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164,605 | I just bought an ASA 5505 that my data center is setting up for me. They have told me that setting the ASA to routed with NAT will break Web/DNS server on inside network.
For example: WAN IP address 66.xxx.47.x - translated to LAN IP address 192.168.0.1 on inside network - will not provide WAN IP to the inside Web/DNS... | 2010/07/27 | [
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] | ASA static entries let you use a "dns" manipulator which will rewrite the DNS response on the fly. If they are saying this is not possible they do not know what they are doing with the ASA. | It depends on what kind of DNS setup you have.
We have our DNS servers and web servers behind an ASA 5510 using NAT.
On the DNS server (BIND), we provide different information depending on which IP address the request comes from. This is [Split-horizon DNS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-horizon_DNS).
If the req... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
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] | 1. No. GPS is not autonomous. Errors in satellite vehicles can and have propagated to ground stations (I have one on record from a working GPS receiver placing me kilometers from my actual location that coincided with a published failed software update in the satellites). Additionally, selective availability, while not... | Over a small area you may be able to do something. I don't know if you have a small area to deal with, and 10ft might be pushing it even then. Basically you fix the position of a known point by some means (it might not even have to be fixed absolutely depending on your goal). *Long term* GPS averaging might do that for... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
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] | 1. No. GPS is not autonomous. Errors in satellite vehicles can and have propagated to ground stations (I have one on record from a working GPS receiver placing me kilometers from my actual location that coincided with a published failed software update in the satellites). Additionally, selective availability, while not... | This answer is based strictly upon my personal experience.
I am not trying to sell you anything.
There are consumer grade GPS receivers which will get you approximately 3 meters of repeatable accuracy if they are used properly, and there is little or no overhead canopy.
I have had amazing results using a Garmin GLO w... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
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] | 1. No. GPS is not autonomous. Errors in satellite vehicles can and have propagated to ground stations (I have one on record from a working GPS receiver placing me kilometers from my actual location that coincided with a published failed software update in the satellites). Additionally, selective availability, while not... | There are several ways to use GPS signals that would give you the desired accuracy.
You can use either DGPS or a SBAS (WAAS in the US) for an accuracy of meters.
For a centimeter level accuracy you would need an RTK o PPP device.
I doubt you can get the desired accuracy in less than two minutes since the startup of th... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
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] | 1. No. GPS is not autonomous. Errors in satellite vehicles can and have propagated to ground stations (I have one on record from a working GPS receiver placing me kilometers from my actual location that coincided with a published failed software update in the satellites). Additionally, selective availability, while not... | Ten feet isn't unreasonable, although it's right at the edge of day to day accuracy. I used a Garmin 60c along with aerial photographs to create an orienteering map. I had an overall accuracy of about 5 meters, coupled with a 8 meter differential between photo and GPS caused by the 40 meter difference in elevation betw... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16143",
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] | Over a small area you may be able to do something. I don't know if you have a small area to deal with, and 10ft might be pushing it even then. Basically you fix the position of a known point by some means (it might not even have to be fixed absolutely depending on your goal). *Long term* GPS averaging might do that for... | This answer is based strictly upon my personal experience.
I am not trying to sell you anything.
There are consumer grade GPS receivers which will get you approximately 3 meters of repeatable accuracy if they are used properly, and there is little or no overhead canopy.
I have had amazing results using a Garmin GLO w... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16143",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/13109/"
] | Over a small area you may be able to do something. I don't know if you have a small area to deal with, and 10ft might be pushing it even then. Basically you fix the position of a known point by some means (it might not even have to be fixed absolutely depending on your goal). *Long term* GPS averaging might do that for... | Ten feet isn't unreasonable, although it's right at the edge of day to day accuracy. I used a Garmin 60c along with aerial photographs to create an orienteering map. I had an overall accuracy of about 5 meters, coupled with a 8 meter differential between photo and GPS caused by the 40 meter difference in elevation betw... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16143",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are several ways to use GPS signals that would give you the desired accuracy.
You can use either DGPS or a SBAS (WAAS in the US) for an accuracy of meters.
For a centimeter level accuracy you would need an RTK o PPP device.
I doubt you can get the desired accuracy in less than two minutes since the startup of th... | This answer is based strictly upon my personal experience.
I am not trying to sell you anything.
There are consumer grade GPS receivers which will get you approximately 3 meters of repeatable accuracy if they are used properly, and there is little or no overhead canopy.
I have had amazing results using a Garmin GLO w... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16143",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/13109/"
] | Ten feet isn't unreasonable, although it's right at the edge of day to day accuracy. I used a Garmin 60c along with aerial photographs to create an orienteering map. I had an overall accuracy of about 5 meters, coupled with a 8 meter differential between photo and GPS caused by the 40 meter difference in elevation betw... | This answer is based strictly upon my personal experience.
I am not trying to sell you anything.
There are consumer grade GPS receivers which will get you approximately 3 meters of repeatable accuracy if they are used properly, and there is little or no overhead canopy.
I have had amazing results using a Garmin GLO w... |
16,143 | I've already read [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/5446/what-specific-features-should-i-take-into-account-when-buying-gps-device-for-geo) and [this](https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4045/how-to-select-a-good-gps-receiver) to get some background knowledge on GPS tools, but I'm still left w... | 2017/05/14 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/16143",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/13109/"
] | There are several ways to use GPS signals that would give you the desired accuracy.
You can use either DGPS or a SBAS (WAAS in the US) for an accuracy of meters.
For a centimeter level accuracy you would need an RTK o PPP device.
I doubt you can get the desired accuracy in less than two minutes since the startup of th... | Ten feet isn't unreasonable, although it's right at the edge of day to day accuracy. I used a Garmin 60c along with aerial photographs to create an orienteering map. I had an overall accuracy of about 5 meters, coupled with a 8 meter differential between photo and GPS caused by the 40 meter difference in elevation betw... |
1,535,635 | I hope someone can help with this. I am a statistician looking for a good book on high dimensional probability and data analysis. Basically I am looking for the equivalent of Terry Tao's 2 volume set on Analysis, but for high dimensional probability. Let me qualify what I am looking for.
Now there are a bunch of books... | 2015/11/18 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1535635",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | It has been some time since the question was asked and I believe the recent text "High Dimensional Probability" by Roman Vershynin might be just what you are looking for. It covers a variety of topics, focusing on the concentration phenomenon on higher dimensions. It is both theoretically heavy and intuitionally approa... | A recently published book by Wainwright, on high dimensional data, which seems useful
[High-dimensional statistics : a non-asymptotic viewpoint](https://books.google.com/books/about/High_Dimensional_Statistics.html?id=8C8nuQEACAAJ) |
41,240,745 | I am looking for a version control system which I can use for the Code of VBA possibly in a form of *add-in* but similar to **SVN** or **Git** or even a commercial software. I know there is a discussion [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/131605/best-way-to-do-version-control-for-ms-excel) and [there](https://st... | 2016/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41240745",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3305448/"
] | >
> **NOTE: This feature has since been removed.** Rubberduck still allows exporting all code files from a VBA project to the file system, but as of 2019/02/08 while it allows importing all code files at once, it will not overwrite existing modules on import, which makes this answer pretty much invalid.
>
>
>
Disc... | I don't think there are any compelling source control systems targeting Excel VBA, you'll just have to pick one of the names you already have and adapt it for Excel VBA.
So, I most recently used (and would still choose) GIT but I had/have to export the modules out to a directory. Other Enterprise Level Excel systems ... |
59,500 | How can I take a screenshot of my PC's BIOS? | 2009/10/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/59500",
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] | Take a camera, point it at the screen and take a picture.
Unless you have some kind of very fancy KVM switch that works over network (no, the cheap home user ones don't do that). Then you can do a direct screen capture on the receiving end, I think. Requires another computer, though.
