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4,246,643 | I am required to automate software tests for my job and I currently use groovy to do this. However, I am thinking about adding Ruby to my repertoire. Mainly because I can see myself working on a rails project in the future.
How long do you think it would take to become relatively proficient at scripting with Ruby? I a... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4246643",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/534892/"
] | One weekend of intense dedication.
Seriously, it's a matter of how much time you have got on your hands and what's your previous experience. If you've dabbled in Perl or Python, you'll probably have an easier time picking up Ruby than if you had just used Java before. | Depends, are you using any other scripting languages? Ruby is pretty straight-forward to some people. I found it easy to remember most of the common method names. If you've worked with other languages to any decent extent then it shouldn't be more than a week to be deeply enjoying the language. If it's your first time ... |
4,246,643 | I am required to automate software tests for my job and I currently use groovy to do this. However, I am thinking about adding Ruby to my repertoire. Mainly because I can see myself working on a rails project in the future.
How long do you think it would take to become relatively proficient at scripting with Ruby? I a... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4246643",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/534892/"
] | One weekend of intense dedication.
Seriously, it's a matter of how much time you have got on your hands and what's your previous experience. If you've dabbled in Perl or Python, you'll probably have an easier time picking up Ruby than if you had just used Java before. | If you have programming experience I would say 2 weeks of intense focus on ruby will get you 99% of way....the major features of ruby that distinguish it from other scripting languages are its intrinsic use of iterators (you almost never code for or while loops) and associated code blocks. Once you become familar with ... |
4,246,643 | I am required to automate software tests for my job and I currently use groovy to do this. However, I am thinking about adding Ruby to my repertoire. Mainly because I can see myself working on a rails project in the future.
How long do you think it would take to become relatively proficient at scripting with Ruby? I a... | 2010/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4246643",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/534892/"
] | One weekend of intense dedication.
Seriously, it's a matter of how much time you have got on your hands and what's your previous experience. If you've dabbled in Perl or Python, you'll probably have an easier time picking up Ruby than if you had just used Java before. | A minute to learn ... a lifetime to master. |
1,716 | It is my philosophy not to take from the community with out giving anything. That is why before asking any new question I will make sure to answer one question to the best of my knowledge so that it will be useful to at least the asker. I have answered the question ["Name for “jack of all trades” type role"](https://wo... | 2013/03/03 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1716",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/19430/"
] | What you posted isn't an answer.
You posted a series of questions for the asker. If you don't have the ability to post an actual answer (which happens often with questions which are closed, given the criteria for close votes) post comments asking those clarifications beforehand.
Otherwise, you will pick up downvotes ... | >
> Does answering a question with down votes attract down-votes?
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Hmm... Probably not.
But I *would* argue that a downvoted question tends to attract more downvotes because it perpetuates a ["bandwagon effect"](http://cultural-phenomenons.wikia.com/wiki/Bandwagon_effect) that works in concert with a "groupt... |
1,716 | It is my philosophy not to take from the community with out giving anything. That is why before asking any new question I will make sure to answer one question to the best of my knowledge so that it will be useful to at least the asker. I have answered the question ["Name for “jack of all trades” type role"](https://wo... | 2013/03/03 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1716",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/19430/"
] | While it's great that you want to give back, sometimes it's important to understand that the goal of Stack Exchange is to help not just the asker, but to also help the thousands of future visitors who will visit that Q&A piece.
Remember, there is but one asker, but there are countless future visitors who may have the ... | >
> Does answering a question with down votes attract down-votes?
>
>
>
Hmm... Probably not.
But I *would* argue that a downvoted question tends to attract more downvotes because it perpetuates a ["bandwagon effect"](http://cultural-phenomenons.wikia.com/wiki/Bandwagon_effect) that works in concert with a "groupt... |
2,532 | My previous [post](https://superuser.com/questions/281613/what-are-the-differences-between-2-5-and-3-5-hard-disks) was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong.
Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here:
"I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have ... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2532",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/67142/"
] | I think the first edit was just fine. It improved spelling, language and made the question clearer.
I would have removed even more, the bit about it being 1TB is totally irrelevant to your question and how in the world does it matter if you or your friend buys it?
Your question would be just fine with just the follow... | You're right, some of the edits were inappropriate and shouldn't have been made the way they were. The moderator then locked in a bad edit. I've flagged it, but in reality it'll just cost me flag points. I hope you like the answers given even if the question ended up wrong.
EDIT: verified, I just lost 10 flag points i... |
2,532 | My previous [post](https://superuser.com/questions/281613/what-are-the-differences-between-2-5-and-3-5-hard-disks) was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong.
Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here:
"I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have ... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2532",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/67142/"
] | >
> what I am asking is the 2.5/3.5 value. So I think this edit is wrong, so I rollbacked it.
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And **that's what** is highlighted in the revision 2 of the post.
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> What does the 2.5"/3.5" value indicate? The thickness?
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> I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have no idea about... | You're right, some of the edits were inappropriate and shouldn't have been made the way they were. The moderator then locked in a bad edit. I've flagged it, but in reality it'll just cost me flag points. I hope you like the answers given even if the question ended up wrong.
EDIT: verified, I just lost 10 flag points i... |
2,532 | My previous [post](https://superuser.com/questions/281613/what-are-the-differences-between-2-5-and-3-5-hard-disks) was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong.
Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here:
"I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have ... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2532",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/67142/"
] | The mods here make good points - I too think the question was improved by the edits, stilistically, grammatically and in focus. No problems there.
But if a user *insists* on their version, and there is nothing fundamentally broken with it (like textspeak or screwed up formatting), why deny them the right to roll it ba... | You're right, some of the edits were inappropriate and shouldn't have been made the way they were. The moderator then locked in a bad edit. I've flagged it, but in reality it'll just cost me flag points. I hope you like the answers given even if the question ended up wrong.
EDIT: verified, I just lost 10 flag points i... |
2,532 | My previous [post](https://superuser.com/questions/281613/what-are-the-differences-between-2-5-and-3-5-hard-disks) was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong.
Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here:
"I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have ... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2532",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/67142/"
] | >
> what I am asking is the 2.5/3.5 value. So I think this edit is wrong, so I rollbacked it.
>
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>
And **that's what** is highlighted in the revision 2 of the post.
>
> What does the 2.5"/3.5" value indicate? The thickness?
>
>
> I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have no idea about... | I think the first edit was just fine. It improved spelling, language and made the question clearer.
I would have removed even more, the bit about it being 1TB is totally irrelevant to your question and how in the world does it matter if you or your friend buys it?
Your question would be just fine with just the follow... |
2,532 | My previous [post](https://superuser.com/questions/281613/what-are-the-differences-between-2-5-and-3-5-hard-disks) was getting edit and I think the edit was wrong.
Look at the Revision 2, sblair completely changed my post, which include a line here:
"I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have ... | 2011/05/10 | [
"https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2532",
"https://meta.superuser.com",
"https://meta.superuser.com/users/67142/"
] | >
> what I am asking is the 2.5/3.5 value. So I think this edit is wrong, so I rollbacked it.
>
>
>
And **that's what** is highlighted in the revision 2 of the post.
>
> What does the 2.5"/3.5" value indicate? The thickness?
>
>
> I want one of my friends to buy a 1TB hard disk for me, but I have no idea about... | The mods here make good points - I too think the question was improved by the edits, stilistically, grammatically and in focus. No problems there.
But if a user *insists* on their version, and there is nothing fundamentally broken with it (like textspeak or screwed up formatting), why deny them the right to roll it ba... |
78,354 | I am new to arduino and anything related to electricals and electronics. I need info on how to connect 10 vibration motors to arduino uno without damaging the board. Do I need an external circuit to regulate and control power supply or can I directly plug in all 10 motors to the board directly? | 2020/10/02 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/78354",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/69182/"
] | I would suggest a pair of ULN2003 chips. These are 6 darlington transistors in a single chip. Two chips will give you the ability to connect 12 motors.
