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2,730,865 | Background:
* I have a short list of strings.
* The number of strings is not always the same, but are nearly always of the order of a “handful”
* In our database will store these strings in a 2nd normalised table
* These strings are **never** changed once they are written to the database.
We wish to be able to match ... | 2010/04/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2730865",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/57159/"
] | I see no reason not to concatenate the strings and compute the hashcode for the concatenation.
As an analogy, say that I wanted to compute a MD5 checksum for a memory block, I wouldn't split the block up into smaller pieces and compute individual MD5 checksums for them and then combine them with some ad hoc method. | I hope this is unnecessary, but since you don't mention anything which sounds like you're only using the hashcodes for a first check and then later verifying that the strings are actually equal, I feel the need to warn you:
**Hashcode equality != value equality**
There will be lots of sets of strings which yield the ... |
45,946 | In ancient Western times civilians were considered legitimate spoils of war for the victor. Sometime in Western Europe that seems to have changed. While Otto von Bismarck waged symbolic wars in Europe with very little casualties besides largely willing soldiers on the battlefields, colonial wars with indigenous people ... | 2018/05/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/45946",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
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] | First, let's clarify; declaring something illegal does not prevent people from doing that thing. Burglary is illegal, but it happens. Sexual harassment is illegal, but it happens. So all of the examples listed are... not really relevant to understanding or answering the question. The examples lead more to confusion tha... | I'd put forward there was an inflection point that occurred at some point during the 19th century. It's probably not a single event, and one could probably go on at length as to the precise reasons.
You can see clearcut evidence of this on the eve of the Boxer War. In response to the atrocities in China, the German Em... |
15,594 | I am reading in the book of Exodus chapter 3 (KJV) about the angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in the burning bush.It is written,
**Exodus 3:2**
>
> And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
> the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
> fire, and the bush ... | 2015/02/01 | [
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"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The angel appears in the bush alone, we are told nothing of God being there. Angels appear to many in scripture without the presence of fire, so it seems unnecessary to think the bush is burning because if the angel, but rather it is an additional sign to Moses that it burned without being consumed.
Moses turning his... | The Angel of the Lord(AOTL) or the Angel of God, is distinct from other angels in the bible and should not be confused with an a ordinary angel". In the Old testament the AOTL has the divine authority to forgive "transgressions",(Exodus 23:21); receive worship (Joshua 5:14)(Gen 18:2; Num 22:31) bless generations (Gen 2... |
15,594 | I am reading in the book of Exodus chapter 3 (KJV) about the angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in the burning bush.It is written,
**Exodus 3:2**
>
> And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
> the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
> fire, and the bush ... | 2015/02/01 | [
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"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
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] | I agree with the earlier response that G-d was not standing with the angel in the burning bush. A common way by which G-d communicates with the Patriarchs in Genesis and Exodus is through an angel. As the Hebrew word מַלְאָךְ can mean either "angel" or "messenger," it is clear even in antiquity that G-d communicated th... | The Angel of the Lord(AOTL) or the Angel of God, is distinct from other angels in the bible and should not be confused with an a ordinary angel". In the Old testament the AOTL has the divine authority to forgive "transgressions",(Exodus 23:21); receive worship (Joshua 5:14)(Gen 18:2; Num 22:31) bless generations (Gen 2... |
15,594 | I am reading in the book of Exodus chapter 3 (KJV) about the angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in the burning bush.It is written,
**Exodus 3:2**
>
> And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
> the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
> fire, and the bush ... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/15594",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/2572/"
] | When one has the understanding of a theophany/christophany , then the explanation of who was in the burning bush would be more easily understood, especially in the case of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. As in Daniel 3:24 it reads: "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the... | The Angel of the Lord(AOTL) or the Angel of God, is distinct from other angels in the bible and should not be confused with an a ordinary angel". In the Old testament the AOTL has the divine authority to forgive "transgressions",(Exodus 23:21); receive worship (Joshua 5:14)(Gen 18:2; Num 22:31) bless generations (Gen 2... |
15,594 | I am reading in the book of Exodus chapter 3 (KJV) about the angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in the burning bush.It is written,
**Exodus 3:2**
>
> And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of
> the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with
> fire, and the bush ... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/15594",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/2572/"
] | There are a few times in the Old Testament where *the Angel of The Lord* seems to be alternating with God speaking, and/or with the Angel saying and promising things we would only expect the Lord to say or promise (of course in Old Testament “Lord” just refers to God), yet after answering as “I” in a Godlike manner, th... | The Angel of the Lord(AOTL) or the Angel of God, is distinct from other angels in the bible and should not be confused with an a ordinary angel". In the Old testament the AOTL has the divine authority to forgive "transgressions",(Exodus 23:21); receive worship (Joshua 5:14)(Gen 18:2; Num 22:31) bless generations (Gen 2... |
56,427,168 | I work behind a corporate firewall. I need pymssql library to use some queries. I try installing via pip, which gives me the error:
>
> 'pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, however the ssl module in Python is not available.'
>
>
>
I install openssl as mentioned by multiple answers in this site... | 2019/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/56427168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7255472/"
] | Ok figured this out after paying more attention to the error message. In packages\Umbraco.SqlServerCE.4.0.0.1\build\Umbraco.SqlServerCE.targets it needed the namepsace i added it there and now it builds.
Issue now is figuring out how to get updated package for that dependancy | I just wanted to expand on Ismail's answer.
His solution is correct however if you are wondering on how to add the namespace and get it running the file should look like this:
[Solution](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6FBw.jpg) |
10,727,140 | I was wondering if there is a way to use my GPU to speed up the training of a network in PyBrain. | 2012/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10727140",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/896317/"
] | Unless PyBrain is designed for that, you probably can't.
You might want to try running your trainer under PyPy if you aren't already -- it's significantly faster than CPython for some workloads. Perhaps this is one of those workloads. :) | Checkout Pylearn2: <https://github.com/lisa-lab/pylearn2>
It's a newer library and can run on GPU's with CUDA via cuda-convnet. |
1,091,669 | I need a JavaScript library, or Flash as well, which allows to connect events to "click" over "arcs" in graphics.
I've implemented my graphic through the JS-Graphs library, but I can only intercept the "click" event on "nodes", not on "arcs". | 2009/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1091669",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/39339/"
] | If you're interesting in using Flex, you may also want to take a look at Josh' Tynjala's [Wires UI](http://joshblog.net/2008/11/10/open-source-flex-project-wires-ui-library/) library. | [WireIt](http://javascript.neyric.com/wireit/) might be similar to what you're looking for. However, they use the YUI library and Canvas, so YMMV. |
143,614 | The way google is presenting as of today is totally different and I can no longer get the image pages so you can scroll the images before selecting one you want to see. Now there are individual boxes that click through. The entire appearance makes it no longer usuable.. Is there I can do to revert back to the way it wa... | 2014/08/30 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/143614",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/89211/"
] | I suspect it's an example of a new policy from Google, where they're deliberately showing old versions of their search pages if you use an out of date browser. You can find information about this from, for example, this [BBC news report](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29012038).
It's probably a good idea to updat... | First I recommend you should update your Safari app.
I just made a comparison using the same web site for Images.
My Safari (7.0.6) + Chrome + Firefox show exactly the same.
The top row shows the categories you can select (also as images).
You can scroll down true the images or select a category. |
72,621,032 | My code:
[enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FBkHr.png)
So the output is giving the very first line of the `results` list.
