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64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | You may use the same trick that support staff and sales representatives use: avoid using expressions like "no", "cannot", "sorry but...".
Instead you turn it around like so: "In order to achieve this goal, we need to do the following...", and then list all the things that are required for it to happen.
If you follow... | Never underestimate the power of motivation, goal setting, and breaking a task down into "bite sized" chunks.
The word "educate" comes from Latin "e" and "ducare" - "[to draw out that which lies within](https://educarenow.wordpress.com/)". As a teacher, you may think it is your job just to cram knowledge into your stu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | Instead of telling the student that he or she will fail, and thereby making a judgement of them at your own prerogative, you could delegate this difficult judgement to the student's own mind.
Doubtless you do not baselessly decide a student will fail or not on a whim, you have some sort of logic. Even in your question... | Kudos to you for wanting to honor the truth. Now:
>
> I myself told them the truth and they stopped the class telling me
> that I'm a very discouraging teacher.
>
>
>
Question: Are you *happy* with this interaction? If you continue with the same tactic in the future, do you think that you'll get a different resu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | When I was in college I had long hair, wore a bandanna and workout clothes to my classes, if I ever showed up. The fact is I learned faster on my own.
I was in an advanced Calculus class my freshman year due to me testing out Calc I-III. I showed up the first class and grabbed the syllabus and then a month later, the... | Kudos to you for wanting to honor the truth. Now:
>
> I myself told them the truth and they stopped the class telling me
> that I'm a very discouraging teacher.
>
>
>
Question: Are you *happy* with this interaction? If you continue with the same tactic in the future, do you think that you'll get a different resu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | Kudos to you for wanting to honor the truth. Now:
>
> I myself told them the truth and they stopped the class telling me
> that I'm a very discouraging teacher.
>
>
>
Question: Are you *happy* with this interaction? If you continue with the same tactic in the future, do you think that you'll get a different resu... | Never underestimate the power of motivation, goal setting, and breaking a task down into "bite sized" chunks.
The word "educate" comes from Latin "e" and "ducare" - "[to draw out that which lies within](https://educarenow.wordpress.com/)". As a teacher, you may think it is your job just to cram knowledge into your stu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | In general, it is not a good practice to make negative remarks about a student in front of others. Any such feedback should be provided in private. Also, since your course is only three weeks old, you may not have enough information to gauge a student's ability. | Kudos to you for wanting to honor the truth. Now:
>
> I myself told them the truth and they stopped the class telling me
> that I'm a very discouraging teacher.
>
>
>
Question: Are you *happy* with this interaction? If you continue with the same tactic in the future, do you think that you'll get a different resu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | Teachers should make every effort for students to learn, but in some professions, you also have to weed-out those who don't qualify.
In this case, you should have a conversation with these students and give them your honest assessment. If they really want to pass this course, you may want to set some intermediate goa... | Kudos to you for wanting to honor the truth. Now:
>
> I myself told them the truth and they stopped the class telling me
> that I'm a very discouraging teacher.
>
>
>
Question: Are you *happy* with this interaction? If you continue with the same tactic in the future, do you think that you'll get a different resu... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | The response to such a case is almost always: "Yes, but...". You present a clear and present picture of what their problem will be, make clear that it is going to be more challenging for them than for anyone else at the course, as they started late, and they thus have to work much harder than anyone else to achieve the... | Instead of telling the student that he or she will fail, and thereby making a judgement of them at your own prerogative, you could delegate this difficult judgement to the student's own mind.
Doubtless you do not baselessly decide a student will fail or not on a whim, you have some sort of logic. Even in your question... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | Many students lack the emotional maturity to understand you are telling them this for thier own benefit, but they will eventually realize it. A high schooler doesn't typically take a graduate level physics course, nor should someone who does not have the rudimentary math skills necessary to effectively complete an adva... | It is not your responsibility to tell them if they are going to pass or not (in your view) unless they ask you explicitly.
Your responsibility is to teach, theirs is to learn. If they don't learn it is their responsibility, if they don't care to figure out how they are doing, it is their responsibility.
Your responsi... |
64,362 | I'm an Advanced Level math teacher in my country. I teach two courses Pure and Applied. Its duration is 3 years. At the end of three years, there is one exam for the whole three years. Only 1200 students are selected for universities out of 50000.
I told (Privately) two of my students that they are going to fail the A... | 2016/03/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/64362",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/50139/"
] | Instead of telling the student that he or she will fail, and thereby making a judgement of them at your own prerogative, you could delegate this difficult judgement to the student's own mind.
Doubtless you do not baselessly decide a student will fail or not on a whim, you have some sort of logic. Even in your question... | Never underestimate the power of motivation, goal setting, and breaking a task down into "bite sized" chunks.
The word "educate" comes from Latin "e" and "ducare" - "[to draw out that which lies within](https://educarenow.wordpress.com/)". As a teacher, you may think it is your job just to cram knowledge into your stu... |
1,031,554 | Let us say we have an aerospike cluster running with interface mtu as 1500. If I want to switch to jumbo frames, do I need to restart the aerospike cluster? If yes, why? | 2020/08/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/1031554",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/589378/"
] | I found that the issue is not due to the Google Cloud server. After hours of investigation, I found a malware plugin file sit inside my WordPress plugin folder. After renaming it, all my websites are up running. I don't know how this plugin went into my WordPress directory. The malware details are as follow:
Plugin Nam... | This is likely due to using a nulled template or plugin. I have seen the exact same thing on a few sites I maintain with nulled plugins. Always check the error.log first as this will point to the error immediately. If you can't locate the compromised plugin, you can have a CRON job delete this *wp-content/plugins/ccode... |
55,166 | How did the huge dragon skulls get placed in the dungeon of the Red Keep? In the TV series (Season 1) I didn't see any door large enough to accommodate them. | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55166",
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] | **In universe**, IIRC from the books, the skulls used to be in the Throne Room. They were moved into the dungeon after Robert became king.
**Out of universe**, in the show the set designers probably simply did not think of having a sufficiently large door. | The dungeon in the Red Keep would have to be, in theory, big enough to hold giants since not only do they exist in the canon but are known to be quite troublesome.
So there surely had to be a door big enough for the skulls. As for carrying it, giants again. |
55,166 | How did the huge dragon skulls get placed in the dungeon of the Red Keep? In the TV series (Season 1) I didn't see any door large enough to accommodate them. | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55166",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/25637/"
] | **In universe**, IIRC from the books, the skulls used to be in the Throne Room. They were moved into the dungeon after Robert became king.
**Out of universe**, in the show the set designers probably simply did not think of having a sufficiently large door. | There are many gaps in your assumptions.
1. Just because we did not see the door, does not mean it does not exist.
2. Even if no door exists, the skull is possibly a uniquely large object. Doors can be temporarily widened (or sections of wall removed) to accommodate the large skull.
3. Robert wanted the skull out of t... |
55,166 | How did the huge dragon skulls get placed in the dungeon of the Red Keep? In the TV series (Season 1) I didn't see any door large enough to accommodate them. | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55166",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/25637/"
] | When I moved out of my last house, I had to take my couch out through the living room window (double hung). Basically, I don't think it would be a stretch of the imagination for the servants of the Red Keep to move the skulls into the dungeon following orders from King Robert Baratheon, by opening a section of wall or ... | The dungeon in the Red Keep would have to be, in theory, big enough to hold giants since not only do they exist in the canon but are known to be quite troublesome.
So there surely had to be a door big enough for the skulls. As for carrying it, giants again. |
55,166 | How did the huge dragon skulls get placed in the dungeon of the Red Keep? In the TV series (Season 1) I didn't see any door large enough to accommodate them. | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55166",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/25637/"
] | When I moved out of my last house, I had to take my couch out through the living room window (double hung). Basically, I don't think it would be a stretch of the imagination for the servants of the Red Keep to move the skulls into the dungeon following orders from King Robert Baratheon, by opening a section of wall or ... | There are many gaps in your assumptions.
1. Just because we did not see the door, does not mean it does not exist.
2. Even if no door exists, the skull is possibly a uniquely large object. Doors can be temporarily widened (or sections of wall removed) to accommodate the large skull.