Each one needs an IO pin to control it - if you want speed control then you will have to look into adding extra PWM channels. For just ON/OFF control any IO pin will d... | The motor is not a constant output device, it still works by watts of power. The motor will only draw enough current to move its load at a given speed. Lets assum the impedance of the motor is a constant; If we change the voltage we change the wattage and hence the torque and probably speed. "The Arduino a power supply... |
1,154,107 | I would like to add to my c# Visual C# Express (no macros) snippet current date and time tag. How to do it? When I will use intellisense to create code with this snippet I would like to have current date and time put into code. | 2009/07/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1154107",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/38940/"
] | Someone else asked this a few days ago: [Insert current datetime in Visual Studio Snippet](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1029189/insert-current-datetime-in-visual-studio-snippet). Looks like you can't do it, but the macro worked for me. | Nothing to do here. [This is](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms242312.aspx) list of all tree functions that is supported.
Long time ago I saw simple tools that can send key strokes to the active window. Probaly this could work for you. |
25,834,376 | I'm on Xcode 6, and I'm trying to submit an iOS (target: iOS 8) app to the App Store, and I'm getting an ITMS-4238 error. It says there is already the same build already, but I've never successfully submitted this app so far. So there is no submitted build in iTunes Connect, so I don't know why I'm getting this.
What ... | 2014/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25834376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3652888/"
] | Try to increase the build number and submit the app. The version number can remain same. It worked for me :-) | You can also use ApplicationLoader. That worked for me. |
25,834,376 | I'm on Xcode 6, and I'm trying to submit an iOS (target: iOS 8) app to the App Store, and I'm getting an ITMS-4238 error. It says there is already the same build already, but I've never successfully submitted this app so far. So there is no submitted build in iTunes Connect, so I don't know why I'm getting this.
What ... | 2014/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25834376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3652888/"
] | You can also use ApplicationLoader. That worked for me. | In the info.plist in Xcode set your app version to the correct version in iTunes Connect. This worked for me to help update my app's version. |
25,834,376 | I'm on Xcode 6, and I'm trying to submit an iOS (target: iOS 8) app to the App Store, and I'm getting an ITMS-4238 error. It says there is already the same build already, but I've never successfully submitted this app so far. So there is no submitted build in iTunes Connect, so I don't know why I'm getting this.
What ... | 2014/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25834376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3652888/"
] | Try to increase the build number and submit the app. The version number can remain same. It worked for me :-) | In the info.plist in Xcode set your app version to the correct version in iTunes Connect. This worked for me to help update my app's version. |
136,425 | Looking at your network profile, there is no number anywhere in your entire profile that has a sum of all your reputation across the network except for the flair page, which isn't always accurate because it's cached, and isn't exact because it rounds. Yet, there's so much empty space on the profile page.
My simple ide... | 2012/06/17 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/136425",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/141525/"
] | I agree that the network profile should show the network totals -- the same way the chat profile already does. Whatever rules are used for tallying that up for the chat profile should be used for the network profile too, for consistency.
 | In [my case](https://stackexchange.com/users/30810/arjan?tab=accounts) it would not show a useful figure, I feel. I have more reputation on MSE than on any site that actually matters. Hence, the 34k on my flair really does not represent any useful number, I feel, while peeking in the actual list gives one a much better... |
1,132,776 | I installed a program that added some shortcuts to File Explorer when I have multiple files of a certain type selected. How can I find out what command line arguments are being passed to this program? I would like to be able to run it from the command line / write some scripts to automate some tasks.
The program is Wi... | 2016/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1132776",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/185209/"
] | This is a little like the bumble bee -- if it knew about aerodynamics it couldn't fly. You may be over-thinking this a little. Laptops are designed to be used. They include everything necessary to dissipate heat as long as you let them do the job. You should be able to set it on any solid surface, with some clearance s... | >
> with very little movement in the air and due to air not exactly being the best conductor, wouldn't this be even worse than sitting on a table (like it is now) ? When resting on a table, it can disperse heat INTO the table
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If you use your computer for a long time, then it will reach a stable temperature s... |
6,182,526 | I've been getting started with Nuget. Some of my projects allow me to Add Library Package Reference to a Nuget package, but then when I select "Installed Packages" I don't see any packages listed.
Why not?
EDIT - I know the answer (see below), was going to answer this myself as a "community service" but can't for anot... | 2011/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6182526",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84898/"
] | (Pasted [from the question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/6182526/25124), so this doesn't show up as unanswered)
>
> The project already had a
> packages.config file in the same
> directory as the csproj file, BUT the
> packages.config file was not added to
> the project. Fixed by "Add existing
> item" and selecti... | I had a project that was originally targeting .Net Framework 4, using Entity Framework 5. I updated the .Net Framework to 4.5, and I tried to remove the NuGet package for EF5. That ended up leaving the Packages folder in the project folder, but the packages.config file was listed in the project as missing.
I deleted t... |
6,182,526 | I've been getting started with Nuget. Some of my projects allow me to Add Library Package Reference to a Nuget package, but then when I select "Installed Packages" I don't see any packages listed.
Why not?
EDIT - I know the answer (see below), was going to answer this myself as a "community service" but can't for anot... | 2011/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6182526",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84898/"
] | (Pasted [from the question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/6182526/25124), so this doesn't show up as unanswered)
>
> The project already had a
> packages.config file in the same
> directory as the csproj file, BUT the
> packages.config file was not added to
> the project. Fixed by "Add existing
> item" and selecti... | In another case, the packages.config file is part of the project, but the definition of the <packages> tag was like <packages xmlns="urn:packages"> rather than the usual <packages> convention. This caused my project to neither restore nor show up any packages. This is confirmed in Visual Studio 2015. Once i remove "urn... |
6,182,526 | I've been getting started with Nuget. Some of my projects allow me to Add Library Package Reference to a Nuget package, but then when I select "Installed Packages" I don't see any packages listed.
Why not?
EDIT - I know the answer (see below), was going to answer this myself as a "community service" but can't for anot... | 2011/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6182526",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84898/"
] | In another case, the packages.config file is part of the project, but the definition of the <packages> tag was like <packages xmlns="urn:packages"> rather than the usual <packages> convention. This caused my project to neither restore nor show up any packages. This is confirmed in Visual Studio 2015. Once i remove "urn... | I had a project that was originally targeting .Net Framework 4, using Entity Framework 5. I updated the .Net Framework to 4.5, and I tried to remove the NuGet package for EF5. That ended up leaving the Packages folder in the project folder, but the packages.config file was listed in the project as missing.
I deleted t... |
102,713 | [Here is what my cake looks like:](https://imgur.com/gallery/5s1jwLS)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRvmH.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gS4VD.jpg)
I'm using the following ingredie... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/102713",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/5211/"
] | A cake baking uneven to that degree makes me thing the heat source is really uneven. One side of the oven is hot, the other is much cooler. I've seen a fan oven cause some uneven baking before but never to that degree.
* Make sure your oven is pre-heated for at least 10 to 15 minutes before baking
* If you have fan o... | I agree with GdD's answer but will add that your oven might not be level. If you have an oven that is not level you wont notice when roasting food but is a nightmare for baking. |
102,713 | [Here is what my cake looks like:](https://imgur.com/gallery/5s1jwLS)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRvmH.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gS4VD.jpg)
I'm using the following ingredie... | 2019/10/04 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/102713",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/5211/"
] | A cake baking uneven to that degree makes me thing the heat source is really uneven. One side of the oven is hot, the other is much cooler. I've seen a fan oven cause some uneven baking before but never to that degree.
* Make sure your oven is pre-heated for at least 10 to 15 minutes before baking
* If you have fan o... | The asymmetry of the rise can only be explained by the asymmetry of the heat source, as explained in GdD's answer. However, you commented that you didn't think that answer explained why the crust on the top was so strong, and wondered whether the recipe was wrong or the ingredients were bad.
