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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... | Switching power supplies are being used to an increasing extent in many applications. Certainly wall-wart-sized audio applications are using switchers as often as not. I think a major factor limiting the adoption of switching supplies historically has been the fact that while most audio systems do not pass through very... |
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... | 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/"
] | 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... | 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... |
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... | Switching power supplies are being used to an increasing extent in many applications. Certainly wall-wart-sized audio applications are using switchers as often as not. I think a major factor limiting the adoption of switching supplies historically has been the fact that while most audio systems do not pass through very... |
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/"
] | Switching power supplies are being used to an increasing extent in many applications. Certainly wall-wart-sized audio applications are using switchers as often as not. I think a major factor limiting the adoption of switching supplies historically has been the fact that while most audio systems do not pass through very... | Many high band audio companies now use SMPS for various reasons, not all but mostly because of
* (A) Weight of iron core/copper winding transformers
* (B) Efficiency of coupling between windings {ie power loss}
* (C) Actual cost of copper these days
Anyone who has ever worked with high power PA systems will know tha... |
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... | Many high band audio companies now use SMPS for various reasons, not all but mostly because of
* (A) Weight of iron core/copper winding transformers
* (B) Efficiency of coupling between windings {ie power loss}
* (C) Actual cost of copper these days
Anyone who has ever worked with high power PA systems will know tha... |
161,579 | The son of a friend wants to read *The Witcher* books. We both know the game and there are some moments where Geralt collects the Ladies "business cards" and this might not be appropriate for children.
Are these moments only implied or graphicly detailed (like in *A Song of Ice and Fire*)?
I also wonder if the violen... | 2017/06/13 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/161579",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/73606/"
] | There are often descriptions of female nudity , but they're limited to upper torso. Female breasts are mention fairly often, but that's pretty much it (i.e. certainly not on the level of the cards from the first game). Assuming the child follows [this order](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/125046/70236) (starting wit... | I know I'm nearly 4 years late, but I notice that most of these answers are wrong, or at least don't go into full depth. The books are FAR worse than the games, besides the fact that you can't SEE it happen. But I'll list you some examples of why they are less child-friendly:
* In *Baptism of Fire*, Ciri and Mistle, b... |
16,455,560 | I would like to develop a application that when used between two phone we can send exchange data(like e-visiting card). I intend to develop it for all smart phones even those without NFC. I am just a budding developer and would like to have some references about the possibilities of such an app. i have seen BUMP but i ... | 2013/05/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16455560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1798981/"
] | Depends on the size of the data, but one possibility that comes to mind is the use of QR codes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code>
You could try using a library like zxing (<https://code.google.com/p/zxing/>) to generate the qr codes.
Basically the phone wanting to send the data generates a qr code representatio... | I think you should try to use bluetoolth or local area network.
I pefer LAN.
In your app , you can set one app as server, another app as client.
make a socket connection and send your data. |
16,883,216 | In advance thanks for help. I was searching a lot but didn't find answer.
So I have several Lotus Notes .NSF databases and I need to transfer all the documents into DB2 data warehouse using Lotus Notes Agent. I also have LOG.NSF file.
Now how do I figure exactly what tables do I need to create in the DB2, I mean how ... | 2013/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16883216",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1880405/"
] | Lotus Notes documents store unstructured data, so there is no schema to see. Every document legally could have different "columns" of data.
Views will be your biggest ally. You can create views to display the data in the documents and gain an understanding of what items (re: columns) exist and what data each contains. | If you're simply looking to migrate the attachments out to a single-instance warehouse, it's already part of Domino. It's called DOLS, Domino Off-Line Storage. I haven't the foggiest idea how it works, as I don't have DB2, and its function doesn't match what my firm wishes to accomplish. |
16,883,216 | In advance thanks for help. I was searching a lot but didn't find answer.
So I have several Lotus Notes .NSF databases and I need to transfer all the documents into DB2 data warehouse using Lotus Notes Agent. I also have LOG.NSF file.
Now how do I figure exactly what tables do I need to create in the DB2, I mean how ... | 2013/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16883216",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1880405/"
] | You can use Lotus Notes, Domino Designer, and NotesPeek to explore the physical structure and contents of the NSF files. But moving data from Notes to an RDBMS system requires understanding the logical structure of the data. That's not something that people who have never seen the application can really help you with. ... | If you're simply looking to migrate the attachments out to a single-instance warehouse, it's already part of Domino. It's called DOLS, Domino Off-Line Storage. I haven't the foggiest idea how it works, as I don't have DB2, and its function doesn't match what my firm wishes to accomplish. |
16,883,216 | In advance thanks for help. I was searching a lot but didn't find answer.
So I have several Lotus Notes .NSF databases and I need to transfer all the documents into DB2 data warehouse using Lotus Notes Agent. I also have LOG.NSF file.
Now how do I figure exactly what tables do I need to create in the DB2, I mean how ... | 2013/06/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16883216",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1880405/"
] | As others already have said, you need to understand the particular application(s) you want to export the data for. Also, since it sounds like you are very new to Notes (i.e. the talk about "element in the format xxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxx" and not understanding that log.nsf is just another database, logging server activit... | If you're simply looking to migrate the attachments out to a single-instance warehouse, it's already part of Domino. It's called DOLS, Domino Off-Line Storage. I haven't the foggiest idea how it works, as I don't have DB2, and its function doesn't match what my firm wishes to accomplish. |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | As already noted, you are using a 64-bit OS already. There are two advantages of switching to a 64-bit version of SQL Server and one disadvantage.
The sole disadvantage is that the 64-bit version of SQL Server will use 64-bit pointers. This means pointers will occupy twice as much memory, consume twice as much memory ... | **Performance!**
There are several technical answers here already, but without getting too technical, and depending on your application, you should see a performance upgrade.
The main pieces are:
>
> **Large memory addressing:** The 64-bit architecture offers a larger
> directly-addressable memory space. SQL Serve... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Strongly related: [Good reasons to keep 32-bit Microsoft Windows desktop OSes](https://serverfault.com/questions/429299/good-reasons-to-keep-32-bit-microsoft-windows-desktop-oses?rq=1)
You **are** using a 64 bit OS. Server 2008 R2 was the first to only support 64 bit CPUs.
"Newer" versions of Windows aren't even desi... | Potential issue: DLL libraries of CLR user-defined functions (UDFs) will require their 64-bit versions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are using a library of [CLR User-Defined Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-data... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | As already noted, you are using a 64-bit OS already. There are two advantages of switching to a 64-bit version of SQL Server and one disadvantage.
The sole disadvantage is that the 64-bit version of SQL Server will use 64-bit pointers. This means pointers will occupy twice as much memory, consume twice as much memory ... | Potential issue: DLL libraries of CLR user-defined functions (UDFs) will require their 64-bit versions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are using a library of [CLR User-Defined Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-data... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Fundamentally: Yes. Assuming you never make updates that are then 4 bit only - not sure there even IS a 32 bit SQL Server more recent than 2008.
Issues with your question: "The 64 bit versions allow access to more than 4 GB of RAM," - make that 3gb ;) not 4. 1gb is always reserved. | You can have better multitasking performance especially with programs that have heavy multithreading built in. Moreover u can install more ram with 64-bit os. But do this only if the processor supports 64-bit instructions. |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Fundamentally: Yes. Assuming you never make updates that are then 4 bit only - not sure there even IS a 32 bit SQL Server more recent than 2008.
Issues with your question: "The 64 bit versions allow access to more than 4 GB of RAM," - make that 3gb ;) not 4. 1gb is always reserved. | **Performance!**
There are several technical answers here already, but without getting too technical, and depending on your application, you should see a performance upgrade.