My question is how to cut in each "url" element in one run to get the same result? Assume for loop would do? | 2022/06/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/72621032",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13813231/"
] | You need to map your proxy. And then iterate it. | Try seleniumwire with uc: [https://pypi.org/project/selenium-wire/#certificates:~:text=driver.wait\_for\_request()%20etc.-,Proxies,-If%20the%20site](https://pypi.org/project/selenium-wire/#certificates:%7E:text=driver.wait_for_request()%20etc.-,Proxies,-If%20the%20site)
Worked for me |
843,858 | I want other computers (they are in local network) go to Virtualbox Localhost. can you explain me what to do or at least give me article link.
in Virtualbox i have installed fedora19 and computers system is Windows 7. | 2014/11/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/843858",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/392344/"
] | Guest in bridged mode will use same IP subnet as the host, other computers can access it directly. If it is in NAT mode, you can use port forwarding so when other computers access to specific port of the host, the traffic will forward to another port of the guest.
[Here](https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html#nat... | You probably need to change the network adapter settings to bridged mode. Right now, it's probably set to NAT'ed mode. |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
**yes**.. I understand that you were likely frustrated but CC-ing others in to what is basically a rant at your boss is unwise.
It absolutely comes across as you wanting to air your grievance and annoyance with him in front of others and as an ... | It's so easy to parse the world in terms of justice—I have done so many times, myself. And if we are parsing the world that way, when someone does something that we perceive affects us negatively, it feels like an injustice. Suddenly a part of our brain says we have the high moral ground. Suddenly we feel like actions ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | It is not the best thing to do (actually, it was quite bad), but it is not a career-ending mistake provided you learn from this mistake and not make it a habit.
In these kinds of situations (i.e. something not working), you should:
* ask verbally (your colleagues or your boss) to whom you should report the problem i... | It's so easy to parse the world in terms of justice—I have done so many times, myself. And if we are parsing the world that way, when someone does something that we perceive affects us negatively, it feels like an injustice. Suddenly a part of our brain says we have the high moral ground. Suddenly we feel like actions ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | Your frustration level is pretty high right now, and it definitely came out in that email. You should probably seriously consider if working in a small company on projects with complex and poorly documented requirements while learning new technology is something you should be doing. Some people thrive on that kind of n... | I disagree with the other answers here. You absolutely did the right thing. The history you recounted demonstrated a clear pattern of behavior of ignoring your issues - promised meetings that don't take place, phone calls that aren't returned, etc. And if you'd followed the advice here, there would have been no consequ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
Yes, you were wrong.
It's not clear what your goal was in copying others, but attempting to embarrass or undermine your boss is not a good career move.
>
> Maybe I should have sent it directly to him first.
>
>
>
Not maybe.
You clearly ... | Your frustration level is pretty high right now, and it definitely came out in that email. You should probably seriously consider if working in a small company on projects with complex and poorly documented requirements while learning new technology is something you should be doing. Some people thrive on that kind of n... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
Yes, you were wrong.
It's not clear what your goal was in copying others, but attempting to embarrass or undermine your boss is not a good career move.
>
> Maybe I should have sent it directly to him first.
>
>
>
Not maybe.
You clearly ... | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
**yes**.. I understand that you were likely frustrated but CC-ing others in to what is basically a rant at your boss is unwise.
It absolutely comes across as you wanting to air your grievance and annoyance with him in front of others and as an ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
Yes, you were wrong.
It's not clear what your goal was in copying others, but attempting to embarrass or undermine your boss is not a good career move.
>
> Maybe I should have sent it directly to him first.
>
>
>
Not maybe.
You clearly ... | It is not the best thing to do (actually, it was quite bad), but it is not a career-ending mistake provided you learn from this mistake and not make it a habit.
In these kinds of situations (i.e. something not working), you should:
* ask verbally (your colleagues or your boss) to whom you should report the problem i... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | It's so easy to parse the world in terms of justice—I have done so many times, myself. And if we are parsing the world that way, when someone does something that we perceive affects us negatively, it feels like an injustice. Suddenly a part of our brain says we have the high moral ground. Suddenly we feel like actions ... | I disagree with the other answers here. You absolutely did the right thing. The history you recounted demonstrated a clear pattern of behavior of ignoring your issues - promised meetings that don't take place, phone calls that aren't returned, etc. And if you'd followed the advice here, there would have been no consequ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | Your frustration level is pretty high right now, and it definitely came out in that email. You should probably seriously consider if working in a small company on projects with complex and poorly documented requirements while learning new technology is something you should be doing. Some people thrive on that kind of n... | It's so easy to parse the world in terms of justice—I have done so many times, myself. And if we are parsing the world that way, when someone does something that we perceive affects us negatively, it feels like an injustice. Suddenly a part of our brain says we have the high moral ground. Suddenly we feel like actions ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
**yes**.. I understand that you were likely frustrated but CC-ing others in to what is basically a rant at your boss is unwise.
It absolutely comes across as you wanting to air your grievance and annoyance with him in front of others and as an ... | I disagree with the other answers here. You absolutely did the right thing. The history you recounted demonstrated a clear pattern of behavior of ignoring your issues - promised meetings that don't take place, phone calls that aren't returned, etc. And if you'd followed the advice here, there would have been no consequ... |
131,948 | I am a new (3 months) software developer in a smallish software company (10 people). I've been given a new project which has complex and poorly documented requirements, and I've been asked to speak to my boss (who is a company director) before I begin work so he can show me what to do. I did contact him, asking him to ... | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/131948",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101531/"
] | >
> was I wrong in copying in the other directors in the email?
>
>
>
Yes, you were wrong.
It's not clear what your goal was in copying others, but attempting to embarrass or undermine your boss is not a good career move.
>
> Maybe I should have sent it directly to him first.
>
>
>
Not maybe.
You clearly ... | **Yes, you were definitely wrong to CC this e-mail.** There are several problems here. Let's take a look:
>
> Hi X I can't log in to Visual Studio again, so I can't do my job.
>
>
>
This may be true, or it may not. There are other editors you could use, such as the free Visual Studio Code, especially if you're pr... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | Jaison, "you cannot do it" and "PHP" don't belong in the same sentence.
Berserkpi, you *can* do this in PHP, but only parts of it. I don't know about the hardware but I can generalize the parameters of your project.
Fingerprinting is going to have to be done on some sort of client machine. That means a fingerprint-re... | You cannot do this using PHP - it's a scripting language.
However, you can use .NET technologies like C# or VB for hardware porting.
My idea:
1. Handle authentication using .NET technologies.
2. Pass the authentication result to PHP using ASP like embedding result in XML/JSON
I don't know how much success rate you ... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | we made a small app using c# to handle fingerprint scanning and converted the output to binary file.
theoretically it shd be compared with wats available on the server and returns a result which determines if the user gets authenticated or not.
another method is to use a windows app that works with the fingerprint har... | You cannot do this using PHP - it's a scripting language.
However, you can use .NET technologies like C# or VB for hardware porting.
My idea:
1. Handle authentication using .NET technologies.
2. Pass the authentication result to PHP using ASP like embedding result in XML/JSON
I don't know how much success rate you ... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | i have came across a library, [php\_zklib](https://github.com/dnaextrim/php_zklib)
it does seem to work with biometric devices. But Problem is there is no documentation of it over the internet..
I have seen someone Using Fingerprint device for attendance using this library. | You cannot do this using PHP - it's a scripting language.
However, you can use .NET technologies like C# or VB for hardware porting.
My idea:
1. Handle authentication using .NET technologies.
2. Pass the authentication result to PHP using ASP like embedding result in XML/JSON
I don't know how much success rate you ... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | Look at here. They have Java, PHP, web app aupported SDK and hardware for biometric authentication.
<http://www.m2sys.com/bioplugin/> | You cannot do this using PHP - it's a scripting language.
However, you can use .NET technologies like C# or VB for hardware porting.
My idea:
1. Handle authentication using .NET technologies.
2. Pass the authentication result to PHP using ASP like embedding result in XML/JSON
I don't know how much success rate you ... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | Jaison, "you cannot do it" and "PHP" don't belong in the same sentence.
Berserkpi, you *can* do this in PHP, but only parts of it. I don't know about the hardware but I can generalize the parameters of your project.