Yet another option would involve ... | You can use an IP KVM switch with 'BIOS level access' (not exactly cheap though) and access the BIOS 'remotely' from another machine and take 'proper' screenshots there.
 |
59,500 | How can I take a screenshot of my PC's BIOS? | 2009/10/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/59500",
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] | Take a camera, point it at the screen and take a picture.
Unless you have some kind of very fancy KVM switch that works over network (no, the cheap home user ones don't do that). Then you can do a direct screen capture on the receiving end, I think. Requires another computer, though.
Yet another option would involve ... | Some motherboards can be set up to push the boot-up and BIOS interface out the serial port. If your's can, then you could connect it to another machine with a terminal emulator running, and take a screen capture of the terminal emulator window. |
2,427 | Should we allow genre meta tags, and if so, should they be applicable to any series within that genre so that fans of that genre can more easily find those questions in order to answer them/learn more, or only to questions inquiring about the genre itself?
For example, we currently have genre questions such as the fol... | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2427",
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] | >
> 2. Anime/manga-specific genre tags (such as "shoujo," "mahou shoujo", "yuri," yaoi," "moe," "nichijou," "seinen," etc.) could be useful so that, for example, someone who is **an expert in "josei" could easily find questions about their area of speciality to answer, and to find answers of interest to read,** withou... | I don't know if they're a good thing. I feel that they could keep expanding until they're unmaintainably large:
What is this anime? [romance](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/romance "show questions tagged 'romance'") [yuri](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/yuri "show questions tagged '... |
18,751,027 | Would concerns help me share logic for partials? I see Rails 4 has the "concerns" folder for controllers, but it's empty on app generation.
DHH wrote a blog on concerns (but I think they are for the model): <http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3372-put-chubby-models-on-a-diet-with-concerns>
I would appreciate a concise ex... | 2013/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18751027",
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] | Concerns are modules that get mixed into controller or model classes for instance. DHH's post focused on models, but the same applies to controllers. It helps slim down the model or controller classes, and makes it easier to reuse common code across multiple classes.
Helpers are for short presentation-oriented methods... | Simply put:
Helpers contain methods to be used in views.
Concerns are modules to be included in controllers/models(depending which concern is it) etc.
It's just a folder with code that you could otherwise put in another place if you wanted. We use fancy terms like concerns to get paid more. |
4,828 | Defensive backs often get them from interceptions but it's possible for other players have forced fumbles, strips and blocked kicks. | 2014/06/02 | [
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] | I also believe that this could be very subjective, however, I will try to apply some logic to find a best available answer.
To take a 2014 approach, and looking at the statistics through the first three weeks of the season, it appears defensive backs may have the most influence on turnovers, at least during this seaso... | Looking at stats from the 2013...
Richard Sherman had [8 interceptions](http://www.nfl.com/stats/player?seasonId=2013&seasonType=REG&Submit=Go).
The leader in fumbles recovered was [Mychal Kendricks](http://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/player-stat/fumbles-recovered-lost-by-opposition) with 4.
The leader in forced fumble... |
4,828 | Defensive backs often get them from interceptions but it's possible for other players have forced fumbles, strips and blocked kicks. | 2014/06/02 | [
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] | I also believe that this could be very subjective, however, I will try to apply some logic to find a best available answer.
To take a 2014 approach, and looking at the statistics through the first three weeks of the season, it appears defensive backs may have the most influence on turnovers, at least during this seaso... | I do not have hard research to support this, however in my experience Quarterbacks have the most *fumbles* on any given team – generally speaking. Not the least factor in that is they touch the ball more than any other player.
Given that, I believe **Defensive Ends** are *”most likely to create turnovers in football”.... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | There are three important sources of energy in planetary bodies (or their moons) that may be important in determining their suitability for life. All of these are evident in various bodies in the Solar System.
The first is tidal heating. When one object orbits another then there will be gradient in the gravitational f... | Stars function by nuclear fusion. There is energy that isn't released by nuclear fusion, nor from the nuclear decay of elements produced by fusion.
There is the cosmic microwave background. This is radiation, but it "cold", at about -268 \*C. There is a lot of energy, but because it is so "cold" it is difficult to use... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | There are three important sources of energy in planetary bodies (or their moons) that may be important in determining their suitability for life. All of these are evident in various bodies in the Solar System.
The first is tidal heating. When one object orbits another then there will be gradient in the gravitational f... | The answer by mentioned two internal sources of energy in planets and moons, etc.:
one) Tidal heating. In some situations tidal heating hasno significant effect, in ohters it can make a cold moon warm enough for life, in others it could cause a runaway greenhouse effect.
Two) Energy produced by the decay of radioacti... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | Stars function by nuclear fusion. There is energy that isn't released by nuclear fusion, nor from the nuclear decay of elements produced by fusion.
There is the cosmic microwave background. This is radiation, but it "cold", at about -268 \*C. There is a lot of energy, but because it is so "cold" it is difficult to use... | There are also [electric bacteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bacteria). The BBC's [There are microbes that eat and poo nothing but electricity](http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160613-there-are-microbes-that-eat-and-poo-nothing-but-electricity) coverts the topic extensively.
At first electrical forms of e... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | You can also have planets with powerful magnetic fields, a conductive body passing through them [generates electric currents](https://www.mtnet.info/division/papers/EMWKSHP_ReviewVolumes/1972Edinburgh/DyalParkin_1972EdinburghReview_PEPI_1973.pdf), that besides simply heating can also power chemical reactions directly (... | There are also [electric bacteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bacteria). The BBC's [There are microbes that eat and poo nothing but electricity](http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160613-there-are-microbes-that-eat-and-poo-nothing-but-electricity) coverts the topic extensively.
At first electrical forms of e... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | Stars function by nuclear fusion. There is energy that isn't released by nuclear fusion, nor from the nuclear decay of elements produced by fusion.
There is the cosmic microwave background. This is radiation, but it "cold", at about -268 \*C. There is a lot of energy, but because it is so "cold" it is difficult to use... | The answer by mentioned two internal sources of energy in planets and moons, etc.:
one) Tidal heating. In some situations tidal heating hasno significant effect, in ohters it can make a cold moon warm enough for life, in others it could cause a runaway greenhouse effect.
Two) Energy produced by the decay of radioacti... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | The answer by mentioned two internal sources of energy in planets and moons, etc.:
one) Tidal heating. In some situations tidal heating hasno significant effect, in ohters it can make a cold moon warm enough for life, in others it could cause a runaway greenhouse effect.
Two) Energy produced by the decay of radioacti... | There are also [electric bacteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bacteria). The BBC's [There are microbes that eat and poo nothing but electricity](http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160613-there-are-microbes-that-eat-and-poo-nothing-but-electricity) coverts the topic extensively.
At first electrical forms of e... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | There are three important sources of energy in planetary bodies (or their moons) that may be important in determining their suitability for life. All of these are evident in various bodies in the Solar System.
The first is tidal heating. When one object orbits another then there will be gradient in the gravitational f... | ProfRob makes a good point about tidal heating, but you can have internal heat sufficient for life even without this. The heat I'm referring to is heat trapped in a planet's core from its formation, which slowly and reliably leaks out through geothermal vents.
We observe this at the bottoms of Earth's oceans, where th... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
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] | ProfRob makes a good point about tidal heating, but you can have internal heat sufficient for life even without this. The heat I'm referring to is heat trapped in a planet's core from its formation, which slowly and reliably leaks out through geothermal vents.
We observe this at the bottoms of Earth's oceans, where th... | There are also [electric bacteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bacteria). The BBC's [There are microbes that eat and poo nothing but electricity](http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160613-there-are-microbes-that-eat-and-poo-nothing-but-electricity) coverts the topic extensively.
At first electrical forms of e... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/45491",
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] | There are three important sources of energy in planetary bodies (or their moons) that may be important in determining their suitability for life. All of these are evident in various bodies in the Solar System.
