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14,692 | I found this sentence on the internet:
>
> Seems like society **leveled itself out** once again.
>
>
>
What does *level out* mean here? I have looked up OALD, and it defines *level out/off* as:
>
> level off/out
>
> 1 to stop rising or falling and remain horizontal.
>
> *The plane levelled off at 1500 f... | 2013/12/20 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/14692",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/1473/"
] | (To)Level out stands for work on an area to make it even, smooth and free of indents, dents or dings.
Figuratively, if some person or group levels out, it comes ahead of its shortcomings, no more ups and downs, and it can have a smooth riding future. | I couldn't find OALD, but I believe that the online [Oxford Dictionary](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/level) should be close enough. A similar definition for ***level out***/***off*** can be found under *verb* sense 2.
>
> 2 [*no object*] (**level off/out**) begin to fly horizontally after clim... |
415,877 | I followed some advice I found here for a replacement for Disk Inventory X
[OSX disk space shows 200GB as "other"](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/388549/osx-disk-space-shows-200gb-as-other#answer-388581)
I installed the DaisyDisk app and it worked very well, however now my machine is constantly overheating... | 2021/03/16 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/415877",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/131099/"
] | You may want to reinstall it and use "[AppCleaner](http://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/)" to properly remove it and all of its remnants. | If you installed it from the App Store you can delete it from LaunchPad or Finder. Finder moving it to trash works for the direct download version of the app. Spotlight should reveal the location of the app in most cases. |
31,670 | I have an 8 year old son who refuses to use the restroom. He does #1 in toilet but not #2. This has been going on for less than a year, I'd say about 8 months now. Before that, his potty routine was normal. Out of nowhere he started refusing to go. I've asked him if there's any reason to why he doesn't use the toilet a... | 2017/09/08 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/31670",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/29589/"
] | >
> What can I do to make him use the restroom like he used to?
>
>
>
My son went through something similar when he was young, and in my case it was just a battle of wills. I said to him you need to **poopy in the potty**. I would repeat this phrase over and over again. I would sit with him in the bathroom until h... | I don't know if this will help you but I must share my experience as what we did HELPED!!! 1. We had NO idea our (completely healthy)teen child was having issues with what I NOW know is called soiling/encopresis. I had no idea it was a thing or that my poor child had been dealing with it for YEARS. THEY didn't even kno... |
31,670 | I have an 8 year old son who refuses to use the restroom. He does #1 in toilet but not #2. This has been going on for less than a year, I'd say about 8 months now. Before that, his potty routine was normal. Out of nowhere he started refusing to go. I've asked him if there's any reason to why he doesn't use the toilet a... | 2017/09/08 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/31670",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/29589/"
] | The first thing which needs to be done is that the child needs to see a pediatrician who specializes in *encopresis*, or a pediatric gastroenterologist. Once a child past the age of 4 starts soiling their pants, it might be a medical problem. (There are medical conditions that start earlier, but they are usually recogn... | I don't know if this will help you but I must share my experience as what we did HELPED!!! 1. We had NO idea our (completely healthy)teen child was having issues with what I NOW know is called soiling/encopresis. I had no idea it was a thing or that my poor child had been dealing with it for YEARS. THEY didn't even kno... |
1,393,216 | I have an strange problem.
This is Microsoft Office 365 under Windows 10 and I don't remember when, but every time I start the computer, Excel is opened with a blank workbook.
I looked at startup tab in task manager and it is not there.. I also saw in Settings -> Applications -> Startup and it is not there two.
Do y... | 2019/01/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1393216",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/524721/"
] | It turns out that this may be caused by a so-called feature of Microsoft.
Short answer:
Windows Settings->Accounts->Sign-In Options->Privacy->Off
Longer answer:
<https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/microsoft-word-and-excel-2016-automatically-opens/8d5869df-0212-4f04-9fac-c7e99256a005> | The issue might be from a startup application or service which is opening excel at startup.
Run msconfig from the run dialog(Windows Key + R) to open the System Configuration. From the General Tab choose Selective StartUp, uncheck Load startup items(this will disable all startup items seen in the Task Manager). Apply ... |
19,680 | I mean through out the whole show cars are depicted almost exactly the same as cars from our time, except for the lack of wheels. You would think that people 1000 years more advanced than us would be able to come up with a new design. | 2012/06/29 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/19680",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/7446/"
] | I say it's nostalgia and marketing...As evidence for this I reference the existence of New New York, Mom's Friendly Robot Company ads and just human nature in general. For every viewpoint, you can use nostalgia to sell it! That, I believe, is the simple, unadorned reason that cars look the same in the year 3000. | The requirements for a car in 3000AD are probably very similar to those of cars today i.e. get people around comfortably, safely and cheaply, so they'll end up with broadly similar designs. Certainly demands of fashion will affect the decorative bits that car designers add to distinguish their models, but until materia... |
5,019,360 | I have made a webapp for my android phone where I can check the sales at my store when I'm not there.
I would like to have notifications on my phone whenever a sale is made.
What is the best way of doing this? Any existing android apps that I can configure to check a php-script every 2 minutes or something? | 2011/02/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5019360",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/348776/"
] | Try using XMPP to send a message to yourself, which you can receive via gtalk on the phone. Alternatively, an email, SMS, etc. | Could you rig up an RSS feed and use a feed reader to notify you? |
31,946,407 | I have a C# application using Oracle database and Entity Framework 5. Oracle client is version 12c R1. My application uses database first approach. I'm trying to run the app using Visual Studio Enterprise 2015. When I access the edmx file and I try to update the model from the database, it gives me the following error:... | 2015/08/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31946407",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4791851/"
] | I believe it is because not yet out ODT version compatible with Visual Studio 2015. Wait or will have no choice for now?
[Oracle Developer Tools](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/visual-studio/overview/index.html) | I installed the Oracle Developer Tools for 2015 but still could not get this to work. When I would attempt to do an Update Model from Database with Entity Framework, I encountered this error below.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tKQM6.jpg)
So I did as ... |
130,462 | I am doing some hands-on training with Kali linux and one of the exercise I came across was to make an exe file containing malicious payload(say to obtain reverse shell), send it to a victim and hope for the victim to download the exe file. If he/she downloads it, it is fairly easy after that.
Now this isn't tricky a... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/130462",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/110848/"
] | There are a number of ways that people attempt to mitigate these attacks.
**External**
* Prevent spam filter from allowing MIME types frequently associated with malware (it's highly unlikely there is a business relevant reason to send .exe or .bat files for instance)
* Use Anti-Virus as .exe's can be detected even a... | You'd be surprised how successful something like this can be - especially for a typical user who may not have any security controls in place. Also, I would argue that if you are able to convince a user to execute code you have provided, a malicious exploit is probably not even necessary - (i.e. "Microsoft Tech Support ... |
130,462 | I am doing some hands-on training with Kali linux and one of the exercise I came across was to make an exe file containing malicious payload(say to obtain reverse shell), send it to a victim and hope for the victim to download the exe file. If he/she downloads it, it is fairly easy after that.
Now this isn't tricky a... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/130462",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/110848/"
] | There are a number of ways that people attempt to mitigate these attacks.
**External**
* Prevent spam filter from allowing MIME types frequently associated with malware (it's highly unlikely there is a business relevant reason to send .exe or .bat files for instance)
* Use Anti-Virus as .exe's can be detected even a... | First and foremost you can adopt a firewall policy of "allow what's needed, block the rest". That will only go so far because your malicious outgoing link may take advantage of a hole you have poked in the firewall.
Enterprise grade products will "hook" certain functions like connect(). By hooking the function an anal... |
130,462 | I am doing some hands-on training with Kali linux and one of the exercise I came across was to make an exe file containing malicious payload(say to obtain reverse shell), send it to a victim and hope for the victim to download the exe file. If he/she downloads it, it is fairly easy after that.
Now this isn't tricky a... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/130462",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/110848/"
] | You'd be surprised how successful something like this can be - especially for a typical user who may not have any security controls in place. Also, I would argue that if you are able to convince a user to execute code you have provided, a malicious exploit is probably not even necessary - (i.e. "Microsoft Tech Support ... | First and foremost you can adopt a firewall policy of "allow what's needed, block the rest". That will only go so far because your malicious outgoing link may take advantage of a hole you have poked in the firewall.
