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94,883 | What is a verb for *illusion*? I want to use it in a sentence like the following:
>
> The optical effect [illudes] my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
But **illude** does not exist. But I cannot find *illude* in my Dictionary (OS X Dictionary.app). I want to find a verb that is somewhere between *deceive* and ... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/94883",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think *[confounds](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/confound?s=t)* is often used in this context.
>
> The optical effect **confounds** my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
It has a nice feel of causing consternation without deceitfulness or the sort of blundery feel you get from "confuse." And whereas p... | I might use the word *obscures* in that sentence:
>
> The optical effect obscures my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
From [Oxford Dictionaries](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/obscure): "obscure (verb): Keep from being seen; conceal". |
94,883 | What is a verb for *illusion*? I want to use it in a sentence like the following:
>
> The optical effect [illudes] my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
But **illude** does not exist. But I cannot find *illude* in my Dictionary (OS X Dictionary.app). I want to find a verb that is somewhere between *deceive* and ... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/94883",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Um, what do you mean “*illude* does not exist”? Sure it does. It’s just a tad rare these days. From the OED:
>
> **illude** /ɪˈl(j)uːd/, *v.* Now *rare*.
>
>
> Also 6 **illud**.
>
>
> Etymology: ad. L. *illūdĕre* to make sport of, jest or mock at, ridicule, occas. to trick, impose upon, f. *il-* (**il-**1) + *l... | Interesting question.
How about **"deceive"** or **"mislead"**? But I am not sure if you can replace "illudes" with either of these in the sentence you have given. |
94,883 | What is a verb for *illusion*? I want to use it in a sentence like the following:
>
> The optical effect [illudes] my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
But **illude** does not exist. But I cannot find *illude* in my Dictionary (OS X Dictionary.app). I want to find a verb that is somewhere between *deceive* and ... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/94883",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9976/"
] | **mes·mer·ize** (mzm-rz, ms-)
tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es
>
> 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" (Justin Kaplan).
> 2. To hypnotize.
>
>
> | Perhaps too extreme, but *perverts* might work. Or better maybe, *subverts*. |
94,883 | What is a verb for *illusion*? I want to use it in a sentence like the following:
>
> The optical effect [illudes] my perception of its real shape.
>
>
>
But **illude** does not exist. But I cannot find *illude* in my Dictionary (OS X Dictionary.app). I want to find a verb that is somewhere between *deceive* and ... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/94883",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9976/"
] | Perhaps too extreme, but *perverts* might work. Or better maybe, *subverts*. | You could use *illusory*, which is an adverb. |
136,848 | Well, not really - just the flair image.
I am talking about [Brad Larson](https://stackoverflow.com/users/19679) who [was elected several hours ago](https://stackoverflow.com/election/3) and does have the diamond in the profile, however:
Live flair:
![](https://sta... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/136848",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/152859/"
] | It looks your computer still has the old version of the flair image cached. It shows the diamond on his flair image fine for me, and has shown it fine since I first checked the about page shortly after the announcement of the new moderators.
 | As addon to Animuson answer,
I can see that all three new elected moderators have diamonds.
May be check on the other browsers.
Do a forceful refresh `CTRL`+`F5` and see. |
1,297,391 | I'm trying to run an app from a remote X session (Ubuntu, 9.04) on a handheld device powered by Windows Mobile. I want to do this by running an X-server of some description on the mobile device and using SSH/PocketPuTTY or similar for a tunnel, as you'd do it on a standard PC/Mac.
Can anyone point me in the direction ... | 2009/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1297391",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67139/"
] | I believe that [MI/X](http://www.microimages.com/mix/) will run on Windows Mobile. | I find your question is a little ambiguous. Do you want to run an app on windows CE and have the output on Ubuntu, or the other way around? In either case, I've never been able to find an X server for windows CE (I've wanted to do something very similar in the past). X servers tend to be rather resource hungry beasts. ... |
1,297,391 | I'm trying to run an app from a remote X session (Ubuntu, 9.04) on a handheld device powered by Windows Mobile. I want to do this by running an X-server of some description on the mobile device and using SSH/PocketPuTTY or similar for a tunnel, as you'd do it on a standard PC/Mac.
Can anyone point me in the direction ... | 2009/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1297391",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67139/"
] | I find your question is a little ambiguous. Do you want to run an app on windows CE and have the output on Ubuntu, or the other way around? In either case, I've never been able to find an X server for windows CE (I've wanted to do something very similar in the past). X servers tend to be rather resource hungry beasts. ... | At the risk of diverting discussion away from your original question, have you considered simply running a VNC client on your mobile device, and using the built-in Ubuntu desktop sharing tools to connect to the server?
Generally, VNC degrades much more gracefully when faced with an unreliable network link (a common p... |
1,297,391 | I'm trying to run an app from a remote X session (Ubuntu, 9.04) on a handheld device powered by Windows Mobile. I want to do this by running an X-server of some description on the mobile device and using SSH/PocketPuTTY or similar for a tunnel, as you'd do it on a standard PC/Mac.
Can anyone point me in the direction ... | 2009/08/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1297391",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/67139/"
] | I believe that [MI/X](http://www.microimages.com/mix/) will run on Windows Mobile. | At the risk of diverting discussion away from your original question, have you considered simply running a VNC client on your mobile device, and using the built-in Ubuntu desktop sharing tools to connect to the server?
Generally, VNC degrades much more gracefully when faced with an unreliable network link (a common p... |
592,697 | I've tried searching for an answer for this question, but I'm not sure if there is a specific term for it and so far I can't find any information.
If I had a popular app that consumed some web services, I would obviously use a load balancer to distribute the load across my services. In theory the end user is just hitt... | 2014/05/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/592697",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/90100/"
] | The request would *typically* not go to the 3rd party API via your load balancers.
But it's still possible.
And that is pretty much all that can be answered here, what really happens just depends on how you designed your network.
It's possible that every webserver requests it directly.
It's possible that out... | You could accomplish what you need by putting your app servers in a private subnet in a VPC, which routes 0.0.0.0/0 to a NAT instance in a public subnet. All requests to the 3rd part service would appear from the NAT's external IP (assign an Elastic IP to keep it consistent).
The NAT will be a bottleneck for these re... |
2,092,034 | I am writing a paper for a scientific conference. Just to be thorough, in that paper I said I made unit tests for the components in the system among all the other tests (system testing, usability etc) I made.
In the results section, for the unit tests I simply said that all the tests passed. I submitted the draft to ... | 2010/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2092034",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160950/"
] | A detailed summary of the unit tests could include a measure of code coverage perhaps, or a chart showing where you have achieved code coverage. But even this is not particularly valuable. This is part of the problem with unit tests - it's easy to add a unit test to add additional code coverage without really adding to... | Here are some additional metrics you could consider reporting:
* The number of unit tests
* Code coverage
In addition to that, you may choose to describe which unit testing framework you used, and whether you used a particular methodology (Test-Driven Development or Test-After). |
2,092,034 | I am writing a paper for a scientific conference. Just to be thorough, in that paper I said I made unit tests for the components in the system among all the other tests (system testing, usability etc) I made.
In the results section, for the unit tests I simply said that all the tests passed. I submitted the draft to ... | 2010/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2092034",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160950/"
] | A detailed summary of the unit tests could include a measure of code coverage perhaps, or a chart showing where you have achieved code coverage. But even this is not particularly valuable. This is part of the problem with unit tests - it's easy to add a unit test to add additional code coverage without really adding to... | On most runners, the minimal output will also show the **number of tests run** (how can you tell it found any tests?).
