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11,903,719 | Is Microsoft updating SAPI or any speech components in Windows 8?
I can't seem to find any mention of any updated [APIs](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh920511%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) or [technology](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh920512%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) to be include... | 2012/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11903719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/495499/"
] | No. Windows 8 ships with the same SAPI 5.4 from Windows 7. | For windows 8 ui applications, there are no inbox speech apis. |
42,256,757 | We decided to use jira and confluece with postgre. I have a question about the setup. I red the documentation but its still not clear to me. Do I need to create two databases and two login roles, one for confluence and one for jira with pgAdmin or just one database and one login role?
Thanks
Aleks | 2017/02/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42256757",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1317156/"
] | I just worked this out recently. You want two separate databases for sure.
I would recommend two database users, but you would be able to use just one if you wanted.
For what it's worth I had really good success using phppgadmin.
I'd call one database confluence and the other jira. It's really easy when the usernames... | You can use one database username for both JIRA and Confluence but you need to have **TWO Different Databases** for them. You shouldn't try to install both of them in one database with different schema since it may cause lots of problem with a plugins later since they are using AO tables and sometimes you have same tab... |
81,187 | I recently rescued a survivor from a portable toilet in *No Zombies Allowed*. Normally, this nets me some supplies, cash, and coins.
This one, however, awarded me by building a security fence all along my town. My first thought is that this does nothing but give my town a nicer look.
**Does this fence serve any real ... | 2012/08/20 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/81187",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/14775/"
] | Surfing around google, I chanced across the [No Zombies Allowed Wiki](http://nozombiesallowed.wikia.com/wiki/Home).
I was looking for an answer to your question, and I chanced upon this in the [FAQ](http://nozombiesallowed.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ).
>
> **How do I upgrade Lola's tower?**
>
>
> Every 5 or 6 survivors you... | You are correct in thinking that it just makes your town look nicer sadly. Would be nice if it had other features. |
253,735 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2Ag15.jpg)I have an older outdoor GFCI outlet on a dedicated circuit that trips periodically. I am planning on switching it with a regular outlet and a GFCI breaker in order to get the GFCI circuitry away from the weather. ... | 2022/07/28 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/253735",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/126129/"
] | >
> My main panel is a Siemens G3040B1200. When the subpanel was installed (3" away from the main panel), the installer brought only the hots into the subpanel and left the neutrals in the main panel. Is this OK?
>
>
>
No, that is not OK. This was very shabbily done and you should bring in a *competent* electricia... | The part number for the breaker you're searching for is: Eaton/Cutler-Hammer CH115GFI 1 Pole Circuit Breaker. The "CH" is important. ETN makes a "BR" breaker and those will not work in your sub panel. As mentioned in the comments, there might be better ways to do this. |
142,215 | I have a double-bowl, stainless steel kitchen sink mounted to a granite countertop, with a faucet with a pull-out spray head (pictured).
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fgfWe.jpg)
The faucet is no longer tightly mounted, so it wobbles back and forth. I'd like to tighten it. ... | 2018/07/13 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/142215",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/87736/"
] | >
> the nut around that brass threaded pipe is how to tighten it? Is tightening that the right way to go?
>
>
>
YES and YES
>
> do you think I can get it tight enough just with that? Or should I expect to have to do something extra (plumber's putty?)
>
>
>
YES and NO - you should go ahead and try tightening ... | That brass nut is what I'd try if you can reach it. It looks like some sort of makeshift clamp blocks access to the nut.
Is that silicone rubber all over one of the fittings? That is non standard and suggests either there was a leak or someone didn't know what they were doing in the first place. There are *two* corrug... |
60,579 | After reading ["Is *everyone*" singular or plural?"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225/is-everyone-singular-or-plural), I would refrain from asking this question, but the husband of a colleague of mine (English professor, native speaker of British English) stated against it, so I am looking for further en... | 2012/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60579",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18424/"
] | ***Some*** indeed can be use in this general sense.
If you visit [OneLook](http://www.onelook.com/?w=some&ls=a), you'll see several meanings of the word ***some***. One of them reads:
>
> **some** *used for referring to a person or thing without knowing or without saying exactly which one*
>
>
>
So, saying:
>
... | *[Some](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/some_1)* is used to refer to a particular person or thing without stating which. For example,
>
> **Some** customer called yesterday.
>
>
> |
60,579 | After reading ["Is *everyone*" singular or plural?"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225/is-everyone-singular-or-plural), I would refrain from asking this question, but the husband of a colleague of mine (English professor, native speaker of British English) stated against it, so I am looking for further en... | 2012/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60579",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18424/"
] | ***Some*** indeed can be use in this general sense.
If you visit [OneLook](http://www.onelook.com/?w=some&ls=a), you'll see several meanings of the word ***some***. One of them reads:
>
> **some** *used for referring to a person or thing without knowing or without saying exactly which one*
>
>
>
So, saying:
>
... | You're right, he's right, they're right, everyone's right.
Just incomplete. No one has mentioned the important detail.
"A non-existent town" - CORRECT
"Some non-existent town" - INFORMAL
That's all there is to it.
"Some" is being used EXACTLY the way "a" is supposed to be used. You can't use "some" in this way in p... |
60,579 | After reading ["Is *everyone*" singular or plural?"](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225/is-everyone-singular-or-plural), I would refrain from asking this question, but the husband of a colleague of mine (English professor, native speaker of British English) stated against it, so I am looking for further en... | 2012/03/09 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60579",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18424/"
] | *[Some](http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/some_1)* is used to refer to a particular person or thing without stating which. For example,
>
> **Some** customer called yesterday.
>
>
> | You're right, he's right, they're right, everyone's right.
Just incomplete. No one has mentioned the important detail.
"A non-existent town" - CORRECT
"Some non-existent town" - INFORMAL
That's all there is to it.
"Some" is being used EXACTLY the way "a" is supposed to be used. You can't use "some" in this way in p... |
17,341 | I'm looking for historical data of the CAC40 components.
I looked at these previously asked questions:
* [What data sources are available online?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/141/what-data-sources-are-available-online)
* [Finding historical data for indices](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/146... | 2015/04/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17341",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/15910/"
] | I'm not sure if you are looking for the components only or if you want more data, like the weights in the index.
Unfortunately, unlike most other data on the web, it's hard to get any good financial data for free. The only easy way is to pay for accessing it through a financial data provider such as Bloomberg (with ME... | You can try Quandl. They have a nice API to R and Python which you can use to do the data-wrangling. |
17,341 | I'm looking for historical data of the CAC40 components.
I looked at these previously asked questions:
* [What data sources are available online?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/141/what-data-sources-are-available-online)
* [Finding historical data for indices](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/146... | 2015/04/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17341",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/15910/"
] | I'm not sure if you are looking for the components only or if you want more data, like the weights in the index.
Unfortunately, unlike most other data on the web, it's hard to get any good financial data for free. The only easy way is to pay for accessing it through a financial data provider such as Bloomberg (with ME... | This data isn't free obviously, but Euronext (the index provider) might be inclined to give you this information if it's for academic purposes. It's advertised on their website here: <https://www.euronext.com/fr/market-data/products/end-day-index-data> |
17,341 | I'm looking for historical data of the CAC40 components.
I looked at these previously asked questions:
* [What data sources are available online?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/141/what-data-sources-are-available-online)
* [Finding historical data for indices](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/146... | 2015/04/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17341",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/15910/"
] | I'm not sure if you are looking for the components only or if you want more data, like the weights in the index.
