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914,260 | I want to read Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics in some detail.
(By 'Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics' I mean the subject which covers theorems like Sperner's Theorem, Erdos-Ko-Rado Theorem, deBruijn-Erdos Theorem etc.)
Can somebody please recommend me a good book for self-study for this purpose?
Thanks. | 2014/08/30 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/914260",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/88582/"
] | I would recommend Ian Anderson's book: Combinatorics of Finite Sets.
It is very readable and gives a good introduction.
Another good choice is Bollobas's book: Combinatorics: Set Systems, Hypergraphs, Families of Vectors and Combinatorial Probability.
Also readable. A bit more emphasis on probabilistic ideas.
There ... | A new book that focuses on exactly your preferred topic is Daniel Gerbner, Balazs Patkos: Extremal Finite Set Theory. |
914,260 | I want to read Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics in some detail.
(By 'Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics' I mean the subject which covers theorems like Sperner's Theorem, Erdos-Ko-Rado Theorem, deBruijn-Erdos Theorem etc.)
Can somebody please recommend me a good book for self-study for this purpose?
Thanks. | 2014/08/30 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/914260",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/88582/"
] | I would recommend Ian Anderson's book: Combinatorics of Finite Sets.
It is very readable and gives a good introduction.
Another good choice is Bollobas's book: Combinatorics: Set Systems, Hypergraphs, Families of Vectors and Combinatorial Probability.
Also readable. A bit more emphasis on probabilistic ideas.
There ... | I would also recommend *Stasys Jukna - Extremal Combinatorics*
There is a free draft of the book [here](https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/189205038.pdf) |
914,260 | I want to read Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics in some detail.
(By 'Extremal Finite Set Combinatorics' I mean the subject which covers theorems like Sperner's Theorem, Erdos-Ko-Rado Theorem, deBruijn-Erdos Theorem etc.)
Can somebody please recommend me a good book for self-study for this purpose?
Thanks. | 2014/08/30 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/914260",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/88582/"
] | A new book that focuses on exactly your preferred topic is Daniel Gerbner, Balazs Patkos: Extremal Finite Set Theory. | I would also recommend *Stasys Jukna - Extremal Combinatorics*
There is a free draft of the book [here](https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/189205038.pdf) |
10,087 | The thermal reliefs of my ground polygon to one of the pads of my footprint are just simply weird! I dont know what causes it? It seems to me that the lines leading up from the polygon to the pads are just too thick and are out of proportion to the pad.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kSOEh.... | 2011/02/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/10087",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1688/"
] | You need to change the width of your ground polygon. The polygons are actually made up of many wires drawn to make a continuous surface. If you zoom in on a polygon that is drawn in a non-solid pattern (like an inner layer on a 4 or greater layer board) you can see what I mean.
When you draw the polygon you can choose... | This may not apply to you because you use Eagle, but in Altium if you have traces going to pads then you pour a plane over it, it can behave badly. Try removing the (superfluous) traces and repouring it.
Tangentially related: Did you use an auto-router? You might want to adjust your neck-down rules so you actually hav... |
17,049 | I am about to buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I need to tether with the following connections
1. USB to my Windows PC
2. Wi-Fi with my Mac, iPad or iPhone (to download apps over 20MB)
I will be using Verizon Wireless's LTE 4G connection to my smartphone
I also don't want to root my phone, install a custom rom or pa... | 2011/12/16 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17049",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/10669/"
] | [ClockworkMod Tether](https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/1Yy1jb9z4TA#103583939320326217147/posts/1Yy1jb9z4TA) does USB tethering without root and Bluetooth tethering is planned (it's still in alpha). Unfortunately, from what I understand only Windows, Linux & Mac OS will be supported, but who knows wha... | I use PDAnet for the USB tether (which is something like $16) and FoxFi (Free on the Android Market) FoxFi enables Wi-Fi WITHOUT rooting. I use it all the time, even for running my kids Wii. Should work fine for running your tablets, iPhones, and iPads, etc. Works great for using my laptop while traveling also.
They ... |
139,853 | >
> Why are you asking Tom? He does not know the answer. Ask me instead!
>
>
>
versus
>
> No, I have not seen Tom for quite some time. Why do you ask?
>
>
>
Is it correct? And if it is, why the difference? Is it not in both cases a single action ('ask') happening at or around the time of speaking?
I guess t... | 2013/11/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/139853",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I disagree somewhat with Barrie.
For most verbs the simple present can be used only in a habitual sense:
>
> Why do you hit him?\*
>
>
>
is unambiguously asking about your habit, not about this particular instance. *Why are you hitting him?* or *Why did you hit him?* would be usual for that case.
For some verbs... | One of the uses of the present progressive construction is to describe something that is temporary. The event described in ‘Why are you asking Tom?’ is by its nature unlikely to last for long.
One of the uses of the present tense is to describe a present event, or, as in ‘Why do you ask?’ one that has very recently o... |
14,455 | I have the Zip +4 for the about 650 areas and I need to find Illinois Senator and Rep code,
address, name. How can I solve this issue. Did anyone solve this issue using any vendor data? We do not want to look up the names of the senators from the website. | 2011/09/08 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/14455",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4022/"
] | The state board of elections says they have shapefiles of the districts that you can get by calling them: [Representative Maps and Descriptions](http://www.elections.il.gov/votinginformation/representativedistricts.aspx)
It doesn't say whether or not you have to purchase the data. | You can use the [2010 Tiger line files](http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2010/tgrshp2010.html) from the US Census to get the districts for the legislators. I'm not sure where you can find free Zip+4 locations but plenty of people sell the data.
Then you can do a simple look up to find which district each zip... |
14,455 | I have the Zip +4 for the about 650 areas and I need to find Illinois Senator and Rep code,
address, name. How can I solve this issue. Did anyone solve this issue using any vendor data? We do not want to look up the names of the senators from the website. | 2011/09/08 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/14455",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4022/"
] | The state board of elections says they have shapefiles of the districts that you can get by calling them: [Representative Maps and Descriptions](http://www.elections.il.gov/votinginformation/representativedistricts.aspx)
It doesn't say whether or not you have to purchase the data. | The 2010 TIGER files have the pre-redistricting districts, but if you want the current info, that'd work. TIGER also has a Zip Code layer which should allow you to district most of the students. <http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2010/main>
Look at the Illinois General Assembly site for member info--appears... |
266,000 | I am trying to view the output from my Vonnics DVR security system. It works from a Windows program that came with the system, I-phones and my Android based phone. The only Windows computer is my sons gaming box so it would be a lot nicer to be able to check the cams from a Linux box. http: //IPAddress:port#/videostrea... | 2013/03/09 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/266000",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/76252/"
] | Your viewer use Active X. You need a bowser that supports that, typicaly IE.
Try this <http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page>
Or a VM that runs IE, (a bit of a pain) | Saw your question all over the net (I have a similar nameless China H.264 8-CH DVR) and I was like you working hard to make Internet Explorer work on Ubuntu. Got it to work through Tatanka, while having to edit some of the installer script, but in the end the DVR still wouldn't show in IE6.
Since I had installed wine a... |
6,362,685 | Each insertion in a stack is O(1) so is the time taken to insert 'n' elements O(n) ?
Can we speak similarly for a hash-table as well ? In average case the time taken to insert 'n' elements in a hash table = O(n) ? | 2011/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6362685",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/701441/"
] | Yes. The dominating factor is not the insert time, which is constant, its the time it takes to iterate over all the things you are inserting. If inserting did not happen in constant time, it would be more complicated.
Note that in the HashTable case a lot depends on if the HashTable has to grow itself or rehash everyt... | >
> Each insertion in a stack is O(1) so is the time taken to insert 'n' elements O(n) ?
> Can we speak similarly for a hash-table as well ? In average case the time taken to
> insert 'n' elements in a hash table = O(n) ?
>
>
>
As you mentioned *stack* , I assume we resolve collisions in hashtable using *stack... |
30,707,428 | I've been assigned to a project aiming at programming Lego Mindstorms with JavaScript. However, I can't find many good resources regarding the use of JS with Mindstorms. Does anyone have any ?