Enterprise grade products will "hook" certain functions like connect(). By hooking the function an anal... |
31,423 | I'm just starting to use CiviCRM. So I realize that this could be a very dumb question.
I'm trying to deduplicate contacts by name AND surname. When I create a new deduplicating rule using name and surname, it looks like it gets all the contacts with the same name OR surname.
For example, if I have
* Mario Rossi
* ... | 2019/07/19 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/31423",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/7271/"
] | Welcome to CiviCRM SE. Eileen's answer is definitely the right place to start, but you might want to look at a related question that I asked about the built-in (reserved) de-duplicate rules, as they aren't entirely clear from the documentation. It says "NAME" in the description, but actually uses the fields "First Name... | I think this blog does a reasonable job of describing it <https://civicrm.org/blog/spidersilk/understanding-civicrm-dedupe-rules>
Here are the official docs
<https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/common-workflows/deduping-and-merging/>
* but we could do with pulling some in from the docs
Basically you need to che... |
17,955 | Just like it says in the title, how can I store blocks of cheese for max shelf life? I will be making a grilled cheese sandwich and shredding 3 varieties of cheese (cheddar, swiss, parm(?)) and I am afraid that I won't be able to use three whole blocks on one sandwich. | 2011/09/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/17955",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/3818/"
] | Hard, aged cheeses like cheddar and Parmesan are fine to freeze, particularly if you're going to be melting them when you get around to using them anyway. Freezing causes ice particles to break up the molecules of the cheese, and when they thaw, they leave holes in what was (prior to freezing) a pretty smooth cheese. S... | The best way to keep cheese in the fridge ... and the way I've made semisoft cheeses like cheddar last 6-10 weeks, sometimes more:
1. Wrap the cheese in butcher paper, or baking parchment if you can't get butcher paper.
2. Enclose the wrapped cheese in a plastic grocery bag or plastic wrap.
3. Each time you slice off ... |
17,955 | Just like it says in the title, how can I store blocks of cheese for max shelf life? I will be making a grilled cheese sandwich and shredding 3 varieties of cheese (cheddar, swiss, parm(?)) and I am afraid that I won't be able to use three whole blocks on one sandwich. | 2011/09/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/17955",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/3818/"
] | Hard, aged cheeses like cheddar and Parmesan are fine to freeze, particularly if you're going to be melting them when you get around to using them anyway. Freezing causes ice particles to break up the molecules of the cheese, and when they thaw, they leave holes in what was (prior to freezing) a pretty smooth cheese. S... | I've had good luck simply storing the cheese tightly wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator. If you use a good quality wrap material and wrap it tightly, the cheese will stay dry and also not lose moisture.
In the past I tried using ziploc bags, evacuating air before sealing, but the simple plastic wrap approach ... |
17,955 | Just like it says in the title, how can I store blocks of cheese for max shelf life? I will be making a grilled cheese sandwich and shredding 3 varieties of cheese (cheddar, swiss, parm(?)) and I am afraid that I won't be able to use three whole blocks on one sandwich. | 2011/09/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/17955",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/3818/"
] | The best way to keep cheese in the fridge ... and the way I've made semisoft cheeses like cheddar last 6-10 weeks, sometimes more:
1. Wrap the cheese in butcher paper, or baking parchment if you can't get butcher paper.
2. Enclose the wrapped cheese in a plastic grocery bag or plastic wrap.
3. Each time you slice off ... | I've had good luck simply storing the cheese tightly wrapped in plastic wrap in the refrigerator. If you use a good quality wrap material and wrap it tightly, the cheese will stay dry and also not lose moisture.
In the past I tried using ziploc bags, evacuating air before sealing, but the simple plastic wrap approach ... |
307,168 | Why I can't feel the actual speed of plane when the plane in the sky? I mean I cannot judge how fast the plane is going in terms of the light on the ground and I feel it is flying so slow. How can I explain this mismatch? | 2017/01/24 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/307168",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/118807/"
] | You do not feel speed, you only feel acceleration, or other forces, like those from the wind on your face - and you cannot feel that in a plane.
So you do feel something when the plane is accelerating, taking off, sometimes when it banks, or in bad weather.
But a plane's speed is typically steady, unchanging, for mos... | I believe it's an illusion that has to do more with cognitive science. The treatment of objects movements and the evaluation of their speed is done pretty unconsciously through different visual areas of the cortex. [Some people for example cannot perceive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinetopsia) motion even though t... |
203,057 | I just realized that both seems to mean the same thing. However, I am not sure if this is something that's context-dependent or not. What do you think?
For example:
>
> I pressed and used the buttons at the right time and in the right
> combination.
>
>
> I pressed and used the buttons at the right time and with ... | 2019/03/30 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/203057",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/91596/"
] | Interesting question! I've never thought about this before.
This might depend on the individual and the dialect, so I will only be answering for myself and Australian English.
**In** a combination is used to describe a series of actions (for example, pressing buttons) being done in a particular order. The actions the... | I suggest using *I pressed and used the buttons in combination with right time and right combination*. If you'd like to use *with the right combination* I think you should add *of sth* after combination, i.e. *with the right combination of sth* Please refer to [this post](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/769... |
5,095,525 | After discovering jQuery a few years ago, I realized how easy it was to really make interactive and user friendly websites without writing books of code. As the projects increased in size, so did also the time required to carry out any debugging or perhaps implementing a change or new feature.
From reading various bl... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5095525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198128/"
] | Check out this book, mainly chapter 10 <http://jqfundamentals.com/book/index.html#chapter-10> | My suggestion would be is to isolate as much javascript as possible into external js files, outside of your views, and simply reference them in the headers. Not only does this allow javascript re-use from page to page, but it separates your concerns on a fair level, spreading out your code to allow for easier debugging... |
5,095,525 | After discovering jQuery a few years ago, I realized how easy it was to really make interactive and user friendly websites without writing books of code. As the projects increased in size, so did also the time required to carry out any debugging or perhaps implementing a change or new feature.
From reading various bl... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5095525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198128/"
] | Both Backbone.js and JavascriptMVC are great examples of using a framework to organize large projects in a sane way ([SproutCore](http://www.sproutcore.com/) and [Cappuccino](http://cappuccino.org/) are nice too). I definitely suggest you choose a standard way of deal with data from the server, handling events from the... | Check out this book, mainly chapter 10 <http://jqfundamentals.com/book/index.html#chapter-10> |
5,095,525 | After discovering jQuery a few years ago, I realized how easy it was to really make interactive and user friendly websites without writing books of code. As the projects increased in size, so did also the time required to carry out any debugging or perhaps implementing a change or new feature.
From reading various bl... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5095525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198128/"
] | Both Backbone.js and JavascriptMVC are great examples of using a framework to organize large projects in a sane way ([SproutCore](http://www.sproutcore.com/) and [Cappuccino](http://cappuccino.org/) are nice too). I definitely suggest you choose a standard way of deal with data from the server, handling events from the... | My suggestion would be is to isolate as much javascript as possible into external js files, outside of your views, and simply reference them in the headers. Not only does this allow javascript re-use from page to page, but it separates your concerns on a fair level, spreading out your code to allow for easier debugging... |
5,095,525 | After discovering jQuery a few years ago, I realized how easy it was to really make interactive and user friendly websites without writing books of code. As the projects increased in size, so did also the time required to carry out any debugging or perhaps implementing a change or new feature.
From reading various bl... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5095525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198128/"
] | I would like to recommend using javascript in a functional style which can be helped by abstractions like [coffeescript](http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/) and [underscore.js](http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/).
Also minimising the cross module interaction and relying on an event driven code is a gr... | My suggestion would be is to isolate as much javascript as possible into external js files, outside of your views, and simply reference them in the headers. Not only does this allow javascript re-use from page to page, but it separates your concerns on a fair level, spreading out your code to allow for easier debugging... |
5,095,525 | After discovering jQuery a few years ago, I realized how easy it was to really make interactive and user friendly websites without writing books of code. As the projects increased in size, so did also the time required to carry out any debugging or perhaps implementing a change or new feature.
From reading various bl... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5095525",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/198128/"
] | Both Backbone.js and JavascriptMVC are great examples of using a framework to organize large projects in a sane way ([SproutCore](http://www.sproutcore.com/) and [Cappuccino](http://cappuccino.org/) are nice too). I definitely suggest you choose a standard way of deal with data from the server, handling events from the... | I would like to recommend using javascript in a functional style which can be helped by abstractions like [coffeescript](http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/) and [underscore.js](http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/).
