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116,283 | I am an editor for a trade publication with 40 years of experience in journalism. The company wants me to take a job on the events side, writing content, helping with organization, moderating panels, archiving video. They haven’t called it a promotion but it would clearly be more intense work and involve traveling to c... | 2018/07/21 | [
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] | * Inform you manager about the Verbatim copies of code from the Internet, and tell that you see a potential legal liability there
* Explicitly state in commit messages which of his commits you fixed
* Your manager listened to you once, so the next time a huge and messy commit comes which breaks something working and co... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
116,283 | I am an editor for a trade publication with 40 years of experience in journalism. The company wants me to take a job on the events side, writing content, helping with organization, moderating panels, archiving video. They haven’t called it a promotion but it would clearly be more intense work and involve traveling to c... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | You are playing well above your pay grade. Let your manager manage your colleague. An outcome like "the project got finished but wasn't great, one of the interns worked hard but the other was a nightmare" is common as dirt in this industry.
Do the tasks your manager has assigned to you. When you're out of tasks, go a... | Since you are using a versioning system: Fix one bug in his code and check the fix into the versioning system. Then fix another bug and check the fix into the versioning system. And so on. So when you need evidence you point your boss to the versioning system, which contains your name 99 times and his name once.
(In a... |
116,283 | I am an editor for a trade publication with 40 years of experience in journalism. The company wants me to take a job on the events side, writing content, helping with organization, moderating panels, archiving video. They haven’t called it a promotion but it would clearly be more intense work and involve traveling to c... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90496/"
] | You are playing well above your pay grade. Let your manager manage your colleague. An outcome like "the project got finished but wasn't great, one of the interns worked hard but the other was a nightmare" is common as dirt in this industry.
Do the tasks your manager has assigned to you. When you're out of tasks, go a... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
116,283 | I am an editor for a trade publication with 40 years of experience in journalism. The company wants me to take a job on the events side, writing content, helping with organization, moderating panels, archiving video. They haven’t called it a promotion but it would clearly be more intense work and involve traveling to c... | 2018/07/21 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/116283",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/90496/"
] | Since you are using a versioning system: Fix one bug in his code and check the fix into the versioning system. Then fix another bug and check the fix into the versioning system. And so on. So when you need evidence you point your boss to the versioning system, which contains your name 99 times and his name once.
(In a... | As other recommend, I would ask somebody higher up if I could start CCing him in all your exchanges besides documenting everything in a source code system.
Obviously, if you working for the two, your colleague does not need to do it. However, it seems a bit odd he taking such a relaxed stance of missing so many hours... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | An alternative would be to show clearly that particular answers were written **before** the original question was edited, for example:
>
> This answer is for a previous version of this question. *Click here* to
> notify the user if their answer is no longer relevant.
>
>
>
Another option is to display an alert t... | This seems like a highly requested feature, and still doesn't have enough ROI.
**Why?**
1. **We like notification, not spam**. which one of those two is more likely to happen? well it depends on the quality of the feature. Users with thousands of posts may have to either spend a lot of time to manage subscriptions,... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | An alternative would be to show clearly that particular answers were written **before** the original question was edited, for example:
>
> This answer is for a previous version of this question. *Click here* to
> notify the user if their answer is no longer relevant.
>
>
>
Another option is to display an alert t... | Simply sending everyone a reminder each time a question is updated, will be a cure that is worse than the original problem. Most of the time I answer a question, it gets edited later (often several times). And of these edits, 9 out of 10 will not invalidate the existing answers.
All in all I agree that it is annoying ... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | I've had similar [experiences to Cletus](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322/notify-us-when-the-question-has-been-edited-after-posting-an-answer/2324#2324) where the answer I posted was the first and correct, but over time the question changes and all of a sudden you can get hammered because you were unable t... | I currently have a large number of posts bookmarked so I can monitor them. In each case, I have posted an answer based on what I thought the OP wanted. However, the question was interpreted differently by other posters.
Of course, I could have waited for the OP to clarify the question before answering. However, I have... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | An alternative would be to show clearly that particular answers were written **before** the original question was edited, for example:
>
> This answer is for a previous version of this question. *Click here* to
> notify the user if their answer is no longer relevant.
>
>
>
Another option is to display an alert t... | Wrong solution because you are trying to address the wrong problem.
Changing the question out from under good answers is simply **rude** and should be discouraged. I wrote an [expansive version of this argument](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49821/when-editing-the-question-option-to-notify-all-answer-autho... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | This is a good suggestion. I've been downvoted before simply because the question was edited changing the validity of my answer. Most people tend to realize this is whats happened but some don't. It would be good if there were such a notification so you could modify or delete your answer, as appropriate. | I've had similar [experiences to Cletus](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322/notify-us-when-the-question-has-been-edited-after-posting-an-answer/2324#2324) where the answer I posted was the first and correct, but over time the question changes and all of a sudden you can get hammered because you were unable t... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | An alternative would be to show clearly that particular answers were written **before** the original question was edited, for example:
>
> This answer is for a previous version of this question. *Click here* to
> notify the user if their answer is no longer relevant.
>
>
>
Another option is to display an alert t... | I currently have a large number of posts bookmarked so I can monitor them. In each case, I have posted an answer based on what I thought the OP wanted. However, the question was interpreted differently by other posters.
Of course, I could have waited for the OP to clarify the question before answering. However, I have... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | I've had similar [experiences to Cletus](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322/notify-us-when-the-question-has-been-edited-after-posting-an-answer/2324#2324) where the answer I posted was the first and correct, but over time the question changes and all of a sudden you can get hammered because you were unable t... | This seems like a highly requested feature, and still doesn't have enough ROI.
**Why?**
1. **We like notification, not spam**. which one of those two is more likely to happen? well it depends on the quality of the feature. Users with thousands of posts may have to either spend a lot of time to manage subscriptions,... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | Wrong solution because you are trying to address the wrong problem.
Changing the question out from under good answers is simply **rude** and should be discouraged. I wrote an [expansive version of this argument](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/49821/when-editing-the-question-option-to-notify-all-answer-autho... | This seems like a highly requested feature, and still doesn't have enough ROI.
**Why?**
1. **We like notification, not spam**. which one of those two is more likely to happen? well it depends on the quality of the feature. Users with thousands of posts may have to either spend a lot of time to manage subscriptions,... |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | An alternative would be to show clearly that particular answers were written **before** the original question was edited, for example:
>
> This answer is for a previous version of this question. *Click here* to
> notify the user if their answer is no longer relevant.