The main pieces are:
>
> **Large memory addressing:** The 64-bit architecture offers a larger
> directly-addressable memory space. SQL Serve... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Strongly related: [Good reasons to keep 32-bit Microsoft Windows desktop OSes](https://serverfault.com/questions/429299/good-reasons-to-keep-32-bit-microsoft-windows-desktop-oses?rq=1)
You **are** using a 64 bit OS. Server 2008 R2 was the first to only support 64 bit CPUs.
"Newer" versions of Windows aren't even desi... | You can have better multitasking performance especially with programs that have heavy multithreading built in. Moreover u can install more ram with 64-bit os. But do this only if the processor supports 64-bit instructions. |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Strongly related: [Good reasons to keep 32-bit Microsoft Windows desktop OSes](https://serverfault.com/questions/429299/good-reasons-to-keep-32-bit-microsoft-windows-desktop-oses?rq=1)
You **are** using a 64 bit OS. Server 2008 R2 was the first to only support 64 bit CPUs.
"Newer" versions of Windows aren't even desi... | **Performance!**
There are several technical answers here already, but without getting too technical, and depending on your application, you should see a performance upgrade.
The main pieces are:
>
> **Large memory addressing:** The 64-bit architecture offers a larger
> directly-addressable memory space. SQL Serve... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Potential issue: DLL libraries of CLR user-defined functions (UDFs) will require their 64-bit versions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are using a library of [CLR User-Defined Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-data... | **Performance!**
There are several technical answers here already, but without getting too technical, and depending on your application, you should see a performance upgrade.
The main pieces are:
>
> **Large memory addressing:** The 64-bit architecture offers a larger
> directly-addressable memory space. SQL Serve... |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | Potential issue: DLL libraries of CLR user-defined functions (UDFs) will require their 64-bit versions.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are using a library of [CLR User-Defined Functions](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-data... | You can have better multitasking performance especially with programs that have heavy multithreading built in. Moreover u can install more ram with 64-bit os. But do this only if the processor supports 64-bit instructions. |
949,303 | Suppose that I have a 32 bit Windows Server box that operates several server applications along with an SQL Server, with a RAM usage of about 2 GB at peak times.
What would be the advantages of upgrading the Windows Server OS and SQL Server to the corresponding 64 bit versions, with the server applications remaining a... | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/949303",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/505526/"
] | As already noted, you are using a 64-bit OS already. There are two advantages of switching to a 64-bit version of SQL Server and one disadvantage.
The sole disadvantage is that the 64-bit version of SQL Server will use 64-bit pointers. This means pointers will occupy twice as much memory, consume twice as much memory ... | You can have better multitasking performance especially with programs that have heavy multithreading built in. Moreover u can install more ram with 64-bit os. But do this only if the processor supports 64-bit instructions. |
15,370 | What technological leaps would be necessary to capture the absolute state of the brain? This would need to include:
* a representation of each neuron
* a representation of each neural connection
* the chemical balances of the dendral connections between each neuron
And maybe we would also need to capture:
* the curr... | 2016/06/30 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/15370",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/9361/"
] | Your question can be reduced to "What level of detail do we need to know about a brain to be able to simulate it?"
The answer to this question is *we have no idea*. The Blue Brain project has bet on the synaptic level, but they haven't been able to scale up to behaviour yet. But why stop at the synaptic level? Why not... | >
> What leaps in technology would be needed to scan the total state of
> the human brain?
>
>
>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rl7Aa.jpg)
**Preface**
In 2016, the "Small Mammal BPF Prize" was won, see: <http://www.brainpreservati... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | Had the same problem with my generator and gas furnace. When powered by generator (through a transfer switch) the fan kept cycling when no heat was called for. I was quite puzzled. Did some research and discovered the bonded neutral in the generator was causing stray current flows. (Neutral and ground are already bonde... | Was looking at another forum with similar issues. From what I can make out of it, when Furnace is wired to breaker panel (normal configuration), the board is looking for the neutral to be bonded with the ground in the main panel.
If a generators three wires (hot, neutral, grnd) are connected to the furnace, the board ... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | I'd consult with the furnace manufacturer regarding whether the furnace electronics will function properly on generator power that might not be pure sine wave. If that's the issue you're just wasting your time. It's also possible that you could damage the electronics running on generator power. There are ways to clean ... | I had the same problem and fixed it by grounding my generator. Here are the instructions from my manual (my generator has a grounding nut):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OU7F9.jpg) |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | Many flame presence detectors use the relationship between Earth and one side of the Mains to sense a small current passing through the flame. If the voltage is not as expected, the flame presence / failure detection may not work.
So again, establishing the proper relationship between Mains and Earth is critical for p... | Was looking at another forum with similar issues. From what I can make out of it, when Furnace is wired to breaker panel (normal configuration), the board is looking for the neutral to be bonded with the ground in the main panel.
If a generators three wires (hot, neutral, grnd) are connected to the furnace, the board ... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | I too suspect the (lack of) ground-neutral bond. So far as I'm aware there isn't any industry standard for ground bonding in portable generators: it's almost universal that portables in the US have a 3-prong outlet, and in many units the ground prong connects only to the generator chassis, leaving the hot and neutral t... | Was looking at another forum with similar issues. From what I can make out of it, when Furnace is wired to breaker panel (normal configuration), the board is looking for the neutral to be bonded with the ground in the main panel.
If a generators three wires (hot, neutral, grnd) are connected to the furnace, the board ... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | I too suspect the (lack of) ground-neutral bond. So far as I'm aware there isn't any industry standard for ground bonding in portable generators: it's almost universal that portables in the US have a 3-prong outlet, and in many units the ground prong connects only to the generator chassis, leaving the hot and neutral t... | I'd consult with the furnace manufacturer regarding whether the furnace electronics will function properly on generator power that might not be pure sine wave. If that's the issue you're just wasting your time. It's also possible that you could damage the electronics running on generator power. There are ways to clean ... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | Had the same problem with my generator and gas furnace. When powered by generator (through a transfer switch) the fan kept cycling when no heat was called for. I was quite puzzled. Did some research and discovered the bonded neutral in the generator was causing stray current flows. (Neutral and ground are already bonde... | I had the same problem and fixed it by grounding my generator. Here are the instructions from my manual (my generator has a grounding nut):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OU7F9.jpg) |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/97084/"
] | Many flame presence detectors use the relationship between Earth and one side of the Mains to sense a small current passing through the flame. If the voltage is not as expected, the flame presence / failure detection may not work.
So again, establishing the proper relationship between Mains and Earth is critical for p... | Had the same problem with my generator and gas furnace. When powered by generator (through a transfer switch) the fan kept cycling when no heat was called for. I was quite puzzled. Did some research and discovered the bonded neutral in the generator was causing stray current flows. (Neutral and ground are already bonde... |
157,438 | We recently had a power outage that lasted several days and the house was down to 41 degrees and expected power restore was several days in the future.
I purchased a 3500 watt (5250 starting watts) generator with the hopes to heat my house.
I only wanted to power the furnace and did not want to worry about having it... | 2019/02/12 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/157438",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | I too suspect the (lack of) ground-neutral bond. So far as I'm aware there isn't any industry standard for ground bonding in portable generators: it's almost universal that portables in the US have a 3-prong outlet, and in many units the ground prong connects only to the generator chassis, leaving the hot and neutral t... | I had the same problem and fixed it by grounding my generator. Here are the instructions from my manual (my generator has a grounding nut):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OU7F9.jpg) |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | Scan whatever you may need again at some point so you have an electronic copy. If possible, OCR it so you can search.