3. Robert wanted the skull out of t... |
55,166 | How did the huge dragon skulls get placed in the dungeon of the Red Keep? In the TV series (Season 1) I didn't see any door large enough to accommodate them. | 2014/04/28 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55166",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/25637/"
] | There are many gaps in your assumptions.
1. Just because we did not see the door, does not mean it does not exist.
2. Even if no door exists, the skull is possibly a uniquely large object. Doors can be temporarily widened (or sections of wall removed) to accommodate the large skull.
3. Robert wanted the skull out of t... | The dungeon in the Red Keep would have to be, in theory, big enough to hold giants since not only do they exist in the canon but are known to be quite troublesome.
So there surely had to be a door big enough for the skulls. As for carrying it, giants again. |
57,067,256 | We have a multi-tenancy website. We are trying to use social share components where the url needs to be shared. Since we have a dispatcher configured, we are picking up the domain from a context aware configuration. How do we use different domains for environments based on run-modes
I have tried to use different ca-co... | 2019/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/57067256",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5077638/"
] | Sling context aware configurations don't work on run modes. For your current requirement you should be using Externalizer service which works basis sling maps, request origin and OSGI configs based on what method you choose.
<https://helpx.adobe.com/in/experience-manager/6-3/sites/developing/using/externalizer.html>
... | You can use Day CQ Link Externalizer which is available in the OSGI configurations, <http://localhost:4502/system/console/configMgr>.
It is an OSGI service that allows you to programmatic-ally transform a resource path into an external and absolute URL. You can configure this configuration for different run modes |
57,067,256 | We have a multi-tenancy website. We are trying to use social share components where the url needs to be shared. Since we have a dispatcher configured, we are picking up the domain from a context aware configuration. How do we use different domains for environments based on run-modes
I have tried to use different ca-co... | 2019/07/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/57067256",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5077638/"
] | Sling context aware configurations don't work on run modes. For your current requirement you should be using Externalizer service which works basis sling maps, request origin and OSGI configs based on what method you choose.
<https://helpx.adobe.com/in/experience-manager/6-3/sites/developing/using/externalizer.html>
... | You can also use a 2-step approach. 1st you create a Run-Mode dependent OSGi config. 2nd you use the built-in **Override via OSGi configuration**.
See here: <https://sling.apache.org/documentation/bundles/context-aware-configuration/context-aware-configuration-override.html#override-via-osgi-configuration> |
9,801,170 | Currently i am studying ARM Cortex M3 micon from fujitsu.
What OS that has been ported to this micon?
I prefer proprietary OS.
Thanks a lot | 2012/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9801170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1282870/"
] | I would look at uCOS-II and FreeRTOS, both of which readily support Cortex M3. | Maybe you should look at [rt-thread](http://www.rt-thread.org/), [coocox](http://www.coocox.com/), [ecos](http://ecos.sourceware.org/).
All of these RTOSes support Cortex-M3. |
9,170 | When I go to <http://www.chessgames.com/>, I can search for matches that end in draws. However, I can not figure out how to filter those draws to specifically threefold repetition. How can I find these types of draws while filtering out the rest? | 2015/05/03 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/9170",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/2697/"
] | If you have a collection of games in PGN format, you could probably search for threefold repetitions using the [Chess Query Language](https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20160303173407/http://www.rbnn.com/cql/). In particular, you might look in the "Matching positions: the position list" portion of the manual at the provi... | There is an option in [pgn-extract](https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/%7Edjb/pgn-extract/) (--repetition) that will identify PGN games in which three-fold repetition occurs, regardless of whether the game is ended by it or not. Combined with the --markmatches option a comment can be added at the point(s) where this occurred fo... |
291,268 | Simon was feeling exhausted because\_\_\_\_
A) the baby wasn't sleeping all night
B) the baby hadn't slept all night
My book says choice "B" is correct, but I cannot understand why. Specifically, I want to understand it using the rules of verb tenses. The exercise is called "narrative tenses." | 2015/12/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291268",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Both are grammatically correct, but they are used in different circumstances.**
If the baby had been in the habit of not sleeping through the night, then choice A would be appropriate.
If the baby didn't sleep well just last night then B would be the one to use. | A is past continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that happened and is still happening at this moment. B is past perfect tense, meaning it happened in the past and is not happening at this moment. Because Simon's action is a reaction to a past situation (meaning the baby's action already happened and is n... |
291,268 | Simon was feeling exhausted because\_\_\_\_
A) the baby wasn't sleeping all night
B) the baby hadn't slept all night
My book says choice "B" is correct, but I cannot understand why. Specifically, I want to understand it using the rules of verb tenses. The exercise is called "narrative tenses." | 2015/12/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291268",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/149652/"
] | **Both are grammatically correct, but they are used in different circumstances.**
If the baby had been in the habit of not sleeping through the night, then choice A would be appropriate.
If the baby didn't sleep well just last night then B would be the one to use. | B, which uses "hadn't," is a better description of an event that has already ended. In this example, Simon feels exhausted because he was unable to get any sleep during the night. So the night is over, and we switch to a more perfect tense to describe what went on inside it.
<http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastp... |
291,268 | Simon was feeling exhausted because\_\_\_\_
A) the baby wasn't sleeping all night
B) the baby hadn't slept all night
My book says choice "B" is correct, but I cannot understand why. Specifically, I want to understand it using the rules of verb tenses. The exercise is called "narrative tenses." | 2015/12/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291268",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/149652/"
] | B, which uses "hadn't," is a better description of an event that has already ended. In this example, Simon feels exhausted because he was unable to get any sleep during the night. So the night is over, and we switch to a more perfect tense to describe what went on inside it.
<http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastp... | A is past continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that happened and is still happening at this moment. B is past perfect tense, meaning it happened in the past and is not happening at this moment. Because Simon's action is a reaction to a past situation (meaning the baby's action already happened and is n... |
30,329 | While seeing the series *Black sails*, there's an episode where two guys face each other in a pistol duel. While preparing the weapons, it is clearly seen that the assistants put a piece of cloth wrapping the bullets. Why is it done? | 2016/06/12 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30329",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/8655/"
] | Not sure about wrapping a bullet entirely, but muzzleloading firearms do generally require a patch of some kind (typically some sort of cloth or paper) between the ball and the powder. This is because the ball is made to be a slightly smaller diameter than the barrel, so it doesn't get stuck in the barrel while loading... | To elaborate on Patrick N's answer, the cloth is called "wadding."
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadding> |
62,932 | [Hessian](http://hessian.caucho.com) is a custom binary serialization protocol, (which is open-source - I think), that forms the basis for a binary cross platform remoting framework. I'd like to know if anyone here has used it, and if so, what sort of performance can we expect from a solution that bridges a Java app on... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62932",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6995/"
] | Have you looked at the HessianC# project (<http://www.hessiancsharp.org/>)? | This is the sort of problem that web services were designed to solve. Although no longer simple, the SOAP format allows you to serialize objects to an XML representation on a Java/C# application, transmit them across the wire and deserialize them in the corresponding Java/C# application (Java/C# may be replaced with vi... |
62,932 | [Hessian](http://hessian.caucho.com) is a custom binary serialization protocol, (which is open-source - I think), that forms the basis for a binary cross platform remoting framework. I'd like to know if anyone here has used it, and if so, what sort of performance can we expect from a solution that bridges a Java app on... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62932",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6995/"
] | I am author of [jni4net](http://jni4net.sf.net/), open source intraprocess bridge between JVM and CLR. It's build on top of JNI and PInvoke. No C/C++ code needed and it should be relatively fast. I'm not sure if marshalling by reference across boundary would solve your problem. | This is the sort of problem that web services were designed to solve. Although no longer simple, the SOAP format allows you to serialize objects to an XML representation on a Java/C# application, transmit them across the wire and deserialize them in the corresponding Java/C# application (Java/C# may be replaced with vi... |
62,932 | [Hessian](http://hessian.caucho.com) is a custom binary serialization protocol, (which is open-source - I think), that forms the basis for a binary cross platform remoting framework. I'd like to know if anyone here has used it, and if so, what sort of performance can we expect from a solution that bridges a Java app on... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62932",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6995/"
] | Have you looked at the HessianC# project (<http://www.hessiancsharp.org/>)? | Admitting "Soap is over-engineered" and then praising an implementation that un-engineers/abstracts it is like me writing this entry in French, and then asking you to use Google Translate to read it, and then in English praising Google Translate.