>
>
>
Another option is to display an alert t... | We are not going to implement automatic notifications on edits after you post an answer. If you would like to opt-in to notifications for this, please use the [follow post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345661/51) feature. |
2,322 | Consider this situation. I post a legitimate and correct answer to a question and receive a few upvotes. Then the OP realizes that's not what they wanted to ask, and significantly rewrites the question, rendering my answer irrelevant and useless. Ideally the OP would comment on every answer saying "check my edit" but *... | 2009/07/04 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2322",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/44853/"
] | This is a good suggestion. I've been downvoted before simply because the question was edited changing the validity of my answer. Most people tend to realize this is whats happened but some don't. It would be good if there were such a notification so you could modify or delete your answer, as appropriate. | We are not going to implement automatic notifications on edits after you post an answer. If you would like to opt-in to notifications for this, please use the [follow post](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345661/51) feature. |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
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] | Actually, the *Hunter x Hunter* wiki [addresses this](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_confusion), and is quite accurate in its assessment, though the references cite the wrong volumes (but correct chapters).
>
> There is considerable confusion about Alluka's gender. Two of Alluka's brothers,... | He is physically a male, and mentally female. It is the reason why Killua referred to him as "she". This is stated in the databooks and also by the canon writers. So in other words, Alluka is transgendered. Though, I believe people have the right to think of him as whatever they like, male or female. |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | Actually, the *Hunter x Hunter* wiki [addresses this](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_confusion), and is quite accurate in its assessment, though the references cite the wrong volumes (but correct chapters).
>
> There is considerable confusion about Alluka's gender. Two of Alluka's brothers,... | Alluka is male. He just dresses like a girl.
From [Alluka](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_Ambiguity) article on Hunter x Hunter Wiki (emphasis mine):
>
> There is conflicting information regarding Alluka's gender.
>
>
> **The official data book lists Alluka's gender as male**, and two of... |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | Actually, the *Hunter x Hunter* wiki [addresses this](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_confusion), and is quite accurate in its assessment, though the references cite the wrong volumes (but correct chapters).
>
> There is considerable confusion about Alluka's gender. Two of Alluka's brothers,... | I've always played with two theories:
1. It could be the case that the family refer to Alluka as male to distance themselves from her, denying the fact that she's female to dehumanize her, or to further disassociate her from the family in some way.
2. Or it could very well be that, as Alluka's exact origin is unknown,... |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | Actually, the *Hunter x Hunter* wiki [addresses this](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_confusion), and is quite accurate in its assessment, though the references cite the wrong volumes (but correct chapters).
>
> There is considerable confusion about Alluka's gender. Two of Alluka's brothers,... | Here is my assumption: When Alluka was born, her mother didn't take care of her, she let the butlers to take care of her (like bathing her, etc), and because their mother always thought that all her children must be male, so she thinks that Alluka is male too, especially because she is cold to her and never bathe her, ... |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | Alluka is male. He just dresses like a girl.
From [Alluka](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_Ambiguity) article on Hunter x Hunter Wiki (emphasis mine):
>
> There is conflicting information regarding Alluka's gender.
>
>
> **The official data book lists Alluka's gender as male**, and two of... | He is physically a male, and mentally female. It is the reason why Killua referred to him as "she". This is stated in the databooks and also by the canon writers. So in other words, Alluka is transgendered. Though, I believe people have the right to think of him as whatever they like, male or female. |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | I've always played with two theories:
1. It could be the case that the family refer to Alluka as male to distance themselves from her, denying the fact that she's female to dehumanize her, or to further disassociate her from the family in some way.
2. Or it could very well be that, as Alluka's exact origin is unknown,... | He is physically a male, and mentally female. It is the reason why Killua referred to him as "she". This is stated in the databooks and also by the canon writers. So in other words, Alluka is transgendered. Though, I believe people have the right to think of him as whatever they like, male or female. |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | Alluka is male. He just dresses like a girl.
From [Alluka](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Alluka_Zoldyck#Gender_Ambiguity) article on Hunter x Hunter Wiki (emphasis mine):
>
> There is conflicting information regarding Alluka's gender.
>
>
> **The official data book lists Alluka's gender as male**, and two of... | Here is my assumption: When Alluka was born, her mother didn't take care of her, she let the butlers to take care of her (like bathing her, etc), and because their mother always thought that all her children must be male, so she thinks that Alluka is male too, especially because she is cold to her and never bathe her, ... |
14,334 | In the anime *Hunter x Hunter*, Alluka Zoldyck is considered as a girl by Killua, shown when they leave their estate and were accompanied by four butlers. Killua shouted to Gotoh and said that he needs a female butler to join them because Alluka is a girl.
However, I am confused because Milluki address Alluka as a bro... | 2014/10/08 | [
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14334",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com",
"https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2309/"
] | I've always played with two theories:
1. It could be the case that the family refer to Alluka as male to distance themselves from her, denying the fact that she's female to dehumanize her, or to further disassociate her from the family in some way.
2. Or it could very well be that, as Alluka's exact origin is unknown,... | Here is my assumption: When Alluka was born, her mother didn't take care of her, she let the butlers to take care of her (like bathing her, etc), and because their mother always thought that all her children must be male, so she thinks that Alluka is male too, especially because she is cold to her and never bathe her, ... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | From my experience, beginning players (who start from not knowing how to read music at all) will play hands separately and then put them together. After you've gotten over some of the initial difficulty of just reading the music, I believe it's encouraged universally to learn/practice both at once. Of course, you can p... | There are some beginning piano books that help one get the hang of integrating the two hands. Here's what a piece in such a book might look like:
A melody is presented that straddles middle C. (The hands are in the basic position where both thumbs play middle C.) As the melody goes above middle C, the right hand becom... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | When I first started learning piano I also used to practice one hand at a time. I think it is important because then in the end it's all about coordination and if you want your hands to be well coordinated you first need each hand to know what it has to do.
Putting it all together is then a completely different story, ... | I cannot gauge your piano level very well, but if you are having difficulties playing both hands at the same time, then the piece is may be too difficult for your level.
For piano players that are beyond the elementary level, I believe most players usually start learning the song both hands at the same time. This doe... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's very normal to have issues playing with both hands at first, but if you're finding yourself completely unable to do so at all, then maybe you're attempting to play music that's too hard for you. This is a common problem for people that have significant experience on one instrument and then start another. It feels ... | That depends on the piece sometimes. My old teacher used to say practice one separately until you've got it down then "see" them together. Honestly, I'd recommend practicing one measure at a time by repeating one until you've got it and then move on. Lastly, play from the beginning after a few measures to smooth over a... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | When I was taking piano lessons I learned each piece three times: Once with the right hand, once with the left hand, and the third time putting both together. After a while, the third "learning" came a lot more quickly, and after a few years I would start to slowly sight read both parts together.
Today I will still pr... | From my experience, beginning players (who start from not knowing how to read music at all) will play hands separately and then put them together. After you've gotten over some of the initial difficulty of just reading the music, I believe it's encouraged universally to learn/practice both at once. Of course, you can p... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | When I was taking piano lessons I learned each piece three times: Once with the right hand, once with the left hand, and the third time putting both together. After a while, the third "learning" came a lot more quickly, and after a few years I would start to slowly sight read both parts together.
