoutapp&hl=en) from AirPush.com;
they also suggest entering yo... | Adding the option that you can manually opt out of airpush notification by going to <http://m.airpush.com/optout> and click the "manual opt-out" button.
You enter your IMEI (found in the "About Phone" info screen). |
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> [Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?](https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/is-this-red-star-icon-malware-how-to-get-rid-of-it)
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I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This als... | 2011/12/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/2934/"
] | The **AirPush Detector App** is way to go (+1 Bryan).
It very nicely also lets you quickly uninstall the offending app.
Just in case people are looking, there is also an [Airpush Permanent Opt out](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.airpush.optoutapp&hl=en) from AirPush.com;
they also suggest entering yo... | This Problem solved in Android 4.1.
its about hold on the notification and you will get the application information.
you can disable the Application notification. |
12,378,406 | Are mono libraries fully reference-able from MS.NET?
What about the inverse?
If "sorta", then which ones, and what are the limitations? | 2012/09/11 | [
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] | Yes, Mono compiler generates binaries which are compatible with the .NET framework and viceversa.
The only limitation AFAIK is managed C++:
1. Mono compiler doesn't have a compiler for this.
2. MS.NET compiler for this language generates mixed-mode assemblies that cannot be run in Mono.
(More info about managed C++ ... | The file format is identical (for fully managed libraries, see answer from knocte), so in theory Mono libraries are fully reference-able from .NET (and vice versa).
In practice it depends on the content of the libraries. If you write Linux-only code in a library, it will of course not run on .NET. This is also the onl... |
316,859 | Anyone know what series of connector this is?
Have tried to look at TE/AMP, Molex, Amphenol etc, but no luck.
Pitch about 1.5mm, but could be 1.25mm, 1.27mm or 0.05" (didn't have a calliper at hand).
On these boards the connector is SMT, no TH pins at all.
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com... | 2017/07/11 | [
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] | It depends on how accurate you need this to be. Here is a simple concept:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qNzMD.gif)
D1 and D2 provide the MIN function. The voltage at the top of the diodes is the minimum of Vin1 and Vin2, plus a diode drop. It should be obvious how to expand this... | In addition to the many good answers provided already. You can diode-or the feedback path of a set of buffer amplifiers. The concept is applied heavily in power electronics, allowing multiple feedback loops to overdrive the output (typically with priority to lowering output power).
A sample schematic is the following,... |
115,260 | I know that expensive instruments can be used to determine the color of an object, but is there a poor man's way to determine color using filters? By "determine color" I mean know the relative proportions of primary colors. In other words, using filters to know that the proportions of red, blue and green are 5, 3, and ... | 2020/03/25 | [
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] | This sign is used when you focus for infrared light (using IR film or filter). It can be in form of red dot or line. This is need because the IR light wave length is longer than visible light and you need to change the focal plane accordingly.
Here is photo from Wikipedia where you can see why you need to change the f... | All lenses suffer from chromatic aberration. Its a fact that each color of light comes to a focus at different distances from the lens. If your camera lens is simple as to design, your images would be marred by a terrible rainbow fringe surrounding the outline of objects. This lens is not simple;it has been designed to... |
115,260 | I know that expensive instruments can be used to determine the color of an object, but is there a poor man's way to determine color using filters? By "determine color" I mean know the relative proportions of primary colors. In other words, using filters to know that the proportions of red, blue and green are 5, 3, and ... | 2020/03/25 | [
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] | So far the answers have not correctly explained just *how* to use this red mark. They talk about correcting the focus point by moving the focus setting. But they do not explain the need to make the original focus setting *without* the IR filter in place, and then replacing the filter and moving the distance number of t... | This sign is used when you focus for infrared light (using IR film or filter). It can be in form of red dot or line. This is need because the IR light wave length is longer than visible light and you need to change the focal plane accordingly.
Here is photo from Wikipedia where you can see why you need to change the f... |
115,260 | I know that expensive instruments can be used to determine the color of an object, but is there a poor man's way to determine color using filters? By "determine color" I mean know the relative proportions of primary colors. In other words, using filters to know that the proportions of red, blue and green are 5, 3, and ... | 2020/03/25 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/115260",
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] | This sign is used when you focus for infrared light (using IR film or filter). It can be in form of red dot or line. This is need because the IR light wave length is longer than visible light and you need to change the focal plane accordingly.
Here is photo from Wikipedia where you can see why you need to change the f... | That's used for Infrared focusing when using infrared film and red filter. Since infrared focuses at a different point than visible light you'd first focus normally then move the distance indicated at the normal focus point (red line at 5.6) to the IR focus point. |
115,260 | I know that expensive instruments can be used to determine the color of an object, but is there a poor man's way to determine color using filters? By "determine color" I mean know the relative proportions of primary colors. In other words, using filters to know that the proportions of red, blue and green are 5, 3, and ... | 2020/03/25 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/115260",
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] | So far the answers have not correctly explained just *how* to use this red mark. They talk about correcting the focus point by moving the focus setting. But they do not explain the need to make the original focus setting *without* the IR filter in place, and then replacing the filter and moving the distance number of t... | All lenses suffer from chromatic aberration. Its a fact that each color of light comes to a focus at different distances from the lens. If your camera lens is simple as to design, your images would be marred by a terrible rainbow fringe surrounding the outline of objects. This lens is not simple;it has been designed to... |
115,260 | I know that expensive instruments can be used to determine the color of an object, but is there a poor man's way to determine color using filters? By "determine color" I mean know the relative proportions of primary colors. In other words, using filters to know that the proportions of red, blue and green are 5, 3, and ... | 2020/03/25 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/115260",
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] | So far the answers have not correctly explained just *how* to use this red mark. They talk about correcting the focus point by moving the focus setting. But they do not explain the need to make the original focus setting *without* the IR filter in place, and then replacing the filter and moving the distance number of t... | That's used for Infrared focusing when using infrared film and red filter. Since infrared focuses at a different point than visible light you'd first focus normally then move the distance indicated at the normal focus point (red line at 5.6) to the IR focus point. |
67,826 | I am from a biomedical background. In the biomedical background, it is very easy to get a research article for free. If you search in PubMed, Scopus, or Web of Knowledge, you will find lots of papers thats you can read in full text. However, when i tried to find papers in the field of law, I found that all you had was ... | 2021/07/18 | [
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] | Unfortunately, law lags behind STEM when it comes to open access research.
* [BAILII](https://www.bailii.org) and [CommonLII](https://www.commonlii.org) are free legal research databases of material relevant to the UK, but they are sadly quite lacking in secondary material. On the other hand, the most authoritative so... | I don't know of any such database for law journals, but quite a lot of law schools post PDFs of their journal articles for free online.
If you're just looking for legal opinions, Google Scholar has quite a bit available. |
399,582 | I am not sure that word 'Automated' is a correct choice for the following:
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> XYZ is now configured for Automated deployment by Jenkins on the QA environment. That is on a single click of button Jenkins will deploy the latest code on QA server.
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> | 2017/07/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/399582",
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] | *"XYZ is now configured for **a**utomated deployment by Jenkins **to** the QA environment."*
Automated is the correct word though.
**Edit**: Distinction. If the Jenkins builds were actually on the QA server you could say **on**. But they are not (obviously). Therefore the build is being deployed from dev, or a build... | That is on a single click of button Jenkins will deploy the latest code on QA server.
might read better as
"That is, on a single click of a button Jenkins can deploy the latest code onto the QA server."
or
"With a single click, Jenkins can deploy the latest code onto the QA server" |
286,789 | I have already written bare metal software and used FreeRTOS on embedded devices. But I would like to understand why some people choose to use embedded linux or a kernel on an embedded device?