This point has been made by others before, but here's what I would do going forward: try to [take as many notes as possible directly in a big txt file](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/51807/4140),... | This doesn't help for the past, but in the future write your notes in a [journal](http://kit-shop.de/cosmoshop/default/pix/a/n/K3-510_Notizbuch+kariert+Normalbild.2.jpg). And put them on a shelf when they are full. For important notes, use colorful [page markers](https://media.schaefer-shop.de/is/image/schaefershop/sho... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
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] | I left academia some years ago. When I left university, my notes were all neatly stored in folders and then boxed up.
I **never** looked at any of those notes again. Eventually, I just decided that they were pointless clutter and dumped them in the recycling.
These days, if you need to know something, it's easier to ... | In addition to other good answers... and as I intermittently sift through hand-written notes going back 35-40 years... :
Some things will have been truly, clearly superceded. Recycle.
Some things' disposition is less clear. One thing to do is to allocate some regular time to "reconsider/edit" such notes by typing the... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | It may help you to understand that [much of the value of those notes has been the very act of writing them](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/). As such, you may find that you have less compunction against throwing them out.
Personally, I maintain an "aging pil... | You could always scan them and store them electronically if you feel that some of these notes may be beneficial in the future.
I personally kept the notes that I felt would be beneficial. Classes related to my major and classes I had taken an interest in, I would keep. Notes I had that didn't seem useful long-term, I... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | It may help you to understand that [much of the value of those notes has been the very act of writing them](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/). As such, you may find that you have less compunction against throwing them out.
Personally, I maintain an "aging pil... | I am used to writing notes on different supports: post-its, text files... taken at very different moments (bedside, bus). Although I have a pretty good memory (with respect to most of my colleagues), I am amazed by how "a new thought" had appareared several times before in my notes, sometimes in a slightly different fo... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | When I make notes on a paper that I've printed, I make them *on* the paper. This means in the margins, on the backs of sheets (single sided printing has its uses). I haven't had to but extra sheets can always be added to the back. Then I can file the paper in some way (normally a disorganised folder on a particular top... | In addition to other good answers... and as I intermittently sift through hand-written notes going back 35-40 years... :
Some things will have been truly, clearly superceded. Recycle.
Some things' disposition is less clear. One thing to do is to allocate some regular time to "reconsider/edit" such notes by typing the... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | This doesn't help for the past, but in the future write your notes in a [journal](http://kit-shop.de/cosmoshop/default/pix/a/n/K3-510_Notizbuch+kariert+Normalbild.2.jpg). And put them on a shelf when they are full. For important notes, use colorful [page markers](https://media.schaefer-shop.de/is/image/schaefershop/sho... | Recycle the lot, now, without grief. The effort of reading / indexing / typing would overwhelm you, and squash whatever creativity you might still have. The act of taking the notes might have helped, but that is long gone. If you need the facts again, consult google / wikipedia / mathworld / whatever.
There is a narr... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | It may help you to understand that [much of the value of those notes has been the very act of writing them](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/). As such, you may find that you have less compunction against throwing them out.
Personally, I maintain an "aging pil... | The old papers could be-
1. Scan and convert to PDF, which can then be managed with Zotero or any other reference management software.
2. The PDF could then be annotated with notes, and these could be exported to Markdown.
3. The markdown could be opened in a digital zettelkasten sytem like zettlr or obsidian to retai... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | This doesn't help for the past, but in the future write your notes in a [journal](http://kit-shop.de/cosmoshop/default/pix/a/n/K3-510_Notizbuch+kariert+Normalbild.2.jpg). And put them on a shelf when they are full. For important notes, use colorful [page markers](https://media.schaefer-shop.de/is/image/schaefershop/sho... | There have been some general remarks about scanning things in and digitization, but here is a system that I used when I was taking paper notes.
I had a manilla envelope for each project that I was currently working on - I might have had 2-3 irons in the fire, so to speak. I kept the most recent material to the front o... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | I think most people here have said what I would say too, scan them.
The rationale behind scanning the notes is that they then are not lost in case you do want to get back to them, however, as others may have indicated, you should consider keeping the notes that you deem important on paper as it makes them a lot easier... | There have been some general remarks about scanning things in and digitization, but here is a system that I used when I was taking paper notes.
I had a manilla envelope for each project that I was currently working on - I might have had 2-3 irons in the fire, so to speak. I kept the most recent material to the front o... |
60,482 | Many a times, I study some topic or research paper and make my own notes (it could be figuring out the math in paper, or something else). But after say 7-8 months, these notes just pile up on table and when I look at them I don't think I will be using them for any future work. But I also feel like I'm trashing my study... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60482",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/2643/"
] | When I make notes on a paper that I've printed, I make them *on* the paper. This means in the margins, on the backs of sheets (single sided printing has its uses). I haven't had to but extra sheets can always be added to the back. Then I can file the paper in some way (normally a disorganised folder on a particular top... | I am used to writing notes on different supports: post-its, text files... taken at very different moments (bedside, bus). Although I have a pretty good memory (with respect to most of my colleagues), I am amazed by how "a new thought" had appareared several times before in my notes, sometimes in a slightly different fo... |
17,091 | Are there rules that require one of the pilots in a large commercial aircraft to have positive physical control of the yoke/joystick at all times?
And the same question for the rudder actuators, if any (pedals)? | 2015/07/21 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/17091",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2171/"
] | There is nothing I can find in the FARs requiring that a pilot keep their hands and feet on the controls at all times.
Such a requirement would be impractical and dangerous in many situations (such as when writing down a clearance in the air: For most people if you keep your hands on the controls while writing you w... | Nope. Sometimes they just let go and yell, "Look Ma! No hands!" into the local traffic channel. Just kidding.
There may be a slight disconnect here in how you think about pilots and the law. The average (non-pilot) person imagines that pilots are robotic servants that must obey all kinds of laws and regulations design... |
17,091 | Are there rules that require one of the pilots in a large commercial aircraft to have positive physical control of the yoke/joystick at all times?
And the same question for the rudder actuators, if any (pedals)? | 2015/07/21 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/17091",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2171/"
] | No. What is required by FAA is that one of the two pilots (the captain or first officer) must be the "pilot flying", and this pilot has primary responsibility for maintaining control of the aircraft at the time. The other pilot, the "pilot not flying", may assist the pilot flying by performing secondary tasks such as c... | Nope. Sometimes they just let go and yell, "Look Ma! No hands!" into the local traffic channel. Just kidding.
There may be a slight disconnect here in how you think about pilots and the law. The average (non-pilot) person imagines that pilots are robotic servants that must obey all kinds of laws and regulations design... |
17,091 | Are there rules that require one of the pilots in a large commercial aircraft to have positive physical control of the yoke/joystick at all times?
And the same question for the rudder actuators, if any (pedals)? | 2015/07/21 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/17091",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/2171/"
] | There is nothing I can find in the FARs requiring that a pilot keep their hands and feet on the controls at all times.
Such a requirement would be impractical and dangerous in many situations (such as when writing down a clearance in the air: For most people if you keep your hands on the controls while writing you w... | No. What is required by FAA is that one of the two pilots (the captain or first officer) must be the "pilot flying", and this pilot has primary responsibility for maintaining control of the aircraft at the time. The other pilot, the "pilot not flying", may assist the pilot flying by performing secondary tasks such as c... |
5,317,008 | I just heard that a company I do work for may be bringing in the Pyxis Mobile application development system. When I google it most of what I find is from the company's web site and that is not very informative from a geek perspective. Can any one shed some light on what sort of programming environment it is and what p... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5317008",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165031/"
] | Full Disclosure - I work as an engineer at Pyxis Mobile. However, I have been in the mobile space for 7+ years and have evaluated several approaches to mobile so hopefully this is helpful.
Pyxis Mobile provides a set of tools and components to build cross platform mobile applications. Let me outline them first.
**1... | Beware of Pyxis Mobile. While many of the things they say do work, there are some serious platform issues (as a geek) which I've experienced.
