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13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Have you tried the Bell Tree? It's definitely the staple for that type of sound. Check out the samples [here](http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/percussion/bell_tree.asp). It is a bit of a cliché, but you can always process it more to make it more unique.
Perhaps also think about other layers to go with it. Th... | I like Mark's answer, seconded. Done this sound numerous times. There's a lot of freedom but I've found most people like something sparkly, often some processed bell tree works. |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Have you tried the Bell Tree? It's definitely the staple for that type of sound. Check out the samples [here](http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/percussion/bell_tree.asp). It is a bit of a cliché, but you can always process it more to make it more unique.
Perhaps also think about other layers to go with it. Th... | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... | I like Mark's answer, seconded. Done this sound numerous times. There's a lot of freedom but I've found most people like something sparkly, often some processed bell tree works. |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... | Bell tree with a white noise swoosh. Resonant filter the whole sound to give it movement. Also some kind of envelope to give the sound some impact if it's coming from a wand or something. |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Have you tried the Bell Tree? It's definitely the staple for that type of sound. Check out the samples [here](http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/percussion/bell_tree.asp). It is a bit of a cliché, but you can always process it more to make it more unique.
Perhaps also think about other layers to go with it. Th... | Thanks for the tips guys. Really great advice.
I have had fun experimenting with some of these techniques and have managed to create some pretty cool fairy dust.
Cheers
Tom |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... | Theres an absynth effect called Atherizer that makes sparkly sounds. I highly suggest. Also GRM tools has a combfilter plug that works towards the sparklies. Working with granulator plugins might prove sparkley |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... | You can always use matchstick striking sounds instead of white noise. They have their own dynamics, and i find them very easy to use on abstract sounds. |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Crystallizer does a great job. I would start by processing ice in a glass, glass debris, or a bell tree and then chop off the attack and doppler it or futz with the spacial feeling in Enigma. You can then layer and blend it with some sand blowing in the wind or wind buffets.
I did something similar for Science Channe... | Thanks for the tips guys. Really great advice.
I have had fun experimenting with some of these techniques and have managed to create some pretty cool fairy dust.
Cheers
Tom |
13,525 | Hi guys,
I'm working on the sound design for an animation and I need to create the sound of fairy dust. Visually think magic wand, or the sparkles that surround Tinkerbell. Light and magical and darting around.
I'm thinking the sounds needs to be light, high frequency and glistening, maybe chime like but not too musi... | 2012/04/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/13525",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/3766/"
] | Have you tried the Bell Tree? It's definitely the staple for that type of sound. Check out the samples [here](http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/percussion/bell_tree.asp). It is a bit of a cliché, but you can always process it more to make it more unique.
Perhaps also think about other layers to go with it. Th... | Theres an absynth effect called Atherizer that makes sparkly sounds. I highly suggest. Also GRM tools has a combfilter plug that works towards the sparklies. Working with granulator plugins might prove sparkley |
60,100 | I designed a pictures grid in sketch, and wanted to export the hole grid as one jpg or png, and then add it to my website. I am wondering if the quality of the jpg or png would be as good as photoshop? Is there specific settings I should use? What about color management? | 2015/09/04 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/60100",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/50455/"
] | Sketch is designed especially for the web/mobile UI design. Therefore, unlike photoshop (older versions) Sketch is optimizing PNG and JPG formats successfully. You don't need to worry about lots of quailty settings as in the photoshop at Sketch. [Here is a tutorial for that](http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/unde... | The answer is no.
Photoshop JPG export is far superior to Sketch.
This is frustrating as I have to export from Sketch as PNGs. Then open in Photoshop and save the PNGs as JPGs from Photoshop.
(This is the case, even if I set a very high jpg export quality when exporting from Sketch). Photoshop's save-for-web creates hi... |
1,460,146 | I am using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008. I have about 5 pages worth of static text that needs to appear at the top of my report, so I put it in the report header section. I have a page footer section on the page that shows the page number. This does not show, and I suspect it has something to do with the long ... | 2009/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1460146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Can you split static text between many header (sub)sections (in a way that every section has about pageful of text)? May help. | Ken Hammady has a solution for crosstabs at
<http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/87>
It can be adapted to work with long texts in textboxes. |
1,460,146 | I am using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008. I have about 5 pages worth of static text that needs to appear at the top of my report, so I put it in the report header section. I have a page footer section on the page that shows the page number. This does not show, and I suspect it has something to do with the long ... | 2009/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1460146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Can you split static text between many header (sub)sections (in a way that every section has about pageful of text)? May help. | I moved all of my text from the Report Header to the Report Footer, and the page numbers will print. I will add a subreport to show my detailed data. |
1,460,146 | I am using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008. I have about 5 pages worth of static text that needs to appear at the top of my report, so I put it in the report header section. I have a page footer section on the page that shows the page number. This does not show, and I suspect it has something to do with the long ... | 2009/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1460146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | Can you split static text between many header (sub)sections (in a way that every section has about pageful of text)? May help. | I had exactly the same problem. My report header was very long and the page number only was appearing at last page. The problem was that i had my page number in the Report Footer. Then i realize that i had a Page Footer section and moved the page number there. I also changed the section properties (it had the No Drill ... |
1,460,146 | I am using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008. I have about 5 pages worth of static text that needs to appear at the top of my report, so I put it in the report header section. I have a page footer section on the page that shows the page number. This does not show, and I suspect it has something to do with the long ... | 2009/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1460146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | I moved all of my text from the Report Header to the Report Footer, and the page numbers will print. I will add a subreport to show my detailed data. | Ken Hammady has a solution for crosstabs at
<http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/87>
It can be adapted to work with long texts in textboxes. |
1,460,146 | I am using Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2008. I have about 5 pages worth of static text that needs to appear at the top of my report, so I put it in the report header section. I have a page footer section on the page that shows the page number. This does not show, and I suspect it has something to do with the long ... | 2009/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1460146",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86191/"
] | I had exactly the same problem. My report header was very long and the page number only was appearing at last page. The problem was that i had my page number in the Report Footer. Then i realize that i had a Page Footer section and moved the page number there. I also changed the section properties (it had the No Drill ... | Ken Hammady has a solution for crosstabs at
<http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/87>
It can be adapted to work with long texts in textboxes. |
12,428 | I just learned of Ripple and it still seems a bit fuzzy to grasp the concept, but from what I gathered so far its a decentralized exchange that basically has the potential to overtake Bitpay and Mt.gox. I read that there are Gateway points that do the currency conversions from bitcoin to fiat. Now the other question I ... | 2013/07/31 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/12428",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/3029/"
] | Ripple supports a distributed currency exchange; anyone can offer to exchange from one currency to another. These offers are taken when a counter offer the same or better is made.
Like any exchange between two parties, the price would be based on supply and demand, world events, what the market will bear, etc.
The ad... | Bitpay and Mt. Gox (or any other currency exchange) are fundamentally different. Bitpay is not a currency exchange. Bitpay is a service for merchants who wish to take payment in Bitcoin and receive a daily payout in the currency of their choice (including Bitcoin), at an exchange rate that is fixed at the time of the i... |
12,428 | I just learned of Ripple and it still seems a bit fuzzy to grasp the concept, but from what I gathered so far its a decentralized exchange that basically has the potential to overtake Bitpay and Mt.gox. I read that there are Gateway points that do the currency conversions from bitcoin to fiat. Now the other question I ... | 2013/07/31 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/12428",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com",
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/users/3029/"
] | Ripple supports a distributed currency exchange; anyone can offer to exchange from one currency to another. These offers are taken when a counter offer the same or better is made.
Like any exchange between two parties, the price would be based on supply and demand, world events, what the market will bear, etc.
The ad... | You derive the exchange price by simulating attempting the exchange and seeing what it cost you.