In what cases would it e.g. be unavoidable that you need to use embedded linux or a kernel on an embedded device. How would one... | 2017/02/15 | [
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] | Generally you wouldn't use a operating system on something that is performing true microcontroller tasks. In such cases, the OS gets in the way more than it helps. OSs are about virtualizing hardware resources and providing abstractions like threads and processes. These things are of little use when the hardware you ar... | Linux on microcontrollers? Only using versions with no MMU (Memory Management Unit) - ex. uC Linux. Cortex-M (M - microcontroller) has MPU (Memory Protection Unit). Cortex-A (A - application) has MMU. Usually microprocessors did not incorporate ordinary peripherals found in common microcontrollers. Although very fast, ... |
25,334 | I am using a Arduino Uno 3 for line follower robot. However when I power the Arduino Uno, the L led is turned on and is never turned off. After a bit of searching I found out that the L LED is connected to pin 13. So I set the pin 13 to low but still the led is on. Is there a problem with the arduino? Or there's someth... | 2016/06/16 | [
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] | Its possible its the Power LED you are looking at - that will always be on.
Simplest test is to load up the Blink Example that's included in the Arduino IDE - and the LED should blink once a second. That will show you if your Pin13 LED is working ok. | An LED lights up when in forward bias. That is, when the voltage on the anode is greater then that on the cathode. If the anode is connected to an Arduino GPIO pin (and the cathode is connected to ground and an appropriate limiting resistor is used), the LED will light up when the pin has positive voltage. This is when... |
25,334 | I am using a Arduino Uno 3 for line follower robot. However when I power the Arduino Uno, the L led is turned on and is never turned off. After a bit of searching I found out that the L LED is connected to pin 13. So I set the pin 13 to low but still the led is on. Is there a problem with the arduino? Or there's someth... | 2016/06/16 | [
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] | Now first check IC on your arduino UNO. if it is atmega328p, set the board to arduino nano in the software and set the processor th atmega328p. that makes it work. :) | An LED lights up when in forward bias. That is, when the voltage on the anode is greater then that on the cathode. If the anode is connected to an Arduino GPIO pin (and the cathode is connected to ground and an appropriate limiting resistor is used), the LED will light up when the pin has positive voltage. This is when... |
25,334 | I am using a Arduino Uno 3 for line follower robot. However when I power the Arduino Uno, the L led is turned on and is never turned off. After a bit of searching I found out that the L LED is connected to pin 13. So I set the pin 13 to low but still the led is on. Is there a problem with the arduino? Or there's someth... | 2016/06/16 | [
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] | I guess the arduino is burnt cus it happens with me in the same way. The usb port of my PC is writing device not recognize, and the atmega328p on the arduino temperature is getting high. To save my time I bought another new one I think that should help. | An LED lights up when in forward bias. That is, when the voltage on the anode is greater then that on the cathode. If the anode is connected to an Arduino GPIO pin (and the cathode is connected to ground and an appropriate limiting resistor is used), the LED will light up when the pin has positive voltage. This is when... |
25,334 | I am using a Arduino Uno 3 for line follower robot. However when I power the Arduino Uno, the L led is turned on and is never turned off. After a bit of searching I found out that the L LED is connected to pin 13. So I set the pin 13 to low but still the led is on. Is there a problem with the arduino? Or there's someth... | 2016/06/16 | [
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] | Its possible its the Power LED you are looking at - that will always be on.
Simplest test is to load up the Blink Example that's included in the Arduino IDE - and the LED should blink once a second. That will show you if your Pin13 LED is working ok. | I guess the arduino is burnt cus it happens with me in the same way. The usb port of my PC is writing device not recognize, and the atmega328p on the arduino temperature is getting high. To save my time I bought another new one I think that should help. |
25,334 | I am using a Arduino Uno 3 for line follower robot. However when I power the Arduino Uno, the L led is turned on and is never turned off. After a bit of searching I found out that the L LED is connected to pin 13. So I set the pin 13 to low but still the led is on. Is there a problem with the arduino? Or there's someth... | 2016/06/16 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/25334",
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] | Now first check IC on your arduino UNO. if it is atmega328p, set the board to arduino nano in the software and set the processor th atmega328p. that makes it work. :) | I guess the arduino is burnt cus it happens with me in the same way. The usb port of my PC is writing device not recognize, and the atmega328p on the arduino temperature is getting high. To save my time I bought another new one I think that should help. |
77,002 | Did a survey of the commercial products available in the local market, which are broadly classified as 'Automatic Water Level Controller' or 'Automatic Pump Controllers', and found that all of them use a float-switches.
This got me wondering as to why the commercial products do not use 'electrical conductivity' of wa... | 2013/07/25 | [
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] | Well ... float switches are simple and reliable. Having said that, it is not quite as simple as detecting a DC voltage. Using DC, the electrodes would quickly be corroded (damage due to electrolysis).
The sensing circuit needs to use AC. There used to be a nice IC made by National that would do this, the LM1830N; but ... | [Water is a poor conductor](http://www.lenntech.com/applications/ultrapure/conductivity/water-conductivity.htm). If there are salts dissolved in the water, then it's a better conductor, but these salts can then also build up on the sensor as the water evaporates from it, which interferes with the sensor's accuracy. It'... |
77,002 | Did a survey of the commercial products available in the local market, which are broadly classified as 'Automatic Water Level Controller' or 'Automatic Pump Controllers', and found that all of them use a float-switches.
This got me wondering as to why the commercial products do not use 'electrical conductivity' of wa... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/77002",
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] | [Water is a poor conductor](http://www.lenntech.com/applications/ultrapure/conductivity/water-conductivity.htm). If there are salts dissolved in the water, then it's a better conductor, but these salts can then also build up on the sensor as the water evaporates from it, which interferes with the sensor's accuracy. It'... | I realize this is a year old but I was all over looking for answers for an old cooling tower and had this open when I found a place called Waterline Controls that sells 'electronic sensors' (plus software driven controllers that look trick).
They also have good information about all types of water sensors, pros and c... |
77,002 | Did a survey of the commercial products available in the local market, which are broadly classified as 'Automatic Water Level Controller' or 'Automatic Pump Controllers', and found that all of them use a float-switches.
This got me wondering as to why the commercial products do not use 'electrical conductivity' of wa... | 2013/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/77002",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Well ... float switches are simple and reliable. Having said that, it is not quite as simple as detecting a DC voltage. Using DC, the electrodes would quickly be corroded (damage due to electrolysis).
The sensing circuit needs to use AC. There used to be a nice IC made by National that would do this, the LM1830N; but ... | I realize this is a year old but I was all over looking for answers for an old cooling tower and had this open when I found a place called Waterline Controls that sells 'electronic sensors' (plus software driven controllers that look trick).
They also have good information about all types of water sensors, pros and c... |
37,118 | I want to access unspent data of a specific bitcoin address.
I am trying this command
bitcoin-cli -regtest listunspent "some bitcoin address"
But I am always getting an empty list. I am using local bitcoind server on windows 7.
What should I do or use any function for getting desired output ? | 2015/04/27 | [
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] | In order to get the list unspent of a specific bitcoin address( not belongs to your wallet), you must first import the address to wallet using **[importaddress](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#importaddress)**
This RPC does not require the private key of that address. Note that this will cause the program t... | Other options, beyond what Nick mentioned, are to either use the toshi.io API:
[toshi.io - API - utxo's for address](https://toshi.io/docs/#get-address-unspent-outputs)
Or run your own toshi node:
[toshi.io](https://toshi.io/) |
37,118 | I want to access unspent data of a specific bitcoin address.
I am trying this command
bitcoin-cli -regtest listunspent "some bitcoin address"
But I am always getting an empty list. I am using local bitcoind server on windows 7.