Today I will still pr... | That depends on the piece sometimes. My old teacher used to say practice one separately until you've got it down then "see" them together. Honestly, I'd recommend practicing one measure at a time by repeating one until you've got it and then move on. Lastly, play from the beginning after a few measures to smooth over a... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
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] | When I was taking piano lessons I learned each piece three times: Once with the right hand, once with the left hand, and the third time putting both together. After a while, the third "learning" came a lot more quickly, and after a few years I would start to slowly sight read both parts together.
Today I will still pr... | I have never heard of one-handed practice actually being *harmful* for any piece of music, nor that it might teach you something you would later have to unlearn.
Slow practice and one-handed practice have both been essential to me on the piano, (although separating the limbs doesn't seem to help me on drums, interesti... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | When I was taking piano lessons I learned each piece three times: Once with the right hand, once with the left hand, and the third time putting both together. After a while, the third "learning" came a lot more quickly, and after a few years I would start to slowly sight read both parts together.
Today I will still pr... | I generally only practice certain passages one hand at a time, typically when I'm having trouble with something in one of the hands. The more general rule is to isolate technical difficulties and work on them, which sometimes means working only one hand. I especially do this when I'm working out what fingering to use o... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | The mantra in learning piano is: "start slowly." How slow is slow? So slow you are unable to make mistakes, and then a little slower than that.
Invariably when I have to choose a speed at which I think I can't make a mistake, at first I think: "come on, this is ridiculous!, of course I can't make a mistake"... and the... | I cannot gauge your piano level very well, but if you are having difficulties playing both hands at the same time, then the piece is may be too difficult for your level.
For piano players that are beyond the elementary level, I believe most players usually start learning the song both hands at the same time. This doe... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | When I first started learning piano I also used to practice one hand at a time. I think it is important because then in the end it's all about coordination and if you want your hands to be well coordinated you first need each hand to know what it has to do.
Putting it all together is then a completely different story, ... | I have never heard of one-handed practice actually being *harmful* for any piece of music, nor that it might teach you something you would later have to unlearn.
Slow practice and one-handed practice have both been essential to me on the piano, (although separating the limbs doesn't seem to help me on drums, interesti... |
39,871 | I've started to teach myself how to play the piano, and one of the difficulties I've found is trying to get both hands to do things at once. I either forget one hand entirely, or have one hand trying to mimic the other.
This reminded me of many years ago when I was taught to play the viola. For many weeks, we did not... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/39871",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/24978/"
] | It's very normal to have issues playing with both hands at first, but if you're finding yourself completely unable to do so at all, then maybe you're attempting to play music that's too hard for you. This is a common problem for people that have significant experience on one instrument and then start another. It feels ... | Independence of both hands can be practiced by exercises of kinesiology e.g. cross-crawl.
There are many helpful links:
<https://www.holistic-reflexology.co.uk/cross-crawl.html>
A good exercise will also be to tap with one hand on your head while drawing circles with the other hand on your breast.
Every rhythm prac... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | Let's think about this:
**Either the company was shockingly incompetent in hiring you or intentionally misleading**. Despite having accountants, solicitors, and an HR department, they apparently did not figure out the cost of employing you before offering you a written contract? That is quite a mistake to make, but I ... | I am not a lawyer. **You need a lawyer.** The legalities in the UK of unilaterally changing a contract of employment are complex. The UK is not the US, and employment is not generally "at-will".
Changing a contract you have agreed to on day one, with no notice at all, is certainly bad practice and [probably illegal in... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | >
> they added a new clause where the company might sue me to hell and back if they find it appropriate
>
>
>
That's a contract that I might be disinclined to sign.
For example as an employee I wouldn't expect to be *sued* if someone finds a fault in software that I've written (because I expect them to test it to... | At first sight it looks like there is a good legal case against the USA Company. However UK employment law gives very little protection to someone until they have been in a job for some time. Assuming the notice period on the employment offer was 1 month, the most you are likely to win from the company in a legal case ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | As you've already pushed back on the T&Cs for the consultant role, it sounds like what you've got is pretty much their final offer, so it's now up to you to decide what you want to do. You've got three options:
* Take the consultant role, with the intention of staying in the role long-term.
* Take the consultant role,... | * I would find it hard to work for that company after these events. So forcing yourself into it should probably not be what you want.
* The issue is pretty clear; they stepped out of the contract on day 1. What does your contract say about how that works? Does it have a clause where they have to keep you on for at leas... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | Let's think about this:
**Either the company was shockingly incompetent in hiring you or intentionally misleading**. Despite having accountants, solicitors, and an HR department, they apparently did not figure out the cost of employing you before offering you a written contract? That is quite a mistake to make, but I ... | You can start your one-man limited liability company in the UK and use it to maximise your income by being tax-efficient.
Instead of a monthly salary, you would agree on a daily rate. I'd say that £100 gross daily rate (that is you pay all your cost, taxes, etc out of that rate) is equivalent to about £15,000 annual ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | As you've already pushed back on the T&Cs for the consultant role, it sounds like what you've got is pretty much their final offer, so it's now up to you to decide what you want to do. You've got three options:
* Take the consultant role, with the intention of staying in the role long-term.
* Take the consultant role,... | Have they increased the monetary value of their offer now they are asking you to be a contractor? Being self employed means that you lose the benefits of having an employer: you will need to pay your own employer's national insurance and you won't get holiday or sick pay, etc. etc.
As a rule of thumb, as a contractor ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | Tell them that **this is not what you signed up for**. They have gone back on your agreement and violated your contract, before you've even started work. Say **you regretfully must decline to work with them**.
And when they come back at you with nonsense about how you've signed a contract, remind them what that contra... | At first sight it looks like there is a good legal case against the USA Company. However UK employment law gives very little protection to someone until they have been in a job for some time. Assuming the notice period on the employment offer was 1 month, the most you are likely to win from the company in a legal case ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | Tell them that **this is not what you signed up for**. They have gone back on your agreement and violated your contract, before you've even started work. Say **you regretfully must decline to work with them**.
And when they come back at you with nonsense about how you've signed a contract, remind them what that contra... | Have they increased the monetary value of their offer now they are asking you to be a contractor? Being self employed means that you lose the benefits of having an employer: you will need to pay your own employer's national insurance and you won't get holiday or sick pay, etc. etc.
As a rule of thumb, as a contractor ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | You can start your one-man limited liability company in the UK and use it to maximise your income by being tax-efficient.
Instead of a monthly salary, you would agree on a daily rate. I'd say that £100 gross daily rate (that is you pay all your cost, taxes, etc out of that rate) is equivalent to about £15,000 annual ... | Have they increased the monetary value of their offer now they are asking you to be a contractor? Being self employed means that you lose the benefits of having an employer: you will need to pay your own employer's national insurance and you won't get holiday or sick pay, etc. etc.