Other features one might see are:
* how many tests were skipped (on frameworks that support it)
* code coverage
* execution time (how long did the tests take)
* the actual names of the unit tests or... |
2,092,034 | I am writing a paper for a scientific conference. Just to be thorough, in that paper I said I made unit tests for the components in the system among all the other tests (system testing, usability etc) I made.
In the results section, for the unit tests I simply said that all the tests passed. I submitted the draft to ... | 2010/01/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2092034",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160950/"
] | A detailed summary of the unit tests could include a measure of code coverage perhaps, or a chart showing where you have achieved code coverage. But even this is not particularly valuable. This is part of the problem with unit tests - it's easy to add a unit test to add additional code coverage without really adding to... | If the unit tests are unit tests a la [jUnit](http://www.junit.org/), then could tweak your framework to display the name of the tests (names of TestCase methods) and the assertion messages, if any to generate a raw description of the unit tests. I had to do that once to satisfy the request of a QA guy.
Perhaps he be... |
77,637 | I'm following the instructions at <http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-to/unlock-bootloader-root-your-htc-one-m8-0154444/> and have found a stage where I don't have enough information, which is at Step 9 in the instructions, which says "Start by grabbing SuperSU from Chainfire directly on your phone, or download and pla... | 2014/07/19 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/77637",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/67128/"
] | Download the zip to your computer, boot up the phone in normal mode (just press the Power on button when turned off - no bootloader, fastboot or anything like that) and connect it to the computer via USB. The phone memory that opens up on your computer is where you should put it. It really doesn't matter the exact loca... | Go into twrp mode on your phone and go to install. Then go to where you downloaded the zip file and tap on it. Then just swipe to install and reboot your device. |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | The way I've always seen this done is to simply let everyone look over all the characters, and then let them decide among themselves who plays what.
I guess this could lead to problems if there were two players who absolutely insisted on having the same character, but I've never witnessed that being an issue. More lik... | For a one-off, you want to make choosing a character fast and painless.
If it doesn't matter to the game which (or how many) archetypes are used, print out plenty of extras, and let each player pick the top sheet from the pile of whichever archetype he/she wants. Alternately, shuffle all the sheets together and have e... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | The following has worked quite well for me as a GM at game conventions where pre-generated characters are the norm. I have done this many times.
Sit your players around the table with nothing on it. Place the character sheets face down in the middle of the table.
State the following:
>
> *"Each of you take a sheet... | **Choosing/Assigning Pregens**
Since you have a mix of players in familiarity and skill, the first thing is to identify which characters are the easiest to run with in terms of mechanics and fictional role - the good "starter" characters. This would be characters who are the least mechanically complex if the game has ... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | The following has worked quite well for me as a GM at game conventions where pre-generated characters are the norm. I have done this many times.
Sit your players around the table with nothing on it. Place the character sheets face down in the middle of the table.
State the following:
>
> *"Each of you take a sheet... | Just an addition to [Kal\_Sitala](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/10011/kaj-sotala) excellent answer...
**Get them out of the comfort zone: *go against type.***
So, if the player is used to playing no-combat characters, I will suggest they play the party muscle. If they never played cross-gender, I'd suggest they... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | **Choosing/Assigning Pregens**
Since you have a mix of players in familiarity and skill, the first thing is to identify which characters are the easiest to run with in terms of mechanics and fictional role - the good "starter" characters. This would be characters who are the least mechanically complex if the game has ... | For a one-off, you want to make choosing a character fast and painless.
If it doesn't matter to the game which (or how many) archetypes are used, print out plenty of extras, and let each player pick the top sheet from the pile of whichever archetype he/she wants. Alternately, shuffle all the sheets together and have e... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | **Choosing/Assigning Pregens**
Since you have a mix of players in familiarity and skill, the first thing is to identify which characters are the easiest to run with in terms of mechanics and fictional role - the good "starter" characters. This would be characters who are the least mechanically complex if the game has ... | Game Theory for the win!
------------------------
If you have really found yourselves at an impasse, you might consider a technical solution to the problem. The New York Times published [a tool for dividing rent fairly among roommates](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/science/rent-division-calculator.html?nl=to... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | The following has worked quite well for me as a GM at game conventions where pre-generated characters are the norm. I have done this many times.
Sit your players around the table with nothing on it. Place the character sheets face down in the middle of the table.
State the following:
>
> *"Each of you take a sheet... | What everyone else has said: have people choose by consensus or roll dice for first pick, and suggest easier-to-play characters for newer players. I've always done the "whoever gets to the table first gets first choice in pre-gen characters" when I've had these (like conventions). It encourages people to be prompt. The... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | What everyone else has said: have people choose by consensus or roll dice for first pick, and suggest easier-to-play characters for newer players. I've always done the "whoever gets to the table first gets first choice in pre-gen characters" when I've had these (like conventions). It encourages people to be prompt. The... | Game Theory for the win!
------------------------
If you have really found yourselves at an impasse, you might consider a technical solution to the problem. The New York Times published [a tool for dividing rent fairly among roommates](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/science/rent-division-calculator.html?nl=to... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | Let the players decide among themselves, unless you have a history of them fighting and not getting along? Also, let more than one person choose the same pre-gen. They want two melee fighters or two socialites? Great! Let them!
Also, I tend to split the pregens into two stacks - send one clockwise, send the other coun... | For a one-off, you want to make choosing a character fast and painless.
If it doesn't matter to the game which (or how many) archetypes are used, print out plenty of extras, and let each player pick the top sheet from the pile of whichever archetype he/she wants. Alternately, shuffle all the sheets together and have e... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | **Choosing/Assigning Pregens**
Since you have a mix of players in familiarity and skill, the first thing is to identify which characters are the easiest to run with in terms of mechanics and fictional role - the good "starter" characters. This would be characters who are the least mechanically complex if the game has ... | I would go over each character, and then allow choice by "[white elephant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange)" style. The first person gets to pick first. The second can choose what has been picked, or one of the other characters. Keep going until everyone has a character.
You can also do it b... |
45,154 | I am preparing for a game with a bunch of new players, with a mix of varying familiarity with the setting/system and RPGs in general. To get them to taste the setting ASAP I decided to play a one-off introductory game with pre-generated characters (pregen'd by me - the GM). For my 5 players I have prepared 8 (IMHO) int... | 2014/07/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45154",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14670/"
] | The way I've always seen this done is to simply let everyone look over all the characters, and then let them decide among themselves who plays what.
I guess this could lead to problems if there were two players who absolutely insisted on having the same character, but I've never witnessed that being an issue. More lik... | Game Theory for the win!
------------------------
If you have really found yourselves at an impasse, you might consider a technical solution to the problem. The New York Times published [a tool for dividing rent fairly among roommates](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/science/rent-division-calculator.html?nl=to... |
3,940,774 | I'm unfamiliar with the new oauth system. I wanted to crawl the status updates of my friends, and their friends' (if permissions allow) with my specified account credentials using the python-twitter api.
With the new oauth authentication, does it means that I have to first register an application with twitter before ... | 2010/10/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3940774",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/357236/"
] | Yes, thats right. You need to register it and connect "grant access" it with your twitter id, if you want, for example, post something on your twitter wall. Also see "connections" in your twitter id. | For use api you must register your aplication or use GET methods to post into twi through web interface. |
6,148,168 | Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit.
Thanks | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6148168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723217/"
] | You should check out the [Metro Toolkit on codeplex](http://metrotoolkit.codeplex.com/). It's a open source UI framework aimed at creating UI controls based on Metro. | There are Microsoft Silverlight themes available for the Metro UI.