What should I do or use any function for getting desired output ? | 2015/04/27 | [
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] | In order to get the list unspent of a specific bitcoin address( not belongs to your wallet), you must first import the address to wallet using **[importaddress](https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#importaddress)**
This RPC does not require the private key of that address. Note that this will cause the program t... | I have written a program that allows you to search for any address whether it belongs to your wallet or not, in Python3.
Here is the github link:
<https://github.com/ORP967/Bitcoin_Core_RPC_par_address>
Let me know if you guys have any improvements that can be made to it. |
2,498 | What alloys can be used to make a metal pencil like [this one](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/neither-pen-nor-pencil-write-endlessly-in-metal/)?
 | 2012/11/03 | [
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] | "Silverpoint" nibs have a long history in art and significantly predate modern drawing tools such as the lead pencil (made of graphite and clay but possibly called *lead* as lead metal was one possible material in metal pens). Silverpoint writing and drawing doesn't smudge or fade and many examples have survived almost... | I actually make metalpoint pencils and use pure lead for the writing material. It's obviously a bit toxic (because lead), though I'm experimenting with making custom lead alloys (possibly with a percentage of bismuth, as I have some laying around) to reduce the overall lead content. In terms of utility, however, pure l... |
2,498 | What alloys can be used to make a metal pencil like [this one](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/neither-pen-nor-pencil-write-endlessly-in-metal/)?
 | 2012/11/03 | [
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] | "Silverpoint" nibs have a long history in art and significantly predate modern drawing tools such as the lead pencil (made of graphite and clay but possibly called *lead* as lead metal was one possible material in metal pens). Silverpoint writing and drawing doesn't smudge or fade and many examples have survived almost... | It could be similar to "Lead or Aluminum Metalpoint". For instance, I use the 2.4 mm and 1/8 inch "soft aluminum" rods obtained in the US from Hobby Lobby in a pack with two of both sizes (about $4 USD). The smaller rods are placed in my drafting technical pencil holder (Koh-I-Noor, 2 mm still works). I use an old wood... |
2,498 | What alloys can be used to make a metal pencil like [this one](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/09/neither-pen-nor-pencil-write-endlessly-in-metal/)?
 | 2012/11/03 | [
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] | I actually make metalpoint pencils and use pure lead for the writing material. It's obviously a bit toxic (because lead), though I'm experimenting with making custom lead alloys (possibly with a percentage of bismuth, as I have some laying around) to reduce the overall lead content. In terms of utility, however, pure l... | It could be similar to "Lead or Aluminum Metalpoint". For instance, I use the 2.4 mm and 1/8 inch "soft aluminum" rods obtained in the US from Hobby Lobby in a pack with two of both sizes (about $4 USD). The smaller rods are placed in my drafting technical pencil holder (Koh-I-Noor, 2 mm still works). I use an old wood... |
37,814,727 | I'm currently trying to refactor a C# MVC application in spite of having limited experience of the pattern. Reading around the subject, I seem to constantly blunder in to dimetric opposite opinions on best practice.
My biggest problem is that there's way too much stuff in the controllers. They work, but they're full o... | 2016/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37814727",
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] | To me, the M in MVC stands for view model, it contains the data needed for the view to do its work, so that the view can remain as dumb as possible.
This view model is created in the controller and passed to the view, but as you said, the controller logic should be kept small - so no business logic here.
This busine... | On the project I am currently working on, we have kept our Controllers reasonably free of Business Logic as we have separated them out into Units of Work. I believe this pattern was adopted to allow us to swap the Units of Work in and out depending on the client etc.
Where as the previous project I worked on was all i... |
37,814,727 | I'm currently trying to refactor a C# MVC application in spite of having limited experience of the pattern. Reading around the subject, I seem to constantly blunder in to dimetric opposite opinions on best practice.
My biggest problem is that there's way too much stuff in the controllers. They work, but they're full o... | 2016/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37814727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/271907/"
] | I don't believe there is a definitive "correct" answer. I believe it's all in preference and how complex your data manipulation is.
At my company we use helper classes/a service for the purpose of organization. Our controllers do not contain any functionality except for taking in a model, manipulating it, and spitting... | On the project I am currently working on, we have kept our Controllers reasonably free of Business Logic as we have separated them out into Units of Work. I believe this pattern was adopted to allow us to swap the Units of Work in and out depending on the client etc.
Where as the previous project I worked on was all i... |
46,275 | When I do frequency analysis on my feedback controlled system and the controller is really tightly tuned, I get a frequency response that looks like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0wY6w.png)
Blue is excitation signal and green is system output si... | 2018/01/10 | [
"https://dsp.stackexchange.com/questions/46275",
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] | You are probably still seeing other frequency components from the transient of the system. I assume you that you simulated your system for a fixed number of periods of the excitation signal. If this is the case then it would also explain why you only see the transient at high frequencies. This would be because a fixed ... | Have you tried using synchronous demodulation to extract the phase and amplitude response for the various frequencies? You would reject the transient and other non-linearities this way. Also, you could flush the transient samples (not always possible).
Edit :
say your stimulus is x = A \* cos (wt).
Then your output... |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
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] | For base operations, I am rather partial to the [Super Discone](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00AR09ATA) for transceiving. I paid $69.95 for it brand new.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dJi8P.jpg)
It is very wideband.
Note that it has a S... | I use a sainsonic 36cm VHF/UHF antenna. It's light (unlike the Nagoya 40cm I had before) and has perfect reception for my needs. I can hear stations up to 80-100km away if I'm high enough (altitude, not R&R). People shouldn't knock the rubber ducky, it's perfect for critical CAMPING comms. A backup antenna, essentially... |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | Every time I purchase a cheap HT such as the Baofeng you mention I also spend another $10 or so on an antenna, as the stock antenna is noticeably worse than even an inexpensive antenna like the [Nagoya NA-771](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00BY3XN7E).
There are still better antennas than this, but there ar... | I use a sainsonic 36cm VHF/UHF antenna. It's light (unlike the Nagoya 40cm I had before) and has perfect reception for my needs. I can hear stations up to 80-100km away if I'm high enough (altitude, not R&R). People shouldn't knock the rubber ducky, it's perfect for critical CAMPING comms. A backup antenna, essentially... |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | Yes you can try Nagoya with good results. I was thinking you can also try a slim jim antenna found on ebay. This antenna has high marks with unbelievible performance. | I use a sainsonic 36cm VHF/UHF antenna. It's light (unlike the Nagoya 40cm I had before) and has perfect reception for my needs. I can hear stations up to 80-100km away if I'm high enough (altitude, not R&R). People shouldn't knock the rubber ducky, it's perfect for critical CAMPING comms. A backup antenna, essentially... |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | Yes you can try Nagoya with good results. I was thinking you can also try a slim jim antenna found on ebay. This antenna has high marks with unbelievible performance. | I have had no luck with alternative screw-on antennas, even the 771 seems to have less range than the included rubber duck. Magnetic mounts seem to be better but they are for cars or to use the HT as a table radio, not to carry around as HT. |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | The antenna included with the BaoFeng is notably bad, even for a rubber duck. To answer your question of what would be better: *anything* would be better. You'd have to switch to a dummy load to do worse.
Whatever antenna you do select, it need not be anything specific to your radio. Any antenna suitable for whatever ... | The Quansheng TG-UV2 antenna had about 1-1.5 dB gain on VHF with no difference on UHF under controlled conditions. Of course use maximum output and keep the antenna vertical. SUrecom and Nagoya antenna were marginal and with mixed results none were better than < 1.0db gain. |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | The antenna included with the BaoFeng is notably bad, even for a rubber duck. To answer your question of what would be better: *anything* would be better. You'd have to switch to a dummy load to do worse.