The first is tidal heating. When one object orbits another then there will be gradient in the gravitational f... | You can also have planets with powerful magnetic fields, a conductive body passing through them [generates electric currents](https://www.mtnet.info/division/papers/EMWKSHP_ReviewVolumes/1972Edinburgh/DyalParkin_1972EdinburghReview_PEPI_1973.pdf), that besides simply heating can also power chemical reactions directly (... |
45,491 | Are there other life giving sources of energy in space apart from stars? (like nebulae, radiation, etc.)? Or are all possible life giving potential sources some variation of a star? | 2021/08/28 | [
"https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/45491",
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] | ProfRob makes a good point about tidal heating, but you can have internal heat sufficient for life even without this. The heat I'm referring to is heat trapped in a planet's core from its formation, which slowly and reliably leaks out through geothermal vents.
We observe this at the bottoms of Earth's oceans, where th... | You can also have planets with powerful magnetic fields, a conductive body passing through them [generates electric currents](https://www.mtnet.info/division/papers/EMWKSHP_ReviewVolumes/1972Edinburgh/DyalParkin_1972EdinburghReview_PEPI_1973.pdf), that besides simply heating can also power chemical reactions directly (... |
12,914 | I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify `WS_POPUP`, I can still freely move the cursor to my second screen. However, if I launch full-screen games, they don't permit it, and exist onl... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/12914",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/4662/"
] | My approach to this is two-fold
* First, I abstract the source of control for every game object. That lets me implement a "user controlled entity", which takes input from gamepad/keyboard/mouse/etc for the player entity, and implement AI routines for NPCs.
* Second, each entity can only express an "intent" ... so the ... | you can implement your object control in map calss, but that would create some god object and it'll be too difficult to debug or add features your program in future. there are two approches for this problem :
1- one is to handle all the inputs in the player class, and then ask map to move your player as player calcula... |
12,914 | I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify `WS_POPUP`, I can still freely move the cursor to my second screen. However, if I launch full-screen games, they don't permit it, and exist onl... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/12914",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/4662/"
] | Depends on the type of game. For a platformer, your movement is basically a large series of hacks, comprised of a lot of ray tests and highly specialized logic. For a top-down action game, you should have a basic physics/collision system that's independent of any particular type of game object, and player controls just... | you can implement your object control in map calss, but that would create some god object and it'll be too difficult to debug or add features your program in future. there are two approches for this problem :
1- one is to handle all the inputs in the player class, and then ask map to move your player as player calcula... |
12,914 | I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify `WS_POPUP`, I can still freely move the cursor to my second screen. However, if I launch full-screen games, they don't permit it, and exist onl... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/12914",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/4662/"
] | My approach to this is two-fold
* First, I abstract the source of control for every game object. That lets me implement a "user controlled entity", which takes input from gamepad/keyboard/mouse/etc for the player entity, and implement AI routines for NPCs.
* Second, each entity can only express an "intent" ... so the ... | There is really no right way to do this, because you are talking collisions and character control it really boils down to exactly the problem you are trying to solve, as no matter your approach you are going to have to look at your game mechanics and see if it fits ( order of resolution etc.. ).
My approach to this pr... |
12,914 | I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify `WS_POPUP`, I can still freely move the cursor to my second screen. However, if I launch full-screen games, they don't permit it, and exist onl... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/12914",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/4662/"
] | My approach to this is two-fold
* First, I abstract the source of control for every game object. That lets me implement a "user controlled entity", which takes input from gamepad/keyboard/mouse/etc for the player entity, and implement AI routines for NPCs.
* Second, each entity can only express an "intent" ... so the ... | Depends on the type of game. For a platformer, your movement is basically a large series of hacks, comprised of a lot of ray tests and highly specialized logic. For a top-down action game, you should have a basic physics/collision system that's independent of any particular type of game object, and player controls just... |
12,914 | I've got a Windows API Window. I've managed to make it windowed, and "fullscreen windowed". But I can't seem to make the window just full-screen- for example, even if I specify `WS_POPUP`, I can still freely move the cursor to my second screen. However, if I launch full-screen games, they don't permit it, and exist onl... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/12914",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/4662/"
] | Depends on the type of game. For a platformer, your movement is basically a large series of hacks, comprised of a lot of ray tests and highly specialized logic. For a top-down action game, you should have a basic physics/collision system that's independent of any particular type of game object, and player controls just... | There is really no right way to do this, because you are talking collisions and character control it really boils down to exactly the problem you are trying to solve, as no matter your approach you are going to have to look at your game mechanics and see if it fits ( order of resolution etc.. ).
My approach to this pr... |
159,945 | For your info, I am a 17yr high school student currently live in Australia. As the applications for university entry is just around the corner, I am searching for an appropriate degree that suits my interest.
I frequently come across these various "honours" degree and not "straight forward" degree.
For instance, I wa... | 2020/07/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/159945",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119336/"
] | Caveat that this is not a definitive answer, and probably could be considered a long comment, but it's the best I could do.
After some research I discovered a description of [Bachelor of Engineering (BE)](https://my.uq.edu.au/programs-courses/program.html?acad_prog=2001) at UQ (from 2015), which has this note:
>
> P... | The reason is they found it was hard to get students jobs without the additional honours degree component. It's just an extra year of study with an internship component.
the internship component is the actual reason it's an honours, as they cannot cram everything into 3 years, and a bachelor's full time is not meant to... |
159,945 | For your info, I am a 17yr high school student currently live in Australia. As the applications for university entry is just around the corner, I am searching for an appropriate degree that suits my interest.
I frequently come across these various "honours" degree and not "straight forward" degree.
For instance, I wa... | 2020/07/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/159945",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/119336/"
] | A honors degree might involve a combination of the following:
* Attain a certain GPA or average (e.g. an average of 85% or greater)
* More advanced topics in the discipline
* Steeper requirements in terms of prerequisites (e.g. GPA/Average, knowledge)
* Taking more courses
Here is the description of honors degrees pr... | The reason is they found it was hard to get students jobs without the additional honours degree component. It's just an extra year of study with an internship component.
the internship component is the actual reason it's an honours, as they cannot cram everything into 3 years, and a bachelor's full time is not meant to... |
5,793 | In addition to the general topical interest indicated in the title, I am also curious about British mathematics of the period viewed through the lens of competition with the rest of Europe (and perhaps even the rest of the world). For example, I have often heard it argued (informally) that the whole Newton-Leibniz-calc... | 2017/03/15 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5793",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/5505/"
] | The standard literature on the Mayan calendar is:
J. Eric S. Thompson, Maya Hieroglyphic Writing, Washington : Carnegie Institution, 1950.
Lis Brack-Bernsen, 'Die Basler Mayatafeln', Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, Vol.86 (1977), 1-76.
Floyd G. Lounsbury, 'Maya numeration, computation, and ... | FWIW: ~ Gama, 1790, P.25 indicates "...pero la corrección no se hacia hasta el fin del Ciclo, en que se intercalaban juntos los 13 días, que gastaban en fiestas, en honor de los dioses seculares, de los quales era uno el mismo Xiuhteuctli TletL...", P.110 "...pues sabiendo ellos bien, que al fin del Ciclo había retroce... |
45,127,835 | I try to initialize my terminal in Android Studio but it gives me error. It says
>
> Can't open local terminal. java.io.IOException: Couldn't create PTY
>
>
>
My computer runs on windows 10. How to fix this? | 2017/07/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45127835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8309503/"
] | This problem was occured when, you clone one android project from Github Repository..
To solve this Problem, Open Settings, Go To Tools -> Terminal
Then, In the Project Settings, change the path of Start Directory to Your SDK's path like, For My System,
G:\MySoftware\Sdk\platform-tools | you could run studio.exe as administrator, if the solution not work, try another solution: add a Shell path(git-bash or others) to Android Studio Settings(setting--->Tools--->Terminal--->Shell path) |
1,865,515 | Your triplestore contains a lot of nodes, and you have to make accessible this database via a REST interface.