Unfortunately, unlike most other data on the web, it's hard to get any good financial data for free. The only easy way is to pay for accessing it through a financial data provider such as Bloomberg (with ME... | Bloomberg or datastream are the only possible sources. |
17,341 | I'm looking for historical data of the CAC40 components.
I looked at these previously asked questions:
* [What data sources are available online?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/141/what-data-sources-are-available-online)
* [Finding historical data for indices](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/146... | 2015/04/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17341",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/15910/"
] | This data isn't free obviously, but Euronext (the index provider) might be inclined to give you this information if it's for academic purposes. It's advertised on their website here: <https://www.euronext.com/fr/market-data/products/end-day-index-data> | You can try Quandl. They have a nice API to R and Python which you can use to do the data-wrangling. |
17,341 | I'm looking for historical data of the CAC40 components.
I looked at these previously asked questions:
* [What data sources are available online?](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/141/what-data-sources-are-available-online)
* [Finding historical data for indices](https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/146... | 2015/04/11 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17341",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/15910/"
] | This data isn't free obviously, but Euronext (the index provider) might be inclined to give you this information if it's for academic purposes. It's advertised on their website here: <https://www.euronext.com/fr/market-data/products/end-day-index-data> | Bloomberg or datastream are the only possible sources. |
30,108 | I am on SLiM, and I don't like the default login screen. I want a login screen like the one shown below:
But instead I have a pretty minimal one which has just one textbox and nothing else on the screen. I can't find a screenshot of it, but that is... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/30108",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/4605/"
] | The SLiM website has a page detailing how to [create your own theme](http://slim.berlios.de/themes_howto.php).
You can find additional themes on a number of sites, including [Gnome Look](http://gnome-look.org/) and in the [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&K=slim-theme&do_Search=Go)... | Probably the best way would be to install GDM, beacuse the login manager is much more better than slim, Slim has LITERALLY no scrollbars... or anything. You cannot change your window manager or desktop enviroment either. (On slim) I preffer GDM, since its more reliable and easy to use. It does not require editing the c... |
57,219 | I'm trying to pick out the best plants to attract birds to my yard, and have become very interested in serviceberry trees for this purpose. Should I avoid the hybrid varieties of this species (such as *Amelanchier × grandiflora*) in favor of versions like *A. canadensis* which birds and insects may be more familiar wit... | 2021/04/07 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/57219",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/24416/"
] | *Amelanchier* × *grandiflora* is an example of a "nativar," that is, a cultivated variety of a native plant.
While there's some range of opinions, reputable sources agree that it's best to plant the native species (eg, *A. canadensis*) if you can get them. If you can't get native species, nativars are at least better ... | While this is a natural question to ask, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question: it depends on the particular hybrid.
**Naturally-occurring Hybrids**
Some hybrids are naturally occurring and even fertile. For example, in the Mid-Atlantic, the hybrid oak *Quercus x heterophylla*, which is a cross of wil... |
57,219 | I'm trying to pick out the best plants to attract birds to my yard, and have become very interested in serviceberry trees for this purpose. Should I avoid the hybrid varieties of this species (such as *Amelanchier × grandiflora*) in favor of versions like *A. canadensis* which birds and insects may be more familiar wit... | 2021/04/07 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/57219",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/24416/"
] | *Amelanchier* × *grandiflora* is an example of a "nativar," that is, a cultivated variety of a native plant.
While there's some range of opinions, reputable sources agree that it's best to plant the native species (eg, *A. canadensis*) if you can get them. If you can't get native species, nativars are at least better ... | Though this answer doesn't supplant the great and detailed ones that were given when I first asked the question, I recently came across a source which addresses the precise nativar cross I was looking into:
<https://www.ecobeneficial.com/ask_ecobeneficial/is-autumn-brilliance-serviceberry-a-good-pollinator-bird-plant/... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Just to add to Marti's answer: If the recipe was written in the US within the past 30-40 (maybe more) years, "condensed" almost *certainly* means sweetened condensed. Sweetened is just assumed if the milk is described as "condensed". At least in the US, unsweetened condensed milk is never called "condensed", it is call... | No, the two products are different. As the names imply:
* *Condensed milk* is strictly reduced milk
* *Sweetened condensed milk* is reduced milk with considerable sugar added
See [Can evaporated milk be converted to sweetened condensed?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/4600/can-evaporated-milk-be-converte... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Technically no, it is not the same thing. Sweetened condensed milk has a very high sugar content, something like 40%, while just condensed milk has no sugar at all.
But this still doesn't tell us what the recipe author meant. The availability of different types of condensed and evaporated milks seem to differ a lot i... | No, the two products are different. As the names imply:
* *Condensed milk* is strictly reduced milk
* *Sweetened condensed milk* is reduced milk with considerable sugar added
See [Can evaporated milk be converted to sweetened condensed?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/4600/can-evaporated-milk-be-converte... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Technically no, it is not the same thing. Sweetened condensed milk has a very high sugar content, something like 40%, while just condensed milk has no sugar at all.
But this still doesn't tell us what the recipe author meant. The availability of different types of condensed and evaporated milks seem to differ a lot i... | As a recipe developer / chef... 'Sweetened Condensed Milk' and 'Condensed Milk' are exactly the same product - just labeled differently by different manufacturers for different markets. Condensed milk is ALWAYS sweetened.
Here's the lowdown:
Evaporated Milk, is just that. Milk that has been evaporated with 60% of the... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Just to add to Marti's answer: If the recipe was written in the US within the past 30-40 (maybe more) years, "condensed" almost *certainly* means sweetened condensed. Sweetened is just assumed if the milk is described as "condensed". At least in the US, unsweetened condensed milk is never called "condensed", it is call... | As a recipe developer / chef... 'Sweetened Condensed Milk' and 'Condensed Milk' are exactly the same product - just labeled differently by different manufacturers for different markets. Condensed milk is ALWAYS sweetened.
Here's the lowdown:
Evaporated Milk, is just that. Milk that has been evaporated with 60% of the... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | In my experience, "condensed" milk refers to the sweetened product, and "evaporated" milk refers to the unsweetened product. People will often say "sweetened condensed" for clarity, but this is not strictly necessary: if your recipe calls for condensed milk, use the syrupy stuff.
However, if this is an older recipe, a... | As a recipe developer / chef... 'Sweetened Condensed Milk' and 'Condensed Milk' are exactly the same product - just labeled differently by different manufacturers for different markets. Condensed milk is ALWAYS sweetened.
Here's the lowdown:
Evaporated Milk, is just that. Milk that has been evaporated with 60% of the... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Technically no, it is not the same thing. Sweetened condensed milk has a very high sugar content, something like 40%, while just condensed milk has no sugar at all.
But this still doesn't tell us what the recipe author meant. The availability of different types of condensed and evaporated milks seem to differ a lot i... | I've found when I run across the phrase "condensed milk" vs. the more specific "sweetened condensed milk," the recipe has its origins in the UK, such as in this recipe: <http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Banoffee-Pie-Classic>. First, look for clues in the recipe: it's not likely 1/2 cup of brown sugar would create ... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | Just to add to Marti's answer: If the recipe was written in the US within the past 30-40 (maybe more) years, "condensed" almost *certainly* means sweetened condensed. Sweetened is just assumed if the milk is described as "condensed". At least in the US, unsweetened condensed milk is never called "condensed", it is call... | I've found when I run across the phrase "condensed milk" vs. the more specific "sweetened condensed milk," the recipe has its origins in the UK, such as in this recipe: <http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Banoffee-Pie-Classic>. First, look for clues in the recipe: it's not likely 1/2 cup of brown sugar would create ... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | I've found when I run across the phrase "condensed milk" vs. the more specific "sweetened condensed milk," the recipe has its origins in the UK, such as in this recipe: <http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Banoffee-Pie-Classic>. First, look for clues in the recipe: it's not likely 1/2 cup of brown sugar would create ... | No, the two products are different. As the names imply:
* *Condensed milk* is strictly reduced milk
* *Sweetened condensed milk* is reduced milk with considerable sugar added
See [Can evaporated milk be converted to sweetened condensed?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/4600/can-evaporated-milk-be-converte... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | In my experience, "condensed" milk refers to the sweetened product, and "evaporated" milk refers to the unsweetened product. People will often say "sweetened condensed" for clarity, but this is not strictly necessary: if your recipe calls for condensed milk, use the syrupy stuff.