Cosmopolitan is the one you want, you'll find it via Tim Heuer's blog:
[Tim Heuer's announcements](http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/05/03/new-silverlight-4-themes-available-for-download.aspx)
Here is a direct link to blogpost:
[Microsoft download... |
6,148,168 | Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit.
Thanks | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6148168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723217/"
] | You should check out the [Metro Toolkit on codeplex](http://metrotoolkit.codeplex.com/). It's a open source UI framework aimed at creating UI controls based on Metro. | There is a nice little jQueryUI Metro theme generator that can be found here: [jQuit Metro Theme Builder](http://jquit.com/builder/)
I have used it and it works well. |
6,148,168 | Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit.
Thanks | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6148168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723217/"
] | You should check out the [Metro Toolkit on codeplex](http://metrotoolkit.codeplex.com/). It's a open source UI framework aimed at creating UI controls based on Metro. | This covers the bases of Metro design.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/31/designing-for-metro-style-and-the-desktop.aspx> |
6,148,168 | Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit.
Thanks | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6148168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723217/"
] | There are Microsoft Silverlight themes available for the Metro UI.
Cosmopolitan is the one you want, you'll find it via Tim Heuer's blog:
[Tim Heuer's announcements](http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/05/03/new-silverlight-4-themes-available-for-download.aspx)
Here is a direct link to blogpost:
[Microsoft download... | There is a nice little jQueryUI Metro theme generator that can be found here: [jQuit Metro Theme Builder](http://jquit.com/builder/)
I have used it and it works well. |
6,148,168 | Does anyone have any code samples in C# that implements the Metro UI? This is similar to the interfaces used in Zune and MetroTwit.
Thanks | 2011/05/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6148168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723217/"
] | There are Microsoft Silverlight themes available for the Metro UI.
Cosmopolitan is the one you want, you'll find it via Tim Heuer's blog:
[Tim Heuer's announcements](http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/05/03/new-silverlight-4-themes-available-for-download.aspx)
Here is a direct link to blogpost:
[Microsoft download... | This covers the bases of Metro design.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/31/designing-for-metro-style-and-the-desktop.aspx> |
174,327 | This question is just about Malay culture and food. I know Indian and Chinese Malaysian food culture and etiquette probably varies, and I have more experience with those, so trying to keep this question focused.
I know muslims do not eat with their left hand and I know Malays sometimes eat with their fingers. I'm not ... | 2022/06/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174327",
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] | You’re clearly a thoughtful person to ask these kinds of questions. Based on plenty of time in Malaysia — and even working with Malay clients — it tends to be a pretty easy going place. Foreigners often are given a great deal of leeway compared to local expectations, as well.
Traditionally, you should eat with your ri... | You’re not likely to offend anyone. Even Malaysians may ‘wield’ the food with 2 hands, meaning that even if they bring the food to their mouth with the right hand, they’ll often enough still hold a chicken wing with the left hand for example. Holding cutlery with the left hand is **definitely** not a problem.
(Just bee... |
174,327 | This question is just about Malay culture and food. I know Indian and Chinese Malaysian food culture and etiquette probably varies, and I have more experience with those, so trying to keep this question focused.
I know muslims do not eat with their left hand and I know Malays sometimes eat with their fingers. I'm not ... | 2022/06/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174327",
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Traditionally, you should eat with your ri... | It's easy to find Malays eating food on Youtube, try a search such as 'makan nasi kandar'
If you watch this mukbang video from a Malaysian with 16 million (!) subscribers
<https://youtu.be/nxMGVgZV8Ws?t=410>
you can see his right hand gets rather dirty, but he also uses his left hand whenever it is **necessary**. No... |
174,327 | This question is just about Malay culture and food. I know Indian and Chinese Malaysian food culture and etiquette probably varies, and I have more experience with those, so trying to keep this question focused.
I know muslims do not eat with their left hand and I know Malays sometimes eat with their fingers. I'm not ... | 2022/06/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174327",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | You’re clearly a thoughtful person to ask these kinds of questions. Based on plenty of time in Malaysia — and even working with Malay clients — it tends to be a pretty easy going place. Foreigners often are given a great deal of leeway compared to local expectations, as well.
Traditionally, you should eat with your ri... | I have been to Malaysia many times and ate food from local restaurants. I can assure you that even Malay people will be eating just like you said. You can pick up fish or meat to eat with your hands, no problems at all.
However, there may not be option to wash hands in smaller establishments, and they won't give you t... |
174,327 | This question is just about Malay culture and food. I know Indian and Chinese Malaysian food culture and etiquette probably varies, and I have more experience with those, so trying to keep this question focused.
I know muslims do not eat with their left hand and I know Malays sometimes eat with their fingers. I'm not ... | 2022/06/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174327",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | You’re not likely to offend anyone. Even Malaysians may ‘wield’ the food with 2 hands, meaning that even if they bring the food to their mouth with the right hand, they’ll often enough still hold a chicken wing with the left hand for example. Holding cutlery with the left hand is **definitely** not a problem.
(Just bee... | I have been to Malaysia many times and ate food from local restaurants. I can assure you that even Malay people will be eating just like you said. You can pick up fish or meat to eat with your hands, no problems at all.
However, there may not be option to wash hands in smaller establishments, and they won't give you t... |
174,327 | This question is just about Malay culture and food. I know Indian and Chinese Malaysian food culture and etiquette probably varies, and I have more experience with those, so trying to keep this question focused.
I know muslims do not eat with their left hand and I know Malays sometimes eat with their fingers. I'm not ... | 2022/06/16 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174327",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/140/"
] | It's easy to find Malays eating food on Youtube, try a search such as 'makan nasi kandar'
If you watch this mukbang video from a Malaysian with 16 million (!) subscribers
<https://youtu.be/nxMGVgZV8Ws?t=410>
you can see his right hand gets rather dirty, but he also uses his left hand whenever it is **necessary**. No... | I have been to Malaysia many times and ate food from local restaurants. I can assure you that even Malay people will be eating just like you said. You can pick up fish or meat to eat with your hands, no problems at all.
However, there may not be option to wash hands in smaller establishments, and they won't give you t... |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The generated code usually only differs in case of compiler bug fixes.
However the JLS does **not** specify a 1:1 mapping from source code to the generated byte code, so you should not rely on the exact same byte code to be generated. | There is nothing that would stop the different versions from generating different bytecodes, as long as it's compliant to the *behavior* specified in the JLS. The JLS leaves many implementation details to vary from one implementation to another. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | There is nothing that would stop the different versions from generating different bytecodes, as long as it's compliant to the *behavior* specified in the JLS. The JLS leaves many implementation details to vary from one implementation to another. | Let's answer it from the other side: there is no guarantee that any two versions of the jdk produce the identical byte code. So you can expect differences in general. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | There is nothing that would stop the different versions from generating different bytecodes, as long as it's compliant to the *behavior* specified in the JLS. The JLS leaves many implementation details to vary from one implementation to another. | The bytecode could slightly differ, but this is nothing to worry about since it will be still compatible.
What really will be executed depends on JIT. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Let's answer it from the other side: there is no guarantee that any two versions of the jdk produce the identical byte code. So you can expect differences in general. | If you compile with different JDK versions I would advice to use the *target* option to javac.
Otherwise you may not be able to run the jar with an older JDK.
You may also want to use the *source* option to javac, in order to make sure the developer do not use classes/methods added in a more recent JDK. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The generated code usually only differs in case of compiler bug fixes.