Also minimising the cross module interaction and relying on an event driven code is a gr... |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | **Solved**!
Step;
1. Clean your project
2. Generate signed yours bundle/.apk file
3. Uncheck the "Remember password"
4. Manually put your password at "Key store password" and "Key password"
5. Click Next and you Done!.
*Android studio update bring this bug.* | I faced the same problem. Android Studio saves passwords in a bad format.
I solved it by typing the password manually again. |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | It is a bug in Android Studio 4.2.+
You have to manually type password each time you generate signed APK! | I faced the same problem. Android Studio saves passwords in a bad format.
I solved it by typing the password manually again. |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | **Solved**!
Step;
1. Clean your project
2. Generate signed yours bundle/.apk file
3. Uncheck the "Remember password"
4. Manually put your password at "Key store password" and "Key password"
5. Click Next and you Done!.
*Android studio update bring this bug.* | It is a bug in Android Studio 4.2.+
You have to manually type password each time you generate signed APK! |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | **Solved**!
Step;
1. Clean your project
2. Generate signed yours bundle/.apk file
3. Uncheck the "Remember password"
4. Manually put your password at "Key store password" and "Key password"
5. Click Next and you Done!.
*Android studio update bring this bug.* | Android Studio tries to use the ASCII which is generated as you give your passwords but as it tries to re generate it based on your system language and datetime it can differ in some charachters. So, in some special cases it is better to use your keyboard to type your password.
![Generate Signed Bundle or APK](https:/... |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | **Solved**!
Step;
1. Clean your project
2. Generate signed yours bundle/.apk file
3. Uncheck the "Remember password"
4. Manually put your password at "Key store password" and "Key password"
5. Click Next and you Done!.
*Android studio update bring this bug.* | You can resolve it quickly by **deleting the keystore file and create a new one** from the Build -> Generate signed bundle/APK -> APK -> create new options.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/78EnQ.png) |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | It is a bug in Android Studio 4.2.+
You have to manually type password each time you generate signed APK! | Android Studio tries to use the ASCII which is generated as you give your passwords but as it tries to re generate it based on your system language and datetime it can differ in some charachters. So, in some special cases it is better to use your keyboard to type your password.
![Generate Signed Bundle or APK](https:/... |
66,144,093 | This happens in Android Studio Beta. Used to work in the other builds as I recall. Now, I either have to generate a new key every time I generate the apk or manually enter my password due to this error. My password is ASCII. Simple characters A thru Z and a thru z. It takes the key just fine, but the next time I try to... | 2021/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66144093",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/443654/"
] | It is a bug in Android Studio 4.2.+
You have to manually type password each time you generate signed APK! | You can resolve it quickly by **deleting the keystore file and create a new one** from the Build -> Generate signed bundle/APK -> APK -> create new options.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/78EnQ.png) |
5,469,736 | I want paste button only when I select copy option. When copy option is not selected the paste button should not come on the screen.
How can I do it? | 2011/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5469736",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Where is the best place to start?
>
>
>
Here: <http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc3> | I wrote a blog post on [Dealing with javascript or JSON results after an AJAX call with Ajax.ActionLink, unobtrusive AJAX and MVC 3](http://www.sharpedgesoftware.com/Blog/2011/02/27/dealing-with-javascript-or-json-results-after-an-ajax-call-with-ajaxactionlink-unobtrusive-ajax-and-) that might help you along. |
5,469,736 | I want paste button only when I select copy option. When copy option is not selected the paste button should not come on the screen.
How can I do it? | 2011/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5469736",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> Where is the best place to start?
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>
>
Here: <http://www.asp.net/mvc/mvc3> | I always found pluralsight tutorials very helpful and they have a couple on MVC3.
<http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/olt/courses.aspx>
Alternatively check out this article by Jon Galloway which lists lots of tutorials and resources:
<http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2011/03/17/asp-net-mvc-3-roundu... |
5,469,736 | I want paste button only when I select copy option. When copy option is not selected the paste button should not come on the screen.
How can I do it? | 2011/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5469736",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I always found pluralsight tutorials very helpful and they have a couple on MVC3.
<http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/olt/courses.aspx>
Alternatively check out this article by Jon Galloway which lists lots of tutorials and resources:
<http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2011/03/17/asp-net-mvc-3-roundu... | I wrote a blog post on [Dealing with javascript or JSON results after an AJAX call with Ajax.ActionLink, unobtrusive AJAX and MVC 3](http://www.sharpedgesoftware.com/Blog/2011/02/27/dealing-with-javascript-or-json-results-after-an-ajax-call-with-ajaxactionlink-unobtrusive-ajax-and-) that might help you along. |
1,191,444 | I'd like to ask if there's a way to make chrome extension ONLY activated in incognito mode.
I only want the extension activated in incognito mode and disabled in normal browsing.
I do hope there's a way and thanks in advance. | 2017/03/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1191444",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/710152/"
] | You can't do exactly this.
Closest way is to create a separate Chrome Profile and install extensions there. | You can do this but for that you require Opera Browser. Activating Extensions Only in Incognito is not possible in Chrome, Switch to Opera. |
16,377 | My cat catches a lot of mice and birds. It always leaves the heart, perfectly intact. My question is, what about the tails of the mice, the feathers of the birds? I sometimes find some feathers but never all of them. Does the cat eat it, and why does it leave the heart? | 2017/02/10 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/16377",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Cats are very picky with what they eat. Although hearts have a lot of good nutrients for cats, if a cat doesnt like the texture or taste, it might just reject it. Cats most likely won't eat the feathers or the tails, as they are harder to digest, but might occasionally eat a few.
Although this is unrelated, and not a... | Maybe the hearts are too tough to eat even with their sharp teeth, or maybe they are actually poisonous and therefore inedible. If either is the case, the cat knows, and therefore leaves it alone. As for the feathers, I think they are discarded since they're most likely as useless to the cat as the hearts. |
16,377 | My cat catches a lot of mice and birds. It always leaves the heart, perfectly intact. My question is, what about the tails of the mice, the feathers of the birds? I sometimes find some feathers but never all of them. Does the cat eat it, and why does it leave the heart? | 2017/02/10 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/16377",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Cats remove the feathers by licking them, and they’ll inevitably swallow some of them in the process; their mouth structure doesn’t really allow spitting stuff out like ours does.
If it’s “your” cat, I assume you feed them? If so, they hunt primarily because their instincts tell them to, not for nutrition. They may ea... | Maybe the hearts are too tough to eat even with their sharp teeth, or maybe they are actually poisonous and therefore inedible. If either is the case, the cat knows, and therefore leaves it alone. As for the feathers, I think they are discarded since they're most likely as useless to the cat as the hearts. |
16,377 | My cat catches a lot of mice and birds. It always leaves the heart, perfectly intact. My question is, what about the tails of the mice, the feathers of the birds? I sometimes find some feathers but never all of them. Does the cat eat it, and why does it leave the heart? | 2017/02/10 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/16377",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Cats are very picky with what they eat. Although hearts have a lot of good nutrients for cats, if a cat doesnt like the texture or taste, it might just reject it. Cats most likely won't eat the feathers or the tails, as they are harder to digest, but might occasionally eat a few.
Although this is unrelated, and not a... | Cats remove the feathers by licking them, and they’ll inevitably swallow some of them in the process; their mouth structure doesn’t really allow spitting stuff out like ours does.
If it’s “your” cat, I assume you feed them? If so, they hunt primarily because their instincts tell them to, not for nutrition. They may ea... |
11,424 | Me and my sister in law bought a house. We asked her help to acquire the loan. She signed the mortgage loan for a 5 year contract, and we got the house. Me and my wife paid all the expenses and down payment for the house, my sister in law never gave a single cent for acquiring the house.
The title stated she has 5% sh... | 2016/07/07 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/11424",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I can't help with the relationship issues: here are the legal issues.