Now, my solution would be that every named (not-anonymous) node is exported as a resource, whose representation is:
1. all the triples having the node as a subject
2. all the triples having the node as an obj... | 2009/12/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1865515",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78374/"
] | Depends on what the the data is and what the interface users want to do with it. This question is similar to what the SPARQL DESCRIBE query form should return. (It's determined by the implementation.)
For the use cases I've had with RDF data, I'd go with 1 and 3, producing a blank node closure of the resource. Additio... | (disclaimer: this may not correspond exactly to the content of your question, but it corresponds to the title)
I think that about the topic of Rest representation of RDF data is a general problem of inverting the order of concepts. For me the normal would be to have a collection of Rest documents with RDF data and use... |
1,865,515 | Your triplestore contains a lot of nodes, and you have to make accessible this database via a REST interface.
Now, my solution would be that every named (not-anonymous) node is exported as a resource, whose representation is:
1. all the triples having the node as a subject
2. all the triples having the node as an obj... | 2009/12/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1865515",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78374/"
] | Depends on what the the data is and what the interface users want to do with it. This question is similar to what the SPARQL DESCRIBE query form should return. (It's determined by the implementation.)
For the use cases I've had with RDF data, I'd go with 1 and 3, producing a blank node closure of the resource. Additio... | One easy way to make an RDF dataset REST traversible is to use URLs for all traversible elements.
When the URL is accessed, for example via HTTP GET, then result shows the connected nodes (connected as properties and/or inverse properties).
More formally the returned representation could be a [Concise Bounded Descrip... |
1,865,515 | Your triplestore contains a lot of nodes, and you have to make accessible this database via a REST interface.
Now, my solution would be that every named (not-anonymous) node is exported as a resource, whose representation is:
1. all the triples having the node as a subject
2. all the triples having the node as an obj... | 2009/12/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1865515",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/78374/"
] | One easy way to make an RDF dataset REST traversible is to use URLs for all traversible elements.
When the URL is accessed, for example via HTTP GET, then result shows the connected nodes (connected as properties and/or inverse properties).
More formally the returned representation could be a [Concise Bounded Descrip... | (disclaimer: this may not correspond exactly to the content of your question, but it corresponds to the title)
I think that about the topic of Rest representation of RDF data is a general problem of inverting the order of concepts. For me the normal would be to have a collection of Rest documents with RDF data and use... |
297,405 | When we say "**I am wearing a Tshirt**" (might last a day), we mean "**I have that Tshirt on my body**"
When we don't say "**I am wearing a Tshirt**" to mean "**I am putting on a Tshirt**" (which might last 1 or 2 minutes).
Does "**I am renting a house**" mean I am negotiating with the landlord now (which might last ... | 2021/09/10 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/297405",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/22478/"
] | "I am renting a house" would generally mean you have completed the negotiations and have a contract, whether you are actually moved in is a bit more questionable though in most cases could safely be assumed. This is from a western US perspective, I suppose this could vary by location. | "I am renting a house / a room" -> that negotiations and contracts are all done would be the most common interpretation.
To mean on-going negotiation, you could say "I am trying to rent a house". And "There's a house I'm trying to rent" would be more unambiguous. |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | I thought [SpinRite](http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm) was free, but I guess it isn't any more. Based on that I would use the manufacturers diagnostics tool, see samsungs [here](http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/Support_HUTIL.html). | Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools). These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor](http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm) to run checks... |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | The [Ultimate Boot CD](http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) has some Hard Drive tools on it that should detect any errors on the drive. Just make sure that you back up all your data FIRST. Doing intense testing on a bad drive may lead to worse failure and data lost. | If you do find out that a HDD is failing, you may want to check out [Recovery Is Possible](http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/). |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools). These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor](http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm) to run checks... | If you do find out that a HDD is failing, you may want to check out [Recovery Is Possible](http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/). |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Along with all the other suggested options, you may want to look at more basic hardware factors:
* try using a different usb cable
* try a different usb port on the computer
* try using the hard drive in a different external drive case
* if available, try using esata
* try connecting the hard drive directly to your mo... | You can grab Hiren's boot cd which contains some free tools for this purpose. [Website is here](http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd)
Maybe you'll have to attach your drive to the IDE bus for doing your maintenance work. |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools). These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor](http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm) to run checks... | Along with all the other suggested options, you may want to look at more basic hardware factors:
* try using a different usb cable
* try a different usb port on the computer
* try using the hard drive in a different external drive case
* if available, try using esata
* try connecting the hard drive directly to your mo... |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Personnaly, I have used the following in the past:
* HD Tach from Simpli Software (<http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach>)
or
* HD Tune from EFD Software (www.hdtune.com)
Cheers,
Thomas | If you do find out that a HDD is failing, you may want to check out [Recovery Is Possible](http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/). |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | I thought [SpinRite](http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm) was free, but I guess it isn't any more. Based on that I would use the manufacturers diagnostics tool, see samsungs [here](http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/support/utilities/Support_HUTIL.html). | If you do find out that a HDD is failing, you may want to check out [Recovery Is Possible](http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoveryispossible/). |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Personnaly, I have used the following in the past:
* HD Tach from Simpli Software (<http://www.simplisoftware.com/Public/index.php?request=HdTach>)
or
* HD Tune from EFD Software (www.hdtune.com)
Cheers,
Thomas | You can grab Hiren's boot cd which contains some free tools for this purpose. [Website is here](http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd)
Maybe you'll have to attach your drive to the IDE bus for doing your maintenance work. |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | The [Ultimate Boot CD](http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/) has some Hard Drive tools on it that should detect any errors on the drive. Just make sure that you back up all your data FIRST. Doing intense testing on a bad drive may lead to worse failure and data lost. | Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools). These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor](http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm) to run checks... |
20,392 | Are there any free tools available to perform hard drive diagnostic?
I have an old 3.5 IDE Samsung HDD which I use as an external drive through USB connection. I recently started to have problems with accessing some of the data. | 2009/06/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/20392",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/244/"
] | Wikipedia has a list of [harddisk diagnostic software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_S.M.A.R.T._tools). These programs are called S.M.A.R.T. tools, they detect if some of the reliability parameters are not okay. I used the free [Active@ Hard Disk Monitor](http://www.ntfs.com/disk-monitor.htm) to run checks... | You can grab Hiren's boot cd which contains some free tools for this purpose. [Website is here](http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd)
Maybe you'll have to attach your drive to the IDE bus for doing your maintenance work. |
34,927 | A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is rendered differently on a wide gamut screen than on a standard screen.
I mean, the color that corresponds for exam... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34927",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6541/"
] | Actually, `#E58C4E`, if you mean the web color, is [defined to be in sRGB](http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color). However, if you didn't mean that particular convention but rather "red:229, green:140, blue:78", it's a different matter, because the extremes (the "primaries") of each channel are different in differ... | [afaik] Unless the display driver or application being used applies a color profile or similar to compensate for the wider gamut, the color codes you use in your application will be sent to the display as-is. And in the display a specific color value (say E5) is no longer interpreted in the srgb scale but in the wider ... |
34,927 | A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is rendered differently on a wide gamut screen than on a standard screen.
I mean, the color that corresponds for exam... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34927",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6541/"
] | Actually, `#E58C4E`, if you mean the web color, is [defined to be in sRGB](http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color). However, if you didn't mean that particular convention but rather "red:229, green:140, blue:78", it's a different matter, because the extremes (the "primaries") of each channel are different in differ... | **There is no global color space.** A color as you specify is just a triplet of Red, Green and Blue. Each component has a value between 0 and 255 (0 and FF in hex) which indicates how much power to give each LED for a given pixel (or phosphor in the days of CRTs).