For example, say you have 1 Bitcoin and you want to get the exchange rate to USD:
You could look for someone willing to take that Bitcoin and see, among all such offers, who is offering the most USD. You may need to combi... |
49,633 | I'm replacing the wiring from a vintage chandelier and need to know what gauge wire to use. There are five lights on it. This is for the fixture only! | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/49633",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/25713/"
] | 18g stranded wire is [quite common on arms](http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20267510_20599803,00.html)
14g stranded is often used to join the 18g arm strands, and to tie into the ceiling.
This applies to North America and normal chandeliers with relatively low (<50 each) wattage bulbs. | If you're in the US, NEC likely applies. Article 402 covers fixture wires, and explains what types and sizes are allowed.
Type
====
Table 402.3 lists the types of wires allowed to be used as fixture wires. If you're going to rewire the fixture, you'll have to use a type of wire listed in this table.
* FFH-2
* HF, H... |
49,633 | I'm replacing the wiring from a vintage chandelier and need to know what gauge wire to use. There are five lights on it. This is for the fixture only! | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/49633",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/25713/"
] | 18g stranded wire is [quite common on arms](http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20267510_20599803,00.html)
14g stranded is often used to join the 18g arm strands, and to tie into the ceiling.
This applies to North America and normal chandeliers with relatively low (<50 each) wattage bulbs. | Agree 18 awg for the arms and 16 awg is desirable for a splice if needed to feed the ceiling junction box although 18 awg could be used by code as long as the total current stays below 6 amps. House wiring must be at least 14 awg or larger. The thinner gauge 18 and 16 awg is allowed because the wiring is not buried in ... |
49,633 | I'm replacing the wiring from a vintage chandelier and need to know what gauge wire to use. There are five lights on it. This is for the fixture only! | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/49633",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/25713/"
] | If you're in the US, NEC likely applies. Article 402 covers fixture wires, and explains what types and sizes are allowed.
Type
====
Table 402.3 lists the types of wires allowed to be used as fixture wires. If you're going to rewire the fixture, you'll have to use a type of wire listed in this table.
* FFH-2
* HF, H... | Agree 18 awg for the arms and 16 awg is desirable for a splice if needed to feed the ceiling junction box although 18 awg could be used by code as long as the total current stays below 6 amps. House wiring must be at least 14 awg or larger. The thinner gauge 18 and 16 awg is allowed because the wiring is not buried in ... |
17,104 | From *My Face for the World to See* (1958) by Alfred Hayes:
>
> Ah! she said, triumphantly: the little boy hurts, doesn't it? I said, stonily, it might be a good idea if, instead of a psychiatrist, she stopped off one afternoon at **a delousing station**.
>
>
> Did I (with her eyes widely open) really think so?
>
... | 2021/01/09 | [
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/17104",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.stackexchange.com/users/11834/"
] | A delousing station would generally be a place that gets rid of your [lice](https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/louse) (small insects that live in your hair). However, in this extract, it seems to means a place that will stop you from being a louse (a contemptible or unpleasant person) yourself.
So *delousing station... | From the excerpt, it seems an argument could be made that "soul" refers to some sort of ethicality - (moral) cleanliness and purity.
The mention of a psychiatrist suggests some manner of mental illness. This could be from trauma or psychological disorder. White is a colour that generally represents purity and goodness... |
23,135 | 1. Go to this website: <http://parts-of-speech.info/>
2. Now go to this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology>
3. Grab the first paragraph and feed it into POS tagger to see the
tags. This is an image of the result:
[![parts of speech tagging result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cgNz.... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23135",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | There are several terminologies for such words. Here are their definitions found in Wikipedia:
**Multi-word Expressions (MWEs):** *A multiword expression (MWE), also called phraseme, is a lexeme made up of a sequence of two or more lexemes that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individ... | You are dealing with **[terminology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology)** (a discipline of applied linguistics) and **[term extraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_extraction)**. You are looking for **terms**. The quoted wikipedia articles will give you some starters for further reading. |
23,135 | 1. Go to this website: <http://parts-of-speech.info/>
2. Now go to this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology>
3. Grab the first paragraph and feed it into POS tagger to see the
tags. This is an image of the result:
[![parts of speech tagging result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cgNz.... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23135",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | You are dealing with **[terminology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology)** (a discipline of applied linguistics) and **[term extraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_extraction)**. You are looking for **terms**. The quoted wikipedia articles will give you some starters for further reading. | You may also want to look into **Idioms**. An Idiom is a phrase (series of words, usually) whose meaning is not composed of its parts, at least not without a layer of metaphorical or (usually lost) historical meaning. For example,
* The fly [kicked the bucket] (to mean the fly died)
is an idiom since knowing what [ki... |
23,135 | 1. Go to this website: <http://parts-of-speech.info/>
2. Now go to this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology>
3. Grab the first paragraph and feed it into POS tagger to see the
tags. This is an image of the result:
[![parts of speech tagging result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cgNz.... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23135",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | There are several terminologies for such words. Here are their definitions found in Wikipedia:
**Multi-word Expressions (MWEs):** *A multiword expression (MWE), also called phraseme, is a lexeme made up of a sequence of two or more lexemes that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individ... | These are called multi-word expressions (MWEs). Before we put things into a POS tagger, we need to perform another process known as *tokenisation* to separate characters into words. This is especially important in Chinese, where there are no whitespaces at all, but is also needed in English, where strings surrounded by... |
23,135 | 1. Go to this website: <http://parts-of-speech.info/>
2. Now go to this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology>
3. Grab the first paragraph and feed it into POS tagger to see the
tags. This is an image of the result:
[![parts of speech tagging result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cgNz.... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23135",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | These are called multi-word expressions (MWEs). Before we put things into a POS tagger, we need to perform another process known as *tokenisation* to separate characters into words. This is especially important in Chinese, where there are no whitespaces at all, but is also needed in English, where strings surrounded by... | You may also want to look into **Idioms**. An Idiom is a phrase (series of words, usually) whose meaning is not composed of its parts, at least not without a layer of metaphorical or (usually lost) historical meaning. For example,
* The fly [kicked the bucket] (to mean the fly died)
is an idiom since knowing what [ki... |
23,135 | 1. Go to this website: <http://parts-of-speech.info/>
2. Now go to this Wikipedia article: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology>
3. Grab the first paragraph and feed it into POS tagger to see the
tags. This is an image of the result:
[![parts of speech tagging result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cgNz.... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/23135",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | There are several terminologies for such words. Here are their definitions found in Wikipedia:
**Multi-word Expressions (MWEs):** *A multiword expression (MWE), also called phraseme, is a lexeme made up of a sequence of two or more lexemes that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individ... | You may also want to look into **Idioms**. An Idiom is a phrase (series of words, usually) whose meaning is not composed of its parts, at least not without a layer of metaphorical or (usually lost) historical meaning. For example,
* The fly [kicked the bucket] (to mean the fly died)
is an idiom since knowing what [ki... |
91,576 | Are the Jazz Masses, like the ones Mary Lou Williams and Joe Masters composed still licit forms of the Mass or have they been officially suppressed at some point in the last 50-60 years? | 2022/06/14 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/91576",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/4/"
] | The 1967 instruction *[Musicam Sacram](https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_instr_19670305_musicam-sacram_en.html)* stated
>
> In permitting and using musical instruments, the culture and traditions of individual peoples must be taken into account. However, those instrument... | They are certainly not suppressed, if not less popular than at one point in time. Various churches in the US have weekly Jazz Masses, and multiple dioceses sponsor annual ones (while others have commissioned them for special occasions). There's one coming up next month in Detroit.
This, of course, says nothing on the ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't have much experience with dating. But I want to leave this here.
>
> *When I meet someone to date, how can I communicate clearly that I am only interested in a casual/short-term dating relationship, such as dating for a few months by doing fun activities, going to parties, attending concerts, etc?*
>
>
>
... | >
> My latest three dating experiences have ended with the other person
> upset about the relationship not becoming more serious, even though
> I made it clear that I would **never** get serious with the person.
