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121,284 | I am setting up a very long term time lapse and a big concern is that if the power goes out I need my DSLR to automatically turn back on. This is because I will have limited access to the camera when running.
I am a DR-E6 DC coupler with a LP-E6N dummy battery powering at the appropriate voltage (8V).
Issue is when I... | 2020/11/06 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/121284",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/95776/"
] | I am not aware of any way to remotely turn on a Canon EOS camera.
However, this reads like an [*XY Problem*](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/66377/348605).
Your most practical solution would be to use an uninterruptible power supply to prevent the camera from ever powering down. Even a modest UPS could power an 80D ... | There are DC couplers that are powered by a USB charger, so if you replace the charger by an external USB power bank that can be kept charging while feeding its output, the power bank will continue powering the camera during power cuts. |
1,036 | If someone wants his job to take place mostly in the wild, what kind of career should he look into? | 2012/02/10 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/1036",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/131/"
] | This depends on a great number of personal preferences. Here are some examples to consider:
**Adventure Company Guide** - If you want to lead others in a purely recreational sense, you can be a guide for one of the many adventure companies. Some examples of these companies are here:
<http://adventure.nationalgeographi... | A good outdoor job that allows for much hiking and outdoor activity is that of an **archaeologist**, especially one who works in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) (often includes private companies that survey for oil pipeline projects or power lines, etc), or for one of the federal land/wildlife management agencies, s... |
134,287 | Imagine that the XYX (not a real name) stock has a bid of 50.05 and an ask of 50.12. A discount broker currently has two orders. One is a limit buy at 50.11 and the other is a limit sell at 50.06. Can the broker buy the stock from the first client at 50.06 (using the broker's money ) and then immediately resell it to t... | 2020/12/28 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/134287",
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] | No. A Stock Broker is not trading anything - all he is is forwarding orders to the exchange. If he does not do that he is actually committing fraud - at least because he invoices you the fee the exchange calls for it (unless you are having one of those "free" trading accounts).
Trading stocks is regulated in pretty mu... | Yes, that's called being a dealer. That is how they make money. |
134,287 | Imagine that the XYX (not a real name) stock has a bid of 50.05 and an ask of 50.12. A discount broker currently has two orders. One is a limit buy at 50.11 and the other is a limit sell at 50.06. Can the broker buy the stock from the first client at 50.06 (using the broker's money ) and then immediately resell it to t... | 2020/12/28 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/134287",
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] | This would be [frontrunning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_running). Stock brokers generally have a fiduciary duty to their clients, and front running someone you have a fiduciary duty towards is illegal.
>
> Front running, also known as tailgating, is the **prohibited practice** of entering into an equity (sto... | Yes, that's called being a dealer. That is how they make money. |
134,287 | Imagine that the XYX (not a real name) stock has a bid of 50.05 and an ask of 50.12. A discount broker currently has two orders. One is a limit buy at 50.11 and the other is a limit sell at 50.06. Can the broker buy the stock from the first client at 50.06 (using the broker's money ) and then immediately resell it to t... | 2020/12/28 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/134287",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
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] | The SEC defines [Internalization](https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answersinternalizationhtm.html#:%7E:text=Internalization%20When%20you%20place%20an%20order%20to%20buy,the%20firm%27s%20own%20inventory.%20This%20is%20called%20%22internalization.%22) as:
>
> When you place an order to buy or sell a stock, your broker ... | Yes, that's called being a dealer. That is how they make money. |
134,287 | Imagine that the XYX (not a real name) stock has a bid of 50.05 and an ask of 50.12. A discount broker currently has two orders. One is a limit buy at 50.11 and the other is a limit sell at 50.06. Can the broker buy the stock from the first client at 50.06 (using the broker's money ) and then immediately resell it to t... | 2020/12/28 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/134287",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/35177/"
] | This would be [frontrunning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_running). Stock brokers generally have a fiduciary duty to their clients, and front running someone you have a fiduciary duty towards is illegal.
>
> Front running, also known as tailgating, is the **prohibited practice** of entering into an equity (sto... | No. A Stock Broker is not trading anything - all he is is forwarding orders to the exchange. If he does not do that he is actually committing fraud - at least because he invoices you the fee the exchange calls for it (unless you are having one of those "free" trading accounts).