As a rule of thumb, as a contractor ... |
66,520 | I was offered a job by a US software company.
On my first day at work they told me they couldn't actually hire me for legal and technical reasons.
So, now they want me to be a consultant and to become self-employed.
I had plans to buy a house in UK soon, and now I won't be able to do it unless I provide at least 24 m... | 2016/05/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/66520",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/49496/"
] | >
> they added a new clause where the company might sue me to hell and back if they find it appropriate
>
>
>
That's a contract that I might be disinclined to sign.
For example as an employee I wouldn't expect to be *sued* if someone finds a fault in software that I've written (because I expect them to test it to... | The contract appears to be a bait-and-switch, in that they tempted you away from your previous employment with a very generous sum, only to rescind said contract after you accepted, which I believe violates good faith in terms of legality, and certainly illegal.
Now they have you in an unfavourable situation, they wil... |
1,570 | While related to [an early discussion on retro gaming](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/433/what-defines-retro-gaming), this isn't the same.
I noticed a question got retagged to [old-games](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/old-games "show questions tagged 'old-games'"), which investigat... | 2010/12/27 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1570",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Personally I think the tag should be removed entirely, since I don't find it very useful to filter on anything and it would require extensive maintenance in the years to come. If we do manage to stick a definition on it, say "games that came out 15 years ago", then past a certain point in time we'll have to go back and... | I have always thought of this tag as "Games that no longer natively run on modern hardware/operative systems or need compatibility tweaking to run properly," for use in questions that deal with said compatibility settings and/or emulation techniques and/or future proofing. |
414,471 | I run AVG Antivirus (version 8.5, I believe). Now I want to install "Dragon Naturally Speaking", a speech recognition software. During installation I'm told that I need to temporarily disable my antivirus. How do I temporarily disable it? | 2012/04/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/414471",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/129190/"
] | As @Eroen already said, this might not be necessary.
Most programs install just fine with the antivirus enabled. If they don't, either the installer or the antivirus is poorly written.
From [Disabling AVG temporarily | FAQ | AVG Worldwide](http://www.avg.com/ww-en/faq.num-3857):
>
> The AVG software protects your c... | 1. Control Panel>Administrative Tools>System Configuration
2. Click on the Startup tab
3. Uncheck AVG
4. Click restart
5. do what you need to
6. repeat 1&2
7. recheck AVG, click restart again |
499,370 | Mark Zuckerberg said, "Our mission has, really, always been to connect the world."
My questions is:
Can we say "Our mission ***is,*** really, always to connect the world"?
What's the difference between "has always been" and "is always" in this context?
Thank you for your help! | 2019/05/22 | [
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] | "has always been" means that the mission was always like this in the past.
"is always" is less emphatic about the past, and stresses the current and future mission.
If the mission were actually changing significantly, this could be made even clearer by saying "is now". | When you use: "has....to connect"
it means their mission is trying continuously to connect the world.
On the other hand,when you use:"is.....to connect"
it means their mission is made up to connect the world. |
225,377 | "For a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was." The "celebrated actor" refers, of course, to "he" (not "I"). However it seems to me the grammatical construction is wrong. By substituting the preposition "for" with "as" to read "As a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was," is now gra... | 2015/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225377",
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] | >
> For a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was.
>
>
>
This is a [perfectly acceptable use of *for* indicating a comparison](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/for#1-6), and it's pretty clear that *he* is the actor (although in theory it could refer to the *I*, in practice the ch... | In *writing*, I don't have a huge problem with your original formulation. I can't see a way to rearrange things that makes it clearer without making it more awkward.
For *conversational* English though, its way too long-winded. If I was just talking to my buds, it would be more like, "I was shocked. He's just a regula... |
225,377 | "For a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was." The "celebrated actor" refers, of course, to "he" (not "I"). However it seems to me the grammatical construction is wrong. By substituting the preposition "for" with "as" to read "As a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was," is now gra... | 2015/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225377",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/108442/"
] | >
> For a celebrated actor, I was surprised at how ordinary he was.
>
>
>
This is a [perfectly acceptable use of *for* indicating a comparison](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/for#1-6), and it's pretty clear that *he* is the actor (although in theory it could refer to the *I*, in practice the ch... | The way the sentence is written "for a celebrated actor" modifies "I", which is not the intended meaning. This is called a dangling modifier.
The following sentences avoid this ambiguity:
I was surprised that for a celebrated actor, he was pretty/rather/quite ordinary.
I was surprised that he was such an ordinary g... |
5,104,534 | Can someone explain me IntelliJ IDEA's workflow of compilation, deployment and packaging with binded maven project ?
I've encountered some misunderstanding when I'm starting tomcat server via IDEA's debug mode. For example I have one artifact - war archive.
As I understand when I'm running debug mode - IDEA recompile... | 2011/02/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5104534",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/71420/"
] | Intelli J doesn't use maven to build the project it uses its own build process. It uses the pom file as a description of the project.
This means a couple of things, if you want to build an artifact such as a war file when running in tomcat then all you have to do is tell IntelliJ to build the war in the Run/Debug Con... | I think you are looking for that.
[Maven IDEA Plugin](http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-idea-plugin/)
The IDEA Plugin is used to generate files (ipr, iml, and iws) for a project so you can work on it using the IDE, IntelliJ IDEA.
Hopes that helps |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | Probably whey you 'accidentally deleted' your project, you only deleted it from the Eclipse workspace, but not from the actual workspace folder on your hard-drive (as other people pointed out, Eclipse can arbitrarily map workspace projects to files on disk, so it is possible for a project to be 'deleted' from your Ecli... |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Make sure it is really not in workspace, also if there aren't any other projects with the same name. If not, just delete the `.metadata` folder or create a new workspace. | the problem is that when you delete a project maybe sts only close it.
Try View Menu --> uncheck closed projects
Now you will see all closed project, simply delete it. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | I get this issue from time to time. Usually I just open a new workspace but sounds like you don't want to loose other projects.
I simply open the.project file in my project and change the name of the project in name tag.
Good Luck! |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | Generally this kind of problems not occurred you can go to Project option and clean and than restart STS.
May be STS is not synched with the latest configured project. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Probably whey you 'accidentally deleted' your project, you only deleted it from the Eclipse workspace, but not from the actual workspace folder on your hard-drive (as other people pointed out, Eclipse can arbitrarily map workspace projects to files on disk, so it is possible for a project to be 'deleted' from your Ecli... | the problem is that when you delete a project maybe sts only close it.
Try View Menu --> uncheck closed projects
Now you will see all closed project, simply delete it. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | Make sure it is really not in workspace, also if there aren't any other projects with the same name. If not, just delete the `.metadata` folder or create a new workspace. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Generally this kind of problems not occurred you can go to Project option and clean and than restart STS.