However the JLS does **not** specify a 1:1 mapping from source code to the generated byte code, so you should not rely on the exact same byte code to be generated. | Why on Earth would someone go to the trouble of issuing an Update of a development kit if it didn't lead to changed byte code in at least some cases? I strongly doubt anyone would do it just for documentation updates. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The bytecode could slightly differ, but this is nothing to worry about since it will be still compatible.
What really will be executed depends on JIT. | If you compile with different JDK versions I would advice to use the *target* option to javac.
Otherwise you may not be able to run the jar with an older JDK.
You may also want to use the *source* option to javac, in order to make sure the developer do not use classes/methods added in a more recent JDK. |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | There is nothing that would stop the different versions from generating different bytecodes, as long as it's compliant to the *behavior* specified in the JLS. The JLS leaves many implementation details to vary from one implementation to another. | The compiler of for example JDK 6 Update 7 might output slightly different bytecode than the compiler of JDK 6 Update 20, but since it's both Java 6, the class files will be fully compatible - you will be able to run code compiled with Update 20 on Update 7 without any problems.
Between major Java versions (for exampl... |
3,012,978 | A hypothetical scenario:
I've got a project whose source compliance level is specified to 1.5.
Now I compile this project with two different JDKs: At first with JDK 6 Update 7 and then with JDK 6 Update 20.
Do these two different JDKs produce different Java byte code, although they only differ in their Update version... | 2010/06/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3012978",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | There is nothing that would stop the different versions from generating different bytecodes, as long as it's compliant to the *behavior* specified in the JLS. The JLS leaves many implementation details to vary from one implementation to another. | Why on Earth would someone go to the trouble of issuing an Update of a development kit if it didn't lead to changed byte code in at least some cases? I strongly doubt anyone would do it just for documentation updates. |
497,832 | Does anyone have any book recommendations on EM and RF which integrates a simulator?
I find EM/RF to be interesting fields which I want to get some overview of but given that it's very applied in nature I'm finding doing hand calculations on paper to be incredibly boring and uninteresting.
I think I would be more mo... | 2020/05/05 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/497832",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/135288/"
] | Lots of bits of learning will occur with just a few equations on back of an envelope.
Such as: how to bias a transistor to have the emitter appear as NEGATIVE RESISTANCE at some frequency (range of frequencies), so you can hang a resonator on that emitter and have a quality oscillator.
You should understand that, not... | RF wasn't intractable by hand when I went to school. Amplifiers, matching networks and antennas were all done by hand.
Smithcharts and algebra are pretty much all you need for 90% of it.
After that put your proposed circuit into LTspice or other favorite simulator.
After you have something built, measure it with a n... |
497,832 | Does anyone have any book recommendations on EM and RF which integrates a simulator?
I find EM/RF to be interesting fields which I want to get some overview of but given that it's very applied in nature I'm finding doing hand calculations on paper to be incredibly boring and uninteresting.
I think I would be more mo... | 2020/05/05 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/497832",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/135288/"
] | RF is a skill with many levels of training and experience. After all the fundamentals of basic B Sc/ MSc EE training. It takes a few years of R&D application experience with the best simulation and test instruments all of which are above personal budgets unless you live in luxury.
Your expectations must be defined by... | RF wasn't intractable by hand when I went to school. Amplifiers, matching networks and antennas were all done by hand.
Smithcharts and algebra are pretty much all you need for 90% of it.
After that put your proposed circuit into LTspice or other favorite simulator.
After you have something built, measure it with a n... |
1,533,323 | Recently I heard Kirk Pepperdine speak about changing garbage collectors for better performance -- but what exactly does that mean and what makes one garbage collector better or different than the other? | 2009/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1533323",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117783/"
] | Some collectors are better for throughput, others are better for response time. The difference is usually in how the collector chooses to pause the application. Some such as CMS use mutiple passes to triage the garbage before stopping the application. This triage can happen in a background thread while the application ... | The basic problem is that the way that Java program sees memory (you call "new MyObject" and there it is, and when you are done with it you just forget about it) does not map very well to the underlying operating system and hardware.
The job of the garbage collector is to identify those memory areas which are not in u... |
1,533,323 | Recently I heard Kirk Pepperdine speak about changing garbage collectors for better performance -- but what exactly does that mean and what makes one garbage collector better or different than the other? | 2009/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1533323",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117783/"
] | You ask two questions:
**What does it mean to change garbage collectors in Java for better performance?**
This is a huge topic, and like some of the other responders, I urge you to do some reading. I recommend [Java SE 6 HotSpot[tm] Virtual Machine Garbage Collection Tuning](http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/ho... | Some collectors are better for throughput, others are better for response time. The difference is usually in how the collector chooses to pause the application. Some such as CMS use mutiple passes to triage the garbage before stopping the application. This triage can happen in a background thread while the application ... |
1,533,323 | Recently I heard Kirk Pepperdine speak about changing garbage collectors for better performance -- but what exactly does that mean and what makes one garbage collector better or different than the other? | 2009/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1533323",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/117783/"
] | You ask two questions:
**What does it mean to change garbage collectors in Java for better performance?**
This is a huge topic, and like some of the other responders, I urge you to do some reading. I recommend [Java SE 6 HotSpot[tm] Virtual Machine Garbage Collection Tuning](http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/ho... | The basic problem is that the way that Java program sees memory (you call "new MyObject" and there it is, and when you are done with it you just forget about it) does not map very well to the underlying operating system and hardware.
The job of the garbage collector is to identify those memory areas which are not in u... |
15,379 | I am the director and only employee of a nonprofit with 2500 members. The president of our Board has set up a modest website hosted on GoDaddy, and now expects me to implement a membership database in CiviCRM, including online membership registrations with multiple levels, mass emailings, events including discounts for... | 2016/10/13 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/15379",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | Good question.
In broad terms I'd agree with the answer from William, with some reservations. To answer your question: "Can CiviCRM be implemented by a nondeveloper with limited time?" I would say yes, and to do so will take some learning and a good deal of trial and error, so if time is limited, don't expect to be ab... | Thanks for your interest in CiviCRM!
CiviCRM is a fantastic system for managing membership. However, it requires a reasonable degree of technical ability to install and maintain. It is much more complex than setting up a simple website for an organisation.
I would suggest that, in your case, you would be better off ... |
15,379 | I am the director and only employee of a nonprofit with 2500 members. The president of our Board has set up a modest website hosted on GoDaddy, and now expects me to implement a membership database in CiviCRM, including online membership registrations with multiple levels, mass emailings, events including discounts for... | 2016/10/13 | [
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"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
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] | Good question.
In broad terms I'd agree with the answer from William, with some reservations. To answer your question: "Can CiviCRM be implemented by a nondeveloper with limited time?" I would say yes, and to do so will take some learning and a good deal of trial and error, so if time is limited, don't expect to be ab... | Focussing on the two question marks first ;-)
**Can CiviCRM be implemented by a non-developer with limited time?**
Very much depends on 'what' you need the system to do, and what your abilities are in general. We have had clients who thanks to having an IT adept person having basically picked up the system and run wi... |
15,379 | I am the director and only employee of a nonprofit with 2500 members. The president of our Board has set up a modest website hosted on GoDaddy, and now expects me to implement a membership database in CiviCRM, including online membership registrations with multiple levels, mass emailings, events including discounts for... | 2016/10/13 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/15379",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | Good question.
In broad terms I'd agree with the answer from William, with some reservations. To answer your question: "Can CiviCRM be implemented by a nondeveloper with limited time?" I would say yes, and to do so will take some learning and a good deal of trial and error, so if time is limited, don't expect to be ab... | This is an interesting question without a simple answer.