Whatever antenna you do select, it need not be anything specific to your radio. Any antenna suitable for whatever ... | I use a sainsonic 36cm VHF/UHF antenna. It's light (unlike the Nagoya 40cm I had before) and has perfect reception for my needs. I can hear stations up to 80-100km away if I'm high enough (altitude, not R&R). People shouldn't knock the rubber ducky, it's perfect for critical CAMPING comms. A backup antenna, essentially... |
1,469 | I am happy with my BaoFeng UV-5R Pro but the local UHV VHF repeater and simplex reception is terrible, even for contacts less than 50 kilometers. I assume that it's because the rubber-ducky antenna on it is terrible. What can I replace it with that is readily available commercially, costs less than $100 US, will give m... | 2014/02/17 | [
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/1469",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com",
"https://ham.stackexchange.com/users/643/"
] | The antenna included with the BaoFeng is notably bad, even for a rubber duck. To answer your question of what would be better: *anything* would be better. You'd have to switch to a dummy load to do worse.
Whatever antenna you do select, it need not be anything specific to your radio. Any antenna suitable for whatever ... | Yes you can try Nagoya with good results. I was thinking you can also try a slim jim antenna found on ebay. This antenna has high marks with unbelievible performance. |
6,186 | My Zortrax M200 has a skipping extruder motor, I’ve checked the seating of all connections and 3 different (electronic ribbon) cables and still can’t fix the issue. The gear is clean and have tried fresh filament.
* Does anyone have any possible thoughts on why this happens?
The extruded motor will move in the desir... | 2018/06/17 | [
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] | Every time I've had an extruder "skip", it was actually because some condition was causing excessive back-pressure. Either the hot end isn't hot enough, the nozzle is too close to the bed, or something has clogged the nozzle.
If there is a "skipping" noise, then this is almost certainly the problem. When a stepper can... | 1. Check the pins on the motor. Are they bent? If yes - straighten them out with a screw driver.
2. This could be a stepper driver problem. If it is then bad luck. Zortrax hard solders their stepper drivers onto their control board (this sucks and is a pure monetization related move by them).
This results in you havin... |
165,822 | Suppose I have to run 300 feet across an open field from one area of full cover to another. The entire time I'm in the open, I will be taking incoming ranged attacks, and I want to minimize the number of attacks that hit me as I cross the field. My speed is 30. I have 2 options:
1. Take the **dodge** action each roun... | 2020/03/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/165822",
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] | ### There's a third option - and it's potentially much better
The other answers have dealt capably with your 1 vs. 2 scenario already. To recap what's been established elsewhere:
1. **Dodge** every round - every attack against you has disadvantage
2. **Dash** every round - suffer half as many attacks against you
Whi... | Heroes should dash, monsters should dodge.
------------------------------------------
>
> * Take the dodge action each round and move 30 feet per round for 10 rounds, thus facing 10 rounds of attacks at disadvantage.
> * Take the dash action and move 60 feet each round for 5 rounds, thus facing 5 rounds of attacks wi... |
85,945 | Recently I got some used lenses most of which have some white specks on the barrel next to the focus and aperture rings. These lenses came from different sources and weren't stored in a same place. Maybe it's an amateur question, but I've never seen this before. I'm worried about mold or fungus.
Is it because of humi... | 2017/01/04 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/85945",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
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] | The first thing you must realize is that what you are seeing on your monitor is *not* ["the" raw file](https://photo.stackexchange.com/a/105103/15871). What you are seeing is an 8-bit demosaiced preview conversion of the raw file created by Photoshop (or whatever other raw conversion application you are using) based on... | [The answer to the question on why colours are different between RAW and JPEG](https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/17694/why-are-colors-different-between-raw-and-jpeg-when-both-are-viewed-in-lightroom?rq=1) might help. Basically, your camera may well be dealing with the flares while RAW shows you, literally, the ... |
46,830 | I'm new to this and I have a problem that I'm strugglin' with and I really hope someone can solve it.
I've headlessly installed my RPi but I'm unable to find the IP address of it and SSH to it.
I connected the RPi via Ethernet to my router and used my laptop to search for the IP. I tried everything:
I used nmap, I use... | 2016/05/03 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/46830",
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] | If you cant see it in the DHCP client list in your router then its not getting an ip, so you cant get it it. Either not booted for some reason, not starting the network device, or not on network at all. Gonna need to see it onscreen to know. | It could be that it is not getting an ip from your routers DHCP server for a lot of reasons, the most likely being that your router has been configured to use static IPS only. But because almost every commercial router has a built in DHCP server that is on by default. And the Pi will request a DHCP ip by default, I bel... |
54,660 | On August 17, Ryanair flight [FR 11](https://www.flightera.net/flight_details/Ryanair/FR11/EGSS/2018-08-17) entered the runway after already being delayed for 1.5 hours, only to exit at the first available opportunity. After being jokingly welcomed to Stansted from where we had very nearly departed, we proceeded to wai... | 2018/08/28 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/54660",
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] | Yes, the tower can tell an aircraft to abort take off and instruct it to return to the gate, *although it probably never got that far in this case*, I'm guessing that they got to the runway or were asked to line up when the request came in. This was probably at the direction of Ryanair, since the tower would otherwise ... | There's no way to know for sure, since [UK does not allow us to listen to ATC transmissions](/q/3264/487), BUT...
I seriously doubt the *tower* told them to abort the takeoff. I just don't see the company calling the tower unless it's a safety related problem. The company almost certainly called the *aircraft* who the... |
12,497,347 | I want to make a borderless form that has a thin black edge (like the first one from the picture <http://www.vcskicks.com/remove-titlebar.php> ). I want to do this because the form is poorly visible(it combines with my background). | 2012/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12497347",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1568511/"
] | * Make a borderless form as described in the article you linked to
* Add a [Panel](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.panel.aspx) control
* Set the panel's Dock to "fill"
* Change the [BorderStyle](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.panel.borderstyle.aspx) on the pane... | * Change the Form's padding to 1,1,1,1
* Set the Form's backcolor to the color you want for your border
* Add a panel
* Set Panel to fill the form
* Set Panel color to 'control' or whatever |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Safety approvals cost (a LOT of) money. You won't find anything from sites such as SparkFun displaying these logos. It's not because they're unsafe — it's because it's prohibitively expensive to get the testing done to *prove* they're safe.
If you are buying things from sites such as SparkFun, etc. it is also assumed ... | The problem is with certification marks, like anything else - they can be faked. Go to globalsources.com, find a cheap manufacturer, they will most likely say "email us the artwork and we'll add it to the transformer!".
In defence of Sparkfun, I wouldn't think they would risk their reputation over such a thing. But i... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | The problem is with certification marks, like anything else - they can be faked. Go to globalsources.com, find a cheap manufacturer, they will most likely say "email us the artwork and we'll add it to the transformer!".
In defence of Sparkfun, I wouldn't think they would risk their reputation over such a thing. But i... | Getting a UL stamp means you meet a number of safety tests for your equipment. In the US a UL stamp is only 'required' on some electrical equipment in some markets, generally items running on main power but there are some exceptions and only when its being sold or placed in some public areas, for instance a school. Eve... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | The problem is with certification marks, like anything else - they can be faked. Go to globalsources.com, find a cheap manufacturer, they will most likely say "email us the artwork and we'll add it to the transformer!".
In defence of Sparkfun, I wouldn't think they would risk their reputation over such a thing. But i... | Any or all of UL CSA CE TUV ... certification is worthwhile IF GENUINE.
I have seen much Asian manufactured equipment which has had various certification marks attached with no prospect of there having been any related testing.