May be STS is not synched with the latest configured project. | the problem is that when you delete a project maybe sts only close it.
Try View Menu --> uncheck closed projects
Now you will see all closed project, simply delete it. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | When you launch Spring Tools Suite, it will ask you to **Select directory as workspace** as below:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RAdzR.png)
If the directory you selected here (i.e., workspace directory) is the same as the directory where the project th... |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I get this issue from time to time. Usually I just open a new workspace but sounds like you don't want to loose other projects.
I simply open the.project file in my project and change the name of the project in name tag.
Good Luck! | the problem is that when you delete a project maybe sts only close it.
Try View Menu --> uncheck closed projects
Now you will see all closed project, simply delete it. |
28,507,487 | Just by a mistake I had deleted a spring project in STS.To use it back I borrowed the same project from my friend in zip format but when I tried to import it says
*Some projects cannot be imported because they already exist in the workspace*
Following is the way I tried to import
file->import->general->existing proj... | 2015/02/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/28507487",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The workspace in STS/Eclipse is not automatically the same as the file structure that you have on disc in your workspace directory. You can have projects in this workspace folder or somewhere else on disc.
To get them into your project explorer (and access them from inside STS/Eclipse), you need to import them (Import... | Check if you still have the project in folder of the workspace on disk. You may have deleted in STS, without checking 'Delete on disk'. So, the project may be still there in the workspace folder though its deleted in STS. |
11,984,312 | I am currently taking a course that gives an introduction to project planning. It is mostly about how to draw UML diagrams (blegh), but also has a few other topics.
One part in particular keeps bugging me. In the course they describe a method for going from a set of requirements to an initial class diagram, but every... | 2012/08/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11984312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/383632/"
] | I would say it's reasonable to start with a logical model that's free of implementation constraints. That logical model is not necessarily concerned with physical implementation details (e.g. whether or not to use a database, what type of database, OS / UI choice, etc.) and thus represents just "real" business domain o... | >
> When I go about designing a program, I try to identify major
> abstractions
>
>
>
Same principle in UML as well. You represent abstractions and their relationships and due to existing Visual Tools you can do a presentation of a system to stakeholders or even generate automatically stubs from your design. |
444,200 | I know that in a transformer the power is conserved on both sides, and hence there's no power amplification as such. That's fine!
But if I instead want only a voltage amplification, then choosing proper turns ratio and connecting the load across the secondary would serve my purpose. So can you consider it as voltage a... | 2019/06/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/444200",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/86971/"
] | Only for ideal transformers, power is conserved.
Real transformers have losses, which may be load dependent. So, in that case, the 'output' voltage is not the gain times the 'input' voltage.
For voltage amplifiers, you also want them to have unlimited (or at least large) current supply. This unlimited current is n... | Amplifiers typically provide input-output isolation. Changes in output energy need not require more input energy (tho the VDD rail must support the output demands)
A transformer of course does not provide isolation. |
444,200 | I know that in a transformer the power is conserved on both sides, and hence there's no power amplification as such. That's fine!
But if I instead want only a voltage amplification, then choosing proper turns ratio and connecting the load across the secondary would serve my purpose. So can you consider it as voltage a... | 2019/06/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/444200",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/86971/"
] | It's just a subtlety of the terminology. If there's no (capability of) power amplification, then we don't call it an "amplifier" even though the output voltage might be higher than the input voltage.
As others have pointed out, there are other functional differences between transformers and amplifiers, one being that ... | Amplifiers typically provide input-output isolation. Changes in output energy need not require more input energy (tho the VDD rail must support the output demands)
A transformer of course does not provide isolation. |
444,200 | I know that in a transformer the power is conserved on both sides, and hence there's no power amplification as such. That's fine!
But if I instead want only a voltage amplification, then choosing proper turns ratio and connecting the load across the secondary would serve my purpose. So can you consider it as voltage a... | 2019/06/18 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/444200",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/86971/"
] | It's just a subtlety of the terminology. If there's no (capability of) power amplification, then we don't call it an "amplifier" even though the output voltage might be higher than the input voltage.
As others have pointed out, there are other functional differences between transformers and amplifiers, one being that ... | Only for ideal transformers, power is conserved.
Real transformers have losses, which may be load dependent. So, in that case, the 'output' voltage is not the gain times the 'input' voltage.
For voltage amplifiers, you also want them to have unlimited (or at least large) current supply. This unlimited current is n... |
7,746,016 | I've been trying to make an icon that has transparency. I've tried Axialis but the documentation is crummy and the ui is somewhat inscrutable. Everytime I think I've figured out how to set transparency, it's coming in with white space.
MS documenation mentions using magenta as the background, so I also tried that and g... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7746016",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/992205/"
] | Just use GIMP (<http://www.gimp.org/>). Start off with a transparent background and the size you would like. I use it for all my Android applications. | Try Evan Old's plugin for Paint.NET. YMMV.
<http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/927-icon-cursor-and-animated-cursor-format-v37-may-2010/page-1> |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes that don't invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* | Rule changes that invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes that don't invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* | Rule changes in comments are equally valid as those that have been edited into the actual post.
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | In support of allowing rule changes that invalidate existing answers
====================================================================
**Closing loopholes**
Suppose you've posted a [fastest-code](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fastest-code "show questions tagged 'fastest-code'") challenge abou... | Rule changes that don't invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes are allowed
------------------------
They're often a very bad idea, but I don't think we should forbid them, regardless of whether they invalidate answers or not.
Most of the time, rule changes are meant to improve the challenge. This can include closing loopholes as isaacg mentioned, but it can also mea... | Rule changes that don't invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes that invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* | Rule changes in comments are equally valid as those that have been edited into the actual post.
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | In support of allowing rule changes that invalidate existing answers
====================================================================
**Closing loopholes**
Suppose you've posted a [fastest-code](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fastest-code "show questions tagged 'fastest-code'") challenge abou... | Rule changes that invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes are allowed
------------------------
They're often a very bad idea, but I don't think we should forbid them, regardless of whether they invalidate answers or not.
Most of the time, rule changes are meant to improve the challenge. This can include closing loopholes as isaacg mentioned, but it can also mea... | Rule changes that invalidate existing answers should be allowed (they should not be rolled back).
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | In support of allowing rule changes that invalidate existing answers
====================================================================
**Closing loopholes**
Suppose you've posted a [fastest-code](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fastest-code "show questions tagged 'fastest-code'") challenge abou... | Rule changes in comments are equally valid as those that have been edited into the actual post.
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes are allowed
------------------------
They're often a very bad idea, but I don't think we should forbid them, regardless of whether they invalidate answers or not.
Most of the time, rule changes are meant to improve the challenge. This can include closing loopholes as isaacg mentioned, but it can also mea... | Rule changes in comments are equally valid as those that have been edited into the actual post.