A number of providers provide "Civi as a Service" for a subscription fee. That may be your best option, and will take care of the setup aspects. Configuring CiviCRM to do what you need is fairly easy, including the features you've mentioned.
With all software s... |
219,606 | [KernelDevViewpoint](http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelDevViewpoint) (an apparently serious source) makes kernel development look like an accessible art. According to them:
>
> Contrary to popular belief, kernel developers rarely need to know math
> at the calculus level. You need to be good at basic arithmetic and
> yo... | 2013/11/26 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/219606",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/109856/"
] | >
> Is that the basis of kernel development? Basic arithmetic, Boolean
> algebra, C and Git?
>
>
>
I have never contributed to a kernel project, but unless you are working on certain parts like threading locks, security, etc. you don't need advanced math. You defiantly need to know how to work with others, commun... | Even though the source is respectable. I'd say it's a gross generalisation to say you only need Basic arithmetic, Boolean algebra, C and Git. When you see the code, almost everything has been reduced to plain and simple C code. But the code implements something that's far more complex than, say basic arithmetic. Some e... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
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] | I think Buddhism recommends you focus on what's virtuous and moral instead of on what's feels pleasurable.
For example, lying, killing, stealing -- are all to be avoided -- and that's important.
Conversely, generosity, kindness, keeping your promises -- that's important too.
There is a word -- [sukha](https://en.wik... | yes you can care about 4 ''karmas'', with the last one being the intention to get enlightened, ie not getting any birth
>
> And of what sort, brahmin is the deed that is neither dark nor bright,
> with a result that is neither dark nor bright, which, itself a deed,
> conduces to the waning of deeds?
>
>
> In this... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/17744/"
] | **Are there anything to care about in this universe?**
Yes, you should care about other sentient beings and practice putting their well-being foremost in your mind. If you have no experience with this, then try [practicing the four immeasurables.](https://thubtenchodron.org/meditation/03-prayers-practices/01-recitatio... | yes you can care about 4 ''karmas'', with the last one being the intention to get enlightened, ie not getting any birth
>
> And of what sort, brahmin is the deed that is neither dark nor bright,
> with a result that is neither dark nor bright, which, itself a deed,
> conduces to the waning of deeds?
>
>
> In this... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/17744/"
] | >
> **OP:** Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about dhamma ?
>
>
> Are enlightened people happy ? Or neither happy nor sad ?
>
>
>
From [AN 9.34](https://suttacentral.net/an9.34/en/sujato) (translated by Bhikkhu Sujato):
>
> Ven: Sariputta: “Reverends, exting... | yes you can care about 4 ''karmas'', with the last one being the intention to get enlightened, ie not getting any birth
>
> And of what sort, brahmin is the deed that is neither dark nor bright,
> with a result that is neither dark nor bright, which, itself a deed,
> conduces to the waning of deeds?
>
>
> In this... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/17744/"
] | I think Buddhism recommends you focus on what's virtuous and moral instead of on what's feels pleasurable.
For example, lying, killing, stealing -- are all to be avoided -- and that's important.
Conversely, generosity, kindness, keeping your promises -- that's important too.
There is a word -- [sukha](https://en.wik... | A few comments on happiness...
“By stilling thought one kills
Both good and evil deeds:
Self-stilled, abiding in the Self,
One wins unalterable happiness.”
Maitri Upanishad
“People often suppose that the realization of nirvana means the annihilation of all forms of existence. This is not true. What really transpires... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think Buddhism recommends you focus on what's virtuous and moral instead of on what's feels pleasurable.
For example, lying, killing, stealing -- are all to be avoided -- and that's important.
Conversely, generosity, kindness, keeping your promises -- that's important too.
There is a word -- [sukha](https://en.wik... | You can enjoy looking at a lovely flower, even though you know it will die at some point. The colour and scent are not diminished by the fact it only lasts a few weeks/months. |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/17744/"
] | **Are there anything to care about in this universe?**
Yes, you should care about other sentient beings and practice putting their well-being foremost in your mind. If you have no experience with this, then try [practicing the four immeasurables.](https://thubtenchodron.org/meditation/03-prayers-practices/01-recitatio... | A few comments on happiness...
“By stilling thought one kills
Both good and evil deeds:
Self-stilled, abiding in the Self,
One wins unalterable happiness.”
Maitri Upanishad
“People often suppose that the realization of nirvana means the annihilation of all forms of existence. This is not true. What really transpires... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/37416",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/17744/"
] | **Are there anything to care about in this universe?**
Yes, you should care about other sentient beings and practice putting their well-being foremost in your mind. If you have no experience with this, then try [practicing the four immeasurables.](https://thubtenchodron.org/meditation/03-prayers-practices/01-recitatio... | You can enjoy looking at a lovely flower, even though you know it will die at some point. The colour and scent are not diminished by the fact it only lasts a few weeks/months. |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
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> **OP:** Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about dhamma ?
>
>
> Are enlightened people happy ? Or neither happy nor sad ?
>
>
>
From [AN 9.34](https://suttacentral.net/an9.34/en/sujato) (translated by Bhikkhu Sujato):
>
> Ven: Sariputta: “Reverends, exting... | A few comments on happiness...
“By stilling thought one kills
Both good and evil deeds:
Self-stilled, abiding in the Self,
One wins unalterable happiness.”
Maitri Upanishad
“People often suppose that the realization of nirvana means the annihilation of all forms of existence. This is not true. What really transpires... |
37,416 | Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about **dhamma** ?
If something seems like to be happy, there are some reasons to not to be happy.
1. It is impermanant for sure. but also,
2. That **happiness make sadness in the future (future includes next lives)** (I need to be ... | 2020/03/16 | [
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] | >
> **OP:** Due to impermanance of everything, Are there anything to be happy or sad about ? Even about dhamma ?
>
>
> Are enlightened people happy ? Or neither happy nor sad ?
>
>
>
From [AN 9.34](https://suttacentral.net/an9.34/en/sujato) (translated by Bhikkhu Sujato):
>
> Ven: Sariputta: “Reverends, exting... | You can enjoy looking at a lovely flower, even though you know it will die at some point. The colour and scent are not diminished by the fact it only lasts a few weeks/months. |
376 | I find the format of the [moderator elections page](https://gis.stackexchange.com/election) confusing. I had to read it several times before it was clear to me that Mapperz' post was actually a response and not the author of the elections announcement:
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7ytcN.pn... | 2011/04/18 | [
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] | We have added a header to the top counting the number of Candidates across all election tabs. We appreciate feedback and will continue to make changes that help with usability. | Well, we've had 12+ elections and this is the first I've ever heard of this. There is a tab block and a HR there, so to me it's pretty clear..
I guess we could add
12 Candidates
=============
where we have
3 Answers
=========
above, if that helps... |
47,528 | I know that the demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has a 45 minute time limit, but how does it enforce that limit?
Is it 45 minutes of play time from starting up the game or creating a character, then thats it?
Or is it 45 minutes playing a character, then if you want to play some more, you need to start again wi... | 2012/01/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/47528",
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] | The 45 minute limit is from after your encounter with the Fateweaver after you leave the tower (the starting dungeon). From there it is 45 minutes of gameplay (menus and dialog stop the clock), and you would seem to be limited to the area around the village of Gorhart for the duration of the demo. Areas not available w... | To extend upon CyberSkull's answer:
No, the character you create in the demo does not carry over to the full game once you buy your copy. I just found that out over [here](http://reckoning.amalur.com/r/faq). Suuuper disappointed. |
1,535,925 | Is anybody know how to pull contact list from Microsoft Exchange 2007 using c#? | 2009/10/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1535925",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Probably the best way to do this would be through [Exchange Web Services](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204119.aspx). | Exchange web services is your best bet for this, or you can host a PowerShell runtime in your app and access Exchange that way. |
12,988 | Assume a search committee is reading my CV and in the publication section they notice some of my papers are only submitted or claimed to appear in a journal (or accepted for publication in a journal). Sometimes the journal which has accepted the paper for publication lists the title of accepted articles before actually... | 2013/09/26 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/12988",
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] | It's a tiered system:
1. **Peer-reviewed published articles**. Published means published in any form, so it includes papers in all states published online on the journal's website, including “in print”, “ASAP papers”, “just accepted papers”, etc.