**The scale is relative to your monitor and its curren... |
34,927 | A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is rendered differently on a wide gamut screen than on a standard screen.
I mean, the color that corresponds for exam... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34927",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6541/"
] | Actually, `#E58C4E`, if you mean the web color, is [defined to be in sRGB](http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color). However, if you didn't mean that particular convention but rather "red:229, green:140, blue:78", it's a different matter, because the extremes (the "primaries") of each channel are different in differ... | As Raymond Chen would put it, [developers hate to pay taxes](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050822-11/?p=34483). Colour management is a very big tax on Windows. Developers are expected to ask Windows what colour profile to use and then do all the RGB conversions themselves. (And let's not even get started... |
34,927 | A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is rendered differently on a wide gamut screen than on a standard screen.
I mean, the color that corresponds for exam... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34927",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6541/"
] | [afaik] Unless the display driver or application being used applies a color profile or similar to compensate for the wider gamut, the color codes you use in your application will be sent to the display as-is. And in the display a specific color value (say E5) is no longer interpreted in the srgb scale but in the wider ... | As Raymond Chen would put it, [developers hate to pay taxes](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050822-11/?p=34483). Colour management is a very big tax on Windows. Developers are expected to ask Windows what colour profile to use and then do all the RGB conversions themselves. (And let's not even get started... |
34,927 | A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is rendered differently on a wide gamut screen than on a standard screen.
I mean, the color that corresponds for exam... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/34927",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/6541/"
] | **There is no global color space.** A color as you specify is just a triplet of Red, Green and Blue. Each component has a value between 0 and 255 (0 and FF in hex) which indicates how much power to give each LED for a given pixel (or phosphor in the days of CRTs).
**The scale is relative to your monitor and its curren... | As Raymond Chen would put it, [developers hate to pay taxes](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20050822-11/?p=34483). Colour management is a very big tax on Windows. Developers are expected to ask Windows what colour profile to use and then do all the RGB conversions themselves. (And let's not even get started... |
44,139 | I'm making an app that can search Metacritic (screen-scraper app). In the search box, I have an autocomplete function, which essentially does exactly what pressing "Search" would do, which is query Metacritic and populate a listview with the results. The problem is, since the app is a screen-scraping tool, it is not in... | 2013/08/25 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/44139",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/12299/"
] | If auto-complete is slow, you can do several things:
1. best option is to switch it off. Each user knows better than computer, what he wants to write
2. Optimize software which is providing the auto-complete method. Common problem is, that values are read from files, then parsed, sorted, searched and after all that d... | Do you perform the search in a separate thread, so that it doesn't block the UI? If not, do this first.
Then, when results come in, don't show them if the user has already typed further characters. This should prevent the annoying multiple updates. |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | You might describe such a person or their worldview as **transactional**.
In other words, this person makes an effort in a certain context because compensation is offered. Either broadly or in a certain situation, they might interpret their own and others' actions and expectations through the lens of a balance sheet—... | I suppose you could say that one is "economically ambitious". To get it into one word you could say "greedy" but this implies a sense of self-centered focus without regard to others.
A term we use to describe effective salespeople is often "coin-operated" |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | The word you are probably seeking is ***mercenary***, which exists both as noun and adjective.
It tends to carry negative connotations and is applied more specifically than in any other context to soldiers of fortune, who fight, not for a national flag, but for financial reward. indeed that is how the term is applied ... | I suppose you could say that one is "economically ambitious". To get it into one word you could say "greedy" but this implies a sense of self-centered focus without regard to others.
A term we use to describe effective salespeople is often "coin-operated" |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | **avaricious** [TFD](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/avaricious)
adj
>
> immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
>
>
>
As in:
>
> When you put the most **avaricious** in charge, they use the tools of
> governance to further enrich themselves. New York Times Dec 7, 2018
>
>
> | I suppose you could say that one is "economically ambitious". To get it into one word you could say "greedy" but this implies a sense of self-centered focus without regard to others.
A term we use to describe effective salespeople is often "coin-operated" |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | The word you are probably seeking is ***mercenary***, which exists both as noun and adjective.
It tends to carry negative connotations and is applied more specifically than in any other context to soldiers of fortune, who fight, not for a national flag, but for financial reward. indeed that is how the term is applied ... | You might describe such a person or their worldview as **transactional**.
In other words, this person makes an effort in a certain context because compensation is offered. Either broadly or in a certain situation, they might interpret their own and others' actions and expectations through the lens of a balance sheet—... |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | **avaricious** [TFD](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/avaricious)
adj
>
> immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
>
>
>
As in:
>
> When you put the most **avaricious** in charge, they use the tools of
> governance to further enrich themselves. New York Times Dec 7, 2018
>
>
> | You might describe such a person or their worldview as **transactional**.
In other words, this person makes an effort in a certain context because compensation is offered. Either broadly or in a certain situation, they might interpret their own and others' actions and expectations through the lens of a balance sheet—... |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | You might describe such a person or their worldview as **transactional**.
In other words, this person makes an effort in a certain context because compensation is offered. Either broadly or in a certain situation, they might interpret their own and others' actions and expectations through the lens of a balance sheet—... | *Financially motivated* typically refers to cash-strapped sellers and suggests you can get what ever they are selling at a bargain. In this sense, *desperate* is about right. But you seem to be looking for something like a person who's *all business*.
I suggest the idiom *sees dollar signs* - he does his job well whe... |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | The word you are probably seeking is ***mercenary***, which exists both as noun and adjective.
It tends to carry negative connotations and is applied more specifically than in any other context to soldiers of fortune, who fight, not for a national flag, but for financial reward. indeed that is how the term is applied ... | *Financially motivated* typically refers to cash-strapped sellers and suggests you can get what ever they are selling at a bargain. In this sense, *desperate* is about right. But you seem to be looking for something like a person who's *all business*.
I suggest the idiom *sees dollar signs* - he does his job well whe... |
482,362 | I need an adjective for the term "financially motivated." The word I'm looking for isn't exactly greedy or rapacious. Although it can have connotations like that, the word needs to directly mean something more similar to "he does his job well if there's money (or perhaps just incentive) on the line."
Thanks in anticip... | 2019/01/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/482362",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/333107/"
] | **avaricious** [TFD](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/avaricious)
adj
>
> immoderately desirous of wealth or gain; greedy.
>
>
>
As in:
>
> When you put the most **avaricious** in charge, they use the tools of
> governance to further enrich themselves. New York Times Dec 7, 2018
>
>
> | *Financially motivated* typically refers to cash-strapped sellers and suggests you can get what ever they are selling at a bargain. In this sense, *desperate* is about right. But you seem to be looking for something like a person who's *all business*.
I suggest the idiom *sees dollar signs* - he does his job well whe... |
364,649 | A typical advice before any production deployments is backup the DB first. This way, if the new update has some issue that can lead to potential data loss or logical data corruption, then you still have a backup to compare and correct old records.
However, this can work well till DB size is in few GBs. Once the DB si... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364649",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23888/"
] | As someone who regularly dealt with updating production database for customers for our software upgrades, I tell you that the best way to minimize errors is to make updates as straightforward as possible.
If you can perform a change to all records rather than specific records, it is preferable.
-----------------------... | At that point, you should be using a commercial grade DB system that supports [snapshots](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/database-snapshots-sql-server) (Oracles calls it [Flashback](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28424/adfns_flashback.htm#g1026131)) - that's exactl... |
364,649 | A typical advice before any production deployments is backup the DB first. This way, if the new update has some issue that can lead to potential data loss or logical data corruption, then you still have a backup to compare and correct old records.