1. She legally owns 5% of the house and you own 95%
2. I presume that the loan agreement is a contract between you, her and the lender so removing her name from the loan is at the discretion of the lender, not you or her. I would be very surprised i... | You don't need to do anything - (or I won't) let her move to perfect her claimed interest. You have facts to show pattern of payment (600 that sets a contract) and other facts which would result in minimum costs - 1st get a comparable value of the house -in order to determine what 5% represents - let's say, the house n... |
302,220 | I saw that a chatroom event is going to be held. What is special about chatroom events? Aren't they just the same as the usual chatting? I went to the FAQ and the Help Center, but I see no useful information there. | 2015/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/302220",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/5133585/"
] | Chatroom events are just easy ways for moderators of a room to communicate a scheduled function. They can be created with any purpose in mind, much like their real life counterparts.
In the StackOverflow Python chat, we typically schedule our [room meetings as events](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/info/6/python... | They're just like real-life meetings, which are ultimately just people talking as they usually would. The difference is that the people are talking about something specific, in a pre-determined place, at a pre-determined time. If you didn't do that, you would not be able to guarantee that all interested parties were pr... |
196,904 | Without warning, a wizard casts *telepathy* targeting a friend who is on a different continent.
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> You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature with which you are familiar.
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How is it decided whether the target is willing? Does the wizard get 6 seconds to quickly introduce herself? D... | 2022/03/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/196904",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/46827/"
] | ### Short answer, you will need to establish an agreement ahead of time. As the check occurs before the connection is ever established.
This is apparently not a spell used for cold calling.
As explained by @Fie (emphasis theirs)
>
> according to the spell targetting rules in XGE (pp. 85–6), the validity of the targ... | The rules don't specify the exact mechanism, so the GM will need to adjudicate.
If the target of the spell is a PC, the GM will need to give the player enough information to decide if the player is willing.
If the target of the spell is an NPC, the GM will need to decide for the NPC.
The GM may want to establish hou... |
196,904 | Without warning, a wizard casts *telepathy* targeting a friend who is on a different continent.
>
> You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature with which you are familiar.
>
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How is it decided whether the target is willing? Does the wizard get 6 seconds to quickly introduce herself? D... | 2022/03/18 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/196904",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/46827/"
] | On further review, later in the spell description it says (emphasis added):
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> Until the spell ends, you and the target can instantaneously share words, images, sounds, and other sensory messages with one another through the link, **and the target recognizes you as the creature it is communicating with**.
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... | The rules don't specify the exact mechanism, so the GM will need to adjudicate.
If the target of the spell is a PC, the GM will need to give the player enough information to decide if the player is willing.
If the target of the spell is an NPC, the GM will need to decide for the NPC.
The GM may want to establish hou... |
66,273,005 | I am trying to integrate my spring boot application with docusign for sending the documents and getting it signed from the users. I am not able to do it because I am not getting as how to get the JWT token to call the API's. I have downloaded the java code example from the docusign and configured accordingly. I am able... | 2021/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/66273005",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6057802/"
] | I have figured out the solution myself. It's the issue with the session management and security in the example code. If I call any API from rest template there is no session at the beginning and it requires a JWT. So I need to pass a session Id in the header which is active and holds the value of the current user. | The Code Example Launchers that we have for Java do operate on SpringBoot and has an example framework for creating JWT tokens, they should work for you out of the box.
Usually when we see someone getting stuck at a 302 it's because the application isn't following provided redirects -- most commonly when the baseUrl b... |
1,679,371 | I have an ID (number format) that has trailing decimals in the source data. I need to retain the rounded number (see example attached) and have the trailing decimals removed from the data. The decimals are causing upload issues/error into a system that I use.
I have tried formatting to number and removing decimal plac... | 2021/10/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1679371",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | All of IP addresses 1 - 7 may well exist only between your laptop and the 4G modem. As the whole path is wired, there's no way to set up a MITM in between; unless there's another way to access your firewall. The 4G modem requires connection to a service provider, and it will only connect to the provider who provided th... | Your carrier is free to use any rfc1918 (ie private soace) in their network for parts you dont need to be able to reach - indeed doing this can save real IP space. You have not pointed out where your world routable or CGN IP is defined, and doing this could be useful in you understanding how tnings fit together.
Also ... |
84,684 | Do we need to make changes for Salesforce Fast deploy to deploy our code via ANT migration tool ? OR does Salesforce take care of it automatically ?
I would like to find some documentation which states that we don't have to make any changes for fast deploy. | 2015/07/23 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/84684",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/13059/"
] | If you will go through [this](http://releasenotes.docs.salesforce.com/en-us/winter15/release-notes/rn_quick_deployment.htm) article, it is clearly written :
When deploying to non-production environments (sandbox), Apex tests aren’t required and aren’t run automatically. ***When using Metadata API (including the Force.... | I may be wrong here. But thought its worth to put my thoughts.
Once you validate using ANT, you can go to salesforce and use the quick deploy feature. Guess as of now, through ANT quick deploy is not supported into prod instance. |
84,410 | In the second theme of the recapitulation of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata where the bass line goes into the treble clef and the bass register becomes part of the melody, I see the marking ***ben tenuto il basso***. I tried looking it up last night and couldn't find an answer. Google translate said that this means "wel... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/84410",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/9749/"
] | Finding the edition the OP referred to (<https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/11070/torat>) didn't take long.
It's the sort of marking that always reminds me of a John Cleese joke in *Fawlty Towers*: "You should be on *Mastermind*. Specialist subject, the bleedin' obvious."
Looking through the editors of edi... | It simply means you need to play the bass tenuto.
In this case I'd say he means the bass line in the treble clef, but it would help to see the relevant passage.
(To me tenuto and fermata are quite different, i.e. I wouldn't describe it like that. Tenuto means you should hold the note to the maximum full value, but d... |
379,117 | I just set up nginx as a http/https reverse proxy and it worked well.
After that, I realized that for some domains ftp services are available. I was able to install ftp.proxy and it also works well, although it just handles one single domain.
My question is: Is there any possibility to reverse proxy ftp services base... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/379117",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/81551/"
] | There's a G-WAN [rewrite example here](http://gwan.com/developers#handler) (look at the second handler source code, the first handler example illustrates FLV pseudo-streaming). | You can Use a virtual host, or even an alias, see the [G-WAN FAQs](http://gwan.com/faq#listener).
For more elaborate rewrites, you can use a handler, some examples are provided in the download archive. |
22,702 | *This question continues story of [one ESA vs NASA battle on Mars](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22573/how-will-my-nerdy-mars-astronauts-do-battle-between-their-colonies). I tried to put everything important into this question. Also, being from Europe, I took ESA side as the one winning:*
* **Year:... | 2015/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22702",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2071/"
] | **NASA/ESA Repsonse**
*Surprise*
The officials should be shocked. After Houston kept telling the astronauts, for example, to 'just learn to get along,' they will have decided to take things into their own hands and through a series of discussions in 'safe' spaces or on notes of paper, they planned their battles. It w... | While there would be the usual coverup/deflect/finger pointing aspect of bureaucratic and political response, I suspect that there would be another level of response, which is the sheer bloody mindedness of people.
Many people will have been invested in the project, and of course the astronauts will have been celebrit... |
22,702 | *This question continues story of [one ESA vs NASA battle on Mars](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22573/how-will-my-nerdy-mars-astronauts-do-battle-between-their-colonies). I tried to put everything important into this question. Also, being from Europe, I took ESA side as the one winning:*
* **Year:... | 2015/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22702",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2071/"
] | **NASA/ESA Repsonse**
*Surprise*
The officials should be shocked. After Houston kept telling the astronauts, for example, to 'just learn to get along,' they will have decided to take things into their own hands and through a series of discussions in 'safe' spaces or on notes of paper, they planned their battles. It w... | The most effective way for the US and EU to defuse any political fallout over the rogue actions of a bunch of scientists is to *call it exactly that in public*. Admit to their errors in judgement in choosing (as yet unknown) members of the Mars teams who could go on to commit murder, and state that the number one prior... |
22,702 | *This question continues story of [one ESA vs NASA battle on Mars](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22573/how-will-my-nerdy-mars-astronauts-do-battle-between-their-colonies). I tried to put everything important into this question. Also, being from Europe, I took ESA side as the one winning:*
* **Year:... | 2015/08/16 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/22702",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2071/"
] | The most effective way for the US and EU to defuse any political fallout over the rogue actions of a bunch of scientists is to *call it exactly that in public*. Admit to their errors in judgement in choosing (as yet unknown) members of the Mars teams who could go on to commit murder, and state that the number one prior... | While there would be the usual coverup/deflect/finger pointing aspect of bureaucratic and political response, I suspect that there would be another level of response, which is the sheer bloody mindedness of people.
