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200,922 | I plan to build a brick wall, so I need to compact the ground first. The hardware store sells a tool called a tamper, that sells for $60 and only weighs 15 lbs, so it seems inefficient. How is that sufficient weight to pack down the ground? If a worker weighs 200+ lbs, is that more efficient to have them cut on a small... | 2020/08/13 | [
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] | The first question is why you think "you need to compact the ground first" - even without frost as a consideration (not knowing where you live or if it freezes there) the first step in putting up such a wall is to remove the spongy/squishy topsoil and humus and get down into the mineral subsoil, which (if undisturbed) ... | if you need to compact the ground before you dig a foundation you definately want to use motorised tools.
probably a whacker/kango type thing
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m3Atq.png) |
91,429 | I deleted my program, actually C++ code, and am re-writing it in a different way.
Especially, I am updating the engine of my code.
What would be the best word or verb to express what I am doing?
* remake
* renovate
* rebuild
* redesign
* reconstruct | 2016/05/31 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/91429",
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] | There's a domain-specific term `Refactor` which you may be looking for.
<http://www.dictionary.com/browse/refactoring>
>
> Improving a computer program by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour.
>
>
>
For example:-
>
> "The original program grew out of a messy prototype, so... | As per me, **rebuild** will be the best verb to use, and **rewrote** itself seems like a good option.
>
> I had to **rebuild** the C++ program I was working on.
>
>
>
Or,
>
> I **rewrote** the C++ program code from scratch.
>
>
>
Remake also sound correct but somehow doesn't sound as good as rebuild to m... |
91,429 | I deleted my program, actually C++ code, and am re-writing it in a different way.
Especially, I am updating the engine of my code.
What would be the best word or verb to express what I am doing?
* remake
* renovate
* rebuild
* redesign
* reconstruct | 2016/05/31 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/91429",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/32293/"
] | There's a domain-specific term `Refactor` which you may be looking for.
<http://www.dictionary.com/browse/refactoring>
>
> Improving a computer program by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour.
>
>
>
For example:-
>
> "The original program grew out of a messy prototype, so... | There are three things you might have changed:
1. The outward behaviour. For example the user interface might now be radically different
2. The internal design. Perhaps you used a different approach to the overall structure or you used a different Framework or set of low-level libraries, or different algorithms to cal... |
108,381 | I'm learning from books about harmonic analysis in order to improve my interpretative skills.
So, I am studying this piece by Venezuelan composer Alfonso Montes, called "Preludio de Adiós". The first challenge appears on bar #3 where I have this sort of Fmaj7(with an augmented 4th). What would be an adequate name for ... | 2020/12/07 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/108381",
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] | Not knowing what instrument this was written for I found a recording and discovered it is guitar. This is important because guitarists will often let the notes of arpeggios ring out when played. I think the Am9-Am6/9 is justified for bars 1-2. @Aaron makes a good point about the B as a lower neighbor but since this is ... | This is a kind of subdominant cadence in minor, like C C7 F Fm in major ...
in minor we have i7-IV7 resp. iv#6 - iv7 resp. VI! (very common in many pop songs). |
41,585 | Hello everyone I bought a lotus 2000r and am currently converting it into a single speed.
(Generic photo of a lotus 2000r from google images)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jQ82L.jpg)
I wanted to know if I can put this wheel from Amazon
[![enter ima... | 2016/07/31 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/41585",
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] | You should get away with the new freewheel by itself, simply take the freewheel off the current wheel and fit that.
You will need a chain tool to shorten your chain, and depending on the dropouts you may need a chain tensioner, or you might be lucky.
Note that while you don't need new chainrings, you won't be able to... | You will definitely have to adjust the chainline regarding...
* crank arm, front sprocket position on axis
* rear hub in rear wheel: It should be centered. True it via spokes and/or insert new spokes.
+ if not (enough), you can level the sprocket w/ spacers
+ always check the centering: rim in frame. You might need ... |
5,452 | Background
----------
When introducing Planck's switch to looking at black-body radiation, a number of sources -- like [MinutePhysics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TVZIBj7UA), [the Economist](http://www.economist.com/node/443258), random [online encyclopaedias](http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Max_Planck... | 2016/12/06 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5452",
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] | Sounds like we're all on the same page. But FWIW: In all my research for that Planck book (2015), I found no evidence that he was commissioned, contracted or paid by light bulb (or similar) companies in the 1890's for his theoretical work. Please note I'm not a proper historian, but I did, for instance, go through a nu... | After looking into more reputable sources it seems that the "commissioned by electricity companies" is a confabulation, and the "commissioned by the German Bureau of Standards" is closer to the truth but still a huge stretch.
In Kuhn's [Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912](https://books.google.c... |
5,452 | Background
----------
When introducing Planck's switch to looking at black-body radiation, a number of sources -- like [MinutePhysics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TVZIBj7UA), [the Economist](http://www.economist.com/node/443258), random [online encyclopaedias](http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Max_Planck... | 2016/12/06 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5452",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
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] | After looking into more reputable sources it seems that the "commissioned by electricity companies" is a confabulation, and the "commissioned by the German Bureau of Standards" is closer to the truth but still a huge stretch.
In Kuhn's [Black-Body Theory and the Quantum Discontinuity, 1894-1912](https://books.google.c... | Other answers made it clear that “commissioned Max Planck” is likely a stretch although Siemens, owner of the oldest German light bulb factory ([Siemens & Halske](https://www.osram.com/media/resource/HIRES/334233/2591693/history---100-years-of-osram.pdf)), did heavily fund Berlin physics (e.g. co-founded the [Reichsans... |
5,452 | Background
----------
When introducing Planck's switch to looking at black-body radiation, a number of sources -- like [MinutePhysics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TVZIBj7UA), [the Economist](http://www.economist.com/node/443258), random [online encyclopaedias](http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Max_Planck... | 2016/12/06 | [
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/5452",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com",
"https://hsm.stackexchange.com/users/3147/"
] | Sounds like we're all on the same page. But FWIW: In all my research for that Planck book (2015), I found no evidence that he was commissioned, contracted or paid by light bulb (or similar) companies in the 1890's for his theoretical work. Please note I'm not a proper historian, but I did, for instance, go through a nu... | Other answers made it clear that “commissioned Max Planck” is likely a stretch although Siemens, owner of the oldest German light bulb factory ([Siemens & Halske](https://www.osram.com/media/resource/HIRES/334233/2591693/history---100-years-of-osram.pdf)), did heavily fund Berlin physics (e.g. co-founded the [Reichsans... |
11,368 | I have seen many videos on *"how to clean harmonicas"*, but in all of them, you have to take the harmonica apart, clean it and reassemble it.
The thing is there's no marine band harmonica in my country. I bought it from the US on Amazon and I can't afford to take it apart. If something bad happens while taking it apar... | 2013/07/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11368",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think it depends if you want to have it as an "active instrument" and play with it, or just keep it as a nice harmonica for memory/collection.
I play in one of my projects with [Filip Jers](http://www.filipjers.com/). He was sponsored by Hering harmonicas and now Suzuki harmonicas, and he tunes his harmonicas every ... | Take your favorite mug fill with about two thirds tepid water from the kettle and about one third vinegar - place your harp in the solution for twenty to thirty minutes - rinse thoroughly with clean tepid water - tap out both sides onto the palm of your hand - your harp will look and sound bright!
**Don't use oil; it ... |
11,368 | I have seen many videos on *"how to clean harmonicas"*, but in all of them, you have to take the harmonica apart, clean it and reassemble it.
The thing is there's no marine band harmonica in my country. I bought it from the US on Amazon and I can't afford to take it apart. If something bad happens while taking it apar... | 2013/07/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11368",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/6287/"
] | I think it depends if you want to have it as an "active instrument" and play with it, or just keep it as a nice harmonica for memory/collection.
I play in one of my projects with [Filip Jers](http://www.filipjers.com/). He was sponsored by Hering harmonicas and now Suzuki harmonicas, and he tunes his harmonicas every ... | Us peroxide for 3 min in a cup full of peroxide, rinse with water, tape it in your hand, to take as much water out, put it in a front of fan to dry. |
11,368 | I have seen many videos on *"how to clean harmonicas"*, but in all of them, you have to take the harmonica apart, clean it and reassemble it.
The thing is there's no marine band harmonica in my country. I bought it from the US on Amazon and I can't afford to take it apart. If something bad happens while taking it apar... | 2013/07/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11368",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/6287/"
] | I think it depends if you want to have it as an "active instrument" and play with it, or just keep it as a nice harmonica for memory/collection.
I play in one of my projects with [Filip Jers](http://www.filipjers.com/). He was sponsored by Hering harmonicas and now Suzuki harmonicas, and he tunes his harmonicas every ... | Don’t take apart a marine band. They're put together with nails, not screws. After playing take a dry soft cloth and carefully dry it then let it air dry. Don’t close it up in the box. Mine only gets closed in the box if I’m transporting it to a gig. I use the box at home to store it in always opened as sort of a cradl... |
11,368 | I have seen many videos on *"how to clean harmonicas"*, but in all of them, you have to take the harmonica apart, clean it and reassemble it.