Fingerprinting is going to have to be done on some sort of client machine. That means a fingerprint-re... | we made a small app using c# to handle fingerprint scanning and converted the output to binary file.
theoretically it shd be compared with wats available on the server and returns a result which determines if the user gets authenticated or not.
another method is to use a windows app that works with the fingerprint har... |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | Jaison, "you cannot do it" and "PHP" don't belong in the same sentence.
Berserkpi, you *can* do this in PHP, but only parts of it. I don't know about the hardware but I can generalize the parameters of your project.
Fingerprinting is going to have to be done on some sort of client machine. That means a fingerprint-re... | i have came across a library, [php\_zklib](https://github.com/dnaextrim/php_zklib)
it does seem to work with biometric devices. But Problem is there is no documentation of it over the internet..
I have seen someone Using Fingerprint device for attendance using this library. |
3,498,945 | I need to implement authentication in a php app but using fingerprint as part of credentials.
So, sincerely I'm kind of lost here.
1) Do I need a product (reader) with javascript SDK? I've seen some using ActiveX but obviously this will work just for IE. I would like a cross-browser solution here.
2) On server side... | 2010/08/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3498945",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/347527/"
] | Jaison, "you cannot do it" and "PHP" don't belong in the same sentence.
Berserkpi, you *can* do this in PHP, but only parts of it. I don't know about the hardware but I can generalize the parameters of your project.
Fingerprinting is going to have to be done on some sort of client machine. That means a fingerprint-re... | Look at here. They have Java, PHP, web app aupported SDK and hardware for biometric authentication.
<http://www.m2sys.com/bioplugin/> |
64,716 | >
> Drax: You, Quill, are my friend. This dumb tree is my friend. And this green whore is now my...
>
>
> Gamora: You must stop!
>
>
>
Drax's statement seems incongruous with reality and his character.
* There isn't so much as single kiss in the entire movie, including involving Gamora.
* Drax's speech is preci... | 2014/08/03 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/64716",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/24067/"
] | ### Because the prisoners were calling Gamora a "green whore" when she first entered the prison yard, and Drax is incredibly literal. He has no clue they were using it as an insult; he thinks that's what she actually was.
* The problem is if you weren't really listening it was easy to miss,there was a lot going on in ... | >
> Whore, noun:
>
>
> [Definition of WHORE](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whore)
>
>
> 1 : A woman who engages in sexual acts for money : prostitute ; also : a promiscuous or immoral woman
>
> 2 : A male who engages in sexual acts for money
>
> 3 : A venal or unscrupulous person
>
> Merriam-W... |
105 | Is it possible to reliably run a Pi in an airtight (watertight) case or is some form of ventilation required for cooling? I'm assuming it doesn't chuck out too much heat, but am wondering whether running it indefinitely this way may cause issues. | 2012/06/12 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/105",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/93/"
] | There are **no ventilation or cooling requirements.**
This has been verified by an RPi admin [here](http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1701). | Based on my test Raspberry Pi runs relatively cool even when the CPU is 100% loaded for longer periods, so I think there shouldn't be a problem (I did not try loading the GPU though). |
105 | Is it possible to reliably run a Pi in an airtight (watertight) case or is some form of ventilation required for cooling? I'm assuming it doesn't chuck out too much heat, but am wondering whether running it indefinitely this way may cause issues. | 2012/06/12 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/105",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/93/"
] | Based on my test Raspberry Pi runs relatively cool even when the CPU is 100% loaded for longer periods, so I think there shouldn't be a problem (I did not try loading the GPU though). | According to [this test](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2019/raspberry-pi-microsd-card-performance-comparison-2019) the USB 3.0 controller on Raspberry Pi 4 cannot work at full speed if there is no fan. The slow down without a fan could be 2-3 times. In the test the maximum speed was 346 MB/s for USB 3.0 (for compar... |
105 | Is it possible to reliably run a Pi in an airtight (watertight) case or is some form of ventilation required for cooling? I'm assuming it doesn't chuck out too much heat, but am wondering whether running it indefinitely this way may cause issues. | 2012/06/12 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/105",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/93/"
] | There are **no ventilation or cooling requirements.**
This has been verified by an RPi admin [here](http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1701). | According to [this test](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2019/raspberry-pi-microsd-card-performance-comparison-2019) the USB 3.0 controller on Raspberry Pi 4 cannot work at full speed if there is no fan. The slow down without a fan could be 2-3 times. In the test the maximum speed was 346 MB/s for USB 3.0 (for compar... |
117,025 | I used pc decrapifier to uninstall lots of programs because revo uninstaller takes a lot of your time just to uninstall a single program. Can I remove the registry keys and folders left behind by pc decrapifier using revo uninstaller?
Or do you know of any application that function like decrapifier and revo? | 2010/03/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/117025",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/23950/"
] | Yes, Revo can get rid of the registry entries. Depending on which scan mode you use, it can look into more places in the registry for a deeper scan:
[**CCleaner**](http://www.ccleaner.com/) also performs registry scanning for old entries lying around. | As I understand, OP wanted to clean the Registry after the UNINSTALL OF APPLICATION has already been made before opening Revo.
Accepted answer doesn't answer that. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible doable directly. However:
A) Re-install that target application and uninstall again, now with REVO.
OR
B) use CCl... |
3,617,766 | Is there any logger to asp.net like the System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging used in WCF? | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3617766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373433/"
] | You could use log4net for this... [log4net Website](http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html) | Not sure what you are actually asking for. There is [ASP.NET tracing](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0x5wc973.aspx) and [trace.axd](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wwh16c6c.aspx) handler to browsing traces. |
3,617,766 | Is there any logger to asp.net like the System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging used in WCF? | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3617766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373433/"
] | There is health monitoring: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650305.aspx>. It has a bunch of predefined events, plus you can create your own custom events for tracking purposes. | You could use log4net for this... [log4net Website](http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html) |
3,617,766 | Is there any logger to asp.net like the System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging used in WCF? | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3617766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373433/"
] | You could use log4net for this... [log4net Website](http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html) | After having used it myself, I'd like to suggest [ELMAH](http://code.google.com/p/elmah/):
>
> ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and
> Handlers) is an application-wide error
> logging facility that is completely
> pluggable. It can be dynamically added
> to a running ASP.NET web application,
> or even all ASP.NET web... |
3,617,766 | Is there any logger to asp.net like the System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging used in WCF? | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3617766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373433/"
] | There is health monitoring: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650305.aspx>. It has a bunch of predefined events, plus you can create your own custom events for tracking purposes. | Not sure what you are actually asking for. There is [ASP.NET tracing](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0x5wc973.aspx) and [trace.axd](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wwh16c6c.aspx) handler to browsing traces. |
3,617,766 | Is there any logger to asp.net like the System.ServiceModel.MessageLogging used in WCF? | 2010/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3617766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/373433/"
] | There is health monitoring: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650305.aspx>. It has a bunch of predefined events, plus you can create your own custom events for tracking purposes. | After having used it myself, I'd like to suggest [ELMAH](http://code.google.com/p/elmah/):
>
> ELMAH (Error Logging Modules and
> Handlers) is an application-wide error
> logging facility that is completely
> pluggable. It can be dynamically added
> to a running ASP.NET web application,
> or even all ASP.NET web... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I'm going to pick on @jmort253's answer, because I disagree.
ROI initiatives aren't the only kinds of project, nor should they be. Chris Matts (the analyst behind BDD, Feature Injection and Real Options) found that 80% of one of his CIO's projects were concerned with protecting existing customer revenue, rather than t... | Fascinating discussion, and very relevant to me. I believe that technical debt is a PM's concern.
One could argue that a project is a coordinated effort to produce a specific outcome/change; if the project produces the outcome, the project is successful, and technical debt doesn't enter into the equation. But I think... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I tend to disagree with the basic assumption that technical initiatives are not business initiatives. They may be different from rolling out a new product or an advertising campaign, but:
* They have a business benefits... be it regulatory compliance, improving efficiencies, making the customer experience better, etc
... | I know there's an answer for this and I mostly agree with @Lunivore and @jmort253 answers but I thought I would chime in on how I have seen and heard technical debt handled?