However, if this is an older recipe, a... | No, the two products are different. As the names imply:
* *Condensed milk* is strictly reduced milk
* *Sweetened condensed milk* is reduced milk with considerable sugar added
See [Can evaporated milk be converted to sweetened condensed?](https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/4600/can-evaporated-milk-be-converte... |
40,697 | Is condensed milk the same as sweetened condensed milk?
I have a fudge recipe that calls for condensed milk and I can not find strictly condensed milk, only sweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. | 2013/12/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/40697",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/22232/"
] | In my experience, "condensed" milk refers to the sweetened product, and "evaporated" milk refers to the unsweetened product. People will often say "sweetened condensed" for clarity, but this is not strictly necessary: if your recipe calls for condensed milk, use the syrupy stuff.
However, if this is an older recipe, a... | I've found when I run across the phrase "condensed milk" vs. the more specific "sweetened condensed milk," the recipe has its origins in the UK, such as in this recipe: <http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Banoffee-Pie-Classic>. First, look for clues in the recipe: it's not likely 1/2 cup of brown sugar would create ... |
26,781 | I came across with this video in which the Falcon Heavy boosters' landing burn seems to deaccelerate the 1st stage until a point their speed is constant right before touchdown.
Can the 1st stage maintain a constant speed, and eventually hover? Did they tweaked the 1D enough to throttle deeper than before? | 2018/04/19 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/26781",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/18770/"
] | The falcon 9 first stage **cannot** hover as the thrust of one Merlin engine even at its lowest thrust is able to overcome the mass of the almost-empty first stage. The stage appears to decelerate very slowly in the final moments of the landing as a result of the engine firing pattern SpaceX uses.
Per Elon Musk:
>
>... | The Merlin 1D claims to be able to throttle to 40%, which would be about 350 kN thrust at sea level. The dry mass of a Falcon 9 first stage is about 24 tons, so it can't hover, but it can get pretty close. Thrust to weight would be about 1.3.
All data from wikipedia. |
6,587,098 | What is the best way to reuse code within projects?
Let's say I implemented a UI Element and I want it to be used in both my iphone and ipad application without having to copy the code over and have 2 copies of it. | 2011/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6587098",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/242769/"
] | Just create a project, which includes all your shared code in XCode and reference this project in your iPhone and iPad application project. Plain and simple. | For me I would make a static library project which contains the shared code (UI Element in your example) in Xcode.
Then when I need to use the library in the iPhone or iPad app project, then I can just reference the static library project by drag and drop the project to the Project Navigator and configure the correct ... |
34,735,778 | I can't seem to think of the word for this, but images in the iPhone simulator appear as though they were of a far lower resolution than they are. At 50% view, the simulator is already larger than the screen, but it is seen even worse at zoom level 25% and, strangely, it appears better in the 100% view, but still pixel... | 2016/01/12 | [
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] | The issue was solved by going to Debug menu -> Graphics Quality Override -> High Quality and then restarting the simulator.
On 50% it looks fine now. It did not fix the 25% zoom issue, but I don't use that mode anyway. | The reason why the 50% and 25% images look bad is because you're missing a lot of pixels. The simulator is always run at 100% and if you scale it they will just show every other pixel of every other row, or every fourth pixel of every fourth row. That's 75% or 94% of pixels just thrown away.
You can easily see this e... |
421,451 | What is the literary device used in “She’s not just showing you what *she made*. She’s showing you what *she’s made of*”
At first, I thought it was chiasmus, but it does not really fit.
Certain that it is a type of repetition, but I do not know what it would be specifically called. | 2017/12/07 | [
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] | Examples of the rhetorical figures of speech called zeugma or syllepsis are relatively easy to spot but more difficult to analyze. Even the definitions of these two figures can be difficult to understand!
Nevertheless, syllepsis and zeugma can be effective and even memorable ways of phrasing words and are worthwhile s... | We did this in our English lesson yesterday so I'm pretty sure this is right.
I believe the term you're looking for is '**anaphora**'.
It's basically when you have sentences that are comprised of the same words/phrases (which I think is the case here). |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
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] | There is significant, recent research into detection of pornography using conventional classification methods. Examples are available [here](http://thomas.deselaers.de/publications/papers/deselaers_icpr08_porn.pdf), and [here](http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1631490&dl=ACM&coll=DL&CFID=11052561&CFTOKEN=69356871). | Such things never work reliably.
You can use a blocklist to block domains either on name or on being included on some list (a common practice).
But those lists are never complete, and blocking on name based on criteria can lead to many false positives.
You can block on words appearing in the text of sites, but again t... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
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] | You can do this with 90% [Headology](http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Headology), 10% software.
Firstly, quietly scan employees computers, build a database of files and sizes for each employee.
Then leak a memo that all PC's will be scanned for questionable content, i.e. The bosses have a [Shazam](http://it... | I don't know, there has to be a middle answer, that isn't as invasive, but solves the real issue, LIABILITY.
Have them sign a waiver, that releases the company of any liability for illegal stuff found on work pc's, that is not work related. |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/54155",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | There are a number of products in the marketplace that perform "content filtering" of various forms. (A Google search on some obvious terms throws up some obvious candidates.) It is probably a better idea to use one of these products than building a lot of scanning / filtering software from scratch. Another option is t... | Image and content analysis to determine the differences between a tasteful photograph of a person, a swimsuit photograph, a nude photograph, depictions of pornography... as far as I know is nowhere near sophisticated enough to do in software alone.
Fortunately crowdsourcing should be useful here, as @ammoQ suggested i... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
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"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can do this with 90% [Headology](http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Headology), 10% software.
Firstly, quietly scan employees computers, build a database of files and sizes for each employee.
Then leak a memo that all PC's will be scanned for questionable content, i.e. The bosses have a [Shazam](http://it... | This is an obvious neural network task. First you need a large training set of images selected by experts in your company.....
A more effective solution is to announce that you will be checking everyones machine for porn NEXT week/month/whatever, then write a simple app that just exercises the disk. I guarantee that t... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/54155",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can do this with 90% [Headology](http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Headology), 10% software.
Firstly, quietly scan employees computers, build a database of files and sizes for each employee.
Then leak a memo that all PC's will be scanned for questionable content, i.e. The bosses have a [Shazam](http://it... | About legal aspects, in France:
The boss owns the computers and the internet connection: He can do whatever pleases him.
BUT, employee privacy cannot be violated. If a directory on the computer is labelled PERSONAL, the boss is not allowed to scan it.
The only way to bypass that is to get elements of evidence that e... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
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] | >
> * Is this ethical?
>
>
>
Depends on the implementation and reasonable expectations of the employees. For example, if your software scans any machine *connected to* the network, then there's an additional requirement that infra needs to prevent unauthorized machines from plugging in. (Maybe that should be obvio... | Such things never work reliably.