>
>
>
Are you sure you can always control your feelings? No matter how clearly or well you communicat... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't have much experience with dating. But I want to leave this here.
>
> *When I meet someone to date, how can I communicate clearly that I am only interested in a casual/short-term dating relationship, such as dating for a few months by doing fun activities, going to parties, attending concerts, etc?*
>
>
>
... | First, the assumptions.
* When you say "short term dating relationship" I'm assuming you mean acting as BF and GF, including physical intimacy.
* You are not currently in this situation, you are looking toward the next one
It is not unseemly for her to want to renegotiate the terms as her feelings evolve over time. ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | Short term dating relationships are just that *short term.* Meaning that regardless of how you try to frame it, you can only push them so long before people want or expect more.
I applaud your being honest about your intentions, telling people upfront what you're looking for is a good first step, but then you have to ... | First, the assumptions.
* When you say "short term dating relationship" I'm assuming you mean acting as BF and GF, including physical intimacy.
* You are not currently in this situation, you are looking toward the next one
It is not unseemly for her to want to renegotiate the terms as her feelings evolve over time. ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't have much experience with dating. But I want to leave this here.
>
> *When I meet someone to date, how can I communicate clearly that I am only interested in a casual/short-term dating relationship, such as dating for a few months by doing fun activities, going to parties, attending concerts, etc?*
>
>
>
... | Short term dating relationships are just that *short term.* Meaning that regardless of how you try to frame it, you can only push them so long before people want or expect more.
I applaud your being honest about your intentions, telling people upfront what you're looking for is a good first step, but then you have to ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't see *sex* mentioned anywhere, or in reply to Catija's comments. It matters.
If you want to make it crystal clear that you're not interested in any long-term relationships, then put a time limit on it. Honest. Otherwise there's a good chance that the person you're "having fun with" might think they can change y... | First, the assumptions.
* When you say "short term dating relationship" I'm assuming you mean acting as BF and GF, including physical intimacy.
* You are not currently in this situation, you are looking toward the next one
It is not unseemly for her to want to renegotiate the terms as her feelings evolve over time. ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't see *sex* mentioned anywhere, or in reply to Catija's comments. It matters.
If you want to make it crystal clear that you're not interested in any long-term relationships, then put a time limit on it. Honest. Otherwise there's a good chance that the person you're "having fun with" might think they can change y... | >
> My latest three dating experiences have ended with the other person
> upset about the relationship not becoming more serious, even though
> I made it clear that I would **never** get serious with the person.
>
>
>
Are you sure you can always control your feelings? No matter how clearly or well you communicat... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't see *sex* mentioned anywhere, or in reply to Catija's comments. It matters.
If you want to make it crystal clear that you're not interested in any long-term relationships, then put a time limit on it. Honest. Otherwise there's a good chance that the person you're "having fun with" might think they can change y... | First of all, kudos to you for being so honest. And I think the other answers are great advice.
However, I think the following points are yet missing. You ask:
>
> When I meet someone to date, how can I communicate clearly [...]
>
>
>
The key point here is that this communication should not be a one-time thing yo... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | Short term dating relationships are just that *short term.* Meaning that regardless of how you try to frame it, you can only push them so long before people want or expect more.
I applaud your being honest about your intentions, telling people upfront what you're looking for is a good first step, but then you have to ... | >
> My latest three dating experiences have ended with the other person
> upset about the relationship not becoming more serious, even though
> I made it clear that I would **never** get serious with the person.
>
>
>
Are you sure you can always control your feelings? No matter how clearly or well you communicat... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't see *sex* mentioned anywhere, or in reply to Catija's comments. It matters.
If you want to make it crystal clear that you're not interested in any long-term relationships, then put a time limit on it. Honest. Otherwise there's a good chance that the person you're "having fun with" might think they can change y... | Short term dating relationships are just that *short term.* Meaning that regardless of how you try to frame it, you can only push them so long before people want or expect more.
I applaud your being honest about your intentions, telling people upfront what you're looking for is a good first step, but then you have to ... |
4,618 | I didn't see a related or similar question, but if you can find one, please link it and I'll close this.
**Background**
I had little experience in high school and college and learned some of my skills later. My first two serious girlfriends were in my twenties and they both cheated. From this I realized I didn't enjo... | 2017/09/26 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/4618",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/users/6485/"
] | I don't have much experience with dating. But I want to leave this here.
>
> *When I meet someone to date, how can I communicate clearly that I am only interested in a casual/short-term dating relationship, such as dating for a few months by doing fun activities, going to parties, attending concerts, etc?*
>
>
>
... | I don't see *sex* mentioned anywhere, or in reply to Catija's comments. It matters.
If you want to make it crystal clear that you're not interested in any long-term relationships, then put a time limit on it. Honest. Otherwise there's a good chance that the person you're "having fun with" might think they can change y... |
6,781,204 | How does WebLogic 11g load libraries in an EAR file? I have this problem with a web application, that when deployed as a WAR (with libraries it depends on in WEB-INF/lib), it works just fine. However, when it's inside an EAR file, WebLogic does not find those libraries unless I put them in APP-INF/lib. Does that mean t... | 2011/07/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6781204",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/86857/"
] | If you have JAR files that you need to share between multiple WAR files or between WAR files and EAR files then you will need to package them in the EAR.
If WAR#1 has a JAR in its WEB-INF/lib and is packaged in an EAR with WAR#2, then WAR#2 will not be able to see the JAR files in WAR#1/WEB-INF/lib. | Solving your problem will take some understanding of how Java EE classloading works in a container. You should look at [this link](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/web.1111/e13706/classloading.htm) to get an understanding, but the basic problem is that when you package your application as an EAR, you've int... |
37,894,081 | I see that no active development is going on from vogels page from a long time i.e, about 5 months <https://github.com/ryanfitz/vogels>
Are there any better options?
Has anyone faced issues with scalibility or I/O time with it? | 2016/06/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37894081",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2379271/"
] | I've been using vogels on a project recently. While it seems like it isn't as well maintained as it used to be, it's still quite a nice API wrapper - certainly much nicer than using the SDK directly.
I haven't encountered any performance cost with it - it's really just assembling AWS SDK calls, and doesn't do anythin... | I've been using Vogels for around 6 months now and it's done everything I've needed it to do. The raw dynamoDB api is too low level for what I need. I too noticed that the module wasn't being 'maintained' so I created a fork of the project and republished it to npm:
[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dynogels)
[gith... |
366,496 | I've seen that both 'hoi polloi' and 'the hoi polloi' can be used. Does anyone know which is more accepted or correct? Or are they the same? | 2017/01/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/366496",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/170840/"
] | In its definition of *[hoi polloi](http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/hoi%20polloi)*, M-W Unabridged notes:
>
> Since *hoi polloi* is a transliteration of the Greek for “the many,”
> some critics have asserted that the phrase should not be preceded by
> the. They find “the hoi polloi” to be redundant,... | From [this](http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/183475.html) article it seems like an article (the) is necessary because it translates directly to 'the many' |
366,496 | I've seen that both 'hoi polloi' and 'the hoi polloi' can be used. Does anyone know which is more accepted or correct? Or are they the same? | 2017/01/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/366496",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/170840/"
] | In its definition of *[hoi polloi](http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/unabridged/hoi%20polloi)*, M-W Unabridged notes:
>
> Since *hoi polloi* is a transliteration of the Greek for “the many,”
> some critics have asserted that the phrase should not be preceded by
> the. They find “the hoi polloi” to be redundant,... | I have been lectured by Brits that "the" should never be used, so English vs. American usage may be the crux of this question. |
54,174 | Lately I've started learning some basic music theory and I have been trying to rationalize some of the interesting chords I have heard of from famous pieces. Here is an example of which I am not sure if my understanding is correct.
