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132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | To me this sounds like a validation and information issue, not a design one. While the font size and style issues should be visually apparent, even if they're not, the intern should have the tools to verify the styles. If the intern is able to be this inconsistent, it shows that there is a lacking proper use of CSS, as... | >
> the design happens in a tool, after that it will be made by a front-end developer.
>
>
>
This assumes something such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Affinity is being used to create a mock-up.
In order to teach consistency with this workflow, you really need to impress upon the intern **attention to detail... |
132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | Can you teach consistency? Yes. That's what the internship is for.
Design is not something that requires *talent* to perform well; with enough practice your intern can become a great designer. Keep pointing his mistakes so he knows where it's wrong, but also give him some training exercises (there are [a few](https://... | Everybody with normal eyesight can *see*, but most people (including your intern) never learn how to *look.*
If you want somebody to see inconsistencies, you have to teach them to look for them.
You can also get the point across by (gently) challenging the intern to justify his/her decisions, along the lines of "*wh... |
132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | Can you teach consistency? Yes. That's what the internship is for.
Design is not something that requires *talent* to perform well; with enough practice your intern can become a great designer. Keep pointing his mistakes so he knows where it's wrong, but also give him some training exercises (there are [a few](https://... | To me this sounds like a validation and information issue, not a design one. While the font size and style issues should be visually apparent, even if they're not, the intern should have the tools to verify the styles. If the intern is able to be this inconsistent, it shows that there is a lacking proper use of CSS, as... |
132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | Everybody with normal eyesight can *see*, but most people (including your intern) never learn how to *look.*
If you want somebody to see inconsistencies, you have to teach them to look for them.
You can also get the point across by (gently) challenging the intern to justify his/her decisions, along the lines of "*wh... | >
> the design happens in a tool, after that it will be made by a front-end developer.
>
>
>
This assumes something such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Affinity is being used to create a mock-up.
In order to teach consistency with this workflow, you really need to impress upon the intern **attention to detail... |
132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | Can you teach consistency? Yes. That's what the internship is for.
Design is not something that requires *talent* to perform well; with enough practice your intern can become a great designer. Keep pointing his mistakes so he knows where it's wrong, but also give him some training exercises (there are [a few](https://... | I don't think there's a single method here.
If this person is an intern, presumably (s)he is there to learn the job from other more experienced people in the team, manager included. Yes, the job sometimes involves the 'boring' part of checking that all your headlines are actually in the same font size and color.
As a... |
132,091 | I had a lot of trouble formulating this question, hopefully the title is representative to the question asked.
Currently I'm assisting / managing an intern with his first big 'web design' project. All the way from concept to creation. It started great, the intern is super motivated.
However I noticed that when we wen... | 2019/12/17 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/132091",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/123133/"
] | Can you teach consistency? Yes. That's what the internship is for.
Design is not something that requires *talent* to perform well; with enough practice your intern can become a great designer. Keep pointing his mistakes so he knows where it's wrong, but also give him some training exercises (there are [a few](https://... | >
> the design happens in a tool, after that it will be made by a front-end developer.
>
>
>
This assumes something such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Affinity is being used to create a mock-up.
In order to teach consistency with this workflow, you really need to impress upon the intern **attention to detail... |
94,648 | I am using an Intel-based MacBook. While I was installing the regular updates received from Apple, the installation halted for some reason. (I don't know what would be the reason, but the installation process stopped at 42% and was not moving further.) Hence I did a forced shutdown.
Whenever I restart my MacBook now, ... | 2010/01/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/94648",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | Try to boot into Safe Mode, by holding down Shift while starting your Mac. From [Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564):
>
> Safe Boot is a special way to start up in Mac OS X 10.2 or later when troubleshooting. Safe Mode is the state Mac OS X is in after a Safe Boot. To perform ... | The solution would probably be to grab your data and reinstall Mac OS. Since the drive is likely physically intact, you might as well clone the data to another drive, then copy it back after your reinstallation. Steps:
1. Get an external drive of the same size as your MacBook hard drive or larger.
2. Boot your compute... |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | [WinMerge](http://winmerge.org/downloads/) will help you best if you format both your files... you can format in Visual Studio itself and then compare in WinMerge... | Use [winmerge](http://winmerge.org/).
You should get used to version control, subversion and [tortoisesvn](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/) are recommended, and [ankhsvn](http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/) provides svn access from Visual Studio. |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | [BeyondCompare](http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php) amongst many other utils | Wikipedia has a [comparison of file comparison tools](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools). Take your pick :o) |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | [WinMerge](http://winmerge.org/downloads/) will help you best if you format both your files... you can format in Visual Studio itself and then compare in WinMerge... | **Use diff**
It will neatly point out the exact lines and text that is different.
[Diff Utilities](http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html) are available for windows as well. [**Download here**.](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm) |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | In my experience, Araxis merge is the best tool for comparing any documents:
<http://www.araxis.com/merge/index.html>
Use it myself at work. | **Use diff**
It will neatly point out the exact lines and text that is different.
[Diff Utilities](http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html) are available for windows as well. [**Download here**.](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm) |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | In my experience, Araxis merge is the best tool for comparing any documents:
<http://www.araxis.com/merge/index.html>
Use it myself at work. | Wikipedia has a [comparison of file comparison tools](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools). Take your pick :o) |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | <https://github.com/CameronWills/FatAntelope>
This tool will compare two web.config files and generate a web.config transform from the difference.
Disclaimer:
I wrote it... I wanted to compare two web.config files and generate a transform. But I couldn't find anything out to help much beyond standard text file diff t... | [WinMerge](http://winmerge.org/downloads/) will help you best if you format both your files... you can format in Visual Studio itself and then compare in WinMerge... |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | [WinMerge](http://winmerge.org/downloads/) will help you best if you format both your files... you can format in Visual Studio itself and then compare in WinMerge... | In my experience, Araxis merge is the best tool for comparing any documents:
<http://www.araxis.com/merge/index.html>
Use it myself at work. |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | <https://github.com/CameronWills/FatAntelope>
This tool will compare two web.config files and generate a web.config transform from the difference.
Disclaimer:
I wrote it... I wanted to compare two web.config files and generate a transform. But I couldn't find anything out to help much beyond standard text file diff t... | Use [winmerge](http://winmerge.org/).
You should get used to version control, subversion and [tortoisesvn](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/) are recommended, and [ankhsvn](http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/) provides svn access from Visual Studio. |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | <https://github.com/CameronWills/FatAntelope>
This tool will compare two web.config files and generate a web.config transform from the difference.
Disclaimer:
I wrote it... I wanted to compare two web.config files and generate a transform. But I couldn't find anything out to help much beyond standard text file diff t... | Wikipedia has a [comparison of file comparison tools](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools). Take your pick :o) |
336,595 | Is there a good tool to compare *specifically* web.config files to find specifically which settings are different values and which file has settings that don't appear in both.
XML comparison should do the trick, or an XSLT might work. There must be a tool for web.config settings out there? | 2008/12/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/336595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5055/"
] | <https://github.com/CameronWills/FatAntelope>
This tool will compare two web.config files and generate a web.config transform from the difference.