In our company we recently started trying to allocate dedicated week-long sprints that we focus on technical debt. Unfortunately this hasn't work... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I'm going to pick on @jmort253's answer, because I disagree.
ROI initiatives aren't the only kinds of project, nor should they be. Chris Matts (the analyst behind BDD, Feature Injection and Real Options) found that 80% of one of his CIO's projects were concerned with protecting existing customer revenue, rather than t... | I would start by **Identifying the ROI that the technical debt delivers** and discussing this with the business. If you can describe both value work and what John Seddon calls 'Failure Demand' in the same terms and using the same metrics then you can agree how to split your capacity across them.
**Example - Architectu... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I'm going to pick on @jmort253's answer, because I disagree.
ROI initiatives aren't the only kinds of project, nor should they be. Chris Matts (the analyst behind BDD, Feature Injection and Real Options) found that 80% of one of his CIO's projects were concerned with protecting existing customer revenue, rather than t... | I tend to disagree with the basic assumption that technical initiatives are not business initiatives. They may be different from rolling out a new product or an advertising campaign, but:
* They have a business benefits... be it regulatory compliance, improving efficiencies, making the customer experience better, etc
... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | **Technical Debt isn't a PM's Responsibility:**
-----------------------------------------------
As a project manager, the short answer is, you don't. This is really a job for the technical team, which includes functional managers and the actual developers working on the project. If you're doing project management corr... | Fascinating discussion, and very relevant to me. I believe that technical debt is a PM's concern.
One could argue that a project is a coordinated effort to produce a specific outcome/change; if the project produces the outcome, the project is successful, and technical debt doesn't enter into the equation. But I think... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | **Technical Debt isn't a PM's Responsibility:**
-----------------------------------------------
As a project manager, the short answer is, you don't. This is really a job for the technical team, which includes functional managers and the actual developers working on the project. If you're doing project management corr... | I know there's an answer for this and I mostly agree with @Lunivore and @jmort253 answers but I thought I would chime in on how I have seen and heard technical debt handled?
In our company we recently started trying to allocate dedicated week-long sprints that we focus on technical debt. Unfortunately this hasn't work... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I'm going to pick on @jmort253's answer, because I disagree.
ROI initiatives aren't the only kinds of project, nor should they be. Chris Matts (the analyst behind BDD, Feature Injection and Real Options) found that 80% of one of his CIO's projects were concerned with protecting existing customer revenue, rather than t... | I know there's an answer for this and I mostly agree with @Lunivore and @jmort253 answers but I thought I would chime in on how I have seen and heard technical debt handled?
In our company we recently started trying to allocate dedicated week-long sprints that we focus on technical debt. Unfortunately this hasn't work... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I tend to disagree with the basic assumption that technical initiatives are not business initiatives. They may be different from rolling out a new product or an advertising campaign, but:
* They have a business benefits... be it regulatory compliance, improving efficiencies, making the customer experience better, etc
... | I would start by **Identifying the ROI that the technical debt delivers** and discussing this with the business. If you can describe both value work and what John Seddon calls 'Failure Demand' in the same terms and using the same metrics then you can agree how to split your capacity across them.
**Example - Architectu... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | I would start by **Identifying the ROI that the technical debt delivers** and discussing this with the business. If you can describe both value work and what John Seddon calls 'Failure Demand' in the same terms and using the same metrics then you can agree how to split your capacity across them.
**Example - Architectu... | I know there's an answer for this and I mostly agree with @Lunivore and @jmort253 answers but I thought I would chime in on how I have seen and heard technical debt handled?
In our company we recently started trying to allocate dedicated week-long sprints that we focus on technical debt. Unfortunately this hasn't work... |
7,954 | In real world, business initiatives always take higher priority as there are associated ROIs and deliver something tangible to the users. But there are technical initiatives and projects that need to be done to keep up with the different versions of software, upgrading to a newer platforms, architecture re-factoring et... | 2012/11/01 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/7954",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/4731/"
] | **Technical Debt isn't a PM's Responsibility:**
-----------------------------------------------
As a project manager, the short answer is, you don't. This is really a job for the technical team, which includes functional managers and the actual developers working on the project. If you're doing project management corr... | I would start by **Identifying the ROI that the technical debt delivers** and discussing this with the business. If you can describe both value work and what John Seddon calls 'Failure Demand' in the same terms and using the same metrics then you can agree how to split your capacity across them.
**Example - Architectu... |
23,472 | Can I use a nonbasic land that taps and gives me either a red or white mana if I only have red mana in my deck? | 2015/03/19 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/23472",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/12155/"
] | Yes, as long as you're not playing Commander
--------------------------------------------
In normal decks, you can use whatever (format legal) cards you want in any combination. You can play a Plains in an all Red deck if you really want to, though it's probably a bad idea.
If you're playing [Commander](http://mtgsal... | Quoting from the [basic rulebook](https://media.wizards.com/images/magic/resources/rules/EN_MTGM14_PrintedRulebook_LR.pdf), page 15 ("Building Your Own Deck"):
>
> You build [your deck] using whichever **Magic** cards you want. There are two rules: your deck must have at least 60 cards, and your deck can't have more ... |
55,797 | I'm trying to design a visual representation of a child's sleep schedule for a given week.
I was thinking of making a chart with the time of day on the y-axis and the days of the week on the x-axis and then blocking in the time intervals much like a calendar app would.
What are some alternate ways of representing thi... | 2014/04/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/55797",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/23162/"
] | I agree with [Charles](https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/19574/charles-wesley); the same chart but with the axes reversed makes more sense to me. I tend to think of time in terms of timelines, which your chart just isn't doing for me right now. I also think you want some way to indicate continuities within broken time... | Another alternative - one that gets rid of the discontinuity at midnight (or 10am) - would be a spiral visualization, with one day per circuit.
Here's a picture of a spiral visualisation from [an earlier UX answer](https://ux.stackexchange.com/a/4113/376) of mine:
. And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | First and foremost, **you don't need to correct every mistake**. Focusing on his pronunciation is likely causing you to miss some of the message he is trying to communicate to you.
If your manager interacts with other English-speaking professionals, you would be doing him a favor by helping him learn to pronounce thi... | It's less important how he pronounces it then it is that you understand him. Lots of people have lots of different accents. There is no reason I can think of for a person to mispronounce on purpose.
So I would just pronounce the word/s correctly as I know them. I live in a country where my accent is very different, ov... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | As long as you are not gratuitously using the words, you should always aim at correct pronunciation. Knowingly imitating an incorrect pronunciation is dishonorable and groveling behavior. Correct behavior is to pronounce words correctly and ignore other people who may be pronouncing the word incorrectly.
The only thin... | First and foremost, **you don't need to correct every mistake**. Focusing on his pronunciation is likely causing you to miss some of the message he is trying to communicate to you.
If your manager interacts with other English-speaking professionals, you would be doing him a favor by helping him learn to pronounce thi... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | First and foremost, **you don't need to correct every mistake**. Focusing on his pronunciation is likely causing you to miss some of the message he is trying to communicate to you.
If your manager interacts with other English-speaking professionals, you would be doing him a favor by helping him learn to pronounce thi... | This answer becomes trivial if you stop thinking of him pronouncing it **wrongly** and instead that he is pronouncing it **in his accent** which doesn't have to be the same as yours.
I have Australian friends who say "dahta" and "dahtabayse" while I say "dayta" and "daytabase". I don't adjust my pronunciation to match... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | First and foremost, **you don't need to correct every mistake**. Focusing on his pronunciation is likely causing you to miss some of the message he is trying to communicate to you.