Binary Protocols are the way of the future. If you are prepared to write... |
62,932 | [Hessian](http://hessian.caucho.com) is a custom binary serialization protocol, (which is open-source - I think), that forms the basis for a binary cross platform remoting framework. I'd like to know if anyone here has used it, and if so, what sort of performance can we expect from a solution that bridges a Java app on... | 2008/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/62932",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6995/"
] | I am author of [jni4net](http://jni4net.sf.net/), open source intraprocess bridge between JVM and CLR. It's build on top of JNI and PInvoke. No C/C++ code needed and it should be relatively fast. I'm not sure if marshalling by reference across boundary would solve your problem. | Admitting "Soap is over-engineered" and then praising an implementation that un-engineers/abstracts it is like me writing this entry in French, and then asking you to use Google Translate to read it, and then in English praising Google Translate.
Binary Protocols are the way of the future. If you are prepared to write... |
169,735 | Reading [the US government's article on the testing requirements for travel to the US](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/covid-19_testing_required_US_Entry.html) (see the "Is there a specific test that must be taken?" section of the FAQ) , they specifically mention that you n... | 2021/11/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/169735",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/92456/"
] | According to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/naats.html):
>
> A Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, or NAAT, is a type of viral diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2
>
>
> (...)
>
>
> NAATs can use many different methods to amplify nucleic acids and detect the virus, including but not limited to:
> ... | Yes, a PCR (RT-PCR) test is one NAAT method to detect the COVID-19 virus.
>
> [How is the COVID-19 Virus Detected using Real Time RT-PCR? | IAEA](https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/how-is-the-covid-19-virus-detected-using-real-time-rt-pcr%23)
>
> RT–PCR is a variation of PCR, or polymerase chain reaction. The tw... |
167,635 | Long ago I read somewhere that it is best to buy houses that need some amount of rework rather than those in tip-top condition. The reasons given were:
1. There is less competition from other buyers so can be be bought more easily
2. Less money required from mortgage lender which is the loan on interest
Once such a h... | 2019/06/20 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/167635",
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] | The short answer is Yes, X-ray lead paint detectors can 'see' lead through top layers of non-lead paint.
But it depends to some degree on the thickness of the layers of paint as well as the type of X-ray detector 'gun' used.
There are 2 types used for lead detection: K X-rays and L X-rays.
The K X-rays have hig... | XRF is testing the exposed surface it is pointed at, it does not "penetrate" to see if there is anything below that. It's not an "X-Ray" as in a medical X-ray that sees *through* things, it USES an X-ray beam generator to "fluoresce" (make glow) any metals *on the surface* it is aimed at; think in terms of a fluorescen... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | I asked in the comments
>
> Is the work he was asked to perform usable by your company? Or was it
> a throwaway project that cannot be used?
>
>
>
You replied
>
> What's the point of a throwaway project? Of course I assign usable
> work. But for this case I haven't opened his project yet and I don't
> plan t... | The idea of doing the test and sending along an invoice seems to be pretty rare, mostly because it almost certainly means that the interviewee just wasted their chance at moving forward and spent whatever time was put into the test for nothing.
The sentiment that people don't want to spend hours on a technical test be... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | You are certainly not obliged to pay the invoice, since there was no "meeting of the minds" about paying for the work.
I personally don't think it's unreasonable to have some sort of coding exercise as part of an interview process. However, some employers have gone off the rails with this, and have coding exercises th... | The idea of doing the test and sending along an invoice seems to be pretty rare, mostly because it almost certainly means that the interviewee just wasted their chance at moving forward and spent whatever time was put into the test for nothing.
The sentiment that people don't want to spend hours on a technical test be... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | The idea of doing the test and sending along an invoice seems to be pretty rare, mostly because it almost certainly means that the interviewee just wasted their chance at moving forward and spent whatever time was put into the test for nothing.
The sentiment that people don't want to spend hours on a technical test be... | Leaving aside the specifics of your question for the moment, it is certainly becoming more common for candidates to be compensated for their time and/or money.
A very common example is where the candidate travels a long way for interview and/or has to stay overnight. In these cases mileage/travel and reasonable accom... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | I asked in the comments
>
> Is the work he was asked to perform usable by your company? Or was it
> a throwaway project that cannot be used?
>
>
>
You replied
>
> What's the point of a throwaway project? Of course I assign usable
> work. But for this case I haven't opened his project yet and I don't
> plan t... | You are certainly not obliged to pay the invoice, since there was no "meeting of the minds" about paying for the work.
I personally don't think it's unreasonable to have some sort of coding exercise as part of an interview process. However, some employers have gone off the rails with this, and have coding exercises th... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | I asked in the comments
>
> Is the work he was asked to perform usable by your company? Or was it
> a throwaway project that cannot be used?
>
>
>
You replied
>
> What's the point of a throwaway project? Of course I assign usable
> work. But for this case I haven't opened his project yet and I don't
> plan t... | Leaving aside the specifics of your question for the moment, it is certainly becoming more common for candidates to be compensated for their time and/or money.
A very common example is where the candidate travels a long way for interview and/or has to stay overnight. In these cases mileage/travel and reasonable accom... |
136,785 | I'm currently interviewing candidates for a back-end web development position. I ask them to perform some basic work (a real project, not a throwaway exercise) to get a sense for how they go about designing code and troubleshooting. I just had one candidate complete and send me his completed test, along with an invoice... | 2019/05/17 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/136785",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/104786/"
] | You are certainly not obliged to pay the invoice, since there was no "meeting of the minds" about paying for the work.
I personally don't think it's unreasonable to have some sort of coding exercise as part of an interview process. However, some employers have gone off the rails with this, and have coding exercises th... | Leaving aside the specifics of your question for the moment, it is certainly becoming more common for candidates to be compensated for their time and/or money.
A very common example is where the candidate travels a long way for interview and/or has to stay overnight. In these cases mileage/travel and reasonable accom... |
258,626 | I recently upgraded to 12.10 and found it was running a little slow. My laptop is a few years old and so I accept that the issue is probably my hardware.
When looking online I found it mentioned on many sites that installing Gnome3 would (or should) give me back my speed.
I found a few tutorials on You Tube and they... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/258626",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/133802/"
] | Maybe it's a problem with Ubuntu and Win 8 DualBoot as ist was reported here: <http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Linux-and-Windows-8-Fast-Startup-puts-data-at-risk-1780640.html>
What happened if you use Unity without Changes for a longer time? Also dataloss?
What happened if you use another Desktop like XFCE? | My laptop using dual boot too. With win8. but i'm installing ubuntu with fresh install not upgrade, and it works fine. To install Gnome just go to Terminal and type Sudo apt-get install gnome gnome-shell |
946,029 | The title really says it all. I have Skype on Windows 7 Professional, and I routinely set it from *online* to *busy/don't disturb*, *invisible* or *offline* depending on how much I can't answer to incoming calls/chat/support requests.
While I *may* sometimes "forget" to switch to a lower DEFCON state when the pressure... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/946029",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/166800/"
] | If you have a Hotmail / Outlook email account, visit outlook.com from your web browser and click on your profile picture (top right). Set the status to "Invisible".
Now quit your Skype application and open it again.
It resolved switching from Invisible to Online status.
Hope it helps. | Since I don't keep Skype for the sake of keeping Skype, but to communicate - and to do so whenever I want, and not at any other time - I looked for an alternative.
Google Hangouts has the same features I need of Skype (possibly it lacks God knows how many others -- but, not needing them, I wonder if I could care less)... |
682 | This question is more for me to understand the uses of convolution reverb, how to perform it, and clear up any misconceptions I have.
As I understand it, to create a convolution impulse you:
* Set up a speaker and measurement mic in the space you wish to model
* Play an impulse from the speaker and record the result.... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/220/"
] | You have a pretty thorough understanding of the process. To answer your questions:
*• What kind of equipment do you use to record in the field?*
There are no hard and fast rules but you should try to use as professional a product as you can get your hands on. A powered speaker is a must, so be sure you have a source ... | "I was told to use a sound file that is a click followed by a sine sweep, followed by another click."