However, this can work well till DB size is in few GBs. Once the DB si... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364649",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23888/"
] | At that point, you should be using a commercial grade DB system that supports [snapshots](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/database-snapshots-sql-server) (Oracles calls it [Flashback](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28424/adfns_flashback.htm#g1026131)) - that's exactl... | This is a massive area - so expect this question to be closed in fairly short order but, off the top of my head (as a former DBA on yuge databases):
**Mart/Repository**
You can mitigate some risk if you have a separate database for updates and a separate database that everyone uses. Then it is just a case of copying ... |
364,649 | A typical advice before any production deployments is backup the DB first. This way, if the new update has some issue that can lead to potential data loss or logical data corruption, then you still have a backup to compare and correct old records.
However, this can work well till DB size is in few GBs. Once the DB si... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364649",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23888/"
] | At that point, you should be using a commercial grade DB system that supports [snapshots](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/database-snapshots-sql-server) (Oracles calls it [Flashback](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28424/adfns_flashback.htm#g1026131)) - that's exactl... | Many times if we are doing a "one shot" update we take a back up of production and restore it to a test server. Then we create a suit of tests and run the one shot. We verify the data has changed via the tests and become comfortable the that update will succeed and modify the data in a way that we expect it to. This is... |
364,649 | A typical advice before any production deployments is backup the DB first. This way, if the new update has some issue that can lead to potential data loss or logical data corruption, then you still have a backup to compare and correct old records.
However, this can work well till DB size is in few GBs. Once the DB si... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364649",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23888/"
] | As someone who regularly dealt with updating production database for customers for our software upgrades, I tell you that the best way to minimize errors is to make updates as straightforward as possible.
If you can perform a change to all records rather than specific records, it is preferable.
-----------------------... | This is a massive area - so expect this question to be closed in fairly short order but, off the top of my head (as a former DBA on yuge databases):
**Mart/Repository**
You can mitigate some risk if you have a separate database for updates and a separate database that everyone uses. Then it is just a case of copying ... |
364,649 | A typical advice before any production deployments is backup the DB first. This way, if the new update has some issue that can lead to potential data loss or logical data corruption, then you still have a backup to compare and correct old records.
However, this can work well till DB size is in few GBs. Once the DB si... | 2018/01/25 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/364649",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23888/"
] | As someone who regularly dealt with updating production database for customers for our software upgrades, I tell you that the best way to minimize errors is to make updates as straightforward as possible.
If you can perform a change to all records rather than specific records, it is preferable.
-----------------------... | Many times if we are doing a "one shot" update we take a back up of production and restore it to a test server. Then we create a suit of tests and run the one shot. We verify the data has changed via the tests and become comfortable the that update will succeed and modify the data in a way that we expect it to. This is... |
197,850 | On which of the Stack Exchange site should I ask a question regarding copyrights?
Example question:
>
> Do I have the permission to include the content of a document in my website?
>
>
> The copyright in question is from the SWEBOK and the licence says:
>
>
>
> >
> > This document may be copied, in whole or in... | 2013/09/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/197850",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/228224/"
] | Questions about technical writing and documentation copyright should be on topic on [Writers Stack Exchange](https://writers.stackexchange.com/).
Before you post your question, you should take some time to read the [site's help articles](https://writers.stackexchange.com/help) and search for similar questions, to mak... | You could ask that question at [Law Stack Exchange](https://law.stackexchange.com/) because it deals with the law (clearly) and [copyrights](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/copyright) as well. In its [Help Center for on-topic topics](https://law.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) it lists:
>
> * Statute... |
197,850 | On which of the Stack Exchange site should I ask a question regarding copyrights?
Example question:
>
> Do I have the permission to include the content of a document in my website?
>
>
> The copyright in question is from the SWEBOK and the licence says:
>
>
>
> >
> > This document may be copied, in whole or in... | 2013/09/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/197850",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/228224/"
] | Currently, there are no Stack Exchange sites that cover copyrights or licensing *specifically*.
There was a proposal [here](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/51301/copyrights?referrer=bllUdnErZXVMZd2Nw4wT3Q2) that would have dealt with the topic but it has been deleted. | You could ask that question at [Law Stack Exchange](https://law.stackexchange.com/) because it deals with the law (clearly) and [copyrights](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/copyright) as well. In its [Help Center for on-topic topics](https://law.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic) it lists:
>
> * Statute... |
83,661 | I want to have the Pi create its own Access Point for other devices to connect to,
but only when the Pi is out of range from a decent connection to a 'base / home' router?
I want to be able to have the Pi at home, and connect,
but when I'm out and about, and have the Pi on a mobile connection, I want it to create the... | 2018/05/06 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/83661",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/80508/"
] | This is a very common need. There are lots of solutions out there, and lots of tutorials (that I find to be dated and inaccurate the older they are).
The solution I have been using with success is one of the Auto Hotspot scripts from [Raspberry Connect](https://www.raspberryconnect.com/projects/157-raspberry-pi-auto-w... | I tried the solutions above with some success but nothing as good as I wanted. I found ComitUp as being another method of doing this. It was a lot easier.
<https://davesteele.github.io/comitup/> (Thanks to Dave!)
>
> Comitup is a software package that provides a service to establish Wifi networking on a headless com... |
654,860 | I have a new APU and was wondering if putting a small amount of paste on the APU would be too much. if there is too much, will this damage the APU,or will it be fine? | 2013/10/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/654860",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/248744/"
] | Use a thin layer - remember, all you need to do is to fill in the microscopically small air-spaces between the two surfaces.
Also, don't forget to clean off all the old thermal compound - you can use alcohol or there are cleaners made for the purpose.
Too much thermal paste will lead to increased temperatures, but un... | The idea of Thermal Paste is to help distribute the heat from one side to the other side. 2 Metal Contact (APU or CPU to heatsink) are not really distributing heat that nicely. The Thermal Paste helps to create a transferring link between the 2 metal contact.
If you do have a heatsink for the APU, then before applyin... |
16,729,102 | I've recently been running some benchmarks trying to find the "best" serialization frameworks for C++ and also in Java. The factors that make up "best" for me are
the speed of de/serializing and also the resulting size of the serialized object.
If I look at the results of various frameworks in Java, I see that the res... | 2013/05/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16729102",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1943093/"
] | Did you compare the absolute size of the data? I would say that Java has more overhead, so if you "compress" the data into a serialized buffer, the amount of overhead decreases a lot more. In C/C++ you have almost the bare minimum required for the physical data size, so there is not much room for compression. And in fa... | Object size can be observed to be bigger than the actual data size due to the offset bits between data members.
When an object is serialized, these offset bits are discarded and as a result, serialized object memory is smaller.
Because java is a managed environment, it will need more of such offset data to control m... |
129,806 | I'm curious about the possibility of sonifying MIDI data, which has a bitrate of 31250. The range of human hearing extends to about 20kHz, which means that the fastest bits of the signal would lie near the top of this range: not ideal for my purposes. I envision stretching the signal, and then passing the result to a s... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/129806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/28191/"
] | Since MIDI data appears to be a series of 8-bit data bytes as sent by a standard UART, you could use a microcontroller to receive the data at the standard MIDI rate, and re-transmit it at a lower baud rate. This assumes that there are sufficient gaps in the data that you won't over-run the receive buffer.
This would ... | How about something like a 4027 JK flip-flop configured to toggle its output (J & K pulled high) ?
This would effective reduce the maximum possible frequency by half.
The result using your example would be:
00101110100001 >> flip-flop >> 00110000111110
Not the same bit-stream by any stretch of the imagination, but I su... |
129,806 | I'm curious about the possibility of sonifying MIDI data, which has a bitrate of 31250. The range of human hearing extends to about 20kHz, which means that the fastest bits of the signal would lie near the top of this range: not ideal for my purposes. I envision stretching the signal, and then passing the result to a s... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/129806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/28191/"
] | So essentially you want to make a high-frequency random bit stream (just some binary data) audible. If it is literally played as bits, without further processing, it will sounds like random 'white' noise.
To slow it down, either :
1. extend its duration, for example 1 second of bits at 31,250b/s will
last, say 3 seco... | How about something like a 4027 JK flip-flop configured to toggle its output (J & K pulled high) ?