The thing is there's no marine band harmonica in my country. I bought it from the US on Amazon and I can't afford to take it apart. If something bad happens while taking it apar... | 2013/07/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11368",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/6287/"
] | Take your favorite mug fill with about two thirds tepid water from the kettle and about one third vinegar - place your harp in the solution for twenty to thirty minutes - rinse thoroughly with clean tepid water - tap out both sides onto the palm of your hand - your harp will look and sound bright!
**Don't use oil; it ... | Us peroxide for 3 min in a cup full of peroxide, rinse with water, tape it in your hand, to take as much water out, put it in a front of fan to dry. |
11,368 | I have seen many videos on *"how to clean harmonicas"*, but in all of them, you have to take the harmonica apart, clean it and reassemble it.
The thing is there's no marine band harmonica in my country. I bought it from the US on Amazon and I can't afford to take it apart. If something bad happens while taking it apar... | 2013/07/20 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/11368",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/6287/"
] | Don’t take apart a marine band. They're put together with nails, not screws. After playing take a dry soft cloth and carefully dry it then let it air dry. Don’t close it up in the box. Mine only gets closed in the box if I’m transporting it to a gig. I use the box at home to store it in always opened as sort of a cradl... | Us peroxide for 3 min in a cup full of peroxide, rinse with water, tape it in your hand, to take as much water out, put it in a front of fan to dry. |
1,825 | I have recently came across Tu'er Shen, a Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between homosexual men. After reading about him, I am interested to find out if there are any homosexual gods(exclude the Greco-Roman gods), preferably those who married another homosexual god. However, I am not looking for gods who ar... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/1825",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It is difficult to find pure depiction of homosexuality. But hints and such there is. The Epic of Gilgamesh clearly illustrates that. The relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh if never clearly stating homosexuality makes you wonder a lot, from their first fight, when they roll on the ground intertwined, up to Enkid... | I believe [this link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_mythology#Critical_perspective) will be of interest to you. It seems that there are actually very few belief systems / mythologies that DON'T include some form of homosexuality, especially across Asia. Norse and Celtic stories don't make any mention of ... |
1,825 | I have recently came across Tu'er Shen, a Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between homosexual men. After reading about him, I am interested to find out if there are any homosexual gods(exclude the Greco-Roman gods), preferably those who married another homosexual god. However, I am not looking for gods who ar... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/1825",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I believe [this link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_mythology#Critical_perspective) will be of interest to you. It seems that there are actually very few belief systems / mythologies that DON'T include some form of homosexuality, especially across Asia. Norse and Celtic stories don't make any mention of ... | You could, in some ways, look at the events surrounding the conception of Loki's horse-child Sleipnir as an act of homosexuality. Loki tries to stop a frost giant from winning Freya's hand in marriage over a bet to build a wall for the gods of Asgard in the absence of Thor, the Protector. Loki, in order to stop the fro... |
1,825 | I have recently came across Tu'er Shen, a Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between homosexual men. After reading about him, I am interested to find out if there are any homosexual gods(exclude the Greco-Roman gods), preferably those who married another homosexual god. However, I am not looking for gods who ar... | 2016/07/19 | [
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/1825",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | It is difficult to find pure depiction of homosexuality. But hints and such there is. The Epic of Gilgamesh clearly illustrates that. The relationship between Enkidu and Gilgamesh if never clearly stating homosexuality makes you wonder a lot, from their first fight, when they roll on the ground intertwined, up to Enkid... | You could, in some ways, look at the events surrounding the conception of Loki's horse-child Sleipnir as an act of homosexuality. Loki tries to stop a frost giant from winning Freya's hand in marriage over a bet to build a wall for the gods of Asgard in the absence of Thor, the Protector. Loki, in order to stop the fro... |
188,480 | Since yesterday I'm getting a weird error while trying to access the Workbench:
<https://workbench.developerforce.com/>
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVjuo.png)
I've already tried with different browsers, flushed the dns cache, deleted all the cached d... | 2017/08/15 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/188480",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/41442/"
] | Found the issue.
The workbench is a third party tool managed by people that (apparently) have nothing to do with Salesforce itself, so the workbench is not a supported app.
The certificate they were using has expired, they are trying to update it.
You can follow the issue here: <https://github.com/ryanbrainard/forcew... | "Try out Workbench at <https://workbench.developerforce.com>. Note, some of the limits and features are restricted for this **demo** for performance reasons." (Emphasis mine.) According to the [Workbench page on Salesforce](https://developer.salesforce.com/page/Workbench#Deploying_Workbench_to_Heroku), he Developerforc... |
50,504 | Let me state up front that my background is software development. I apologize for any dumb questions in advance.
I've been tasked with putting together the specs for hardware that will support a two node Windows Server 2008 failover cluster. We are looking to use HP hardware.
What pieces of hardware are required for... | 2009/08/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/50504",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | In order to build a Windows Cluster (which is what is needed for a SQL Cluster) you'll need two servers (usually of the same spec) and shared storage. If you are going to cluster Windows 2008 you'll need either a SAN, or a SCSI device that supports SCSI 3, as SCSI 2 is no longer supported for shared storage. I'd recomm... | What will be your cluster used for?
Database?
Web server?
Mail server?
Some custom application?
We really need more details here.
Basically, the answer is: if your application has data that both nodes need to access (like SQL Server database files), yes, you need some shared storage; if it's dataless (like a web ... |
50,504 | Let me state up front that my background is software development. I apologize for any dumb questions in advance.
I've been tasked with putting together the specs for hardware that will support a two node Windows Server 2008 failover cluster. We are looking to use HP hardware.
What pieces of hardware are required for... | 2009/08/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/50504",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | In order to build a Windows Cluster (which is what is needed for a SQL Cluster) you'll need two servers (usually of the same spec) and shared storage. If you are going to cluster Windows 2008 you'll need either a SAN, or a SCSI device that supports SCSI 3, as SCSI 2 is no longer supported for shared storage. I'd recomm... | Generally, ignoring server role (DB, web etc), you are limited to certain kit anyway for clustering based on the [MS Hardware Compatibility List](http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?bCatID=1291&cpID=0&avc=10&OR=1) (HCL)
Also: [HP Proliant page](http://www.compaq.com/solutions/enterprise/highavailability/m... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | A Repository is essentially a facade for *persistence* that uses Collection style semantics (Add, Update, Remove) to supply access to data/objects. It is a way of decoupling the way you store data/objects from the rest of the application.
A service supplies coordination or other "services" that are required to operate... | I would say as a first try, in the general sense (until you give more context if you have one):
* a **repository** is where you place some global objects, to be used later.
* a **service** is a business logic code, made explicit (and ideally separated from the Presentation layer, and database layer ?) |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | The repository is where the data is stored. The service is what manipulates the data.
In a real-world situation comparison, if your money is stored in a vault in a bank, the vault is the repository. The teller that deposits, withdraws, etc is the service. | I would say as a first try, in the general sense (until you give more context if you have one):
* a **repository** is where you place some global objects, to be used later.
* a **service** is a business logic code, made explicit (and ideally separated from the Presentation layer, and database layer ?) |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | I would say as a first try, in the general sense (until you give more context if you have one):
* a **repository** is where you place some global objects, to be used later.
* a **service** is a business logic code, made explicit (and ideally separated from the Presentation layer, and database layer ?) | A repository handles the data access and the service calls into it after performing any business logic needed.
@David 's answer definitely helped me but I would like to skew his approach a bit.
**The Bank Metaphor:** The bank holds your money in a vault, the vault is a database. The teller can deposit or withdraw fro... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | A Repository is essentially a facade for *persistence* that uses Collection style semantics (Add, Update, Remove) to supply access to data/objects. It is a way of decoupling the way you store data/objects from the rest of the application.
A service supplies coordination or other "services" that are required to operate... | Take for instance in a MVC application.The Controller gives instruction to the Service and the service talks to the Repository to do some CRUD to the data in database.
This is done using DI(Dependency Injection:this is like a child telling the father to give him money but is not bothered about how the money is gotten,... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | A Repository is essentially a facade for *persistence* that uses Collection style semantics (Add, Update, Remove) to supply access to data/objects. It is a way of decoupling the way you store data/objects from the rest of the application.
A service supplies coordination or other "services" that are required to operate... | A repository handles the data access and the service calls into it after performing any business logic needed.
@David 's answer definitely helped me but I would like to skew his approach a bit.
**The Bank Metaphor:** The bank holds your money in a vault, the vault is a database. The teller can deposit or withdraw fro... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | The repository is where the data is stored. The service is what manipulates the data.
In a real-world situation comparison, if your money is stored in a vault in a bank, the vault is the repository. The teller that deposits, withdraws, etc is the service. | Take for instance in a MVC application.The Controller gives instruction to the Service and the service talks to the Repository to do some CRUD to the data in database.