1) No version control system process. The Application studio can basically only be developed on by one person at a time or you risk having your changes overwritten by a fellow d... |
5,317,008 | I just heard that a company I do work for may be bringing in the Pyxis Mobile application development system. When I google it most of what I find is from the company's web site and that is not very informative from a geek perspective. Can any one shed some light on what sort of programming environment it is and what p... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5317008",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165031/"
] | Full Disclosure - I work as an engineer at Pyxis Mobile. However, I have been in the mobile space for 7+ years and have evaluated several approaches to mobile so hopefully this is helpful.
Pyxis Mobile provides a set of tools and components to build cross platform mobile applications. Let me outline them first.
**1... | I just got note about the most recent comments. I don't want to turn this into a thread of back and forth, but did want to throw a couple of quick notes.
Regarding the points on version control and documentation/developer community - no big contest there. We are definitely working on these shortcommings. We have some... |
5,317,008 | I just heard that a company I do work for may be bringing in the Pyxis Mobile application development system. When I google it most of what I find is from the company's web site and that is not very informative from a geek perspective. Can any one shed some light on what sort of programming environment it is and what p... | 2011/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5317008",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/165031/"
] | Beware of Pyxis Mobile. While many of the things they say do work, there are some serious platform issues (as a geek) which I've experienced.
1) No version control system process. The Application studio can basically only be developed on by one person at a time or you risk having your changes overwritten by a fellow d... | I just got note about the most recent comments. I don't want to turn this into a thread of back and forth, but did want to throw a couple of quick notes.
Regarding the points on version control and documentation/developer community - no big contest there. We are definitely working on these shortcommings. We have some... |
39,332 | It is really frustrating not being able to run a tight ship with my money. Neither CIBC nor TD shows them immediately. It is certainly possible because I ran across a Visa gift card which showed them. So is there a proper credit card that shows the holds immediately? | 2014/11/04 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/39332",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/9523/"
] | PC MasterCard recently added this as a new feature to their online system. It lets you see "Pending Authorizations" for your card when you log in. Their email said:
>
> Along with your purchases, you'll see a list of every transaction that's been approved, but not yet applied to your balance. You'll be able to identi... | As for PC Mastercard like stated by @nullability, [VISA Desjardins](http://www.desjardins.com/ca/personal/loans-credit/visa-desjardins-credit-cards/) list the "Pending Authorizations" almost instantly (the time it's take to get back home) in AccesD (Their Web portal for managing accounts). |
3,961,513 | I have a asp.net resouce language file in english and I have to translate that resource file into french. how can this be achieved? There are lot of values on the resource file that needs to be translated.
is there any sample available on how this can be done by using google language translation or something? | 2010/10/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3961513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529866/"
] | pay a translator, and to edit the resource files there's [Zeta Resource Editor](http://www.zeta-resource-editor.com/index.html) which is pretty usefull | Google Translate will do the job. It has a limit on the number of requests it'll accept within a given period of time.
I've used it to translate a web site from Japanese Kanji to English. It did pretty well. |
3,961,513 | I have a asp.net resouce language file in english and I have to translate that resource file into french. how can this be achieved? There are lot of values on the resource file that needs to be translated.
is there any sample available on how this can be done by using google language translation or something? | 2010/10/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3961513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529866/"
] | 1. Copy the entire contents of your resource file to Excel;
2. Copy the entire contents of the second column from Excel to Google Translate;
3. Copy the translated strings back to the second column of Excel;
4. Clear out your resource file;
5. Copy the entire contents from Excel back to your resource file.
Hope this h... | Google Translate will do the job. It has a limit on the number of requests it'll accept within a given period of time.
I've used it to translate a web site from Japanese Kanji to English. It did pretty well. |
3,961,513 | I have a asp.net resouce language file in english and I have to translate that resource file into french. how can this be achieved? There are lot of values on the resource file that needs to be translated.
is there any sample available on how this can be done by using google language translation or something? | 2010/10/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3961513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529866/"
] | 1. Copy the entire contents of your resource file to Excel;
2. Copy the entire contents of the second column from Excel to Google Translate;
3. Copy the translated strings back to the second column of Excel;
4. Clear out your resource file;
5. Copy the entire contents from Excel back to your resource file.
Hope this h... | pay a translator, and to edit the resource files there's [Zeta Resource Editor](http://www.zeta-resource-editor.com/index.html) which is pretty usefull |
3,961,513 | I have a asp.net resouce language file in english and I have to translate that resource file into french. how can this be achieved? There are lot of values on the resource file that needs to be translated.
is there any sample available on how this can be done by using google language translation or something? | 2010/10/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3961513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529866/"
] | pay a translator, and to edit the resource files there's [Zeta Resource Editor](http://www.zeta-resource-editor.com/index.html) which is pretty usefull | Download MAT (Multilingual App Toolkit) for Visual Studio.
<https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MultilingualAppToolkit.MultilingualAppToolkit-18308>
This is the way to go to translate your projects in Visual Studio ;-)
<https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matdev/> |
3,961,513 | I have a asp.net resouce language file in english and I have to translate that resource file into french. how can this be achieved? There are lot of values on the resource file that needs to be translated.
is there any sample available on how this can be done by using google language translation or something? | 2010/10/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3961513",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/529866/"
] | 1. Copy the entire contents of your resource file to Excel;
2. Copy the entire contents of the second column from Excel to Google Translate;
3. Copy the translated strings back to the second column of Excel;
4. Clear out your resource file;
5. Copy the entire contents from Excel back to your resource file.
Hope this h... | Download MAT (Multilingual App Toolkit) for Visual Studio.
<https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MultilingualAppToolkit.MultilingualAppToolkit-18308>
This is the way to go to translate your projects in Visual Studio ;-)
<https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matdev/> |
61,882 | Why was Jesus **born** of a Virgin instead of just being **conceived** of a Virgin?
I know the Bible teaches the virgin birth, but why did the Blessed Mother refrain from sex during her pregnancy with Jesus (9 month gestation period)? After all, she was married to St. Joseph.
Do any Catholic theologians deal with thi... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/61882",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/39688/"
] | An answer from catholic church teaching to satisfy your curiosity regarding
>
> Why was Jesus born of a Virgin instead of just being conceived of a Virgin?
>
>
>
Short answer: she was conforming her will to God's. This short answer is supported by the following points that the Catechism of the Catholic Church do... | Virgin during her pregnancy
===========================
She was a virgin during her pregnancy because prior to the Annunciation [she took a vow of virginity](https://isidore.co/aquinas/summa/TP/TP028.html#TPQ28A4THEP1):
>
> Augustine says (*[De Sanct. Virg.](http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1310.htm)* iv):
> > Mary ... |
22,021 | In the following [article](https://bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12859-017-1578-z), one of the statement is as follows:
>
> The K-means algorithm is effective only for spherical datasets
>
>
>
What does spherical dataset mean? | 2017/08/07 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/22021",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/8013/"
] | In this case, a picture is a worth a thousand words. They literally mean data whose distribution on X,Y is roughly a sphere. Different clustering algorithms work better on different distributions. For example, K means does poorly on the arrangement in the first two rows but OK on the last row.
[ rather intensively lately, mainly based on the theory in of the book by Guckenheimer and Holmes. From all that I have gathered, it seems that most dynamical systems show a period doubling cascade before going into chao... | 2013/05/03 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/380310",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/44544/"
] | When drawing bifurcation diagrams, there is a trade-off between speed and resolution. If you iterate more, you get a better picture but it takes longer. In your case, your program iterates too few that you can't get a clear picture about what is happenning. So you should increase your iterations for each parameter valu... | The plot of logistic function is modified. Some points are removed from diagram ( preperiodic points)
Algorithm for each parameter value along horizontal axis :
1. start with x0
2. make n iterations (now you have xn) and do not draw points
3. make k more iterations from x(n) to x(n+k) and drow these k points
See al... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | We are not the best place to host gaming discussions. Yes, we have experts. But we also have a policy that questions should not be subjective. That very rule explicitly excludes us from being able to be the best place on the Internet for gaming discussions.