Disclaimer:
I wrote it... I wanted to compare two web.config files and generate a transform. But I couldn't find anything out to help much beyond standard text file diff t... | **Use diff**
It will neatly point out the exact lines and text that is different.
[Diff Utilities](http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html) are available for windows as well. [**Download here**.](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm) |
127,414 | I want to add an edge from A to B and i want the line to be perpendicular to the target edge. so it should make 90 deg angle like in the image. How to do this ? do i need addons ? Does anyone know the good one ?
Thanks.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q... | 2018/12/30 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/127414",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/50773/"
] | In addition to using bevel (@RobinBetts answer), you can also use **Inset**.
In face selection select all your geometry minus the ring of faces inside the hole, then inset `I`. This gives you loops on both sides of the hole. | Scale the hole up using `Shift+Y` (image one), select its two edge loops. Use extrude + scale to the **inside** (image two) and bridge the loops. The second scale is the ScaleOne-1. Scaling up remember to keep the loop within your face.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... |
158,760 | I am looking for any examples or guides to using Linq over WCF (n-tier application). Please specify if you are showing something for Linq-to-SQL or Linq-to-entities. I would like to see usage examples for both.
I am wondering how things like deffered execution works over WCF (if it works at all)? Cyclic references su... | 2008/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/158760",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/19854/"
] | You can add a Linq to SQL class to a WCF service. Then go to your datacontext in the Linq to SQL class and in the properties set Serialization Mode to Unidirectional.
The entities in your Linq to SQL class will now be available through the WCF service :) | ADO.NET Data services is probably your best bet. There was a codeplex project [interlinq](http://www.codeplex.com/interlinq) to be able to use arbitrary LINQ expressions with WCF which could then be processed by another LINQ provider, like LINQ to NHibernate or LINQ to SQL. Sadly this project does not appear to be very... |
11,144 | Hi everyone I have a large dining chair where the factory drilled a hole that attaches the back 2-3mm off. The idea is to fully close up the hole and re-drill in proper place. The 2 holes will overlap.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDg4r.png)
I am loo... | 2020/10/21 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/11144",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/9309/"
] | Use a hardwood dowel and PVA *wood* glue. I mean, you could use hide glue if you want, but don't use epoxy. We want something that is strong and workable like wood. Epoxy will be hard, but it won't be easy to work. And the strength here is about a tight glue joint, not super hard cured glue. We want it to be able to sa... | >
> I am looking for most structurally sound solution
>
>
>
And you should be, given this is a chair. If you want a wood-only solution you want to use a face-grain plug, not a dowel.
When you use a dowel it is the reverse of the grain direction of the surrounding wood, so you get end grain facing outwards. A scre... |
56,886 | For example, if someone in school got in trouble and he got sent to the (female) counselor's room, and there is no person but the counselor and the boy in the room, would he be sinning in this case because he was alone with a woman? What if the door was open and other people weren't far away, but still out of sight?
... | 2019/10/15 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/56886",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/31478/"
] | Hadith is to avoid to be alone with opposite gender as precaution but if you don't have your will or option to avoid, you'll not be held liable but in such situation you have to try your best to protect your chastity and remain modest and seek Allah's protection and help to save from evil.
As in story of prophet Josep... | I think that the hadith entails a situation in which they are more likely to mingle with one another, moreover if that is the case it could also be that one or both of the people involved may resist and not listen to Shaytan. The hadith doesn't say that illicit relatioships will certainly occur, it just states that sha... |
25,847,972 | I am trying to create a netconf client. I am already using netty.io jar in the project. I want to know if netty.io support netconf or is there any plan for that ? Is there any way I can write neconf client using netty.io ?
I wrote simple ssh java program, but it does not connect to netconf on a particular port. So I ... | 2014/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25847972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3635843/"
] | It is not included in Netty but you could write your own codec for it. Netty is protocol agnostic, so this should be no problem. | But the problem you might face if you go with netty is that it does not have a ready made implementation for SSH and as of [RFC 6241](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6241)
mandates SSH as a transport option. |
35,996 | The KEGG module [M00115](http://www.genome.jp/kegg-bin/show_module?M00115) includes a set of reactions while [M00542](http://www.genome.jp/kegg-bin/show_module?M00542) does not have any; it just shows the list of enzymes. Is the reaction set for M00542 still unknown? | 2015/07/12 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/35996",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/8835/"
] | *Module* means, as defined in the [KEGG Module page](http://www.genome.jp/kegg/module.html), a functional unit. So it can be anything, from groups of enzymes to genes to metabolites. About the two that concerns you:
* **Pathway modules** represent groups of functionally related enzymes part of the metabolic network. I... | M00115 is a pathway module (NAD biosynthesis) whereas M00542 is a signature module (EHEC/EPEC pathogenicity signature).
From the [KEGG page on modules](http://www.genome.jp/kegg/module.html):
>
> * **pathway modules** – representing tight functional units in KEGG
> metabolic pathway maps, such as M00002 (Glycolysis... |
2,268,299 | I've got a programming device called USB AVR JTAG-ISP v. 1.2.
Where can I find drivers and a good IDE for it? | 2010/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2268299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257530/"
] | For Windows, AVR Studio 4 as per the other answer.
For Linux, you want the avr-gcc and [AVRDUDE](http://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/) packages from your OS distribution, plus your choice of C IDEs for Linux.
For OS X, you want [Crosspack](http://www.obdev.at/products/crosspack/index.html) and Xcode.
On Linux or OS X, dep... | Try the "AVR Studio 4" on [Atmel's website](http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_mcu.asp?family_id=607). |
2,268,299 | I've got a programming device called USB AVR JTAG-ISP v. 1.2.
Where can I find drivers and a good IDE for it? | 2010/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2268299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257530/"
] | Try the "AVR Studio 4" on [Atmel's website](http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_mcu.asp?family_id=607). | I find AVR studio to be infuriating, buggy and generally terrible.
Eclipse (available on all platforms) has wonderful end-to-end AVR integration available if you install the avr plugin, avr-gcc and avrdude.
If you're running on Ubuntu beware that it [doesn't always identify the ISP](https://stackoverflow.com/question... |
2,268,299 | I've got a programming device called USB AVR JTAG-ISP v. 1.2.
Where can I find drivers and a good IDE for it? | 2010/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2268299",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/257530/"
] | For Windows, AVR Studio 4 as per the other answer.
For Linux, you want the avr-gcc and [AVRDUDE](http://www.nongnu.org/avrdude/) packages from your OS distribution, plus your choice of C IDEs for Linux.
For OS X, you want [Crosspack](http://www.obdev.at/products/crosspack/index.html) and Xcode.
On Linux or OS X, dep... | I find AVR studio to be infuriating, buggy and generally terrible.
Eclipse (available on all platforms) has wonderful end-to-end AVR integration available if you install the avr plugin, avr-gcc and avrdude.
If you're running on Ubuntu beware that it [doesn't always identify the ISP](https://stackoverflow.com/question... |
1,741,817 | It's an application that we use internally at the office that I would like to offer as a hosted service for anyone.
How can I do that without making major code changes?
The first thing that occurs to me is to have the app select which database to connect to based on the domain.