You can use a blocklist to block domains either on name or on being included on some list (a common practice).
But those lists are never complete, and blocking on name based on criteria can lead to many false positives.
You can block on words appearing in the text of sites, but again t... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
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] | This approach of controlling is certainly painful for both employees and IT people. Once anything enters inside the employee machine, there is no sure way of detecting it. You need to stop it entering in the machine at the first place.
The best known practice for this is obviously control over the sites/domain which... | Image and content analysis to determine the differences between a tasteful photograph of a person, a swimsuit photograph, a nude photograph, depictions of pornography... as far as I know is nowhere near sophisticated enough to do in software alone.
Fortunately crowdsourcing should be useful here, as @ammoQ suggested i... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/54155",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can do this with 90% [Headology](http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/index.php/Headology), 10% software.
Firstly, quietly scan employees computers, build a database of files and sizes for each employee.
Then leak a memo that all PC's will be scanned for questionable content, i.e. The bosses have a [Shazam](http://it... | I just wanted to comment, but only have 1 rep, so I can't.
In the case of Gravatar, you could add a function to filter out from a list of clean sites in internet cache locations. I.E. Gravatar and other sites you don't want false positives from. You could also filter out things like the desktop wallpaper. If they are ... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/54155",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/17429/"
] | >
> * Is this ethical?
>
>
>
Depends on the implementation and reasonable expectations of the employees. For example, if your software scans any machine *connected to* the network, then there's an additional requirement that infra needs to prevent unauthorized machines from plugging in. (Maybe that should be obvio... | Image and content analysis to determine the differences between a tasteful photograph of a person, a swimsuit photograph, a nude photograph, depictions of pornography... as far as I know is nowhere near sophisticated enough to do in software alone.
Fortunately crowdsourcing should be useful here, as @ammoQ suggested i... |
54,155 | A long-time client has asked us to help screen their work machines for pornography. They're worried about liability if sensitive materials were found. Their main concerns (for obvious reasons) are video, audio, and image files. If possible, they'd also like to scan text-based documents for inappropriate content. They h... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/54155",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/17429/"
] | About legal aspects, in France:
The boss owns the computers and the internet connection: He can do whatever pleases him.
BUT, employee privacy cannot be violated. If a directory on the computer is labelled PERSONAL, the boss is not allowed to scan it.
The only way to bypass that is to get elements of evidence that e... | Everyone's computer operating system was probably installed from a disk image.
1. start with the disk image and get a list of files you probably don't need to scan.
2. get a list of all the other files on each PC.
3. pull the actual files from 10-20 random machines and use as a test bed
4. search for items in a profa... |
41,926 | After reviewing several texts about the second law of thermodynamics and the concept of entropy, from a systemic point of view, it seems to me that entropy is only a circular reasoning concept.
Thermodynamics raised from the study of gases, and gases can't exemplify all types of particles behavior. Gas particles only ... | 2017/04/09 | [
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] | The 2nd law of thermodynamics is an assertion. It is a statement that someone made that they believe to be true. It is also an assertion that is backed by an enormous body of evidence so vast that the prevailing belief is that no counter example exists. We have never observed a closed system in which entropy does not i... | Thanks for your answers, I think I have the answer. The problem was trying to find a relation of proportionality between entropy and any of the presented features.
But I realize now that entropy sustains the 2nd law, and viceversa. In simple words, there is some physically measurable quantity (entropy) that always inc... |
84,038 | The Update Manager recently started itself and found two updates. I can tell by the icon in the launcher. The icon has a (2) on it and a little white arrow saying the application is running. I can also see the update-manager process in a 'ps -A' list. Alt-Tab also shows the Update Manager.
The problem is I can't get U... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/84038",
"https://askubuntu.com",
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] | I have the same problem. I didn't find this specific issue on launchpad either. For me, even though the update manager doesn't completely open, it still can be closed from the "x" on the top right panel or ctrl+q. Once closed it reopens fine. | I have this problem with libreoffice.
You can use 'super + w'. You will get all the window on screen, click the window you want. |
84,038 | The Update Manager recently started itself and found two updates. I can tell by the icon in the launcher. The icon has a (2) on it and a little white arrow saying the application is running. I can also see the update-manager process in a 'ps -A' list. Alt-Tab also shows the Update Manager.
The problem is I can't get U... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/84038",
"https://askubuntu.com",
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] | I have the same problem. I didn't find this specific issue on launchpad either. For me, even though the update manager doesn't completely open, it still can be closed from the "x" on the top right panel or ctrl+q. Once closed it reopens fine. | I've seen scenarios where application windows end up outside of the screen area. Sometimes its caused by having windows placed on secondary screens then disconnecting the screen. Leaving the application "unreachable"
* Go to the desktop that seems to have the application running.
* Make sure the application is selecte... |
84,038 | The Update Manager recently started itself and found two updates. I can tell by the icon in the launcher. The icon has a (2) on it and a little white arrow saying the application is running. I can also see the update-manager process in a 'ps -A' list. Alt-Tab also shows the Update Manager.
The problem is I can't get U... | 2011/11/30 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/84038",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/26562/"
] | I have this problem with libreoffice.
You can use 'super + w'. You will get all the window on screen, click the window you want. | I've seen scenarios where application windows end up outside of the screen area. Sometimes its caused by having windows placed on secondary screens then disconnecting the screen. Leaving the application "unreachable"
* Go to the desktop that seems to have the application running.
* Make sure the application is selecte... |
159,934 | I have Yosemite. I am considering installing OS X server 4.0. According to [developer.apple.com](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/xcode_guide-continuous_integration/200-Adopting_a_Continuous_Integration_Workflow/adopt_continuous_integration.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40013292-CH3-SW... | 2014/12/08 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/159934",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | OS X Server 4 is an application. (.app) that is installed over the OS. It won't require you to format the entire drive to install it. It will just add the needed features to take advantage of the Server.app suite. | OS X Server is primarily an interface. OS X contains (almost - mail and databases are the main exceptions) all the software you will need, so if you want to set things up from the command line it won't make any difference. However, balance your time to work out the command line setup against the $20 Server.app costs.
... |
332,242 | 
This showed up while I was playing Pokémon Go and I walked into the cloud, but nothing happened. I walked away and came back, still nothing. I think it might be a glitch. Has anybody out there seen this before and kn... | 2018/05/12 | [
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] | Yes, I’ve seen this before. It’s a bug. That is the animation of a gym under attack, despite there being no gym at the center of it.
I’m not sure if you got this the same way as me, but I frequently get this visual bug when I check on one of my Pokémon that is currently defending a faraway gym (one that is not within ... | It is a known bug.
it happens because you feed or looked at your pokemon in a gym you are defending and someone attack it in the same time. |
19,826 | Is there a version of Snow White where her name is a longer description?
[TVTropes says](https://tvtropes.org/Main/NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom):
>
> Snow White. Her real name is "Lips Red as Blood, Hair Black as Ebony, Skin White as Snow" based on the wish her mother made. Everyone just calls her Snow White beca... | 2021/10/24 | [
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] | Here’s the start of the story ‘Sneewittchen’ as given by the brothers Grimm:
>
> Es war einmal mitten im Winter und die Schneeflocken fielen wie Federn vom Himmel, da saß eine schöne Königin an einem Fenster, das hatte einen Rahmen von schwarzem Edenholz, und nähte. Und wie sie so nähte und nach dem Schnee aufblickte... | There are uses of the name "Snow White" in longer names, such as the Italian [Snow-White-Fire-Red](https://www.surlalunefairytales.com/book.php?id=110&tale=3437), or the Norwegian Snow-white and Rosy-red (in [The Twelve Wild Ducks](https://www.surlalunefairytales.com/s-z/six-swans/stories/twelvewilducks.html)). However... |
11,112,515 | I am messing around with Session in my webapp at the moment and I noticed that whenever I restart the development server (the built-in server that came with Django), the session does not reset itself. It carries over eventhough I have restarted the server over and over again.