I think that the heat sour... |
1,876,179 | I'm building a game in c++ using Qt. I got the collision detection right using GraphicsItem methods the thing is that I don't know how to deal with every different collision type as there is different objects with different behaviour. | 2009/12/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1876179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140837/"
] | Like many principles of software design, this seems to me to be enormously subjective, but often argued about as if it were not. "Single Responsibility" is poorly defined, and depends on what you consider a responsibility. There are times when a single piece of code clearly is doing too much, and it's helpful to have a... | I think you are probably right, but can't use this principle to solve your dispute. Robert Martin defines responsibility as "reason to change". If the structure of foo changes (e.g., a field is added) you would want the changes to be reflected in this class. In your colleague's approach, all of the classes would have t... |
1,876,179 | I'm building a game in c++ using Qt. I got the collision detection right using GraphicsItem methods the thing is that I don't know how to deal with every different collision type as there is different objects with different behaviour. | 2009/12/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1876179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140837/"
] | Like many principles of software design, this seems to me to be enormously subjective, but often argued about as if it were not. "Single Responsibility" is poorly defined, and depends on what you consider a responsibility. There are times when a single piece of code clearly is doing too much, and it's helpful to have a... | I would agree with your colleague in this case. Storage and processing should be separated because both have different "reasons to change."
As for the bank example you gave, I would argue that a bank *doesn't* sell mortgages. The loans department (or whatever) sells mortgages, and the bank has a loans department. Trea... |
1,876,179 | I'm building a game in c++ using Qt. I got the collision detection right using GraphicsItem methods the thing is that I don't know how to deal with every different collision type as there is different objects with different behaviour. | 2009/12/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1876179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140837/"
] | Like many principles of software design, this seems to me to be enormously subjective, but often argued about as if it were not. "Single Responsibility" is poorly defined, and depends on what you consider a responsibility. There are times when a single piece of code clearly is doing too much, and it's helpful to have a... | I disagree with your colleague.
The granularity of the single responsibility should match the level in which you are modeling. As you move up in levels of abstraction the granularity of responsibilities also should move toward a higher level of abstraction.
As for the bank example, its single responsibility would be ... |
1,876,179 | I'm building a game in c++ using Qt. I got the collision detection right using GraphicsItem methods the thing is that I don't know how to deal with every different collision type as there is different objects with different behaviour. | 2009/12/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1876179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140837/"
] | I think you are probably right, but can't use this principle to solve your dispute. Robert Martin defines responsibility as "reason to change". If the structure of foo changes (e.g., a field is added) you would want the changes to be reflected in this class. In your colleague's approach, all of the classes would have t... | I would agree with your colleague in this case. Storage and processing should be separated because both have different "reasons to change."
As for the bank example you gave, I would argue that a bank *doesn't* sell mortgages. The loans department (or whatever) sells mortgages, and the bank has a loans department. Trea... |
1,876,179 | I'm building a game in c++ using Qt. I got the collision detection right using GraphicsItem methods the thing is that I don't know how to deal with every different collision type as there is different objects with different behaviour. | 2009/12/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1876179",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/140837/"
] | I think you are probably right, but can't use this principle to solve your dispute. Robert Martin defines responsibility as "reason to change". If the structure of foo changes (e.g., a field is added) you would want the changes to be reflected in this class. In your colleague's approach, all of the classes would have t... | I disagree with your colleague.
The granularity of the single responsibility should match the level in which you are modeling. As you move up in levels of abstraction the granularity of responsibilities also should move toward a higher level of abstraction.
As for the bank example, its single responsibility would be ... |
70,990 | In Diablo 3, when does deckard Cain discuss "Leah and Cain's travel (Act 1)"? | 2012/05/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/70990",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/26552/"
] | It becomes available after you return from the Drowned Temple with the second glowing sword shard, before you take the ferry to Wortham. The easiest way to get to this point is to start your game at "7. The Doom in Wortham". The dialog option will be immediately available from Cain at this point.
Be sure to talk to Ca... | I was able to talk to him right after placing the stones in the pillars before entering into the temple, I think that that is the best time to complete this challenge |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23046/"
] | Your time traveler has the advantage of being able to footprint the future by mapping out who he needs to meet, what he needs to invest in, etc. This is actually way more powerful than just coming back once with a good understanding of the tech. By the time he's in his mid-20s, he could already be a billionaire by ripp... | I would say generally it is not how it works, even if there are examples of such history-changing technologies - bronze, iron, steam, metric system(standardization concept in general), transistors, lasers, personal computers. There are technologies which deeply affected consequent events. So as there are plenty of exam... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
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] | Your time traveler has the advantage of being able to footprint the future by mapping out who he needs to meet, what he needs to invest in, etc. This is actually way more powerful than just coming back once with a good understanding of the tech. By the time he's in his mid-20s, he could already be a billionaire by ripp... | There is a reason that we talk about research and development as separate things. Research is about extending the theoretical bounds of science; without the Maxwell equations for instance, no-one would EVER have been able to build a functioning radio system, whether they wanted to or not. Development on the other hand ... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
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] | Your time traveler has the advantage of being able to footprint the future by mapping out who he needs to meet, what he needs to invest in, etc. This is actually way more powerful than just coming back once with a good understanding of the tech. By the time he's in his mid-20s, he could already be a billionaire by ripp... | Alan Turing
===========
This generally doesn't happen, but sometimes someone with the right idea and the right technology at the right time can have a huge impact. One example of this is Alan Turing. To be fair, other people were also working on computer-like things at the time, and he could draw from existing work on... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
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] | Alan Turing
===========
This generally doesn't happen, but sometimes someone with the right idea and the right technology at the right time can have a huge impact. One example of this is Alan Turing. To be fair, other people were also working on computer-like things at the time, and he could draw from existing work on... | I think Nosajimiki mostly has the right idea but the wrong idea of scale. It's going to take longer and involve more technologies and be far more complicated.
At the "start", this person's activities amount to leading down pathways that seem like they will be productive, and jumping back to correct things over and ove... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
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] | Your time traveler has the advantage of being able to footprint the future by mapping out who he needs to meet, what he needs to invest in, etc. This is actually way more powerful than just coming back once with a good understanding of the tech. By the time he's in his mid-20s, he could already be a billionaire by ripp... | The vast majority of scientific advancements, whether theoretical or practical, tend to be inevitable. Generally the conditions are right, and the "genius" that invents or discovers something usually just happens to be the first one to put the pieces together.
If Newton hadn't developed Newtonian Mechanics, someone el... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
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] | The vast majority of scientific advancements, whether theoretical or practical, tend to be inevitable. Generally the conditions are right, and the "genius" that invents or discovers something usually just happens to be the first one to put the pieces together.
If Newton hadn't developed Newtonian Mechanics, someone el... | I would say generally it is not how it works, even if there are examples of such history-changing technologies - bronze, iron, steam, metric system(standardization concept in general), transistors, lasers, personal computers. There are technologies which deeply affected consequent events. So as there are plenty of exam... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is a reason that we talk about research and development as separate things. Research is about extending the theoretical bounds of science; without the Maxwell equations for instance, no-one would EVER have been able to build a functioning radio system, whether they wanted to or not. Development on the other hand ... | I would say generally it is not how it works, even if there are examples of such history-changing technologies - bronze, iron, steam, metric system(standardization concept in general), transistors, lasers, personal computers. There are technologies which deeply affected consequent events. So as there are plenty of exam... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Your time traveler has the advantage of being able to footprint the future by mapping out who he needs to meet, what he needs to invest in, etc. This is actually way more powerful than just coming back once with a good understanding of the tech. By the time he's in his mid-20s, he could already be a billionaire by ripp... | I think Nosajimiki mostly has the right idea but the wrong idea of scale. It's going to take longer and involve more technologies and be far more complicated.