We are not just a site of gaming experts; We are a site where... | I, personally, do not outright reject all questions that can be considered subjective to some degree. I just think we need to draw the line somewhere. Many other questions here discuss that - see Grace Note's comment - so I wouldn't go into that here.
However, regarding your specific question - and I am one of those t... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | We are not the best place to host gaming discussions. Yes, we have experts. But we also have a policy that questions should not be subjective. That very rule explicitly excludes us from being able to be the best place on the Internet for gaming discussions.
We are not just a site of gaming experts; We are a site where... | It's not a million miles away from some of the more "fun" ServerFault questions, like [The Coolest Server Names](https://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names).
In my opinion, some fun, subjective questions could be allowed, kept as CW and policed to make the original question general enough stop th... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | We are not the best place to host gaming discussions. Yes, we have experts. But we also have a policy that questions should not be subjective. That very rule explicitly excludes us from being able to be the best place on the Internet for gaming discussions.
We are not just a site of gaming experts; We are a site where... | **We do not aim to be the end-all be-all best definitive ultimate complete reference on everything gaming to ever exist.**
We do not aim to cover everything that is to be said about every game ever.
We are not a site for answers looking for a question.
*We are a site for questions looking for an answer.*
And if I h... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | I, personally, do not outright reject all questions that can be considered subjective to some degree. I just think we need to draw the line somewhere. Many other questions here discuss that - see Grace Note's comment - so I wouldn't go into that here.
However, regarding your specific question - and I am one of those t... | It's not a million miles away from some of the more "fun" ServerFault questions, like [The Coolest Server Names](https://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names).
In my opinion, some fun, subjective questions could be allowed, kept as CW and policed to make the original question general enough stop th... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | I, personally, do not outright reject all questions that can be considered subjective to some degree. I just think we need to draw the line somewhere. Many other questions here discuss that - see Grace Note's comment - so I wouldn't go into that here.
However, regarding your specific question - and I am one of those t... | **We do not aim to be the end-all be-all best definitive ultimate complete reference on everything gaming to ever exist.**
We do not aim to cover everything that is to be said about every game ever.
We are not a site for answers looking for a question.
*We are a site for questions looking for an answer.*
And if I h... |
722 | This isn't stackoverflow. The moment we moved away from software development a lot of these topics in area51 are very subjective. By limiting to only non subjective questions we are just reduplicating all the content on on wikipedia and gamefaqs. IE. a useless site.
Look at my question that got closed:
<https://gaming... | 2010/07/28 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/722",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/573/"
] | **We do not aim to be the end-all be-all best definitive ultimate complete reference on everything gaming to ever exist.**
We do not aim to cover everything that is to be said about every game ever.
We are not a site for answers looking for a question.
*We are a site for questions looking for an answer.*
And if I h... | It's not a million miles away from some of the more "fun" ServerFault questions, like [The Coolest Server Names](https://serverfault.com/questions/45734/the-coolest-server-names).
In my opinion, some fun, subjective questions could be allowed, kept as CW and policed to make the original question general enough stop th... |
361,878 | As you can see in the image below I'm currently in the "top 20% overall" group. A few days ago (may be up to December) it was showing something like 0.053% when my reputation was less than 1500, and it was changing while my reputation was increasing, but I am sure the numbers were like I said, 0.053%, and for the past ... | 2018/01/12 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/361878",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5695953/"
] | I believe it typically shows whatever reputation league you are highest in - if you are higher relative rank in 'overall', it will show that; if you are higher relative rank in 'this week' or 'this quarter', etc., it will show that.
For example, mine says "top 3% overall". For the current "week" league, I am much lowe... | Means that you are in the **top 20% of raked users (by reputation)**. "Overall" means that it is not a yearly, monthly, etc., ranking, but rather the **total reputation count**. |
5,916,827 | I work in a big company and we have the enterprise count. I build a private iPhone program and successful make a enterprise distribution with ad hoc. So I can delivery the program to 100 devices without the app Store.
But someone say to me that I can delivery to a infinite number of iphone without using the app store... | 2011/05/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5916827",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/632472/"
] | With or without an enterprise account, as an iOS developer you can distribute your app wirelessly via a custom webpage.
Example: <http://paddle-battle.com/install/>
* How to: <http://www.alexcurylo.com/blog/2010/08/27/wireless-ad-hoc-distribution/>
* iOS Developer Library: [http://developer.apple.com](http://develope... | >
> But someone say to me that I can
> delivery to a infinite number of
> iphone without using the app store. Is
> it possible?
>
>
>
Yes. The whole point of the enterprise developer program is that it lets large organizations distribute in-house apps without having to go through the App Store. You're not limit... |
41,484,186 | I need to use AMP technology with specific pages in my Drupal website.
I know that I can use AMP module("AMP can be enabled for any node type. At that point, AMP content becomes available on URLs such as ?amp").
But I can't understand what i should do. Should I use two themes, first for AMP pages and second for non amp... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41484186",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5870005/"
] | What you're describing is known as a "Service". The facility in general is sometimes known as Cocoa Services. See the [Services Implementation Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/SysServices/introduction.html) for details on how to have your app provide a service. | An alternative solution would be to create a **share extension**.
You could read about extensions [here](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/) and specifically about share extension [here](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Concep... |
1,424,161 | I am running a rails app on Dreamhost.
Today, a strange thing happened.
A page is almost loaded (it seems to be fully loaded but the status is not 'Done') and after that, the app didn't respond on any page.
I checked out the log and even the log was not complete.
How do I know it?
There are 3 missing images on the pro... | 2009/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1424161",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108000/"
] | As theIV stated, look at the last action called. Start this up locally and try to go through what was happening on the server to see if it's reproducable, or if you just get any sort of general hiccups. I've run Rails apps on Dreamhost for a while, and have not experienced this before, so I would guess that it's not Dr... | This sounds pretty app specific. I would start by looking at what action was last hit before the process started hoggin' and then work backwards from there to see if there are any calls that might be doing something you weren't expecting. Other than that, no clue. :( |
1,424,161 | I am running a rails app on Dreamhost.
Today, a strange thing happened.
A page is almost loaded (it seems to be fully loaded but the status is not 'Done') and after that, the app didn't respond on any page.
I checked out the log and even the log was not complete.
How do I know it?
There are 3 missing images on the pro... | 2009/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1424161",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108000/"
] | As theIV stated, look at the last action called. Start this up locally and try to go through what was happening on the server to see if it's reproducable, or if you just get any sort of general hiccups. I've run Rails apps on Dreamhost for a while, and have not experienced this before, so I would guess that it's not Dr... | Try using NewRelic RPM or TuneUp Lite to see what process is chunking most of your memory. You can run them locally but it would be better to test it on production. |
113,342 | I have an electric stove model# JBS55DM2WW. A small burner and large burner burnt out. I replaced the larger burner to see if it was salvageable in the first place. It worked but the infinite switch was bad and kept the stove on. So I took the smaller burner's inifinite switch and replaced the large burner's infinite s... | 2017/04/21 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/113342",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/68782/"
] | I spent some time researching these infinite switches because they are failing on our 25-year-old GE range but by a different mode than you have. Ours are losing the lower end. They don't heat at all on low but do work above a certain setting.