Where can I set it so that whenever I res... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11112515",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Couldn't find a solution for this. Redownloaded and regenerated the font numerous times on different computers, clearing cache each time viewed and still didn't work. Other fonts work fine, so my conclusion is the eot generators don't like the font. | Try using the [font-face](http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator) generator. |
11,112,515 | I am messing around with Session in my webapp at the moment and I noticed that whenever I restart the development server (the built-in server that came with Django), the session does not reset itself. It carries over eventhough I have restarted the server over and over again.
Where can I set it so that whenever I res... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11112515",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/599378/"
] | Couldn't find a solution for this. Redownloaded and regenerated the font numerous times on different computers, clearing cache each time viewed and still didn't work. Other fonts work fine, so my conclusion is the eot generators don't like the font. | Try this solution <http://fontface.codeandmore.com/blog/ie-7-8-error-with-eot-css3111/> as it worked many times for our users. |
55,302 | I think the question title says it all:
Given a distribution board in the house (220 VAC), is it enough to shut off only the room's fuses, or must one shut off the main switch for the board before safely touching wires?
Does the answer depend in any way on the fuse type? | 2014/12/14 | [
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] | And here is why you check it before hand, even though you have turned off that room. People get into Junction boxes and re-wire - joining two separate circuits into one - in that case one circuit in the house can be fed from two breakers (as long as they are on the same phase). Always check with testor - and NOT JUST a... | Yes. Once you shut off the room fuse, no electricity will be going to that room.
However it is important to test all connections before working on them so you are positive that they are not powered. |
55,302 | I think the question title says it all:
Given a distribution board in the house (220 VAC), is it enough to shut off only the room's fuses, or must one shut off the main switch for the board before safely touching wires?
Does the answer depend in any way on the fuse type? | 2014/12/14 | [
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] | You say "that room". Circuits are not nearly always designated to one room or area. Many, many times a room will have some devices on one circuit while others on another circuit. It is pretty rare that rooms are strictly wired so that one circuit distinctly feeds one room.
Also, panel directories are not always extrem... | Yes. Once you shut off the room fuse, no electricity will be going to that room.
However it is important to test all connections before working on them so you are positive that they are not powered. |
55,302 | I think the question title says it all:
Given a distribution board in the house (220 VAC), is it enough to shut off only the room's fuses, or must one shut off the main switch for the board before safely touching wires?
Does the answer depend in any way on the fuse type? | 2014/12/14 | [
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] | And here is why you check it before hand, even though you have turned off that room. People get into Junction boxes and re-wire - joining two separate circuits into one - in that case one circuit in the house can be fed from two breakers (as long as they are on the same phase). Always check with testor - and NOT JUST a... | You say "that room". Circuits are not nearly always designated to one room or area. Many, many times a room will have some devices on one circuit while others on another circuit. It is pretty rare that rooms are strictly wired so that one circuit distinctly feeds one room.
Also, panel directories are not always extrem... |
55,029,842 | I build an API, which will send data to another API when has been collect 10 hashes. The client sends 1 hash per hour.
For example:
1. The client POST hash to API
2. API need to store it somewhere until the hashes number becomes to 10
3. When the number of hashes becomes 10 need to send data to another API and start ... | 2019/03/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55029842",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Sorry but your only options of storing data are either **memory** or **disk**.
If you store data in variables, you're using **memory**. It is fast and instant but it's not durable as you already said.
If you store data in database, you're using disk **storage**. It is slower but it is durable.
If you need durability... | Maybe your problem will be solved with [Redis](https://redis.io/).
I had one feature where I needed to use some user's pieces of information on the server side in runtime and it could not be persisted at the database.
So, I used [this](https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-redis-cache).
In simple words, the redis wi... |
19,681 | As per the Orange video tutorial: *youtu.be/D6zd7m2aYqU?list=PLmNPvQr9Tf-ZSDLwOzxpvY-HrE0yv-8Fy*
**I'm trying to make predictions** on a new dataset based upon one that's already been 'coded' - both data sets are formatted exactly the same, where the 'training' set has all entries marked as either 1 or 0, see below:
... | 2017/06/13 | [
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] | This is because we have to exclude the target column from the second document (testing data-set).
In your example remove the column 'Status' from second file.
**Example**:
In below example, in training dataset, 'Loan\_Status' column is present which is the target field, whereas, in testing dataset, 'Loan\_Status' c... | this may be a bug in orange tool because the data sets look well formatted. I suggest you to put all data (both data sets) in one file and load it onto orange, if it is OK then split the file (separate the data) and reload the two new files and it should work. |
11,471 | If you want to stain and varnish indoor wood furniture during the winter, how do you do it?
It's below freezing outdoors, but I don't want fumes to accumulate in the house. | 2012/01/16 | [
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] | In the past what I have done is to isolate 1 room, generally in the basement, increase the heat to that room and open the window while running a fan. In general, once I've closed the can and am only waiting for the piece to dry the fumes tend to get much less noticeable and I can start closing the window.
This method ... | I usually stain or apply brushed or rolled on finishes inside. Spray finishes I do in the garage, but quickly, then I immediately bring things inside to dry in an isolated room (usually the master bedroom, which has an attached bathroom.) I leave the fan on in the bathroom, which pulls the fumes out. If you're spraying... |
11,471 | If you want to stain and varnish indoor wood furniture during the winter, how do you do it?
It's below freezing outdoors, but I don't want fumes to accumulate in the house. | 2012/01/16 | [
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] | In the past what I have done is to isolate 1 room, generally in the basement, increase the heat to that room and open the window while running a fan. In general, once I've closed the can and am only waiting for the piece to dry the fumes tend to get much less noticeable and I can start closing the window.
This method ... | I have a huge problem with paint and stain fumes. I love these projects but the fumes really get to me.
Today I found a good solution. I am very proud. Like said above, put the done woods in a closed room and close off the heater vent in that room. Use a fan and open a window. What I did was add a fragrance oil burni... |
11,471 | If you want to stain and varnish indoor wood furniture during the winter, how do you do it?
It's below freezing outdoors, but I don't want fumes to accumulate in the house. | 2012/01/16 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/11471",
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] | I usually stain or apply brushed or rolled on finishes inside. Spray finishes I do in the garage, but quickly, then I immediately bring things inside to dry in an isolated room (usually the master bedroom, which has an attached bathroom.) I leave the fan on in the bathroom, which pulls the fumes out. If you're spraying... | I have a huge problem with paint and stain fumes. I love these projects but the fumes really get to me.
Today I found a good solution. I am very proud. Like said above, put the done woods in a closed room and close off the heater vent in that room. Use a fan and open a window. What I did was add a fragrance oil burni... |
49,166,583 | what is the difference between the using the okta-signin-widget and the okta-auth-js?
May I say that the okta-auth-js gives all the functionalities for the authentication and that the widget use these functionalities + build the visual ? | 2018/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49166583",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2272636/"
] | The okta-signin-widget is built on top of the okta-auth-js framework.
The Okta login widget is built with specific flows that work well for
most cases, but in some situations, you might want to change the flow
in some way, you would use the okta-auth-js framework for that.
If you are familiar with javascript, you wil... | The okta-signin-widget is build on top of okta-auth-js.