This is done using DI(Dependency Injection:this is like a child telling the father to give him money but is not bothered about how the money is gotten,... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | The repository is where the data is stored. The service is what manipulates the data.
In a real-world situation comparison, if your money is stored in a vault in a bank, the vault is the repository. The teller that deposits, withdraws, etc is the service. | A repository handles the data access and the service calls into it after performing any business logic needed.
@David 's answer definitely helped me but I would like to skew his approach a bit.
**The Bank Metaphor:** The bank holds your money in a vault, the vault is a database. The teller can deposit or withdraw fro... |
1,440,096 | What's the difference between a repository and a service? I don't seem to grasp it.
I'm talking about data access through a data access layer, typically with linq to sql.
Very often i see repositories with simple CRUD methods, and services with more business-specific methods.
We can take [this](https://web.archive.o... | 2009/09/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1440096",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41596/"
] | Take for instance in a MVC application.The Controller gives instruction to the Service and the service talks to the Repository to do some CRUD to the data in database.
This is done using DI(Dependency Injection:this is like a child telling the father to give him money but is not bothered about how the money is gotten,... | A repository handles the data access and the service calls into it after performing any business logic needed.
@David 's answer definitely helped me but I would like to skew his approach a bit.
**The Bank Metaphor:** The bank holds your money in a vault, the vault is a database. The teller can deposit or withdraw fro... |
81,116 | I had a discussion with a high school student about the effect and production of nicotine. He mentioned that nicotine is naturally produced in our brain so when the person takes to smoking, the brain stops producing its own nicotine and starts craving it from an external source. According to him, this is how nicotine a... | 2019/02/07 | [
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] | No, the human brain does not produce nicotine. The brain has [nicotinic acetylcholine receptors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotinic_acetylcholine_receptor), but the endogenous agonist for these receptors is acetylcholine, not nicotine; they aren't named "nicotinic" because they are *for* nicotine but just because ... | No nicotine is a special type of drug which is never secreted by the brain. Each person has their immunity -- it's based on what amount you take and how your body responds towards it because for some there is a small amount require to become toxic but for some, it can't. As compared to cyanide it is less toxic because ... |
9,731 | My antagonist sends my protagonist a note that says "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
Obviously, this is the story of the the three wise monkeys, but I'd like this to relate to something different in my fantasy universe.
I've written a sub-story, that will act as 'Lore' for my universe. I want this sub-stor... | 2013/12/16 | [
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] | The first thing I'd ask myself if writing this is whether the reader would find the story interesting. In order for the note to work, it seems to me you'd have to have told them the story *before* your protagonist receives the note (otherwise it would lose its impact). But before they receive the note, there's no obvio... | read "another day another dungeon" and its sequel "one quest hold the dragons" for a good example of how to incorporate character storytelling. I particularly like the contradictory explanations of greep. not all of the accounts of the origin/memories of greep are particularly consistent with the theme of the book (hum... |
9,731 | My antagonist sends my protagonist a note that says "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
Obviously, this is the story of the the three wise monkeys, but I'd like this to relate to something different in my fantasy universe.
I've written a sub-story, that will act as 'Lore' for my universe. I want this sub-stor... | 2013/12/16 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/9731",
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] | The first thing I'd ask myself if writing this is whether the reader would find the story interesting. In order for the note to work, it seems to me you'd have to have told them the story *before* your protagonist receives the note (otherwise it would lose its impact). But before they receive the note, there's no obvio... | Myths, fables, fairy tales, classics are incorporated, remixed and reused over and over in all kinds of media. See a [related question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6189/whats-the-significance-of-ancient-mythology-in-literature). The repercussions will be that people will notice, and will expect some twi... |
9,731 | My antagonist sends my protagonist a note that says "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
Obviously, this is the story of the the three wise monkeys, but I'd like this to relate to something different in my fantasy universe.
I've written a sub-story, that will act as 'Lore' for my universe. I want this sub-stor... | 2013/12/16 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/9731",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/590/"
] | Myths, fables, fairy tales, classics are incorporated, remixed and reused over and over in all kinds of media. See a [related question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/6189/whats-the-significance-of-ancient-mythology-in-literature). The repercussions will be that people will notice, and will expect some twi... | read "another day another dungeon" and its sequel "one quest hold the dragons" for a good example of how to incorporate character storytelling. I particularly like the contradictory explanations of greep. not all of the accounts of the origin/memories of greep are particularly consistent with the theme of the book (hum... |
271,164 | Recently all of my applications keep losing focus every minute (or so) for a few seconds (then the window gets the focus back). It is very annoying, since I'm typing most of the time and get interrupted by this behavior. Things worked fine until a week ago and I have no idea what is causing this error, but I noticed th... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/271164",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/12932/"
] | I have been experiencing the same problem for quite some months.
Its been quite sporadic and random.
One article that I read (sorry don't have the link) suggested that Dell laptops have this issue.
The problem is due to some bug in the Bluetooth adapter drivers.
So if you are using the internet by Wi-Fi, **turn off the... | This sounds like there may be something nasty on your machine.
Check your machine for malware with something like [MalwareBytes](http://www.malwarebytes.org/) to see if you have picked up a little bug. |
97,081 | I know that Ubuntu receives funding via support, merchandize, hardware company agreements, etc, but many projects out there offer the option to donate directly allowing and supporting further development and releases.
Is that option available for Ubuntu? How can I donate to Ubuntu if that is an option I would like to ... | 2012/01/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/97081",
"https://askubuntu.com",
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] | Just before the download link is offered to you on the [download page](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/questions?destination=desktop&distro=desktop&release=lts&bits=32) there is a Donate button.
Feel free to donate via PayPal
Donations are made to Canonical Ltd.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack... | <http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate> |
8,285 | He could have fell to Mars, Venus, or GJ667Cc. I understand that he needed to be cast out of heaven, but why to Earth where he has caused more trouble? Are there any apocryphal books which describe this differently? | 2012/06/30 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/8285",
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] | This question would not have even made sense to anyone prior to Copernicus, let alone to anyone who originally heard or received this image.
When this story was first received, there would have been no other body for him to land on. The earth was the center of all, and the "wandering stars" aka other planets, were ju... | In Biblical cosmology, "Heaven" is the sky, and "Earth" is the ground. Naturally, anything that falls from the sky is going to hit the ground. |
8,285 | He could have fell to Mars, Venus, or GJ667Cc. I understand that he needed to be cast out of heaven, but why to Earth where he has caused more trouble? Are there any apocryphal books which describe this differently? | 2012/06/30 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/8285",
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] | **The simple answer is that is was God’s permissive will to send the Devil to where He placed Adam and Eve in the garden.**
---
If Adam was on Mars then the Devil would have been sent there. So the answer is similar to ‘Why did God create the tree?’ ‘Why did God allow sin?’ ‘Why did God not turn the Devil into jelly-... | In Biblical cosmology, "Heaven" is the sky, and "Earth" is the ground. Naturally, anything that falls from the sky is going to hit the ground. |
8,285 | He could have fell to Mars, Venus, or GJ667Cc. I understand that he needed to be cast out of heaven, but why to Earth where he has caused more trouble? Are there any apocryphal books which describe this differently? | 2012/06/30 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/8285",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | This question would not have even made sense to anyone prior to Copernicus, let alone to anyone who originally heard or received this image.
When this story was first received, there would have been no other body for him to land on. The earth was the center of all, and the "wandering stars" aka other planets, were ju... | **The simple answer is that is was God’s permissive will to send the Devil to where He placed Adam and Eve in the garden.**
---
If Adam was on Mars then the Devil would have been sent there. So the answer is similar to ‘Why did God create the tree?’ ‘Why did God allow sin?’ ‘Why did God not turn the Devil into jelly-... |
25,972 | I have a block on the user's profile page that filters content based on the supplied tag as an argument/contextual filter. Users on my site can add tags to their profile (with an autofill field pulling from the free-tag taxonomy) -- these tags are topics that they want to "follow." I would like this block to display co... | 2012/03/20 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/25972",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/6299/"
] | I have found a solution to this. Using a user view instead of a content view was the way to go for me. Then adding appropriate relationships on the teaxonomy term.
I used the these directions:
* Create a user view.
* Add a contextual filter on user: uid. If no filter value is present, build a default value using the ... | I have not done this before, but I would try doing the following first:
1. Define a View. Make sure the type of View is "user" and not the default "node".
2. Define fields. If you are using Drupal seven, read the article on [working with content types and fields](http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/field-ui):
>
... |
1,424,841 | Here is the whole story. I left my niece, 3, and my nephew, 1 and a half, alone with my computer for five minutes they were fooling around with it and when I got back, I saw it had shut down. I tried turning it on; nothing. I tried to figure out what was wrong and **I found a dime on the motherboard** (well technically... | 2019/04/12 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1424841",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/208679/"
] | No, hardware in general doesn't "fix" it self. However, it could get into an undefined or 'blocked' state due to a short circuit. That's why a total power-down sometimes helps.