So each instance of the app would h... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1741817",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67550/"
] | The simplest way to do this is to clone the application, and create another server instance to handle it. This actually the way I handle multiple wordpress blogs on my server
**Pro:**
* This process can be streamlined into a utility script.
* Can be easily maintained if symlinks are used for the common code. IE: Eve... | I would suggest switching the database connection and adding a view\_path based on the domain, I have posted code in [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1602901/rails-separate-database-per-subdomain/1607688#1607688).
I hope this helps! |
1,741,817 | It's an application that we use internally at the office that I would like to offer as a hosted service for anyone.
How can I do that without making major code changes?
The first thing that occurs to me is to have the app select which database to connect to based on the domain.
So each instance of the app would h... | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1741817",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67550/"
] | The simplest way to do this is to clone the application, and create another server instance to handle it. This actually the way I handle multiple wordpress blogs on my server
**Pro:**
* This process can be streamlined into a utility script.
* Can be easily maintained if symlinks are used for the common code. IE: Eve... | I wouldn't do this with multiple databases as you mentioned. Keeping all your schemas/migrations in sync with all the db's could become painful.
I would look into simply making it a multi-tenant app where you have some sort of "Account" model and then all your existing models are scoped to it ... in other words, if t... |
54,733,842 | Design tab is not visible in Android Studio. How to enable it ?
View - Window tools - viewer is not visible.
Thanks | 2019/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54733842",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7435341/"
] | I recently ran into this problem. Try File > Sync Project with Gradle Files. This can also help with configuration problems | The view that you are looking for is called the "preview" window in android studio.
You have to open a layout view in your project. Navigate to src/main/res/layout/ in your project and select the xml layout file you want to work with.
If the preview window doesn't automatically open up, you can open the view by selec... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | The possible answers to your question will come down to:
1) How good are your coding skills (hence how marketable are they)?
2) What is the general environment like in your company (e.g. opportunities to acquire more skills, build a network of helpful colleagues, organize your own work, get promoted if you do good wo... | It's up to you which way you want to go. We have no idea how badly you want to hang on to your job - you know yourself, your preferences and your individual circumstances. We don't.
From your narrative, it doesn't look like you can have it both ways e.g. hang on to your job and not doing the overtime. It's one or the... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | The possible answers to your question will come down to:
1) How good are your coding skills (hence how marketable are they)?
2) What is the general environment like in your company (e.g. opportunities to acquire more skills, build a network of helpful colleagues, organize your own work, get promoted if you do good wo... | Start looking for a new job. Managers have no way to measure "slow" or "fast" developers, it is always relative to their expectations, which is based on your previous performance. So if the time was not enough for you to finish the job, your manager did his job wrong. It could also be on purpose to squeeze out more wor... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | The possible answers to your question will come down to:
1) How good are your coding skills (hence how marketable are they)?
2) What is the general environment like in your company (e.g. opportunities to acquire more skills, build a network of helpful colleagues, organize your own work, get promoted if you do good wo... | >
> I've already mentioned in a previous post of mine that I have weakness in coding. My superiors told me that in order to improve my coding skills, they want me to work on all Saturdays.
>
>
>
The issue is that you work for people of monumental stupidity.
Let's change that up a little to illustrate:
* My horse... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | The possible answers to your question will come down to:
1) How good are your coding skills (hence how marketable are they)?
2) What is the general environment like in your company (e.g. opportunities to acquire more skills, build a network of helpful colleagues, organize your own work, get promoted if you do good wo... | >
> Should I embrace it, given my coding skill's not up to the mark so I need extra time to meet the deadline, or simply tell them flatly that I won't work overtime under any circumstances?
>
>
>
Here's the kicker - **you don't need to be *at work* to improve your coding skill.**
As for working overtime, it depen... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | It's up to you which way you want to go. We have no idea how badly you want to hang on to your job - you know yourself, your preferences and your individual circumstances. We don't.
From your narrative, it doesn't look like you can have it both ways e.g. hang on to your job and not doing the overtime. It's one or the... | >
> I've already mentioned in a previous post of mine that I have weakness in coding. My superiors told me that in order to improve my coding skills, they want me to work on all Saturdays.
>
>
>
The issue is that you work for people of monumental stupidity.
Let's change that up a little to illustrate:
* My horse... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | Start looking for a new job. Managers have no way to measure "slow" or "fast" developers, it is always relative to their expectations, which is based on your previous performance. So if the time was not enough for you to finish the job, your manager did his job wrong. It could also be on purpose to squeeze out more wor... | >
> I've already mentioned in a previous post of mine that I have weakness in coding. My superiors told me that in order to improve my coding skills, they want me to work on all Saturdays.
>
>
>
The issue is that you work for people of monumental stupidity.
Let's change that up a little to illustrate:
* My horse... |
36,432 | In my company, I, along with some senior developers, were compelled to work overtime during a certain outsourcing project, and it's well beyond office time. Our office time ends at 6 pm, but we were made to work late until 10-10:30 pm. We were also told to work on weekends like Saturday. But after the project ended, we... | 2014/11/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/36432",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/29706/"
] | >
> Should I embrace it, given my coding skill's not up to the mark so I need extra time to meet the deadline, or simply tell them flatly that I won't work overtime under any circumstances?
>
>
>
Here's the kicker - **you don't need to be *at work* to improve your coding skill.**
As for working overtime, it depen... | >
> I've already mentioned in a previous post of mine that I have weakness in coding. My superiors told me that in order to improve my coding skills, they want me to work on all Saturdays.
>
>
>
The issue is that you work for people of monumental stupidity.
Let's change that up a little to illustrate:
* My horse... |
55,041,423 | I'm using "sequelize" and "sqlite3"
But I don't know how to do even if the table s already exist in database.
i have seen the [document](http://docs.sequelizejs.com/) , but it seems that must define the schema everytime even if the table already exist ?
If the table already in database , how can I use it without defi... | 2019/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55041423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11124583/"
] | You can use **sequelize-auto** npm module for the same.
<https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize-auto>
I had the same situation before and used this npm module to generate the models, later can tweak or do some minor change if needed. | Schema (model) definition only represents table in database and **does not create** table itself.
If table already exist you need to define schema for this table only when app starts. |
55,041,423 | I'm using "sequelize" and "sqlite3"
But I don't know how to do even if the table s already exist in database.
i have seen the [document](http://docs.sequelizejs.com/) , but it seems that must define the schema everytime even if the table already exist ?
If the table already in database , how can I use it without defi... | 2019/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55041423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11124583/"
] | You can use **sequelize-auto** npm module for the same.
<https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize-auto>
I had the same situation before and used this npm module to generate the models, later can tweak or do some minor change if needed. | FWIW, if the table already exists, you need not use sync(); you can begin with User.create(). |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | Find out what questions experts ask and ask those questions.
------------------------------------------------------------
Taking a page out of [Jeff's blog post](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/), we should figure where expert gardeners hang out on the internet and watch for unanw... | Here are my thoughts on the matter...
There are a bunch of already established gardening forums with active communities. The "experts" have already found their home in them. Other experts have built their own homes along the lines of new forums, blogs, facebook pages, twitter, etc.