Below are bar 11-12 from Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331. I have marked t... | 2017/03/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/54174",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/37541/"
] | You ask how to rationalise the progression. Here's how. It's a bare-bones B7, the dominant of the following chord, E, to which it resolves, delayed by a suspension. There's no room for all the notes of B7 in 3-part texture, but that's no reason to analyse it as something unnecessarily complicated. | I'm not exactly qualified to give you the classical language answer but conceptually I hope I point you in the right direction. I had to look up the difference between an appogiatura, a suspension etc. etc. In Jazz we tend to call all resolving non chord tones suspensions, but I'm pretty sure in classical music a suspe... |
54,174 | Lately I've started learning some basic music theory and I have been trying to rationalize some of the interesting chords I have heard of from famous pieces. Here is an example of which I am not sure if my understanding is correct.
Below are bar 11-12 from Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331. I have marked t... | 2017/03/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/54174",
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] | >
> If this is the case I was wondering how come the IV chord, as a pre-dominant chord, appears after the dominant chord vii° instead of before it? Why would the progression still sound inevitable when the strong dominant -> tonic progression is broken?
>
>
>
Due to the E as a root instead of an A, the second last... | I'm not exactly qualified to give you the classical language answer but conceptually I hope I point you in the right direction. I had to look up the difference between an appogiatura, a suspension etc. etc. In Jazz we tend to call all resolving non chord tones suspensions, but I'm pretty sure in classical music a suspe... |
54,174 | Lately I've started learning some basic music theory and I have been trying to rationalize some of the interesting chords I have heard of from famous pieces. Here is an example of which I am not sure if my understanding is correct.
Below are bar 11-12 from Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331. I have marked t... | 2017/03/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/54174",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/37541/"
] | >
> If this is the case I was wondering how come the IV chord, as a pre-dominant chord, appears after the dominant chord vii° instead of before it? Why would the progression still sound inevitable when the strong dominant -> tonic progression is broken?
>
>
>
Due to the E as a root instead of an A, the second last... | You ask how to rationalise the progression. Here's how. It's a bare-bones B7, the dominant of the following chord, E, to which it resolves, delayed by a suspension. There's no room for all the notes of B7 in 3-part texture, but that's no reason to analyse it as something unnecessarily complicated. |
54,174 | Lately I've started learning some basic music theory and I have been trying to rationalize some of the interesting chords I have heard of from famous pieces. Here is an example of which I am not sure if my understanding is correct.
Below are bar 11-12 from Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331. I have marked t... | 2017/03/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/54174",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/37541/"
] | You ask how to rationalise the progression. Here's how. It's a bare-bones B7, the dominant of the following chord, E, to which it resolves, delayed by a suspension. There's no room for all the notes of B7 in 3-part texture, but that's no reason to analyse it as something unnecessarily complicated. | The second chord could easily be the leading tone chord with the E functioning like an escape tone. That big jump up and the step down is typical of an escape tone.
The d sharp that resolves to an e in bar two gives the very real impression of a leading tone resolving, Im thinking E major. The notes in the top two voi... |
54,174 | Lately I've started learning some basic music theory and I have been trying to rationalize some of the interesting chords I have heard of from famous pieces. Here is an example of which I am not sure if my understanding is correct.
Below are bar 11-12 from Mozart's Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331. I have marked t... | 2017/03/08 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/54174",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/37541/"
] | >
> If this is the case I was wondering how come the IV chord, as a pre-dominant chord, appears after the dominant chord vii° instead of before it? Why would the progression still sound inevitable when the strong dominant -> tonic progression is broken?
>
>
>
Due to the E as a root instead of an A, the second last... | The second chord could easily be the leading tone chord with the E functioning like an escape tone. That big jump up and the step down is typical of an escape tone.
The d sharp that resolves to an e in bar two gives the very real impression of a leading tone resolving, Im thinking E major. The notes in the top two voi... |
89,052 | We read in Lk 4: 38-39 :
>
> After leaving the synagogue he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him about her. Then he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her.
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Elsewhere, we see Jesus rebuking the evil spirit (Lk 9: 42). But it is do... | 2022/01/17 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/89052",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/21496/"
] | **What exactly did Jesus rebuke while healing the mother-in-law of Simon?**
English translations vary and if you do not mind I would like to use another version than the one you used. Translation can make a big difference. Thus I will use the Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA). After all it is a Catholic Catholi... | On September 1, 2021, Fr. Simon, on his show Father Simon Says on Relevant Radio, discussed this.
<https://relevantradio.com/2021/09/father-simon-says-september-1-2021-orthodox-musings/>
>
> All right, let's go to the word of the day! [gong]
>
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> Very interestingly, Jesus goes from the synagogue to Simon Peter's
... |
180,382 | Which one is the correct way of asking this question? When?
a) Why you changed your job?
b) Why did you change your Job?
c) Let me know why you changed your job?
d) Let me know why did you change your job? | 2018/09/21 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/180382",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/4084/"
] | Not in Standard English. Main clause interrogatives like this require subject-auxiliary inversion: "Where did you bring all these vegetables from?" Note that the plain verb-form "bring" is required after the auxiliary verb "did".
(answer transcribed from comment) | The format of the question is not quite correct. You need to have:
* auxiliary verb + subject + verb
So, we would say:
>
> Where **did** (*aux verb*) **you** (*subject*) **bring** (*verb*) all these vegetables from?
>
>
> |
40,262,413 | I wanted to use CloudFlare for my website (hosted on Microsoft Azure).
I have added my domain to Cloudflare, and changed my domains nameservers to the ones I got from Cloudflare.
Furthermore, cloudflare imported my current DNS settings which are the following (my domain has been replaced with domain.com):
[![enter i... | 2016/10/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40262413",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6047390/"
] | For the first issue...if you are seeing inconsistent responses from your Azure Website, they you should raise an Azure support ticket.
For the second issue...try verifying the CLOUDFLARE DNS resolution via <http://digwebinterface.com>, both via a recursive DNS service and by querying against the CLOUDFLARE name server... | You need both @ and www CNAME specified in your host records. Not just www.
the refresh is normal after you make a dns change. The browser keeps the dns lookup in cache, so if you visit the site on another browser you won't have to do a refresh. Just clear your browser cache when you want to see dns changes, but some ... |
201,138 | Wrote a long story about me moving my mothers washing machine but decided to keep it short:
Machine 8 years old, aesthetically in perfect condition other than some exposed sheet metal on the side due to a scratch. Reportedly a few of its programs don't work.
The room where I installed it was (according to the previou... | 2020/08/15 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/201138",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/51018/"
] | Well, don't be confused by what happens in North America. There, some very silly things were done to dryers regarding bootlegging ground off neutral, and so dryers are a holy terror. Not Your Problem.
Your washer hooks up just like a normal appliance - Hot, Neutral and Earth.
I suspect the root of your problem is thi... | I would verify the polarization is correct. When I was a kid all of my grand mothers house outlets were non polarized. I remember getting the tingle touching the metal toaster. My grandma pulled the cord out flipped it over and plugged it back in. I remember trying that as I got older with socks on then with shoes unti... |
172,288 | Multiple times I've found myself in a situation in a meeting where I'm laying out my plans for a project I've been assigned and either my manager or a co-worker identify something to be impossible and therefore I should do something else (taking the time to explain how to do it). Instead of trying to convince them that... | 2021/05/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172288",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/81043/"
] | >
> If this is bad etiquette, what should I do when someone is trying to
> guide my project using known incorrect reasoning?
>
>
>
Make your case. If they reject your suggestions, ideas, and opinions then do what your boss tells you to do. It isn't your company. It isn't your decision. At the end of the day, they ... | In the future, present your ideas privately one-on-one to the usual meeting participants before you bring them up to the entire group in the larger meeting.
Group dynamics are weird, and it's much easier to correct your idea or convince someone of your idea when you're dealing with them one-on-one.
Do the same with y... |
172,288 | Multiple times I've found myself in a situation in a meeting where I'm laying out my plans for a project I've been assigned and either my manager or a co-worker identify something to be impossible and therefore I should do something else (taking the time to explain how to do it). Instead of trying to convince them that... | 2021/05/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172288",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/81043/"
] | >
> If this is bad etiquette, what should I do when someone is trying to
> guide my project using known incorrect reasoning?