At the "start", this person's activities amount to leading down pathways that seem like they will be productive, and jumping back to correct things over and ove... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23046/"
] | The vast majority of scientific advancements, whether theoretical or practical, tend to be inevitable. Generally the conditions are right, and the "genius" that invents or discovers something usually just happens to be the first one to put the pieces together.
If Newton hadn't developed Newtonian Mechanics, someone el... | I think Nosajimiki mostly has the right idea but the wrong idea of scale. It's going to take longer and involve more technologies and be far more complicated.
At the "start", this person's activities amount to leading down pathways that seem like they will be productive, and jumping back to correct things over and ove... |
141,013 | Inspired by [this story](http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/06/02/and-i-show-you-how-deep-the-rabbit-hole-goes/), I started thinking.
Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all the way back to his birth, and can ev... | 2019/03/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/141013",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23046/"
] | There is a reason that we talk about research and development as separate things. Research is about extending the theoretical bounds of science; without the Maxwell equations for instance, no-one would EVER have been able to build a functioning radio system, whether they wanted to or not. Development on the other hand ... | I think Nosajimiki mostly has the right idea but the wrong idea of scale. It's going to take longer and involve more technologies and be far more complicated.
At the "start", this person's activities amount to leading down pathways that seem like they will be productive, and jumping back to correct things over and ove... |
18,201 | I know there are lots of questions on this site regarding head retention, but I feel like none of the answers are helpful.
I recently made a hefeweizen. 50% wheat malt, 50% pilser malt with about 13-14 IBUs. The beer turned out great except that it has zero head retention. I get a thin layer of foam that dissipates in... | 2016/08/20 | [
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] | You need to add a dextrin rest in your mash and use a thick water grist ratio 0.25 gallons per lb of grain.
At 152°F(66.5C) your mash favors beta-amylase for a more fermentable wort which is fine. Beta will denature completely after an hour at this temp, leaving alpha. Both are active at this temp but not ideal for ei... | I would consider leaving it a bit longer to sit and age in the bottle.
I have had similar results before where a couple of weeks after bottling there has been terrible head formation and retention, then at about the 6 week mark the character of the head completely changes, something oxidises or breaks down and hey pre... |
135,935 | I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)? | 2019/09/10 | [
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] | If *lecturer* is an actual title in your location, as it is in many, and you don't actually hold the title, then it would be a mistake to suggest otherwise. If you have full responsibility for a course then you could provide a list of "courses taught". But if you are just a guest lecturer in a course taught by another,... | When you write your experience section, use subheadings to split it into Research, Teaching, and Administration. This lecturing goes into the Teaching section. |
135,935 | I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)? | 2019/09/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/135935",
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] | If *lecturer* is an actual title in your location, as it is in many, and you don't actually hold the title, then it would be a mistake to suggest otherwise. If you have full responsibility for a course then you could provide a list of "courses taught". But if you are just a guest lecturer in a course taught by another,... | **I think it is legitimate to add this to your cv , but under the title: Additional academic work.** |
135,935 | I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)? | 2019/09/10 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/135935",
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] | If *lecturer* is an actual title in your location, as it is in many, and you don't actually hold the title, then it would be a mistake to suggest otherwise. If you have full responsibility for a course then you could provide a list of "courses taught". But if you are just a guest lecturer in a course taught by another,... | In the United States, if you taught an entire course and did the grading, then you should use a phrase like
"Teaching Experience as Instructor of Record"
followed by a list of the courses. This would be under teaching experience. In some other countries this might not be understood.
If you are teaching as a part t... |
135,935 | I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)? | 2019/09/10 | [
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] | In the United States, if you taught an entire course and did the grading, then you should use a phrase like
"Teaching Experience as Instructor of Record"
followed by a list of the courses. This would be under teaching experience. In some other countries this might not be understood.
If you are teaching as a part t... | When you write your experience section, use subheadings to split it into Research, Teaching, and Administration. This lecturing goes into the Teaching section. |
135,935 | I am currently PhD student, and giving lectures to undergrad students (4 semesters). Is it legit to write about this activity in the CV separately. If yes, then how (i.e. lecturer)? | 2019/09/10 | [
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] | In the United States, if you taught an entire course and did the grading, then you should use a phrase like
"Teaching Experience as Instructor of Record"
followed by a list of the courses. This would be under teaching experience. In some other countries this might not be understood.
If you are teaching as a part t... | **I think it is legitimate to add this to your cv , but under the title: Additional academic work.** |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
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] | A note: While this is a system-agnostic question, certain systems (ex: DitV, FATE, Paranoia) are much better at handling this than others (ex: Any D&D system). Some games are even focused entirely around CvC conflict (En Garde, Everyone Is John, etc). For the purposes of this response I'm going to assume that in this g... | I have no advice to getting romance conflicts inside the PC group. It's something sad for me, but I have never seen in my many years of experience two PCs falling in love (or any other kind of romance relationship), PCs to NPCs yes, but none between PCs. The only exceptions happened between people who were already a co... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | A note: While this is a system-agnostic question, certain systems (ex: DitV, FATE, Paranoia) are much better at handling this than others (ex: Any D&D system). Some games are even focused entirely around CvC conflict (En Garde, Everyone Is John, etc). For the purposes of this response I'm going to assume that in this g... | Slipping notes
--------------
*A short partial answer on a technique...*
In some cases where there was legitimate cause for real intra-party differences we allowed players to secretly communicate with the GM. For this a player would write something on a slip of paper and hand this to the GM.
This really only serves ... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
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] | A note: While this is a system-agnostic question, certain systems (ex: DitV, FATE, Paranoia) are much better at handling this than others (ex: Any D&D system). Some games are even focused entirely around CvC conflict (En Garde, Everyone Is John, etc). For the purposes of this response I'm going to assume that in this g... | **Reward Individual Goals at odds with each other**
There's a lot of games that do this well, and they do it by having characters with cross goals that get XP/hero points, etc.
Now, the trick is that if you want the characters to mostly cooperate with a little bit of friction, you make sure they have enough goals in... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | A note: While this is a system-agnostic question, certain systems (ex: DitV, FATE, Paranoia) are much better at handling this than others (ex: Any D&D system). Some games are even focused entirely around CvC conflict (En Garde, Everyone Is John, etc). For the purposes of this response I'm going to assume that in this g... | Short answer: Make them all evil.
Longer story:
My playing group is taking a break from the main storyline, and I decided to introduce my players to Pathfinder - as several of them are brand new to roleplaying, and have not even played any D&D based system before. But because of the particular sense of humor of my gr... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
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] | I have no advice to getting romance conflicts inside the PC group. It's something sad for me, but I have never seen in my many years of experience two PCs falling in love (or any other kind of romance relationship), PCs to NPCs yes, but none between PCs. The only exceptions happened between people who were already a co... | Slipping notes
--------------
*A short partial answer on a technique...*
In some cases where there was legitimate cause for real intra-party differences we allowed players to secretly communicate with the GM. For this a player would write something on a slip of paper and hand this to the GM.
This really only serves ... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
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] | I have no advice to getting romance conflicts inside the PC group. It's something sad for me, but I have never seen in my many years of experience two PCs falling in love (or any other kind of romance relationship), PCs to NPCs yes, but none between PCs. The only exceptions happened between people who were already a co... | **Reward Individual Goals at odds with each other**
There's a lot of games that do this well, and they do it by having characters with cross goals that get XP/hero points, etc.
Now, the trick is that if you want the characters to mostly cooperate with a little bit of friction, you make sure they have enough goals in... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | I have no advice to getting romance conflicts inside the PC group. It's something sad for me, but I have never seen in my many years of experience two PCs falling in love (or any other kind of romance relationship), PCs to NPCs yes, but none between PCs. The only exceptions happened between people who were already a co... | Short answer: Make them all evil.