Trading stocks is regulated in pretty mu... |
134,287 | Imagine that the XYX (not a real name) stock has a bid of 50.05 and an ask of 50.12. A discount broker currently has two orders. One is a limit buy at 50.11 and the other is a limit sell at 50.06. Can the broker buy the stock from the first client at 50.06 (using the broker's money ) and then immediately resell it to t... | 2020/12/28 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/134287",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/35177/"
] | This would be [frontrunning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_running). Stock brokers generally have a fiduciary duty to their clients, and front running someone you have a fiduciary duty towards is illegal.
>
> Front running, also known as tailgating, is the **prohibited practice** of entering into an equity (sto... | The SEC defines [Internalization](https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answersinternalizationhtm.html#:%7E:text=Internalization%20When%20you%20place%20an%20order%20to%20buy,the%20firm%27s%20own%20inventory.%20This%20is%20called%20%22internalization.%22) as:
>
> When you place an order to buy or sell a stock, your broker ... |
79,829 | I was laying in bed or lying in bed? | 2012/08/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79829",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18855/"
] | "I was lying in bed" is correct unless, of course, like a chicken you were laying an egg! | You are most probably lying in bed.
Unless you are a hen and you are laying eggs in someone's bed, that is. |
79,829 | I was laying in bed or lying in bed? | 2012/08/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79829",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18855/"
] | According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common.
"To lay" is a transitive verb. It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an object noun.
"To lie" by contrast is intransitive. It is an indicator of state, not action. Thus, your statement, which ... | "I was lying in bed" is correct unless, of course, like a chicken you were laying an egg! |
79,829 | I was laying in bed or lying in bed? | 2012/08/28 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79829",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/18855/"
] | According to Google NGrams, "lying in bed" is much more common.
"To lay" is a transitive verb. It can be reflexive - "I lay myself", "I am laying myself", "I was laying myself" - but it requires an object noun.
"To lie" by contrast is intransitive. It is an indicator of state, not action. Thus, your statement, which ... | You are most probably lying in bed.
Unless you are a hen and you are laying eggs in someone's bed, that is. |
5,626,704 | I've looked at the following link:
[Setting UILabel - Font through code - generates error - iPhone](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1380490/setting-uilabel-font-through-code-generates-error-iphone)
Which provides code to see all the available iOS fonts. For HelveticaNeue we get the following:
HelveticaNeue-Itali... | 2011/04/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5626704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/312411/"
] | The Interface Builder shows all fonts available on the Mac. Not all of them are available to iOS. Before using a font, make sure that is available on iOS. | While Interface Builder lets you pick any font, it defaults to Helvetica if the font isn't available. As far as I know, it also compiles down to Helvetica (or the system default, which apparently isn't Helvetica on iPhone 4).
Or, at least, custom fonts don't work in IB; I have to set them in -awakeFromNib or -viewDidL... |
3,953,204 | I am about to start a project in visual image-processing and have no had experience with Matlab, Aforge, OpenCV and was wondering if anyone had any experiences with these different software packages.
I was also wondering which of the three packages were most efficient I assume OpenCV but has anyone had any experience?... | 2010/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3953204",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440219/"
] | The question you need to ask yourself is which is more important - your time or the computer's time. If your task is really simple, you may be able to code it up in MATLAB and have it work right off the bat. MATLAB is by far the easiest for development - a scripted language with built-in memory management, a huge array... | First, please elaborate about your project's needs. It has the biggest impact on the choice, in addition to other factors - your general programming knowledge (If you haven't dealt with dot net but just with C++, AForge is not a good choice, for example).
Generally,
Both AForge and OpenCV has a built-in interface to ... |
3,953,204 | I am about to start a project in visual image-processing and have no had experience with Matlab, Aforge, OpenCV and was wondering if anyone had any experiences with these different software packages.
I was also wondering which of the three packages were most efficient I assume OpenCV but has anyone had any experience?... | 2010/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3953204",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440219/"
] | The question you need to ask yourself is which is more important - your time or the computer's time. If your task is really simple, you may be able to code it up in MATLAB and have it work right off the bat. MATLAB is by far the easiest for development - a scripted language with built-in memory management, a huge array... | I worked last year in two similar projects with cars on the highway. Afaik, Matlab allows to process only one picture frame at a time (surely you could elaborate an algorithm to compute a stream) but using Simulink you can process the stream directly.