That's top notch: it demonstrates your ability to perform research, wri... | First you need to distinguish between publications that have passed the review process (accepted, in press) with those who have not (in prep, in review etc.). The first group are just as published as those that are printed and should/could be listed among the published. The others have not received the accept decision ... |
24,908 | An odd discussion came up on a role-playing game forum recently. Some people were speculating about how a mediaeval society would be different if it had wizards, with the spells described in the game rules. One of the spells creates heavy rain - the rules specify 1 inch per hour, over a certain area. Somebody was comme... | 2023/02/16 | [
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] | Just one inch of rain in one hour, and that's it, or an inch of rain per hour that is sustained over multiple days? Keep in mind that rainfall rates of over an inch of rain *per minute* have been observed. On the other hand, one inch of rain per hour for two or three straight days, nonstop -- been there, done that, don... | There are crops that do require periods with little or no rain to be successful. A wheat crop for example can be ruined or degraded by untimely rainfall; dry conditions are needed for the wheat seeds to mature and the wheat heads need to be dry for harvesting.
Whilst not affecting plant growth, hay crops can be ruined... |
61,315 | ***Context.*** I plan to grow a tall tree on the front yard to achieve a natural look. The surrounding area is limited by walls and powerlines in the ground. So this tall tree better not have its roots expand horizontally too aggressively as it will damage the walls and powerlines. Horizontal expansion of roots must be... | 2021/10/16 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/61315",
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] | Typically, deciduous North American and European trees grow roots 50% beyond their canopy, so a 5 meter tree with a 5 meter wide canopy will require a root run of 7.5 meters, regardless of whether it has deeper roots (like an oak) or not. Conifers are a littler more compact, but any tall conifers will still require muc... | Tree roots grow where they want regardless of what a book says, although there may be preferences. Southern pines, oaks and sweet gum grow roots randomly based on trees cleared from my lot: the dirt man pushed over many with a bulldozer so the roots were visible. I have dug hundreds of smaller trees to transplant and n... |
14,222,890 | I have following problem with my Sharepoint website. (The view cannot be displayed because the number of lookup and workflow columns it contains exceeds the threshold (8) enforced by the administrator) but any solution I have found online points me to change the throttle settings in web applications settings under cent... | 2013/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14222890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1869677/"
] | The information you found is correct. You must access the Central Administration site from the server itself. It sounds like you are not logging into the server, but using SPD and the Sharepoint site from your workstation. If you don't have access to RDP to the server, you must contact someone who has access.
On anoth... | Use caution when changing this setting:
This does have a very significant impact on SQL performance. In the article below you can see that in this persons tests, using 8 and executing the query there was about 7% CPU utilization on SQL. Moving that to 10 and executing a query that pulls back 10 columns increases the C... |
14,222,890 | I have following problem with my Sharepoint website. (The view cannot be displayed because the number of lookup and workflow columns it contains exceeds the threshold (8) enforced by the administrator) but any solution I have found online points me to change the throttle settings in web applications settings under cent... | 2013/01/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14222890",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1869677/"
] | Application Management > Manage Web Application.
In the Web Application list, select the web application you need.
Then go to General Settings > Resource Throttling.
In the Resource Throttling window, scroll down to List View Lookup Threshold and change the value to the number that suits your needs. | Use caution when changing this setting:
This does have a very significant impact on SQL performance. In the article below you can see that in this persons tests, using 8 and executing the query there was about 7% CPU utilization on SQL. Moving that to 10 and executing a query that pulls back 10 columns increases the C... |
7,164 | My wife was telling me about a movie or tv shows she saw a long time ago...but can't remember what it was.
A group of people have numbers on their foreheads, which is atypical. They don't know what the numbers are for, but eventually realize that they are the number of days they have left to live. When the countdown r... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7164",
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] | It's only tangentially related, but Michael J. Fox's 1996 movie [The Frighteners](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/) features a ghostly serial killer who puts numbers on his targets' heads. Only ghosts (and Michael) can see the numbers.
It's not a close fit to what you describe, but it could be what was being refer... | Maybe not exactly on foreheads... "The brand New Testament"
>
> God lives in an apartment in Brussels which he shares with his meek wife and his 10-year-old daughter Ea, to whom he is emotionally and physically abusive. God is a grumpy sadist who created humankind specifically to have something to torment. He manipul... |
7,164 | My wife was telling me about a movie or tv shows she saw a long time ago...but can't remember what it was.
A group of people have numbers on their foreheads, which is atypical. They don't know what the numbers are for, but eventually realize that they are the number of days they have left to live. When the countdown r... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7164",
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] | It's only tangentially related, but Michael J. Fox's 1996 movie [The Frighteners](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116365/) features a ghostly serial killer who puts numbers on his targets' heads. Only ghosts (and Michael) can see the numbers.
It's not a close fit to what you describe, but it could be what was being refer... | I think the movie you are looking for is called, In Time. Time is currency. It stars Justin Timberlake. |
7,164 | My wife was telling me about a movie or tv shows she saw a long time ago...but can't remember what it was.
A group of people have numbers on their foreheads, which is atypical. They don't know what the numbers are for, but eventually realize that they are the number of days they have left to live. When the countdown r... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7164",
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] | There was an episode of [Medium](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412175/) (season 6, episode 9, "[The Future's So Bright](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541338/?ref_=ttep_ep9)") in which Allison starts seeing numbers on or over people's heads, indicating how many days they have left to live. Lee Scanlon's number is 1, indic... | Maybe not exactly on foreheads... "The brand New Testament"
>
> God lives in an apartment in Brussels which he shares with his meek wife and his 10-year-old daughter Ea, to whom he is emotionally and physically abusive. God is a grumpy sadist who created humankind specifically to have something to torment. He manipul... |
7,164 | My wife was telling me about a movie or tv shows she saw a long time ago...but can't remember what it was.
A group of people have numbers on their foreheads, which is atypical. They don't know what the numbers are for, but eventually realize that they are the number of days they have left to live. When the countdown r... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7164",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/159/"
] | There was an episode of [Medium](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412175/) (season 6, episode 9, "[The Future's So Bright](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541338/?ref_=ttep_ep9)") in which Allison starts seeing numbers on or over people's heads, indicating how many days they have left to live. Lee Scanlon's number is 1, indic... | I think the movie you are looking for is called, In Time. Time is currency. It stars Justin Timberlake. |
7,164 | My wife was telling me about a movie or tv shows she saw a long time ago...but can't remember what it was.
A group of people have numbers on their foreheads, which is atypical. They don't know what the numbers are for, but eventually realize that they are the number of days they have left to live. When the countdown r... | 2011/11/22 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7164",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/159/"
] | Maybe not exactly on foreheads... "The brand New Testament"
>
> God lives in an apartment in Brussels which he shares with his meek wife and his 10-year-old daughter Ea, to whom he is emotionally and physically abusive. God is a grumpy sadist who created humankind specifically to have something to torment. He manipul... | I think the movie you are looking for is called, In Time. Time is currency. It stars Justin Timberlake. |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/46956",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You massively misunderstand the process of promulgating doctrine. It's not a magic process where God causes true statements to be generated out of thin air. Doctrine is developed through prayer, research, consultation, discernment and much more, and involves the whole church, not just the Pope. The belief is that God g... | Do not put the LORD your God to the test (Deuteronomy 6:16).