So if you need just simple login functionality you can use okta-signin-widget.
If you have some specific/difficult login flow you can get it under you control by using okta-auth-js api |
222,967 | The context in which we use word "deficiency" is inspection. Let's say, I look at your gas furnace and file a deficiency report describing some component or part.
What would the opposite of "deficiency" in this context? What would I call the "report" that certifies that your gas furnace is working well?
Thanks! | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107027/"
] | A Deficiency Report.
A Notice of Compliance ? | After a thorough examination, your gas furnace was found to be...
* **"in compliance with** current regulations".
* **"free of defects"**.
* "**in accordance with** current legislation."
>
> Edit.
>
> compliance (noun) the act or process of doing what you have been asked or ordered to do : the act or process of ... |
222,967 | The context in which we use word "deficiency" is inspection. Let's say, I look at your gas furnace and file a deficiency report describing some component or part.
What would the opposite of "deficiency" in this context? What would I call the "report" that certifies that your gas furnace is working well?
Thanks! | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107027/"
] | A Deficiency Report.
A Notice of Compliance ? | Ah, given your elaboration in the comments, I think I see what you're requesting now: a title for a category of statements/fields in a software interface, to complement "deficiencies" and to mean "things which have not been found to be deficient during this inspection".
In that case, I would use a term like **approval... |
222,967 | The context in which we use word "deficiency" is inspection. Let's say, I look at your gas furnace and file a deficiency report describing some component or part.
What would the opposite of "deficiency" in this context? What would I call the "report" that certifies that your gas furnace is working well?
Thanks! | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107027/"
] | A Deficiency Report.
A Notice of Compliance ? | For home inspections, the opposite of "deficiency" might vary from "barely satisfactory" to "state of the art". To simplify an approval rating, one might title the column "approved" or, to comply with legal issues, **"up to code"**. |
222,967 | The context in which we use word "deficiency" is inspection. Let's say, I look at your gas furnace and file a deficiency report describing some component or part.
What would the opposite of "deficiency" in this context? What would I call the "report" that certifies that your gas furnace is working well?
Thanks! | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107027/"
] | For home inspections, the opposite of "deficiency" might vary from "barely satisfactory" to "state of the art". To simplify an approval rating, one might title the column "approved" or, to comply with legal issues, **"up to code"**. | After a thorough examination, your gas furnace was found to be...
* **"in compliance with** current regulations".
* **"free of defects"**.
* "**in accordance with** current legislation."
>
> Edit.
>
> compliance (noun) the act or process of doing what you have been asked or ordered to do : the act or process of ... |
222,967 | The context in which we use word "deficiency" is inspection. Let's say, I look at your gas furnace and file a deficiency report describing some component or part.
What would the opposite of "deficiency" in this context? What would I call the "report" that certifies that your gas furnace is working well?
Thanks! | 2015/01/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222967",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/107027/"
] | For home inspections, the opposite of "deficiency" might vary from "barely satisfactory" to "state of the art". To simplify an approval rating, one might title the column "approved" or, to comply with legal issues, **"up to code"**. | Ah, given your elaboration in the comments, I think I see what you're requesting now: a title for a category of statements/fields in a software interface, to complement "deficiencies" and to mean "things which have not been found to be deficient during this inspection".
In that case, I would use a term like **approval... |
67,482,599 | Folks,
greetings from the sunny Spain.
I have build a lightbox.
Pictures attached show the home and clicked image states where you can see whats the issue about.
Im doing everything I know to try to fix it, and I wonder if anybody fancy figuring out what am I doing wrong.
Theres no fancy in a new bee 500 line code that... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/67482599",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/15893917/"
] | Possible but not practical.
The aim of transfer learning is to give initial weights to the deep learning (DL) models and speed up the learning process. You can find that given one same DL model, when applied to similar applications such as computer vision, all the generated DL models have relative range of values alth... | One method to use if you want you are using transfer learning to fit a small target dataset and are not concerned about training time. you could use all or part of the original data then add all of the target data in as well. in addition you could augment the target data to ensure the model is 'more fit' to it. I have ... |
5,720 | I've noticed that people use present perfect when emailing other people, but I'm not sure how to utilize that verb tense. Will my example below work?
>
> "To this email, **I've attached** the copies of the photos you **asked** for. Also, because you *told* me that you **didn't** get the other copies, **I've made** mo... | 2013/04/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/5720",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/1319/"
] | First one seems reasonably good and enough. Though, I believe you can also phrase 1st line as,
>
> I have, herewith, attached the copies of the photos you asked for.
>
>
>
I also don't see the need for the following phrase in the end.
>
> I've also attached them to this email.
>
>
>
Also, it's usually a g... | Short answer: Use the Past Simple if it's clearer, and it is a bit clearer here, plus is quicker and more common.
Longer answer: The Present Perfect is usually used in three ways.
Life experience (something occurring in the subject's past):
>
> I've participated in scavenger hunts with members of the Royal Family. ... |
5,720 | I've noticed that people use present perfect when emailing other people, but I'm not sure how to utilize that verb tense. Will my example below work?
>
> "To this email, **I've attached** the copies of the photos you **asked** for. Also, because you *told* me that you **didn't** get the other copies, **I've made** mo... | 2013/04/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/5720",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/1319/"
] | This is probably one of those cases where British English would use the present perfect tense, while American English would use the simple past tense.
The present perfect tense is used:
* To describe how an even in the past continues to be relevant at a later time
>
> Mario has arrived home.
>
>
>
* To describe a... | Short answer: Use the Past Simple if it's clearer, and it is a bit clearer here, plus is quicker and more common.
Longer answer: The Present Perfect is usually used in three ways.
Life experience (something occurring in the subject's past):
>
> I've participated in scavenger hunts with members of the Royal Family. ... |
5,720 | I've noticed that people use present perfect when emailing other people, but I'm not sure how to utilize that verb tense. Will my example below work?
>
> "To this email, **I've attached** the copies of the photos you **asked** for. Also, because you *told* me that you **didn't** get the other copies, **I've made** mo... | 2013/04/24 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/5720",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/1319/"
] | I think it's because the past tense sounds somewhat awkward when the author is composing the email.
We use the present perfect tense when we want to talk about unfinished actions that started in the past and continue to the present.[1](http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html)
Well, at the mom... | Short answer: Use the Past Simple if it's clearer, and it is a bit clearer here, plus is quicker and more common.
Longer answer: The Present Perfect is usually used in three ways.
Life experience (something occurring in the subject's past):
>
> I've participated in scavenger hunts with members of the Royal Family. ... |
21,904 | I'm using/learning geodjango + postgis, and I'm trying to calculate distance between 2 cities in Poland. First using WGS84/4326 I define 2 points, and then after transforming this points into spherical mercator 900913 i get distance which is about 40km too long. Which map projection should I use then? Where can I find ... | 2012/03/19 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/21904",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/6434/"
] | That's what picking a decent map projection is all about. I don't know your lat/long range but you can query projections relevant to a lat/long bounding box at the [EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset](http://www.epsg.org/). This should give some codes to test out.
EDIT: Thanks for posting your coordinates. When you just ... | Use latitude and longitude and the [great circle distance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance), not a map projection. |
17,832 | I am following climate activist Greta Thunberg's sail to N America from Europe on <https://tracker.borisherrmannracing.com/>. The model shows a cyclonic storm forming south of Nova Scotia, east of New York on August 26, 2019. The same thing can be seen on <https://earth.nullschool.net/>. I wasn't aware that this type o... | 2019/08/25 | [
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/17832",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com",
"https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/users/1242/"
] | A cyclone is nothing more than a low-pressure system. It can surely form in the North Atlantic; in fact, most low-pressure systems that reach Europe form in the North Atlantic.