Also, I don't really get how I can, for example, make the wheels turn using JS. From what I understood I need to use Node.js. | 2015/06/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30707428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1236336/"
] | If you can use <http://www.ev3dev.org/> as an alternative firmware, you can install and run node.js on the ev3. ev3dev is a debian linux based distribution and offers a wide range of packages.
One catch you will be stuck a node.js-0.10, since newer node.js (0.12) versions use a newer version of v8 (js engine) and that... | Lego don't allow javascript on LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Home Edition.
But I don't know about third party softwares.
I hope support for javascript will come soon. |
30,707,428 | I've been assigned to a project aiming at programming Lego Mindstorms with JavaScript. However, I can't find many good resources regarding the use of JS with Mindstorms. Does anyone have any ?
Also, I don't really get how I can, for example, make the wheels turn using JS. From what I understood I need to use Node.js. | 2015/06/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30707428",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1236336/"
] | If you can use <http://www.ev3dev.org/> as an alternative firmware, you can install and run node.js on the ev3. ev3dev is a debian linux based distribution and offers a wide range of packages.
One catch you will be stuck a node.js-0.10, since newer node.js (0.12) versions use a newer version of v8 (js engine) and that... | Have you looked into [Robot JavaScript](https://robotjavascript.com). This is a Windows based compiler downloaded from the Microsoft App Store that allows you to compile JavaScript directly into an EV3 robot for execution. No need to alter the EV3 operating system. This uses the Firmware from LEGO. |
197,140 | I'm currently using default implementation of STL for VS2005 and I'm [not really satisfied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/186494/ifstr1str2-versus-ifstr1lengthstr2length-str1str2) with it. Perhaps there is something better? | 2008/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/197140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25459/"
] | The Dinkumware STL implementation (supplied with VS2005) is actually quite good. The STL is a general purpose library and so it is almost always possible to write something better for very specific use cases.
I'm aware of the following alternative implementations, but I've never used them with VS2005:
SGI Standard Te... | How about STLPort?
<http://www.stlport.org/> |
197,140 | I'm currently using default implementation of STL for VS2005 and I'm [not really satisfied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/186494/ifstr1str2-versus-ifstr1lengthstr2length-str1str2) with it. Perhaps there is something better? | 2008/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/197140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25459/"
] | The Dinkumware STL implementation (supplied with VS2005) is actually quite good. The STL is a general purpose library and so it is almost always possible to write something better for very specific use cases.
I'm aware of the following alternative implementations, but I've never used them with VS2005:
SGI Standard Te... | [Dinkumware](http://www.dinkumware.com/) supposedly produces one of the most standards-compliant implementations of the C++ standard library. You can get a [binary licence](http://www.dinkumware.com/BinaryEdition.aspx) for VS2005 for $200. |
197,140 | I'm currently using default implementation of STL for VS2005 and I'm [not really satisfied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/186494/ifstr1str2-versus-ifstr1lengthstr2length-str1str2) with it. Perhaps there is something better? | 2008/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/197140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25459/"
] | The Dinkumware STL implementation (supplied with VS2005) is actually quite good. The STL is a general purpose library and so it is almost always possible to write something better for very specific use cases.
I'm aware of the following alternative implementations, but I've never used them with VS2005:
SGI Standard Te... | There is also [Apache STL](http://stdcxx.apache.org/), but as others have noted, I believe Dinkumware is your best bet. |
197,140 | I'm currently using default implementation of STL for VS2005 and I'm [not really satisfied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/186494/ifstr1str2-versus-ifstr1lengthstr2length-str1str2) with it. Perhaps there is something better? | 2008/10/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/197140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/25459/"
] | The Dinkumware STL implementation (supplied with VS2005) is actually quite good. The STL is a general purpose library and so it is almost always possible to write something better for very specific use cases.
I'm aware of the following alternative implementations, but I've never used them with VS2005:
SGI Standard Te... | Depending on your constraints, you may find Electronic Arts' STL implementation as interesting: [EASTL](http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2271.html) |
278,343 | I was thinking of bounds for functions yesterday and it occurred to me that a bound from above is an "upper bound" (not "higher"), whereas a bound from below is a "lower bound".
Is there any etymological reason why we say ***"upper bound"*** but not "downer bound", or ***"lower bound"*** but not "higher bound"? | 2015/10/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/278343",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Because "higher" is scalable (high, higher, highest). So is "low" (low, lower, lowest").
"up" and "down" are not scalable. The suffix "er" on "upper" and "downer" does not make them comparatives. In the case of the drug slang "upper" and "downer", it's an agentive suffix. Something that brings you up or brings you do... | The term ***[downer](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/downer)*** has been associateted more with a physical/phsychological state from the 60's when the term became popular, (see [Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=downer&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cdow... |
278,343 | I was thinking of bounds for functions yesterday and it occurred to me that a bound from above is an "upper bound" (not "higher"), whereas a bound from below is a "lower bound".
Is there any etymological reason why we say ***"upper bound"*** but not "downer bound", or ***"lower bound"*** but not "higher bound"? | 2015/10/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/278343",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89715/"
] | The term ***[downer](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/downer)*** has been associateted more with a physical/phsychological state from the 60's when the term became popular, (see [Ngram](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=downer&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cdow... | The ending *-er* is generally applied to adjectives. And *down* is not an adjective.
You might say "*Up* isn't an adjective either!", but apparently *up* was actually used as an adjective at one point. The OED entry for the adjective *upper* says
>
> Comparative of *up* adj., and signifying ‘higher’, ‘over’, ‘lofti... |
278,343 | I was thinking of bounds for functions yesterday and it occurred to me that a bound from above is an "upper bound" (not "higher"), whereas a bound from below is a "lower bound".
Is there any etymological reason why we say ***"upper bound"*** but not "downer bound", or ***"lower bound"*** but not "higher bound"? | 2015/10/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/278343",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89715/"
] | Because "higher" is scalable (high, higher, highest). So is "low" (low, lower, lowest").
"up" and "down" are not scalable. The suffix "er" on "upper" and "downer" does not make them comparatives. In the case of the drug slang "upper" and "downer", it's an agentive suffix. Something that brings you up or brings you do... | The ending *-er* is generally applied to adjectives. And *down* is not an adjective.
You might say "*Up* isn't an adjective either!", but apparently *up* was actually used as an adjective at one point. The OED entry for the adjective *upper* says
>
> Comparative of *up* adj., and signifying ‘higher’, ‘over’, ‘lofti... |
7,771 | [1 Corinthians 6](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%206:9-10&version=NIV) is often used as evidence that some actions, such as homosexuality, are incompatible with Biblical teaching.
>
> 9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the ... | 2013/12/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/7771",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/158/"
] | **pre·scrip·tive**
/priˈskriptiv/
>
> adjective: prescriptive1. of or relating to the imposition
> or enforcement of a rule or method
>
>
>
**de·scrip·tive
/diˈskriptiv**/
adjective
>
> adjective: descriptive1. serving or seeking to describe. synonyms:
> illustrative, expressive, graphic, detailed, lively, v... | It is both prescriptive and descriptive. Corinth was known for 2 things back in their day: a robust economy (it was a center of commerce and trading) and their sexual perversion. In fact the Corinthian church was the richest church Paul wrote to. Out of all the sins, it's quite curious that he specified sexual sin (whi... |
7,771 | [1 Corinthians 6](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%206:9-10&version=NIV) is often used as evidence that some actions, such as homosexuality, are incompatible with Biblical teaching.
>
> 9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the ... | 2013/12/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/7771",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/158/"
] | **pre·scrip·tive**
/priˈskriptiv/
>
> adjective: prescriptive1. of or relating to the imposition
> or enforcement of a rule or method
>
>
>
**de·scrip·tive
/diˈskriptiv**/
adjective
>
> adjective: descriptive1. serving or seeking to describe. synonyms:
> illustrative, expressive, graphic, detailed, lively, v... | >
> **1 Corinthians 6:7-10 (DRB)** Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 But you do wrong and defraud, and that to your brethren. 9 **Know you not** that the unjust shall ... |
32,577 | I need help with workflow suggestions for a flash game. (although the concepts would apply to other game engines, too).