In your case the audio device is probably fried and prevented your motherboard from booting; your laptop may have better USB ports.
Anti-surg... | @JvO answer is incorrect.
In your specific case - [the motherboard features OC/OV/OH protection](http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=894) which protects your motherboard from "damage when doing overclock or an unusual current import" - which is what saved you. IE the "super anti surge protect... |
15,298 | How I should represent Security Requirements if I use User Stories?
* Should they be represented like [special "evil" stories](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Agile_Software_Development:_Don't_Forget_EVIL_User_Stories)?
or
* Should they be just "invisible" parts of user stories? I.e. if developer implements some Use... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15298",
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] | In Scrum (where User Stories also exist as part of Product Backlog), it is common to see Security, Availability, Speed of response and other non-functional requirements as part of definition of "Done".
This kind of coincides with your notion:
>
> I.e. if developer implements some User Story, he should already
> imp... | You can have a look at how Microsoft approaches this topic. They introduced an idea of Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) which is a software development process that can be used to build more secure software.
One part of this process is activity called Threat Modelling; it's goal is to create a diagram that encapsu... |
15,298 | How I should represent Security Requirements if I use User Stories?
* Should they be represented like [special "evil" stories](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Agile_Software_Development:_Don't_Forget_EVIL_User_Stories)?
or
* Should they be just "invisible" parts of user stories? I.e. if developer implements some Use... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15298",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/8417/"
] | In Scrum (where User Stories also exist as part of Product Backlog), it is common to see Security, Availability, Speed of response and other non-functional requirements as part of definition of "Done".
This kind of coincides with your notion:
>
> I.e. if developer implements some User Story, he should already
> imp... | It's very good question, from my past experience we used to add this as a use cases for story or acceptance criteria of that particular story.
This way you can ask developer, to unit test your functionality on the basis of usecases/acceptance criteria.
I think this will help you |
15,298 | How I should represent Security Requirements if I use User Stories?
* Should they be represented like [special "evil" stories](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Agile_Software_Development:_Don't_Forget_EVIL_User_Stories)?
or
* Should they be just "invisible" parts of user stories? I.e. if developer implements some Use... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15298",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/8417/"
] | You can have a look at how Microsoft approaches this topic. They introduced an idea of Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) which is a software development process that can be used to build more secure software.
One part of this process is activity called Threat Modelling; it's goal is to create a diagram that encapsu... | It's very good question, from my past experience we used to add this as a use cases for story or acceptance criteria of that particular story.
This way you can ask developer, to unit test your functionality on the basis of usecases/acceptance criteria.
I think this will help you |
99,810 | 1. Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees,
gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?
2. Like in the 1968 movie “Planet of the apes”, would it be possible
for apes to discover fire, agriculture and create complex
civilization?
3. Would they be able to communicate like we do? In a few th... | 2017/12/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99810",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | As question is posted answer is "NO".
Apes, as we have them in real Earth, cannot "take the place of humans".
In spite of having a genome 98+% equal to humans chimpanzee still lack that 2% enabling them to fill the gap.
The "gap" being ability to devise and use effectively a complex language capable to describe obje... | **No**
Is it possible for non-human apes to take the place of humans?
Well eventually after millions of years of evolution yes. Otherwise no.
Is it possible for non-human apes to discover fire, agriculture and advanced civilization? No. Non-human apes do not have sufficient intellect and intelligence.
Apes in spac... |
99,810 | 1. Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees,
gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?
2. Like in the 1968 movie “Planet of the apes”, would it be possible
for apes to discover fire, agriculture and create complex
civilization?
3. Would they be able to communicate like we do? In a few th... | 2017/12/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99810",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/45641/"
] | Yes, all of that is possible, given a mutation affecting the brain (in Planet of the Apes the mutation was induced by genetic engineering into an ape).
The body forms do not make a difference, all that matters is a brain that can solve problems like people do. None of the common things people tell you are necessary ar... | As question is posted answer is "NO".
Apes, as we have them in real Earth, cannot "take the place of humans".
In spite of having a genome 98+% equal to humans chimpanzee still lack that 2% enabling them to fill the gap.
The "gap" being ability to devise and use effectively a complex language capable to describe obje... |
99,810 | 1. Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees,
gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?
2. Like in the 1968 movie “Planet of the apes”, would it be possible
for apes to discover fire, agriculture and create complex
civilization?
3. Would they be able to communicate like we do? In a few th... | 2017/12/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99810",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/45641/"
] | As question is posted answer is "NO".
Apes, as we have them in real Earth, cannot "take the place of humans".
In spite of having a genome 98+% equal to humans chimpanzee still lack that 2% enabling them to fill the gap.
The "gap" being ability to devise and use effectively a complex language capable to describe obje... | 1. **Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees, gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?**
Specifically, chimpanzees. Orangs and gorillas are much too specialized, or well-adapted, to their lifestyles. But chimpanzees, they are generalists just like us, so yes, maybe, if somehow humans ... |
99,810 | 1. Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees,
gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?
2. Like in the 1968 movie “Planet of the apes”, would it be possible
for apes to discover fire, agriculture and create complex
civilization?
3. Would they be able to communicate like we do? In a few th... | 2017/12/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99810",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/45641/"
] | Yes, all of that is possible, given a mutation affecting the brain (in Planet of the Apes the mutation was induced by genetic engineering into an ape).
The body forms do not make a difference, all that matters is a brain that can solve problems like people do. None of the common things people tell you are necessary ar... | **No**
Is it possible for non-human apes to take the place of humans?
Well eventually after millions of years of evolution yes. Otherwise no.
Is it possible for non-human apes to discover fire, agriculture and advanced civilization? No. Non-human apes do not have sufficient intellect and intelligence.
Apes in spac... |
99,810 | 1. Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees,
gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?
2. Like in the 1968 movie “Planet of the apes”, would it be possible
for apes to discover fire, agriculture and create complex
civilization?
3. Would they be able to communicate like we do? In a few th... | 2017/12/10 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99810",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/45641/"
] | Yes, all of that is possible, given a mutation affecting the brain (in Planet of the Apes the mutation was induced by genetic engineering into an ape).
The body forms do not make a difference, all that matters is a brain that can solve problems like people do. None of the common things people tell you are necessary ar... | 1. **Would it be possible for non-human apes such as chimpanzees, gorillas , and orangutans to take the place of humans?**
Specifically, chimpanzees. Orangs and gorillas are much too specialized, or well-adapted, to their lifestyles. But chimpanzees, they are generalists just like us, so yes, maybe, if somehow humans ... |
293,002 | I framed two sentences, one using infinitive and another using gerund. Which of the two sounds *more* correct?
>
> *Although the app will continue **to occupy** the storage space, it will,
> at least, not run in the background.*
>
>
> *Although the app will continue **occupying** the storage space, it will,
> at ... | 2015/12/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/293002",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Both are correct and have the same meaning, though using the gerund form is considered more eloquent. I find that Practical English Usage (Swan ch.296) is excellent at explaining the rules for using infinitive or gerund. | >
> Although the app will continue to occupy the storage space, it will,
> at least, not run in the background.
>
>
> Although the app will continue occupying the storage space, it will,
> at least, not run in the background.
>
>
>
When I read your first sentence, I understand;
The app was disrupted (stopped... |
22,966,689 | I am creating an msi installation package using InstallShield.
I have a custom action to install a third party exe. This exe has an UI, it prompts the user to click "Yes" or "No". If the user clicks No, that exe is not installed but the msi installation continues. I want to end the msi installation as soon as the use... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22966689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2334777/"
] | If this is a dependency, don't install it with a custom action. That's what the seup.exe type of bootstrapper is for. They install required prerequisites (like .NET Frameworks and C++ runtimes) then launch your MSI install.
Another reason for not using a custom action is to do with where you put the custom to install... | Does the EXE accept any command line parameters to make it silent? In general this is a bad thing to do because:
1) The EXE can fail and give the impression your installer failed.
2) Can fail and swallow the error.
3) Doesn't log to your MSI log and may not log at all.
4) MSI isn't aware of the changes made by the... |
22,966,689 | I am creating an msi installation package using InstallShield.
I have a custom action to install a third party exe. This exe has an UI, it prompts the user to click "Yes" or "No". If the user clicks No, that exe is not installed but the msi installation continues. I want to end the msi installation as soon as the use... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22966689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2334777/"
] | If this is a dependency, don't install it with a custom action. That's what the seup.exe type of bootstrapper is for. They install required prerequisites (like .NET Frameworks and C++ runtimes) then launch your MSI install.
Another reason for not using a custom action is to do with where you put the custom to install... | Install you third party exe as a prerequisite. InstallShield allows you to define your own prerequites and the InstallShield's bootstrapper is able to work with prerequisites. |
6,391 | How can I configure Google Alerts to send me alerts in different languages?
At the moment it alerts me for a certain term only in Italian, that is my default language.