Longer story:
My playing group is taking a break from the main storyline, and I decided to introduce my players to Pathfinder - as several of them are brand new to roleplaying, and have not even played any D&D based system before. But because of the particular sense of humor of my gr... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | Slipping notes
--------------
*A short partial answer on a technique...*
In some cases where there was legitimate cause for real intra-party differences we allowed players to secretly communicate with the GM. For this a player would write something on a slip of paper and hand this to the GM.
This really only serves ... | Short answer: Make them all evil.
Longer story:
My playing group is taking a break from the main storyline, and I decided to introduce my players to Pathfinder - as several of them are brand new to roleplaying, and have not even played any D&D based system before. But because of the particular sense of humor of my gr... |
23,069 | **This is a question calling for tried and tested methods for facilitating entertaining CvC intraparty conflict.**
Although Player versus Player (PvP) seems to be the accepted term among a large proportion of gamers for conflict within the party, this term can cause enough confusion that discussion of the outcomes of ... | 2013/03/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/23069",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/141/"
] | **Reward Individual Goals at odds with each other**
There's a lot of games that do this well, and they do it by having characters with cross goals that get XP/hero points, etc.
Now, the trick is that if you want the characters to mostly cooperate with a little bit of friction, you make sure they have enough goals in... | Short answer: Make them all evil.
Longer story:
My playing group is taking a break from the main storyline, and I decided to introduce my players to Pathfinder - as several of them are brand new to roleplaying, and have not even played any D&D based system before. But because of the particular sense of humor of my gr... |
19,659 | My guess is yes. Here's my reasoning.
There are a finite number of atoms in the universe ([the current estimate is about 10^80](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_content_.E2.80.94_number_of_atoms)). In other words, the set of all atoms in the (observable) universe is a finite set.
Now define an... | 2014/12/18 | [
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] | Your position is phrased as a definition, so the assumption that it is true is tautological. If you assume that the word "object" can be defined by a set of atoms, and you assume there is a finite number of atoms (which is science's best guess, but not certain), then by definition there are a finite number of objects.
... | At any given resolution, the number of atoms in the universe are finite. However, that resolution is disputed. For example Feynman path integrals already take an infinite number of virtual particles to make sense.
In fact, this was also the position of the ancient atomists, when they said that there were an infinite n... |
19,659 | My guess is yes. Here's my reasoning.
There are a finite number of atoms in the universe ([the current estimate is about 10^80](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_content_.E2.80.94_number_of_atoms)). In other words, the set of all atoms in the (observable) universe is a finite set.
Now define an... | 2014/12/18 | [
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] | Your position is phrased as a definition, so the assumption that it is true is tautological. If you assume that the word "object" can be defined by a set of atoms, and you assume there is a finite number of atoms (which is science's best guess, but not certain), then by definition there are a finite number of objects.
... | It depends on how you're defining object. A book is an object. But so are the pages of a book and so are chapters (collections of pages) of the book. There are a potentially infinite number of ways to split a finite number of atoms into objects. |
19,659 | My guess is yes. Here's my reasoning.
There are a finite number of atoms in the universe ([the current estimate is about 10^80](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe#Matter_content_.E2.80.94_number_of_atoms)). In other words, the set of all atoms in the (observable) universe is a finite set.
Now define an... | 2014/12/18 | [
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] | At any given resolution, the number of atoms in the universe are finite. However, that resolution is disputed. For example Feynman path integrals already take an infinite number of virtual particles to make sense.
In fact, this was also the position of the ancient atomists, when they said that there were an infinite n... | It depends on how you're defining object. A book is an object. But so are the pages of a book and so are chapters (collections of pages) of the book. There are a potentially infinite number of ways to split a finite number of atoms into objects. |
1,263,971 | On my Surface book if I try to zoom screen using 2 fingers it doesn't work anymore.
It worked before, I suppose it stopped after fall update.
Is it known issue?
How to fix it?
**UPDATE**: Windows is up to date:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/azYQu.p... | 2017/10/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1263971",
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] | Moisture is the enemy. Removing the printer cartridge leave more space for moisture to get in
Better to leave.
Much better to place again the printer in the box with a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_gel> | I would leave in.
Why would be better if you take it out?
Of course it is suggested to store in a cool & dry place.
Warm should not hurt the printer itself, but ink could agglomerate in elevated temperatures and/or high humidity.
If you store outside of the printer, do not expose to sun, toners are usually bla... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | From the christian point of view, **giving** is more important and noble that **receiving**, and Christmas is that time of the year where this is more evident. If "Santan" fulfills everyone's wishes and gives everybody gifts, then people would stop to care about being generous to others (because there's already someone... | **Downsizing!**
Satan wasn't always Santa, but due to celestial budget constraints, quite a few of the classic job titles have been combined. "Satan" and "The Boogey Man", who scare children into behaving, has been combined with "Santa" and "The Easter Bunny", who bribe children to the same effect. This new "Departmen... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | Santa is not Satan, but an equivalent opposite of Jesus (with some differences regarding origin). Santa is to Jesus what Satan is to God. However, this does not make him less demonic, evil, or corrupted. Let's explain this:
The beginning
=============
Santa and Jesus had a fight since the 300 A.D. when Nicola (Say, N... | Mass confusion and international conflict
-----------------------------------------
If Santa really did manage to deliver millions of presents in a single night all of a sudden, how are humans going to react?
The most likely reactions:
1. Jesus exists, and has given Santa powers for good.
2. There exist alien specie... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | If he did not provide happiness at the darkest time of the year, nobody would want to bother living. A lot of people look forward all year to Christmas, even though it is generally the coldest and darkest time of the year (especially when it doesn't snow).
If people didn't have Christmas, they wouldn't have very much ... | It's in the good book:
>
> And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
>
> [2 Corinthians 11:14](http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/11-14.htm)
>
>
>
Just for the sake of appearing good, Satan will have to do *some* good. |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | From the christian point of view, **giving** is more important and noble that **receiving**, and Christmas is that time of the year where this is more evident. If "Santan" fulfills everyone's wishes and gives everybody gifts, then people would stop to care about being generous to others (because there's already someone... | From looking at the bible and its passages, it was Satan (the angel Lucifer) who was first to sin, not Eve or Adam. And while people say that Satan causes all sin, by posessing those and causing them to commit sin, this is not all true. There have been cases where Jesus has met and cleansed those posessed by demons, bu... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | **Stealing attention from Jesus**
While Jesus represents the religious meaning of Christmas, Satan Clause represents the secular aspects. By shifting peoples attention away from seeing Jesus as the symbol of Christmas and to worship a secular symbol instead, he turns people away from faith.
**Making people more mater... | **Because (almost) *everyone* loses faith in Santa**
Well, *everyone* knows Santa isn't *really* real, right? I mean, sure, when you're a kid you believe in him, but then, one day, you find out he's not really there, that it was just your parents all along. You, know, if Santa's not real, there's probably no such thin... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | "Would you like some candy, little girl?"
Satan wants to encourage dependency and entitlement from a child's earliest moments of sentience. He can build on this through the elementary-school years, encouraging a demand for *things things things*, and *now, dammit*. He wants those kids to grow up thinking the world owe... | **MAGIC**.
Satan needs power to do his evil deeds, but after being cast away from heaven he lost his angelic powers. Doing a great good deed once a year allows him to collect enough childish hope and belief to power his dark sciences. |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | If he did not provide happiness at the darkest time of the year, nobody would want to bother living. A lot of people look forward all year to Christmas, even though it is generally the coldest and darkest time of the year (especially when it doesn't snow).
If people didn't have Christmas, they wouldn't have very much ... | **MAGIC**.
Satan needs power to do his evil deeds, but after being cast away from heaven he lost his angelic powers. Doing a great good deed once a year allows him to collect enough childish hope and belief to power his dark sciences. |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | **Stealing attention from Jesus**
While Jesus represents the religious meaning of Christmas, Satan Clause represents the secular aspects. By shifting peoples attention away from seeing Jesus as the symbol of Christmas and to worship a secular symbol instead, he turns people away from faith.