*(Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree, and comment for anything else.)* |
7,777 | Related: [When is it allowable to change the rules?](https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1346/3808)
As noted in the linked meta post above, it's typically particularly frowned upon to significantly change the rules of a challenge after posting it. There's no hard and fast rule on this yet, so the purpose of this... | 2015/12/22 | [
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7777",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3808/"
] | Rule changes are allowed
------------------------
They're often a very bad idea, but I don't think we should forbid them, regardless of whether they invalidate answers or not.
Most of the time, rule changes are meant to improve the challenge. This can include closing loopholes as isaacg mentioned, but it can also mea... | In support of allowing rule changes that invalidate existing answers
====================================================================
**Closing loopholes**
Suppose you've posted a [fastest-code](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fastest-code "show questions tagged 'fastest-code'") challenge abou... |
10,277,638 | Is it possible to host a .NET 4 application under a .NET 2 site?
For several reasons we have to run the main site on .NET 3.5, but there is an application written in entity framework 4, which hosted under the same domain/port.
When I try to add an application under the site (using a different .net 4.0 application po... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10277638",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/622661/"
] | No, that's not possible. An assembly compiled against .NET 4.0 must be run inside CLR 4.0. It is possible the other way around: run an assembly compiled against .NET 2.0 inside CLR 4.0. | No, the nested application will not be able to set a seperate framework version. I would suggest changing the version on the main site to v4. I don't think you should experience problems running a 3.5 app on version 4. What are your reasons for running it in 3.5? |
10,277,638 | Is it possible to host a .NET 4 application under a .NET 2 site?
For several reasons we have to run the main site on .NET 3.5, but there is an application written in entity framework 4, which hosted under the same domain/port.
When I try to add an application under the site (using a different .net 4.0 application po... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10277638",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/622661/"
] | It is possible to fix, if you carefully read Microsoft's document,
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a99txfy5.aspx>
and
<http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/aspnet4/breaking-changes#0.1__Toc256770150> | No, the nested application will not be able to set a seperate framework version. I would suggest changing the version on the main site to v4. I don't think you should experience problems running a 3.5 app on version 4. What are your reasons for running it in 3.5? |
10,277,638 | Is it possible to host a .NET 4 application under a .NET 2 site?
For several reasons we have to run the main site on .NET 3.5, but there is an application written in entity framework 4, which hosted under the same domain/port.
When I try to add an application under the site (using a different .net 4.0 application po... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10277638",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/622661/"
] | It is possible to fix, if you carefully read Microsoft's document,
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a99txfy5.aspx>
and
<http://www.asp.net/whitepapers/aspnet4/breaking-changes#0.1__Toc256770150> | No, that's not possible. An assembly compiled against .NET 4.0 must be run inside CLR 4.0. It is possible the other way around: run an assembly compiled against .NET 2.0 inside CLR 4.0. |
231,772 | Remodeling a kitchen. I'll be adding two new circuits dedicated to the microwave and fridge. I'll also be reconfiguring the countertops which will result in having to add another outlet to meet code for power distribution.
Haven't done any major wiring changes for a while and I'm now seeing that AFCI is required basic... | 2021/08/11 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/231772",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/140252/"
] | If you are following 2014 NEC or newer, the answer would be yes, 210.12 specifies AFCI protection where branch circuit wiring is "modified, replaced, or extended". So "adding an outlet down the line" would be an extension of the branch circuit wiring.
The current NEC reference is 210.12(D)(1). I believe it was 210.12(... | This is really a local jurisdiction issue.
In my city, the rule would be adding an outlet requires a permit which triggers crazy local rules. For AFCI retrofit, my building department would require all circuits servicing the room/area be retrofitted.
In my house, since the lighting circuit for kitchen also feeds fami... |
11,226 | Many individuals believe they can make significant quantities of money by stock trading. Much of the financial services industry wants the public to believe that it can take our savings and, by the application of investing skill, make better returns than the market average. Much of the advertising for mutual fund inves... | 2012/10/11 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/11226",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/3943/"
] | >
> is there evidence that experts can consistently beat the market?
>
>
>
Yes, there is. It's quoted in [the Forbes article](http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickferri/2012/03/12/why-smart-people-fail-to-beat-the-market/) you provide as a source.
>
> To answer this question, Fama and French compared the distribution... | There is a problem with Mutual Funds. When the market declines, some people unload the funds and the manager has to liquidate to give them their money, i.e. sell into a declining market. Conversely when markets are climbing, the managers have to invest the incoming cash into the climbing stock prices.
This is a struct... |
66,950 | I'm currently working on a short story in which the main character has received a device from an anonymous individual. This device *appears* to function like a regular phone. Until he realizes that he can send text messages up to 1 hour back into the past.
My question being... How would such a device (theoretically) ... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/66950",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/31755/"
] | Such a device is called a tachyonic antitelephone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyonic_antitelephone>
It relies on the existence of tachyons - particles that always go faster than light.
This Worldbuilding idea has a fine answer walking through why FTL implies time travel.
[Are there any ways to allow some form ... | It's not possible
=================
Imagine this:
A phone (let's call it phone A) gets destroyed. 30 minutes later, the *device* sends a message to phone A 1 hour in the past. There is *no* way that phone A could receive that message since it already got destroyed. It can no longer receive any message ever since it g... |
66,950 | I'm currently working on a short story in which the main character has received a device from an anonymous individual. This device *appears* to function like a regular phone. Until he realizes that he can send text messages up to 1 hour back into the past.
My question being... How would such a device (theoretically) ... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/66950",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/31755/"
] | Wormholes.
----------
Wormholes are hypothetical "connected black holes". In essence you have two points in spacetime which are always connected to each other, and matter and information could *potentially* pass from one to the other very quickly (apparently faster than lightspeed) without violating relativity.
In re... | It's not possible
=================
Imagine this:
A phone (let's call it phone A) gets destroyed. 30 minutes later, the *device* sends a message to phone A 1 hour in the past. There is *no* way that phone A could receive that message since it already got destroyed. It can no longer receive any message ever since it g... |
66,950 | I'm currently working on a short story in which the main character has received a device from an anonymous individual. This device *appears* to function like a regular phone. Until he realizes that he can send text messages up to 1 hour back into the past.
My question being... How would such a device (theoretically) ... | 2017/01/05 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/66950",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/31755/"
] | Such a device is called a tachyonic antitelephone.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyonic_antitelephone>
It relies on the existence of tachyons - particles that always go faster than light.
This Worldbuilding idea has a fine answer walking through why FTL implies time travel.
[Are there any ways to allow some form ... | Wormholes.
----------
Wormholes are hypothetical "connected black holes". In essence you have two points in spacetime which are always connected to each other, and matter and information could *potentially* pass from one to the other very quickly (apparently faster than lightspeed) without violating relativity.