In a game like: [Hero Academy](http://www.robotentertainment.com/games/heroacademy/)
There are several different character models each with a multiplicity of animations (walking, standing, getting h... | 2012/07/18 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/32577",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/18145/"
] | After looking at the trailer in your link, they are indeed hand-drawn sprites. The animation seems smooth, so I wouldn't be surprised if they used some sort of skeletal 2D animation. This style involves drawing the movable parts of the character separately, so limbs, head, etc are separate sprites and they are posed an... | 3D models are certainly a possibility. A 3D model with the combination of cell shading could easily achieve this effect. Project zomboid, while not really cartoon looking, doesn't look very much like 3D models when their animations are playing. However, as they said in a [post about animation](http://projectzomboid.com... |
316,632 | Even after googling and reading fitting articles and answers to fitting questions here on StackExchange, I don't understand how CNNs handle scale invariance.
I found logical sounding answers saying that it is solely done by pooling, others, equally sounding answers said it is a combination of convolution and pooling; ... | 2017/12/01 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/316632",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/186959/"
] | By themselves, convolutional filters do not handle scale invariance. Each learned filter will be sensitive to a given set of features only within a narrow range of scale. There are generally three techniques that can help approximate scale invariance and make the network resilient to scale changes:
1) Training with ra... | I would argue that CNNs are not inherently able to handle non-scale-invariant features.
Imagine if we have image A of size n x n that only contains a ``corner" feature which looks like a curve. If we scale up the image by 100 times, the new image B will be 100n x 100n and each n x n sub-regions of it will appear to b... |
5,219,896 | If I am reading a file stored on an NTFS filesystem, and I try to move/rename that file while it is still being read, I am prevented from doing so. If I try this on a UNIX filesystem such as EXT3, it succeeds, and the process doing the reading is unaffected. I can even rm the file and reading processes are unaffected. ... | 2011/03/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5219896",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/331393/"
] | Unix filesystems use reference counting and a two-layer architecture for finding files.
The filename refers to something called an [inode](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Inode), for information node or index node. The inode stores (a pointer to) the file contents as well as some metadata, such as the f... | On unix, a filename is simply a link to the actual file(inode). Opening a file also creates a (temporary) link to the actual file. When all links to a file have disappeared (rm and close()) then the file is removed.
On NTFS, logically the filename *is* the file. There's no indirection layer from the filename to the fi... |
1,050,646 | I've come across listings for 25gb NIC cards online, from various companies including Intel, Mellanox, and Broadcom. Can someone explain what these are for? Clearly the bandwidth these cards can support is an order of magnitude higher than what your ISP provides. I know these cards are used to quickly transfer data bet... | 2021/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1050646",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/613482/"
] | It's quite useful for:
1. backend of "Internet of the Things" (where all data is received)
2. Distributed Storage system like CEPH/Gluster/Lustre
3. Firewall/Router system (some Linuxes/BSDs are used for that purpose)
4. Streaming Servers | "The only substitute for bandwidth is more bandwidth." |
1,050,646 | I've come across listings for 25gb NIC cards online, from various companies including Intel, Mellanox, and Broadcom. Can someone explain what these are for? Clearly the bandwidth these cards can support is an order of magnitude higher than what your ISP provides. I know these cards are used to quickly transfer data bet... | 2021/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1050646",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/613482/"
] | These cards would more commonly be used in servers in data centers that have higher bandwidth connections to the internet. They can also be used in corporate data centers where bandwidth is again higher than residential internet connections. | "The only substitute for bandwidth is more bandwidth." |
1,050,646 | I've come across listings for 25gb NIC cards online, from various companies including Intel, Mellanox, and Broadcom. Can someone explain what these are for? Clearly the bandwidth these cards can support is an order of magnitude higher than what your ISP provides. I know these cards are used to quickly transfer data bet... | 2021/01/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1050646",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/613482/"
] | >
> I know these cards are used to quickly transfer data between servers in a server room, but other than that I don't see any real application
>
>
>
Since you ask the question on serverfault.com, servers in datacenters are everybody's focus. Anyway, you answered your question. What other information you need?
In... | "The only substitute for bandwidth is more bandwidth." |
101,074 | Windows user switching over to Mac here.
I have downloaded an application, the link to which is currently on my desktop. It is actually a \*.app file, which I'm assuming is a shortcut to the file? I want to get the shortcut onto the tray of icons at the bottom of the screen. I'm familiar with linux/unix. Is there a wa... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101074",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/56559/"
] | In OS X to "properly" install an application, just take the .app file a drag in into your applications folder using the Finder (due to localization the *Application* folder in the Screenshot is named *Program...*, but the icon is the same)
When you ... | Firstly, [@cyphorious has the answer you need](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/101077), but I'm going to add more details to help expand your understanding of Mac terms.
Firstly, the .app file that is on your desktop is the actual application, not a link. Think of a .app as being roughly equivalent to a .exe (the ma... |
101,074 | Windows user switching over to Mac here.
I have downloaded an application, the link to which is currently on my desktop. It is actually a \*.app file, which I'm assuming is a shortcut to the file? I want to get the shortcut onto the tray of icons at the bottom of the screen. I'm familiar with linux/unix. Is there a wa... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101074",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | In OS X to "properly" install an application, just take the .app file a drag in into your applications folder using the Finder (due to localization the *Application* folder in the Screenshot is named *Program...*, but the icon is the same)
When you ... | I would like to add one clarification to @stuffe's excellent expansion on @cyphorious's answer. This is something I see happen a lot, both on long-time Mac users and adopters who come over from other systems.
@stuffe states: "Nothing lives in the dock permanently, anything there *should be a shortcut* or link to the ... |
101,074 | Windows user switching over to Mac here.
I have downloaded an application, the link to which is currently on my desktop. It is actually a \*.app file, which I'm assuming is a shortcut to the file? I want to get the shortcut onto the tray of icons at the bottom of the screen. I'm familiar with linux/unix. Is there a wa... | 2013/09/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/101074",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/56559/"
] | Firstly, [@cyphorious has the answer you need](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/101077), but I'm going to add more details to help expand your understanding of Mac terms.
Firstly, the .app file that is on your desktop is the actual application, not a link. Think of a .app as being roughly equivalent to a .exe (the ma... | I would like to add one clarification to @stuffe's excellent expansion on @cyphorious's answer. This is something I see happen a lot, both on long-time Mac users and adopters who come over from other systems.
@stuffe states: "Nothing lives in the dock permanently, anything there *should be a shortcut* or link to the ... |
28,701 | I would like to know why does Moriarty go through so much trouble to make a replica of the phone from "A Study in Pink" in the *Sherlock* episode "The Great Game"? | 2015/01/03 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/28701",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/16847/"
] | It's to show him that he's been following him for a while, and knows a lot of details about his life. | It's to show the connection between the crimes that only Sherlock would realize, so that none of the people at the police station would try to keep Sherlock out of it. Also, it shows that even though the criminal knows so much about Sherlock, he did not use the actual phone because he needed to see how good Sherlock wa... |
71,262 | I've had the camera I have for a few years now (the Nikon d40x) but have been thinking about getting a new camera as the Nikon d40x doesn't have great low light performance. I've been thinking about getting the Sony Alpha a7r II but was wondering if that would be a good idea as I wouldn't be able to use my old lenses (... | 2015/11/26 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/71262",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46652/"
] | I am in roughly the same boat (more lenses though). I think that Mirrorless is the way of the future for the following reasons.
1. The very high sensitivity of sensors will allow (if not already) the EVF to give you more information in low light than a regular viewfinder.
2. You don't have to take your eyes away from ... | If you are going for serious photography, go for a Nikon or Canon D.S.L.R. But if it is just for family purposes or if you like showing-off a lot Sony is the best. Sony has every thing but the basics are not as strong as those of Canon or Nikon. |
71,262 | I've had the camera I have for a few years now (the Nikon d40x) but have been thinking about getting a new camera as the Nikon d40x doesn't have great low light performance. I've been thinking about getting the Sony Alpha a7r II but was wondering if that would be a good idea as I wouldn't be able to use my old lenses (... | 2015/11/26 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/71262",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46652/"
] | I had a Nikon D40 and I switched to D7100 because I could keep all the lenses (total investment: 1000 Euro).
From my point of view (non professional) I think that was fine, I would not be able to justify for pleasure throwing away that much money to buy new lenses.