**Making people more mater... | Did you ever notice that the children of rich families get more presents than those of the poor? That's great for instilling even more envy against them than there is anyway. Also, while it is claimed that good children get presents, but naughty children only get coal, the reality clearly looks different: Lots of naugh... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | If he did not provide happiness at the darkest time of the year, nobody would want to bother living. A lot of people look forward all year to Christmas, even though it is generally the coldest and darkest time of the year (especially when it doesn't snow).
If people didn't have Christmas, they wouldn't have very much ... | Almost everyone answering here is a Sith for dealing in absolutes.
Notice the small dots in the Yin-Yang symbol? There is a little evil in all that is good, and there is a little good in all that is evil.
Lucifer once had a disagreement with his father, which led him to being cast out of heaven and becoming Satan. Th... |
32,086 | Santa is Satan, after all the clue is right there in the name.
But why?
What reason would the font of all evil and the generally unpleasant one have to pretend to be a jolly fat man and give away presents to make people happy for one day each year?
Answers will be judged based on plausibility. Would a very powerful ... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/32086",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/49/"
] | Santa is not Satan, but an equivalent opposite of Jesus (with some differences regarding origin). Santa is to Jesus what Satan is to God. However, this does not make him less demonic, evil, or corrupted. Let's explain this:
The beginning
=============
Santa and Jesus had a fight since the 300 A.D. when Nicola (Say, N... | The opposite side of good is bad, so the bad is the opposite of good. If Satan existed, so Santa must exist to justify each other, else Satan can't exist. If God exists, then Lucifer must exist to justify that God is omnipresence and the creator, of the men and angels; and the most powerful of His creation, Archangel L... |
292,953 | I was wondering if there exists a plain text editor that has one built-in terminal. I think Coda does it, but too much for what I'm looking for. | 2011/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/292953",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/454549/"
] | Emacs is installed on Mac OS X by default. It has a terminal built in that works nicely. | Coda is pretty web dev focused, so if that's "too much" it might help to describe exactly what you're planning on using the terminal for.
Emacs has multiple shell modes, some of which behave more like editors and some more like terminals. BBEdit has shell worksheets which are even more like editors than Emacs' modes; ... |
292,953 | I was wondering if there exists a plain text editor that has one built-in terminal. I think Coda does it, but too much for what I'm looking for. | 2011/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/292953",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/454549/"
] | Emacs is installed on Mac OS X by default. It has a terminal built in that works nicely. | [Kate Editor](http://kate-editor.org/) is pretty good available in windows and linux i think. I used it for C and shell projects. can be used for plenty other. |
292,953 | I was wondering if there exists a plain text editor that has one built-in terminal. I think Coda does it, but too much for what I'm looking for. | 2011/06/04 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/292953",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/454549/"
] | Coda is pretty web dev focused, so if that's "too much" it might help to describe exactly what you're planning on using the terminal for.
Emacs has multiple shell modes, some of which behave more like editors and some more like terminals. BBEdit has shell worksheets which are even more like editors than Emacs' modes; ... | [Kate Editor](http://kate-editor.org/) is pretty good available in windows and linux i think. I used it for C and shell projects. can be used for plenty other. |
217,624 | I want to install an outlet in between two garage doors. I am wondering if there is something in NEC which either explicitly prohibits, or forces to treat, an outlet in this location as an external location.
Reasoning - during heavy rain and windy conditions if doors are opened then some water might get inside.
Right... | 2021/02/28 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/217624",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/128929/"
] | No nothing special that is a normally dry location as identified by code.
All garage receptacles do require GFCI protection so either a GFCI breaker or GFCI receptacle is required.
I would consider a WR (weather resistant) rated receptacle as they last longer in garage locations. | If there is a chance of water, then I would use a PVC conduit with sweeps attached to a PVC surface mount box. I do not think the metal Legrand wiremold will hold up well with moisture. Metal and moisture and electricity are not a good combo.
Codes here require all garage outlets to be GFCI protected and if there a ch... |
217,624 | I want to install an outlet in between two garage doors. I am wondering if there is something in NEC which either explicitly prohibits, or forces to treat, an outlet in this location as an external location.
Reasoning - during heavy rain and windy conditions if doors are opened then some water might get inside.
Right... | 2021/02/28 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/217624",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/128929/"
] | No nothing special that is a normally dry location as identified by code.
All garage receptacles do require GFCI protection so either a GFCI breaker or GFCI receptacle is required.
I would consider a WR (weather resistant) rated receptacle as they last longer in garage locations. | Nothing prohibits it. I have outlets between my garage doors. My house was built (and inspected) in 2013. |
217,624 | I want to install an outlet in between two garage doors. I am wondering if there is something in NEC which either explicitly prohibits, or forces to treat, an outlet in this location as an external location.
Reasoning - during heavy rain and windy conditions if doors are opened then some water might get inside.
Right... | 2021/02/28 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/217624",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/128929/"
] | Nothing prohibits it. I have outlets between my garage doors. My house was built (and inspected) in 2013. | If there is a chance of water, then I would use a PVC conduit with sweeps attached to a PVC surface mount box. I do not think the metal Legrand wiremold will hold up well with moisture. Metal and moisture and electricity are not a good combo.
Codes here require all garage outlets to be GFCI protected and if there a ch... |
259,383 | So, I'm going to explain this from the start.
I've started a project with a friend of mine which includes a webspider, that crawls through all pages on a site and stores them in a DB. Since I've never done this before, I didn't think about the amount of requests I was actually sending to the site, and after a day or t... | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/259383",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/72409/"
] | ipconfig /flushdns only flushes your dns cache, it doesn't request a new IP from DHCP. The ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew will ask the DHCP server for a new lease (and possibly a new IP), but it is up to the DHCP server to give the IP. In most cases this is your home router. If you're talking about renewing the ... | If it's the router that's connected to the internet (as a router should be - you're not confusing a router and a modem are you?) then it's the router's IP address that you should be renewing. Just rebooting the router usually does it for me. |
8,485,233 | I am building a tutorial application where users can type in their HTML/Javascript/CSS codes inside a text area, after entering the codes they will hit a button called "render". on button click, the user-entered code will be rendered inside a div.
the application is itself written in HTML5 and Javascript.
The problem... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8485233",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049429/"
] | Have you seen [ecoder](http://ecoder.quintalinda.com/)?
Which is based on [EditArea](http://www.cdolivet.com/editarea/?page=editArea) (see [live examples](http://www.cdolivet.com/editarea/editarea/exemples/exemple_full.html)). | It's a difficult project to do from scratch, which is why there are tools out there that already do this.
You can see some tools here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor>
Most of these are open source, so you can add in functions pretty easily to make it work the way that you'd like. |
8,485,233 | I am building a tutorial application where users can type in their HTML/Javascript/CSS codes inside a text area, after entering the codes they will hit a button called "render". on button click, the user-entered code will be rendered inside a div.
the application is itself written in HTML5 and Javascript.
The problem... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8485233",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049429/"
] | [CodeMirror](http://codemirror.net/) would do this for you and is excellent. It has an [HTML mode](http://codemirror.net/demo/preview.html). | Have you seen [ecoder](http://ecoder.quintalinda.com/)?
Which is based on [EditArea](http://www.cdolivet.com/editarea/?page=editArea) (see [live examples](http://www.cdolivet.com/editarea/editarea/exemples/exemple_full.html)). |
8,485,233 | I am building a tutorial application where users can type in their HTML/Javascript/CSS codes inside a text area, after entering the codes they will hit a button called "render". on button click, the user-entered code will be rendered inside a div.
the application is itself written in HTML5 and Javascript.
The problem... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8485233",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049429/"
] | It's a little heavyweight, but [Ace](http://ace.ajax.org/) is a pretty remarkable project that does what you're asking for and more. Try out the [kitchen sink demo](http://ace.ajax.org/build/kitchen-sink.html) to get a feel for it, but it can take pretty much any textarea and make a full-fledged text editor out of it.