If they build their own presence t... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | Find out what questions experts ask and ask those questions.
------------------------------------------------------------
Taking a page out of [Jeff's blog post](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/), we should figure where expert gardeners hang out on the internet and watch for unanw... | Gardening is competitive, where people have invested interests in products or a methodology of gardening. Experts may not want to contribute because they sell their skills in seminars and consulting or have products with sales that depend on a public believing a certain way. Experts may be biased as to a type of garden... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | Find out what questions experts ask and ask those questions.
------------------------------------------------------------
Taking a page out of [Jeff's blog post](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/), we should figure where expert gardeners hang out on the internet and watch for unanw... | I agree with [John Ericson's answer](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/a/462/2692). So won't reiterate his points.
**Disclaimer:**
*When I refer to the scientific process here, I am not making an argument for or against organic vs scientific gardening, I am NOT addressing this issue at all. I am not saying a... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | I agree with [John Ericson's answer](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/a/462/2692). So won't reiterate his points.
**Disclaimer:**
*When I refer to the scientific process here, I am not making an argument for or against organic vs scientific gardening, I am NOT addressing this issue at all. I am not saying a... | Here are my thoughts on the matter...
There are a bunch of already established gardening forums with active communities. The "experts" have already found their home in them. Other experts have built their own homes along the lines of new forums, blogs, facebook pages, twitter, etc.
If they build their own presence t... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | I suppose I could be considered an expert in gardening because I did the study and have qualifications, though I don't like the term. The point about horticulture is its variable, its not like coding - make a mistake with coding and the programme won't work, or will glitch, but that's not always true with horticulture.... | Here are my thoughts on the matter...
There are a bunch of already established gardening forums with active communities. The "experts" have already found their home in them. Other experts have built their own homes along the lines of new forums, blogs, facebook pages, twitter, etc.
If they build their own presence t... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | I agree with [John Ericson's answer](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/a/462/2692). So won't reiterate his points.
**Disclaimer:**
*When I refer to the scientific process here, I am not making an argument for or against organic vs scientific gardening, I am NOT addressing this issue at all. I am not saying a... | Gardening is competitive, where people have invested interests in products or a methodology of gardening. Experts may not want to contribute because they sell their skills in seminars and consulting or have products with sales that depend on a public believing a certain way. Experts may be biased as to a type of garden... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | I suppose I could be considered an expert in gardening because I did the study and have qualifications, though I don't like the term. The point about horticulture is its variable, its not like coding - make a mistake with coding and the programme won't work, or will glitch, but that's not always true with horticulture.... | Gardening is competitive, where people have invested interests in products or a methodology of gardening. Experts may not want to contribute because they sell their skills in seminars and consulting or have products with sales that depend on a public believing a certain way. Experts may be biased as to a type of garden... |
461 | I've been concerned about a lack of knowledgeable users on the site since, well, it was [two days out of private beta](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/angling-joke-sounding-questions-for-experts#comment117_89). Looking at the most recent [site evalutation](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/461",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/users/95/"
] | I suppose I could be considered an expert in gardening because I did the study and have qualifications, though I don't like the term. The point about horticulture is its variable, its not like coding - make a mistake with coding and the programme won't work, or will glitch, but that's not always true with horticulture.... | I agree with [John Ericson's answer](https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/a/462/2692). So won't reiterate his points.
**Disclaimer:**
*When I refer to the scientific process here, I am not making an argument for or against organic vs scientific gardening, I am NOT addressing this issue at all. I am not saying a... |
161,806 | I've made a subclass for Wizard, hoping to make a sort of spellmancer (manipulating and changing spells). I wanted to capture some of the feelings of Sorcerer and their Metamagic, but repurposed for Wizard, having it rely much more on the magic around you and not within you.
Also, since I haven't made much homebrew my... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/161806",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36521/"
] | Surprisingly, this is slightly underpowered, though quite similar to the Lore Mastery subclass, which I will compare it to. Compared to the PHB classes only, however, it is balanced.
Borrowing Threads: This is far worse than Lore Mastery, which can change the damage types of any spell at will, and gets expertise in 4 ... | Seems a bit on the weak side, and entirely too party-dependent.
At 2nd level, Borrowed Threads lets you change the elemental type of every one of your damaging attack cantrips for free, as long as you have at least one party member who can cast a cantrip spell of that element. That degree of intensity of party synergy... |
161,806 | I've made a subclass for Wizard, hoping to make a sort of spellmancer (manipulating and changing spells). I wanted to capture some of the feelings of Sorcerer and their Metamagic, but repurposed for Wizard, having it rely much more on the magic around you and not within you.
Also, since I haven't made much homebrew my... | 2019/12/23 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/161806",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36521/"
] | Surprisingly, this is slightly underpowered, though quite similar to the Lore Mastery subclass, which I will compare it to. Compared to the PHB classes only, however, it is balanced.
Borrowing Threads: This is far worse than Lore Mastery, which can change the damage types of any spell at will, and gets expertise in 4 ... | This looks like hard bookkeeping, and probably exploitable
==========================================================
I'll start by saying I really like the thematic idea, and it certainly doesn't sound like it's stepping on the toes of the Sorcerer. But mechanically, this'll be very difficult and I would not want to ... |
165,041 | When working on developing new software i normally get stuck with the redundancy vs dependencies problem. That is, to either accept a 3rd party library that i have a huge dependencies to or code it myself duplicate all the effect but reduce the dependencies.
Though I've recently been trying to come up with a metric wa... | 2008/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/165041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17382/"
] | I would definitely recommend reading Joels essay on this:
["In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome"](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000007.html)
For a dependency, the best metric I can think of would be "would the world grind to a halt if this disappeared". For example if the STL of C++ magically wen... | A possible alternative is to use the external software if it provides a lot of value to your project, but hide this behind a simplified (and more consistent to your project) interface.
This allows you to leverage the power of a third party library, but with much reduced complexity (and as such redundancy) in calling t... |
165,041 | When working on developing new software i normally get stuck with the redundancy vs dependencies problem. That is, to either accept a 3rd party library that i have a huge dependencies to or code it myself duplicate all the effect but reduce the dependencies.
Though I've recently been trying to come up with a metric wa... | 2008/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/165041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17382/"
] | I would definitely recommend reading Joels essay on this:
["In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome"](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000007.html)
For a dependency, the best metric I can think of would be "would the world grind to a halt if this disappeared". For example if the STL of C++ magically wen... | I hadn't really considered the criteria I use to decide whether to employ a third party library or not before, but having thought about it, probably the following, in no particular order:
* How widespread the library is (am I going to be able to find support if I need it)
* How likely am I to need to do unexpected thi... |
165,041 | When working on developing new software i normally get stuck with the redundancy vs dependencies problem. That is, to either accept a 3rd party library that i have a huge dependencies to or code it myself duplicate all the effect but reduce the dependencies.
Though I've recently been trying to come up with a metric wa... | 2008/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/165041",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17382/"
] | I hadn't really considered the criteria I use to decide whether to employ a third party library or not before, but having thought about it, probably the following, in no particular order:
* How widespread the library is (am I going to be able to find support if I need it)
* How likely am I to need to do unexpected thi... | A possible alternative is to use the external software if it provides a lot of value to your project, but hide this behind a simplified (and more consistent to your project) interface.