The infinite switches are different part numbers for the two different burn... | I tried it. I put a small burner infinity switch on a large burner (on a Kenmore stove). The large burner (while using the smaller rated infinity switch) heated and would eventually boil water but would not get red hot. So the infinity switch for the small burner worked in a big burner, but didn't pass enough current t... |
38 | What is the difference between the [research](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research "show questions tagged 'research'") and [research-methods](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research-methods "show questions tagged 'research-methods'") tags? Should we merge them? If not, how... | 2012/10/10 | [
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I would draw a differentiation between [tag: research] and a new tag research-methodology, using research for e.g. advice on how to locate specific types of records, and research-methodology for discussion of e.g. source citations, evidence analysis and other aspects of the research process. | Maybe go for "research records" and "research process"? I think it's important to differentiate between 'Where can I look for X?' and 'How do I carry out high-quality research?' especially if we want to attract and retain a broad range of expertise.
[Moving a comment into an answer, as suggested by @Jeni.] |
38 | What is the difference between the [research](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research "show questions tagged 'research'") and [research-methods](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research-methods "show questions tagged 'research-methods'") tags? Should we merge them? If not, how... | 2012/10/10 | [
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | How about we split the baby. Have 1 tag for "research" and 1 tag for "methodology."
Genealogical research is problem solving in one form or another. Although each problem may have idiosyncrasies, we also engage in more common approaches to problem solving and so methodologies emerge. In my experience, research method... | Maybe go for "research records" and "research process"? I think it's important to differentiate between 'Where can I look for X?' and 'How do I carry out high-quality research?' especially if we want to attract and retain a broad range of expertise.
[Moving a comment into an answer, as suggested by @Jeni.] |
38 | What is the difference between the [research](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research "show questions tagged 'research'") and [research-methods](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research-methods "show questions tagged 'research-methods'") tags? Should we merge them? If not, how... | 2012/10/10 | [
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Borrowing from [ColeValleyGirl's idea](https://genealogy.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1193/47), I propose we use the tags [research-methods](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/research-methods "show questions tagged 'research-methods'") and [records-search](https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/ta... | Maybe go for "research records" and "research process"? I think it's important to differentiate between 'Where can I look for X?' and 'How do I carry out high-quality research?' especially if we want to attract and retain a broad range of expertise.
[Moving a comment into an answer, as suggested by @Jeni.] |
45,634 | Does *apauruṣeyā* when applied to Vedas just mean 'not of human origin' leaving the possibility that a superhuman being could have authored them?
Or do different schools of Hindu philosophy interpret the word differently?
Did anyone belonging to Nyāya school ever use this expression to indicate the Vedas were authore... | 2021/04/05 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/45634",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/2995/"
] | >
> Spiritual impurity like not worshipping God, not being nice to other
> people, always being angry and etc.
>
>
>
If that is what you are referring to as "spiritual impurity" then yes there is such a concept.
People who are wicked, don't perform their religious duties are considered to be "ever impure".
>
> ... | Considering spirituality to be the continuous flow of consciousness [BG-8.3],
>
> The Brahman is the highest indestructible, **adhyātma is explained to be the continuous flow of consciousness**...
>
>
>
Yes, there are elemental impurities (3 in number) which constricts the absolute consciousness to the level of i... |
8,694 | This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.
Primary target would be including videos to explain most common tasks like Installation, WUBI installation, identifying wireless card....etc
Also; when -for example, I provide an answer on a question. User who asked it may click a but... | 2014/03/10 | [
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8694",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com",
"https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/142902/"
] | This is just my own personal opinion and I realize that I am apparently in a minority but I **hate** video tutorials. What's wrong with text and images? You can actually search through text and find the part you care about!
* Video tutorials mean I have to sit through irrelevant introductions like "Hello, my name is B... | >
> This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.
>
>
>
It's a good idea but users surfing Ask Ubuntu with low internet speed might face difficulties in viewing that kind of videos.
>
> Then I get a message in my inbox that user has requested a video to detail my steps so th... |
422,344 | In my current project, I'm producing weekly releases. I've been using the technique described in [this post](http://jebsoft.blogspot.com/2006/04/consistent-version-numbers-across-all.html) to keep the version numbers of all of the assemblies in my project in sync. (I don't presently have any good reason to track the as... | 2009/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/422344",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19403/"
] | CodeProject has a script to set the version number of an MSI file, which you could run in the pre-built step of the setup project. You find it here:
>
> <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/install/NewSetupVersion.aspx>
>
>
>
**More Details**
Be aware that with Windows Installer things are a bit more complicated. MSI... | Its going to depend on the installer toolkit you are using.
We use TFS Team Build and [WiX v3](http://wix.sourceforge.net/). I have a custom build task that increments the build number in Team build (5.0.0.X for example), then this version number is pushed to the common AssemblyInfo.cs AssemblyFileVersion field. It i... |
499,853 | Multimeter: UNI-T 89XD manual ranging
I received a comment or two that said I will not get an accurate amp reading if I use the 20 amp jack and set the dial to anything other than the 20 amp setting, such as 60 or 600mA.
I have used the 20 amp jack and set the dial to 60mA and **did not get an OL on the screen**. I g... | 2020/05/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/499853",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/252394/"
] | That is almost certainly a JST XH series. XHP-5 to be precise.
[Digi-Key link.](https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/jst-sales-america-inc/XHP-5/455-2268-ND/1125486)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VgcAZ.jpg)
These are quite common and can be foun... | Probably one of these:
Manufacturer Part Number: S5B-XH-A(LF)(SN)
Description: CONN HEADER R/A 5POS 2.5MM
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qCFXc.png)
Source: <https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/jst-sales-america-inc/S5B-XH-A-LF-SN/455-2242... |
44,640 | Is there any hadith from the prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) that any believer or disbeliever feel when their body is being eaten in the grave? If so, what are the effects on the soul and how the soul feels it?
Is there anything the believer can do when he/she is alive to avoid this very thing in the grave? | 2017/11/28 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/44640",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/21929/"
] | What happens in the grave to believers or disbelievers is a matter of *ghaib* (unseen, non-attendance) that we only come to know of through verses of the Qur'an or authenticated hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, neither of which address any of your questions. We do not know if a buried body feels the decay process of their bod... | nope you'll be in a room allah can give the sane body again too don't worry for the believer and good doers there will be a garden of paradise in his grave i think and for the sinner and disbeliever jahannam some of it don't worry allah is wise in power |
44,640 | Is there any hadith from the prophet Mohammad (S.A.W) that any believer or disbeliever feel when their body is being eaten in the grave? If so, what are the effects on the soul and how the soul feels it?
Is there anything the believer can do when he/she is alive to avoid this very thing in the grave? | 2017/11/28 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/44640",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/21929/"
] | What happens in the grave to believers or disbelievers is a matter of *ghaib* (unseen, non-attendance) that we only come to know of through verses of the Qur'an or authenticated hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, neither of which address any of your questions. We do not know if a buried body feels the decay process of their bod... | I think, the the insects are least of your worries. There are much worse torments.
When you are in Grave and if you had been a good person, then you won’t even think about that, because you’ll see your place in Heaven and as for disbeliever, it is worse much torment. And do not worry about your body, because God Almig... |
254,635 | I recently asked a question that has (as of now) 30 views, 0 comments, and 0 answers. It has not been flagged for anything and, in my opinion, is a [good quality question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/how-to-ask).
My problem is this: I would not like to offer bounty on the question because I don't use Stack Ov... | 2014/05/13 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/254635",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2554416/"
] | I don't participate in the android tag, but when I browse my favourite tags and see a question like this, I usually run away as fast as I can:
* On the first line, it says that it is about a tutorial. I personally don't consider tutorial problems "real" problems, and don't want to spend time having to find out what th... | Whatever the question is about, it's far too long. Shortening it to an SSCCE as recommended by others would be the perfect solution.