This would effective reduce the maximum possible frequency by half.
The result using your example would be:
00101110100001 >> flip-flop >> 00110000111110
Not the same bit-stream by any stretch of the imagination, but I su... |
129,806 | I'm curious about the possibility of sonifying MIDI data, which has a bitrate of 31250. The range of human hearing extends to about 20kHz, which means that the fastest bits of the signal would lie near the top of this range: not ideal for my purposes. I envision stretching the signal, and then passing the result to a s... | 2014/09/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/129806",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/28191/"
] | Since MIDI data appears to be a series of 8-bit data bytes as sent by a standard UART, you could use a microcontroller to receive the data at the standard MIDI rate, and re-transmit it at a lower baud rate. This assumes that there are sufficient gaps in the data that you won't over-run the receive buffer.
This would ... | So essentially you want to make a high-frequency random bit stream (just some binary data) audible. If it is literally played as bits, without further processing, it will sounds like random 'white' noise.
To slow it down, either :
1. extend its duration, for example 1 second of bits at 31,250b/s will
last, say 3 seco... |
69,497,342 | In CloudRun, my developer can't see the metrics on the CloudRun service dashboard, but they can see the metrics on the metrics dashboard. What policy am I missing?
**The CloudRun Dashboard Missing Metrics Charts:**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tRJsz.... | 2021/10/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/69497342",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8430249/"
] | check if you have a pop-up blocker or any kind of blocker extension | I was able to solve this and get some data on the graphs by granting the user the role of **Monitoring Viewer**.
Since you already have that, @valentin22 answer might still be worth a try.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/712ZS.png) |
34,433 | My kitty has some liver issues so is on a bunch of pills, and it is a lot of work to pill her.
Two big pills are Enrofloxacin/Baytril (left) and Clavamox (right). Pictures below with ruler for scale. They are about 1 cm wide as you can see in the picture below.
I have been splitting them in half to make them easier t... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/34433",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/9150/"
] | You can try any of these:
* Crush the pill, then mix into the wet food (if in a wet food diet)
* Crush the pill, mix with little water, then use a pet-friendly syringe to force-feed the cat. I always use this method, as I'm afraid big pill can choke.
There are many pill-crusher you can find at any online store. | Here's the easy way - get a bit of water (maybe 5 ml) in a small cup. Drop the pill in it for a while (couple hours or more). The pill will start to either
1. dissolve into the water
2. breakdown into powder form and settle in a heap at the bottom of the water.
Stir the water thoroughly and add it to some tasty wet f... |
34,433 | My kitty has some liver issues so is on a bunch of pills, and it is a lot of work to pill her.
Two big pills are Enrofloxacin/Baytril (left) and Clavamox (right). Pictures below with ruler for scale. They are about 1 cm wide as you can see in the picture below.
I have been splitting them in half to make them easier t... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/34433",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/9150/"
] | **Both of those pills are fine to give to a cat whole.**
Both medications are specifically developed and sized for dosing cats (as cats and dogs are different species and therefore have different dosing requirements, as well as different sensitivities to both drugs and other ingredients used). There's no reason a manu... | You can try any of these:
* Crush the pill, then mix into the wet food (if in a wet food diet)
* Crush the pill, mix with little water, then use a pet-friendly syringe to force-feed the cat. I always use this method, as I'm afraid big pill can choke.
There are many pill-crusher you can find at any online store. |
34,433 | My kitty has some liver issues so is on a bunch of pills, and it is a lot of work to pill her.
Two big pills are Enrofloxacin/Baytril (left) and Clavamox (right). Pictures below with ruler for scale. They are about 1 cm wide as you can see in the picture below.
I have been splitting them in half to make them easier t... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/34433",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/9150/"
] | **Both of those pills are fine to give to a cat whole.**
Both medications are specifically developed and sized for dosing cats (as cats and dogs are different species and therefore have different dosing requirements, as well as different sensitivities to both drugs and other ingredients used). There's no reason a manu... | Here's the easy way - get a bit of water (maybe 5 ml) in a small cup. Drop the pill in it for a while (couple hours or more). The pill will start to either
1. dissolve into the water
2. breakdown into powder form and settle in a heap at the bottom of the water.
Stir the water thoroughly and add it to some tasty wet f... |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12936/"
] | This can be done from within the Steam client
=============================================
There is an option within Steam that toggles whether or not Steam starts with your computer. To change it, open up the main Steam window and select 'Preferences' from the 'Steam' menu, followed by selecting the 'Interface' tab,... | An alternative solution on Windows (starting from 8) is to open task manager and disable Steam Client Bootstrapper from the Start-up tab.
**Note:** This is an override switch to Steam's setting. You canno... |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | This can be done from within the Steam client
=============================================
There is an option within Steam that toggles whether or not Steam starts with your computer. To change it, open up the main Steam window and select 'Preferences' from the 'Steam' menu, followed by selecting the 'Interface' tab,... | In Windows 7 click the Start menu and type `msconfig` in the Search box. In the System Configuration program that opens, click the Startup tab, and then uncheck Steam. This does pretty much same thing as the Windows 8 tip. |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | This can be done from within the Steam client
=============================================
There is an option within Steam that toggles whether or not Steam starts with your computer. To change it, open up the main Steam window and select 'Preferences' from the 'Steam' menu, followed by selecting the 'Interface' tab,... | OSX = open steam then next to apple icon in top left corner
steam > preferences > interface
then uncheck - 'run steam when my computer starts' |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | This can be done from within the Steam client
=============================================
There is an option within Steam that toggles whether or not Steam starts with your computer. To change it, open up the main Steam window and select 'Preferences' from the 'Steam' menu, followed by selecting the 'Interface' tab,... | For Mac users:
1. Go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”, then go to “Users & Groups”
2. Select the user that is active in OS X, then choose the “Login Items” tab
3. Select “Steam” from this list and then hit the Delete key on the keyboard to remove steam from the automatic launch on login list
4. Clos... |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12936/"
] | An alternative solution on Windows (starting from 8) is to open task manager and disable Steam Client Bootstrapper from the Start-up tab.
**Note:** This is an override switch to Steam's setting. You canno... | In Windows 7 click the Start menu and type `msconfig` in the Search box. In the System Configuration program that opens, click the Startup tab, and then uncheck Steam. This does pretty much same thing as the Windows 8 tip. |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12936/"
] | An alternative solution on Windows (starting from 8) is to open task manager and disable Steam Client Bootstrapper from the Start-up tab.
**Note:** This is an override switch to Steam's setting. You canno... | OSX = open steam then next to apple icon in top left corner
steam > preferences > interface
then uncheck - 'run steam when my computer starts' |
102,996 | Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.
Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer? | 2013/01/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/102996",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12936/"
] | An alternative solution on Windows (starting from 8) is to open task manager and disable Steam Client Bootstrapper from the Start-up tab.
**Note:** This is an override switch to Steam's setting. You canno... | For Mac users:
1. Go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”, then go to “Users & Groups”
2. Select the user that is active in OS X, then choose the “Login Items” tab
3. Select “Steam” from this list and then hit the Delete key on the keyboard to remove steam from the automatic launch on login list
4. Clos... |
152,969 | I am going through Trevor Hastie's Classification Techniques.
>
> Its says Odds are traditionally used instead of probabilities in horse-racing.
>
>
>
I still don't understand how they relate more naturally to the correct betting strategy? | 2015/05/19 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/152969",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/77344/"
] | It's not that they relate more naturally to the correct betting strategy per se, it's that they're much more easily interpretable while on the horse track.