But now I would like to configure the same alert but that returns also English results.
How can I do it? | 2010/09/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/6391",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/215/"
] | It's a bit tricky at the moment. To get results in English you need to change your default language for Google Search to English. Go to [google.com](http://google.com), use the **Settings**->**Search settings** link in the top right corner, and change your interface language and search language to English. Then go to [... | Try entering this in the browser for English <http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en> |
6,391 | How can I configure Google Alerts to send me alerts in different languages?
At the moment it alerts me for a certain term only in Italian, that is my default language.
But now I would like to configure the same alert but that returns also English results.
How can I do it? | 2010/09/02 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/6391",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/215/"
] | From the [Google forum](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/news/thread?tid=2137b5c384c76223&hl=en)
>
> For example, to get Spanish news alerts, first go to :
>
> <http://www.google.es>
>
>
> Do your news search in that language, and then make your news alert from the news in that language's google news search... | Try entering this in the browser for English <http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en> |
124,279 | I'm trying to simply record multiple takes using GarageBand 11. I enable cycling, record once, the hit stop, rewind, record again... BUT NO TRIANGLE APPEARS on the track folder. Also, while the track plays back a 2nd time, its playing out loud so I cannot hear what I'm doing. I tried with the REPLACE mode enabled and d... | 2014/03/14 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/124279",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/72995/"
] | Do you want to record multiple tracks, or multiple takes?
For multiple **takes** you need two things
1. Make sure Cycle mode is on
2. In General settings (GarageBand/Preferences/General) *Cycle on* is set to *Create Takes*
To record multiple **tracks** simultaneously:
1. Make sure that the Record Enable button is s... | You shouldn't (need to) stop and rewind.
On the yellow bar on top of the screen, set the region you would like to cycle. Garageband will do the rest.
With pictures:
<http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1913?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US> |
113,803 | So, as I understand it, wheels are almost completely absent in nature, in terms of a method of mobility. Would it be possible, or reasonable for such a creature to be made along the lines of evolution? If so, how? Could such a creature achieve such size as to be big or fast enough to be a mount?
I hypothesized that an... | 2018/06/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/113803",
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] | The problem, as I understand it, is axles. There's no way for a living creature to have an axle as part of its body - it would need blood vessels and nerves, both of which would be twisted by spinning. And if the axle is nonliving (say some kind of secretion, or keratinous growth) it wouldn't be able to form complex sh... | In extremely complicated theory its ofcourse possible. In practice not. Evolution happens because a genetic trait gives a teeny tiny advantage which causes more with that mutation to survive and eventually spread the mutation to everyone.
The golden wheeled spider can form a sort of Ball with his body and limbs and th... |
113,803 | So, as I understand it, wheels are almost completely absent in nature, in terms of a method of mobility. Would it be possible, or reasonable for such a creature to be made along the lines of evolution? If so, how? Could such a creature achieve such size as to be big or fast enough to be a mount?
I hypothesized that an... | 2018/06/01 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/113803",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you want to have a wheel-like subsystem, you need to solve a major problem: how to isolate the rotation of the sub-system from the remaining elements.
On a car or a chariot this is achieved by bearings, but this is not feasible in living organisms, where the need of having "cabling", normally called blood circulati... | In extremely complicated theory its ofcourse possible. In practice not. Evolution happens because a genetic trait gives a teeny tiny advantage which causes more with that mutation to survive and eventually spread the mutation to everyone.
The golden wheeled spider can form a sort of Ball with his body and limbs and th... |
66,149 | A lot of attention was given to the fact that Trump did better with Democratic leaning groups especially Hispanics, while Biden did better with Republican leaning groups like married men and evangelicals. I think that we should look at this beyond the demographic level and look at it this way: the blue got redder and v... | 2021/07/02 | [
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"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/29035/"
] | ### The 2020 Election Was Not Depolarizing
I disagree with your premise. The 2020 election was not a depolarizing election.
Both 2016 and 2020 were incredibly polarized elections relative to prior years and any distinction between 2016 and 2020 is more or less trivial and misses the forest for the trees.
While there... | You have missed a very important point here, which is that both the 2016 and 2020 Presidential elections were less about politics than about the personalities of the candidates.
In 2016, you had many voters who were unwilling to vote for a woman, and one without much in the way of credentials or personal appeal. Again... |
325,901 | I read a text where kids share their experiences about activities in a language camp, and I came across this sentence:
**And we spoke only English.**
I feel that something is wrong with this sentence, but I'm not sure. At first I thought it should be
**And we spoke English only.**
Then I thought that maybe this is ... | 2016/05/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/325901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/175381/"
] | And we spoke only English- Here, the speaker would say that the only language that they had used was English. It is truth that they know how to speak any other language and it is also possible that some of the people involve knew how to use other languages.
And we spoke English only- Means that the speaker, and the p... | It's just the beauty of the ambiguity of English. All 3 versions are fine, though I think the second one is a tad more awkward than the others. |
325,901 | I read a text where kids share their experiences about activities in a language camp, and I came across this sentence:
**And we spoke only English.**
I feel that something is wrong with this sentence, but I'm not sure. At first I thought it should be
**And we spoke English only.**
Then I thought that maybe this is ... | 2016/05/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/325901",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/175381/"
] | And we spoke only English- Here, the speaker would say that the only language that they had used was English. It is truth that they know how to speak any other language and it is also possible that some of the people involve knew how to use other languages.
And we spoke English only- Means that the speaker, and the p... | I think this is remarkable question because all seem fine. However, they have some little differences as well I suppose. Lets analyse them shortly:
And we spoke only English, meaning they didn't speak any other language.
And we spoke only English there, meaning same with the previous one. "There" just made a specific... |
130,441 | Is it possible to create an VPN connection while using site-to-site VPN?
Have you ever tried or done this?
What are possible problems, pitfalls, things of the impossible, etc. ?
Also see: [Is it possible to use Microsoft's "Secure Connection Rules" (IPSec) with VPN?](https://serverfault.com/questions/126537/is-it-po... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/130441",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/38703/"
] | Yes.
Either you use e.g. "screen" and customize it:
<http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/package/epics/extensions/iocConsole/screen.1.html>
Or you manage to do it on your SSH Client, if possible.
You could also try this: <http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-change-the-color-of-my-shell-prompt-under-linux-or-u... | I use a script that launches SSH in xterm windows with different bg/fg colors. It selects the colors based on the hostname's hash from a color span so that no configuration is needed.
The script is written in Ruby: <https://github.com/mickeyil/ssx> |
130,441 | Is it possible to create an VPN connection while using site-to-site VPN?
Have you ever tried or done this?
What are possible problems, pitfalls, things of the impossible, etc. ?
Also see: [Is it possible to use Microsoft's "Secure Connection Rules" (IPSec) with VPN?](https://serverfault.com/questions/126537/is-it-po... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/130441",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/38703/"
] | Yes.
Either you use e.g. "screen" and customize it:
<http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/package/epics/extensions/iocConsole/screen.1.html>
Or you manage to do it on your SSH Client, if possible.
You could also try this: <http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-shell-change-the-color-of-my-shell-prompt-under-linux-or-u... | I was just looking for the same thing and found this article:
<http://akrabat.com/php/osx-terminal-colours/>
It uses a php script to change the terminal colors by applescript. You can set up mappings of different colors for each server. Works great for me, though feel the urge to rewrite the php stuff into ruby :)
f... |
117,295 | How can we change the following sentence into negative one without changing the meaning?
>
> He did everything.
>
>
>
Can we change it into this:
>
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Or
>
> Didn't he do anything
>
>
> | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/117295",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | He did not stop until everything was done. | >
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Does fit. Another choice might be:
>
> There was nothing he didn't do.
>
>
>
The second suggestion from the question does not fit. |
117,295 | How can we change the following sentence into negative one without changing the meaning?
>
> He did everything.
>
>
>
Can we change it into this:
>
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Or
>
> Didn't he do anything
>
>
> | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/117295",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | He did not stop until everything was done. | The question completely misunderstands itself.
'He did everything' is grammatically positive; semantically it means little. Define 'everything', please?
'He left nothing undone' is still positive, unless you think 'he ran away' or 'he surrendered' or 'he lost' grammatically negative. Do you?
'Didn't he do anything?'... |
117,295 | How can we change the following sentence into negative one without changing the meaning?
>
> He did everything.
>
>
>
Can we change it into this:
>
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Or
>
> Didn't he do anything
>
>
> | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/117295",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> He left nothing undone
>
>
>
is pretty much the same as "he did everything". Your other example, however, is a question not a statement.
Another possibility:
>
> There was nothing he didn't do.
>
>
> | >
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Does fit. Another choice might be:
>
> There was nothing he didn't do.
>
>
>
The second suggestion from the question does not fit. |
117,295 | How can we change the following sentence into negative one without changing the meaning?
>
> He did everything.
>
>
>
Can we change it into this:
>
> He left nothing undone.