>
>
>
Make your case. If they reject your suggestions, ideas, and opinions then do what your boss tells you to do. It isn't your company. It isn't your decision. At the end of the day, they ... | >
> I instead after the meeting go and create a proof of concept to show that it is possible and present it the next time
>
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Do this before the first meeting. Meeting dynamics are things to learn from. If you want something to happen a certain way you prepare for the meeting and have your strategies in place be... |
172,288 | Multiple times I've found myself in a situation in a meeting where I'm laying out my plans for a project I've been assigned and either my manager or a co-worker identify something to be impossible and therefore I should do something else (taking the time to explain how to do it). Instead of trying to convince them that... | 2021/05/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/172288",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/81043/"
] | >
> I instead after the meeting go and create a proof of concept to show that it is possible and present it the next time
>
>
>
Do this before the first meeting. Meeting dynamics are things to learn from. If you want something to happen a certain way you prepare for the meeting and have your strategies in place be... | In the future, present your ideas privately one-on-one to the usual meeting participants before you bring them up to the entire group in the larger meeting.
Group dynamics are weird, and it's much easier to correct your idea or convince someone of your idea when you're dealing with them one-on-one.
Do the same with y... |
62,101 | Just what the title says. Suppose I know the feature that I want to be used for splitting for the root node in a tree model in XGBoost; is there a way for me to tell XGBoost to split on this feature at the root node? | 2019/10/22 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/62101",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/84189/"
] | It's hard to prove a negative, but I think the answer is no. Especially in xgboost compared to other tree-model packages, it's rather hard to even access the base trees, let alone modify their build. | Could you enforce this using [feature interactions](https://xgboost.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorials/feature_interaction_constraint.html)? Maybe create two sets of features with only that one feature in common? I’m not sure if it will guarantee that that shared feature is the one on which the first split is made. |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | A millennium is a blink of an eye on a geological scale. But interesting things can happen in a blink of an eye. Even disegarding the changes which may happen as a result of the present climatological instability, small but important modification can occur here and there.
I have no idea of the geographical changes bet... | >
> Would there be any noteworthy changes at all,
>
>
> just assume humanity suddenly stopped existing today for the purposes of the question
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Global Warming would continue for a while, if for no other reason than approximately 2.5% of CO2 is sequestered per annum.
<http://euanmearns.com/the-half-life-of-c... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> Would there be any noteworthy changes at all,
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> just assume humanity suddenly stopped existing today for the purposes of the question
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Global Warming would continue for a while, if for no other reason than approximately 2.5% of CO2 is sequestered per annum.
<http://euanmearns.com/the-half-life-of-c... | In addition to the previously noted changes due to climate and normal geology, the sudden removal of humans a la Discovery Channel's [Life After People](https://www.history.com/shows/life-after-people) would quickly lead to the breakdown of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including pumping stations (e.g., the... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
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> Would there be any noteworthy changes at all,
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> just assume humanity suddenly stopped existing today for the purposes of the question
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Global Warming would continue for a while, if for no other reason than approximately 2.5% of CO2 is sequestered per annum.
<http://euanmearns.com/the-half-life-of-c... | "Is removing people sufficient to stop global warming?" Good question. Answer is not clear. If we have passed the tipping point for arctic permafrost collapse, arctic ocean being ice free in summer, then we may release huge amounts of methane clathrates.
On top of this while oil has to be pumped, natural gas is often ... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
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] | A millennium is a blink of an eye on a geological scale. But interesting things can happen in a blink of an eye. Even disegarding the changes which may happen as a result of the present climatological instability, small but important modification can occur here and there.
I have no idea of the geographical changes bet... | You mention plate tectonics as a cause of change; there are others
* **Rising sea levels**. [Wikipedia has a map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#/media/File:6m_Sea_Level_Rise.jpg) from NASA about how a 6-meter sea level rise would change the world map. Current predictions seem to be something between 0.3... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | A millennium is a blink of an eye on a geological scale. But interesting things can happen in a blink of an eye. Even disegarding the changes which may happen as a result of the present climatological instability, small but important modification can occur here and there.
I have no idea of the geographical changes bet... | In addition to the previously noted changes due to climate and normal geology, the sudden removal of humans a la Discovery Channel's [Life After People](https://www.history.com/shows/life-after-people) would quickly lead to the breakdown of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including pumping stations (e.g., the... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | A millennium is a blink of an eye on a geological scale. But interesting things can happen in a blink of an eye. Even disegarding the changes which may happen as a result of the present climatological instability, small but important modification can occur here and there.
I have no idea of the geographical changes bet... | "Is removing people sufficient to stop global warming?" Good question. Answer is not clear. If we have passed the tipping point for arctic permafrost collapse, arctic ocean being ice free in summer, then we may release huge amounts of methane clathrates.
On top of this while oil has to be pumped, natural gas is often ... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | You mention plate tectonics as a cause of change; there are others
* **Rising sea levels**. [Wikipedia has a map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#/media/File:6m_Sea_Level_Rise.jpg) from NASA about how a 6-meter sea level rise would change the world map. Current predictions seem to be something between 0.3... | In addition to the previously noted changes due to climate and normal geology, the sudden removal of humans a la Discovery Channel's [Life After People](https://www.history.com/shows/life-after-people) would quickly lead to the breakdown of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including pumping stations (e.g., the... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | You mention plate tectonics as a cause of change; there are others
* **Rising sea levels**. [Wikipedia has a map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#/media/File:6m_Sea_Level_Rise.jpg) from NASA about how a 6-meter sea level rise would change the world map. Current predictions seem to be something between 0.3... | "Is removing people sufficient to stop global warming?" Good question. Answer is not clear. If we have passed the tipping point for arctic permafrost collapse, arctic ocean being ice free in summer, then we may release huge amounts of methane clathrates.
On top of this while oil has to be pumped, natural gas is often ... |
107,732 | I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea.
I'm not looking for any real drastic changes in positioning, just relatively minor things like seas disappearing or continents slightly shrinking... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/107732",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/48871/"
] | In addition to the previously noted changes due to climate and normal geology, the sudden removal of humans a la Discovery Channel's [Life After People](https://www.history.com/shows/life-after-people) would quickly lead to the breakdown of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including pumping stations (e.g., the... | "Is removing people sufficient to stop global warming?" Good question. Answer is not clear. If we have passed the tipping point for arctic permafrost collapse, arctic ocean being ice free in summer, then we may release huge amounts of methane clathrates.
On top of this while oil has to be pumped, natural gas is often ... |
45,964 | Buddha talks of becoming have a cause, is dependent on something other. Like Lamp's flame and light, shadow and real object, The sun and it's aura, object and mirage.
The dependent origination generates the false 'I' which is nothing but the becoming.
Then can one conclude the cessation of becoming is also carried out... | 2021/10/07 | [
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] | Good question, more to the point than your first one, IMO.
Regular samsaric mind is "flat", we see things and we interpret them non-ambiguously as per our ego's convictions.
Buddha's mind is "non-flat", it's not like it doesn't interpret at all, rather it produces a solution space of all possible and plausible interp... | You cannot, not at least until you are enlightened & choose to do so.
What you can do is cease identification with the thought; detach yourself from the one who is doing the thinking. Karma will still play out for you, things happen, situations occur, thoughts arise. You can't really stop this.
The waves still as a c... |
45,964 | Buddha talks of becoming have a cause, is dependent on something other. Like Lamp's flame and light, shadow and real object, The sun and it's aura, object and mirage.
The dependent origination generates the false 'I' which is nothing but the becoming.
Then can one conclude the cessation of becoming is also carried out... | 2021/10/07 | [
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] | Good question, more to the point than your first one, IMO.
Regular samsaric mind is "flat", we see things and we interpret them non-ambiguously as per our ego's convictions.