Consider the following example: the probability of horse A to win is 66% percent. In conventional odds notation, this is represented as a 2:1 bet, which is very ea... | In a logistic regression model, odds ratio provide a more coherent solution as compared to probabilities. Odds ratio represent the constant effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable. Here, being constant means that this ratio does not change with a change in the independent (predictor) variable. Odds ra... |
3,817,607 | Let's say I have to implement a program for a small clinic company that allows its users(this is, the doctors) to schedule consults, log clients medical histories, etc. So, this will probably be the standard 3-layer application: Presentation, Controller and a Data Layer (that'll connect to a database).
I see 3 possibi... | 2010/09/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3817607",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/130758/"
] | As you've noted, there's more than one place to validate data.
There are also several levels of validation:
1. Correct format and type; all required values present (e.g., if date of birth is required, make sure it appears and is of type Date; if it's a String, make sure it conforms to the expected format such as 'yy... | Do not mix up "when" and "where".
"When" should be as early as possible, maybe triggered by the presetation layer.
"Where" should be close to the domain logic.
In conjunction this e.g. could mean to have the presentation layer calling a verification service offered by the domain logic. |
3,817,607 | Let's say I have to implement a program for a small clinic company that allows its users(this is, the doctors) to schedule consults, log clients medical histories, etc. So, this will probably be the standard 3-layer application: Presentation, Controller and a Data Layer (that'll connect to a database).
I see 3 possibi... | 2010/09/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3817607",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/130758/"
] | As you've noted, there's more than one place to validate data.
There are also several levels of validation:
1. Correct format and type; all required values present (e.g., if date of birth is required, make sure it appears and is of type Date; if it's a String, make sure it conforms to the expected format such as 'yy... | You often need to do the valiation at several layers:
* The client layer to ensure that the user experience is as good as in can be. For example avoiding inputing 10's of fields and then having to start over again due to invalid input.
* At the service layer, since you are not 100% sure that the request has been proce... |
3,817,607 | Let's say I have to implement a program for a small clinic company that allows its users(this is, the doctors) to schedule consults, log clients medical histories, etc. So, this will probably be the standard 3-layer application: Presentation, Controller and a Data Layer (that'll connect to a database).
I see 3 possibi... | 2010/09/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3817607",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/130758/"
] | Do not mix up "when" and "where".
"When" should be as early as possible, maybe triggered by the presetation layer.
"Where" should be close to the domain logic.
In conjunction this e.g. could mean to have the presentation layer calling a verification service offered by the domain logic. | You often need to do the valiation at several layers:
* The client layer to ensure that the user experience is as good as in can be. For example avoiding inputing 10's of fields and then having to start over again due to invalid input.
* At the service layer, since you are not 100% sure that the request has been proce... |
463,911 | I have a rather large (80k loc) java desktop app that talks to a database. We're now looking at exposing some parts of the database via a web application, using the existing codebase and preferably not having to modify it.
I have good separation between the data access, business logic and presentation layers, but we h... | 2009/01/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/463911",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/246/"
] | To be true, it depends what you already have, and how well is the design of your current desktop application. You might not be able to use any or may be minimal of your existing code without modifying it, if its designed badly, and everything is tightly coupled.
Assuming that you are having a system with a good design... | The two frameworks I would recommend would be [Grails](http://grails.org/) and [Struts 2](http://struts.apache.org/2.1.2/index.html).
Grails comes with a whole bunch of stuff that it configures under the covers including Hibernate and Spring. It makes generating dynamic pages to send to the browser ridiculously easy.... |
5,099,215 | So after reading about Blender (A freely downloadable application) [being sold by some company](http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/02/23/0011250/Trying-To-Lure-Suckers-Company-Resells-Open-Source-Blender?from=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Slashdot) I learned that this is apparently is legal ... | 2011/02/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5099215",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/43792/"
] | There's no rule in the GPL against (re)selling free/open soure software, but the Slashdot article you linked to suggests that this company was obscuring the fact that the code was GPL'd. The GPL clearly states that you have to make the license clear, and make it easy to get a copy of the source.
And I'm pretty sure th... | I suppose the whole codebase is covered by GPL, and selling it does not violate its license (unless you don't *require* to pay), but one who bought it can freely redistribute it then. And you cannot develop software that is not GPL, but is using GPL libraries. See also: [related question](https://stackoverflow.com/ques... |
36,912,408 | As per my understanding.
A query operation will seek results on the mentioned index until one of the following condition is met
* The result set is exhausted.
* The number of items retrieved reaches the value of the Limit parameter, if specified.
* The amount of data retrieved reaches the maximum result set size limit... | 2016/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/36912408",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2033008/"
] | I am also struggling with same problems as you, after reading the document, I find the following description explaining why. According to Amazon document, "In a Query operation, DynamoDB retrieves the items in sorted order, and then processes the items using KeyConditionExpression and any FilterExpression that might be... | They have updated the documentation, and its inline with what your experience is.
From the documentation link in the question :
Note:
A Query operation can return an empty result set and a LastEvaluatedKey if all the items read for the page of results are filtered out. |
188,376 | There's the following sentence in my Grammar book:
>
> It was a lovely surprise to find that all the washing-up **HAD BEEN DONE** while I was asleep.
>
>
>
The only answer mentioned in the answer key is past perfect (in capitals). Since today, I've thought that we use past perfect to clarify the order of actions... | 2018/12/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/188376",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/86659/"
] | "by a month" is simply not idiomatic at all in English here.
**For time**, one does things or things are done **in a month, week, year, day, hour etc**. That is the period of time that will elapse.
**He beat the deadline by a month**.
There, **by a month is used to measure the number of months he won by.**
Some pr... | "In a month" is correct. It means that it will take 1 month by the time he'll speak fluent French. "By" is used to indicate the end point of an event. For example, you can say "He'll speak fluent French by February". February is the deadline by which the activity will be completed. |
188,376 | There's the following sentence in my Grammar book:
>
> It was a lovely surprise to find that all the washing-up **HAD BEEN DONE** while I was asleep.
>
>
>
The only answer mentioned in the answer key is past perfect (in capitals). Since today, I've thought that we use past perfect to clarify the order of actions... | 2018/12/08 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/188376",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/86659/"
] | "by a month" is simply not idiomatic at all in English here.
**For time**, one does things or things are done **in a month, week, year, day, hour etc**. That is the period of time that will elapse.
**He beat the deadline by a month**.
There, **by a month is used to measure the number of months he won by.**
Some pr... | The primary difference is that one of those two sentences is grammatical, and the other is not.
>
> "He's sure that he'll speak French fluently **in a month**"
>
>
>
is correct. It is equivalent to "He's sure that he'll speak French fluently within a month", or "He's sure that before a month has passed, he'll spe... |
304,651 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/liZpX.png)
I installed high Sierra a few months ago and nowadays there seems to be a problem with System Information.app, it always shows the disk usage wrong like for example Syst... | 2017/11/05 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/304651",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Most likely the space is taken by Time Machine. It keeps making local snapshots when the persistent TM storage is not available. The local snapshots can pile up to as much as 80% of disk space. After the next backup, or when the disk space runs low, the local snapshots are automatically removed by macOS. So this is not... | You need to reindex your Spotlight cache. To do this
1. Go to System Preferences → Spotlight → Privacy
2. Click on the plus symbol and add your macOS hard drive you're having the wrong status/info problem
3. After adding your particular hard drive, quit System Preferences then wait for a few seconds.
4. Again open Sys... |
304,651 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/liZpX.png)
I installed high Sierra a few months ago and nowadays there seems to be a problem with System Information.app, it always shows the disk usage wrong like for example Syst... | 2017/11/05 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/304651",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I had a similar problem just now: Finder, "Get Info", and Disk Utility were all reporting 18GB free on a 250GB SSD that should have had plenty of free space. Under "About this Mac"->Storage, it reported 130GB of "System" usage. None of the space was listed as "purgeable", and macOS started complaining about lack of dis... | I solved this issue just relaunch finder.
Click on apple logo->Force Quit->Finder and click Relaunch.
So I opened my finder and it shows the correct size. |
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