... | It's a difficult project to do from scratch, which is why there are tools out there that already do this.
You can see some tools here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor>
Most of these are open source, so you can add in functions pretty easily to make it work the way that you'd like. |
8,485,233 | I am building a tutorial application where users can type in their HTML/Javascript/CSS codes inside a text area, after entering the codes they will hit a button called "render". on button click, the user-entered code will be rendered inside a div.
the application is itself written in HTML5 and Javascript.
The problem... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8485233",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049429/"
] | [CodeMirror](http://codemirror.net/) would do this for you and is excellent. It has an [HTML mode](http://codemirror.net/demo/preview.html). | It's a difficult project to do from scratch, which is why there are tools out there that already do this.
You can see some tools here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_rich-text_editor>
Most of these are open source, so you can add in functions pretty easily to make it work the way that you'd like. |
8,485,233 | I am building a tutorial application where users can type in their HTML/Javascript/CSS codes inside a text area, after entering the codes they will hit a button called "render". on button click, the user-entered code will be rendered inside a div.
the application is itself written in HTML5 and Javascript.
The problem... | 2011/12/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8485233",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049429/"
] | [CodeMirror](http://codemirror.net/) would do this for you and is excellent. It has an [HTML mode](http://codemirror.net/demo/preview.html). | It's a little heavyweight, but [Ace](http://ace.ajax.org/) is a pretty remarkable project that does what you're asking for and more. Try out the [kitchen sink demo](http://ace.ajax.org/build/kitchen-sink.html) to get a feel for it, but it can take pretty much any textarea and make a full-fledged text editor out of it.
... |
282,776 | I have installed [powerline](https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) and installed the Ubuntu Mono Powerline fonts and selected the font as the font to use in the terminal. The special characters still aren't working after installing the fonts. This is a default Ubuntu install using Gnome Terminal. I have also tr... | 2013/04/18 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/282776",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/1601/"
] | You can create your own local repository.
The repository will be updated with the new packages from the internet periodically and you can use the repository to install new computers in your LAN. This will cause network-traffic but no internet-traffic during the installation and it is faster..
Refer to <https://help... | I'm Noob. Just install APTonCD. This application will make backup on your updates pakages and you will be able to install it on other ubuntu. just my $0.02! Hope it help. |
2,106,916 | Is there a way to map one of the the columns contents of a MySQL table to an enum on another table in MySQL? I thought this would be a no brainer, but there doesn't seem to be any info that I can find on the subject.
Any advice or help on this matter would be cool and if it's not possible, does anyone know of an inter... | 2010/01/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2106916",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2385364/"
] | The *enum* type is handy as a one-off, but it doesn't scale well to multiple tables and isn't standard SQL either.
Best thing to do here is to use normal tables and relations:
1. Define a new table to hold the list of possible values; let's call it Master1
2. In the other two tables (let's call them Table1 and Table2)... | **If it doesn't do it, don't do it**
Surely you just want a table of possible keys and then a foreign key mapping to that.
If you want a table with possible enum values and restrictions, go for groupings via another table or a groupid in the same table (if group members are unique).
Smells like table-stink though JO... |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
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] | The quotation is from the English translation of García Márquez’s book “One hundred years of solitude”. (Actually, you ought to give us this information and not expect us to look it up.) It means “hands like a sparrow’s claws”. It is not a common expression in English, but any speaker of the language will understand it... | >
> Thin hands and long nails.
>
>
>
I couldn't find a link, though. |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
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] | It means exactly what it says: the hands of a sparrow.
This is a literary metaphor, so you have to figure it out for yourself. If somebody told you
that so and so had hands like a sparrow’s, what would that be saying to you?
Whatever you come up with, that’s what it means.
Although your question is, as far as I ca... | >
> Thin hands and long nails.
>
>
>
I couldn't find a link, though. |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/90995/"
] | >
> Thin hands and long nails.
>
>
>
I couldn't find a link, though. | it's a literary metaphor indicating a skinny wrinkled hairy hands with un-clipped nails looking like sparrow's claws. |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/90995/"
] | It means exactly what it says: the hands of a sparrow.
This is a literary metaphor, so you have to figure it out for yourself. If somebody told you
that so and so had hands like a sparrow’s, what would that be saying to you?
Whatever you come up with, that’s what it means.
Although your question is, as far as I ca... | The quotation is from the English translation of García Márquez’s book “One hundred years of solitude”. (Actually, you ought to give us this information and not expect us to look it up.) It means “hands like a sparrow’s claws”. It is not a common expression in English, but any speaker of the language will understand it... |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/90995/"
] | The quotation is from the English translation of García Márquez’s book “One hundred years of solitude”. (Actually, you ought to give us this information and not expect us to look it up.) It means “hands like a sparrow’s claws”. It is not a common expression in English, but any speaker of the language will understand it... | it's a literary metaphor indicating a skinny wrinkled hairy hands with un-clipped nails looking like sparrow's claws. |
203,331 | Here is the text.
"A heavy gypsy with an untamed beard and sparrow hands..."
Would you explain that what kind of hands called the sparrow hands in English. is it the hand like a sparrow's claw, skinny, grey or something else? | 2014/10/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/203331",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/90995/"
] | It means exactly what it says: the hands of a sparrow.
This is a literary metaphor, so you have to figure it out for yourself. If somebody told you
that so and so had hands like a sparrow’s, what would that be saying to you?
Whatever you come up with, that’s what it means.
Although your question is, as far as I ca... | it's a literary metaphor indicating a skinny wrinkled hairy hands with un-clipped nails looking like sparrow's claws. |
101,347 | I dread block chords (just beginning to learn piano). They are much trickier than broken chords, as they require placing multiple fingers on respective correct keys all at once and land on the next chord on time. I would pause a lot during unfamiliar or frequent chord changes, and get mixed up (both in memorizing and i... | 2020/06/28 | [
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] | From what I could read in your explanation, I think the first important thing to do is to **slow down** the tempo, so that you can perform all the changes in the metrum.
Practice in **sequences** (e.g. every change is one sequence). Sometimes this is a tedious task, but think as if this is the whole piece and if you w... | Realising that block chords are just broken chords re-joined will help. Look at your broken chords, usually done in triads, occasionally in fours. The triad version uses a pattern of root (1st 3), 1st inversion (2nd 3) and 2nd inversion (3rd 3). Play those as chords, moving up and down as you would with broken chords. ... |
101,347 | I dread block chords (just beginning to learn piano). They are much trickier than broken chords, as they require placing multiple fingers on respective correct keys all at once and land on the next chord on time. I would pause a lot during unfamiliar or frequent chord changes, and get mixed up (both in memorizing and i... | 2020/06/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101347",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | From what I could read in your explanation, I think the first important thing to do is to **slow down** the tempo, so that you can perform all the changes in the metrum.
Practice in **sequences** (e.g. every change is one sequence). Sometimes this is a tedious task, but think as if this is the whole piece and if you w... | Apart of a) difficulties with sight reading and learning to understand the chords by analyzing the triads, intervals and progression beginners always have b) sensomotoric problems with the coordination of the body, arms, elbow, hand, wrist and fingers.
Some ideas for practice:
a) notate the chord, not only you have t... |
101,347 | I dread block chords (just beginning to learn piano). They are much trickier than broken chords, as they require placing multiple fingers on respective correct keys all at once and land on the next chord on time. I would pause a lot during unfamiliar or frequent chord changes, and get mixed up (both in memorizing and i... | 2020/06/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101347",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/69764/"
] | From what I could read in your explanation, I think the first important thing to do is to **slow down** the tempo, so that you can perform all the changes in the metrum.