Buddha's mind is "non-flat", it's not like it doesn't interpret at all, rather it produces a solution space of all possible and plausible interp... | >
> How does one accomplish a reality not governed by the mind when thought is required to function?
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There is no one who can govern. There are only realities which causing others.
So, the purification of understanding in realities is the only way to specify the using of "govern" word whether wrong or right ... |
45,964 | Buddha talks of becoming have a cause, is dependent on something other. Like Lamp's flame and light, shadow and real object, The sun and it's aura, object and mirage.
The dependent origination generates the false 'I' which is nothing but the becoming.
Then can one conclude the cessation of becoming is also carried out... | 2021/10/07 | [
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] | Good question, more to the point than your first one, IMO.
Regular samsaric mind is "flat", we see things and we interpret them non-ambiguously as per our ego's convictions.
Buddha's mind is "non-flat", it's not like it doesn't interpret at all, rather it produces a solution space of all possible and plausible interp... | "governed by the mind" suggest that there is one who is governed. Once you enter the 2nd refuge of the 3 jewels of Buddhism (taking refuge in the Dharma) and the teacher and the teaching as localized sources melt away, you become one with all , therefore the continued teaching and realizations do not flow from a person... |
45,964 | Buddha talks of becoming have a cause, is dependent on something other. Like Lamp's flame and light, shadow and real object, The sun and it's aura, object and mirage.
The dependent origination generates the false 'I' which is nothing but the becoming.
Then can one conclude the cessation of becoming is also carried out... | 2021/10/07 | [
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] | >
> How does one accomplish a reality not governed by the mind when thought is required to function?
>
>
>
There is no one who can govern. There are only realities which causing others.
So, the purification of understanding in realities is the only way to specify the using of "govern" word whether wrong or right ... | You cannot, not at least until you are enlightened & choose to do so.
What you can do is cease identification with the thought; detach yourself from the one who is doing the thinking. Karma will still play out for you, things happen, situations occur, thoughts arise. You can't really stop this.
The waves still as a c... |
45,964 | Buddha talks of becoming have a cause, is dependent on something other. Like Lamp's flame and light, shadow and real object, The sun and it's aura, object and mirage.
The dependent origination generates the false 'I' which is nothing but the becoming.
Then can one conclude the cessation of becoming is also carried out... | 2021/10/07 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/12115/"
] | "governed by the mind" suggest that there is one who is governed. Once you enter the 2nd refuge of the 3 jewels of Buddhism (taking refuge in the Dharma) and the teacher and the teaching as localized sources melt away, you become one with all , therefore the continued teaching and realizations do not flow from a person... | You cannot, not at least until you are enlightened & choose to do so.
What you can do is cease identification with the thought; detach yourself from the one who is doing the thinking. Karma will still play out for you, things happen, situations occur, thoughts arise. You can't really stop this.
The waves still as a c... |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
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] | In addition to what Chris stated, it also gave Amidala an more ready excuse to be around the Jedi, Anakin and JarJar in a non-formal environment where discussion might flow more freely. An attendant to the Queen would be expected to be in attendance to the Queen whenever possible and allows little time to just "hang ou... | The decision to ask her to clean the droid seems to have been to give Padmé an opportunity to interact directly with the Queen *without it seeming like she's consulting her*. Presumably if Padmé had disagreed, she could have shaken her head sadly as she looked at how dirty the droid was.
It's a little clearer in the f... |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | The decision to ask her to clean the droid seems to have been to give Padmé an opportunity to interact directly with the Queen *without it seeming like she's consulting her*. Presumably if Padmé had disagreed, she could have shaken her head sadly as she looked at how dirty the droid was.
It's a little clearer in the f... | The smile that Sabe gives Padme after she orders her to do it is quite telling. Like it's some kind of joke. Whether it's a joke that she's making her do something menial, or a joke that "Hey, we're going to pull off you infiiltrating the strangers' ranks" is unknown. |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | In addition to what Chris stated, it also gave Amidala an more ready excuse to be around the Jedi, Anakin and JarJar in a non-formal environment where discussion might flow more freely. An attendant to the Queen would be expected to be in attendance to the Queen whenever possible and allows little time to just "hang ou... | Perhaps Padmé *wanted* to clean the droid--both to learn more about the people she was traveling with, and the droid that had saved her and her ship. She didn't seem to treat it as an onerous task, did she? |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | 1. It underscores the subterfuge - if the "queen" were deferential and reluctant to use a particular handmaiden as a servant, that would raise suspicions. If Padme wanted to be seen as a servant, she would have walk the walk.
2. I think that Sabé was well-trained enough to handle the situation. They were out of danger,... | I always thought it was Sabe playing a joke on her friend the Queen. The Queen and her handmaidens are supposed to be very close (look at how distraught Padme was when Corde, who wasn't even HER handmaiden was killed) so maybe Sabe felt secure enough in their friendship to make her do dirty work. I know that if my best... |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | The decision to ask her to clean the droid seems to have been to give Padmé an opportunity to interact directly with the Queen *without it seeming like she's consulting her*. Presumably if Padmé had disagreed, she could have shaken her head sadly as she looked at how dirty the droid was.
It's a little clearer in the f... | Perhaps Padmé *wanted* to clean the droid--both to learn more about the people she was traveling with, and the droid that had saved her and her ship. She didn't seem to treat it as an onerous task, did she? |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | In addition to what Chris stated, it also gave Amidala an more ready excuse to be around the Jedi, Anakin and JarJar in a non-formal environment where discussion might flow more freely. An attendant to the Queen would be expected to be in attendance to the Queen whenever possible and allows little time to just "hang ou... | I always thought it was Sabe playing a joke on her friend the Queen. The Queen and her handmaidens are supposed to be very close (look at how distraught Padme was when Corde, who wasn't even HER handmaiden was killed) so maybe Sabe felt secure enough in their friendship to make her do dirty work. I know that if my best... |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | I always thought it was Sabe playing a joke on her friend the Queen. The Queen and her handmaidens are supposed to be very close (look at how distraught Padme was when Corde, who wasn't even HER handmaiden was killed) so maybe Sabe felt secure enough in their friendship to make her do dirty work. I know that if my best... | Perhaps Padmé *wanted* to clean the droid--both to learn more about the people she was traveling with, and the droid that had saved her and her ship. She didn't seem to treat it as an onerous task, did she? |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | 1. It underscores the subterfuge - if the "queen" were deferential and reluctant to use a particular handmaiden as a servant, that would raise suspicions. If Padme wanted to be seen as a servant, she would have walk the walk.
2. I think that Sabé was well-trained enough to handle the situation. They were out of danger,... | The smile that Sabe gives Padme after she orders her to do it is quite telling. Like it's some kind of joke. Whether it's a joke that she's making her do something menial, or a joke that "Hey, we're going to pull off you infiiltrating the strangers' ranks" is unknown. |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | 1. It underscores the subterfuge - if the "queen" were deferential and reluctant to use a particular handmaiden as a servant, that would raise suspicions. If Padme wanted to be seen as a servant, she would have walk the walk.
2. I think that Sabé was well-trained enough to handle the situation. They were out of danger,... | The decision to ask her to clean the droid seems to have been to give Padmé an opportunity to interact directly with the Queen *without it seeming like she's consulting her*. Presumably if Padmé had disagreed, she could have shaken her head sadly as she looked at how dirty the droid was.