However, if I had to start from scratch, I would buy... | If you are going for serious photography, go for a Nikon or Canon D.S.L.R. But if it is just for family purposes or if you like showing-off a lot Sony is the best. Sony has every thing but the basics are not as strong as those of Canon or Nikon. |
71,262 | I've had the camera I have for a few years now (the Nikon d40x) but have been thinking about getting a new camera as the Nikon d40x doesn't have great low light performance. I've been thinking about getting the Sony Alpha a7r II but was wondering if that would be a good idea as I wouldn't be able to use my old lenses (... | 2015/11/26 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/71262",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/46652/"
] | I am in roughly the same boat (more lenses though). I think that Mirrorless is the way of the future for the following reasons.
1. The very high sensitivity of sensors will allow (if not already) the EVF to give you more information in low light than a regular viewfinder.
2. You don't have to take your eyes away from ... | I had a Nikon D40 and I switched to D7100 because I could keep all the lenses (total investment: 1000 Euro).
From my point of view (non professional) I think that was fine, I would not be able to justify for pleasure throwing away that much money to buy new lenses.
However, if I had to start from scratch, I would buy... |
236,738 | So I was thinking of having religions prophesy of a day where there'd be a massive beam of light coming down from on high at a specific holy spot. How would this be possible with lens orbiting the star of the system?
For convenience, assume the planet is Earth-like in size and location to a star that is similar to our... | 2022/10/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/236738",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/39160/"
] | This couldn't happen unless the lenses were powered and controlled. Here are the obstacles you'd run into:
Tumbling
--------
Unless the lenses were actually monolithic crystal spheres, the lenses would rotate. You can't tide-lock an object on a lesser axis, so it would tend to rotate such that an edge was pointing at... | Lenses... would probably be rather hard. Mirrors in satellites would be fairly easy. (I suspect easily doable with today's technology.)
The satellites could only deploy their mirrors at the appropriate time, and thus look less interesting the rest of the time. Multiple satellites would give you redundancy, so if you l... |
15,871,101 | on upload.aspx page i have
conn1.ConnectionString = "Data Source=.\ip-of-remote-database-server;AttachDbFilename=signup.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True";
and all the queries are also on same page ,only database on another machine..
so is this the correct way of implementing ?? or i have to create al... | 2013/04/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15871101",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2247541/"
] | Any given query query might originate from the client code (such as ASP.NET), or it might be stored a-priori in the DBMS itself as a VIEW or a stored procedure (or even a trigger).
But no matter where it originated from, the query is always executed by the DBMS server. This way, the DBMS can guarantee the integrity of... | It depends on your infrastructure. If you have got Sql Server locally you can use it. I assume that it is a school project so it does not matter. In real life it usually a good idea to separate web server and database server |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | Am assuming Sybase ASE.
Ships with Sybase Central and SQL Advantage as part of the client tools. Sybase Central lets you manage and create tables, views, sprocs etc. SQL Advantage lets you run SQL...
Sybase Workspace is a new tool for ASE, I've never tried it. <http://www.sybase.com/products/modelingdevelopment/works... | [Squirrel SQL](http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/) is open source and works pretty well |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | Looks like Quest now offers a [Sybase version of Toad](http://www.quest.com/toad-for-sybase/). | [Squirrel SQL](http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/) is open source and works pretty well |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | [RazorSQL](http://www.razorsql.com/) has very good Sybase support. Edit / view stored procedures, etc. | SqlDbx at <http://www.sqldbx.com/>. Very light-weight software promising a lot of editor features. This requires Sybase Open Client to be installed on your workstation.
But I'll recommend using Oracle SQL Developer. I'm presently working through a JDBC connection to a Sybase ASE database using this tool. This seems to... |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | [RazorSQL](http://www.razorsql.com/) has very good Sybase support. Edit / view stored procedures, etc. | Looks like Quest now offers a [Sybase version of Toad](http://www.quest.com/toad-for-sybase/). |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | SqlDbx at <http://www.sqldbx.com/>. Very light-weight software promising a lot of editor features. This requires Sybase Open Client to be installed on your workstation.
But I'll recommend using Oracle SQL Developer. I'm presently working through a JDBC connection to a Sybase ASE database using this tool. This seems to... | I'm using CAST SQL-Builder from [CAST Software](http://www.castsoftware.com/), the debugger in this tool saved me a lot of time. |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | DBeaver is open-source and appears to work fine. | [Squirrel SQL](http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/) is open source and works pretty well |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | Looks like Quest now offers a [Sybase version of Toad](http://www.quest.com/toad-for-sybase/). | I'm using CAST SQL-Builder from [CAST Software](http://www.castsoftware.com/), the debugger in this tool saved me a lot of time. |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | Am assuming Sybase ASE.
Ships with Sybase Central and SQL Advantage as part of the client tools. Sybase Central lets you manage and create tables, views, sprocs etc. SQL Advantage lets you run SQL...
Sybase Workspace is a new tool for ASE, I've never tried it. <http://www.sybase.com/products/modelingdevelopment/works... | SqlDbx at <http://www.sqldbx.com/>. Very light-weight software promising a lot of editor features. This requires Sybase Open Client to be installed on your workstation.
But I'll recommend using Oracle SQL Developer. I'm presently working through a JDBC connection to a Sybase ASE database using this tool. This seems to... |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | Am assuming Sybase ASE.
Ships with Sybase Central and SQL Advantage as part of the client tools. Sybase Central lets you manage and create tables, views, sprocs etc. SQL Advantage lets you run SQL...
Sybase Workspace is a new tool for ASE, I've never tried it. <http://www.sybase.com/products/modelingdevelopment/works... | [RazorSQL](http://www.razorsql.com/) has very good Sybase support. Edit / view stored procedures, etc. |
1,743,286 | Is there a Toad type application for Sybase? I can't seem to find a single one! I've tried using VS 2008 but can't see the sproc source. | 2009/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1743286",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84587/"
] | SqlDbx at <http://www.sqldbx.com/>. Very light-weight software promising a lot of editor features. This requires Sybase Open Client to be installed on your workstation.
But I'll recommend using Oracle SQL Developer. I'm presently working through a JDBC connection to a Sybase ASE database using this tool. This seems to... | Try [Embarcadero Rapid SQL](http://www.embarcadero.com/products/rapid-sql-xe). I recommend you the 7.4 version over 7.6 because it is more stable. Embarcadero Rapid SQL XE is the recent version.
>
> Embarcadero Rapid SQL XE enables
> developers and DBAs to produce high
> performing SQL code at lightening
> speeds.... |
46,797,727 | I have an Asp.Net core project hosting an angular application within it. There are a couple of API controllers in the asp.net core project. These controllers are called from within the Angular App.
The asp.net core app is protected by Azure AD authentication using OpenIdConnect along with Cookies. What I am looking at... | 2017/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46797727",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/761130/"
] | I resolved the token expiry issue by moving the token cache to Sql Server. With this done, if current in-memory token is expired, the refresh token from sql server is used to generate a new access token. | You can implement a hidden iframe in your web app that makes a request against your server every 45 minutes or so. That way, your token will always be valid while your application is running.
[This blog post](http://www.cloudidentity.com/blog/2016/07/25/controlling-a-web-apps-session-duration-2/) talks about this iss... |
43,343 | I would like to purchase a DSLR. Please note that this is my first DSLR camera and I am a poor graduate student so I am foregoing almost 6 months of warm dinner to purchase this.
I have decided to buy the Canon EOS 60D (body only) as my first camera. However I am a little confused about the lens I should buy as I get... | 2013/10/12 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/43343",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/22660/"
] | Stick with the thrifty-fifty until you have enough money to get good food and the lens. Your health is more valuable than getting the shots you want, plus the 50mm should be enough for now. If you're set on getting a zoom, I'd go used especially at your budget.
You mentioned Buckeye football, so I'll assume you go to ... | The 50mm f/1.8 is a nice lens for the price but it has it's limitations.