>
>
>
Or
>
> Didn't he do anything
>
>
> | 2017/01/27 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/117295",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> He left nothing undone
>
>
>
is pretty much the same as "he did everything". Your other example, however, is a question not a statement.
Another possibility:
>
> There was nothing he didn't do.
>
>
> | The question completely misunderstands itself.
'He did everything' is grammatically positive; semantically it means little. Define 'everything', please?
'He left nothing undone' is still positive, unless you think 'he ran away' or 'he surrendered' or 'he lost' grammatically negative. Do you?
'Didn't he do anything?'... |
377 | In the question [What is the difference between the following kernel Makefile terms: vmlinux, vmlinuz, vmlinux.bin, zimage & bzimage?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vml), the user asked a question, and a couple comments suggest t... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/377",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4/"
] | If your question is “what is X”, you should look on Wikipedia *first*. Then, it's fine to ask something like “what is X? Wikipedia says it's a green wobbly widget, but I don't understand what it means for a widget to be wobbly or why it would matter that it's green”. Or “How does X apply to <specific context>”. Or “wha... | Yes, this is a fine practice.
Here are two reasons:
* Wikipedia isn't always the best resource. Some of their pages are poor quality. Other pages have incorrect or biased information due to politics. Yet other information is deleted because someone thought it was not notable.
* The SE sites are a good resource to pro... |
377 | In the question [What is the difference between the following kernel Makefile terms: vmlinux, vmlinuz, vmlinux.bin, zimage & bzimage?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vml), the user asked a question, and a couple comments suggest t... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/377",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4/"
] | If your question is “what is X”, you should look on Wikipedia *first*. Then, it's fine to ask something like “what is X? Wikipedia says it's a green wobbly widget, but I don't understand what it means for a widget to be wobbly or why it would matter that it's green”. Or “How does X apply to <specific context>”. Or “wha... | In addition, if the answer *is* on Wikipedia and you want to link there, it's helpful to provide a summary of the relevant part of the article here, so the user gets an idea without needing to click the link. In general, when you post a link somewhere, try to write the answer such that it's still useful even if that li... |
377 | In the question [What is the difference between the following kernel Makefile terms: vmlinux, vmlinuz, vmlinux.bin, zimage & bzimage?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/5518/what-is-the-difference-between-the-following-kernel-makefile-terms-vmlinux-vml), the user asked a question, and a couple comments suggest t... | 2011/01/07 | [
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/377",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/users/4/"
] | If your question is “what is X”, you should look on Wikipedia *first*. Then, it's fine to ask something like “what is X? Wikipedia says it's a green wobbly widget, but I don't understand what it means for a widget to be wobbly or why it would matter that it's green”. Or “How does X apply to <specific context>”. Or “wha... | If you feel our page can be better than Wikipedia because it is:
* more focused (no wall o' text, just "the question and answer")
* better written, better examples, clearer, etc.
* targetted to a specific audience of experts rather than the whole world
... then sure. If not, then no. |
3,463,861 | I have no doubt that Hatcher's is a great text, but it is not for me. It is clearly written for someone with some prior knowledge of these topics, and I have none. For example, in the first few pages he defines deformation retractions, mapping cylinders, and homotopies. I gained very little insight into what these actu... | 2019/12/05 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3463861",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/38584/"
] | If you want a more rigorous book with geometric motivation I reccomend John M. Lee`s topological manifolds where he does a lot of stuff on covering spaces homologies and cohomologies. As a supplement you can next go to his book on Smooth Manifold to get to the differential case. I especially like his very through and r... | I was in a similar situation. I sat in on a geometric topology class and we were using [A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology, by Massey](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/038797430X). I wanted other material to look at, since my background was lacking, so I picked up [Differential Forms in Algebraic Topolog... |
35,726 | My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled severely to learn the instrument. It took her 18 months to learn the first song - Twinkle twinkle little star. We effectively... | 2019/02/01 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/35726",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/3778/"
] | I really feel like you are not looking at the situation objectively. You list 7 issues that present obstacles to your daughters success. You realize that it took a year and a half for her to learn the basic starter song, *Twinkle, Twinkle*. And you recognize that her classmates are more advanced in their accomplishment... | The [Elite Music Academy](https://elitemusic.ca/) in Toronto has an [excellent Q&A page](https://elitemusic.ca/age-child-start-violin/) discussing many of your concerns. While, as the title of the page suggests, it's aimed at parents considering *starting* lessons for their child, it does cover some of the issues that ... |
35,726 | My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled severely to learn the instrument. It took her 18 months to learn the first song - Twinkle twinkle little star. We effectively... | 2019/02/01 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/35726",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/3778/"
] | I really feel like you are not looking at the situation objectively. You list 7 issues that present obstacles to your daughters success. You realize that it took a year and a half for her to learn the basic starter song, *Twinkle, Twinkle*. And you recognize that her classmates are more advanced in their accomplishment... | Although the benefit of learning an instrument is an amazing skill to have if your young child wants to enjoy this hobby she may want to try other instruments and if she doesn't want that there are many other hobbies for young children to expand there education and creativity telling her to quit should be quite simple ... |
35,726 | My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled severely to learn the instrument. It took her 18 months to learn the first song - Twinkle twinkle little star. We effectively... | 2019/02/01 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/35726",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/3778/"
] | I really feel like you are not looking at the situation objectively. You list 7 issues that present obstacles to your daughters success. You realize that it took a year and a half for her to learn the basic starter song, *Twinkle, Twinkle*. And you recognize that her classmates are more advanced in their accomplishment... | After a further 2 years (my daughter is 8 now) since asking this question I can answer what we did.
We persisted. For about a year, because the lessons weren't going well with me, my partner took over the lessons.
I then read the book behind the Suzuki method - ["Nurtured by Love" by Shinichi Suzuki](https://www.good... |
35,726 | My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled severely to learn the instrument. It took her 18 months to learn the first song - Twinkle twinkle little star. We effectively... | 2019/02/01 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/35726",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/3778/"
] | The [Elite Music Academy](https://elitemusic.ca/) in Toronto has an [excellent Q&A page](https://elitemusic.ca/age-child-start-violin/) discussing many of your concerns. While, as the title of the page suggests, it's aimed at parents considering *starting* lessons for their child, it does cover some of the issues that ... | After a further 2 years (my daughter is 8 now) since asking this question I can answer what we did.
We persisted. For about a year, because the lessons weren't going well with me, my partner took over the lessons.
I then read the book behind the Suzuki method - ["Nurtured by Love" by Shinichi Suzuki](https://www.good... |
35,726 | My daughter has been practising the violin with the Suzuki method since she was 3.5 years old and she is now 6 (so 2.5 years practising). However she's never really wanted to.
She has struggled severely to learn the instrument. It took her 18 months to learn the first song - Twinkle twinkle little star. We effectively... | 2019/02/01 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/35726",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/users/3778/"
] | Although the benefit of learning an instrument is an amazing skill to have if your young child wants to enjoy this hobby she may want to try other instruments and if she doesn't want that there are many other hobbies for young children to expand there education and creativity telling her to quit should be quite simple ... | After a further 2 years (my daughter is 8 now) since asking this question I can answer what we did.
We persisted. For about a year, because the lessons weren't going well with me, my partner took over the lessons.
I then read the book behind the Suzuki method - ["Nurtured by Love" by Shinichi Suzuki](https://www.good... |
14,773,123 | I am relatively new to WPF and have been looking at [Family.Show](http://familyshow.codeplex.com/). It looks like a great reference application, but it has not been updated since February 2009. When I am looking through this code, are there any outdated techniques in here or improvements in the platform that I should b... | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14773123",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1226612/"
] | I think Prism is a very good framework to build enterprise(bigger) applications but at first sight it could be a little difficult. If you are new to WPF but want to get to know the WPF and MVVM better, check <http://caliburnmicro.codeplex.com/> or <http://waf.codeplex.com/>. (With them it is a little easer to understan... | I would have a look at [prism](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg406140.aspx) - its a great way to build WPF apps. |
14,773,123 | I am relatively new to WPF and have been looking at [Family.Show](http://familyshow.codeplex.com/). It looks like a great reference application, but it has not been updated since February 2009. When I am looking through this code, are there any outdated techniques in here or improvements in the platform that I should b... | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14773123",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1226612/"
] | On the WPF side of things, not much has changed since 2009.
There are still DataTemplates, Styles, Data binding etc. They are used just like they have been used back then.
In the current version of the .NET framework a few more controls are present out of the box, so you might find some user controls in that exampl... | I would have a look at [prism](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg406140.aspx) - its a great way to build WPF apps. |
14,773,123 | I am relatively new to WPF and have been looking at [Family.Show](http://familyshow.codeplex.com/). It looks like a great reference application, but it has not been updated since February 2009. When I am looking through this code, are there any outdated techniques in here or improvements in the platform that I should b... | 2013/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14773123",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1226612/"
] | On the WPF side of things, not much has changed since 2009.
There are still DataTemplates, Styles, Data binding etc. They are used just like they have been used back then.