If your manager interacts with other English-speaking professionals, you would be doing him a favor by helping him learn to pronounce thi... | I'm going to answer this question as the person who mispronounces words. I'm a native English speaker but have started picking up French late in life. I can follow a conversation and speak short sentences. I slaughter the pronunciation of words; a native or fluent speaker can understand me though.
I personally prefer ... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | As long as you are not gratuitously using the words, you should always aim at correct pronunciation. Knowingly imitating an incorrect pronunciation is dishonorable and groveling behavior. Correct behavior is to pronounce words correctly and ignore other people who may be pronouncing the word incorrectly.
The only thin... | It's less important how he pronounces it then it is that you understand him. Lots of people have lots of different accents. There is no reason I can think of for a person to mispronounce on purpose.
So I would just pronounce the word/s correctly as I know them. I live in a country where my accent is very different, ov... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | It's less important how he pronounces it then it is that you understand him. Lots of people have lots of different accents. There is no reason I can think of for a person to mispronounce on purpose.
So I would just pronounce the word/s correctly as I know them. I live in a country where my accent is very different, ov... | I'm going to answer this question as the person who mispronounces words. I'm a native English speaker but have started picking up French late in life. I can follow a conversation and speak short sentences. I slaughter the pronunciation of words; a native or fluent speaker can understand me though.
I personally prefer ... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | As long as you are not gratuitously using the words, you should always aim at correct pronunciation. Knowingly imitating an incorrect pronunciation is dishonorable and groveling behavior. Correct behavior is to pronounce words correctly and ignore other people who may be pronouncing the word incorrectly.
The only thin... | This answer becomes trivial if you stop thinking of him pronouncing it **wrongly** and instead that he is pronouncing it **in his accent** which doesn't have to be the same as yours.
I have Australian friends who say "dahta" and "dahtabayse" while I say "dayta" and "daytabase". I don't adjust my pronunciation to match... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | As long as you are not gratuitously using the words, you should always aim at correct pronunciation. Knowingly imitating an incorrect pronunciation is dishonorable and groveling behavior. Correct behavior is to pronounce words correctly and ignore other people who may be pronouncing the word incorrectly.
The only thin... | I'm going to answer this question as the person who mispronounces words. I'm a native English speaker but have started picking up French late in life. I can follow a conversation and speak short sentences. I slaughter the pronunciation of words; a native or fluent speaker can understand me though.
I personally prefer ... |
56,875 | Say you are working in an office where English is not a native language for people but some English terms are used very often (e.g. an IT department). And your boss always pronounces English terms incorrectly.
The question. Is it appropriate to pronounce the terms correctly when speaking to the boss or one should use ... | 2015/10/31 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/56875",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/5415/"
] | This answer becomes trivial if you stop thinking of him pronouncing it **wrongly** and instead that he is pronouncing it **in his accent** which doesn't have to be the same as yours.
I have Australian friends who say "dahta" and "dahtabayse" while I say "dayta" and "daytabase". I don't adjust my pronunciation to match... | I'm going to answer this question as the person who mispronounces words. I'm a native English speaker but have started picking up French late in life. I can follow a conversation and speak short sentences. I slaughter the pronunciation of words; a native or fluent speaker can understand me though.
I personally prefer ... |
16,926,578 | I'm trying to create a chat for a site and I'm wondering if the db solution is the best one in case of a large amount of users.
In case the db is an acceptable solution I would like to know which is the best way to design it:
1. Is one table enough to store all the messages from all the users? Do I have to store each... | 2013/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16926578",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | MySQL is not ment for realtime
------------------------------
MySQL is clearly not the best solution for a chat: You have no reason to work on years of backlog to get the most current messages, nor do you want to fire a query per second for every active user. The overhead of a relational database is not to be ignored.... | use NOSQL as it store data as a file it is good for large database |
16,926,578 | I'm trying to create a chat for a site and I'm wondering if the db solution is the best one in case of a large amount of users.
In case the db is an acceptable solution I would like to know which is the best way to design it:
1. Is one table enough to store all the messages from all the users? Do I have to store each... | 2013/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16926578",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2453201/"
] | MySQL is not ment for realtime
------------------------------
MySQL is clearly not the best solution for a chat: You have no reason to work on years of backlog to get the most current messages, nor do you want to fire a query per second for every active user. The overhead of a relational database is not to be ignored.... | Determine what features you want. A few I can think of right off that might make a difference:
* Do you want to store the stream at all? (If not, then your DB needs are minimal.)
* How much of the stream do you want accessible to users? One day? A week? All of it? (You can offload messages periodically to maintain his... |
4,467 | We often hear that in practice, not enough data of sufficient quality, consistency, recency, etc. is available for feeding into mathematical optimization models. Example: my university wanted to plan/optimize their weekly timetable using an integer program, but they did not know the number of rooms (let alone capacitie... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://or.stackexchange.com/questions/4467",
"https://or.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would call them decision-relevant data, because most optimization problems in practice help people do decisions better, which they already do in a heuristic fashion. This puts the focus on the decision and what is needed to effectively make this decision.
Alternatives would be system-describing data/system-boundary ... | I think, answers provided so far are great. When talking to professionals in the field, I second Nikos and call them "parameters" and cross my fingers they know the difference between a parameter and a variable (which is a bleeding wound between the OR profession in Industrial Engineering and OR profession in Business ... |
4,467 | We often hear that in practice, not enough data of sufficient quality, consistency, recency, etc. is available for feeding into mathematical optimization models. Example: my university wanted to plan/optimize their weekly timetable using an integer program, but they did not know the number of rooms (let alone capacitie... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://or.stackexchange.com/questions/4467",
"https://or.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would just call it "planning data". I think it might be easier to convince an administrator that "planning data" needs to be recorded/captured than to sell them on "<insert techno-jargon phrase here> data". Administrators grasp what planning is (whether or not they are adept at doing it), and at some visceral level t... | I think, answers provided so far are great. When talking to professionals in the field, I second Nikos and call them "parameters" and cross my fingers they know the difference between a parameter and a variable (which is a bleeding wound between the OR profession in Industrial Engineering and OR profession in Business ... |
4,467 | We often hear that in practice, not enough data of sufficient quality, consistency, recency, etc. is available for feeding into mathematical optimization models. Example: my university wanted to plan/optimize their weekly timetable using an integer program, but they did not know the number of rooms (let alone capacitie... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://or.stackexchange.com/questions/4467",
"https://or.stackexchange.com",
"https://or.stackexchange.com/users/354/"
] | Adhering to the rules of encapsulation, I would simply call it "parameters". If we're thinking of an optimisation model and, as you said, what changes is the number of things (number of students, number of classrooms, a table with the teachers' schedule, etc.), that's what we call usually parameters in optimisation mod... | I think, answers provided so far are great. When talking to professionals in the field, I second Nikos and call them "parameters" and cross my fingers they know the difference between a parameter and a variable (which is a bleeding wound between the OR profession in Industrial Engineering and OR profession in Business ... |
644,043 | I was sifting through some stuff I got from a friend whose uncle was a professor of electrical engineering and found a few of these 2.54 mm pitch prototyping cables (commonly known as 'Dupont' cables) which are female-to-female but have a removable male pin.
I've looked for variations of the cable name with the word '... | 2022/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/644043",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/10065/"
] | I believe this is a female single-pin connector along with a single 25 mil square pin, probably taken out of a pin header like this one:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RDACD.png)
([image source](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/harwin-inc/M20... | I suspect that the pin has broken off the rest of the contact inside the housing - I haven't seen that sort of contact with an intentionally-removable pin.
The contacts for those plastic housings should be readily available from anyone selling the housings. There will be both male and female insertable contacts - you ... |
47,348 | Since for my [last question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/47334/16806), I did not get a satisfactory answer I am reducing the question to its barebones.
What is the difference between 'Witnessing' and 'Mindfulness' from the context of meditation? I mean when I am looking at the sunset without any thoughts in m... | 2022/06/01 | [
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] | sati ("mindfulness") is one of the most commonly misunderstood teachings.