Sometimes it's not possible, so leave only the relevant pieces there and post the whole code somewhere else for those who get interested enough to run it ([example](https://stackoverflow... |
15,090 | Is it possible (read, can I spend a restful night sleeping?) By using a quilt, bivi bag and ground sheet?
Quilt I'm looking at is [here](https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/sleeping-bags-c21/sleeping-bags-c88/duvet-down-blanket-p3081), the idea being that I can take an ultralight bivi bag and groundsh... | 2017/02/03 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/15090",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/9553/"
] | Common Sparrows, which are the [State Bird of Delhi](http://www.natureforever.org/state-bird-of-delhi.html#), and also of Bihar, have indeed been on a massive decline in India in recent years. What you're seeing is not a fluke. It's happening in many urban areas in India, and is a serious problem.
Although many studi... | At a guess? A change in architecture.
Pigeons favor cliff ledges as nesting sites; they'll happily build nests on window ledges as a substitute for natural cliffs. Sparrows favor cavities: tree hollows, the eaves of roofs, and other somewhat-enclosed areas. If there's been a trend of replacing traditional houses with ... |
47,097 | So I'm looking at a 1 meter square object in my digital camera. What size of pixel is considered fine enough that the object is considered to be resolved? Obviously a pixel size of one meter squared will 'notice' the object, but it will likely affect four pixels in varying degrees, so we can hardly call it an image. A ... | 2021/10/17 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/47097",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/43760/"
] | Kepler knew the answer to this one:
The cannon ball follows an elliptic trajectory with the centre of mass of the Earth-cannonball system at the focus of the ellipse.
And Newton was able to do the maths to deduce this from an inverse square law central force.
A modern derivation can be [found for example in this work... | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TLtpE.png)
Here we go. *Thanks for everyone's help!* |
601,633 | Why in the sentence
>
> **This is a great party!**
>
>
>
use the indefinite article **a** rather than the definite article **the**? After all, the demonstrative pronoun **This** indicates that the conversation is about a specific party, and not about some in general. | 2023/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/601633",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/471749/"
] | ***This*** is [*deictic*](https://www.thoughtco.com/deictic-expression-deixis-1690428), it attracts the attention of the person to the "thing" you are talking about, in the same way you do when you *point out* the existence of something:
>
> * This is *a* table.
> * This is *a* house.
>
>
>
If the "thing" you are... | John Lawler wrote:
>
> Because the rules for article use with predicate nouns are different.
> A count noun like party being used as the predicate noun in a clause
> requires an indefinite article, no matter what its subject is:
>
>
> * *This is an oyster*
>
>
> [Contrast the non-count usage:]
>
>
> * *This is ... |
601,633 | Why in the sentence
>
> **This is a great party!**
>
>
>
use the indefinite article **a** rather than the definite article **the**? After all, the demonstrative pronoun **This** indicates that the conversation is about a specific party, and not about some in general. | 2023/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/601633",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/471749/"
] | ***This*** is [*deictic*](https://www.thoughtco.com/deictic-expression-deixis-1690428), it attracts the attention of the person to the "thing" you are talking about, in the same way you do when you *point out* the existence of something:
>
> * This is *a* table.
> * This is *a* house.
>
>
>
If the "thing" you are... | 1.
This reasoning is rushing things. "This" does not indicate that the conversation is about a party; it does not even indicate what the sentence is about: such a function is still too much for that little word; as a grammatical word (i.e. void of content, not a content word) it points out something either in the sit... |
601,633 | Why in the sentence
>
> **This is a great party!**
>
>
>
use the indefinite article **a** rather than the definite article **the**? After all, the demonstrative pronoun **This** indicates that the conversation is about a specific party, and not about some in general. | 2023/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/601633",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/471749/"
] | John Lawler wrote:
>
> Because the rules for article use with predicate nouns are different.
> A count noun like party being used as the predicate noun in a clause
> requires an indefinite article, no matter what its subject is:
>
>
> * *This is an oyster*
>
>
> [Contrast the non-count usage:]
>
>
> * *This is ... | 1.
This reasoning is rushing things. "This" does not indicate that the conversation is about a party; it does not even indicate what the sentence is about: such a function is still too much for that little word; as a grammatical word (i.e. void of content, not a content word) it points out something either in the sit... |
10,094,550 | For a regression with some basis functions, I read that gaussian basis functions are local whereas polynomial basis functions are global. What does it mean ?
Thank you | 2012/04/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10094550",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1236534/"
] | A gaussian is centered around a certain value and tapers off to 0 as you get far away from it. In contrast, a polynomial extends over the whole range.
This means that a gaussian will model a local feature of the data (like a bump or valley), whereas a polynomial will model global patterns in the data (say, an overall ... | A local basis function (you will also often see referred to as *compactly supported basis function*) is essentially non-zero only on a particular interval. Examples of such functions used in approximation / regression are B-Splines, wavelets etc. Polynomials on the other hand, are non-zero everywhere apart from at thei... |
57,638 | At the end of season 3 of Person of Interest, we see how the new rival AI Samaritan needs access to the government feeds. Greer explicitly asks Senator Garrison for permission to access them in episode S03E20, "Death Benefit".
However, after Season 2, the Machine is independent from the government and still has acces... | 2016/08/02 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/57638",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/32089/"
] | Even in season 3 the machine continues to give both relevant and irrelevant numbers. That's why the goverment has not revoked its access as they need the machine's help. Even though technically the machine is out of the goverment's hands at the end of season 2, it was never in the goverment's hands from the start. It w... | Machine did not have free access, root used subway's encrypted system to tunnel into the government feeds (SNAFU).
Samaritan needed the feeds from the government, to make it legit, and possible to be used by governments. The machine was not used by the government anymore, so its access did not have to be officially s... |
83,149 | Does the church agree with some kind of Darwin evolution and big bang theory? If so, from when does human exists? If we think of human as we have soul, did Neanderthals had one? Was it like this individual does not have soul yet but from now, his children do have a soul and are the first people that could go to heaven? | 2021/05/08 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/83149",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/53921/"
] | >
> Does the church agree with some kind of Darwin evolution and big bang theory?
>
>
>
Many Christians, even entire church organizations, have unfortunately succumbed to pressure from anti-Christian, anti-theistic Uniformitarian "scientists" to deny the Creation that is taught in Genesis 1. (The entire basis of U... | **Did Neanderthals have a soul? From when do people exists/have soul?**
Do animals have souls like human beings?
The Catholic Church teaches that animals may have mortal souls whereas modern man (after Adam and his descendants) has an **immortal soul**!
Do animals have souls? Do plants have plant souls? Although not... |
6,013,050 | I was surfing through various article related to Webservice in Qt , but unfortunatly didn't got what i was looking for. I am using .Net webservice with SOAP, and want to parse this service. Gone through various related article, but the basic problem that i am facing is to get the Soap libraries? Where to download from?... | 2011/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6013050",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/578204/"
] | Your best bet is probably integrating [gSOAP](http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html) into your Qt application. (Make sure it's [Licensing](http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soaplicense.html) terms are ok for you.)
A good run-down of how to do the integration is [GSoap: SAOP and XML Web services for Qt apps](http://wik... | Although it's a very late suggestion, [Apache Axis](http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/) is a free/open source software SOAP stack that appears to fit your needs. |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | Step :
1. Preferences
2. Appearance & Behaviour
3. Appearance then untick *side-by-side layout on the left* at Window options
4. Project tab move to the left side and make sure untick *split-mode*
5. Structure tab move to the left side and make sure tick *split-mode* | Sure, just grab your "Structure" tool window button (the one on the left side, that has "7" in the title) and drag it to the bottom part of the same side.