This allows you to leverage the power of a third party library, but with much reduced complexity (and as such redundancy) in calling t... |
45,759,419 | I developed an add-in in JavaScript.
I don't understand how to easily publish and install the Excel add-in that I developed.
I don't want it to be in the Office Add-ins store, just want to send it to specific people to help them get their work done.
How do I get started and what are the processes to follow? I ... | 2017/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45759419",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8309806/"
] | [Here](https://dev.office.com/docs/add-ins/publish/publish) is the official documentation how to deploy an Add-In in your organization. | Copying this from comment to answer at the OP's request:
That error ["... add-ins inserted during development are only available when debugging ..."]usually means that you didn't redeploy the updated manifest to your add-in catalog when you transitioned from development to production. |
45,759,419 | I developed an add-in in JavaScript.
I don't understand how to easily publish and install the Excel add-in that I developed.
I don't want it to be in the Office Add-ins store, just want to send it to specific people to help them get their work done.
How do I get started and what are the processes to follow? I ... | 2017/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45759419",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8309806/"
] | The [documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/publish) lead me to the section of [Sideload Office Add-ins for testing](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/sideload-office-add-ins-for-testing), in which I watched [Michael Zlatkovsky](https://www.youtube.com/wat... | Copying this from comment to answer at the OP's request:
That error ["... add-ins inserted during development are only available when debugging ..."]usually means that you didn't redeploy the updated manifest to your add-in catalog when you transitioned from development to production. |
38,273,343 | I am testing CodeIgniter 4, but I am getting this error:
>
> Fatal error: Default value for parameters with a class type hint can only be NULL in C:\xampp\htdocs\CodeIgniter4-develop\system\Config\DotEnv.php on line 121
>
>
>
What am I missing? | 2016/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38273343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5586609/"
] | You Need **PHP7** for **codeigniter4**.
If you need to test it you can even use any free hosting server like **000webhosting** as i used.
Secondly download **latest code** from ci4 website now its refined. | Update your PHP Version to PHP7.
I was also encountered with this error but finally got the answer on Codeigniter Forum.
<http://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-65773.html> |
38,273,343 | I am testing CodeIgniter 4, but I am getting this error:
>
> Fatal error: Default value for parameters with a class type hint can only be NULL in C:\xampp\htdocs\CodeIgniter4-develop\system\Config\DotEnv.php on line 121
>
>
>
What am I missing? | 2016/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38273343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5586609/"
] | You Need **PHP7** for **codeigniter4**.
If you need to test it you can even use any free hosting server like **000webhosting** as i used.
Secondly download **latest code** from ci4 website now its refined. | Codeigniter 4 requires php 7.
Verifying that, and then making sure CI works with a clean install from the git repo. Once you see the welcome page then you're good to go. If you are having issues with your own code, then please post that on here. Or post in the repo if you have found a bug in CI4.
>
> *Refer to the D... |
1,879 | I have somewhat oddly shaped feet; They're very wide and my big toe on either foot points slightly inwards. Shoes with pointed toes generally cause me a lot of pain, so finding a road shoe has been somewhat difficult.
Typically, I buy shoes that are slightly too big, and I'm wondering how this will affect cycling shoe... | 2010/10/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1879",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/607/"
] | Not sure that cycling shoes that are an inch too long would work, the reason being is that your foot would end up pressing down with your toes instead of the ball of your foot, most shoes have some room for adjustment but its measured in millimeters not inches.
A quick google found this site: <http://www.d2shoe.com/2... | I wear [bontrager street](http://bontrager.com/model/07820) shoes. They fit me OK, and I have pretty wide feet, and they also come with customizable insoles from esoles. The standard insoles seem to be fine for my feet, but if you have more specialized needs you could get a fitted set (I'd imagine that might cost a lot... |
1,879 | I have somewhat oddly shaped feet; They're very wide and my big toe on either foot points slightly inwards. Shoes with pointed toes generally cause me a lot of pain, so finding a road shoe has been somewhat difficult.
Typically, I buy shoes that are slightly too big, and I'm wondering how this will affect cycling shoe... | 2010/10/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1879",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/607/"
] | You should look at using mountain style Shimano SPD compatible shoes. In general, mountain shoes have a little more room and give and there are a lot of brands that are SPD compatible.
**Keen** has a line of [cycling shoes and sandals](http://www.keenfootwear.com/wall/shoes/men/pedal) that you can find at larger outd... | Not sure that cycling shoes that are an inch too long would work, the reason being is that your foot would end up pressing down with your toes instead of the ball of your foot, most shoes have some room for adjustment but its measured in millimeters not inches.
A quick google found this site: <http://www.d2shoe.com/2... |
1,879 | I have somewhat oddly shaped feet; They're very wide and my big toe on either foot points slightly inwards. Shoes with pointed toes generally cause me a lot of pain, so finding a road shoe has been somewhat difficult.
Typically, I buy shoes that are slightly too big, and I'm wondering how this will affect cycling shoe... | 2010/10/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1879",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/607/"
] | Not sure that cycling shoes that are an inch too long would work, the reason being is that your foot would end up pressing down with your toes instead of the ball of your foot, most shoes have some room for adjustment but its measured in millimeters not inches.
A quick google found this site: <http://www.d2shoe.com/2... | <http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/lake-cx-400-road-shoe-id36796.html>
Looking at the write-up for these, you can apparently place them in a conventional oven to make them pliable enough to be moulded to your foot shape.
I imagine shoes of similar material/build quality will allow the same method.
Not cheap though! |
1,879 | I have somewhat oddly shaped feet; They're very wide and my big toe on either foot points slightly inwards. Shoes with pointed toes generally cause me a lot of pain, so finding a road shoe has been somewhat difficult.
Typically, I buy shoes that are slightly too big, and I'm wondering how this will affect cycling shoe... | 2010/10/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1879",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/607/"
] | You should look at using mountain style Shimano SPD compatible shoes. In general, mountain shoes have a little more room and give and there are a lot of brands that are SPD compatible.
**Keen** has a line of [cycling shoes and sandals](http://www.keenfootwear.com/wall/shoes/men/pedal) that you can find at larger outd... | I wear [bontrager street](http://bontrager.com/model/07820) shoes. They fit me OK, and I have pretty wide feet, and they also come with customizable insoles from esoles. The standard insoles seem to be fine for my feet, but if you have more specialized needs you could get a fitted set (I'd imagine that might cost a lot... |
1,879 | I have somewhat oddly shaped feet; They're very wide and my big toe on either foot points slightly inwards. Shoes with pointed toes generally cause me a lot of pain, so finding a road shoe has been somewhat difficult.
Typically, I buy shoes that are slightly too big, and I'm wondering how this will affect cycling shoe... | 2010/10/24 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1879",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/607/"
] | You should look at using mountain style Shimano SPD compatible shoes. In general, mountain shoes have a little more room and give and there are a lot of brands that are SPD compatible.