It's been distorted by psychotherapy agendas, and even experienced Buddhist teachers have wildly divergent understandings.
If you want the perspective from the original suttas:
There's an implicit object of sati, and that's the Dharma, the Buddh... | Maybe see the Quora thread on Osho's "witness": <https://www.quora.com/What-is-witness-meditation-as-described-by-Osho>
I can only tell from my personal experience: I've read books where "witnessing" was used synonymously with perceiving with mindfullness (sati) and without follow-up thoughts (<https://en.wikipedia.or... |
47,348 | Since for my [last question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/47334/16806), I did not get a satisfactory answer I am reducing the question to its barebones.
What is the difference between 'Witnessing' and 'Mindfulness' from the context of meditation? I mean when I am looking at the sunset without any thoughts in m... | 2022/06/01 | [
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] | the other answers are already good so I'll just add this quote from [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshi_(witness)) regarding witness:
>
> "When form is the object of observation or drshyam, then the eye is
> the observer or drk; when the eye is the object of observation, then
> the mind is the observer; when ... | Maybe see the Quora thread on Osho's "witness": <https://www.quora.com/What-is-witness-meditation-as-described-by-Osho>
I can only tell from my personal experience: I've read books where "witnessing" was used synonymously with perceiving with mindfullness (sati) and without follow-up thoughts (<https://en.wikipedia.or... |
47,348 | Since for my [last question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/47334/16806), I did not get a satisfactory answer I am reducing the question to its barebones.
What is the difference between 'Witnessing' and 'Mindfulness' from the context of meditation? I mean when I am looking at the sunset without any thoughts in m... | 2022/06/01 | [
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"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
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] | sati ("mindfulness") is one of the most commonly misunderstood teachings.
It's been distorted by psychotherapy agendas, and even experienced Buddhist teachers have wildly divergent understandings.
If you want the perspective from the original suttas:
There's an implicit object of sati, and that's the Dharma, the Buddh... | Mindfulness is situational awareness of the body and its context, which occurs effortlessly at all times. Precisely where that awareness occurs, I have no idea. Awareness isn't the best term, as there is no such thing as awareness, but I don't have another convenient word, at this time. Regardless, when it fully opens ... |
47,348 | Since for my [last question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/47334/16806), I did not get a satisfactory answer I am reducing the question to its barebones.
What is the difference between 'Witnessing' and 'Mindfulness' from the context of meditation? I mean when I am looking at the sunset without any thoughts in m... | 2022/06/01 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/47348",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/16806/"
] | the other answers are already good so I'll just add this quote from [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakshi_(witness)) regarding witness:
>
> "When form is the object of observation or drshyam, then the eye is
> the observer or drk; when the eye is the object of observation, then
> the mind is the observer; when ... | Mindfulness is situational awareness of the body and its context, which occurs effortlessly at all times. Precisely where that awareness occurs, I have no idea. Awareness isn't the best term, as there is no such thing as awareness, but I don't have another convenient word, at this time. Regardless, when it fully opens ... |
735,915 | Is it possible to use the built in ASP.NET membership provider to secure a web service?
I have a SQL Server database already setup with my membership and now I want to provide a web service that only members are allowed to use. Is it possible to authenticate against this (if so how?) or do I need to have a seperate ty... | 2009/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/735915",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/53020/"
] | There actually is a solution, it turns out: WebRequest.PreAuthenticate
Check out an [article](http://www.west-wind.com/Weblog/posts/243915.aspx) by Rick Strahl. | This "double handshake" is a integral part of NTLM's challenge response model. Your only option would be to change the authentication type.
Alternatively, you try re-using the connection for web service calls. |
174,835 | I am playing Minecraft with the [Oceancraft](http://www.minecraftmods.com/oceancraft/) mod installed. Among other things, this adds quicksand, which if you step in you begin to sink and slowly suffocate.
Once you have stepped in quicksand - is there any way to avoid your untimely demise? I've tried walking out of it ... | 2014/07/04 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/174835",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/16659/"
] | If I meet Quicksand on any map, it mostly appears like
So if you stepped in it you can easily dig the 2 neighboring blocks in a depth of 2, kinda like this.
And the you ... | If you have a fast shovel like an efficiency II or a diamond shovel, it is sometimes possible to dig the quicksand you're stuck in, and a jump boost like the Famguide mod's Familiar Rana or a jump boost II beacon can allow you to escape if you don't sink too deep, but a fast shovel will do. But you must try before you ... |
174,835 | I am playing Minecraft with the [Oceancraft](http://www.minecraftmods.com/oceancraft/) mod installed. Among other things, this adds quicksand, which if you step in you begin to sink and slowly suffocate.
Once you have stepped in quicksand - is there any way to avoid your untimely demise? I've tried walking out of it ... | 2014/07/04 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/174835",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/16659/"
] | If I meet Quicksand on any map, it mostly appears like
So if you stepped in it you can easily dig the 2 neighboring blocks in a depth of 2, kinda like this.
And the you ... | Placing a torch in quicksand on adjacent blocks briefly clears the quicksand, long enough to help you escape. |
6,402,339 | I would like to implement a robust IPC solution between a single JVM applet and a C++ application running on the same machine. What is the best approach for doing so?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! | 2011/06/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6402339",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/805320/"
] | sockets are about your best (only reasonable?) choice. although if you are running an applet, you will have to deal with access permissions issues (signing the applet will probably solve these). | Sockets as a transport protocol.
JSON as a message protocol, with optional length header or trailing zero if required. |
35,815,261 | Hybrid apps are obviously a bit new, so it's hard to find good information on this. I know that I need to allow cross origin resource sharing on my server side pages, but this clearly adds a security flaw. On a phonegap/cordova app, I only have client-side control with ajax calls to my server-side page. This means that... | 2016/03/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35815261",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3822526/"
] | I answered your question, and many others like it, in this blog post: [Client authenticity is not the server's problem](https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/03/client-authenticity-is-not-server-s-problem).
>
> One of the most basic rules of application security is **input validation**. The reason this rule is so fundamen... | This question is asked here every day.
What you want to do is logically impossible. There is no solution. You cannot control the client. |
2,870,686 | I use TAB and Shift-Tab in Visual Studio to indent an entire selection. This does nothing in Eclipse, and I can't seem to find another way to do it.
Update: I wasn't really paying all that much attention to this initially and did not ask the question correctly.
I now realized that it is in XML files where TAB still do... | 2010/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2870686",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/58880/"
] | ctrl + i ---> it is for making accurate indentation to a block of source code. | Go to Window Menu -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Typing and make sure the `'Tab key adjusts the indentation of the current line' checkbox is ticked. |
600,645 | I have a unity gain differential op amp, using a grounded dual supply, with both inputs AC coupled.
Does the inverting input need a dedicated path to ground or can the DC bias current find its way to ground via the power supply?
[](https://i.stack.im... | 2021/12/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/600645",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/303305/"
] | >
> *Does the inverting input need a dedicated path to ground or can the DC
> bias current find its way to ground via the power supply?*
>
>
>
If the bias current is (say) 10 nA then that flows through R3 and creates a DC error at the input to the device of 470 μV. That will also appear at the output because the D... | You're fine, the inverting input has a path for bias current through the feedback resistor, and of course the non-inverting input has the resistor to ground.
Both inputs have a dc path to ground, which is the important consideration. |
600,645 | I have a unity gain differential op amp, using a grounded dual supply, with both inputs AC coupled.
Does the inverting input need a dedicated path to ground or can the DC bias current find its way to ground via the power supply?
[](https://i.stack.im... | 2021/12/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/600645",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/303305/"
] | You're fine, the inverting input has a path for bias current through the feedback resistor, and of course the non-inverting input has the resistor to ground.