It's a little clearer in the f... |
10,598 | Reading [the answer to a question about Sabé](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/10590/2565) (the Amidala stand-in) I remembered that I always wondered why she ordered the actual queen to scrub R2-D2. There were enough actual servants who could have done it, so why Padmé? If that wasn't enough, after giving the actual q... | 2012/02/07 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10598",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/2565/"
] | I always thought it was Sabe playing a joke on her friend the Queen. The Queen and her handmaidens are supposed to be very close (look at how distraught Padme was when Corde, who wasn't even HER handmaiden was killed) so maybe Sabe felt secure enough in their friendship to make her do dirty work. I know that if my best... | The smile that Sabe gives Padme after she orders her to do it is quite telling. Like it's some kind of joke. Whether it's a joke that she's making her do something menial, or a joke that "Hey, we're going to pull off you infiiltrating the strangers' ranks" is unknown. |
43,798 | I have been playing piano for almost 7 years. I am trying to learn "Flight of the Bumblebee", Rachmaninoff version. The problem is that the left hand has certain chords that my fingers cannot reach. There is AEC#, C#AE, F#ADA, and maybe more. I am able to reach an octave and one note over an octave, but thats it. I hav... | 2016/04/23 | [
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] | Very large chords like the one you mention are quite common in fact in classical romantic music piano literature.
Basics about this issue is, play like an arpeggio (alephzero answer). Most pianists do that indeed. This is absolutely normal, as even pianists with very long fingers can't reach some insane chords (see i... | Just play the chords that you can't reach as arpeggios (rolled chords). When you get the piece up to the correct tempo, nobody will notice. For consistency, you might want to roll some of the chords that you *can* reach, as well as the ones you can't.
(The score is here: <http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/9... |
43,798 | I have been playing piano for almost 7 years. I am trying to learn "Flight of the Bumblebee", Rachmaninoff version. The problem is that the left hand has certain chords that my fingers cannot reach. There is AEC#, C#AE, F#ADA, and maybe more. I am able to reach an octave and one note over an octave, but thats it. I hav... | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/43798",
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] | Very large chords like the one you mention are quite common in fact in classical romantic music piano literature.
Basics about this issue is, play like an arpeggio (alephzero answer). Most pianists do that indeed. This is absolutely normal, as even pianists with very long fingers can't reach some insane chords (see i... | In the specific case of Rachmaninoff's arrangement of "Flight of the Bumblebee" there is an option that works well for pianists who find arpeggiation difficult or unworkable.
### The ACE chord (e.g., mm. 9-13)
* Play the low A and E with the left hand.
* Play the middle C with the right hand.
[ and I think this forum is a good place to ask it.
According to what I know, the atoms in a persons body are replaced every certain amount of years:
<https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/18427/are-all-the-atoms-in-our-bodies-replaced-on-a-regula... | 2015/03/15 | [
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] | Atoms do not contain little tags that say "I am part of user63152", and whose unique properties determine the actions of user63152. Indeed, aside from differences in isotopes, and a handful of observables like nuclear spin, atoms of the same type are indistinguishable from each other.
Thus, we needn't care whether the... | What is the purpose of punishment? If it is to link consequences to decisions, then the question is whether that old collection of molecules should have predicted the damage it would cause any better than this new collection of molecules.
Our notions of learning imply that behavior is a feedback loop and the consisten... |
22,343 | I saw this question somewhere in the Internet(I forgot the source) and I think this forum is a good place to ask it.
According to what I know, the atoms in a persons body are replaced every certain amount of years:
<https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/18427/are-all-the-atoms-in-our-bodies-replaced-on-a-regula... | 2015/03/15 | [
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] | Atoms do not contain little tags that say "I am part of user63152", and whose unique properties determine the actions of user63152. Indeed, aside from differences in isotopes, and a handful of observables like nuclear spin, atoms of the same type are indistinguishable from each other.
Thus, we needn't care whether the... | It seems to me that this is just a reformulation of Theseus' paradox. Plutarch notes in his biography of Theseus that the ship that Theseus and the other Athenian youths returned upon was preserved by the city of Athens through the ages. As various planks and rails rotted, they were replaced leading to the question com... |
22,343 | I saw this question somewhere in the Internet(I forgot the source) and I think this forum is a good place to ask it.
According to what I know, the atoms in a persons body are replaced every certain amount of years:
<https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/18427/are-all-the-atoms-in-our-bodies-replaced-on-a-regula... | 2015/03/15 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/22343",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/13954/"
] | Arne Naess wrote many essays about the Self. In them, he argued for a concept called the Ecological Self, but along the way he used a series of phrases to challenge commonly held approaches to defining the self. Such class of phrase pairs looked like:
* I enjoy listening to Mozart.
* My body enjoys listening to Mozart... | What is the purpose of punishment? If it is to link consequences to decisions, then the question is whether that old collection of molecules should have predicted the damage it would cause any better than this new collection of molecules.
Our notions of learning imply that behavior is a feedback loop and the consisten... |
22,343 | I saw this question somewhere in the Internet(I forgot the source) and I think this forum is a good place to ask it.
According to what I know, the atoms in a persons body are replaced every certain amount of years:
<https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/18427/are-all-the-atoms-in-our-bodies-replaced-on-a-regula... | 2015/03/15 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/22343",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/13954/"
] | Arne Naess wrote many essays about the Self. In them, he argued for a concept called the Ecological Self, but along the way he used a series of phrases to challenge commonly held approaches to defining the self. Such class of phrase pairs looked like:
* I enjoy listening to Mozart.
* My body enjoys listening to Mozart... | It seems to me that this is just a reformulation of Theseus' paradox. Plutarch notes in his biography of Theseus that the ship that Theseus and the other Athenian youths returned upon was preserved by the city of Athens through the ages. As various planks and rails rotted, they were replaced leading to the question com... |
355,341 | Recently the Reopen Votes queue has been overrun with questions that have been closed, then edited by a user who is not the asker after the closure, and their edit has been approved.
95% of the time this happens, this approved edit does nothing to attempt to fix the question's content, but consists merely of formattin... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/70345/"
] | Here's a better suggestion: edits should only cause questions to go into the reopen queue if the OP is the editor.
Let's consider every possible close reason, and then decide who is more likely to make an edit that makes the question reopen-worthy:
* Duplicate: If the question is not a duplicate, the OP is the one wh... | You know what? I'm not seeing it.
Out the 10 I've reviewed, not all where pushed to the queue with edits. The 6 which were, are done by users which fall in one of these two categories:
* Are the OP
* Have >2k reputation
My guess is that my filters rock (only reviewing off topic or primarily opinion based). |
355,341 | Recently the Reopen Votes queue has been overrun with questions that have been closed, then edited by a user who is not the asker after the closure, and their edit has been approved.
95% of the time this happens, this approved edit does nothing to attempt to fix the question's content, but consists merely of formattin... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/70345/"
] | Maybe when a question is edited the person doing the edit should be asked if they wish to “vote to reopen”. Often even as the OP I may edit a question (for example a duplicate) to make it clearer, but not wish it to be reopened that that point.
So prompt for “should be considered to be reopened” on an edit, but don’t ... | You know what? I'm not seeing it.
Out the 10 I've reviewed, not all where pushed to the queue with edits. The 6 which were, are done by users which fall in one of these two categories:
* Are the OP
* Have >2k reputation
My guess is that my filters rock (only reviewing off topic or primarily opinion based). |
355,341 | Recently the Reopen Votes queue has been overrun with questions that have been closed, then edited by a user who is not the asker after the closure, and their edit has been approved.
95% of the time this happens, this approved edit does nothing to attempt to fix the question's content, but consists merely of formattin... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/70345/"
] | I think suggestion #2 has some merit as it somewhat attempts to educate users. Along those lines, I am pretty sure most <2k users do not understand that the +2 rep they get for editing the closed post will go away when the post is deleted.
So how about something like this?
* If a question is closed, and <2k user who... | How about a ban on users that edit questions that get review rejected for:
These should be strikes for sure and count very heavily,
* No improvement
* Conflicts with authors intent
things like
* attempt to answer
* me too
* other (comments as answers)
should count towards a ban but with less weight than the other... |
355,341 | Recently the Reopen Votes queue has been overrun with questions that have been closed, then edited by a user who is not the asker after the closure, and their edit has been approved.
95% of the time this happens, this approved edit does nothing to attempt to fix the question's content, but consists merely of formattin... | 2017/08/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/70345/"
] | Maybe when a question is edited the person doing the edit should be asked if they wish to “vote to reopen”. Often even as the OP I may edit a question (for example a duplicate) to make it clearer, but not wish it to be reopened that that point.