Hmmm... Who told you that? If you record the response to a click, then that *is* the impulse response. It's literally the response of a room to an impulsive noise, like a click. No deconvolution or other processing ne... |
682 | This question is more for me to understand the uses of convolution reverb, how to perform it, and clear up any misconceptions I have.
As I understand it, to create a convolution impulse you:
* Set up a speaker and measurement mic in the space you wish to model
* Play an impulse from the speaker and record the result.... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/220/"
] | You have a pretty thorough understanding of the process. To answer your questions:
*• What kind of equipment do you use to record in the field?*
There are no hard and fast rules but you should try to use as professional a product as you can get your hands on. A powered speaker is a must, so be sure you have a source ... | I also had the impression that one could use just a static click for the impulse sound. I was thinking of using a start pistol for recording convolution impulses.
Now that I think of the click-sweep-click-theory, it could have the idea of gathering attack - pre delay - frequency response of the reflections - and lastl... |
682 | This question is more for me to understand the uses of convolution reverb, how to perform it, and clear up any misconceptions I have.
As I understand it, to create a convolution impulse you:
* Set up a speaker and measurement mic in the space you wish to model
* Play an impulse from the speaker and record the result.... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/220/"
] | You have a pretty thorough understanding of the process. To answer your questions:
*• What kind of equipment do you use to record in the field?*
There are no hard and fast rules but you should try to use as professional a product as you can get your hands on. A powered speaker is a must, so be sure you have a source ... | Be sure to use as flat a mic and speaker set as you can in terms of frequency response so that you capture as accurate an impulse response as possible. |
682 | This question is more for me to understand the uses of convolution reverb, how to perform it, and clear up any misconceptions I have.
As I understand it, to create a convolution impulse you:
* Set up a speaker and measurement mic in the space you wish to model
* Play an impulse from the speaker and record the result.... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/220/"
] | "I was told to use a sound file that is a click followed by a sine sweep, followed by another click."
Hmmm... Who told you that? If you record the response to a click, then that *is* the impulse response. It's literally the response of a room to an impulsive noise, like a click. No deconvolution or other processing ne... | Be sure to use as flat a mic and speaker set as you can in terms of frequency response so that you capture as accurate an impulse response as possible. |
682 | This question is more for me to understand the uses of convolution reverb, how to perform it, and clear up any misconceptions I have.
As I understand it, to create a convolution impulse you:
* Set up a speaker and measurement mic in the space you wish to model
* Play an impulse from the speaker and record the result.... | 2010/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/682",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/220/"
] | I also had the impression that one could use just a static click for the impulse sound. I was thinking of using a start pistol for recording convolution impulses.
Now that I think of the click-sweep-click-theory, it could have the idea of gathering attack - pre delay - frequency response of the reflections - and lastl... | Be sure to use as flat a mic and speaker set as you can in terms of frequency response so that you capture as accurate an impulse response as possible. |
68,585 | Is there any plugin or setting for firefox that can simplify the invalid SSL certificate process to a single click, or even not put up any errors and just display a warning indicator?
Working on a dev network using self-signed cerificates for initial design means contantly having to go through the 5 step process to gr... | 2009/09/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/68585",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11495/"
] | You can use this addon to change the certificate acceptance behavior in Firefox:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6843> | One thing you might want to consider doing is to simply self sign a wildcard certificate for use on your development network. Then install that wildcard cert on all the systems. Once you accept the certificate once it should be good everywhere. |
68,585 | Is there any plugin or setting for firefox that can simplify the invalid SSL certificate process to a single click, or even not put up any errors and just display a warning indicator?
Working on a dev network using self-signed cerificates for initial design means contantly having to go through the 5 step process to gr... | 2009/09/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/68585",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11495/"
] | Talk to your sysadmin. They can setup a CA on your domain (assuming a Windows network here). Have the dev servers use certs from that internal CA, which will be trusted by all machines on the domain. | One thing you might want to consider doing is to simply self sign a wildcard certificate for use on your development network. Then install that wildcard cert on all the systems. Once you accept the certificate once it should be good everywhere. |
466,673 | I have a circuit with a piezoelectric transducer which converts mechanical energy to electrical. The ceramic is connected to a 1 Megaohm resistor and a voltmeter which reads voltage.
If I want to determine the power generated, do I just use P=V^2/R? And if so, how do I account for fluctuating voltage values? For exam... | 2019/03/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/466673",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/195763/"
] | Your assumption of a three dimensional sphere is wrong, because we are in the General relativity framework in cosmology, i.e. we have space time, and the Big Bang happened , in the original model, at a (0,0,0,0) four dimensional point.
The three space dimensions are like the surface of a sphere ,in a two dimensional ... | Your intuition is faulty because you are imagining universe’s expansion as similar to the expansion of gases from a bomb blast. Something like the “front of the universe” is expanding and occupying some sort of imaginary space, moving away from a central point. A wrong intuition that may come from the name “Big Bang”.
... |
466,673 | I have a circuit with a piezoelectric transducer which converts mechanical energy to electrical. The ceramic is connected to a 1 Megaohm resistor and a voltmeter which reads voltage.
If I want to determine the power generated, do I just use P=V^2/R? And if so, how do I account for fluctuating voltage values? For exam... | 2019/03/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/466673",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/195763/"
] | Your assumption of a three dimensional sphere is wrong, because we are in the General relativity framework in cosmology, i.e. we have space time, and the Big Bang happened , in the original model, at a (0,0,0,0) four dimensional point.
The three space dimensions are like the surface of a sphere ,in a two dimensional ... | Einstein assumed space was isotropic and homogeneous because he believed the universe was closed.
And it simplified the model.
Also, an isotropic and homogeneous space is needed for constant curvature.
Cosmology principals assume the universe is isotropic and homogeneous - basically has a "stream line flow".
In... |
466,673 | I have a circuit with a piezoelectric transducer which converts mechanical energy to electrical. The ceramic is connected to a 1 Megaohm resistor and a voltmeter which reads voltage.
If I want to determine the power generated, do I just use P=V^2/R? And if so, how do I account for fluctuating voltage values? For exam... | 2019/03/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/466673",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/195763/"
] | Your intuition is faulty because you are imagining universe’s expansion as similar to the expansion of gases from a bomb blast. Something like the “front of the universe” is expanding and occupying some sort of imaginary space, moving away from a central point. A wrong intuition that may come from the name “Big Bang”.
... | Einstein assumed space was isotropic and homogeneous because he believed the universe was closed.
And it simplified the model.
Also, an isotropic and homogeneous space is needed for constant curvature.
Cosmology principals assume the universe is isotropic and homogeneous - basically has a "stream line flow".
In... |
410,596 | I'd like to know which character is output from which key, including with modifiers like ⌥ ⌘ ⇧ ⌃, including the character and its Unicode number.
Only the primary characters appear on my physical keyboard, but some less-known ones are produced with the modifiers.
This can actually be seen under System Preferences->Ke... | 2021/01/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/410596",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/351942/"
] | Use [Keyboard Viewer](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-the-keyboard-viewer-on-mac-mchlp1015/11.0/mac/11.0) instead of the preferences pane.
Use the Screenshot app found in Applications/Utilities to create shots of the different modifier levels.
I don't know of any easy way to get the Unicode numbers. Perh... | [This site](https://slcr.wsu.edu/help-pages/keyboards-osx/) provides a key-to-character mapping for the default US keyboard in Mac OSX. |
410,596 | I'd like to know which character is output from which key, including with modifiers like ⌥ ⌘ ⇧ ⌃, including the character and its Unicode number.
Only the primary characters appear on my physical keyboard, but some less-known ones are produced with the modifiers.
This can actually be seen under System Preferences->Ke... | 2021/01/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/410596",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/351942/"
] | The [Ukelele](https://software.sil.org/ukelele/) app suggested in [this answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/410598/24324) can give you a printout of the keyboard layout for every combination of modifier keys in the form of keyboard diagrams (not a list unfortunately). The resulting diagram looks like this:
[ instead of the preferences pane.