Many people will have been invested in the project, and of course the astronauts will have been celebrit... |
920 | It is well-known that we can learn a lot about the structure of the lower crust, mantle, and core by observing the ways in which they refract different kinds of seismic waves.
Do we have any *other* ways of imaging the deeper parts of the Earth, though? | 2014/05/13 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/920",
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] | Gravity can be used to investigate the lower crust and upper mantle (see for example [Fullea et al, 2014](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jag.2014.02.003)). Satellite measurements of gravity could even be used to investigate deeper structures in the mantle, like subducting slabs ([Panet, 2014](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2... | One interesting and relatively new technique is by the detection of [geoneutrinos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoneutrino). These particles are produced by radioactive decay in the Earth's interior. They are uncommonly suitable for probing the deep Earth because -- unlike most particles and waves -- they can travel t... |
920 | It is well-known that we can learn a lot about the structure of the lower crust, mantle, and core by observing the ways in which they refract different kinds of seismic waves.
Do we have any *other* ways of imaging the deeper parts of the Earth, though? | 2014/05/13 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/920",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
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] | Gravity can be used to investigate the lower crust and upper mantle (see for example [Fullea et al, 2014](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.jag.2014.02.003)). Satellite measurements of gravity could even be used to investigate deeper structures in the mantle, like subducting slabs ([Panet, 2014](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2... | Inverse problems are some of the most important mathematical problems in science and mathematics. Inverse problems arise in many branches of geophysics, medical imaging, remote sensing, ocean acoustic tomography, nondestructive testing, astronomy, physics and many other fields.
Geophysicists remotely measure the seism... |
920 | It is well-known that we can learn a lot about the structure of the lower crust, mantle, and core by observing the ways in which they refract different kinds of seismic waves.
Do we have any *other* ways of imaging the deeper parts of the Earth, though? | 2014/05/13 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/920",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/67/"
] | One interesting and relatively new technique is by the detection of [geoneutrinos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoneutrino). These particles are produced by radioactive decay in the Earth's interior. They are uncommonly suitable for probing the deep Earth because -- unlike most particles and waves -- they can travel t... | Inverse problems are some of the most important mathematical problems in science and mathematics. Inverse problems arise in many branches of geophysics, medical imaging, remote sensing, ocean acoustic tomography, nondestructive testing, astronomy, physics and many other fields.
Geophysicists remotely measure the seism... |
13,102 | I am in the process of building a dining table out of solid walnut. I don't have the skills or equipment to make the tabletop myself, so I got my wood supplier to do it for me. The tabletop is 6/4 walnut, 7' long by 40" wide, and is made up of 6 smaller boards glued together. The shop is reputable and seems to know wha... | 2021/09/18 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/13102",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/2909/"
] | >
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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3/16” over the length and width of the table isn’t much; if you put the top on the base and leave it unattached, it might flatten out on its own after a week or two. You could encourage it by putting something heavy, like a box of books (or two) in the middle. Whe... | There are a couple reasons for cupping like this. The first is assembly if you don't pay attention to the glue up job or don't actually make your joints square, you can get this, sometimes with rather exaggerated bends. It doesn't really sound like that is the case here, and I would certainly hope that a professional s... |
27,969 | In an "alternate universe" where NASA continued to receive a mandate, funding and public support at say peak Apollo levels, could another ten or twenty years have gotten boots on Mars, with astronauts in those boots?
Or would there be some clear technical challenge that really needed several more decades of developmen... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27969",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | I second what Edlothiad suggested, Mars Direct would have been perfectly feasible. Mars Direct was created and proposed mainly by Dr. Robert Zubrin. His approach to a human Mars mission was precisely to find a way to do it using the available technology and not using technologies that are still in development or experi... | There's always the thought that if you put enough money/resources behind a project, you can do anything, and while this is true in many cases, the amount of resources needed without key innovations can be astronomical and ultimately prohibitive. An example I often cite is the Pyramids- they were built without the wheel... |
27,969 | In an "alternate universe" where NASA continued to receive a mandate, funding and public support at say peak Apollo levels, could another ten or twenty years have gotten boots on Mars, with astronauts in those boots?
Or would there be some clear technical challenge that really needed several more decades of developmen... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27969",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | I second what Edlothiad suggested, Mars Direct would have been perfectly feasible. Mars Direct was created and proposed mainly by Dr. Robert Zubrin. His approach to a human Mars mission was precisely to find a way to do it using the available technology and not using technologies that are still in development or experi... | It seems strange to me that no one has mentioned Project Orion (1958-1965), a theoretical study of using atomic bombs to launch rockets and propel them in interplanetary space.
That would have been many times more efficient than chemical rockets and the members of project Orion hoped that it would enable manned lunar ... |
27,969 | In an "alternate universe" where NASA continued to receive a mandate, funding and public support at say peak Apollo levels, could another ten or twenty years have gotten boots on Mars, with astronauts in those boots?
Or would there be some clear technical challenge that really needed several more decades of developmen... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27969",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | **Probably yes**. To add to the other already excellent answers: There is the very relevant blog [Spaceflight History](https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/) which focusses on "space exploration history told through missions & programs that didn't happen".
It has many [postings regarding Mars](https://spaceflighthi... | There's always the thought that if you put enough money/resources behind a project, you can do anything, and while this is true in many cases, the amount of resources needed without key innovations can be astronomical and ultimately prohibitive. An example I often cite is the Pyramids- they were built without the wheel... |
27,969 | In an "alternate universe" where NASA continued to receive a mandate, funding and public support at say peak Apollo levels, could another ten or twenty years have gotten boots on Mars, with astronauts in those boots?
Or would there be some clear technical challenge that really needed several more decades of developmen... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27969",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | **Probably yes**. To add to the other already excellent answers: There is the very relevant blog [Spaceflight History](https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/) which focusses on "space exploration history told through missions & programs that didn't happen".
It has many [postings regarding Mars](https://spaceflighthi... | It seems strange to me that no one has mentioned Project Orion (1958-1965), a theoretical study of using atomic bombs to launch rockets and propel them in interplanetary space.
That would have been many times more efficient than chemical rockets and the members of project Orion hoped that it would enable manned lunar ... |
27,969 | In an "alternate universe" where NASA continued to receive a mandate, funding and public support at say peak Apollo levels, could another ten or twenty years have gotten boots on Mars, with astronauts in those boots?
Or would there be some clear technical challenge that really needed several more decades of developmen... | 2018/06/20 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/27969",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/12102/"
] | It seems strange to me that no one has mentioned Project Orion (1958-1965), a theoretical study of using atomic bombs to launch rockets and propel them in interplanetary space.
That would have been many times more efficient than chemical rockets and the members of project Orion hoped that it would enable manned lunar ... | There's always the thought that if you put enough money/resources behind a project, you can do anything, and while this is true in many cases, the amount of resources needed without key innovations can be astronomical and ultimately prohibitive. An example I often cite is the Pyramids- they were built without the wheel... |
16,006 | From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_%28fictional%29#DC_Comics>
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> Mutants play a smaller, but still substantial role in DC Comics
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However, that particular Wiki article only mentions very few mutants (Captain Comet, and a couple of Batman adversaries), neither of whom strike me as important enough to... | 2012/05/03 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/16006",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/976/"
] | The issue at hand is the DC Universe's definition of mutant. Finishing off your quote:
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This is to say by DC standar... | DC steers away from the Marvel version of *mutant*, perhaps because it plays such a major role at the *House of Ideas* or simply because they feel no need. There are mutants within the DC Universe and have been for some time; the first I can recall is ***Captain Comet*** who, if memory serves, left the Earth *because* ... |
30,072 | So far in Dead Island I've noticed white, green, blue, and purple items. These seem to indicate different rarities, similar to the classification system used in Borderlands, but I don't know what these colors actually mean. Is green more rare than blue? What are the different rarity colors? | 2011/09/10 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30072",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/"
] | So far, here are all the colors I've found ordered in quality (based on overall stats when compared to one of lesser color and also how often I see weapons of that color):
white->green->blue->purple->orange
The in game text during loading says that some of the quest rewards gives you unique weapons, and (assuming Gab... | Orange are the super rare or legendary weapons. Purple are rare, blue and green are rare but tend to be less rare than others. |
30,072 | So far in Dead Island I've noticed white, green, blue, and purple items. These seem to indicate different rarities, similar to the classification system used in Borderlands, but I don't know what these colors actually mean. Is green more rare than blue? What are the different rarity colors? | 2011/09/10 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/30072",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/207/"
] | So far, here are all the colors I've found ordered in quality (based on overall stats when compared to one of lesser color and also how often I see weapons of that color):
white->green->blue->purple->orange
The in game text during loading says that some of the quest rewards gives you unique weapons, and (assuming Gab... | As Ashley Nunn points out in an [answer to another question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/46137/8366), the Dead Island wiki [explains each color in detail](http://deadisland.wikia.com/wiki/Item_Rarity):
>
> There are a total of FIVE different levels of rarity for an item in Dead Island. These are:
>
>
> * Whi... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | "As a user of X, I need to know how X works" seems like a legitimate user story to me. This could result in written documentation or online help.