**Keen** has a line of [cycling shoes and sandals](http://www.keenfootwear.com/wall/shoes/men/pedal) that you can find at larger outd... | <http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/lake-cx-400-road-shoe-id36796.html>
Looking at the write-up for these, you can apparently place them in a conventional oven to make them pliable enough to be moulded to your foot shape.
I imagine shoes of similar material/build quality will allow the same method.
Not cheap though! |
851,441 | Does sql server allow nested transactions?
If so then whats the priority of transactions? | 2009/05/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/851441",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/104622/"
] | From the MSDN documentation on SQL Server. **[Nesting Transactions](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189336(SQL.90).aspx)**:
>
> Committing inner transactions is
> ignored by the SQL Server Database
> Engine. The transaction is either
> committed or rolled back based on the
> action taken at the end of t... | Just to qualify this and directly answer the question, yes SQL Server does allow the nesting of transactions.
The quoted reference kindly provided by ichiban, details that the outcome of outermost transaction will determine whether or not nested transactions are committed. |
34,097 | Is it possible to embed or link to video in an eBay auction listing? I'm following instructions found online to try to embed a YouTube video by checking the "use old embed code" box, which everyone seems to think I need to do because iframes aren't allowed, but I'm still getting a warning from eBay that I won't be able... | 2012/11/04 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/34097",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/27592/"
] | I ended up ignoring the warning about not being able to post my listing and clicking the "List it" button anyway, and it seems to have gone through. So maybe the warning was displayed by mistake, and everything is fine? If I discover otherwise, I'll follow up here.... | From a policy standpoint, you're likely in the clear.
Navigate to the "Links from an eBay listing" tab in eBay's Links Policy.
<http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-links.html> |
181,036 | This is the news headline I see on Fox News.
>
> Tom Fitton: Kavanaugh-Ford hearing didn't advance the ball
>
>
>
What is the original meaning of "advance the ball" in sports? And what is its analogic meaning in this Kavanaugh-Ford hearing news? | 2018/09/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/181036",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/61805/"
] | In many ball sports, the aim of the game is to get the ball past your opponents and into a "goal" of some kind. For example in (American) football, the aim is to carry the ball forward into the opponents "end zone". In each play, the team attempts to advance the ball as far as possible.
Metaphorically then, "advance t... | Advance the ball here means: determine who is telling the truth: Kavanaugh or Ford. One of them is lying.
Truth being the goal.
The aim of the hearing with them was to see if one could find out who is telling the truth: Him or her.
In any kind of football, one seeks to advance the ball. Get ahead of the other team s... |
181,036 | This is the news headline I see on Fox News.
>
> Tom Fitton: Kavanaugh-Ford hearing didn't advance the ball
>
>
>
What is the original meaning of "advance the ball" in sports? And what is its analogic meaning in this Kavanaugh-Ford hearing news? | 2018/09/28 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/181036",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/61805/"
] | In American football, the goal is to advance down the field with the ball to score a touchdown. However, on some plays you can't advance and get stopped by the defense. Listening to the rest of Fitton's sentence, the analogy he's making is that the Democrats would "score a touchdown" by getting Kavanaugh's nomination t... | Advance the ball here means: determine who is telling the truth: Kavanaugh or Ford. One of them is lying.
Truth being the goal.
The aim of the hearing with them was to see if one could find out who is telling the truth: Him or her.
In any kind of football, one seeks to advance the ball. Get ahead of the other team s... |
50,212,085 | I want to convert any documents or image or text file into PDF for all the OS.
I tried the approach with **[node-msoffice-pdf](https://github.com/skmp/node-msoffice-pdf)**, and its working fine for Windows OS but not working in other OS.
**Question:**
How to convert docs, images, textfile to pdf in nodejs? | 2018/05/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50212085",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5533485/"
] | I used wkhtmltopdf from years to manage pdf conversion.
<https://github.com/devongovett/node-wkhtmltopdf>
You can either render an html file and pass it to the module, or render a pdf directly from an url. | If fidelity/conversion quality is important to you, for Word documents (doc/docx) you could try our freemium <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nativedocuments/docx-wasm> which will perform the conversion locally (ie where node is running), without the need to LibreOffice etc. |
290,590 | I've seen articles and videos saying a particular hero is strong on this lane (eg. Mid) and weak on another lane. Where do they base this from? | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/290590",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/170405/"
] | **Note: Some in-game terminologies have been used in this answer. If you are new to dota 2 then please check out Fodder's answer first.**
What this means is that a certain hero's skills synchronize well with him/her being played in that certain lane or it depends on their needs (farm - wise). Also in pro games their e... | **Mid lane**
Some heroes have an advantage getting runes (not as much of an issue with 5 runes and sanc with in patch 7.00). E.g. Queen of Pain, Shadow Fiend and Dragon Knight can clear waves pretty quickly with spells, and the rune, combined with a bottle, gives them mana / HP regen every 2 minutes.
Some heroes also... |
2,306 | A 2004 Chevy aveo with around 78,000 miles has the following issues:
The Daytime Running Light indicator (as well as the lights themselves) randomly turn on and off. This is a slow thing and has never happened rapidly. It usually happens after five to ten minutes. This doesn't affect using the lights as normal if they... | 2011/11/10 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2306",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | The first thing to check are the grounds anytime you have seemingly unrelated systems not working, working sporadically, or as I like to call it, any time you have gremlins running around in the electrical system.
Looking at the ground distribution for G202 pictured below you can see that Instrument panel cluster, and... | Potential exists for the problem to be in the alternator voltage regulator. I've noted Mitsubishis often have really random dash light behavior when the voltage regulator starts going out (especially if the voltage swings to the high side, like anything over 15 volts). |
76,352 | I am actually developer not a graphic designer.
I want to know these color groups name. They look like ocean colors but there has to be an official graphic design name. What is the color group name for that?
<https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/565412928200221463/>
And I don't know "color group name" is the true definition a... | 2016/08/19 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/76352",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/17659/"
] | In general not all ranges have names even the ones that do are very diffuse. But as of a rule of thumbs there are characterizations for colors. So colors have a temperature and you can differentiate between warm or cool colors. In this case you can find a bunch of **cool gradients\*** by doing a [image search](https://... | Only a spectrometer knows for sure. |
18,675 | Trying out my first batch of home brew... it's a central smash IPA one gallon recipe boiled over on me, so this is a very small 3/4 gallon batch ha. I see a lot of floating green. Nothing's moving anymore it's been about two weeks in the glass carboy. Does this look normal?![enter image description here](https://i.stac... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/18675",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/14416/"
] | Judging fermentation by how long you see activity in the airlock is unpredictable. You saw some activity, which is a good sign.
Did you happen to get any hydrometer readings?
That green stuff floating around are hops that are still suspended.
At this point, I would give it a taste. If it tastes like flat, almost-bee... | My wife saw this picture and immediately said, "Looks aren't everything".
It doesn't look bad, I would probably judge it by smell. If it stinks you might have a problem. If it smells like beer, get it into secondary and see what happens. |
18,675 | Trying out my first batch of home brew... it's a central smash IPA one gallon recipe boiled over on me, so this is a very small 3/4 gallon batch ha. I see a lot of floating green. Nothing's moving anymore it's been about two weeks in the glass carboy. Does this look normal?![enter image description here](https://i.stac... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/18675",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/14416/"
] | Everything I see there looks normal. Green floaties, just hops. Clean surface, no pellicile starting. Some bubbles, c02 still being produced. | My wife saw this picture and immediately said, "Looks aren't everything".