The problems I have with my 50mm f/1.8 are:
1. It has extremely slow auto-focus, especially in low-ish light (like indoors) - to the point it's hard to catch kids running around, not a problem for portraits but it's difficult to use it on anythi... |
2,126,965 | I know how I can create a Windows Service in C# but I have a series of variables that the user currently feeds into a text file and I wanted to control this process. So can I attach a Windows service to a Windows form application to control such things as installing the service, uninstalling the service, start and rest... | 2010/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2126965",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/129499/"
] | I suggest to make it completely separated. | You can do it by allowing the service to interact with the desktop. It's an acceptable way of doing it, but saying that, I agree with dario-g! |
2,126,965 | I know how I can create a Windows Service in C# but I have a series of variables that the user currently feeds into a text file and I wanted to control this process. So can I attach a Windows service to a Windows form application to control such things as installing the service, uninstalling the service, start and rest... | 2010/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2126965",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/129499/"
] | I suggest to make it completely separated. | It's probably better to keep them separate: have the form write a config file for the service, then either restart the service or have the service detect the changed file and reconfigure itself.
If the service interacts with the desktop, then you'll have to start worrying about what happens if they're running as diffe... |
2,126,965 | I know how I can create a Windows Service in C# but I have a series of variables that the user currently feeds into a text file and I wanted to control this process. So can I attach a Windows service to a Windows form application to control such things as installing the service, uninstalling the service, start and rest... | 2010/01/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2126965",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/129499/"
] | It's probably better to keep them separate: have the form write a config file for the service, then either restart the service or have the service detect the changed file and reconfigure itself.
If the service interacts with the desktop, then you'll have to start worrying about what happens if they're running as diffe... | You can do it by allowing the service to interact with the desktop. It's an acceptable way of doing it, but saying that, I agree with dario-g! |
515,000 | Very simple problem: I am trying to hook up a laptop to a projector via a Mini DisplayPort to VGA connector, however it just doesn't work at all.
Where this gets odd is:
* This all works to the second monitor on my desk - thus the Mini DisplayPort, OS/Drivers & adapter are working.
* This all works if I take the VGA ... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3122/"
] | After trying every HDMI adapter I could & found the failure rate at best 40%, I settled on a USB 2.0 Display Adapter (it has outputs for VGA, HDMI & DVI). It has always worked so seems like a safe choice. | I had a similar problem with Apple Mini Display-port to VGA connector. I have an XPS 13 Ultrabook. I decided to order direct from Dell and this has solved my problem.
That means, Dell has apparently designed their own connector. It has dual-link (whatever that means). I tried it on 2 projectors - an old Hitachi and a... |
515,000 | Very simple problem: I am trying to hook up a laptop to a projector via a Mini DisplayPort to VGA connector, however it just doesn't work at all.
Where this gets odd is:
* This all works to the second monitor on my desk - thus the Mini DisplayPort, OS/Drivers & adapter are working.
* This all works if I take the VGA ... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3122/"
] | Many people seem to have an issue with linking laptops with Mini DisplayPort output to projectors with VGA input.
Here's the real solution to my similar problem:
I purchased a Dell XPS 8700 one year ago:
* Windows 7 Home Premium
* NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 650 Ti 1.0GB GDDR5 card
I paired it with a Dell 1610HD pro... | I had a similar problem with Apple Mini Display-port to VGA connector. I have an XPS 13 Ultrabook. I decided to order direct from Dell and this has solved my problem.
That means, Dell has apparently designed their own connector. It has dual-link (whatever that means). I tried it on 2 projectors - an old Hitachi and a... |
515,000 | Very simple problem: I am trying to hook up a laptop to a projector via a Mini DisplayPort to VGA connector, however it just doesn't work at all.
Where this gets odd is:
* This all works to the second monitor on my desk - thus the Mini DisplayPort, OS/Drivers & adapter are working.
* This all works if I take the VGA ... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3122/"
] | After trying every HDMI adapter I could & found the failure rate at best 40%, I settled on a USB 2.0 Display Adapter (it has outputs for VGA, HDMI & DVI). It has always worked so seems like a safe choice. | I got initially the same problem with a MacBook pro, and finally returned the laptop to apple, 'cause i work with a second monitor on a regular basis (on a desk or with projectors). I changed to a dell xps 14z, and I was afraid to encounter the same problem I look everywhere in for a suggestion.
At the end, the explan... |
515,000 | Very simple problem: I am trying to hook up a laptop to a projector via a Mini DisplayPort to VGA connector, however it just doesn't work at all.
Where this gets odd is:
* This all works to the second monitor on my desk - thus the Mini DisplayPort, OS/Drivers & adapter are working.
* This all works if I take the VGA ... | 2012/12/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/515000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3122/"
] | Many people seem to have an issue with linking laptops with Mini DisplayPort output to projectors with VGA input.
Here's the real solution to my similar problem:
I purchased a Dell XPS 8700 one year ago:
* Windows 7 Home Premium
* NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 650 Ti 1.0GB GDDR5 card
I paired it with a Dell 1610HD pro... | I got initially the same problem with a MacBook pro, and finally returned the laptop to apple, 'cause i work with a second monitor on a regular basis (on a desk or with projectors). I changed to a dell xps 14z, and I was afraid to encounter the same problem I look everywhere in for a suggestion.
At the end, the explan... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | Do you know the rationale behind washing the containers? There's a large-scale system for, among others, plastic containers in place in Germany, and here you are explicitly advised not to wash the containers.
My gut reply would be to not wash the containers. This is based on the assumption that they will either be rec... | I guess the question presupposes a problem, namely that we are going to use potable water to wash plastic containers to be recycled. This is, IMO, a major problem with assuming that people should wash containers prior to recycling. There's really no reason that these need to be washed in ways that reduce our availabili... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | I guess the question presupposes a problem, namely that we are going to use potable water to wash plastic containers to be recycled. This is, IMO, a major problem with assuming that people should wash containers prior to recycling. There's really no reason that these need to be washed in ways that reduce our availabili... | In areas with commingled recycling, one of the arguments made for washing plastic and metal containers is contamination of paper and cardboard in the bin. One leaking unwashed can could taint the entirety of the paper and cardboard in the bin, making it unsuitable for recycling, plus the resulting mess may lead to thin... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | Do you know the rationale behind washing the containers? There's a large-scale system for, among others, plastic containers in place in Germany, and here you are explicitly advised not to wash the containers.
My gut reply would be to not wash the containers. This is based on the assumption that they will either be rec... | I have run into the same quandary. I resolved it by keeping a large bin in my sink that catches "grey water" or water already used for washing dishes and add a drop of biodegradable phosphate-free soap and lather it up and dunk it in the grey water as my pre-recycling rinse. Keeping a bin inside my sink and salvaging g... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | Do you know the rationale behind washing the containers? There's a large-scale system for, among others, plastic containers in place in Germany, and here you are explicitly advised not to wash the containers.
My gut reply would be to not wash the containers. This is based on the assumption that they will either be rec... | This is not a problem if you use a basin to wash dishes. As I soap dishes it goes in an empty basin in one half the sink. I rinse the dishes in the basin one at a time and put in rack. As I do so the basin fills up with the soapy rinse water. I have a full basin at the end of the wash. I can use this water to wash a ki... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
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] | Do you know the rationale behind washing the containers? There's a large-scale system for, among others, plastic containers in place in Germany, and here you are explicitly advised not to wash the containers.
My gut reply would be to not wash the containers. This is based on the assumption that they will either be rec... | In areas with commingled recycling, one of the arguments made for washing plastic and metal containers is contamination of paper and cardboard in the bin. One leaking unwashed can could taint the entirety of the paper and cardboard in the bin, making it unsuitable for recycling, plus the resulting mess may lead to thin... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
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"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | I have run into the same quandary. I resolved it by keeping a large bin in my sink that catches "grey water" or water already used for washing dishes and add a drop of biodegradable phosphate-free soap and lather it up and dunk it in the grey water as my pre-recycling rinse. Keeping a bin inside my sink and salvaging g... | In areas with commingled recycling, one of the arguments made for washing plastic and metal containers is contamination of paper and cardboard in the bin. One leaking unwashed can could taint the entirety of the paper and cardboard in the bin, making it unsuitable for recycling, plus the resulting mess may lead to thin... |
246 | I live in a major metropolitan area in the United States, and we have a municipal recycling pick-up program. They advise us to wash food containers prior to putting them in our bins, and if an item takes "too much water" to wash, that it's better to throw it away instead. What are the differences in the ecological impa... | 2013/02/02 | [
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/questions/246",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com",
"https://sustainability.stackexchange.com/users/146/"
] | This is not a problem if you use a basin to wash dishes. As I soap dishes it goes in an empty basin in one half the sink. I rinse the dishes in the basin one at a time and put in rack. As I do so the basin fills up with the soapy rinse water. I have a full basin at the end of the wash. I can use this water to wash a ki... | In areas with commingled recycling, one of the arguments made for washing plastic and metal containers is contamination of paper and cardboard in the bin. One leaking unwashed can could taint the entirety of the paper and cardboard in the bin, making it unsuitable for recycling, plus the resulting mess may lead to thin... |
73,493 | I have a PEM file used only for automatic builds and tests on amazon.