The point isn't just code--it's meeting the users' requirements. | Ideally, documentation is part of every user story and never builds up. But, in the real world, that often doesn't happen. In that case, you should create a user story for catching up on a specific missing piece of documentation.
You're right, it doesn't produce any code. But it does satisfy a user requirement and sho... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | Ideally, documentation is part of every user story and never builds up. But, in the real world, that often doesn't happen. In that case, you should create a user story for catching up on a specific missing piece of documentation.
You're right, it doesn't produce any code. But it does satisfy a user requirement and sho... | I agree with pdr's documentation assessment if its about requirement, technical or project documentation. Ideally it should be incorporated into sprint work.
Product documentation I feel is very different as it is an actual user requested deliverable and directly provides value to the user. This should be understood o... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | Ideally, documentation is part of every user story and never builds up. But, in the real world, that often doesn't happen. In that case, you should create a user story for catching up on a specific missing piece of documentation.
You're right, it doesn't produce any code. But it does satisfy a user requirement and sho... | In our organization, the tooling team, in charge of our maintaining and enhancing our continuous integration system is using Scrum to help them manage their work. They are not writing code but they are practicing Scrum nonetheless.
To answer your question specifically, I would ask if the team considers that the docume... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | "As a user of X, I need to know how X works" seems like a legitimate user story to me. This could result in written documentation or online help.
The point isn't just code--it's meeting the users' requirements. | I agree with pdr's documentation assessment if its about requirement, technical or project documentation. Ideally it should be incorporated into sprint work.
Product documentation I feel is very different as it is an actual user requested deliverable and directly provides value to the user. This should be understood o... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | "As a user of X, I need to know how X works" seems like a legitimate user story to me. This could result in written documentation or online help.
The point isn't just code--it's meeting the users' requirements. | In our organization, the tooling team, in charge of our maintaining and enhancing our continuous integration system is using Scrum to help them manage their work. They are not writing code but they are practicing Scrum nonetheless.
To answer your question specifically, I would ask if the team considers that the docume... |
128,840 | We need to do some user documentation for a product we have been working on for the past few sprints. We are now starting a new project in the next sprint and the PO is making the documentation for the product produced previously a User story for this sprint.
I am just wondering your opinion on this approach. Personal... | 2012/01/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/128840",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40251/"
] | I agree with pdr's documentation assessment if its about requirement, technical or project documentation. Ideally it should be incorporated into sprint work.
Product documentation I feel is very different as it is an actual user requested deliverable and directly provides value to the user. This should be understood o... | In our organization, the tooling team, in charge of our maintaining and enhancing our continuous integration system is using Scrum to help them manage their work. They are not writing code but they are practicing Scrum nonetheless.
To answer your question specifically, I would ask if the team considers that the docume... |
46,316 | Pleasures for us is pain & suffering for the animals which are slaughtered. When we are causing suffering & pain to others, we lose moral rights to expect not the same ever happened to us. In case of animal slaughtering, do we also lose the moral rights to mourn if our beloved ones are killed the same way which we, bei... | 2017/10/01 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/46316",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/23084/"
] | >
> *moral rights*
>
>
>
"Rights" aren't a moral or ethical category. They are a juridical category.
>
> *to mourn*
>
>
>
To "mourn", on the other hand, is psychological, not moral or juridical, phenomenon.
So, the "moral right to mourn" is a conflation of disparate concepts, which becomes meaningless at al... | Sea urchins can kill off kelp forest if left unchecked. It was meat-eating sea otters who restored the forests, where other critters can have a place to live.
Goats are capable of turning grasslands into deserts. It was meat-eating wolfs who checked the goats' number and kept alive the grassland, where other critters ... |
1,556,716 | I distributed an iPhone application to some testers who are using Windows. On their machines, the application that I built (in the form of an .app bundle) appeared as a directory. That makes sense because a .app bundle **is** actually a directory.
What mechanism does Mac OS X use to display these bundles as files with... | 2009/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1556716",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105382/"
] | No, but why would you want to? An .app on Mac is not equivalent to an .exe on Windows - if you explore the .app bundle on a Mac (using "Show Package Contents"), you'll see an actual executable program inside. *This* program is more the equivalent of a Windows .exe, and you can liken the entire .app bundle to the Progra... | It's kind of the same magic that lets zip files appear as "compressed folders". It's what the shell does but I am afraid you have no way of hooking into such things. |
1,556,716 | I distributed an iPhone application to some testers who are using Windows. On their machines, the application that I built (in the form of an .app bundle) appeared as a directory. That makes sense because a .app bundle **is** actually a directory.
What mechanism does Mac OS X use to display these bundles as files with... | 2009/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1556716",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105382/"
] | It's kind of the same magic that lets zip files appear as "compressed folders". It's what the shell does but I am afraid you have no way of hooking into such things. | If you are distributing to Windows users all will go much better if you give them IPA files instead of app bundles.
The easiest way to create an IPA file is to drag the .app bundle into iTunes, and then look for the IPA file that it generates for you. |
1,556,716 | I distributed an iPhone application to some testers who are using Windows. On their machines, the application that I built (in the form of an .app bundle) appeared as a directory. That makes sense because a .app bundle **is** actually a directory.
What mechanism does Mac OS X use to display these bundles as files with... | 2009/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1556716",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105382/"
] | No, but why would you want to? An .app on Mac is not equivalent to an .exe on Windows - if you explore the .app bundle on a Mac (using "Show Package Contents"), you'll see an actual executable program inside. *This* program is more the equivalent of a Windows .exe, and you can liken the entire .app bundle to the Progra... | If you are distributing to Windows users all will go much better if you give them IPA files instead of app bundles.
The easiest way to create an IPA file is to drag the .app bundle into iTunes, and then look for the IPA file that it generates for you. |
401,043 | What are some ways of documenting pitfalls and gotchas when working with a codebase with a team of developers? I'm working with a team of developers on a big codebase and there's lots of small little things that cause headaches and frustrations in code, configuration, and testing. It doesn't seem appropriate to put the... | 2019/11/13 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/401043",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/128090/"
] | Quirks and hacks which are easy to explain could be explained in a form of a **comment**. After all, the purpose of the comments is exactly that—come to a rescue when one cannot or doesn't have enough resources to make unclear code clearer. The goal here is to help a programmer who's reading a given line of code (or se... | No quirks would be better
-------------------------
First and foremost, the [principle of least astonishment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment) applies:
>
> A typical formulation of the principle, from 1984, is: "If a necessary feature has a high astonishment factor, it may be necessary... |
6,372,248 | I have a problem and need some help. My application uses outlook to send email with attachments. Right now i need to find out when the email with attachment has been send out completely by outlook. I tried to follow this [link](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vsto/thread/d891c669-21af-4ce4-b24b-8f6eb23082... | 2011/06/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6372248",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/293240/"
] | Mostly not, modern CPU's are very fast... The most notable improvement is the speed in the download speeds. Strip out any unnecessary comments sent down the wire to the browser, minify CSS, JavaScript files, use CDN's etc. | It depends how many comments there are.
In general though, most developers have a live version of all their code that is compressed- no whitespace outside of text formatting, no comments, etc. And an offline version that is developer-friendly with all the extra formatting and so on.
Another thing to note is with '//'... |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | The range of supernaturalism is much broader and more general than the religious doctrines contained in the Book of Concord. Taking the definitions from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural#Magic) (emphasis J.W.):
* The **supernatural** is phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nat... | There is no such thing as supernatural. Everything that exists is natural.