"Provenance matters" - ie you can *usually* be confident of certification marks when pur... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | The problem is with certification marks, like anything else - they can be faked. Go to globalsources.com, find a cheap manufacturer, they will most likely say "email us the artwork and we'll add it to the transformer!".
In defence of Sparkfun, I wouldn't think they would risk their reputation over such a thing. But i... | There are a variety of design, manufacturing and qualification requirements
to meet UL, CSA and TUV. I would not use a line powered supply that does not meet
these specifications.
I also tend to buy these supplies from name brand manufacturers and manufacturers
that have ISO9000 approval even though it is difficult t... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Safety approvals cost (a LOT of) money. You won't find anything from sites such as SparkFun displaying these logos. It's not because they're unsafe — it's because it's prohibitively expensive to get the testing done to *prove* they're safe.
If you are buying things from sites such as SparkFun, etc. it is also assumed ... | Any or all of UL CSA CE TUV ... certification is worthwhile IF GENUINE.
I have seen much Asian manufactured equipment which has had various certification marks attached with no prospect of there having been any related testing.
"Provenance matters" - ie you can *usually* be confident of certification marks when pur... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Safety approvals cost (a LOT of) money. You won't find anything from sites such as SparkFun displaying these logos. It's not because they're unsafe — it's because it's prohibitively expensive to get the testing done to *prove* they're safe.
If you are buying things from sites such as SparkFun, etc. it is also assumed ... | UL listed means that even if the device shorts, you will not get electrocuted when you touch it. Given that it's not expensive to get an UL certified DC adapter (less then $10), why take the chance? |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Any or all of UL CSA CE TUV ... certification is worthwhile IF GENUINE.
I have seen much Asian manufactured equipment which has had various certification marks attached with no prospect of there having been any related testing.
"Provenance matters" - ie you can *usually* be confident of certification marks when pur... | There are a variety of design, manufacturing and qualification requirements
to meet UL, CSA and TUV. I would not use a line powered supply that does not meet
these specifications.
I also tend to buy these supplies from name brand manufacturers and manufacturers
that have ISO9000 approval even though it is difficult t... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Safety approvals cost (a LOT of) money. You won't find anything from sites such as SparkFun displaying these logos. It's not because they're unsafe — it's because it's prohibitively expensive to get the testing done to *prove* they're safe.
If you are buying things from sites such as SparkFun, etc. it is also assumed ... | Using something like that might invalidate a household insurance policy. It would be a good idea to check the small print. |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | Using something like that might invalidate a household insurance policy. It would be a good idea to check the small print. | There are a variety of design, manufacturing and qualification requirements
to meet UL, CSA and TUV. I would not use a line powered supply that does not meet
these specifications.
I also tend to buy these supplies from name brand manufacturers and manufacturers
that have ISO9000 approval even though it is difficult t... |
3,693 | I picked up a 9V switching DC adapter from SparkFun a while back, but I've been hesitant to use it because it doesn't have any of the usual "safety" approvals that you normally see on power adapters (UL listed, CSA approved, etc.)
Is this just unfounded paranoia? Are there safety issues to think about when using a DC ... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3693",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/971/"
] | UL listed means that even if the device shorts, you will not get electrocuted when you touch it. Given that it's not expensive to get an UL certified DC adapter (less then $10), why take the chance? | Using something like that might invalidate a household insurance policy. It would be a good idea to check the small print. |
17,138 | A single user is mapped to a multiple teams in an organization which is handling multiple projects simultaneously. Can a scrum master assign the tasks to the user who is in multiple teams and multiple projects? | 2016/01/13 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/17138",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/21779/"
] | There are a number of issues with this approach:
* Multi-tasking reduces efficiency. Every time they have to context switch between projects they will lose effectiveness.
* Scrum is based on the idea of a known team capacity which is used to calculate the velocity. If team members change or are doing work for other te... | We had a god-like developer working for multiple projects. He was a silver bullet for any issue. True savior in desperate situations. The solution here was to create custom filter in Jira for him to manage his workload as different projects used different flows and schemes. PM's managed issues priority collaboratively,... |
57,870 | You own a warehouse which is a 7x7 grid of cells. You must arrange a maximal number of boxes in the warehouse so that you are able to travel to any given cell. Here are the specific conditions:
* You start at the top left cell.
* You may not occupy the same cell as a box, and all boxes must be in distinct cells.
* You... | 2017/12/12 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/57870",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/41566/"
] | Here's a solution for
>
> 29 boxes.
>
> Red cells represent boxes. Denote topmost row as row 1
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Solution for accessing bottom 5 rows is trivial:
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> Push boxes in the same row as target cell toward the two to... | 28 boxes:
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> Obviously, you can get to the outer two rows.
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> To get to the 9 spaces in the center, push boxes from top or bottom (Whichever is closest), then get the extrud... |
6,033,533 | I'm trying to configure my Spring application to use an SSL certificate I purchased from a CA. I followed the directions for the [Tomcat 6.0 configuration](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/ssl-howto.html) and have imported the key into my Tomcat keystore and uncommented the SSL connector in the server.xml. When ... | 2011/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6033533",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/747600/"
] | First of all you are indicating yourself what might be wrong here.
1) When you update the width when the component is visible => no change
2) When you close the popup and reopen this it is ok, this also means that the item has been re-rendered whereas it was not the first time. This means that you indeed have to try ... | The key is to set the horizontalScrollPolicy="on" before you set the widths. See
[fixed row width in DataGrid quirk](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6084593/fixed-row-width-in-datagrid-quirk/6113950#6113950)
or [Flex 3 DataGrid Column Width Problem](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1302522/flex-3-datagrid-colum... |
361,936 | Sometimes when I'm using SE I need to post a question but I don't know which site to post it on.
I know there's a list of sites but the page on <https://stackexchange.com/sites> is quite hard to search and is a bit of a visual overload.
I was thinking that there could be a search bar where one could type a keyword an... | 2018/01/14 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361936",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/7908770/"
] | There is a site where you can ask where to ask. It's [Meta Stack Exchange](https://meta.stackexchange.com/) it has a [site-recommendation](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/site-recommendation "show questions tagged 'site-recommendation'") tag whose purpose is
>
> After looking through the site list, <https:... | When I am looking for a suitable site, I use the *Filtered Questions* page from the [Network Profile](https://stackexchange.com/users/10748310/adi-c). If you select:
>
> Just questions tagged with the [ ] tag
>
>
>
and type a tag name into the box, it will show suggestions.
After selecting a tag, if you then se... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | There are differences of nuance between your examples, and I'm not sure there's a single word that covers all cases equally well.
>
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually *word* because of inevitable human error."
>
>
>
In this case, they tried to make them the same, but error crept in, so I... | Ersatz - "made or used as a substitute, typically inferior to the thing copied"
Doesn't really work for any of your examples but the first one as phrased, but I think it might serve your purposes in some cases.
In response to the first comment: the definition I originally provided was simply from memory. Here is the ... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | * lookalikes
* facsimile
* clones
Your first examples are derivative works, inferior copies, but en-dash and em-dash are not accidentally different, there is not an original-vs-copy relationship there. | Reading this post i just have realized how and why they say that Greek is the mother of all languages and the only one that computers can understand.
So if one uses in Greek the prefix apo=from and mimisis=copy / made duplicate
then one has the answer. APOMIMISIS = exact copy of something (could be used from gestures t... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were **"replicas"**/**"rough imitations"**/**"crude copies"** of the ones she saw in fashion magazines.
>
> * [**replica**](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/replica) - "any close copy or reproduction."