You are probably thinking about a *tropical* cyclone, which indeed cannot form that far north. Among others, a tropical cyclone needs high sea ... | No, it's not normal. Hurricanes and typhoons require sun-warmed seas like the Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico to form, because that's where they get their energy from. When meteorologists talk of cyclones and anticyclones, they are talking about high pressure or low pressure weather systems, not hurricanes and typhoons. St... |
412,084 | A pointer stores/is assigned a memory address;
what about a reference variable?
it stores the actual value of an object just like any other non-pointer simple variables on Stack?
Thanks! | 2009/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/412084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/36064/"
] | A reference does contain nothing in itself. The C++ Standard even states that an implementation is not required to allocate any storage for a reference. It's really just an alias for the object or function that it references. Trying to take the value of a reference will take the value of the object or function (in that... | >
> it stores the actual value of an object just like any other non-pointer simple variables on Stack?
>
>
>
Not exactly: because you don't have **two** copies of the value (one copy in the object, and another copy in the reference to the object); instead, the reference is probably implemented as a pointer to the ... |
412,084 | A pointer stores/is assigned a memory address;
what about a reference variable?
it stores the actual value of an object just like any other non-pointer simple variables on Stack?
Thanks! | 2009/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/412084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/36064/"
] | A reference does contain nothing in itself. The C++ Standard even states that an implementation is not required to allocate any storage for a reference. It's really just an alias for the object or function that it references. Trying to take the value of a reference will take the value of the object or function (in that... | I'd say that it's just a pointer with a different syntax. |
412,084 | A pointer stores/is assigned a memory address;
what about a reference variable?
it stores the actual value of an object just like any other non-pointer simple variables on Stack?
Thanks! | 2009/01/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/412084",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/36064/"
] | A reference does contain nothing in itself. The C++ Standard even states that an implementation is not required to allocate any storage for a reference. It's really just an alias for the object or function that it references. Trying to take the value of a reference will take the value of the object or function (in that... | Internally, it's just a pointer to the object (although the standard not necessarily mandates it, all compilers implement this way). Externally, it behaves like the object itself. Think of it as a pointer with an implicit '\*' operator wherever it is used (except, of course, the declaration). It's also a const-pointer ... |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Get yourself subversion, mercurial, git, cvs, anything is a vast improvement over zip files. You can generally get free plugins for VS as well although they aren't necessary. | I've used Mercurial which has a plugin for VS2010 that can be found here:
<http://visualhg.codeplex.com/>
But, as GIT does also, you can use it via command line. |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Get yourself subversion, mercurial, git, cvs, anything is a vast improvement over zip files. You can generally get free plugins for VS as well although they aren't necessary. | Since you're working with VS2010 I suggest you start working with [**TFS2010 Basic**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/bharry/tfs-2010-for-sourcesafe-users/). |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Get yourself subversion, mercurial, git, cvs, anything is a vast improvement over zip files. You can generally get free plugins for VS as well although they aren't necessary. | SVN would be perfect for you!!
I use Visual Studio 2010 as well, and there's a great open source plugin for working with SVN - [AnkhSVN](http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/) |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Anything would be better then zip files.
For personal projects I would start with Git or SVN. Both are free and have addons for VS. | I've used Mercurial which has a plugin for VS2010 that can be found here:
<http://visualhg.codeplex.com/>
But, as GIT does also, you can use it via command line. |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Anything would be better then zip files.
For personal projects I would start with Git or SVN. Both are free and have addons for VS. | Since you're working with VS2010 I suggest you start working with [**TFS2010 Basic**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/bharry/tfs-2010-for-sourcesafe-users/). |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | Anything would be better then zip files.
For personal projects I would start with Git or SVN. Both are free and have addons for VS. | SVN would be perfect for you!!
I use Visual Studio 2010 as well, and there's a great open source plugin for working with SVN - [AnkhSVN](http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/) |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | I've used Mercurial which has a plugin for VS2010 that can be found here:
<http://visualhg.codeplex.com/>
But, as GIT does also, you can use it via command line. | Since you're working with VS2010 I suggest you start working with [**TFS2010 Basic**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/bharry/tfs-2010-for-sourcesafe-users/). |
3,316,120 | I am a sole developer currently backing up my source code to .zip files on an external drive. Is it worthwhile for me to start looking at code repositories? What's the simplest, cheapest option for me? (ie. There is no need for lots of fancy features as the repository is just as a backup and not for sharing with a team... | 2010/07/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3316120",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/384141/"
] | SVN would be perfect for you!!
I use Visual Studio 2010 as well, and there's a great open source plugin for working with SVN - [AnkhSVN](http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/) | Since you're working with VS2010 I suggest you start working with [**TFS2010 Basic**](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/bharry/tfs-2010-for-sourcesafe-users/). |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | I think its useful to say that nicotine is not very toxic to humans - cells don't die or get sick for typical smoking habits. Secondary health effects are possible, but here is a toxicological profiles.
Nicotine is a toxin in large enough quantities and nicotine has an LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of individuals) of [0.... | Nicotine acts as a ligand for nicotinic acetycholine receptors (nAChRs), which are ligand-gated ion channels normally activated by acetylcholine. This family of receptors is expressed in every mammalian cell ([Schuller, 2009](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrc2590)). *A priori*, at least to me, I'd suggest that it's a bad i... |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | Nicotine acts as a ligand for nicotinic acetycholine receptors (nAChRs), which are ligand-gated ion channels normally activated by acetylcholine. This family of receptors is expressed in every mammalian cell ([Schuller, 2009](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrc2590)). *A priori*, at least to me, I'd suggest that it's a bad i... | When exploring whether nicotine is toxic to humans, the discussion isn't complete without the inclusion of non-adult humans / humans-in-development. Nicotine is toxic to humans beginning at conception. Nicotine has adverse effects on sperm, making them malformed, less likely to fertilize eggs, and making the embryos th... |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | Nicotine acts as a ligand for nicotinic acetycholine receptors (nAChRs), which are ligand-gated ion channels normally activated by acetylcholine. This family of receptors is expressed in every mammalian cell ([Schuller, 2009](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrc2590)). *A priori*, at least to me, I'd suggest that it's a bad i... | <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880486/>
Suggesting that the LD50 is an oral LD50 of 6.5–13 mg/kg. |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | I think its useful to say that nicotine is not very toxic to humans - cells don't die or get sick for typical smoking habits. Secondary health effects are possible, but here is a toxicological profiles.
Nicotine is a toxin in large enough quantities and nicotine has an LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of individuals) of [0.... | When exploring whether nicotine is toxic to humans, the discussion isn't complete without the inclusion of non-adult humans / humans-in-development. Nicotine is toxic to humans beginning at conception. Nicotine has adverse effects on sperm, making them malformed, less likely to fertilize eggs, and making the embryos th... |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | I think its useful to say that nicotine is not very toxic to humans - cells don't die or get sick for typical smoking habits. Secondary health effects are possible, but here is a toxicological profiles.