We know the Pope is infallible because God gave Peter specifically, and the Apostles generally, the Keys of the Kingdom. What the Apostles can do collectively (like in an Ecumenical Council), Peter can do as an individual. Same keys, but different ways to ex... |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
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] | Pope Pius XII—in his apostolic constitution that defines the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, *[Munificentissimus Deus](https://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html)* (1950)—describes the process in which he sought counsel from all the bish... | You massively misunderstand the process of promulgating doctrine. It's not a magic process where God causes true statements to be generated out of thin air. Doctrine is developed through prayer, research, consultation, discernment and much more, and involves the whole church, not just the Pope. The belief is that God g... |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/46956",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
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] | You massively misunderstand the process of promulgating doctrine. It's not a magic process where God causes true statements to be generated out of thin air. Doctrine is developed through prayer, research, consultation, discernment and much more, and involves the whole church, not just the Pope. The belief is that God g... | "it would be a great idea for the Pope to attempt to assert ex cathedra that they are saved"
Probably not. God would probably have to kill or otherwise divinely stop the mouth (or pen in this case) of said pope before he did so, as stated by another person here, else the Church would have been overcome by Satan (the t... |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/46956",
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] | Pope Pius XII—in his apostolic constitution that defines the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, *[Munificentissimus Deus](https://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html)* (1950)—describes the process in which he sought counsel from all the bish... | Do not put the LORD your God to the test (Deuteronomy 6:16).
We know the Pope is infallible because God gave Peter specifically, and the Apostles generally, the Keys of the Kingdom. What the Apostles can do collectively (like in an Ecumenical Council), Peter can do as an individual. Same keys, but different ways to ex... |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/46956",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Do not put the LORD your God to the test (Deuteronomy 6:16).
We know the Pope is infallible because God gave Peter specifically, and the Apostles generally, the Keys of the Kingdom. What the Apostles can do collectively (like in an Ecumenical Council), Peter can do as an individual. Same keys, but different ways to ex... | "it would be a great idea for the Pope to attempt to assert ex cathedra that they are saved"
Probably not. God would probably have to kill or otherwise divinely stop the mouth (or pen in this case) of said pope before he did so, as stated by another person here, else the Church would have been overcome by Satan (the t... |
46,956 | My understanding is that the Catholic Church teaches that when the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible, because what he says in such instances is divinely protected from error. There are a lot of questions that the Church considers open, e.g. the question of whether infants who die without being baptized are save... | 2016/02/12 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/46956",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
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] | Pope Pius XII—in his apostolic constitution that defines the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, *[Munificentissimus Deus](https://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html)* (1950)—describes the process in which he sought counsel from all the bish... | "it would be a great idea for the Pope to attempt to assert ex cathedra that they are saved"
Probably not. God would probably have to kill or otherwise divinely stop the mouth (or pen in this case) of said pope before he did so, as stated by another person here, else the Church would have been overcome by Satan (the t... |
955,788 | I have a view for an inbox. In the view I can currently show 10 sms messages. After 10 sms messages, I need to be able to scroll the messages.
In other words, how do I implement a scrolview in iPhone programming like the one in the mail inbox or the SMS application? | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/955788",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/108639/"
] | Firstly, you don't want a UIScrollView for a list of SMSs. UIScrollview - which is often referred to simply as a 'Scroll View' is a more general scrolling view.
To implement a list of scrolling cells like 10 SMS Messages, you should use a UITableView. You get get a log of help on UITableView programming here on [Stack... | Use UIScrollView class <http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIScrollView_Class/Reference/UIScrollView.html> |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
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] | My answer for you is the same I gave for other related questions: **just write**.
There's a nice saying -- "*the good is a sworn enemy of the optimum*". I've seen people like you and one of the main reasons they become anxious about writing is because they don't understand that they can't aim too high if they don't gr... | If creative writing is one of your talents and creative ideas are coming to your mind. Don't hesitate to do so. Take a pen and start writing those. For first few days, you will feel uncomfortable but afterwards you will be habituated and things will go smoothly as it was before when you used to write.
Thanks.. |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | My answer for you is the same I gave for other related questions: **just write**.
There's a nice saying -- "*the good is a sworn enemy of the optimum*". I've seen people like you and one of the main reasons they become anxious about writing is because they don't understand that they can't aim too high if they don't gr... | Some famous guy said that writing was opening a vein onto the page.
I wish I was that easy.
Writing is reaching into the most vulnerable parts of your soul and raising them from the depths to show their horrid beauty for all to see.
You are shining light on the best and worst facets of your being and it is scary. B... |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | My answer for you is the same I gave for other related questions: **just write**.
There's a nice saying -- "*the good is a sworn enemy of the optimum*". I've seen people like you and one of the main reasons they become anxious about writing is because they don't understand that they can't aim too high if they don't gr... | Javeer, I think you are so afraid of writing that you don't even want to seriously address the issue. You have yourself so tied up in knots that you are talking in self-contradictions. You say "it's not lack of motivation, I just can't bring myself to write." I would say "just can't bring myself to write" is *precisely... |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | My answer for you is the same I gave for other related questions: **just write**.
There's a nice saying -- "*the good is a sworn enemy of the optimum*". I've seen people like you and one of the main reasons they become anxious about writing is because they don't understand that they can't aim too high if they don't gr... | I think the question of motivation is dependant on exactly what you want to achieve. You cant get motivated about a goal thats as amorphous as "start writing again". What I've found to be useful is to decide on smaller writing targets, and accomplishing those. Initially, just personal goals (for example, my goal for th... |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | I think the question of motivation is dependant on exactly what you want to achieve. You cant get motivated about a goal thats as amorphous as "start writing again". What I've found to be useful is to decide on smaller writing targets, and accomplishing those. Initially, just personal goals (for example, my goal for th... | If creative writing is one of your talents and creative ideas are coming to your mind. Don't hesitate to do so. Take a pen and start writing those. For first few days, you will feel uncomfortable but afterwards you will be habituated and things will go smoothly as it was before when you used to write.
Thanks.. |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | I think the question of motivation is dependant on exactly what you want to achieve. You cant get motivated about a goal thats as amorphous as "start writing again". What I've found to be useful is to decide on smaller writing targets, and accomplishing those. Initially, just personal goals (for example, my goal for th... | Some famous guy said that writing was opening a vein onto the page.
I wish I was that easy.
Writing is reaching into the most vulnerable parts of your soul and raising them from the depths to show their horrid beauty for all to see.
You are shining light on the best and worst facets of your being and it is scary. B... |
8,633 | You would note the use of the word 'again' in the title of my question.
I wrote a number of short stories many years ago. This was when I was doing my first degree (in literature) just after high school. There were no creative writing courses but just analysis of novels, plays and poetry in the first degree. The 'crea... | 2013/08/12 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/8633",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/5208/"
] | I think the question of motivation is dependant on exactly what you want to achieve. You cant get motivated about a goal thats as amorphous as "start writing again". What I've found to be useful is to decide on smaller writing targets, and accomplishing those. Initially, just personal goals (for example, my goal for th... | Javeer, I think you are so afraid of writing that you don't even want to seriously address the issue. You have yourself so tied up in knots that you are talking in self-contradictions. You say "it's not lack of motivation, I just can't bring myself to write." I would say "just can't bring myself to write" is *precisely... |
69,826 | >
> Two long sharp teeth
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> Two holes beneath
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> My bite is neat
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> I do not eat
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>
What am I? | 2018/08/17 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/69826",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/22895/"
] | Well this is far fetched, but let's try:
It is
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> scissors
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>
>
Two long sharp teeth
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> Scissor has two blades
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>
>
Two holes beneath
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> you can make two holes with their blades, or as @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid mentioned in comments, it can refer to the two holes used to hold the scissors.