> * [**rough**](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rough) - "executed or ... | There are some good words suggested here, but I think for the specific case you describe, I would go with "less than accurate", or in single-word form, [inaccurate](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/inaccurate). Though it spans multiple words, I think the phrase "less than accurate" is superior because it implies that i... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | * **Simulacrum** - "a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance." | [resembles](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/resemble) or "only resembles"
The example sentences have different structures so there is no one solution for them all, but I think they could all be reformed to use forms of *resemble* with very good fidelity to the intent.
>
> to be like or similar to; to possess some s... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were **"replicas"**/**"rough imitations"**/**"crude copies"** of the ones she saw in fashion magazines.
>
> * [**replica**](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/replica) - "any close copy or reproduction."
> * [**rough**](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rough) - "executed or ... | Ersatz - "made or used as a substitute, typically inferior to the thing copied"
Doesn't really work for any of your examples but the first one as phrased, but I think it might serve your purposes in some cases.
In response to the first comment: the definition I originally provided was simply from memory. Here is the ... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | There are differences of nuance between your examples, and I'm not sure there's a single word that covers all cases equally well.
>
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually *word* because of inevitable human error."
>
>
>
In this case, they tried to make them the same, but error crept in, so I... | I think that you’d explain the concept better accosting two words. For example *lookalike replica.* The word *replica* implies that the object is derived and shares most details with the original, the word *lookalike* would explain that the replica looks like the original, implying that it is **not** the same (otherwis... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | * **Simulacrum** - "a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance." | Ersatz - "made or used as a substitute, typically inferior to the thing copied"
Doesn't really work for any of your examples but the first one as phrased, but I think it might serve your purposes in some cases.
In response to the first comment: the definition I originally provided was simply from memory. Here is the ... |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | [resembles](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/resemble) or "only resembles"
The example sentences have different structures so there is no one solution for them all, but I think they could all be reformed to use forms of *resemble* with very good fidelity to the intent.
>
> to be like or similar to; to possess some s... | A **counterfeit** :D
>
> a fraudulent imitation of something else.
>
>
>
Source: [Oxford Dictionaries](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/counterfeit). |
340,564 | >
> "The copies of texts transcribed by the monks were usually XXX because of inevitable human error."
>
>
> "Her lack of resources meant that her outfits were XXX of the ones she saw in fashion magazines."
>
>
> "The unicode characters '05AD' and '0596' are XXX"
>
>
>
EDIT - for further context, which should ... | 2016/08/01 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/340564",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/169846/"
] | * **Simulacrum** - "a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance." | There are some good words suggested here, but I think for the specific case you describe, I would go with "less than accurate", or in single-word form, [inaccurate](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/inaccurate). Though it spans multiple words, I think the phrase "less than accurate" is superior because it implies that i... |
3,240,577 | i would like to be able to access a database from a remote machine
should i be adding a username in this prompt? if so, where do i input the password? i do not see the dialogue where i can assign a password for a username? or maybe i can just use existing usernames?
[alt text http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1919/1... | 2010/07/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3240577",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117700/"
] | Object Explorer > Security > Logins:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/41nqY.png)
That was present in 2005 as well.
Resources:
* [SQL Server 2005 Logins](https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/sql-server-2005-logins)
* [Basic SQL Server Security concepts - logins, users... | Right click on Logins under security from the management console. This will give you an option for a new login. |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | This question is unrelated to Buddhism but related to the laws of your land.
I recommend to write to the Court Clerk exactly what you wrote here. They will probably regard you as unfit or too sensitive for jury duty.
>
> *I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, i would
> feel guilty myself.... | yes it is not easy to deal with all the moronic rules invented by puthujjanas. Generally those puthujjanas hate that people do not follow their rules, they will claim that the only way that your refusal will comply with their ways is to follow the various punishments applied when they think there is an infringement to ... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Just follow the laws that are there. If you are unsure about guilt or innocence say so. Even monks and nuns stand in judgement over one another when they commit an offense and there is a consequence for it. If you find the person broke law but are uncomfortable with the consequences i.e., sentence, ask to be excused. B... | This question is unrelated to Buddhism but related to the laws of your land.
I recommend to write to the Court Clerk exactly what you wrote here. They will probably regard you as unfit or too sensitive for jury duty.
>
> *I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, i would
> feel guilty myself.... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Regardless of the person's guilt if give a verdict the karmic result will follow.
Beaing a ruler, judge or juror from a karmic stand point is not advisable.
[Temiya Jataka](http://www.buddha-images.com/temiya-jataka.asp) would be of interest where a price tried hard not to be king as this would mean you have to judge... | This question is unrelated to Buddhism but related to the laws of your land.
I recommend to write to the Court Clerk exactly what you wrote here. They will probably regard you as unfit or too sensitive for jury duty.
>
> *I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, i would
> feel guilty myself.... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Just follow the laws that are there. If you are unsure about guilt or innocence say so. Even monks and nuns stand in judgement over one another when they commit an offense and there is a consequence for it. If you find the person broke law but are uncomfortable with the consequences i.e., sentence, ask to be excused. B... | yes it is not easy to deal with all the moronic rules invented by puthujjanas. Generally those puthujjanas hate that people do not follow their rules, they will claim that the only way that your refusal will comply with their ways is to follow the various punishments applied when they think there is an infringement to ... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Regardless of the person's guilt if give a verdict the karmic result will follow.
Beaing a ruler, judge or juror from a karmic stand point is not advisable.
[Temiya Jataka](http://www.buddha-images.com/temiya-jataka.asp) would be of interest where a price tried hard not to be king as this would mean you have to judge... | yes it is not easy to deal with all the moronic rules invented by puthujjanas. Generally those puthujjanas hate that people do not follow their rules, they will claim that the only way that your refusal will comply with their ways is to follow the various punishments applied when they think there is an infringement to ... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | That's a good question. As a JD, I would tell you that the purpose of a jury is for America to live up to its promise of a fair trial, so no one should technically be obligated to sit on the jury, if they choose not to. Citing religious grounds is legally fair.
As a Buddhist, I'd say participate to learn about your ow... | yes it is not easy to deal with all the moronic rules invented by puthujjanas. Generally those puthujjanas hate that people do not follow their rules, they will claim that the only way that your refusal will comply with their ways is to follow the various punishments applied when they think there is an infringement to ... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Just follow the laws that are there. If you are unsure about guilt or innocence say so. Even monks and nuns stand in judgement over one another when they commit an offense and there is a consequence for it. If you find the person broke law but are uncomfortable with the consequences i.e., sentence, ask to be excused. B... | That's a good question. As a JD, I would tell you that the purpose of a jury is for America to live up to its promise of a fair trial, so no one should technically be obligated to sit on the jury, if they choose not to. Citing religious grounds is legally fair.
As a Buddhist, I'd say participate to learn about your ow... |
33,773 | I have been asked to do jury duty. As I follow a Buddhist philosophy of Ahimsa, no-harm, I feel conflicted. If I vote guilty, and the defendant is not, I would feel guilty myself. If he/she is guilty, and I vote to acquit, likewise I would feel guilty. So I will be asked to be excused on religious grounds. Is this a va... | 2019/06/26 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/33773",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16568/"
] | Regardless of the person's guilt if give a verdict the karmic result will follow.
Beaing a ruler, judge or juror from a karmic stand point is not advisable.
[Temiya Jataka](http://www.buddha-images.com/temiya-jataka.asp) would be of interest where a price tried hard not to be king as this would mean you have to judge... | That's a good question. As a JD, I would tell you that the purpose of a jury is for America to live up to its promise of a fair trial, so no one should technically be obligated to sit on the jury, if they choose not to. Citing religious grounds is legally fair.
As a Buddhist, I'd say participate to learn about your ow... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | If you have at least a part of your application running on your server, make sure you monitor logs for errors.