In the current version of the .NET framework a few more controls are present out of the box, so you might find some user controls in that exampl... | I think Prism is a very good framework to build enterprise(bigger) applications but at first sight it could be a little difficult. If you are new to WPF but want to get to know the WPF and MVVM better, check <http://caliburnmicro.codeplex.com/> or <http://waf.codeplex.com/>. (With them it is a little easer to understan... |
353,822 | I have a Dell PowerEdge R300 with a Dell SAS 6/iR Internal Controller RAID PCIe and two 250GB SATA HDDs in RAID1 configuration. One of the HDDs has died so I want to swap it out for another. At the same time I'd like to increase storage to 500 or 750GB. Can I just plug in say a 500GB HDD, wait for it to sync, then swap... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/353822",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3202/"
] | The feature term you are looking for is *"Online Capacity Extension"*. Dell SAS iR controllers [do not support it](http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2011-February/044279.html), the [PERC and CERC controllers do](http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/RAID/PERC6/en/UG/HTML/chapterd.htm). So with ... | 1. When you replace disks one by one and sync, you'll end up with a new RADI1 array, with the size of 250Gb, and the rest of the space on the disks will be unused, but available, for creating another raid array on the rest of the space available.
If you want the entire space in a single radi1, you need to backup, test ... |
30,732 | If the Higgs field gives mass to particles, and the Higgs boson itself has mass, does this mean there is some kind of self-interaction?
Also, does the Higgs Boson have zero rest mass and so move at light-speed? | 2012/06/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/30732",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/7993/"
] | Most of the popular science TV programmes and magazine articles give entirely the wrong idea about how the Higgs mechanism works. They tend to give the impression that there is a single Higgs boson that (a) causes particles masses and (b) will be found around 125GeV by the LHC.
The mass is generated by the Higgs field... | >
> does this mean there is some kind of self-interaction
>
>
>
Yes, the Higgs field is self-interacting and, to the extent I understand it, it is this self-interaction and particularly, its form, that allows the Higgs field to "condense" by giving the lowest energy states of the field a non-zero expectation value... |
30,732 | If the Higgs field gives mass to particles, and the Higgs boson itself has mass, does this mean there is some kind of self-interaction?
Also, does the Higgs Boson have zero rest mass and so move at light-speed? | 2012/06/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/30732",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/7993/"
] | Most of the popular science TV programmes and magazine articles give entirely the wrong idea about how the Higgs mechanism works. They tend to give the impression that there is a single Higgs boson that (a) causes particles masses and (b) will be found around 125GeV by the LHC.
The mass is generated by the Higgs field... | The Higgs field can be thought of as a giant field of energy, with the Higgs Bosons being excitations in that field.
This field interacts with particles to give them mass, and this is similar to how the Higgs Boson is 'created'. When a particle causes lots of fluctuations in the Higgs field, it can be thought to be 'i... |
30,732 | If the Higgs field gives mass to particles, and the Higgs boson itself has mass, does this mean there is some kind of self-interaction?
Also, does the Higgs Boson have zero rest mass and so move at light-speed? | 2012/06/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/30732",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/7993/"
] | >
> does this mean there is some kind of self-interaction
>
>
>
Yes, the Higgs field is self-interacting and, to the extent I understand it, it is this self-interaction and particularly, its form, that allows the Higgs field to "condense" by giving the lowest energy states of the field a non-zero expectation value... | The Higgs field can be thought of as a giant field of energy, with the Higgs Bosons being excitations in that field.
This field interacts with particles to give them mass, and this is similar to how the Higgs Boson is 'created'. When a particle causes lots of fluctuations in the Higgs field, it can be thought to be 'i... |
336,622 | Kind of related to [Can we talk about the voting culture here on Meta?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/272607/can-we-talk-about-the-voting-culture-here-on-meta), but that one is about downvoting. I want to talk about close-voting and delete-voting. For quite some time I noticed that there is a group of people... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/336622",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/266143/"
] | I've noticed this a lot more too, and I'm working (in whatever spare time I have nowadays) to craft a few SEDE queries to see how frequently a post is voted to be deleted on Meta to see if it's really necessary.
Let me state my opinion here so that it's clear.
I believe that it's fair game to downvote a question here... | >
> Do they have the right to close-vote with whatever reason they seem fit
>
>
>
In short, yes they have that right. If they think a close reason fits, they are free to apply a close vote to express that. While the examples you've pointed to are indeed questionable, many of them did ultimately get reopened. That ... |
336,622 | Kind of related to [Can we talk about the voting culture here on Meta?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/272607/can-we-talk-about-the-voting-culture-here-on-meta), but that one is about downvoting. I want to talk about close-voting and delete-voting. For quite some time I noticed that there is a group of people... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/336622",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/266143/"
] | >
> they are ~~down-~~, *close-* and delete-voting everything that *they don't like*
>
>
>
Is not that they don't like it... if you see their activities pages you will see basically **no activity outside /review** for most of these users! *gasp* Basically, most of the questions you see on the /review/close queue w... | >
> Do they have the right to close-vote with whatever reason they seem fit
>
>
>
In short, yes they have that right. If they think a close reason fits, they are free to apply a close vote to express that. While the examples you've pointed to are indeed questionable, many of them did ultimately get reopened. That ... |
336,622 | Kind of related to [Can we talk about the voting culture here on Meta?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/272607/can-we-talk-about-the-voting-culture-here-on-meta), but that one is about downvoting. I want to talk about close-voting and delete-voting. For quite some time I noticed that there is a group of people... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/336622",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/266143/"
] | I've noticed this a lot more too, and I'm working (in whatever spare time I have nowadays) to craft a few SEDE queries to see how frequently a post is voted to be deleted on Meta to see if it's really necessary.
Let me state my opinion here so that it's clear.
I believe that it's fair game to downvote a question here... | >
> they are ~~down-~~, *close-* and delete-voting everything that *they don't like*
>
>
>
Is not that they don't like it... if you see their activities pages you will see basically **no activity outside /review** for most of these users! *gasp* Basically, most of the questions you see on the /review/close queue w... |
16,785,664 | I want to use HsqlDB or H2 to make tests with an in-memory database. I have databases in production with Oracle and postgreSQL. So I want to know if there are tools that allow converting an oracle, postgreSQL... database structure to a hSQLDB or H2 schema.
Thanks in advance | 2013/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16785664",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2145305/"
] | Have a look at [DdlUtils](http://db.apache.org/ddlutils/).
Quoted from that site
>
> DdlUtils can generate a DDL file for an existing database.
>
> These are XML files that contain the definition of a database schema, e.g. tables and columns.
>
> These files can be fed into DdlUtils via its Ant task or progr... | Just found out [RazorSQL](http://razorsql.com) can convert between PostgreSQL, Oracle and HSQL, but I couldn't get it to produce valid HSQLDB files from PostgreSQL..
Disclaimer: it's a commercial product with a 30day trial period, and I'm not affiliated in any way.. |
71,205,184 | I am trying to connect to AWS Athena from the dbeaver. Documentation is saying that I can do that using the AWS SSO <https://dbeaver.com/docs/wiki/AWS-SSO>.
I went through all options and was not able to find such a configuration. I am using version 21.3.5.
Can anyone help me where do I find such a configuration?[![e... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71205184",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2979441/"
] | As far as I understand, you use the Community version. However, AWS SSO is only available in the commercial versions of DBeaver. | **EDIT**
Please ignore this answer if you are interested on the AWS SSO authentication using Athena with DBeaver. Thanks to @rholdberh I just noticed it.
This answer assumes you have an AWS key/secret pair, not SSO credentials.
---
Perhaps is that now supported?
I am successfully using the Community version:
[![e... |
71,205,184 | I am trying to connect to AWS Athena from the dbeaver. Documentation is saying that I can do that using the AWS SSO <https://dbeaver.com/docs/wiki/AWS-SSO>.
I went through all options and was not able to find such a configuration. I am using version 21.3.5.
Can anyone help me where do I find such a configuration?[![e... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71205184",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2979441/"
] | As far as I understand, you use the Community version. However, AWS SSO is only available in the commercial versions of DBeaver. | From the first screen shot, it appears you are using the Community Edition. True SSO is not supported for CE, but you can make it work. Use AWS's SSO awsapps start page and select the account / role you wish to use. Select 'Command line or programmatic access'. Choose option 2) 'Add a profile to your AWS Credentials fi... |
71,205,184 | I am trying to connect to AWS Athena from the dbeaver. Documentation is saying that I can do that using the AWS SSO <https://dbeaver.com/docs/wiki/AWS-SSO>.
I went through all options and was not able to find such a configuration. I am using version 21.3.5.
Can anyone help me where do I find such a configuration?[![e... | 2022/02/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/71205184",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2979441/"
] | From the first screen shot, it appears you are using the Community Edition. True SSO is not supported for CE, but you can make it work. Use AWS's SSO awsapps start page and select the account / role you wish to use. Select 'Command line or programmatic access'. Choose option 2) 'Add a profile to your AWS Credentials fi... | **EDIT**
Please ignore this answer if you are interested on the AWS SSO authentication using Athena with DBeaver. Thanks to @rholdberh I just noticed it.