Use the Screenshot app found in Applications/Utilities to create shots of the different modifier levels.
I don't know of any easy way to get the Unicode numbers. Perh... |
410,596 | I'd like to know which character is output from which key, including with modifiers like ⌥ ⌘ ⇧ ⌃, including the character and its Unicode number.
Only the primary characters appear on my physical keyboard, but some less-known ones are produced with the modifiers.
This can actually be seen under System Preferences->Ke... | 2021/01/06 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/410596",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/351942/"
] | The [Ukelele](https://software.sil.org/ukelele/) app suggested in [this answer](https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/410598/24324) can give you a printout of the keyboard layout for every combination of modifier keys in the form of keyboard diagrams (not a list unfortunately). The resulting diagram looks like this:
[ provides a key-to-character mapping for the default US keyboard in Mac OSX. |
63,053,065 | We're encountering issues with using Flyway for database migrations with multiple nodes in parallel, backed by a PostgreSQL database behind [PgBouncer with transaction pooling](https://www.pgbouncer.org/features.html).
The problem is that when multiple nodes start up at the same time, Flyway gets an exclusive lock but... | 2020/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/63053065",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6282/"
] | At the moment, Flyway doesn't support PgBouncer, so you're seeing errors because of that lack of support. No work arounds from the developers currently. I'd suggest opening an issue on the [Community Github](https://github.com/flyway/flyway/issues). That's the best way to get changes in. | As a workaround, we're currently configuring two data sources for our application - one to PgBouncer as normal, and another with a single connection that's used solely for Flyway that bypasses PgBouncer and connects directly to the PostgreSQL back-end. |
8,842 | My fridge is sending bad clacks to my loudspeakers when it turns on/off, I fear for the tweeters. I'd add a snubber/suppressor to the compressor but my notions about RC filters from school are 15 years old and I have no idea how to dimension it.
It's an old european fridge, so mains are 220V 50Hz, and the compressor m... | 2011/01/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8842",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2560/"
] | The fridge may be dumping noise on your power line, but the real problem is the amplifier driving your speakers. Either the amp itself has bad line filtering, or your setup allows noise to get into its audio inputs.
Disconnect the audio input from the amp and see if the fridge can still cause clicks in the speakers. I... | You may want to consider using an [NTC inrush limiter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inrush_current_limiter) in series with the compressor instead of a snubber. Make sure you choose one well-sized for the steady-state current of the appliance.
You may also wish to try putting an appropriately-sized [metal-oxide varist... |
8,842 | My fridge is sending bad clacks to my loudspeakers when it turns on/off, I fear for the tweeters. I'd add a snubber/suppressor to the compressor but my notions about RC filters from school are 15 years old and I have no idea how to dimension it.
It's an old european fridge, so mains are 220V 50Hz, and the compressor m... | 2011/01/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/8842",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2560/"
] | The fridge may be dumping noise on your power line, but the real problem is the amplifier driving your speakers. Either the amp itself has bad line filtering, or your setup allows noise to get into its audio inputs.
Disconnect the audio input from the amp and see if the fridge can still cause clicks in the speakers. I... | Your fridge may have poor grounding. I've run into more than a few old ones that had a floating ground that intermittently 'closed' to Earth, one of which gave me my first close encounter with mains power (and later used to shock people at parties, but that is another tale). Measure the compressor chassis voltage versu... |
3,182,036 | I want to develop a good chat in my page, I know how to program in php, actionscript 2 and 3, and how to manage MySQL databases.
So, given that I know to program, what do you suggest? Any good tutorials for making one? good open source projects? Implication of using this technologies in chats? | 2010/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3182036",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/310648/"
] | I would recommend you use IRC - this way you don't have to worry about the server aspect.
Also, you should take a look at this Ajax-based IRC PHP Client:
<http://ajaxian.com/archives/mibbit-ajax-based-irc-client> | Take a look at [this](http://rad-dev.org/lithium_anologue/source) for how other people have implemented something similar. Perhaps consider an IRC backend to avoid creating your own system. |
31,680,259 | I have read through the documentation, and it seems that a SQL BATCH command and a transaction accomplish the same purpose, that is committing all statements as an all-or-nothing transaction.
Is this correct, or am I missing something?
I am using Orient through the PhpOrient language binding, and see that it supports... | 2015/07/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31680259",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2475951/"
] | SQL Batch
a) SQL Batch is just that a collection of commands that need to be executed without guaranteed of success or fail.
b) Batch Processing means things are put into queue and it is processed when a certain amount if items is reached, or when a certain period has passed. You can do undo/rollback in this.
In BAT... | >
> transaction
>
> Transactions are atomic units of work that can be committed or rolled back. When a transaction makes multiple changes to the database, either all the changes succeed when the transaction is committed, or all the changes are undone when the transaction is rolled back.
>
> Database transactio... |
18,709 | **1995 Blazer - 4.3 L Vortec V6 CMFI (vin W w/ PCM)**
230,000 miles
There are no trouble codes. This is a OBD-I or 1.5 system from a GM transitional year (I have the OBD-II style connector).
I have issues that are possibly related to the Evaporator Canister Purge system...
1. ~~Occasionally, I get "dieseling" (run-... | 2015/07/22 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/18709",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/11163/"
] | I removed the top hose (engine to canister) and drove. I still experienced the run-on, so I believe this conclusively rules out the canister as the cause of the dieseling.
I also found that the connection of this top hose to the metal tubing was very loose and possibly the cause of the gasoline smell. I put a hose cla... | There is a check valve in the vent line where the line sits in the gas tank. This valve, Looks like a ball bearing and a seat, closes the line off unless there is pressure. This allows the vapor, and vapor only, to travel to the canister. Some liquid will condense, but it should never be full of gas. |
47,387 | I've been hearing about triggers, and I have a few questions.
What are triggers?
How do I set them up?
Are there any precautions, aside from typical SQL stuff, that should be taken? | 2008/09/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47387",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/115/"
] | Triggers allow you to perform a function in the database as certain events happen (eg, an insert into a table).
I can't comment on mysql specifically.
Precaution: Triggers can be very alluring, when you first start using them they seem like a magic bullet to all kinds of problems. But, they make "magic" stuff happen... | This question is old and other answers are very good, but since the user asked about precautions that should be taken, I want to add something:
* If you use replication in a complex environment, don't make a massive use of Triggers, and don't call stored procedures from triggers.
* Triggers are slow in MySQL.
* You ca... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
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] | It sounds like you are not getting the level of detail you want due to the limited dynamic range of your camera. You could try shooting RAW to ensure that full usage of the dynamic range occurs (and to adjust the shadows to be dark while keeping the image bright). You could also try using HDR techniques (either in came... | Capturing translucency requires the viewer to identify light showing through the object-being-portrayed as coming through the object *from the background*.
This is not evident in either of your posted images. The object looks opaque due to the dominant lighting you have added from the camera-right side of the shot acc... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
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] | It sounds like you are not getting the level of detail you want due to the limited dynamic range of your camera. You could try shooting RAW to ensure that full usage of the dynamic range occurs (and to adjust the shadows to be dark while keeping the image bright). You could also try using HDR techniques (either in came... | With all my respects to some other answers. It has NOTHING to do with dynamic range or RAW. **Stan nailed it**.
You see your lamp translucent because you interact with it, you see it on the morning, and see it diferently on the evening or during the night.
(Here is a similar situation, where you know there are sparkl... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
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] | you have too much dynamic range. First of all shoot raw so you shoot the full dynamic range and can balance the different components to achive your desired depth and light play. Secondly, your highlights will be difficult not to clip. you could try a polariser, and turn it to dampen them a bit, just dont close them off... | Capturing translucency requires the viewer to identify light showing through the object-being-portrayed as coming through the object *from the background*.
This is not evident in either of your posted images. The object looks opaque due to the dominant lighting you have added from the camera-right side of the shot acc... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/25260/"
] | you have too much dynamic range. First of all shoot raw so you shoot the full dynamic range and can balance the different components to achive your desired depth and light play. Secondly, your highlights will be difficult not to clip. you could try a polariser, and turn it to dampen them a bit, just dont close them off... | With all my respects to some other answers. It has NOTHING to do with dynamic range or RAW. **Stan nailed it**.