My project is open source and I am keeping all information on github. If the information is sensitive, I encrypt it and still keep it on github.
Should I encrypt the pem file used for the automatic build and tests? What is the threat in case I don'... | 2014/11/23 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/73493",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/54625/"
] | You're confusing ports, services, vulnerabilities, and exploits. So here is an analogy based on a house. You have a house (server) on a street. That house has three doors (ports), which lead to different places (services). Just because you have doors (ports), doesn't mean someone is going to walk in and steal your jewe... | You would need to audit the security of the services running on the ports to have a good idea how exploitable you are. Even then, your typical vulnerability scanner will only make suggestions based on what versions of what services you may be running. The vectorability is something which can be audited, but generally s... |
331,355 | I need a 2d political map of the world on which I will draw icons, text, and lines that move around. Users will interact with the map, placing and moving the icons, and they will zoom in and out of the map.
The Google Maps interface isn't very far from what I need, but this is NOT web related; it's a Windows MFC appli... | 2008/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/331355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16161/"
] | Perhaps:
<http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap>
ESRI MapObjects
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjects/index.html>
ESRI MapObjects LT
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/index.html>
See
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/about/mo_vs_lt.html>
for a comparison of the two MapObjects feature sets.
ESRI may ... | You could extend your search by using the term GIS (Geographic Information System). I'm sure its gonna be easier. There's a lot of stuff out there on that subject.
Here's a page I found: <http://www.ucancode.net/Gis-Source-Code.htm>
or: <http://opensourcegis.org/> |
331,355 | I need a 2d political map of the world on which I will draw icons, text, and lines that move around. Users will interact with the map, placing and moving the icons, and they will zoom in and out of the map.
The Google Maps interface isn't very far from what I need, but this is NOT web related; it's a Windows MFC appli... | 2008/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/331355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16161/"
] | You could extend your search by using the term GIS (Geographic Information System). I'm sure its gonna be easier. There's a lot of stuff out there on that subject.
Here's a page I found: <http://www.ucancode.net/Gis-Source-Code.htm>
or: <http://opensourcegis.org/> | Yes, Marble has also the advantage that it provides kind of a ready made solution in a single control (called "widget" in Qt's technical terms).
The dependency on Qt (which is the only dependency btw.) might also be seen as an advantage: Qt's upcoming version is licensed under the LGPL, so even if you plan to use thi... |
331,355 | I need a 2d political map of the world on which I will draw icons, text, and lines that move around. Users will interact with the map, placing and moving the icons, and they will zoom in and out of the map.
The Google Maps interface isn't very far from what I need, but this is NOT web related; it's a Windows MFC appli... | 2008/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/331355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16161/"
] | Perhaps:
<http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap>
ESRI MapObjects
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjects/index.html>
ESRI MapObjects LT
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/index.html>
See
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/about/mo_vs_lt.html>
for a comparison of the two MapObjects feature sets.
ESRI may ... | You might want to try the [Mapnik C++/Python GIS Toolkit](http://www.mapnik.org/).
You can take a look at the [Marble Widget](http://edu.kde.org/marble/#developers), which is part of KDE's Marble project. There are Windows binaries for this, too, but they might be dependent on Qt. |
331,355 | I need a 2d political map of the world on which I will draw icons, text, and lines that move around. Users will interact with the map, placing and moving the icons, and they will zoom in and out of the map.
The Google Maps interface isn't very far from what I need, but this is NOT web related; it's a Windows MFC appli... | 2008/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/331355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16161/"
] | Perhaps:
<http://www.codeplex.com/SharpMap>
ESRI MapObjects
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjects/index.html>
ESRI MapObjects LT
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/index.html>
See
<http://www.esri.com/software/mapobjectslt/about/mo_vs_lt.html>
for a comparison of the two MapObjects feature sets.
ESRI may ... | Yes, Marble has also the advantage that it provides kind of a ready made solution in a single control (called "widget" in Qt's technical terms).
The dependency on Qt (which is the only dependency btw.) might also be seen as an advantage: Qt's upcoming version is licensed under the LGPL, so even if you plan to use thi... |
331,355 | I need a 2d political map of the world on which I will draw icons, text, and lines that move around. Users will interact with the map, placing and moving the icons, and they will zoom in and out of the map.
The Google Maps interface isn't very far from what I need, but this is NOT web related; it's a Windows MFC appli... | 2008/12/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/331355",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16161/"
] | You might want to try the [Mapnik C++/Python GIS Toolkit](http://www.mapnik.org/).
You can take a look at the [Marble Widget](http://edu.kde.org/marble/#developers), which is part of KDE's Marble project. There are Windows binaries for this, too, but they might be dependent on Qt. | Yes, Marble has also the advantage that it provides kind of a ready made solution in a single control (called "widget" in Qt's technical terms).
The dependency on Qt (which is the only dependency btw.) might also be seen as an advantage: Qt's upcoming version is licensed under the LGPL, so even if you plan to use thi... |
15,290,295 | I was wondering what the best way would be to create a user alert system with a node.js and mongoDB implementation.
Would you still have to get the client side to poll the server side and check if there are any new updates to display to the user? (For example, new messages)
Or is there an efficient way for db changes... | 2013/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15290295",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1809386/"
] | For an alert system, I would use the following three components:
* [Tailable cursors](http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/create-tailable-cursor/)
* [Capped collections](http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/capped-collections/)
* [Socket.io](http://socket.io/)
The capped collection would hold all the notifications... | It sounds to me the solution you're looking for is here: <https://gist.github.com/scttnlsn/3210919> |
24,895 | There are many letters and numbers printed on the vertical stabilizer of US military aircraft. They identify the plane's design and purpose.
What are those letters and the meanings?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lezP2.jpg) | 2016/02/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/24895",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/12207/"
] | The number on the vertical tail is the aircraft serial number, not the type designation. Here the serial number is AF 41 823. The '4' is the last digit of the finacial year in which money was allocated to manufacture the aircraft and the remaining 4 digits represent the sequence number indicating the sequential order i... | They are tail codes and indicate the unit(s) the aircraft are assigned to.
In general the Air National Guard units will use their state's two-letter abbreviation. Others will use something related to the base name (EG for Eglin AFB) or their mission (OT for operational test).
This [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | To answer the question "are they worthwhile?", you need to explore:
* How expensive (in terms of time and money) are they to create, maintain, and execute?
* What value are these tests providing? Are they finding bugs? Providing confidence?
* Are there other, less expensive, ways to provide similar value?
I once work... | Answering your question requires knowing why you were asked to write those tests. Unlike [solving applied math problems](https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/joshin4colours), we usually do not write automated UI tests for the sheer pleasure or the intellectual challenge. I assume you were asked to write them, in tha... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | Answering your question requires knowing why you were asked to write those tests. Unlike [solving applied math problems](https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/joshin4colours), we usually do not write automated UI tests for the sheer pleasure or the intellectual challenge. I assume you were asked to write them, in tha... | IMHO, no.
Here's why:
1. Depending upon your UI, cost of implementing will probably be high. Don't forget to sum the cost of maintaining it when your UI changes in the next release and so on. This itself should warrant second thoughts.
2. UI tests can be flaky. In my experience accuracy of UI test cases is pretty lo... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | Answering your question requires knowing why you were asked to write those tests. Unlike [solving applied math problems](https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/joshin4colours), we usually do not write automated UI tests for the sheer pleasure or the intellectual challenge. I assume you were asked to write them, in tha... | I believe that automated testing scenarios need to be build around real life use cases, so meaningfull testing script should be close to what user typically would do
If in your system it is a typical for a usual user to open all forms and fill all checkboxes, then, yes, otherwise - it is useless. Even if this testing ... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | To answer the question "are they worthwhile?", you need to explore:
* How expensive (in terms of time and money) are they to create, maintain, and execute?