In re... |
94,499 | I am an international student in a interdisciplinary PhD in the social sciences.
1. My supervisor has about 60 students and does not do any advising beyond a few personal favorites.
2. My second supervisor considers me a student of the first, resents the fact that he is the expert on the subject, and as a result won't... | 2017/08/13 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/94499",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/78397/"
] | It is not uncommon that a German professor does not give advise to their PhD students. Neither is it uncommon that the 2nd referee does not want to read your thesis. In Germany, whether your dissertation is good enough or not is mainly decided by the first advisor. If they say it's ok, then it's ok. Your advisor theirs... | Did your first supervisor ever say to you that he/she won't read your thesis? Why don't you try to finish writing the first draft of your thesis first and let your first supervisor to read and comment? My supervisor also is a type that doesn't do much supervising and only let me do whatever I want. But she took time to... |
94,499 | I am an international student in a interdisciplinary PhD in the social sciences.
1. My supervisor has about 60 students and does not do any advising beyond a few personal favorites.
2. My second supervisor considers me a student of the first, resents the fact that he is the expert on the subject, and as a result won't... | 2017/08/13 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/94499",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/78397/"
] | It is not uncommon that a German professor does not give advise to their PhD students. Neither is it uncommon that the 2nd referee does not want to read your thesis. In Germany, whether your dissertation is good enough or not is mainly decided by the first advisor. If they say it's ok, then it's ok. Your advisor theirs... | I have had problems that are similar to yours.
I would say that you need to finish your PhD. The strongest thing you can have in your CV besides your publications is your degree.
Apply for Postdoc in other countries within the EU. There are many opportunities and you may get lucky. America is having difficulties with... |
9,060,217 | I have a iPhone app and want to develop iPad app with the same name. I want to design different UI for ipad app including new features. So my question is, Will i have to make changes in iPhone app for iPad or need to create another new app for iPad ? Note: Name of both app will be same. Please explain how should i perf... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9060217",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1177466/"
] | What you describe is perfectly possible with [universal apps](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ipad/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/AdvancedAppTricks/AdvancedAppTricks.html). You will have to maintain to completely different hierachies of NIBs/Storyboards for your UI though. Controllers ... | Here is a [tutorial](http://www.slideshare.net/cliffmcc/creating-a-universal-ios-application) for creating universal app(both for iPad and iPhone). Go through it |
9,060,217 | I have a iPhone app and want to develop iPad app with the same name. I want to design different UI for ipad app including new features. So my question is, Will i have to make changes in iPhone app for iPad or need to create another new app for iPad ? Note: Name of both app will be same. Please explain how should i perf... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9060217",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1177466/"
] | What you describe is perfectly possible with [universal apps](http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/ipad/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/AdvancedAppTricks/AdvancedAppTricks.html). You will have to maintain to completely different hierachies of NIBs/Storyboards for your UI though. Controllers ... | You can use same app for iPad but you have make different UI for iPad as size of iPhone and iPad screen is different but controllers and modal classes will remain same. |
6,878,776 | What's the difference between using XS and the Inline::C module? This was mentioned by someone in [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6684351/when-should-you-use-xs) question and has made me curious. | 2011/07/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6878776",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Inline::C generates XS and builds the generated module. It does this at run-time, although it caches past builds.
Inline::C is possibly easier to use, but there are a few downsides. The first time it runs, it slows down startup, it requires permissions to create files at run-time, and it requires the tools to compile ... | Inline compiles the C code at the same time when your Perl is compiled, and will be recompiled every time your source code is changed. XS is compiled once and the binary is saved as a .so file like a library.
Perl is written in C so XS uses the native Perl types and subroutine mechanisms. A module using XS runs almost... |
38,976 | I just started working as a QA Automation Engineer to a certain company which provides ERP and CRM services. However, I recently discovered that they have no test case documentation for the testing they do, and just report bugs. I am now having a hard time to automate their tests because I have no reference, what do yo... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38976",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
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] | Mindmap all the high-level features of the application together with business owners. Go over the map with stakeholders (e.g users, developers, managers, and sponsors). Do a risk assessment with some key people, maybe also analyze brittle areas based on defect reports.
* Write automated happy-path tests for the highe... | You could tackle that from two directions. You could take the bugs and ask the people who opened the bugs how to reproduce them. There is your testcase. You can probably start automating regression tests for these bugs immediately.
Or you could just write the test cases yourself based on the documents and SUT you have... |
38,976 | I just started working as a QA Automation Engineer to a certain company which provides ERP and CRM services. However, I recently discovered that they have no test case documentation for the testing they do, and just report bugs. I am now having a hard time to automate their tests because I have no reference, what do yo... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38976",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/37425/"
] | You could tackle that from two directions. You could take the bugs and ask the people who opened the bugs how to reproduce them. There is your testcase. You can probably start automating regression tests for these bugs immediately.
Or you could just write the test cases yourself based on the documents and SUT you have... | Test Automation is not about having or not having test cases, which you can automate. This is about you deciding on **test automation strategy**. I wrote a [blog post](http://testretreat.com/2019/04/15/approach-to-test-automation/), which has several links and ideas where to start. Main idea is that you start with stra... |
38,976 | I just started working as a QA Automation Engineer to a certain company which provides ERP and CRM services. However, I recently discovered that they have no test case documentation for the testing they do, and just report bugs. I am now having a hard time to automate their tests because I have no reference, what do yo... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38976",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/37425/"
] | You could tackle that from two directions. You could take the bugs and ask the people who opened the bugs how to reproduce them. There is your testcase. You can probably start automating regression tests for these bugs immediately.
Or you could just write the test cases yourself based on the documents and SUT you have... | As detailed in
<https://sqa.stackexchange.com/a/38917/8992>
* Learn about the domain
* Capture the existing functionality using a tool such as Cucumber or RSpec to document it
* Make real tests described in English
* Create Smoke, Happy and Sad cases |
38,976 | I just started working as a QA Automation Engineer to a certain company which provides ERP and CRM services. However, I recently discovered that they have no test case documentation for the testing they do, and just report bugs. I am now having a hard time to automate their tests because I have no reference, what do yo... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38976",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/37425/"
] | Mindmap all the high-level features of the application together with business owners. Go over the map with stakeholders (e.g users, developers, managers, and sponsors). Do a risk assessment with some key people, maybe also analyze brittle areas based on defect reports.
* Write automated happy-path tests for the highe... | Test Automation is not about having or not having test cases, which you can automate. This is about you deciding on **test automation strategy**. I wrote a [blog post](http://testretreat.com/2019/04/15/approach-to-test-automation/), which has several links and ideas where to start. Main idea is that you start with stra... |
38,976 | I just started working as a QA Automation Engineer to a certain company which provides ERP and CRM services. However, I recently discovered that they have no test case documentation for the testing they do, and just report bugs. I am now having a hard time to automate their tests because I have no reference, what do yo... | 2019/04/30 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38976",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/37425/"
] | Mindmap all the high-level features of the application together with business owners. Go over the map with stakeholders (e.g users, developers, managers, and sponsors). Do a risk assessment with some key people, maybe also analyze brittle areas based on defect reports.