You see your lamp translucent because you interact with it, you see it on the morning, and see it diferently on the evening or during the night.
(Here is a similar situation, where you know there are sparkl... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
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] | The problem here is the lighting and contrast. The first difficulty in capturing spheres in a realistic way is conveying that they are spheres instead of just flat circles. With light placed to the side and forward a bit towards the ball you'll see a light and dark side to the sphere, for example, and this kind of diff... | Capturing translucency requires the viewer to identify light showing through the object-being-portrayed as coming through the object *from the background*.
This is not evident in either of your posted images. The object looks opaque due to the dominant lighting you have added from the camera-right side of the shot acc... |
46,740 | I'm trying out my new DSLR (Nikon 5300) and 18-200 Nikkor lens. Long ago, I had a film SLR, but since then I've had point-and-shoot cameras. It's great to get back into SLRs again.
That said, here's my current obsession: capturing items that have some depth and translucence to them. There is this glass ball hanging in... | 2014/01/09 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46740",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/25260/"
] | The problem here is the lighting and contrast. The first difficulty in capturing spheres in a realistic way is conveying that they are spheres instead of just flat circles. With light placed to the side and forward a bit towards the ball you'll see a light and dark side to the sphere, for example, and this kind of diff... | With all my respects to some other answers. It has NOTHING to do with dynamic range or RAW. **Stan nailed it**.
You see your lamp translucent because you interact with it, you see it on the morning, and see it diferently on the evening or during the night.
(Here is a similar situation, where you know there are sparkl... |
13,203 | I have a Garmin Edge 500 with hear rate monitor, which I use while riding. Now I have all this hear rate data which I don't know how to apply. Can anyone point out how I should use this data for training, with the intention of racing? | 2012/11/13 | [
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] | As others have pointed, heart-rate alone is not enough to organize a comprehensive training program, and some preliminary steps (fitness tests, mostly) are necessary so that you can properly train guided by heart rate zones.
The main idea is the following: heart rate is one of the best measures of your physical effort... | In addition to Google/books ("Total Heart Rate Training" by Joel Friel is a worthwhile read, IMO) have an Active Metabolic Rate test, VO2Max test, or something similar performed at a sports lab to measure exactly where your zones are. Don't waste time with "214-(age\*0.8)" or other faith-based calculations. |
13,203 | I have a Garmin Edge 500 with hear rate monitor, which I use while riding. Now I have all this hear rate data which I don't know how to apply. Can anyone point out how I should use this data for training, with the intention of racing? | 2012/11/13 | [
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"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
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] | As others have pointed, heart-rate alone is not enough to organize a comprehensive training program, and some preliminary steps (fitness tests, mostly) are necessary so that you can properly train guided by heart rate zones.
The main idea is the following: heart rate is one of the best measures of your physical effort... | I would also recommend Friel's book.
Basically, to train with a HRM, you need to set up your zones. There are three ways of doing this:
1) Based on an estimated maximum heart rate. This is better than nothing, but not by a lot, as it is an average. If you have a big heart, this may result in zones that are too high, ... |
6,083 | 1. I buy BTC on Coinbase, let's assume that my BTC wallet address is publicly tied to my real identity.
2. I use ShapeShift to convert the BTC to XMR.
3. I receive the XMR in a wallet I've never used before on MyMonero
4. I send the XMR to someone else using MyMonero 'medium' privacy settings.
Is there any reasonable ... | 2017/09/20 | [
"https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/6083",
"https://monero.stackexchange.com",
"https://monero.stackexchange.com/users/3507/"
] | If "someone" doesn't have access to any of the services, there's no way he can tell that the final TX is connected to you.
If "someone" had access to only ShapeShift data, he'd know to which Monero address you withdrew, and how much. He could suspect when you move those funds elsewhere but never be sure if it was you ... | When you send BTC to shapeshift, shapeshift can see your Bitcoin wallet address. If shapeshift were to get hacked, and if shapeshift keeps records, then this means the XMR outputs that shapeshift sends to you can be tied to your Bitcoin wallet address and therefore to your real world identity.
However, this does not m... |
301,750 | As consumer is a countable noun, is consumer or consumers the right word in this sentence and why?
The final delivery service is one work aspect that is needed to be completed partially through **consumer** effort.
The final delivery service is one work aspect that is needed to be completed partially through **consum... | 2021/11/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/301750",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/117941/"
] | With some exceptions, nouns used as adjectives - to modify other nouns - are mostly singular. For example, '*customer* service'. In your specific example, '*consumer effort*' would be understood to be the effort made by consumers in general, and there is no need to pluralise it. Remember that 'consumer effort' doesn't ... | Nouns used as adjectives are nearly always used in the singular, even if the meaning is of several of that noun. Consider the many compound nouns you're familiar with where the first noun suggests many of those things, but are all singular: *classroom, computer store, car wash, card holder, costume designer,* and so fo... |
168,653 | For clarity
===========
It's already clear from several other questions that [a Glamour bard may not maintain concentration on Mantle of Majesty and another concentration spell at the same time](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/148896/can-you-use-a-concentration-spell-while-using-mantle-of-majesty). This is not... | 2020/05/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/168653",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/36136/"
] | You are effectively asking if a spellcast that is granted by a class feature that is not the *Spellcasting* feature is subject to the "only one non-cantrip spell may be cast per turn rule."
The answer is that it is and therefore you may not.
---------------------------------------------------
The rule for casting a b... | It counts as a bonus action spell, and thus you cannot cast another leveled spell on that turn
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The language of the feature is fairly clear:
>
> As a bonus action, you **cast** *command*...
>
>
>
Since you are casting a... |
1,914,605 | I just saw [this section of Unladen Swallow's documentation](http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpreter_Lock) come up on Hacker News. Basically, it's the Google engineers saying that they're not optimistic about removing the GIL. However, it seems as though there is discussion about th... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1914605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | The really short version is that currently python manages memory with a reference counting+a mark&sweep cycle collector scheme, optimized for latency (instead of throughput).
This is all fine when there is only a single mutating thread, but in a multi-threaded system, you need to synchronize all the times you modify ... | Tuna-Fish's answer basically covers it. If you want more details, there was a discussion about how the GIL could be removed without having *too* much of an effect on the reference counting here: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2009-October/006264.html> |
1,914,605 | I just saw [this section of Unladen Swallow's documentation](http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpreter_Lock) come up on Hacker News. Basically, it's the Google engineers saying that they're not optimistic about removing the GIL. However, it seems as though there is discussion about th... | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1914605",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2147/"
] | The really short version is that currently python manages memory with a reference counting+a mark&sweep cycle collector scheme, optimized for latency (instead of throughput).
This is all fine when there is only a single mutating thread, but in a multi-threaded system, you need to synchronize all the times you modify ... | I just found another point of view on this subject here: <http://renesd.blogspot.com/2009/12/python-gil-unladen-swallow-reference.html> |
25,559 | I'm in the process of editing my novel, and realized that it would be much better when narrated in third person. i was a much better person when it comes to writing in third person. Is there a good way to transfer from third to first person? Should I do it? Or is rewriting the only way? | 2016/12/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25559",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | Third person is not just a grammatical category, it is the whole angle of attack on the subject matter. Most particularly, the third person brings the protagonist into the frame (assuming, of course, that your narrator is your protagonist, which is usually the case when people start off in first person and then find it... | If you need to transform existing text, you must rewrite. No way around it.
If you want to shift the perspective mid-way through, it's easier. It requires a "zoom out" transition of story-within-story.
>
> I breathed hard, bleeding from many scratches, my hand broken, hanging limply, but I was drunk with elation in ... |
25,559 | I'm in the process of editing my novel, and realized that it would be much better when narrated in third person. i was a much better person when it comes to writing in third person. Is there a good way to transfer from third to first person? Should I do it? Or is rewriting the only way? | 2016/12/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25559",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | Third person is not just a grammatical category, it is the whole angle of attack on the subject matter. Most particularly, the third person brings the protagonist into the frame (assuming, of course, that your narrator is your protagonist, which is usually the case when people start off in first person and then find it... | By "transfer" I presume you mean transition, leaving the beginning of the story in first person, and just start writing in 3rd.