When we first implemented daily script which greps for ERROR/Exception/FATAL and sends results per email, I was surprised how many issues (mostly tiny) we haven't noticed before.
This will help in a way, tha... | Similar to a combination of jamesh's answers, we do this for web apps
* Supply a "report a bug" link so that users can report bugs even when they don't generate error screens.
* That link opens up a small dialog which in turn submits via Ajax to a processor on the server.
* The processor associates the submission to t... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | Make sure your application can be deployed with automatic updates. One of the headaches of a support group is upgrading customers to the latest and greatest so that they can take advantage of bug fixes, new features, etc. If the upgrade process is seamless, stress can be relieved from the support group. | Some thoughts:
* Do your best to validate user input immediately.
* Check for errors or exceptions as early and as often as possible. It's easier to trace and fix a problem just after it occurs, before it generates "ricochet" effects.
* Whenever possible, describe how to *correct* the problem in your error message. Th... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | * Log as much detail about the environment in which you're executing as possible (probably on startup).
* Give exceptions meaningful names and messages. They may only appear in a stack trace, but that's still incredibly helpful.
* Allocate some time to writing tools for the support team. They will almost certainly have... | Have a mindset for improving things. Whenever you fix something, ask:
* How can I avoid a similar problem in the future?
Then try to find a way of solving *that* problem. |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | * Log as much detail about the environment in which you're executing as possible (probably on startup).
* Give exceptions meaningful names and messages. They may only appear in a stack trace, but that's still incredibly helpful.
* Allocate some time to writing tools for the support team. They will almost certainly have... | Make sure your application can be deployed with automatic updates. One of the headaches of a support group is upgrading customers to the latest and greatest so that they can take advantage of bug fixes, new features, etc. If the upgrade process is seamless, stress can be relieved from the support group. |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | * Log as much detail about the environment in which you're executing as possible (probably on startup).
* Give exceptions meaningful names and messages. They may only appear in a stack trace, but that's still incredibly helpful.
* Allocate some time to writing tools for the support team. They will almost certainly have... | Similar to a combination of jamesh's answers, we do this for web apps
* Supply a "report a bug" link so that users can report bugs even when they don't generate error screens.
* That link opens up a small dialog which in turn submits via Ajax to a processor on the server.
* The processor associates the submission to t... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | Technical features:
* In the error dialogue for a desktop app, include a clickable button that opens up and email, and attaches the stacktrace, and log, including system properties.
* On an error screen in a webapp, report a timestamp including nano-seconds and error code, pid, etc so server logs can be searched.
* Al... | Make sure your application can be deployed with automatic updates. One of the headaches of a support group is upgrading customers to the latest and greatest so that they can take advantage of bug fixes, new features, etc. If the upgrade process is seamless, stress can be relieved from the support group. |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | * Log as much detail about the environment in which you're executing as possible (probably on startup).
* Give exceptions meaningful names and messages. They may only appear in a stack trace, but that's still incredibly helpful.
* Allocate some time to writing tools for the support team. They will almost certainly have... | Some thoughts:
* Do your best to validate user input immediately.
* Check for errors or exceptions as early and as often as possible. It's easier to trace and fix a problem just after it occurs, before it generates "ricochet" effects.
* Whenever possible, describe how to *correct* the problem in your error message. Th... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | Make sure your application can be deployed with automatic updates. One of the headaches of a support group is upgrading customers to the latest and greatest so that they can take advantage of bug fixes, new features, etc. If the upgrade process is seamless, stress can be relieved from the support group. | * Provide a mechanism for capturing what the user was doing when the problem happened, a logging or tracing capability that can help provide you and your colleagues with data (what exception was thrown, stack traces, program state, what the user had been doing, etc.) so that you can recreate the issue.
* If you don't a... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | Make sure your application can be deployed with automatic updates. One of the headaches of a support group is upgrading customers to the latest and greatest so that they can take advantage of bug fixes, new features, etc. If the upgrade process is seamless, stress can be relieved from the support group. | Similar to a combination of jamesh's answers, we do this for web apps
* Supply a "report a bug" link so that users can report bugs even when they don't generate error screens.
* That link opens up a small dialog which in turn submits via Ajax to a processor on the server.
* The processor associates the submission to t... |
157,219 | With the best will in the world, whatever software you (and me) write will have some kind of defect in it.
What can I do, as a developer, to make things easier for the support department (first line, through to third line, and development) to diagnose, workaround and fix problems that the user encounters.
### Notes
... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/157219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4737/"
] | Technical features:
* In the error dialogue for a desktop app, include a clickable button that opens up and email, and attaches the stacktrace, and log, including system properties.
* On an error screen in a webapp, report a timestamp including nano-seconds and error code, pid, etc so server logs can be searched.
* Al... | Provide a know issues document
Give training on the application so they know how it should work
Provide simple concise log lines that they will understand or create error codes with a corresponding document that describes the error |
8,201 | Crop duster aircraft operate much differently than most other aircraft. Are there special rules that apply to their operation? Specifically, are there rules about how close they can fly to structures, terrain, or vehicles? | 2014/08/18 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/8201",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/1696/"
] | [14 CFR Part 137](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title14-vol3/xml/CFR-2011-title14-vol3-part137.xml#seqnum137.51) regulates agricultural aircraft operations, with §137.51 discussing operation over congested areas, including:
>
> The crop duster must operate “with maximum safety to persons and
> property on th... | Ag applicators, crop dusters, are generally governed by 14CFR91 for the operation of their aircraft, except when actually performing ag operations, which includes application and travel to and from loads and applications, they are governed by 14CFR137.
Operations over other than congested areas, 14CFR137.49 permits op... |
178,332 | I always have this worry, and that includes, applying for a Schengen visa for longer periods. Like here is what I mean, I want to apply for a schengen visa for first time entry, and I would like to visit often and on, since my job allows me to (I work remotely for a company in Switzerland) and hence I do, I have a chan... | 2022/12/22 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/178332",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/132888/"
] | As a general rule, travel plans (when, for how long and for how many journeys) determine the type and period of validity for a Schengen visitor (‘C’) visa.
Long term multiple-entry C visas valid for 1, 2, or 5 years are not usually given unless the applicant has previously been issued with a Schengen visa (not an airp... | Note that a Schengen C visa does not allow you to work remote **from** those Schengen states. A bit simplified, you can visit on a C visa to *talk about what work you need to do*, but not to actually perform it. For that, you would need a national visa with a work permit, which are considerably harder to get. |
1,265,376 | 
I know this is a silly question (if not a downright stupid one)
Where can the Fat32 Format utility be downloaded from ?
I obviously tried using Google but the only website I could find was [this](https://en.softonic.com/download/f... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1265376",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/808195/"
] | Figured out.
Installed this:
<https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal/user/anon/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action=portlets.DCFileAction&eventSubmit_doGetdcdetails=&fileid=10655>
Then run Internet Explorer as an Administrator. | Sometimes, even after the installation done above, I receive error:
>
> SSL Network Extender is down and could not be started. Consider rebooting the computer (#323)
>
>
>
**Solution:** Computer Management > Restart Check Point SSL Network Extender
* This service must be running 
I know this is a silly question (if not a downright stupid one)
Where can the Fat32 Format utility be downloaded from ?
I obviously tried using Google but the only website I could find was [this](https://en.softonic.com/download/f... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1265376",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/808195/"
] | Figured out.
Installed this:
<https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal/user/anon/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action=portlets.DCFileAction&eventSubmit_doGetdcdetails=&fileid=10655>
Then run Internet Explorer as an Administrator. | On Dell Notebooks must be turned off the "Secure Boot" option in BIOS. Then works it. |
1,265,376 | 
I know this is a silly question (if not a downright stupid one)
Where can the Fat32 Format utility be downloaded from ?