Magic comes in two flavours:
* Entertainment magic creates an *illusion* of something impossible.
* "Real" magic is nothing but advanced technology that only looks impossible to an uneducated observer. |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | The range of supernaturalism is much broader and more general than the religious doctrines contained in the Book of Concord. Taking the definitions from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural#Magic) (emphasis J.W.):
* The **supernatural** is phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nat... | There are technical philosophical glosses of the concept of *magic* in modern fantasy writing. The problematique starts at the narrative level: "Is the guiding problem of the story a problem posed by magic? And how much magic is involved in the solution?" Then *magic* is formally read back into "the conditions of magic... |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | The range of supernaturalism is much broader and more general than the religious doctrines contained in the Book of Concord. Taking the definitions from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural#Magic) (emphasis J.W.):
* The **supernatural** is phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nat... | As a preamble, I consider it to be poor practice to use the term "supernatural" for the non-physical. "Natural" has a very clear meaning in epistemology -- it describes the items/events/forces which are subject to the tools of methodological naturalism -- IE empiricism and reasoning. Super-naturalism, from an epistemol... |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | The range of supernaturalism is much broader and more general than the religious doctrines contained in the Book of Concord. Taking the definitions from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural#Magic) (emphasis J.W.):
* The **supernatural** is phenomena or entities that are not subject to the laws of nat... | It seems to me that magic is referring to the intervention of someone in the (accepted) laws of a system in order to attain something that otherwise cound not be attained, metaphorically speaking "bending" the laws. On the other hand supernatural refers to something that is happening that is considered outside of the (... |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | There are technical philosophical glosses of the concept of *magic* in modern fantasy writing. The problematique starts at the narrative level: "Is the guiding problem of the story a problem posed by magic? And how much magic is involved in the solution?" Then *magic* is formally read back into "the conditions of magic... | There is no such thing as supernatural. Everything that exists is natural.
Magic comes in two flavours:
* Entertainment magic creates an *illusion* of something impossible.
* "Real" magic is nothing but advanced technology that only looks impossible to an uneducated observer. |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | As a preamble, I consider it to be poor practice to use the term "supernatural" for the non-physical. "Natural" has a very clear meaning in epistemology -- it describes the items/events/forces which are subject to the tools of methodological naturalism -- IE empiricism and reasoning. Super-naturalism, from an epistemol... | There is no such thing as supernatural. Everything that exists is natural.
Magic comes in two flavours:
* Entertainment magic creates an *illusion* of something impossible.
* "Real" magic is nothing but advanced technology that only looks impossible to an uneducated observer. |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | It seems to me that magic is referring to the intervention of someone in the (accepted) laws of a system in order to attain something that otherwise cound not be attained, metaphorically speaking "bending" the laws. On the other hand supernatural refers to something that is happening that is considered outside of the (... | There is no such thing as supernatural. Everything that exists is natural.
Magic comes in two flavours:
* Entertainment magic creates an *illusion* of something impossible.
* "Real" magic is nothing but advanced technology that only looks impossible to an uneducated observer. |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | There are technical philosophical glosses of the concept of *magic* in modern fantasy writing. The problematique starts at the narrative level: "Is the guiding problem of the story a problem posed by magic? And how much magic is involved in the solution?" Then *magic* is formally read back into "the conditions of magic... | As a preamble, I consider it to be poor practice to use the term "supernatural" for the non-physical. "Natural" has a very clear meaning in epistemology -- it describes the items/events/forces which are subject to the tools of methodological naturalism -- IE empiricism and reasoning. Super-naturalism, from an epistemol... |
91,001 | I'm an ardent physicalist with a belief in the importance of the partial reduction of theories to physicalism. I have on occasion had discussions with philosophers here who challenge the existence of the natural/supernatural dichotomy, or in some way endorse supernaturalism. My question is directed at those who know so... | 2022/05/03 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/91001",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40730/"
] | It seems to me that magic is referring to the intervention of someone in the (accepted) laws of a system in order to attain something that otherwise cound not be attained, metaphorically speaking "bending" the laws. On the other hand supernatural refers to something that is happening that is considered outside of the (... | As a preamble, I consider it to be poor practice to use the term "supernatural" for the non-physical. "Natural" has a very clear meaning in epistemology -- it describes the items/events/forces which are subject to the tools of methodological naturalism -- IE empiricism and reasoning. Super-naturalism, from an epistemol... |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | You can [turn off Aero](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/) by selecting one of the basic themes. This will reduce the load on your graphics card as Aero uses DirectX, which should improve performance while in Windows. It won't affect gaming performance as that uses full screen ... | One idea would be to create a slipstream install cd for windows 7. This involves removing all the stuff you dont want installed and adding additional files (like drivers)
Simply google slipstream windows 7 installation and there are so many sites who can help you with this |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | You can [turn off Aero](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/) by selecting one of the basic themes. This will reduce the load on your graphics card as Aero uses DirectX, which should improve performance while in Windows. It won't affect gaming performance as that uses full screen ... | 1. Use [Disk Cleanup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Cleanup) frequently to clean out temporary things.
2. See where data is being spent with [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) and look if you can clean something.
3. Remove programs and windows components you don't need from the Control Panel.
4. [Resource Monito... |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | 4GB XP? 16GB Win7? That seems an awful lot. My vanilla win7 install on VirtualBox was around 5GB, and you can certainly get XP down to 700MB or so.
Use a visualisation tool such as [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) to find out what's taking up all that disc.
Stuff to target, if you don't need it and you really kn... | You can [turn off Aero](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/) by selecting one of the basic themes. This will reduce the load on your graphics card as Aero uses DirectX, which should improve performance while in Windows. It won't affect gaming performance as that uses full screen ... |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | You can [turn off Aero](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/) by selecting one of the basic themes. This will reduce the load on your graphics card as Aero uses DirectX, which should improve performance while in Windows. It won't affect gaming performance as that uses full screen ... | Windows Vista/7 doesn't provide explicit way to disable hibernation. (I don't know why)
You can make this with following steps :
* Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
* Type this : powercfg -h off
If c:\hiberfil.sys file disappear, it has worked. |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | 4GB XP? 16GB Win7? That seems an awful lot. My vanilla win7 install on VirtualBox was around 5GB, and you can certainly get XP down to 700MB or so.
Use a visualisation tool such as [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) to find out what's taking up all that disc.
Stuff to target, if you don't need it and you really kn... | One idea would be to create a slipstream install cd for windows 7. This involves removing all the stuff you dont want installed and adding additional files (like drivers)
Simply google slipstream windows 7 installation and there are so many sites who can help you with this |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | Windows Vista/7 doesn't provide explicit way to disable hibernation. (I don't know why)
You can make this with following steps :
* Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
* Type this : powercfg -h off
If c:\hiberfil.sys file disappear, it has worked. | One idea would be to create a slipstream install cd for windows 7. This involves removing all the stuff you dont want installed and adding additional files (like drivers)
Simply google slipstream windows 7 installation and there are so many sites who can help you with this |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | 4GB XP? 16GB Win7? That seems an awful lot. My vanilla win7 install on VirtualBox was around 5GB, and you can certainly get XP down to 700MB or so.
Use a visualisation tool such as [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) to find out what's taking up all that disc.
Stuff to target, if you don't need it and you really kn... | 1. Use [Disk Cleanup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Cleanup) frequently to clean out temporary things.
2. See where data is being spent with [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) and look if you can clean something.
3. Remove programs and windows components you don't need from the Control Panel.
4. [Resource Monito... |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | Windows Vista/7 doesn't provide explicit way to disable hibernation. (I don't know why)
You can make this with following steps :
* Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
* Type this : powercfg -h off
If c:\hiberfil.sys file disappear, it has worked. | 1. Use [Disk Cleanup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Cleanup) frequently to clean out temporary things.
2. See where data is being spent with [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) and look if you can clean something.
3. Remove programs and windows components you don't need from the Control Panel.
4. [Resource Monito... |
143,675 | My Windows 7 setup uses around 16GB while Windows XP only needs around 4GB hard disk space. Seems weird. I use Windows only for gaming so I don't need a lot of stuff they have to offer.
What is the best way to reduce the size of Windows 7? What can I delete / uninstall and how?