Practice in **sequences** (e.g. every change is one sequence). Sometimes this is a tedious task, but think as if this is the whole piece and if you w... | Usethe [Arm Movement](https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/2018/03/13/arm-movement) for chords. Use one finger as the pivot and release the rest of the finger on the notes.
If you insist on the same chords, the muscle memory will guide you to the correct keys. Be patient and keep repeating the same chor... |
101,347 | I dread block chords (just beginning to learn piano). They are much trickier than broken chords, as they require placing multiple fingers on respective correct keys all at once and land on the next chord on time. I would pause a lot during unfamiliar or frequent chord changes, and get mixed up (both in memorizing and i... | 2020/06/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101347",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/69764/"
] | Apart of a) difficulties with sight reading and learning to understand the chords by analyzing the triads, intervals and progression beginners always have b) sensomotoric problems with the coordination of the body, arms, elbow, hand, wrist and fingers.
Some ideas for practice:
a) notate the chord, not only you have t... | Realising that block chords are just broken chords re-joined will help. Look at your broken chords, usually done in triads, occasionally in fours. The triad version uses a pattern of root (1st 3), 1st inversion (2nd 3) and 2nd inversion (3rd 3). Play those as chords, moving up and down as you would with broken chords. ... |
101,347 | I dread block chords (just beginning to learn piano). They are much trickier than broken chords, as they require placing multiple fingers on respective correct keys all at once and land on the next chord on time. I would pause a lot during unfamiliar or frequent chord changes, and get mixed up (both in memorizing and i... | 2020/06/28 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/101347",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/69764/"
] | Usethe [Arm Movement](https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/2018/03/13/arm-movement) for chords. Use one finger as the pivot and release the rest of the finger on the notes.
If you insist on the same chords, the muscle memory will guide you to the correct keys. Be patient and keep repeating the same chor... | Realising that block chords are just broken chords re-joined will help. Look at your broken chords, usually done in triads, occasionally in fours. The triad version uses a pattern of root (1st 3), 1st inversion (2nd 3) and 2nd inversion (3rd 3). Play those as chords, moving up and down as you would with broken chords. ... |
24,377 | Consider the following hypothetical question:
>
> If there were two moons, what kind of poem would be composed?
>
>
>
There are two ways of considering this type of statement that I find unexciting:
1. Any answer for this question is true, since the premise is false (as an application of the principle of explosi... | 2015/06/10 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24377",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think there's a lot going on in this question, which is part of why I initially closed it prior to revision -- which made the purpose substantially clearer.
First, Paul Ross hits the nail on the head in the comments in terms of the techniques we use to evaluate these sorts of statements, which are called counterfact... | I would point you at my previous answer about the function of 'might' from a Wittgensteinian perspective, rather than that of Kripke worlds or formal modal logics <https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/a/16454/9166>.
I feel that the 'mutable modality' often reflected by 'would' and 'might' should not be construed as a... |
24,377 | Consider the following hypothetical question:
>
> If there were two moons, what kind of poem would be composed?
>
>
>
There are two ways of considering this type of statement that I find unexciting:
1. Any answer for this question is true, since the premise is false (as an application of the principle of explosi... | 2015/06/10 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24377",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As noted in comments and other answers, the principle of explosion is not applicable in this case so the first answer is invalid.
You probably had in mind the fact than in logic, "if A then B" is trivially true when A is false. But that doesn't apply to counterfactuals. Your sentence is not "if there *are* two moons, ... | I think there's a lot going on in this question, which is part of why I initially closed it prior to revision -- which made the purpose substantially clearer.
First, Paul Ross hits the nail on the head in the comments in terms of the techniques we use to evaluate these sorts of statements, which are called counterfact... |
24,377 | Consider the following hypothetical question:
>
> If there were two moons, what kind of poem would be composed?
>
>
>
There are two ways of considering this type of statement that I find unexciting:
1. Any answer for this question is true, since the premise is false (as an application of the principle of explosi... | 2015/06/10 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/24377",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As noted in comments and other answers, the principle of explosion is not applicable in this case so the first answer is invalid.
You probably had in mind the fact than in logic, "if A then B" is trivially true when A is false. But that doesn't apply to counterfactuals. Your sentence is not "if there *are* two moons, ... | I would point you at my previous answer about the function of 'might' from a Wittgensteinian perspective, rather than that of Kripke worlds or formal modal logics <https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/a/16454/9166>.
I feel that the 'mutable modality' often reflected by 'would' and 'might' should not be construed as a... |
192,639 | It has been one month since this problem happened, I don't know how to fix it.
**The problem**
When I connect my power cord, the red Colour comes up as normal. But when I press it , it beeps one time (like normal) and it becomes green for 2 seconds and just goes off (there is no blinking issue, like many people have)... | 2014/11/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/192639",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Removing the CD**
-------------------
Before you start, be sure that no CD's are still inside.
To remove them, there are instructions [**here**](http://faq.en.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7779/~/a-disc-is-stuck-in-my-ps3).
For consistency, here are instructions for removing it on the PS3 FAT Model.
>... | Your power supply might be the problem. Try replacing it. Here is a tutorial to do so : |
192,639 | It has been one month since this problem happened, I don't know how to fix it.
**The problem**
When I connect my power cord, the red Colour comes up as normal. But when I press it , it beeps one time (like normal) and it becomes green for 2 seconds and just goes off (there is no blinking issue, like many people have)... | 2014/11/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/192639",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/92783/"
] | **Removing the CD**
-------------------
Before you start, be sure that no CD's are still inside.
To remove them, there are instructions [**here**](http://faq.en.playstation.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7779/~/a-disc-is-stuck-in-my-ps3).
For consistency, here are instructions for removing it on the PS3 FAT Model.
>... | Your problem seems to be that dust might not be letting start up. Here's what I found that allowed my PS3 to work properly,
If the video gets taken down then what you need to do is carefully remove the top of the PS3's shell BUT remember where the screws go. Once you are at the inner workings of the system take a can ... |
35,502 | I'm looking into fitting ball-type inflatable equipment (eg bike tires, yoga balls, basketball ball, etc) to a 2/4 silicone tube. This will be to measure the pressure inside the inflatable, so the other end of the tube goes to a pressure sensor.
The top valve seems to have a [schrader valve](https://en.wikipedia.org/w... | 2020/05/01 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/35502",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/26892/"
] | I searched for "Schraeder Hose Barb".
! | Some compressors are sold with a set of them.
Commonly just called adaptors. |
6,448,940 | I want to move an app I have to beanstalk. I want to have an easy automated way to promote new builds though. The console interface in beanstalk is nice: I can just get the war file and upload it. However, it would be nice if I could just run a Jenkins job and have it deploy when it finished building the war file.
I f... | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6448940",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/346741/"
] | If you're using Maven for your builds, I wrote a plugin to automate beanstalk and Elastic MapReduce deployment:
<http://beanstalker.ingenieux.com.br/>
I'm looking for testers! :) | You can try [jcabi-beanstalk-maven-plugin](http://www.jcabi.com/jcabi-beanstalk-maven-plugin/index.html), which automates deploying by [CNAME swap](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/using-features.CNAMESwap.html). It's an experimental plugin with specific focus on this particular deployment s... |
6,448,940 | I want to move an app I have to beanstalk. I want to have an easy automated way to promote new builds though. The console interface in beanstalk is nice: I can just get the war file and upload it. However, it would be nice if I could just run a Jenkins job and have it deploy when it finished building the war file.
I f... | 2011/06/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6448940",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/346741/"
] | If you're using Maven for your builds, I wrote a plugin to automate beanstalk and Elastic MapReduce deployment:
<http://beanstalker.ingenieux.com.br/>
I'm looking for testers! :) | Afaik beanstalk has a web interface so you could create a selenium script to upload it for you. That would be a bit of a hack though.
Uploading via ssh or so it probably a good option. Also beanstalk has an API (http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2011/01/aws-beanstalk-apis-and-command-line-tools.html) that you could easily u... |
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