So prompt for “should be considered to be reopened” on an edit, but don’t ... | How about a ban on users that edit questions that get review rejected for:
These should be strikes for sure and count very heavily,
* No improvement
* Conflicts with authors intent
things like
* attempt to answer
* me too
* other (comments as answers)
should count towards a ban but with less weight than the other... |
94,886 | So I have a server that has a few harddrives in it, all formatted and mounted. However I'm told there is another drive attached to it. How do I find out what drives are attached? How do I find out the device filename for this new drive (that's not mounted) | 2009/12/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/94886",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8950/"
] | `fdisk -l` | fdisk -l
dmesg
/var/log/message.. |
5,437,501 | I have a concern of using GPL v2 and GPL v3 licensed software in commercial production environment. I would like to use HaProxy as a load balancing solution. Is it safe against copy-left? I won't modify anything from source code and the architecture of the system requires the use of a load balancer.
It will be embedde... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5437501",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/395146/"
] | If you're distributing (unmodified) binaries along with a product you ship, then you're required to distribute the source with them, or provide a way for people to request the sources. This is not a situation where you can ignore the GPL, but it's not going to be a real problem for you. The GPL won't infect your propri... | If you're not modifying the source and using the binaries, you should be entirely in the clear. |
5,437,501 | I have a concern of using GPL v2 and GPL v3 licensed software in commercial production environment. I would like to use HaProxy as a load balancing solution. Is it safe against copy-left? I won't modify anything from source code and the architecture of the system requires the use of a load balancer.
It will be embedde... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5437501",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/395146/"
] | Haproxy is GPLv2, so you can redistribute it in binary form provided you give enough information to the end user about where to fetch the sources to rebuild it. You also need to inform them about the build options / environment, because without them, it's possible that they won't be able to get the same features.
When... | If you're not modifying the source and using the binaries, you should be entirely in the clear. |
5,437,501 | I have a concern of using GPL v2 and GPL v3 licensed software in commercial production environment. I would like to use HaProxy as a load balancing solution. Is it safe against copy-left? I won't modify anything from source code and the architecture of the system requires the use of a load balancer.
It will be embedde... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5437501",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/395146/"
] | Another point about the title of your question "Can I use GPL software binaries in commercial environment?" : yes you can and you're even encouraged to do so. The more free software we'll have in commercial environments, the less hassle we'll have to fix issues in production ! | If you're not modifying the source and using the binaries, you should be entirely in the clear. |
5,437,501 | I have a concern of using GPL v2 and GPL v3 licensed software in commercial production environment. I would like to use HaProxy as a load balancing solution. Is it safe against copy-left? I won't modify anything from source code and the architecture of the system requires the use of a load balancer.
It will be embedde... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5437501",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/395146/"
] | If you're distributing (unmodified) binaries along with a product you ship, then you're required to distribute the source with them, or provide a way for people to request the sources. This is not a situation where you can ignore the GPL, but it's not going to be a real problem for you. The GPL won't infect your propri... | Haproxy is GPLv2, so you can redistribute it in binary form provided you give enough information to the end user about where to fetch the sources to rebuild it. You also need to inform them about the build options / environment, because without them, it's possible that they won't be able to get the same features.
When... |
5,437,501 | I have a concern of using GPL v2 and GPL v3 licensed software in commercial production environment. I would like to use HaProxy as a load balancing solution. Is it safe against copy-left? I won't modify anything from source code and the architecture of the system requires the use of a load balancer.
It will be embedde... | 2011/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5437501",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/395146/"
] | If you're distributing (unmodified) binaries along with a product you ship, then you're required to distribute the source with them, or provide a way for people to request the sources. This is not a situation where you can ignore the GPL, but it's not going to be a real problem for you. The GPL won't infect your propri... | Another point about the title of your question "Can I use GPL software binaries in commercial environment?" : yes you can and you're even encouraged to do so. The more free software we'll have in commercial environments, the less hassle we'll have to fix issues in production ! |
47,350,199 | Environment:
Asp Net MVC app(.net framework 4.5.1) hosted on Azure app service with two instances.
App uses Azure SQL server database.
Also, app uses MemoryCache (System.Runtime.Caching) for caching purposes.
Recently, I noticed availability loss of the app. It happens almost every day.
[![enter image description here... | 2017/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47350199",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5841485/"
] | >
> What 'The memory counter Page Reads/sec' means?
>
>
>
We could get the answer from this [blog](https://www.sqlshack.com/sql-server-memory-performance-metrics-part-3-sql-server-buffer-manager-metrics-memory-counters/). The recommended Page reads/sec value should be under **90**. Higher values indicate **insuffi... | There is some memory performance problems can be listed
* excessive paging,
* memory shortages,
* memory leaks
Memory counter values can be used to detect the presence of various performance problems. Tracking counter values both on a **system-wide** and a **per-process** basis helps you to pinpoint the cause in Azur... |
229,329 | I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names with tags in the filename.
But even that gets impractical, so **I am looking for a PDF library management application**. ... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/229329",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/78383/"
] | One possibility is [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com).
It is an ebook management program which permits conversion to various ebook formats but is cross-platform and can manage databases of pdf files (and not only).
If you decide to install I suggest you do so manually as the version in the repos is not very up to da... | **[Referencer](http://packages.ubuntu.com/de/lucid/referencer)** (GNOME) is a simple tool for managing document collections.
Tagging is possible.
It tries to find metadata on arXiv or via DOI, but you can add metadata manually too, of course.
But I guess development stopped. |
229,329 | I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names with tags in the filename.
But even that gets impractical, so **I am looking for a PDF library management application**. ... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/229329",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/78383/"
] | One possibility is [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com).
It is an ebook management program which permits conversion to various ebook formats but is cross-platform and can manage databases of pdf files (and not only).
If you decide to install I suggest you do so manually as the version in the repos is not very up to da... | Have you Tried Gnome Documents?
>
> GNOME Documents is a standalone application to find, organize and view
> your documents.
>
>
>
[](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gnome-documents) |
229,329 | I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names with tags in the filename.
But even that gets impractical, so **I am looking for a PDF library management application**. ... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/229329",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/78383/"
] | One possibility is [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com).
It is an ebook management program which permits conversion to various ebook formats but is cross-platform and can manage databases of pdf files (and not only).
If you decide to install I suggest you do so manually as the version in the repos is not very up to da... | I use Docear. Mind-mapping is the mode which I prefer to explore tagged (hierarchical) notes and references. The way they implement hierarchical node trees, it is effectively tagging.
The UI for building out mind maps is fast. Though there is some learning curve to overcome at the beginning, it pays off in spades when... |
229,329 | I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names with tags in the filename.
But even that gets impractical, so **I am looking for a PDF library management application**. ... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/229329",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/78383/"
] | One possibility is [Calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com).
It is an ebook management program which permits conversion to various ebook formats but is cross-platform and can manage databases of pdf files (and not only).
If you decide to install I suggest you do so manually as the version in the repos is not very up to da... | Give I, Librarian a try:
<http://i-librarian.net>
It shows PDF covers, it allows tagging, it is web-based so network access is easy and fully cross-platform. |
229,329 | I have a huge collection of PDF. Mostly it consists of research papers, of self-created documents but also of scanned documents.
Right now I drop them all in one folder and give them precise names with tags in the filename.
But even that gets impractical, so **I am looking for a PDF library management application**. ... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/229329",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/78383/"
] | Have you Tried Gnome Documents?
>
> GNOME Documents is a standalone application to find, organize and view
> your documents.
>
>
>
[](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gnome-documents) | **[Referencer](http://packages.ubuntu.com/de/lucid/referencer)** (GNOME) is a simple tool for managing document collections.
Tagging is possible.
It tries to find metadata on arXiv or via DOI, but you can add metadata manually too, of course.
But I guess development stopped. |
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