Both inputs have a dc path to ground, which is the important consideration. | The best way to understand and explain circuits in an intuitive way is to show where currents flow (see [my Codidact paper 1](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284816)) and what voltages are in circuits ([my Codidact paper 2](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284860)).
Here the OP is interested in where the in... |
600,645 | I have a unity gain differential op amp, using a grounded dual supply, with both inputs AC coupled.
Does the inverting input need a dedicated path to ground or can the DC bias current find its way to ground via the power supply?
[](https://i.stack.im... | 2021/12/16 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/600645",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/303305/"
] | >
> *Does the inverting input need a dedicated path to ground or can the DC
> bias current find its way to ground via the power supply?*
>
>
>
If the bias current is (say) 10 nA then that flows through R3 and creates a DC error at the input to the device of 470 μV. That will also appear at the output because the D... | The best way to understand and explain circuits in an intuitive way is to show where currents flow (see [my Codidact paper 1](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284816)) and what voltages are in circuits ([my Codidact paper 2](https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/284860)).
Here the OP is interested in where the in... |
405,341 | I saw a user who asked this question [i wanna know more this Fibonacci's operating Principles](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66270493/i-wanna-know-more-this-fibonaccis-operating-principles#66270493) who then voted to close his own question.
What results from a person closing their own question rather than just d... | 2021/02/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/405341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2159528/"
] | This post has an answer [When is it OK to delete your own question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/281849/when-is-it-ok-to-delete-your-own-question) that has some good points about not deleting a question.
Rather than automatically trigger a delete instead offer that as an option should a person try to clos... | Guiding users to delete content sounds like a bad idea.
I don't think there is serious misunderstanding of what "close" and "delete" mean even for new users and I'm pretty sure number of "self-close" vote is very small to deserve any additional work even if there is some value in it (I'm not interested in the exact nu... |
405,341 | I saw a user who asked this question [i wanna know more this Fibonacci's operating Principles](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66270493/i-wanna-know-more-this-fibonaccis-operating-principles#66270493) who then voted to close his own question.
What results from a person closing their own question rather than just d... | 2021/02/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/405341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2159528/"
] | This post has an answer [When is it OK to delete your own question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/281849/when-is-it-ok-to-delete-your-own-question) that has some good points about not deleting a question.
Rather than automatically trigger a delete instead offer that as an option should a person try to clos... | I think, no - if the user has the intent to delete the question, but he can not, it has a reason (mostly, to not lose the work of the answerers). If the user has no intent to delete his question, but wants to close it on some reason, then he gets his vote to close it.
I think, what could be done better:
1. Users migh... |
405,341 | I saw a user who asked this question [i wanna know more this Fibonacci's operating Principles](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66270493/i-wanna-know-more-this-fibonaccis-operating-principles#66270493) who then voted to close his own question.
What results from a person closing their own question rather than just d... | 2021/02/19 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/405341",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/2159528/"
] | Guiding users to delete content sounds like a bad idea.
I don't think there is serious misunderstanding of what "close" and "delete" mean even for new users and I'm pretty sure number of "self-close" vote is very small to deserve any additional work even if there is some value in it (I'm not interested in the exact nu... | I think, no - if the user has the intent to delete the question, but he can not, it has a reason (mostly, to not lose the work of the answerers). If the user has no intent to delete his question, but wants to close it on some reason, then he gets his vote to close it.
I think, what could be done better:
1. Users migh... |
30,031,388 | I'd like to know about other patterns that could be more efficient than the use of factories. | 2015/05/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30031388",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4333314/"
] | You could use a memory pool, the boost one is pretty good:
<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/pool/doc/html/boost_pool/pool.html>
And every client could configure the maximum size of the pool.
Allocations and deallocations will be really fast,and you will drop your factory implementation | Measure first. If you haven't proved that your allocator is a performance problem then you shouldn't optimize it away. Your solution to not free memory back may in fact perform worse (e.g., if you're using a simple free-list, you might be spending a lot of time on cache misses when you traverse the list).
If memory al... |
105,239 | Creating a character to do an animation but have been very unsuccessful in getting clothes to act like they are on the character. Created him in Make Human. Exported with just s shirt on so I could use that to make his robe/gown. Copied shirt and created gown. Tried many videos and even though none were that similar to... | 2018/03/29 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/105239",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/54502/"
] | Array modifiers will duplicate the uv of the original mesh so any texture you are using on the base mesh will automatically duplicate it over to the array. If you are wanting for each segment to have its own individual texture then you will have to apply the modifier first before you can make adjustments individually. | Once the array has been applied, unwrap using Follow Active Quads and then arrange the resultant UV map (by positioning, rotating, scaling the entire island) so that one ‘face’ is scaled and positioned to fit the whole image. This should result in the image repeating identically for each face. |
33,641 | What constitutes a Streak Bonus? This is in relation to obtaining the Combat Efficiency Ribbon, which states that you have to obtain 3 Streak Bonuses in a round. | 2011/10/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/33641",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | Combat Efficiency Ribbon
500 XP Bonus. Get 3 Kill Streaks in one round. To get a streak, you need to kill 8 times in a row without dying yourself. Get 3 Kill Streaks of 8 to unlock this ribbon, try playing on infantry heavy maps to increase your chances early on.
Per <http://www.gamefront.com/battlefield-3-ribbons-gu... | After 5 kills without dying, every 3rd thereafter is considered to extend the 'streak'.
Thus, to get three in a row, it would be 14 kills. (5 +3 +3 +3 = 14) |
33,641 | What constitutes a Streak Bonus? This is in relation to obtaining the Combat Efficiency Ribbon, which states that you have to obtain 3 Streak Bonuses in a round. | 2011/10/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/33641",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/306/"
] | The wording on the bonus is really silly (same goes for the Nemesis ribbon). Once you get 5 kills, you're considered to be a on Combat Efficiency streak. Your 6th kill gives you a 1 streak bonus, 7th kill gives you 2 streak bonus and 8th gives you a 3 streak bonus and hence the ribbon.
It is possible to get multiple r... | Combat Efficiency Ribbon
500 XP Bonus. Get 3 Kill Streaks in one round. To get a streak, you need to kill 8 times in a row without dying yourself. Get 3 Kill Streaks of 8 to unlock this ribbon, try playing on infantry heavy maps to increase your chances early on.
Per <http://www.gamefront.com/battlefield-3-ribbons-gu... |
33,641 | What constitutes a Streak Bonus? This is in relation to obtaining the Combat Efficiency Ribbon, which states that you have to obtain 3 Streak Bonuses in a round. | 2011/10/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/33641",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/306/"
] | The wording on the bonus is really silly (same goes for the Nemesis ribbon). Once you get 5 kills, you're considered to be a on Combat Efficiency streak. Your 6th kill gives you a 1 streak bonus, 7th kill gives you 2 streak bonus and 8th gives you a 3 streak bonus and hence the ribbon.
It is possible to get multiple r... | After 5 kills without dying, every 3rd thereafter is considered to extend the 'streak'.
Thus, to get three in a row, it would be 14 kills. (5 +3 +3 +3 = 14) |
315,796 | I intend to setup a samba share server that all user can write files to but they can not delete files was put in that folder.
Which configuration is suitable for me!
Thanks in advanced! | 2011/09/27 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/315796",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/9401/"
] | The user needs to have the linux file system rwx permissions on the directory the file is in, to be able to delete files in the directory.
You can achieve this by default in a few different ways, for new files one method is the use of default create masks so all new files and folders will have the correct linux file s... | As far as I know it isn't done with samba, but with linux. You should assign the sticky flag to the main share directory with chmod. For example, if you're sharing /home/foo you should execute "chmod +t /home/foo/".
Also I suggest to use the linux ACL system or the default creation mask in samba configuration to propa... |
54,972 | I bought a tablet Samsung Nexus 10, it came with latest Android 4.3 installed. Android 4.2 and higher supports multiple user accounts which is awesome.