It doesn't look bad, I would probably judge it by smell. If it stinks you might have a problem. If it smells like beer, get it into secondary and see what happens. |
18,675 | Trying out my first batch of home brew... it's a central smash IPA one gallon recipe boiled over on me, so this is a very small 3/4 gallon batch ha. I see a lot of floating green. Nothing's moving anymore it's been about two weeks in the glass carboy. Does this look normal?![enter image description here](https://i.stac... | 2016/12/03 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/18675",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/14416/"
] | Everything I see there looks normal. Green floaties, just hops. Clean surface, no pellicile starting. Some bubbles, c02 still being produced. | Judging fermentation by how long you see activity in the airlock is unpredictable. You saw some activity, which is a good sign.
Did you happen to get any hydrometer readings?
That green stuff floating around are hops that are still suspended.
At this point, I would give it a taste. If it tastes like flat, almost-bee... |
487,829 | Can motion of a particle be circular if the radial acceleration is zero, but the tangential acceleration is not $0$? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487829",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/221068/"
] | First we must refer that the velocity is a vector quantity as well as the acceleration. both velocity and acceleration change when there is a change in their directions even when there is no change in their magnitudes.
The acceleration shouldn't be zero despite the circular motion is uniform (of course we mean uniform... | I think the premise of your question is false, because the accelerated tangential motion will lead to a change in the centrifugal force on the particle, which in turn will cause radial acceleration. You can't have one kind of acceleration without causing the other in the first place.
But of course, when the accelerat... |
487,829 | Can motion of a particle be circular if the radial acceleration is zero, but the tangential acceleration is not $0$? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487829",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/221068/"
] | "Tangential force" and "radial force" are merely other names for "force in the same direction as the object's current movement", and "force in a direction perpendicular to the object's current movement" respectively.
In other words, your question is equivalent to asking "If the only forces being applied to an object a... | I think the premise of your question is false, because the accelerated tangential motion will lead to a change in the centrifugal force on the particle, which in turn will cause radial acceleration. You can't have one kind of acceleration without causing the other in the first place.
But of course, when the accelerat... |
487,829 | Can motion of a particle be circular if the radial acceleration is zero, but the tangential acceleration is not $0$? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487829",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/221068/"
] | No. Radial acceleration is necessary in order to change the direction of the velocity. | First we must refer that the velocity is a vector quantity as well as the acceleration. both velocity and acceleration change when there is a change in their directions even when there is no change in their magnitudes.
The acceleration shouldn't be zero despite the circular motion is uniform (of course we mean uniform... |
487,829 | Can motion of a particle be circular if the radial acceleration is zero, but the tangential acceleration is not $0$? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487829",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/221068/"
] | No. Radial acceleration is necessary in order to change the direction of the velocity. | "Tangential force" and "radial force" are merely other names for "force in the same direction as the object's current movement", and "force in a direction perpendicular to the object's current movement" respectively.
In other words, your question is equivalent to asking "If the only forces being applied to an object a... |
487,829 | Can motion of a particle be circular if the radial acceleration is zero, but the tangential acceleration is not $0$? | 2019/06/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/487829",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/221068/"
] | "Tangential force" and "radial force" are merely other names for "force in the same direction as the object's current movement", and "force in a direction perpendicular to the object's current movement" respectively.
In other words, your question is equivalent to asking "If the only forces being applied to an object a... | First we must refer that the velocity is a vector quantity as well as the acceleration. both velocity and acceleration change when there is a change in their directions even when there is no change in their magnitudes.
The acceleration shouldn't be zero despite the circular motion is uniform (of course we mean uniform... |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | [Free SMTP Server](http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html) is a simple and small SMTP server. It always forwards emails to recipents. That's all. | In Windows XP, there's a "SMTP service" in the IIS category under 'Add/Remove Windows Components' - not sure if Vista has that too. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | Try [Mercury Mail](http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercwin.htm) | Check out [Lamson](http://lamsonproject.org/), an SMTP server in Python. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | Try [Mercury Mail](http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercwin.htm) | Install sendmail in a virtual ubuntu machine and send email through that. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | You can hardly get freer or simpler than [pysmtp](http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/pysmtp.html) | In Windows XP, there's a "SMTP service" in the IIS category under 'Add/Remove Windows Components' - not sure if Vista has that too. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | Check out [Lamson](http://lamsonproject.org/), an SMTP server in Python. | In Windows XP, there's a "SMTP service" in the IIS category under 'Add/Remove Windows Components' - not sure if Vista has that too. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | Try [Mercury Mail](http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercwin.htm) | [Free SMTP Server](http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html) is a simple and small SMTP server. It always forwards emails to recipents. That's all. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | Try [Mercury Mail](http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercwin.htm) | In Windows XP, there's a "SMTP service" in the IIS category under 'Add/Remove Windows Components' - not sure if Vista has that too. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | [Free SMTP Server](http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html) is a simple and small SMTP server. It always forwards emails to recipents. That's all. | You can hardly get freer or simpler than [pysmtp](http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/pysmtp.html) |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | [Free SMTP Server](http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html) is a simple and small SMTP server. It always forwards emails to recipents. That's all. | Check out [Lamson](http://lamsonproject.org/), an SMTP server in Python. |
932,679 | I'm running Windows Vista on my development machine... tried four SMTP servers so far (2 crashed, 2 turned out to be trial ware after being promoted as "free"). So I don't have IIS6 SMTP available.
Do you know any simple, hassle-free SMTP server that I can use? I need absolutely no bells and whistles. All it needs to ... | 2009/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/932679",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/114916/"
] | You can hardly get freer or simpler than [pysmtp](http://www.hare.demon.co.uk/pysmtp.html) | Install sendmail in a virtual ubuntu machine and send email through that. |
27,113 | According to this article:
<https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jul/26/star-spotted-speeding-near-milky-way-black-hole-for-first-time>
the Very Large Telescope is "powerful enough to see a tennis ball on the moon from Earth". I guess that the moon is much to bright and moves too fast for the VLT to take good pic... | 2018/07/27 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/27113",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com",
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/users/23822/"
] | This is a fascinating goal, and very difficult. It would make a book on recreating the history of science.
It took many people spending lifetimes collecting data to get anywhere. However, you don't need to rediscover that the planets go around the Sun I would think.
There are some key milestones that need to be reach... | Some parts of this are easier than others!
By observing the positions of the planets among the stars from night to night over an extended period of time, *and then applying a lot of not especially complicated -- but* quite *tedious -- calculation* you can determine the planets' orbits around the Sun with good accuracy... |
481,762 | On my old PC I use Outlook 2007. On my new PC I use Outlook 2010. I want to move all my email folders and emails to my new computer. I think the only way to do this is by export my files to a .PST file in Outlook 2007 and then import the .PST file with Outlook 2010.