>
> ... | You are
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> a stapler.
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>
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Two long sharp teeth
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> the sharp ends of the staple pointing out
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>
>
Two holes beneath
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> the two holes at the bottom force the staple to bend
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>
>
My bite is neat
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> bites through paper
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>
>
I do not eat
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> yep
>
>
> |
69,826 | >
> Two long sharp teeth
>
>
> Two holes beneath
>
>
> My bite is neat
>
>
> I do not eat
>
>
>
What am I? | 2018/08/17 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/69826",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/22895/"
] | Well this is far fetched, but let's try:
It is
>
> scissors
>
>
>
Two long sharp teeth
>
> Scissor has two blades
>
>
>
Two holes beneath
>
> you can make two holes with their blades, or as @Shahriar Mahmud Sajid mentioned in comments, it can refer to the two holes used to hold the scissors.
>
> ... | Let's give this a try:
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> a paper punch
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>
>
>
> Leaves two neat holes in paper with long metal rods and doesn't require to eat.
>
>
> |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | I wouldn't expect too much from Maven 3. The people behind the Maven pedigree of build tools have always held the assumption that project builds are homogeneous, that is: all build problems fundamentally boil down to the same problem. This view of the world can be held fairly consistently in the face of opposing views ... | We use Maven here, but I find that once you get outside of a simple project, the pom.xml starts to get more and more complex. You start spending a lot of time working out how in the heck to configure your pom to do what you want, and how to work around the various issues.
The thing that really got me was the ear we're... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | I wouldn't expect too much from Maven 3. The people behind the Maven pedigree of build tools have always held the assumption that project builds are homogeneous, that is: all build problems fundamentally boil down to the same problem. This view of the world can be held fairly consistently in the face of opposing views ... | Give Lattice <https://github.com/hackingspirit/Lattice> a try. I am the author. Here is the scoop:
In Lattice build files are written not in XML, but in the Python language. The ben- efits are much better readability and powerful imperative build scripting supported by Python.
For multi-module projects. Lattice uses t... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | **maven 3.x is already embedded in IDEs** (at least on netbeans, check [this link](http://www.scribd.com/doc/14458957/Jasons-Maven-3-Presentation) for more infomration). You can play today with maven 3.x simply building a Maven project with netbeans.
Another nice news is that maven got more 'enterprise' support with i... | I think people complaining about Maven should spend a little extra time investigating available plugins. In response to comments complaining that Maven is rigid and makes it hard to use custom build logic / provide fine-grained control over the build process - I would recommend looking into Ant plug-in for Maven (there... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | We use Maven here, but I find that once you get outside of a simple project, the pom.xml starts to get more and more complex. You start spending a lot of time working out how in the heck to configure your pom to do what you want, and how to work around the various issues.
The thing that really got me was the ear we're... | Keep your code well maintained and broken into well defined modules and porting between build systems becomes a minor problem.
As for now, maven-2 is a good choice for the middle 2/3rd of projects. For the really simple, ant is still ok. For the really complex, a hybrid of maven-2 and other tools (like antrun) become... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | I think people complaining about Maven should spend a little extra time investigating available plugins. In response to comments complaining that Maven is rigid and makes it hard to use custom build logic / provide fine-grained control over the build process - I would recommend looking into Ant plug-in for Maven (there... | Ant with Ivy does the same dependency management Maven does (in fact, it uses Maven's whole dependency management infrastructure including the same URL repositories), but without all the POM configuration mess.
Ant with Ivy might be a way of handling the dependency issues for people who really don't want to use Maven.... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | We use Maven here, but I find that once you get outside of a simple project, the pom.xml starts to get more and more complex. You start spending a lot of time working out how in the heck to configure your pom to do what you want, and how to work around the various issues.
The thing that really got me was the ear we're... | I think people complaining about Maven should spend a little extra time investigating available plugins. In response to comments complaining that Maven is rigid and makes it hard to use custom build logic / provide fine-grained control over the build process - I would recommend looking into Ant plug-in for Maven (there... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | No build system is a magic bullet. I find Maven solves more problems than it causes for me, but I'm quite comfortable writing plugins to get round its shortcomings, I also deal with hundreds of projects, so Maven's inheritance and dependency processing is quite helpful for me.
Browse SO a bit and you'll see Buildr and... | Ant with Ivy does the same dependency management Maven does (in fact, it uses Maven's whole dependency management infrastructure including the same URL repositories), but without all the POM configuration mess.
Ant with Ivy might be a way of handling the dependency issues for people who really don't want to use Maven.... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | I wouldn't expect too much from Maven 3. The people behind the Maven pedigree of build tools have always held the assumption that project builds are homogeneous, that is: all build problems fundamentally boil down to the same problem. This view of the world can be held fairly consistently in the face of opposing views ... | Maven 2 and 3 have both been working perfectly for me on a variety of projects. I am currently using Maven 3 alpha 7 which works very well, especially in conjunction with the Eclipse Maven plugin.
Maven integrates seamlessly with Ant - in both directions. In my current project, we invoke Maven from Ant multiple times ... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | No build system is a magic bullet. I find Maven solves more problems than it causes for me, but I'm quite comfortable writing plugins to get round its shortcomings, I also deal with hundreds of projects, so Maven's inheritance and dependency processing is quite helpful for me.
Browse SO a bit and you'll see Buildr and... | I wouldn't expect too much from Maven 3. The people behind the Maven pedigree of build tools have always held the assumption that project builds are homogeneous, that is: all build problems fundamentally boil down to the same problem. This view of the world can be held fairly consistently in the face of opposing views ... |
1,306,579 | I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3? | 2009/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1306579",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/160082/"
] | **maven 3.x is already embedded in IDEs** (at least on netbeans, check [this link](http://www.scribd.com/doc/14458957/Jasons-Maven-3-Presentation) for more infomration). You can play today with maven 3.x simply building a Maven project with netbeans.
Another nice news is that maven got more 'enterprise' support with i... | Give Lattice <https://github.com/hackingspirit/Lattice> a try. I am the author. Here is the scoop:
In Lattice build files are written not in XML, but in the Python language. The ben- efits are much better readability and powerful imperative build scripting supported by Python.
For multi-module projects. Lattice uses t... |
31,367 | I use Google Apps email to send out details of a product I sell to people who enquire about it via a web form.
After a month or so I go through my *Sent Mail* folder and send a follow up email to all those I haven't heard off. Each email is the same except for the person's name in the greeting.
So in summary, periodi... | 2012/09/21 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/31367",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/24814/"
] | Gmail filters only act on messages when they arrive. There's not a way to do what you want with filters.
For a pure Gmail solution, you can accomplish almost what you want by judicious use of search and the [Canned Responses Lab](http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-canned-responses.html). That will make ... | You should try [Boomerang](http://www.boomeranggmail.com/), I think it will do what you want
>
> **Schedule an email to be sent later. Easy email reminders.**
>
> Boomerang for Gmail is a Firefox / Chrome plugin that lets you take control of when you send and receive email messages.
>
>
> |
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