My question is, if let's say I have Facebook application installed on two accounts, does it install it two times (taking 2x place necessary) or is it efficient and it ... | 2013/10/12 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54972",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/43182/"
] | The second user will have to explicitly install the wanted app (in your example: Facebook) – as otherwise all accounts' app drawers would be cluttered with a bunch of apps not wanted by everybody, except for those who installed them. But if the app already had been installed before by another account, it will rather be... | You can install facebook once and log in with different user/pwd to have different setting for different account |
54,972 | I bought a tablet Samsung Nexus 10, it came with latest Android 4.3 installed. Android 4.2 and higher supports multiple user accounts which is awesome.
My question is, if let's say I have Facebook application installed on two accounts, does it install it two times (taking 2x place necessary) or is it efficient and it ... | 2013/10/12 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/54972",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/43182/"
] | The second user will have to explicitly install the wanted app (in your example: Facebook) – as otherwise all accounts' app drawers would be cluttered with a bunch of apps not wanted by everybody, except for those who installed them. But if the app already had been installed before by another account, it will rather be... | A couple of points for those swinging in from Google..
Uninstalling an app in one user account doesn't remove it from the other, unless you use Titanium or similar, in which case it is GONE.
If you install an app at the Play Store web site, it installs into the *primary* user "desktop", even if you are logged into an... |
14,790,137 | I'd really like to use case classes' copy feature in my project, but unfortunately I also need inheritance, which doesn't work well with case classes.
So, I'm wondering if it's possible to write a macro which will generate a method for creating copy-with-changes object for an arbitrary class. What stops me there at ... | 2013/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14790137",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2052791/"
] | That will be possible with type macros and/or annotation macros. The current macros do not support this.
Do look at lenses work, though. There's quite a few macro-based versions around, such as Shapeless. | You could also take a look at <https://github.com/dicarlo2/ScalaEquals> |
170,286 | A changeling's Change Appearance states:
>
> You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this trait to become quadrupedal, for instance.
>
>
>
But seeing that with a druid's Wild Shape can change you into a creature that i... | 2020/06/11 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/170286",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/45589/"
] | According to RAW, you can't Change Appearance while Wild Shaped
===============================================================
The rules for Wild Shape states concerning racial features is:
>
> You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them *if the new form is physica... | It is at the GM's discretion.
=============================
The rules are somewhat unclear on this. While it is rather clear that *basic shape* was meant to refer to the changeling's, the part you cite somewhat contradicts this, by suggesting that a transformation quadruped -> quadruped works, especially so, since a c... |
170,286 | A changeling's Change Appearance states:
>
> You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this trait to become quadrupedal, for instance.
>
>
>
But seeing that with a druid's Wild Shape can change you into a creature that i... | 2020/06/11 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/170286",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/45589/"
] | It is at the GM's discretion.
=============================
The rules are somewhat unclear on this. While it is rather clear that *basic shape* was meant to refer to the changeling's, the part you cite somewhat contradicts this, by suggesting that a transformation quadruped -> quadruped works, especially so, since a c... | I would argue that there is no restriction from a Changeling using Shapechanger while in Wild Shape.
If the verbiage that is italicized above is relevant, then it would also prevent the druid from using a second use of Wild Shape while in a wild shape form, and it has already been clarified that this is possible:
[http... |
170,286 | A changeling's Change Appearance states:
>
> You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this trait to become quadrupedal, for instance.
>
>
>
But seeing that with a druid's Wild Shape can change you into a creature that i... | 2020/06/11 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/170286",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/45589/"
] | According to RAW, you can't Change Appearance while Wild Shaped
===============================================================
The rules for Wild Shape states concerning racial features is:
>
> You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them *if the new form is physica... | I would argue that there is no restriction from a Changeling using Shapechanger while in Wild Shape.
If the verbiage that is italicized above is relevant, then it would also prevent the druid from using a second use of Wild Shape while in a wild shape form, and it has already been clarified that this is possible:
[http... |
3,446,208 | I have just started web development.I want to make a screen to do basic add modify and delete operation.
The screen I've designed will have 3 tabs which will be add , display and delete.When I click on any of this tab a sub-screen should open for doing the operation accordingly. Another I thing I want to do is , I've a... | 2010/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3446208",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/415477/"
] | Follow this tutorial on ASP.NET MVC to get started in ASP.NET web development.
<http://nerddinnerbook.s3.amazonaws.com/Intro.htm>
The tutorial will show you how to create a database for your application and how to interact with it in code. It shows how to create views (web pages) and actions for Add, Read, Update and... | Hmmm... Controls to use. How about a [FormView](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.formview.aspx) or [DetailsView](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.detailsview.aspx), possibly a [DataGrid](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.d... |
511,214 | I'm looking for a word to refer to the visual appearance of a word only. I'll use an example to help explain what I mean:
"bow" can refer to the action of bowing to someone, or to a bow that I add when wrapping a gift. "bow" and "bow" are homographs because they are spelled the same way, though they have different mea... | 2019/09/11 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/511214",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/57530/"
] | *bow* is a "string", to start with.
We are looking at "meaningful strings" in the context of the English language.
A "meaningful string" *can* have more than one meaning.
To be precise we could say a "meaningful character string". | Homograph is what you want:
>
> What are homonyms, homophones, and homographs?
> Homonym can be troublesome because it may refer to three distinct classes of words. Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings, such as to, too, and two. Or they may be words with both ident... |
20,758,380 | I have some images that I want to use in my application ( 150 - 200 of them ).
What's the best place to store them?
* assets folder
* drawable
* why there | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20758380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/677024/"
] | if you must put these images into your application pack, choose drawable that images will be compressed.
if you can download when required, store them in sd card is recommend. | You should read the Android article about [Supporting Different Screen Sizes](http://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/screensizes.html), they show you the benefits of using the Android frame work for that task. If you wish to use assets folder or other solutions like dynamically download the images from your ... |
20,758,380 | I have some images that I want to use in my application ( 150 - 200 of them ).
What's the best place to store them?
* assets folder
* drawable
* why there | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20758380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/677024/"
] | **I don't think so there is bit difference in performance of using these two folders**, I think using drawable folder you can get easily images (All will be indexed in the R file, which makes it much faster (and much easier!) to load them.), and If you want to use it from asset then you have to use AssetManager then us... | if you must put these images into your application pack, choose drawable that images will be compressed.
if you can download when required, store them in sd card is recommend. |
20,758,380 | I have some images that I want to use in my application ( 150 - 200 of them ).
What's the best place to store them?
* assets folder
* drawable
* why there | 2013/12/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20758380",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/677024/"
] | **I don't think so there is bit difference in performance of using these two folders**, I think using drawable folder you can get easily images (All will be indexed in the R file, which makes it much faster (and much easier!) to load them.), and If you want to use it from asset then you have to use AssetManager then us... | You should read the Android article about [Supporting Different Screen Sizes](http://developer.android.com/training/multiscreen/screensizes.html), they show you the benefits of using the Android frame work for that task. If you wish to use assets folder or other solutions like dynamically download the images from your ... |
148,433 | I am looking for a way to replace my phone as a 2FA method. U2F is not universally supported. Most services that I use support TOTP (Google Authenticator), and so I thought the Yubikey would support loading the TOTP secret and, upon press of a button, somehow detect the web site I am on, generate the code, and enter it... | 2017/01/15 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/148433",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/57381/"
] | The hardware token detects the website you're on, generates an appropriate code, and submits it directly without the user typing anything? That sounds a lot like u2f.
The reason why you don't see this offered is the same reason why only a few sites support u2f: it would require the browser to interact directly with th... | @tylerl is not completely right here. (Especially since U2F requires additional software ;-)
The yubikey can work independently of the any driver and any website. So the yubikey will not detect a website, if not in U2F mode.
A full blown yubikey has the following modes:
* PGP
* U2F
* AES yubico mode
* HOTP
* Challeng... |
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