I'd also like to reduce the CPU and me... | 2010/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/143675",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/25345/"
] | 4GB XP? 16GB Win7? That seems an awful lot. My vanilla win7 install on VirtualBox was around 5GB, and you can certainly get XP down to 700MB or so.
Use a visualisation tool such as [WinDirStat](http://windirstat.info/) to find out what's taking up all that disc.
Stuff to target, if you don't need it and you really kn... | Windows Vista/7 doesn't provide explicit way to disable hibernation. (I don't know why)
You can make this with following steps :
* Open command prompt with administrator privilege.
* Type this : powercfg -h off
If c:\hiberfil.sys file disappear, it has worked. |
52,468 | Recently I watched a documentary film from "Star Media" (a Russian film) called "The First World War". Up to this moment, I thought that the February Revolution happened because there was a huge economic problem and people were living in very poor conditions. Now I understand that the world war contributed to this prob... | 2019/05/05 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/52468",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/37707/"
] | This contains several questions. First, why was Lenin (more exactly, his party) popular in 1918-1922. The short answer is "because they distributed landowners land among peasants" (Only to seize it back after 15 years of dictatorship). They also stopped the unpopular war (by surrender) and declared the right of nations... | End of war promise and skillful organization
--------------------------------------------
First we must address the issues of Russian Empire at the begging of 20th entry. Social and economic changes have long ago outgrown political institutions of that country. You had masses of recently freed serfs, but with little l... |
476,176 | I want to ask what is the little numbers on top/over any random number? For example, 75 in² and 125 ft3. What is it called and what does it mean is my question. I couldn't find anything online since I don't know what it is called. | 2018/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/476176",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/318987/"
] | In terms of formatting, numbers and letters that appear in the top half of a line are in *superscript*. Similarly, numbers in the bottom half of a line would be called *subscript*. "Super" and "sub" describe their position over or under the main text.
In your examples, these superscript numbers stand for a mathematic... | The general term for a number (or other text) written like this is **[superscript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscript_and_superscript)**.
The term in2 refers to [square inches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_inch), which is the amount of area in a square with sides an inch in length.
Likewise, if it were i... |
476,176 | I want to ask what is the little numbers on top/over any random number? For example, 75 in² and 125 ft3. What is it called and what does it mean is my question. I couldn't find anything online since I don't know what it is called. | 2018/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/476176",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/318987/"
] | The general term for a number (or other text) written like this is **[superscript](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscript_and_superscript)**.
The term in2 refers to [square inches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_inch), which is the amount of area in a square with sides an inch in length.
Likewise, if it were i... | **Exponent**
>
> 3.6 Derived Units— Derived units are formed by combining base units according to the algebraic relations linking
> the corresponding quantities. Symbols for derived units are obtained by means of mathematical signs for
> multiplication, division, and the use of **exponents**. For example, the SI u... |
476,176 | I want to ask what is the little numbers on top/over any random number? For example, 75 in² and 125 ft3. What is it called and what does it mean is my question. I couldn't find anything online since I don't know what it is called. | 2018/12/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/476176",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/318987/"
] | In terms of formatting, numbers and letters that appear in the top half of a line are in *superscript*. Similarly, numbers in the bottom half of a line would be called *subscript*. "Super" and "sub" describe their position over or under the main text.
In your examples, these superscript numbers stand for a mathematic... | **Exponent**
>
> 3.6 Derived Units— Derived units are formed by combining base units according to the algebraic relations linking
> the corresponding quantities. Symbols for derived units are obtained by means of mathematical signs for
> multiplication, division, and the use of **exponents**. For example, the SI u... |
38,237 | For example, we always assumed that the data or signal error is a Gaussian distribution? why?
I have asked this question on stackoverflow, the link: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12616406/anyone-can-tell-me-why-we-always-use-the-gaussian-distribution-in-machine-learni> | 2012/09/29 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/38237",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/14477/"
] | I looked at the answers on SO. I don't think they are satisfactory. People often argue for the normal distribution because of the central limit theorem. That may be okay in large samples when the problem involves averages. But machine learning problems can be more complex and sample sizes are not always large enough fo... | i'm currently studying machine learning and the same question popped to my mind. What I think the reason should be is that in every machine learning problem we assume we have abundant observational data available and whenever data tends to infinity it gets normally distributed around its mean and thats what Normal dist... |
38,237 | For example, we always assumed that the data or signal error is a Gaussian distribution? why?
I have asked this question on stackoverflow, the link: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12616406/anyone-can-tell-me-why-we-always-use-the-gaussian-distribution-in-machine-learni> | 2012/09/29 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/38237",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/14477/"
] | I looked at the answers on SO. I don't think they are satisfactory. People often argue for the normal distribution because of the central limit theorem. That may be okay in large samples when the problem involves averages. But machine learning problems can be more complex and sample sizes are not always large enough fo... | I had the same question "what the is advantage of doing a Gaussian transformation on predictors or target?" Infact, caret package has a pre-processing step that enables this transformation.
I tried reasoning this out and am summarizing my understanding -
1. Usually the data distribution in Nature follows a Normal d... |
38,237 | For example, we always assumed that the data or signal error is a Gaussian distribution? why?
I have asked this question on stackoverflow, the link: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12616406/anyone-can-tell-me-why-we-always-use-the-gaussian-distribution-in-machine-learni> | 2012/09/29 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/38237",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/14477/"
] | I had the same question "what the is advantage of doing a Gaussian transformation on predictors or target?" Infact, caret package has a pre-processing step that enables this transformation.
I tried reasoning this out and am summarizing my understanding -
1. Usually the data distribution in Nature follows a Normal d... | i'm currently studying machine learning and the same question popped to my mind. What I think the reason should be is that in every machine learning problem we assume we have abundant observational data available and whenever data tends to infinity it gets normally distributed around its mean and thats what Normal dist... |
376,572 | How electrical energy can be power over time when electrical energy is actually potential energy?
from a lot of sources (wiki ,study.com..) comes the information that electric energy is potential or kinetic energy. In other sources is said to be electric power p x t so i am confused by this if anyone could explain to ... | 2017/12/27 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/376572",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/179787/"
] | >
> Would not air pressure keep the paper pressed against the book's cover?
>
>
>
To an extent, possibly.
This is not the main reason why it is done though; although it does relate to your newspaper-ruler example.
The reason would be to minimize the effects of air drag on the piece of paper. Although all objects... | The actual experiment was performed with a stone and a feather in two vacuum tubes of sane length. It was demonstrated that both the stone and the feather fall the same distance in the same time, which shows that the time if fall is independent of the masses of the body.
In the experiment you stated, there may be chan... |
29,952 | I've not seen a lot of material on this. I've seen people attempting to bring a C++ program back to C++ code, and claiming how hard it is, but C code from C++ program? I don't know.
If it is *possible,* what obstacles would be in the way? If *impossible,* what particular features make it so? | 2022/01/29 | [
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/29952",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/users/40222/"
] | If you're asking whether it's possible for an automated decompiler to produce C code as output for a given C++ input binary (rather than producing C++ code as output), the answer is that most decompilers are going to do this anyway, and are not going to give you a choice as to which language they produce as output. Mac... | Of course, yes.
Here, the problem is that you need to know well about the difference between c and c++ from the viewpoint of reversing, I suppose.
For example, the c++ classes is converted to assem codes like c structure, and the virtual table of a class is converted a first member of a structure and other functions is... |
4 | I am looking for a starting point for my project, preferably using popular systems (ones there is a lot of support for). I have an Arduino Uno, a Raspberry Pi, and a lot of willpower :) Anyone here built a project using the systems above?
Observation: I'd like to start with a simple line-following vehicle and build up... | 2012/10/23 | [
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/4",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com",
"https://robotics.stackexchange.com/users/32/"
] | The Arduino is really an AVR Atmega328p. The Arduino is a fine off-the-shelf implementation of this microcontroller, but if you make many of them, you can buy the chip for less than $3 each in bulk, and it requires very little circuitry to run on its own -- a crystal and a couple of capacitors to run at 20 Mhz, or not ... | I built a line following robot with an Arduino before. It was really simple to do and all we used were color sensors on the bottom inputted in the Arduino, and then of course some motors for the wheels.
But using an Arduino allowed us to have plenty of room for other components we wanted to add on to make our robot d... |
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