That's going to seem weird, I wouldn't do it. Rewrite from third person in the first place.
You also need to decide **which** form of 3rd person you want to use, and stick to it.
* 3P Omnis... |
25,559 | I'm in the process of editing my novel, and realized that it would be much better when narrated in third person. i was a much better person when it comes to writing in third person. Is there a good way to transfer from third to first person? Should I do it? Or is rewriting the only way? | 2016/12/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25559",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/22598/"
] | Third person is not just a grammatical category, it is the whole angle of attack on the subject matter. Most particularly, the third person brings the protagonist into the frame (assuming, of course, that your narrator is your protagonist, which is usually the case when people start off in first person and then find it... | The process isn't the big deal others seem to think it is. I don't believe there are hard and fast rules to writing but I believe an author should apply a set of rules to a particular work.
Ask yourself a very simple question: what is the effect of continuing a scene after the 1st person narrator leaves the room?
Ans... |
25,559 | I'm in the process of editing my novel, and realized that it would be much better when narrated in third person. i was a much better person when it comes to writing in third person. Is there a good way to transfer from third to first person? Should I do it? Or is rewriting the only way? | 2016/12/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25559",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/22598/"
] | By "transfer" I presume you mean transition, leaving the beginning of the story in first person, and just start writing in 3rd.
That's going to seem weird, I wouldn't do it. Rewrite from third person in the first place.
You also need to decide **which** form of 3rd person you want to use, and stick to it.
* 3P Omnis... | If you need to transform existing text, you must rewrite. No way around it.
If you want to shift the perspective mid-way through, it's easier. It requires a "zoom out" transition of story-within-story.
>
> I breathed hard, bleeding from many scratches, my hand broken, hanging limply, but I was drunk with elation in ... |
25,559 | I'm in the process of editing my novel, and realized that it would be much better when narrated in third person. i was a much better person when it comes to writing in third person. Is there a good way to transfer from third to first person? Should I do it? Or is rewriting the only way? | 2016/12/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/25559",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/22598/"
] | By "transfer" I presume you mean transition, leaving the beginning of the story in first person, and just start writing in 3rd.
That's going to seem weird, I wouldn't do it. Rewrite from third person in the first place.
You also need to decide **which** form of 3rd person you want to use, and stick to it.
* 3P Omnis... | The process isn't the big deal others seem to think it is. I don't believe there are hard and fast rules to writing but I believe an author should apply a set of rules to a particular work.
Ask yourself a very simple question: what is the effect of continuing a scene after the 1st person narrator leaves the room?
Ans... |
4,159,193 | i have just gone through making some basic apps on android and was wondering
how to get graphics on the screen....and how to go about
developing something like the tom cat application first and then go onto games...
could you'll plz point me in the right direction as to how to approach this...
and wat all it requires? | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4159193",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/502310/"
] | I highly recommend you read [through this series of tutorials](http://www.droidnova.com/playing-with-graphics-in-android-part-i,147.html) to get you started with drawing 2D graphics on Android for games. | It sound like you are new to development, if yes: you should read more basic
Everything is on android development official site.
Ho through basic and learn math then you will be able to do complex apps like Tom cat |
4,159,193 | i have just gone through making some basic apps on android and was wondering
how to get graphics on the screen....and how to go about
developing something like the tom cat application first and then go onto games...
could you'll plz point me in the right direction as to how to approach this...
and wat all it requires? | 2010/11/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4159193",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/502310/"
] | The Android API "Lunar Lander" got me started on 2D gaming. Of course, it's now apparent that there are flaws in it the demo, but still.. It gives you an idea of how to draw objects on the screen. | It sound like you are new to development, if yes: you should read more basic
Everything is on android development official site.
Ho through basic and learn math then you will be able to do complex apps like Tom cat |
26,369,509 | I have been learning Storm and Samza in order to understand how stream processing engines work and realized that both of them are standalone applications and in order to process an event I need to add it to a queue that is also connected to stream processing engine. That means I need to add the event to a queue (which ... | 2014/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/26369509",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4142929/"
] | My understanding is that the goal of using a framework like Storm is to offload the heavy processing (whether cpu-bound, I/O-bound or both) from the application/web servers and keep them responsive.
Consider that each application server may have have to serve a large number of concurrent requests, not all of them havi... | you are right to consider that sending data across the network will consume more time of the total processing time.
However, these frameworks (Storm, Spark, Samza, Flink) were created to process a lot of data that potentially does not fit in memory of one computer. So, if we use more than one computer to process the da... |
3,278,871 | i know Java,not Objective-c but like to program IPHONE and IPAD.
now i need to use some sort of framework directly for device communication and function
communication(http connection API,barcode reader API,remote file access API,twitter API)
is there any framework that is written in Java using GWT.
i saw phoneGAP.but... | 2010/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3278871",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/153506/"
] | GWT is a Java-based framework. GWT or wrappers around GWT will not work on the iPhone or iPad, because native app development for those platforms requires writing code in C, Objective C or C++.
As a service to your fellow Stack Overflow users and for people who search old questions on Stack Overflow, please mark some... | You cannot create a native iphone/ipad app using GWT (except perhaps through PhoneGap), but you can create a web page using GWT which will run on a server. The iphone/ipad can then access the app using it's browser. With HTML 5, you can do some advanced things such as access the GPS store data in a local database etc. |
3,278,871 | i know Java,not Objective-c but like to program IPHONE and IPAD.
now i need to use some sort of framework directly for device communication and function
communication(http connection API,barcode reader API,remote file access API,twitter API)
is there any framework that is written in Java using GWT.
i saw phoneGAP.but... | 2010/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3278871",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/153506/"
] | Why not use PhoneGap? I've used it for a GWT based application and it works great. You just need to wrap the PhoneGap API that you need in a JSNI call, but otherwise it works great. | You cannot create a native iphone/ipad app using GWT (except perhaps through PhoneGap), but you can create a web page using GWT which will run on a server. The iphone/ipad can then access the app using it's browser. With HTML 5, you can do some advanced things such as access the GPS store data in a local database etc. |
19,156,972 | I'm writing a small text-based adventure in C# that uses the command prompt for everything, and I'm looking for a way to change the colour of outputted text. None of the methods I've looked at have worked properly. | 2013/10/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19156972",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2842262/"
] | ls -l
Or, if you're running Windows:
DIR
Or you can get some info from VSTs (Virtual System Tables) like \_Logging.\_Logging-BiLogSize. | The Virtual System Tables are your best bet when checking from within a Progress program.
If you're checking the BI size from the command prompt:
* fire up ProMon on the database
* Choose the option R&D
* Choose option 1, Status displays
* Choose option 9, BI Log
This will show you the size of all the bi logs for th... |
47,432,562 | I was wondering what would be the recommended way to host a long running scheduled task in AWS.
Currently we have an EC2 instance (windows) in charge of triggering our app every few hours. This task will take between 1-3 hours depending on the number of items to process.
* Lambda does not seem to be appropriate sinc... | 2017/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47432562",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4478810/"
] | I would recommend AWS Step Functions. Very easy to implement. Part of the AWS Serverless Platform.
[AWS Step Functions](https://aws.amazon.com/step-functions/)
>
> AWS Step Functions makes it easy to coordinate the components of
> distributed applications and microservices using visual workflows.
> Building applic... | [Using AWS Lambda with Scheduled Events](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/with-scheduled-events.html) would let you create an AWS Lambda that will respond to a scheduled event. This Lambda could then trigger your app. Your app doesn't need to be in a Lambda itself. |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/767",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/120/"
] | One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your... | Couchsurfing.org,
Servas.org,
Hospitalityclub.net,
and the like.
You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members. Most users search for a place they plan to go to. You would search for the place you are already at.
Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.
I... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/767",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/120/"
] | I prefer dating sites.
Granted that narrows the selection to mostly people who're looking for romantic relationships, but it still is a great way to find a large pool of locals who are actively interested in meeting new people. And dating can just as often lead to lifelong friendship as it can to romantic relationship... | Couchsurfing.org,
Servas.org,
Hospitalityclub.net,
and the like.
You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members. Most users search for a place they plan to go to. You would search for the place you are already at.
Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.
I... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/767",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/120/"
] | I have gone now through 10 relocations from 6 months to 4 years stay and gathered some methods to improve chances to meet people. My realization is that it is finally almost never a single item but rather a combination of all things that will help you. I will leave out the obvious clubs, sports and work-related topics ... | Couchsurfing.org,
Servas.org,
Hospitalityclub.net,
and the like.
You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members. Most users search for a place they plan to go to. You would search for the place you are already at.
Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.
I... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | I have gone now through 10 relocations from 6 months to 4 years stay and gathered some methods to improve chances to meet people. My realization is that it is finally almost never a single item but rather a combination of all things that will help you. I will leave out the obvious clubs, sports and work-related topics ... | I prefer dating sites.
Granted that narrows the selection to mostly people who're looking for romantic relationships, but it still is a great way to find a large pool of locals who are actively interested in meeting new people. And dating can just as often lead to lifelong friendship as it can to romantic relationship... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your... | Couchsurfing - not only hosting, but attending the weekly meetings - helped me a lot: I found not only travelers, but also expats living in the city, and locals too. Especially if you live in a bigger city, you might always find smaller or bigger events (a hike, a potluck, movie night or party), or just try to organize... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | We’ve talked about “how” as in methods, resources, but there’s another factor that one might want to know how to overcome: <http://www.fluentin3months.com/shy-solution/>
A lame attempt at a summary:
5 crazy ways to get over shyness immediately, no drink/drugs required
1. HOST Couchsurfers (i.e., be a host)
2. Become... | Couchsurfing.org,
Servas.org,
Hospitalityclub.net,
and the like.
You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members. Most users search for a place they plan to go to. You would search for the place you are already at.
Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.
I... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | Couchsurfing - not only hosting, but attending the weekly meetings - helped me a lot: I found not only travelers, but also expats living in the city, and locals too. Especially if you live in a bigger city, you might always find smaller or bigger events (a hike, a potluck, movie night or party), or just try to organize... | Couchsurfing.org,
Servas.org,
Hospitalityclub.net,
and the like.
You don’t have to offer or receive lodging to contact other members. Most users search for a place they plan to go to. You would search for the place you are already at.
Also one of the many sites for meeting people who want to practice a language.
I... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | I have gone now through 10 relocations from 6 months to 4 years stay and gathered some methods to improve chances to meet people. My realization is that it is finally almost never a single item but rather a combination of all things that will help you. I will leave out the obvious clubs, sports and work-related topics ... | One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/767",
"https://expatriates.stackexchange.com",
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] | One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your... | We’ve talked about “how” as in methods, resources, but there’s another factor that one might want to know how to overcome: <http://www.fluentin3months.com/shy-solution/>
A lame attempt at a summary:
5 crazy ways to get over shyness immediately, no drink/drugs required
1. HOST Couchsurfers (i.e., be a host)
2. Become... |
767 | If you're moving somewhere new, and want to meet other expats, then we've got a [great question on how to meet other expats when you move to a new country](https://expatriates.stackexchange.com/questions/357/meeting-other-expats-when-you-move-to-a-new-country). Alongside that though, you might want to meet and make fri... | 2014/03/23 | [
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] | One strategy is to pursue some activity you already practiced back home (sport, music, dance, volunteering…) or pick up a new one. If you live in an area with a lot of expats or work for a large international company, a university or an international organization, avoid going only to the sports facility offered by your... | I prefer dating sites.
Granted that narrows the selection to mostly people who're looking for romantic relationships, but it still is a great way to find a large pool of locals who are actively interested in meeting new people. And dating can just as often lead to lifelong friendship as it can to romantic relationship... |
49,746,080 | I've already googled it, seems some people are complaining the Visual Studio 15.6 version that this trouber has begun.
-I've already tried uninstall Java 9 and back to Java 1.8.0\_161 with no success
-I've already tried changing last line of "apksigner.bat" to:
call "%java\_exe%" %javaOpts% -classpath "%frameworkdir%"... | 2018/04/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49746080",
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] | I have faced the same problem when I updated my VS to 15.6.1. I remember that I have spend about 1.5 day to make my VS work. Finally, I made it by reinstalling the Android SDK, you can look [here](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/209865/cannot-deploy-xamarin-forms-app-error-install-pars.html?... | VS 15.6.6 / java 1.8.0\_162
Originally failing to find keystore even though both were present.
Did a Repair
Now get apksigner.bat exited with code 1 |
561,062 | In Leonard Susskind's video lecture on the Higgs Boson, he uses a model of a box made from very light, very reflective material containing photons, explaining how in this way, for example, the proton can get its mass. Would it be intuitive to think that a smaller container would make the box more massive due to more re... | 2020/06/22 | [
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] | Simply putting the photons in a smaller box does not change the gravitational mass of the box + photons, because the box will contain the same amount of energy. This is not quite true, because when the photons are closer together they have lower gravitational potential energy, so the overall energy is very slightly red... | It's not the reflections that make the box massive, it is the energy. If you put the same energy in a smaller box, the box isn't more massive.
Furthermore, it is not necessarily easy to describe what "a reflection" is in a small box, because radiation is a wave and does not undergo isolated reflection events, the way ... |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
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] | Why not throw in a third choice:
*#3* - Close the account and generate a one-time use coupon code with the credit balance value (and e-mail it to the user).
If the user decides to come back he/she can top his/her account up with the coupon code. | If a user wants to close their account, assign the credit to the e-mail address.
Whenever they decide to sign up again (same e-mail address), assign this credit back to their account.
Notify them before closing their account. |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
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] | I would go with the first Option "Warn the user that closing their account will forfeit their credit" but as you mentioned this might create frustration when it comes to real money, even its only cents.
You can reduce this frustration by donating the money to a charity, therefore you can reinforce your brand image als... | If a user wants to close their account, assign the credit to the e-mail address.
Whenever they decide to sign up again (same e-mail address), assign this credit back to their account.
Notify them before closing their account. |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
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] | I like to take informed decisions myself, so I recommend (1). If you keep me from deleting my account (to stop those annoying newsletters, for example), even if I am willing to lose money, I'd be really angry.
The really user-friendly offer (just to mention this :-) would be to offer to transfer my credit (to another... | First, you have State laws. In some cases you are not allowed to extinguish (read: pocket) stored value, nor are you allowed to have the same effect by "nibbling it down" with monthly, storage or inactivity fees. For instance that applies to pretty much every retail gift card (McDonalds, Target, AMC theaters, etc. Beca... |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
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] | I would go with the first Option "Warn the user that closing their account will forfeit their credit" but as you mentioned this might create frustration when it comes to real money, even its only cents.
You can reduce this frustration by donating the money to a charity, therefore you can reinforce your brand image als... | I like to take informed decisions myself, so I recommend (1). If you keep me from deleting my account (to stop those annoying newsletters, for example), even if I am willing to lose money, I'd be really angry.
The really user-friendly offer (just to mention this :-) would be to offer to transfer my credit (to another... |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/119096",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would go with the first Option "Warn the user that closing their account will forfeit their credit" but as you mentioned this might create frustration when it comes to real money, even its only cents.
You can reduce this frustration by donating the money to a charity, therefore you can reinforce your brand image als... | While the existing thoughts here are well, there are legal dimensions that may redefine everything you're thinking about — and complicating #1
Credits, in some states, are like gift cards. The value cannot expire and you cannot just drop it without giving the person a way to transfer it into a 'movable' form - like a ... |
119,096 | I'm working with a site with member accounts. Those accounts can have credits attached (say from a referral incentive, a voucher, or a prize). The credits can then be spent in the site's shop - they're a dollar value in the same currency the site uses.
I am wondering how to handle a user closing their account while it... | 2018/06/27 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/119096",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | While the existing thoughts here are well, there are legal dimensions that may redefine everything you're thinking about — and complicating #1
Credits, in some states, are like gift cards. The value cannot expire and you cannot just drop it without giving the person a way to transfer it into a 'movable' form - like a ... | If a user wants to close their account, assign the credit to the e-mail address.
Whenever they decide to sign up again (same e-mail address), assign this credit back to their account.
Notify them before closing their account. |