But when trying to make a PST file in outlook 2007 ... | 2012/10/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/481762",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/162354/"
] | <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests>
>
> 64-bit guests
> -------------
>
>
> VirtualBox supports 64-bit guest operating systems, even on 32-bit host operating systems,[11] provided that the following conditions are met:
>
>
> * You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization su... | It is giving you the advice to use a 32 bit disctribution, did you try that out? Or do you really need a 64 bit distribution. |
71,412 | To my understanding, Pasteur’s experiment demonstrates that life is only made from life. If this is true, then how could [origin of life (aka. abiogenesis)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis) ever have happened?
It seems to me that Pasteur’s experiment and the theory according to which there is abiogenesis con... | 2018/03/15 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/71412",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/41082/"
] | Pasteur’s experiments demonstrated that the appearance of living matter in spoiled food (soured wine and the like) was not due to so-called *spontaneous generation* of living organisms, but due to the multiplication of pre-existing but invisible micro-organisms, which could be eliminated by sterilization of the food co... | Pasteur proved that **modern lifeforms** can't form from non-living things. That doesn't prove that there is some hard and bright line that prevents a micell containing enzymatic RNA from changing a bit into something we would recognize as "life".
Does your friend know about Friedrich Wöhler? Who synthesized urea in a... |
71,412 | To my understanding, Pasteur’s experiment demonstrates that life is only made from life. If this is true, then how could [origin of life (aka. abiogenesis)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis) ever have happened?
It seems to me that Pasteur’s experiment and the theory according to which there is abiogenesis con... | 2018/03/15 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/71412",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/41082/"
] | Consider the context. In Antiquity and the Middle Ages from Aristotle on, people thought that many living things (from microbes to mice) would arise through spontaneous generation. Seemed sensible enough; if you don't pay close attention to animals getting somewhere, and you have no knowledge of anything microscopic, i... | Pasteur proved that **modern lifeforms** can't form from non-living things. That doesn't prove that there is some hard and bright line that prevents a micell containing enzymatic RNA from changing a bit into something we would recognize as "life".
Does your friend know about Friedrich Wöhler? Who synthesized urea in a... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Simple fact: explaining why you are leaving a job after only five months is easier than explaining why you lied about how long you were at your previous jobs. (I'm also not sure that 1yr6mth + 9mth is any better than 1yr10mth + 5mth).
They will find out - when they talk to your previous employer and find out you worke... | Continue to lie. Cross your fingers and hope you haven't messed up your life too badly.
Any organisation that would keep you on after this is not somewhere you would want to work.
If you confess, your chance of keeping this job offer is 0%, if you keep lying, you probably have a 1% chance of getting to start the job.... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | At this stage, if you want to minimise the damage, you need to come clean *now*.
The discrepancy will almost certainly be uncovered during the external service doing the background check, and if it comes through from them rather than directly from you then the chances of your retaining your offer sits at zero. As a hi... | Continue to lie. Cross your fingers and hope you haven't messed up your life too badly.
Any organisation that would keep you on after this is not somewhere you would want to work.
If you confess, your chance of keeping this job offer is 0%, if you keep lying, you probably have a 1% chance of getting to start the job.... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Simple fact: explaining why you are leaving a job after only five months is easier than explaining why you lied about how long you were at your previous jobs. (I'm also not sure that 1yr6mth + 9mth is any better than 1yr10mth + 5mth).
They will find out - when they talk to your previous employer and find out you worke... | Apply for other jobs, and tell the truth, lying is both unprofessional and dangerous. Any company that would take a liar on board is not worth working for. Purely my opinion though, since others are talking about damage control, while I believe it's just throwing mud over something worse. |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Whether they find out or not will depend on whether the background check involves verifying prior employment. If they do a basic check of your prior employment, they'll notice the discrepancy. If that happens, it will be a much bigger deal than a 5 month vs. a 9 month stay at your current job.
Hiring managers generall... | Apply for other jobs, and tell the truth, lying is both unprofessional and dangerous. Any company that would take a liar on board is not worth working for. Purely my opinion though, since others are talking about damage control, while I believe it's just throwing mud over something worse. |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Whether they find out or not will depend on whether the background check involves verifying prior employment. If they do a basic check of your prior employment, they'll notice the discrepancy. If that happens, it will be a much bigger deal than a 5 month vs. a 9 month stay at your current job.
Hiring managers generall... | Continue to lie. Cross your fingers and hope you haven't messed up your life too badly.
Any organisation that would keep you on after this is not somewhere you would want to work.
If you confess, your chance of keeping this job offer is 0%, if you keep lying, you probably have a 1% chance of getting to start the job.... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Continue to lie. Cross your fingers and hope you haven't messed up your life too badly.
Any organisation that would keep you on after this is not somewhere you would want to work.
If you confess, your chance of keeping this job offer is 0%, if you keep lying, you probably have a 1% chance of getting to start the job.... | As explained by others, you messed up when you lied about your employment dates. This is going to come up in the background check. So, like what [Jane S wrote](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/54870/294), you need to come clean.
You might be able to save face by, as suggested by [RedSonja](https://workplace.stack... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | At this stage, if you want to minimise the damage, you need to come clean *now*.
The discrepancy will almost certainly be uncovered during the external service doing the background check, and if it comes through from them rather than directly from you then the chances of your retaining your offer sits at zero. As a hi... | Simple fact: explaining why you are leaving a job after only five months is easier than explaining why you lied about how long you were at your previous jobs. (I'm also not sure that 1yr6mth + 9mth is any better than 1yr10mth + 5mth).
They will find out - when they talk to your previous employer and find out you worke... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | At this stage, if you want to minimise the damage, you need to come clean *now*.
The discrepancy will almost certainly be uncovered during the external service doing the background check, and if it comes through from them rather than directly from you then the chances of your retaining your offer sits at zero. As a hi... | Whether they find out or not will depend on whether the background check involves verifying prior employment. If they do a basic check of your prior employment, they'll notice the discrepancy. If that happens, it will be a much bigger deal than a 5 month vs. a 9 month stay at your current job.
Hiring managers generall... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Whether they find out or not will depend on whether the background check involves verifying prior employment. If they do a basic check of your prior employment, they'll notice the discrepancy. If that happens, it will be a much bigger deal than a 5 month vs. a 9 month stay at your current job.
Hiring managers generall... | As explained by others, you messed up when you lied about your employment dates. This is going to come up in the background check. So, like what [Jane S wrote](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/54870/294), you need to come clean.
You might be able to save face by, as suggested by [RedSonja](https://workplace.stack... |
54,869 | So I just received a job offer from a small-to-mid sized company.
I signed the acceptance letter and accepted the background check, but checked a "No" for may we contact your current employer.
I lied a few months, adding 4 months to my current job and removing 4 months from my previous job (I pushed back my start dat... | 2015/09/22 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/54869",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | At this stage, if you want to minimise the damage, you need to come clean *now*.
The discrepancy will almost certainly be uncovered during the external service doing the background check, and if it comes through from them rather than directly from you then the chances of your retaining your offer sits at zero. As a hi... | Apply for other jobs, and tell the truth, lying is both unprofessional and dangerous. Any company that would take a liar on board is not worth working for. Purely my opinion though, since others are talking about damage control, while I believe it's just throwing mud over something worse. |
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