* What value are these tests providing? Are they finding bugs? Providing confidence?
* Are there other, less expensive, ways to provide similar value?
I once work... | IMHO, no.
Here's why:
1. Depending upon your UI, cost of implementing will probably be high. Don't forget to sum the cost of maintaining it when your UI changes in the next release and so on. This itself should warrant second thoughts.
2. UI tests can be flaky. In my experience accuracy of UI test cases is pretty lo... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | To answer the question "are they worthwhile?", you need to explore:
* How expensive (in terms of time and money) are they to create, maintain, and execute?
* What value are these tests providing? Are they finding bugs? Providing confidence?
* Are there other, less expensive, ways to provide similar value?
I once work... | I agree with Aniket, this kind of exhaustive UI test is not worth it. Another thing to consider:
Awhile back, I inherited a manual test case plan from someone who left the company. He had been doing things like checking the list sorting behavior in every area of the app. He wasn't a programmer and didn't understand th... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | To answer the question "are they worthwhile?", you need to explore:
* How expensive (in terms of time and money) are they to create, maintain, and execute?
* What value are these tests providing? Are they finding bugs? Providing confidence?
* Are there other, less expensive, ways to provide similar value?
I once work... | I believe that automated testing scenarios need to be build around real life use cases, so meaningfull testing script should be close to what user typically would do
If in your system it is a typical for a usual user to open all forms and fill all checkboxes, then, yes, otherwise - it is useless. Even if this testing ... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | I agree with Aniket, this kind of exhaustive UI test is not worth it. Another thing to consider:
Awhile back, I inherited a manual test case plan from someone who left the company. He had been doing things like checking the list sorting behavior in every area of the app. He wasn't a programmer and didn't understand th... | IMHO, no.
Here's why:
1. Depending upon your UI, cost of implementing will probably be high. Don't forget to sum the cost of maintaining it when your UI changes in the next release and so on. This itself should warrant second thoughts.
2. UI tests can be flaky. In my experience accuracy of UI test cases is pretty lo... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | IMHO, no.
Here's why:
1. Depending upon your UI, cost of implementing will probably be high. Don't forget to sum the cost of maintaining it when your UI changes in the next release and so on. This itself should warrant second thoughts.
2. UI tests can be flaky. In my experience accuracy of UI test cases is pretty lo... | I believe that automated testing scenarios need to be build around real life use cases, so meaningfull testing script should be close to what user typically would do
If in your system it is a typical for a usual user to open all forms and fill all checkboxes, then, yes, otherwise - it is useless. Even if this testing ... |
2,648 | Lately I've been asked to write some automated GUI tests of the following style:
* Open the application
* Open ALL dialog boxes
* In each dialog check for ...
Are these types of tests worthwhile? What are some benefits of these tests? In some cases they can be very simple to write, but in others they require extensi... | 2012/02/15 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2648",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/346/"
] | I agree with Aniket, this kind of exhaustive UI test is not worth it. Another thing to consider:
Awhile back, I inherited a manual test case plan from someone who left the company. He had been doing things like checking the list sorting behavior in every area of the app. He wasn't a programmer and didn't understand th... | I believe that automated testing scenarios need to be build around real life use cases, so meaningfull testing script should be close to what user typically would do
If in your system it is a typical for a usual user to open all forms and fill all checkboxes, then, yes, otherwise - it is useless. Even if this testing ... |
209,683 | Given the tight guidelines on questions, and the [reason](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/55891/234193) that many posts are made into community wikis is that the questions may not be the best fit questions. Meta sites are a little different, as there is the option to have discussion.
Is there really a point to having... | 2013/12/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/209683",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I've been actually doing a lot of thinking on this very subject. It's part of a potential revamp I've been trying to look into.
Fact is we use Community Wiki for *a lot* of things across the network. And in honesty? Very little of it has to do with "not being the best fit". It actually tends to be more often used for ... | Most of the questions that I see where people have asked, "why can't we just turn this into a community wiki post", have generally been questions that hold some marginal benefit to the community yet are so broad that they dilute the site. When community wiki is used to allow broad questions to flourish, it can actually... |
48,029 | I just [came across (pdf)](http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/eCommerce/Lehre/SS_04/HS_Gesch_ftskonzepte/coopet.pdf) this expression:
>
> A Smith & Wesson beats a straight flush
>
>
>
1. What does it mean?
Is it the idea of winning via unlawful means when losing?
2. Is it a common expression? | 2011/11/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/48029",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3080/"
] | It means a gun will beat whatever you have in a poker game.
That is, if you have a pair of twos and the other person has a straight flush, it won't matter. You have a gun, and you can shoot the person.
Basically, the card game is irrelevant. If you have something powerful (gun, or a monopoly, or a dictatorship) then ... | Its exact meaning depends on the context. If you read the paper you link carefully the meaning is straightforward. It's an idiom of the "Main idea" for "ELEMENT #3: Rules" (page 5):
>
> Many people simply assume the rules of business - both formal and
> informal - are set in stone and are not subject to negotiation.... |
48,029 | I just [came across (pdf)](http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/eCommerce/Lehre/SS_04/HS_Gesch_ftskonzepte/coopet.pdf) this expression:
>
> A Smith & Wesson beats a straight flush
>
>
>
1. What does it mean?
Is it the idea of winning via unlawful means when losing?
2. Is it a common expression? | 2011/11/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/48029",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3080/"
] | It means a gun will beat whatever you have in a poker game.
That is, if you have a pair of twos and the other person has a straight flush, it won't matter. You have a gun, and you can shoot the person.
Basically, the card game is irrelevant. If you have something powerful (gun, or a monopoly, or a dictatorship) then ... | The straight flush is the highest hand in poker: nothing beats it. The meaning intended here is, from the document itself: "In the marketplace, whichever party has the most power gets to make the rules."
Of course, that is also a prime example of [*argumentum ad baculum*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_ba... |
48,029 | I just [came across (pdf)](http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/eCommerce/Lehre/SS_04/HS_Gesch_ftskonzepte/coopet.pdf) this expression:
>
> A Smith & Wesson beats a straight flush
>
>
>
1. What does it mean?
Is it the idea of winning via unlawful means when losing?
2. Is it a common expression? | 2011/11/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/48029",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3080/"
] | The straight flush is the highest hand in poker: nothing beats it. The meaning intended here is, from the document itself: "In the marketplace, whichever party has the most power gets to make the rules."
Of course, that is also a prime example of [*argumentum ad baculum*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_ba... | Its exact meaning depends on the context. If you read the paper you link carefully the meaning is straightforward. It's an idiom of the "Main idea" for "ELEMENT #3: Rules" (page 5):
>
> Many people simply assume the rules of business - both formal and
> informal - are set in stone and are not subject to negotiation.... |
7,230 | So if n is a member of the set of natural numbers, such that n is greater than 1 and lesser than 3, then n=2 necessarily? | 2013/06/13 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/7230",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/3868/"
] | This is more on the lines of commentary on your question, rather than an answer.
If one uses the *usual* natural numbers then yes. But are there other systems of natural numbers?
1. There are non-standard integers: The integers are axiomatically defined by the Peano Axioms. We actually obtain them in a model. The que... | Yes, if "natural numbers" is the commonly agreed on term from arithmetic. When there is no other possibility, there can only be the distinct, unqualified answer. |
92,615 | I'm giving each of my users an unique Blocktrail wallet that is protected by two API keys (which the server knows) and one passphrase (unique to each wallet).
I want the wallet's passphrase to be unavailable to anyone but the logged-in user (session persistent), so that nobody, even server administrators, can look at... | 2015/06/29 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/92615",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/79567/"
] | >
> I want the wallet's passphrase to be unavailable to anyone but the logged-in user (session persistent), so that nobody, even server administrators, can look at the wallet's password and make transactions from the wallet.
>
>
> * That nobody is able to know what the passphrase is for any specific user, not server... | I hope I'm understanding the question correctly, but why not hash the passphrase with SHA-256 and store the result in a db. There is no encryption key so you can't reverse it and if somebody gets there hands on the hash and submit it it will be hashed again and rendered invalid. |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | **SME** (standing for **Small or Medium Enterprise**) has become the dominant term in my region and industry. [This Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises) suggests it might be more common in the EU than elsewhere.