I obviously tried using Google but the only website I could find was [this](https://en.softonic.com/download/f... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1265376",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/808195/"
] | Figured out.
Installed this:
<https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal/user/anon/page/default.psml/media-type/html?action=portlets.DCFileAction&eventSubmit_doGetdcdetails=&fileid=10655>
Then run Internet Explorer as an Administrator. | You need put extender.dll version 80.0.54.64 to "C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files"
its works as user, not need rus as admin. |
1,265,376 | 
I know this is a silly question (if not a downright stupid one)
Where can the Fat32 Format utility be downloaded from ?
I obviously tried using Google but the only website I could find was [this](https://en.softonic.com/download/f... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1265376",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/808195/"
] | Sometimes, even after the installation done above, I receive error:
>
> SSL Network Extender is down and could not be started. Consider rebooting the computer (#323)
>
>
>
**Solution:** Computer Management > Restart Check Point SSL Network Extender
* This service must be running ![Service Manager](https://i.stac... | On Dell Notebooks must be turned off the "Secure Boot" option in BIOS. Then works it. |
1,265,376 | 
I know this is a silly question (if not a downright stupid one)
Where can the Fat32 Format utility be downloaded from ?
I obviously tried using Google but the only website I could find was [this](https://en.softonic.com/download/f... | 2017/11/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1265376",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/808195/"
] | Sometimes, even after the installation done above, I receive error:
>
> SSL Network Extender is down and could not be started. Consider rebooting the computer (#323)
>
>
>
**Solution:** Computer Management > Restart Check Point SSL Network Extender
* This service must be running ![Service Manager](https://i.stac... | You need put extender.dll version 80.0.54.64 to "C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files"
its works as user, not need rus as admin. |
1,399 | What is the correct way to refer to the Tor hidden services network. "Hidden services" is the name of the technology used (and individual servers), but what is the name of the resulting network and community?
I believe I may have heard something similar to "onionland" long ago.
Example sentence: "Contrary to popular ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/1399",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/users/962/"
] | When you want to talk specifically about Tor Hidden Services, you should write Tor Hidden Services or short Hidden Services. The term hidden services network does not exist, because the hidden services don't form a network. Hidden services usually are standalone services, even though they are connected through the 'Int... | Many people refer to this as the "Dark Net" or "Deep Web". There was talk about an "invisible web" back in the 01990's, but recently the Dark Net & Deep Web terms appear to be most prevalently.
It's interesting to notice that "Deep Web" tends to be used more often in the tech community and "Dark Net" tends to be more ... |
1,399 | What is the correct way to refer to the Tor hidden services network. "Hidden services" is the name of the technology used (and individual servers), but what is the name of the resulting network and community?
I believe I may have heard something similar to "onionland" long ago.
Example sentence: "Contrary to popular ... | 2014/01/29 | [
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/1399",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/users/962/"
] | When you want to talk specifically about Tor Hidden Services, you should write Tor Hidden Services or short Hidden Services. The term hidden services network does not exist, because the hidden services don't form a network. Hidden services usually are standalone services, even though they are connected through the 'Int... | Hidden services are part of the Tor onion-routing anonymity network. They are not otherwise part of a network, unless interlinks have specifically been created. And generally, there is no particular community, except as created by link farms and indexing sites that focus on hidden services.
It's best to refer to them ... |
748 | So the mother of all list-questions was just posted: [What LISP compilers and interpreters were available for 8-bit machines?](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/11192/what-lisp-compilers-and-interpreters-were-available-for-8-bit-machines)
Not only explicitly asking for a list, but with the extra twist... | 2019/06/02 | [
"https://retrocomputing.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/748",
"https://retrocomputing.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://retrocomputing.meta.stackexchange.com/users/333/"
] | Our Diamond Moderator votes are binding. We simply can't vote to close normally on questions; if we want to leave something to a community decision, the most we can do is try to mitigate the damage. The lack of a close vote when a moderator posts a comment is *not* a Super Endorsement of Magical Quality™.
*That being ... | >
> Since list questions are simply not suitable or useful for the Stack Exchange format...
>
>
>
This is not an absolute nor self-evident truth, since most sites tolerate a few of them when they are felt to be of sufficient quality and on-topicality.
With good community practices in place and guidance from mode... |
36,674 | Most audio circuits are powered with large, heavy transformers and a small ripple after smoothing. SMPS are smaller and more efficient. EMI can be shielded by a metal enclosure and the output filtered for noise suppression.
Especially where the power is going to be further regulated. Why aren't switched-mode power sup... | 2012/07/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/36674",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1380/"
] | A class D amplifier *is* a switching power supply. Those are more common these days and can have quite good specs. Audiophools may wrinkle their noses when they are *told* a amplifier is class D or has a switching power supply inside, but such a thing is harder to detect in a proper double blind test. In the audio worl... | Short:
* SMPS are much used in many audio systems.
* In very top-end enthusiast targeted systems an iron cored transformer based supply may be preferred because of nuances in effect which are so fine that they can only be detected or claimed to be detected by true aficionados.
---
SMPS are regularly used to power au... |
36,674 | Most audio circuits are powered with large, heavy transformers and a small ripple after smoothing. SMPS are smaller and more efficient. EMI can be shielded by a metal enclosure and the output filtered for noise suppression.
Especially where the power is going to be further regulated. Why aren't switched-mode power sup... | 2012/07/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/36674",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1380/"
] | Short:
* SMPS are much used in many audio systems.
* In very top-end enthusiast targeted systems an iron cored transformer based supply may be preferred because of nuances in effect which are so fine that they can only be detected or claimed to be detected by true aficionados.
---
SMPS are regularly used to power au... | Cheap mass-produced Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) with poor filtering and bad EMI/RFI rejection have tarnished the reputation of SMPS in the Hi-Fi audio world. It will take some top-quality SMPS in high-end equipment to overcome the damage that has been done. But there is no good reason why SMPS cannot be used to p... |
36,674 | Most audio circuits are powered with large, heavy transformers and a small ripple after smoothing. SMPS are smaller and more efficient. EMI can be shielded by a metal enclosure and the output filtered for noise suppression.
Especially where the power is going to be further regulated. Why aren't switched-mode power sup... | 2012/07/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/36674",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1380/"
] | A class D amplifier *is* a switching power supply. Those are more common these days and can have quite good specs. Audiophools may wrinkle their noses when they are *told* a amplifier is class D or has a switching power supply inside, but such a thing is harder to detect in a proper double blind test. In the audio worl... | Cheap mass-produced Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) with poor filtering and bad EMI/RFI rejection have tarnished the reputation of SMPS in the Hi-Fi audio world. It will take some top-quality SMPS in high-end equipment to overcome the damage that has been done. But there is no good reason why SMPS cannot be used to p... |
36,674 | Most audio circuits are powered with large, heavy transformers and a small ripple after smoothing. SMPS are smaller and more efficient. EMI can be shielded by a metal enclosure and the output filtered for noise suppression.
Especially where the power is going to be further regulated. Why aren't switched-mode power sup... | 2012/07/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/36674",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1380/"
] | Let me give you a little background on myself... I've been working professionally in the audio industry for more than 14 years. I've designed circuits for most of the major pro-audio companies, one audiophile company, and several consumer audio companies. The point is, I've been around and know a lot about how audio is... | Cheap mass-produced Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) with poor filtering and bad EMI/RFI rejection have tarnished the reputation of SMPS in the Hi-Fi audio world. It will take some top-quality SMPS in high-end equipment to overcome the damage that has been done. But there is no good reason why SMPS cannot be used to p... |
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