* Write automated happy-path tests for the highe... | As detailed in
<https://sqa.stackexchange.com/a/38917/8992>
* Learn about the domain
* Capture the existing functionality using a tool such as Cucumber or RSpec to document it
* Make real tests described in English
* Create Smoke, Happy and Sad cases |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | You can say
>
> "I very nearly fell over!"
>
>
>
but to say
>
> "I very almost fell over!"
>
>
>
will brand you as very nearly a beginning speaker of English. This is a bit harsh for English learners, since *nearly* and *almost* mean almost the same thing. But that's how it goes sometimes. | Consider the relevant definitions of the adverbs, *very* and *almost*, from the New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd Edition):
>
> * **very** — in a high degree
> * **almost** — not quite; very nearly
>
>
>
Now, it is standard to modify one adverb with another. Examples:
>
> * *very*: He dragged the chair very ... |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | You can say
>
> "I very nearly fell over!"
>
>
>
but to say
>
> "I very almost fell over!"
>
>
>
will brand you as very nearly a beginning speaker of English. This is a bit harsh for English learners, since *nearly* and *almost* mean almost the same thing. But that's how it goes sometimes. | I have never heard "very almost", and would find it odd.
Which makes me wonder if you are in another part of the world, where perhaps it is more common? |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | You can say
>
> "I very nearly fell over!"
>
>
>
but to say
>
> "I very almost fell over!"
>
>
>
will brand you as very nearly a beginning speaker of English. This is a bit harsh for English learners, since *nearly* and *almost* mean almost the same thing. But that's how it goes sometimes. | yes!! it is wrong to use "very almost" together. It may be accepted colloquially in informal conversations but it is not correct
In general "very" would add value to the noun/ action in question.
She runs very fast
i like her very much
He is very talented
"Almost" would more appropriately describe the "status" of t... |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | You can say
>
> "I very nearly fell over!"
>
>
>
but to say
>
> "I very almost fell over!"
>
>
>
will brand you as very nearly a beginning speaker of English. This is a bit harsh for English learners, since *nearly* and *almost* mean almost the same thing. But that's how it goes sometimes. | I would consider the use of 'very' as shown in these examples to be superfluous and redundant. Certainly the use of 'very almost' together not only sounds wrong but is grammatically incorrect. In the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary which I use for my students, various examples are given; one has to be extremely ca... |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | Consider the relevant definitions of the adverbs, *very* and *almost*, from the New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd Edition):
>
> * **very** — in a high degree
> * **almost** — not quite; very nearly
>
>
>
Now, it is standard to modify one adverb with another. Examples:
>
> * *very*: He dragged the chair very ... | I have never heard "very almost", and would find it odd.
Which makes me wonder if you are in another part of the world, where perhaps it is more common? |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | Consider the relevant definitions of the adverbs, *very* and *almost*, from the New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd Edition):
>
> * **very** — in a high degree
> * **almost** — not quite; very nearly
>
>
>
Now, it is standard to modify one adverb with another. Examples:
>
> * *very*: He dragged the chair very ... | yes!! it is wrong to use "very almost" together. It may be accepted colloquially in informal conversations but it is not correct
In general "very" would add value to the noun/ action in question.
She runs very fast
i like her very much
He is very talented
"Almost" would more appropriately describe the "status" of t... |
9,480 | I hear phrases like
>
> I very almost fell over!
>
>
>
often and to me they sound awkward. Is the word, "very", wrong, just superfluous or completely valid? Should this wording be avoided? | 2011/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9480",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3272/"
] | Consider the relevant definitions of the adverbs, *very* and *almost*, from the New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd Edition):
>
> * **very** — in a high degree
> * **almost** — not quite; very nearly
>
>
>
Now, it is standard to modify one adverb with another. Examples:
>
> * *very*: He dragged the chair very ... | I would consider the use of 'very' as shown in these examples to be superfluous and redundant. Certainly the use of 'very almost' together not only sounds wrong but is grammatically incorrect. In the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary which I use for my students, various examples are given; one has to be extremely ca... |
21,093 | In the *Supernatural* universe burying your photo with some hoodoo items at a crossroads summons a demon, said demon offers you a deal normally offers you a deal.
>
> "You can have that thing you wanted, and in exchange for your soul in ten years.
>
>
>
What if you die early? Does your soul go to hell anyway? Do ... | 2012/07/26 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21093",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3804/"
] | Yes it happens in one episode. Crowley gets furious with a demon who had made this kind of deal. He actually says:
>
> *This isn't Wall Street, this is Hell. We have a little something called integrity.*
>
>
>
[Link to YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAvGfh-Uvg)
If the human who did the deal dies before... | The demons don't promise you'll live for 10 years, unless that's specifically part of the deal. But as can be seen in a recent episode, they strongly discourage their own from cheating and killing those with whom deals are made... it's considered bad for business. |
21,093 | In the *Supernatural* universe burying your photo with some hoodoo items at a crossroads summons a demon, said demon offers you a deal normally offers you a deal.
>
> "You can have that thing you wanted, and in exchange for your soul in ten years.
>
>
>
What if you die early? Does your soul go to hell anyway? Do ... | 2012/07/26 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21093",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3804/"
] | The demons don't promise you'll live for 10 years, unless that's specifically part of the deal. But as can be seen in a recent episode, they strongly discourage their own from cheating and killing those with whom deals are made... it's considered bad for business. | They would be sent to Hell early if the demon holding their contract takes their soul. Most of the time that's the case.
But sometimes, however, if the deed the crossroads demon promised as part of the deal is not fulfilled and the owner of deal dies, then the soul would not be taken to Hell. |
21,093 | In the *Supernatural* universe burying your photo with some hoodoo items at a crossroads summons a demon, said demon offers you a deal normally offers you a deal.
>
> "You can have that thing you wanted, and in exchange for your soul in ten years.
>
>
>
What if you die early? Does your soul go to hell anyway? Do ... | 2012/07/26 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21093",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/3804/"
] | Yes it happens in one episode. Crowley gets furious with a demon who had made this kind of deal. He actually says:
>
> *This isn't Wall Street, this is Hell. We have a little something called integrity.*
>
>
>
[Link to YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAvGfh-Uvg)
If the human who did the deal dies before... | They would be sent to Hell early if the demon holding their contract takes their soul. Most of the time that's the case.
But sometimes, however, if the deed the crossroads demon promised as part of the deal is not fulfilled and the owner of deal dies, then the soul would not be taken to Hell. |
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