**Entrepreneur** might be more what you're looking for - but... | You can always say he is **a microentrepreneur**. [(one who operates a microenterprise)](http://www.yourdictionary.com/microentrepreneur)
>
> -In general, a microenterprise is considered a small business employing 10 people or less, and have a capital asset of less than PhP 3,000,000. Internationally, most microenter... |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | The sole owner of a small business could be called a [proprietor](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/proprietor). | You can always say he is **a microentrepreneur**. [(one who operates a microenterprise)](http://www.yourdictionary.com/microentrepreneur)
>
> -In general, a microenterprise is considered a small business employing 10 people or less, and have a capital asset of less than PhP 3,000,000. Internationally, most microenter... |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | Believe me ([or google](http://www.allbusiness.com/barrons_dictionary/dictionary-small-business-4958706-1.html)), **small business owners** play a disproportionately **important** role in innovation as well as in the economic and employment growth.
Since "small business"is a industry standard, this "*small*" carries ... | You can always say he is **a microentrepreneur**. [(one who operates a microenterprise)](http://www.yourdictionary.com/microentrepreneur)
>
> -In general, a microenterprise is considered a small business employing 10 people or less, and have a capital asset of less than PhP 3,000,000. Internationally, most microenter... |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | **SME** (standing for **Small or Medium Enterprise**) has become the dominant term in my region and industry. [This Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises) suggests it might be more common in the EU than elsewhere.
**Entrepreneur** might be more what you're looking for - but... | Believe me ([or google](http://www.allbusiness.com/barrons_dictionary/dictionary-small-business-4958706-1.html)), **small business owners** play a disproportionately **important** role in innovation as well as in the economic and employment growth.
Since "small business"is a industry standard, this "*small*" carries ... |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | **SME** (standing for **Small or Medium Enterprise**) has become the dominant term in my region and industry. [This Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises) suggests it might be more common in the EU than elsewhere.
**Entrepreneur** might be more what you're looking for - but... | I suggest two more positive ones, at least IMO: *{**developing**|**aspiring**} business owner*. |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | The sole owner of a small business could be called a [proprietor](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/proprietor). | Believe me ([or google](http://www.allbusiness.com/barrons_dictionary/dictionary-small-business-4958706-1.html)), **small business owners** play a disproportionately **important** role in innovation as well as in the economic and employment growth.
Since "small business"is a industry standard, this "*small*" carries ... |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | The sole owner of a small business could be called a [proprietor](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/proprietor). | I suggest two more positive ones, at least IMO: *{**developing**|**aspiring**} business owner*. |
251,910 | What can I call *small business owners* or small businesses without using this miserable word *small*?
I'm trying to find a name for some event, trying to invent a word that will make them appear in a positive way. | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/251910",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/124980/"
] | Believe me ([or google](http://www.allbusiness.com/barrons_dictionary/dictionary-small-business-4958706-1.html)), **small business owners** play a disproportionately **important** role in innovation as well as in the economic and employment growth.
Since "small business"is a industry standard, this "*small*" carries ... | I suggest two more positive ones, at least IMO: *{**developing**|**aspiring**} business owner*. |
50,903,464 | I am working on customized WP Theme and was on verge of finalization. But all of sudden my laptop got shutdown and then after I got the error message & opted to repair *wp\_options*, which I did and now on trying to upload images I get error :
>
> An error occurred in the upload. Please try again later.
>
>
>
On ... | 2018/06/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50903464",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4106452/"
] | Did you try deactivating and reactivating your plugins one by one to see if there is a conflict from a plugin?
Wordpress returns this error for a number of reasons. To investigate it further, you can do the following:
* In Chrome or Firefox press F12 and go to Network tab.
* Try to upload image again so it triggers t... | I inspected the Source of the page and discovered this below is the error,
DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for <https://sfcui.org.ng/wp-content/plugins/wp-user-manager/vendor/htmlburger/carbon-fields/assets/dist/carbon.core.min.js.map>: HTTP error: status code 404, net::ERR\_HTTP\_RESPONSE\_C... |
17,968 | I have created a grid using the point density function in VM. I would like to crop this image to a region created from buffering a polyline feature set. Is this possible? Alternatively I have used the set clip region tool, however this only hides the rest of the image where I would like to save the cropped region as a ... | 2011/12/15 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17968",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/527/"
] | This is possible using Vertical Mapper - which you stated was used to create the grid in the first place. Here is an exerpt from the Vertical Mapper 3.0 Help file:
"The outer margin of any grid file can be trimmed using a predefined polygon created in a Map window. This tool is particularly useful for trimming grid fi... | open layer control and make the top layer (cosmetic layer) editable. Then once you've done the clip, use the save objects in cosmetic layer (I think it is called that).
Let me know how you get on |
84,829 | I've been using my Android phone for typing more lately, and decided to turn on autocorrect to try it out (it was off by default). While it's handy, [as the entirety of the internet already knows](http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/) it's frustrating to have an autocorrected word change to something completely different... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/84829",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/76251/"
] | Okay my solution was to buy a cheap Samsung JIG from eBay (~2.5€). You can also build one yourself, but I did not have any resistors laying around at the time, so I just chose to buy on already made.
I plugged it into the mobile and after just a few seconds it turned on into download mode.
I then removed the jig, and... | When in download mode, connect it to Odin on your pc. There is the option to automatically reboot after flashing. If you are not able to hit flashing without an archive, try flashing something harmless. |
84,829 | I've been using my Android phone for typing more lately, and decided to turn on autocorrect to try it out (it was off by default). While it's handy, [as the entirety of the internet already knows](http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/) it's frustrating to have an autocorrected word change to something completely different... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/84829",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/76251/"
] | I had this problem with my Samsumg S3 Mini. The power button is not working and I looked for ways to turn it on all over the internet and nothing worked (didnt try the JIG thing).
Trying different ways, I found one that may work for you too. It works every time, 100%.
First of all I put my phone to charge until it sho... | When in download mode, connect it to Odin on your pc. There is the option to automatically reboot after flashing. If you are not able to hit flashing without an archive, try flashing something harmless. |
84,829 | I've been using my Android phone for typing more lately, and decided to turn on autocorrect to try it out (it was off by default). While it's handy, [as the entirety of the internet already knows](http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/) it's frustrating to have an autocorrected word change to something completely different... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/84829",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/76251/"
] | Okay my solution was to buy a cheap Samsung JIG from eBay (~2.5€). You can also build one yourself, but I did not have any resistors laying around at the time, so I just chose to buy on already made.
I plugged it into the mobile and after just a few seconds it turned on into download mode.
I then removed the jig, and... | I had this problem with my Samsumg S3 Mini. The power button is not working and I looked for ways to turn it on all over the internet and nothing worked (didnt try the JIG thing).
Trying different ways, I found one that may work for you too. It works every time, 100%.
First of all I put my phone to charge until it sho... |
56,854 | In *La prière d'une vierge*, at the beginning and throughout, there are many octaves to be played in quick succession. The problem is, my hands are still growing, so therefore cannot reach to a certain extent. Is there a way around this? If no, does that mean I have to remove the Note 1 or 8 on the octave chord [1 , 8 ... | 2017/04/26 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/56854",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/36737/"
] | Just roll the octaves until you hands either grow or stretch enough to play them directly. Twelfths are more problematical; these may still need rolling. | Many beginners (especially those of a young age) face this problem.Unfortunately I don't think there is any way around it.
My suggestion is to practice octaves separately. Try practicing octaves in a scale up and down in order to stretch your fingers. There many exercises of this kind and they will help you play song... |
16,066,263 | A [**Basic Block**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_block) is an assembly snippet with only one entrance point and one exit point (the Wikipedia link also has a more rigorous definition). Many compiler optimization passes rely on the compiler breaking the user's code down into basic blocks before giving them to the ... | 2013/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16066263",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/50385/"
] | Here's a short list:
* Location of code and data in memory heirarchy
* Cache line effects
* Other threads executing in parallel
* Locks and other synchronization
* Interrupts (from I/O devices or OS trap calls)
* Page faults due to access patterns
* Data access dependencies (same vs. not same memory address)
* Write s... | If the basic block contains a function call, that's a big unknown. |
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