Nicotine is a toxin in large enough quantities and nicotine has an LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of individuals) of [0.... | <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880486/>
Suggesting that the LD50 is an oral LD50 of 6.5–13 mg/kg. |
5,361 | More specifically, is nicotine in the concentrations that smokers receive when smoking cigarettes toxic? I know that in great enough concentrations it can be toxic (but then, so can just about anything else, including oxygen) and I know that in plants it is used as a defense against insects and can even be used as an i... | 2012/11/27 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5361",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1306/"
] | When exploring whether nicotine is toxic to humans, the discussion isn't complete without the inclusion of non-adult humans / humans-in-development. Nicotine is toxic to humans beginning at conception. Nicotine has adverse effects on sperm, making them malformed, less likely to fertilize eggs, and making the embryos th... | <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880486/>
Suggesting that the LD50 is an oral LD50 of 6.5–13 mg/kg. |
120,648 | I use Assert.Fail a lot when doing TDD. I'm usually working on one test at a time but when I get ideas for things I want to implement later I quickly write an empty test where the name of the test method indicates what I want to implement as sort of a todo-list. To make sure I don't forget I put an Assert.Fail() in the... | 2008/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/120648",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3320/"
] | It was deliberately left out. This is Brad Wilson's reply as to why is there no Assert.Fail():
>
> We didn't overlook this, actually. I
> find Assert.Fail is a crutch which
> implies that there is probably an
> assertion missing. Sometimes it's just
> the way the test is structured, and
> sometimes it's because ... | Wild guess: withholding Assert.Fail is intended to stop you thinking that a good way to write test code is as a huge heap of spaghetti leading to an Assert.Fail in the bad cases. [Edit to add: other people's answers broadly confirm this, but with quotations]
Since that's not what you're doing, it's possible that xUnit... |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | On a more elementary side, the are these probabilistic paradoxes, such as:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem>,
etc.
Also, this one is fun:... | The book "The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives" by Leonard Mlodinow is *probably* close to what you are looking for. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | On a more elementary side, the are these probabilistic paradoxes, such as:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem>,
etc.
Also, this one is fun:... | 1. A proof using the coupling method, say the coupling proof of the convergence theorem of finite-state Markov chains. See [Lindvall's beautiful book](http://books.google.com/books/about/Lectures_on_the_Coupling_Method.html?id=GUwyU1ypd1wC) for other examples.
2. The proof of existence of phase transition for the perco... |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | Random walk! That is a fascinating topic which can be treated with combinatorial methods. Associated is the ruin problem. Treat the facts that simple random walk is recurrent in dimension two but not in dimension three. | I think the proof that the normal PDF is a PDF (i.e. integrates to 1) is beautiful and deserves to be in a probability course. Obviously, it's mostly calculus, so perhaps not elementary enough for what you have in mind, but it's really beautiful. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | Random walk! That is a fascinating topic which can be treated with combinatorial methods. Associated is the ruin problem. Treat the facts that simple random walk is recurrent in dimension two but not in dimension three. | The Central Limit Theorem and how it even works for something as discrete as counting coin flips. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | On a more elementary side, the are these probabilistic paradoxes, such as:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem>,
etc.
Also, this one is fun:... | The Central Limit Theorem and how it even works for something as discrete as counting coin flips. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | Random walk! That is a fascinating topic which can be treated with combinatorial methods. Associated is the ruin problem. Treat the facts that simple random walk is recurrent in dimension two but not in dimension three. | A quincunx (balls dropping through what is typically a triangle of nails, creating a roughly binomial distribution) is fun to watch. Real ones are extremely sensitive to errors in the locations of the nails; there are simulations on the internet, somewhere. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | I nominate the **Overlapping Words Paradox**. E.g., see pages 42-44 in a [book excerpt](https://stepic.org/media/attachments/lessons/1/excerpt_1st_printing.pdf), a [research paper](http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814503655_0006), or an [elementary exposition](http://kvant.mccme.ru/1987/05/luchshee_pa... | A quincunx (balls dropping through what is typically a triangle of nails, creating a roughly binomial distribution) is fun to watch. Real ones are extremely sensitive to errors in the locations of the nails; there are simulations on the internet, somewhere. |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | Random walk! That is a fascinating topic which can be treated with combinatorial methods. Associated is the ruin problem. Treat the facts that simple random walk is recurrent in dimension two but not in dimension three. | The obvious application of probability is to gambling. Not only is this the major historical motivation to study probability, coin flips and rolling dice are still the easiest examples for students to understand while containing very meaty problems (e.g. if a friend flips a coin 20 times and 15 are heads, is the coin b... |
231,045 | I have to read several lectures on probability or applications of probability for high school students (of high level). There is no necessary part I must lecture, that is, my aim is just advertisement. What are possible subjects?
There are many nice examples in Alon-Spencer book, with applications to combinatorics an... | 2016/02/13 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/231045",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4312/"
] | On a more elementary side, the are these probabilistic paradoxes, such as:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox>,
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem>,
etc.
Also, this one is fun:... | A quincunx (balls dropping through what is typically a triangle of nails, creating a roughly binomial distribution) is fun to watch. Real ones are extremely sensitive to errors in the locations of the nails; there are simulations on the internet, somewhere. |
43,350 | When a client edits a featured image, they notice that they have the ability to set its "Alignment". If they were working with standard images embedded via the Editor, then this wouldn't be a problem. But since it is a featured image, WordPress doesn't pass in the appropriate class.
Is there a way to know which alignm... | 2012/02/24 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/43350",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/1766/"
] | Short answer: **you don't**.
The alignment settings only apply to images that the user *adds to the Post Content*. The Featured Image is *incorporated into the template* and is *not added by the user* to the Post Content.
The Featured Image is directly integrated into the template, usually as a "post thumbnail" disp... | I am sort of confused with your question but I hope that this link will help.
<http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS#WordPress_Generated_Classes> |
114,561 | Windows 7 Home Premium has **local users and groups** mmc console snap-in disabled:
Is there any custom utility I can use to manage my accounts? I need no more than adding users and email addresses to have some test accounts for my ... | 2010/02/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/114561",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8965/"
] | The MMC is disabled since Home Premium does not support active diretory users and the net effect is that it does not support the Users and Groups MMC snap-in.
After some research it is revealed that the only way to do this is using the command-line or PowerShell scripting. There is currently no third party tools simpl... | While you can't use the MMC, there should be a control panel applet allowing local user administration. There's always been a limited applet since XP Home.
'nusermgr.cpl' and 'control userpasswords2' should still work I believe.
If you're looking for a scriptable means to do this you can use 'net user' to add/modify... |
114,561 | Windows 7 Home Premium has **local users and groups** mmc console snap-in disabled:
Is there any custom utility I can use to manage my accounts? I need no more than adding users and email addresses to have some test accounts for my ... | 2010/02/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/114561",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8965/"
] | The MMC is disabled since Home Premium does not support active diretory users and the net effect is that it does not support the Users and Groups MMC snap-in.
After some research it is revealed that the only way to do this is using the command-line or PowerShell scripting. There is currently no third party tools simpl... | Now it is, I missed this functionality too so I created clone, you can download it here: <http://primocode.blogspot.com/2015/06/prils-local-users-and-groups-for.html>. It is not quite finished yet but basic functionalities work ok. |
114,561 | Windows 7 Home Premium has **local users and groups** mmc console snap-in disabled:
Is there any custom utility I can use to manage my accounts? I need no more than adding users and email addresses to have some test accounts for my ... | 2010/02/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/114561",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/8965/"
] | While you can't use the MMC, there should be a control panel applet allowing local user administration. There's always been a limited applet since XP Home.
'nusermgr.cpl' and 'control userpasswords2' should still work I believe.
If you're looking for a scriptable means to do this you can use 'net user' to add/modify... | Now it is, I missed this functionality too so I created clone, you can download it here: <http://primocode.blogspot.com/2015/06/prils-local-users-and-groups-for.html>. It is not quite finished yet but basic functionalities work ok. |
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