This answer assumes you have an AWS key/secret pair, not SSO credentials.
---
Perhaps is that now supported?
I am successfully using the Community version:
[. | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | Sure. Visual Studio works with any language so long as someone takes the time to write the plug-ins for it. Heck, Mainsoft has already added JVM debugging support to Visual Studio. They just don't support the language.
The only problem is YOU are going to have to be the one who writes it.
I won't lie to you. It won'... | [Cyberduck](http://cyberduck.ch/) is written in Java and developed in Visual Studio 2010, though it requires [IKVM](http://www.ikvm.net/), an implementation of Java for Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Here are the [build instructions](http://trac.cyberduck.ch/browser/trunk/README.txt). |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | I'm a little late to the party, but it looks like someone has [started adding support](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bc561769-36ff-4a40-9504-e266e8706f93). From the description, right now it only does syntax highlighting and basic navigation within a single file. However, in the Q&A section the author m... | No, although, I long for the day when VS might possibly support building Java applications. I don't think I have yet found an IDE as fully featured. Personally, if VS supported Java development, then I would trash my installation of Eclipse and Netbeans. ... so tired of wonky Java IDEs.... |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | [Cyberduck](http://cyberduck.ch/) is written in Java and developed in Visual Studio 2010, though it requires [IKVM](http://www.ikvm.net/), an implementation of Java for Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Here are the [build instructions](http://trac.cyberduck.ch/browser/trunk/README.txt). | C++ syntax highlighting looks pretty good for Java. Turn this on in Options->Text Editor->File Extension.
* Extension: java
* Editor: Microsoft Visual C++
Now reopen a .java file and see pretty colors. |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | I'm a little late to the party, but it looks like someone has [started adding support](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bc561769-36ff-4a40-9504-e266e8706f93). From the description, right now it only does syntax highlighting and basic navigation within a single file. However, in the Q&A section the author m... | I will advise to go for Eclipse, if you have to do at least 25% Java coding. Otherwise VS is good as well. But I like Eclipse for C++ as well as Java. |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | [Cyberduck](http://cyberduck.ch/) is written in Java and developed in Visual Studio 2010, though it requires [IKVM](http://www.ikvm.net/), an implementation of Java for Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Here are the [build instructions](http://trac.cyberduck.ch/browser/trunk/README.txt). | A new plugin is currently being developed named IntegraStudio,
aiming at full Java development under VS. It currently supports:
* IntelliSense for Java (comparable to standard C++ IntelliSense in VS)
* build with Ant or Maven
* direct Ant / Maven project view in Solution Explorer
* Java debugger with container visual... |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | Sure. Visual Studio works with any language so long as someone takes the time to write the plug-ins for it. Heck, Mainsoft has already added JVM debugging support to Visual Studio. They just don't support the language.
The only problem is YOU are going to have to be the one who writes it.
I won't lie to you. It won'... | No, although, I long for the day when VS might possibly support building Java applications. I don't think I have yet found an IDE as fully featured. Personally, if VS supported Java development, then I would trash my installation of Eclipse and Netbeans. ... so tired of wonky Java IDEs.... |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | The short answer - No.
The long answer - No, because the supposed intellisense support for Java that the blog entry referred to, in the question, relies on J# support. I believe it has been quite sometime since Microsoft has discontinued J# - VS2008 does not have it.
In the long run, you're better off learning how to... | [Cyberduck](http://cyberduck.ch/) is written in Java and developed in Visual Studio 2010, though it requires [IKVM](http://www.ikvm.net/), an implementation of Java for Mono and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Here are the [build instructions](http://trac.cyberduck.ch/browser/trunk/README.txt). |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | Sure. Visual Studio works with any language so long as someone takes the time to write the plug-ins for it. Heck, Mainsoft has already added JVM debugging support to Visual Studio. They just don't support the language.
The only problem is YOU are going to have to be the one who writes it.
I won't lie to you. It won'... | A new plugin is currently being developed named IntegraStudio,
aiming at full Java development under VS. It currently supports:
* IntelliSense for Java (comparable to standard C++ IntelliSense in VS)
* build with Ant or Maven
* direct Ant / Maven project view in Solution Explorer
* Java debugger with container visual... |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | The short answer - No.
The long answer - No, because the supposed intellisense support for Java that the blog entry referred to, in the question, relies on J# support. I believe it has been quite sometime since Microsoft has discontinued J# - VS2008 does not have it.
In the long run, you're better off learning how to... | C++ syntax highlighting looks pretty good for Java. Turn this on in Options->Text Editor->File Extension.
* Extension: java
* Editor: Microsoft Visual C++
Now reopen a .java file and see pretty colors. |
3,183,226 | Is there any way to manage/debug/compile Java projects in *Visual Studio 2010*?
Before you answer, please read [this topic](http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/09/29/compiling-java-in-visual-studio). | 2010/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3183226",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/75500/"
] | The short answer - No.
The long answer - No, because the supposed intellisense support for Java that the blog entry referred to, in the question, relies on J# support. I believe it has been quite sometime since Microsoft has discontinued J# - VS2008 does not have it.
In the long run, you're better off learning how to... | A new plugin is currently being developed named IntegraStudio,
aiming at full Java development under VS. It currently supports:
* IntelliSense for Java (comparable to standard C++ IntelliSense in VS)
* build with Ant or Maven
* direct Ant / Maven project view in Solution Explorer
* Java debugger with container visual... |
100,936 | I like to work with the tex on one half of the screen and the pdf on the other.
How do I hide the console window (with transcription log, error report, etc) unless there is an error? And how can I keep the focus on the tex window?
That way, I command-T to see my pdf, but keep typing. | 2013/03/04 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/100936",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/26870/"
] | You can find options for those in the preferences:
* TeXShop, Preferences, choose tab "Console" and set "Show Console" to "when error occurs" (default is "always")
* TeXShop, Preferences, choose tab "Typesetting" and set "After Typesetting" to "continue editing" (default is "bring preview forward") | I also encountered the bug on MacOS High Sierra (10.13) in full screen split mode.
It might help to drag the console window away as a separate window outside. And then switch to the full window in TexShop. When you click 'Typeset', the console shows the result like in backend, and you will not get bothered by the cons... |
100,936 | I like to work with the tex on one half of the screen and the pdf on the other.
How do I hide the console window (with transcription log, error report, etc) unless there is an error? And how can I keep the focus on the tex window?
That way, I command-T to see my pdf, but keep typing. | 2013/03/04 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/100936",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/26870/"
] | Currently I use macOS Mojave, v. 10.14. As addressed by @layman, the currently accepted answer no longer works (at least it did not work for me). The workaround I've used is the following:
* Open TexShop and compile your source.
* Take the console and place it in a non-bothersome position (this can be on a new deskto... | You can find options for those in the preferences:
* TeXShop, Preferences, choose tab "Console" and set "Show Console" to "when error occurs" (default is "always")
* TeXShop, Preferences, choose tab "Typesetting" and set "After Typesetting" to "continue editing" (default is "bring preview forward") |
100,936 | I like to work with the tex on one half of the screen and the pdf on the other.
How do I hide the console window (with transcription log, error report, etc) unless there is an error? And how can I keep the focus on the tex window?
That way, I command-T to see my pdf, but keep typing. | 2013/03/04 | [
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/100936",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/26870/"
] | Currently I use macOS Mojave, v. 10.14. As addressed by @layman, the currently accepted answer no longer works (at least it did not work for me). The workaround I've used is the following:
* Open TexShop and compile your source.
* Take the console and place it in a non-bothersome position (this can be on a new deskto... | I also encountered the bug on MacOS High Sierra (10.13) in full screen split mode.
It might help to drag the console window away as a separate window outside. And then switch to the full window in TexShop. When you click 'Typeset', the console shows the result like in backend, and you will not get bothered by the cons... |
216,047 | I have a question on indefinite articles.
I thought **a** is only used with singular nouns, by definition.
Why is "in a couple weeks" the right way? Isn't a couple weeks more than one?
I thought it would be "in couple weeks" but I see everywhere that it's used as "in a couple weeks". Can someone please be kind and exp... | 2014/12/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/216047",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/102728/"
] | In the **idiom** "*a couple weeks*" the indefinite article "*a*" modifies the singular noun "*couple*" according to the rule of indefinite articles.
>
> Another example:
>
>
> My wife and I are ***a*** *couple*.
>
>
>
As @John Lawler so aptly pointed out, the confusion is in the missing (yet still implied) prep... | "A couple weeks" does indeed sound incorrect because it should correctly be written as "a couple **of** weeks". It makes perfect sense if it is written or spoken correctly because in this case the "couple of weeks" becomes a singular group of weeks consisting of two weeks. It's like saying "a flock of geese" which is a... |
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