Alternatively just right click on tool window button or title bar and choose "Split Mode" -- it will move it to the opposite part of the same side (e.g. will move f... |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | This took me a really long time to figure out.
For you to set this up, you need to
**First:** make sure each Tool Window is set to "Pinned Mode" and "Docked Mode" (*you can do this by right clicking on the Project/Structure tab*)
**Second:** the Tool Window you want on top should have the "Split Mode" NOT checked
... | Sure, just grab your "Structure" tool window button (the one on the left side, that has "7" in the title) and drag it to the bottom part of the same side.
Alternatively just right click on tool window button or title bar and choose "Split Mode" -- it will move it to the opposite part of the same side (e.g. will move f... |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | Sure, just grab your "Structure" tool window button (the one on the left side, that has "7" in the title) and drag it to the bottom part of the same side.
Alternatively just right click on tool window button or title bar and choose "Split Mode" -- it will move it to the opposite part of the same side (e.g. will move f... | To whom the other answers did not work:
At first go to **Windows** menu then click **Restore Default Layout**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Project**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Structure** |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | Step :
1. Preferences
2. Appearance & Behaviour
3. Appearance then untick *side-by-side layout on the left* at Window options
4. Project tab move to the left side and make sure untick *split-mode*
5. Structure tab move to the left side and make sure tick *split-mode* | To whom the other answers did not work:
At first go to **Windows** menu then click **Restore Default Layout**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Project**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Structure** |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | Step :
1. Preferences
2. Appearance & Behaviour
3. Appearance then untick *side-by-side layout on the left* at Window options
4. Project tab move to the left side and make sure untick *split-mode*
5. Structure tab move to the left side and make sure tick *split-mode* | As of version 2019.1, PHPStorm tool windows no longer behave the way the other answers say, that is, there is no explicit "split mode". Instead, it uses the location of the tab; you can no longer split tool windows if they are in the same tab group, but you *can* display two tool panes by putting them in different grou... |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | This took me a really long time to figure out.
For you to set this up, you need to
**First:** make sure each Tool Window is set to "Pinned Mode" and "Docked Mode" (*you can do this by right clicking on the Project/Structure tab*)
**Second:** the Tool Window you want on top should have the "Split Mode" NOT checked
... | To whom the other answers did not work:
At first go to **Windows** menu then click **Restore Default Layout**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Project**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Structure** |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | This took me a really long time to figure out.
For you to set this up, you need to
**First:** make sure each Tool Window is set to "Pinned Mode" and "Docked Mode" (*you can do this by right clicking on the Project/Structure tab*)
**Second:** the Tool Window you want on top should have the "Split Mode" NOT checked
... | As of version 2019.1, PHPStorm tool windows no longer behave the way the other answers say, that is, there is no explicit "split mode". Instead, it uses the location of the tab; you can no longer split tool windows if they are in the same tab group, but you *can* display two tool panes by putting them in different grou... |
31,308,084 | Anyone know how to make project and structure navigation set in splitting mode?
See images ( I was able doing this, but don't know how )
 | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31308084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1721850/"
] | As of version 2019.1, PHPStorm tool windows no longer behave the way the other answers say, that is, there is no explicit "split mode". Instead, it uses the location of the tab; you can no longer split tool windows if they are in the same tab group, but you *can* display two tool panes by putting them in different grou... | To whom the other answers did not work:
At first go to **Windows** menu then click **Restore Default Layout**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Project**
Then go to **View** => **Tool Windows** => **Structure** |
7,665 | I have a theory that good prose style comes in part from avoiding complicated, abstract, and pretentious words. Are there any good lists of words to avoid, preferably with suggested alternatives? I'm thinking of lists like [this one](http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/wordsuggestions/simplewords.cfm). Thank you. | 2013/04/16 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/7665",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5037/"
] | I suggest that you focus instead on critiquing your own writing with the question, "Could I say this more simply? More precisely? Can I potentially cut out any words?" You could also ask someone else, whose clear and simple style you admire, to look through your writing with these questions in mind.
Sometimes the "big... | The language is a tool to convey more than meaning. By choosing specific words you create atmosphere, impression, differ between formal and informal, elegant versus pretentious, frank versus rude. By removing a set of words you cripple your means of expression.
And there are words that function in specific expressions... |
46,769,355 | I have an ios and android app live , developed on ionic .
My ios push notification certificate is expiring in nov. I ahve talked to few developers they said we need to create and update new certificate.
1. My only issue is if we update new certificate will the old user still be able to get the push notifications ?
2... | 2017/10/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46769355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5384521/"
] | The last time i updated my push-notifications-certificate everything worked fine. For my understanding the certificate is only for the connecting and authorizing so that no one else can send notifications to your apps. | No need to create the new ipa ... Actually i have used SNS service of AWS, my certificate was about to expire, i have uploaded the new certificate and everything work like charm .. |
46,769,355 | I have an ios and android app live , developed on ionic .
My ios push notification certificate is expiring in nov. I ahve talked to few developers they said we need to create and update new certificate.
1. My only issue is if we update new certificate will the old user still be able to get the push notifications ?
2... | 2017/10/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46769355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5384521/"
] | You don't need to update the IPA on the store in order for the new certificate to work. I've done this a few times. You have nothing to worry about.
The certificate is to authenticate your push notifications server with APNS, and it has nothing to do with the IPA, as long as your bundle identifier doesn't change betwe... | No need to create the new ipa ... Actually i have used SNS service of AWS, my certificate was about to expire, i have uploaded the new certificate and everything work like charm .. |
1,310 | When are population dynamics models useful? There seems to have been a lot of research about it, but how does it help? If I need data about how a population will evolve under what conditions, I need it because I need data for a decision (such as "can we kill 50% of population X without doing too much damage?"), right? ... | 2012/03/04 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/1310",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/585/"
] | Population dynamics occupies a whole subset of mathematical biology. Perhaps the most pragmatic uses for modelling population dynamics come from the fields of epidemiology for modelling disease infection and transmission through a population ([one such article](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00173264?from=SL)), or ecology... | Leonardo's already given you an excellent answer, but I thought I'd add my perspective. I'm a mathematical epidemiologist, so I'd at least like to believe these types of models are useful.
For me, there are a number of things population dynamics models are especially useful for:
* Highlighting data requirements. Yes,... |
1,310 | When are population dynamics models useful? There seems to have been a lot of research about it, but how does it help? If I need data about how a population will evolve under what conditions, I need it because I need data for a decision (such as "can we kill 50% of population X without doing too much damage?"), right? ... | 2012/03/04 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/1310",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/585/"
] | Population dynamics occupies a whole subset of mathematical biology. Perhaps the most pragmatic uses for modelling population dynamics come from the fields of epidemiology for modelling disease infection and transmission through a population ([one such article](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00173264?from=SL)), or ecology... | Two previous answers listed many applications of population dynamics models. I want to add that they are also important for conservation of endangered species. For example classical stage-class model ([Crouse et al 1987](http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.2307/1939225), [free copy](http://www.google.com/url?q=http:/... |
1,310 | When are population dynamics models useful? There seems to have been a lot of research about it, but how does it help? If I need data about how a population will evolve under what conditions, I need it because I need data for a decision (such as "can we kill 50% of population X without doing too much damage?"), right? ... | 2012/03/04 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/1310",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/585/"
] | Population dynamics occupies a whole subset of mathematical biology. Perhaps the most pragmatic uses for modelling population dynamics come from the fields of epidemiology for modelling disease infection and transmission through a population ([one such article](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF00173264?from=SL)), or ecology... | I'll throw one more application into the pot. Population dynamics also forms the foundations of population genetics, population ecology, and more recently plays an important role in frameworks such as evolutionary game theory and eco-evolutionary dynamics.
Here the models are also used as a type of theoretical exerci... |
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