On the other hand, i found AForge a lot friendlier and easier to u... |
3,953,204 | I am about to start a project in visual image-processing and have no had experience with Matlab, Aforge, OpenCV and was wondering if anyone had any experiences with these different software packages.
I was also wondering which of the three packages were most efficient I assume OpenCV but has anyone had any experience?... | 2010/10/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3953204",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440219/"
] | The question you need to ask yourself is which is more important - your time or the computer's time. If your task is really simple, you may be able to code it up in MATLAB and have it work right off the bat. MATLAB is by far the easiest for development - a scripted language with built-in memory management, a huge array... | If you are asking about using one of these in .net,easily you can get info by this:
1-matlab mostly used in simulation of projects not the End-prototype project; my numer : 30;
2-aforge (as I'v used in many project) if you do not need the circular process like capturing image, or recognition of something in images or... |
228,953 | I bought a new [PS4 Batman bundle from Amazon.com](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00VETEZ16) and I was wondering if it will work on 220V. I asked the support in Amazon and did some research and people say that it would work, however when I chatted with PS support agent she said that it may or may not work! A... | 2015/07/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228953",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11613/"
] | While "officially" Sony says North American PlayStation 4 consoles only accept 120 V, the power supplies the console actually ships with do support 100-240V at 50 or 60 Hz. This is confirmed by an [iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/150182/CUH-1001A+B01+240V+support) thread asking this same question:
>
> jrj... | Yes your PS4 should work just fine under 220V.
In regards to the PS4 being region locked this is not true. You will be fine to use and play EU games while abroad. I believe it will not play EU DVDs however. |
228,953 | I bought a new [PS4 Batman bundle from Amazon.com](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00VETEZ16) and I was wondering if it will work on 220V. I asked the support in Amazon and did some research and people say that it would work, however when I chatted with PS support agent she said that it may or may not work! A... | 2015/07/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228953",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11613/"
] | It works! I have a US PS4 that says 120 V 2.1 amp on its back. And I brought it to Iran one year where the ac input is 220v. So I was hesitant to plug it in. After reading more than 50 articles I found an ifix that showed if you open you ps you can see tht under the power source it says it's universal (100-220v). So I ... | Yes your PS4 should work just fine under 220V.
In regards to the PS4 being region locked this is not true. You will be fine to use and play EU games while abroad. I believe it will not play EU DVDs however. |
228,953 | I bought a new [PS4 Batman bundle from Amazon.com](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00VETEZ16) and I was wondering if it will work on 220V. I asked the support in Amazon and did some research and people say that it would work, however when I chatted with PS support agent she said that it may or may not work! A... | 2015/07/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/228953",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11613/"
] | While "officially" Sony says North American PlayStation 4 consoles only accept 120 V, the power supplies the console actually ships with do support 100-240V at 50 or 60 Hz. This is confirmed by an [iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/150182/CUH-1001A+B01+240V+support) thread asking this same question:
>
> jrj... | It works! I have a US PS4 that says 120 V 2.1 amp on its back. And I brought it to Iran one year where the ac input is 220v. So I was hesitant to plug it in. After reading more than 50 articles I found an ifix that showed if you open you ps you can see tht under the power source it says it's universal (100-220v). So I ... |
245,258 | [JWT tokens](https://jwt.io/) are self-contained. If a valid JWT token contains username and the token is valid, then the endpoint will think user is authenticated.
The token can be decoded and all fields seen.
What if I generate token on my side and fill it with data I saw, how will the system distinguish my token f... | 2021/02/23 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/245258",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/49539/"
] | Simple: A JWT must be properly signed or encrypted with the private key of the authenticating server.
If you don't have that private key then you would have to sign/encrypt with your own private key. You can do that, and thus generate a valid JWT, but the application you send it to will easily be able to tell it was s... | >
> What if I generate token on my side and fill it with data I saw, how the system will distinguish my token from it's own ones?
>
>
>
Sure. If you know the secret the server uses, you can do this. If the secret is not secret anymore, the security model of JWT Tokens are fundamentally broken, and nothing can resc... |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | Well, [Better Zip](http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator) does a fair job. | WinZip installs one but BetterZip's is better, although includes an advert for BetterZip each time you use it. |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | Well, [Better Zip](http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator) does a fair job. | Another alternative is [The Archive Browser](https://theunarchiver.com/archive-browser). It is a commercial tool as well but will show the contents of various file types.
From the site:
>
> The Archive Browser lets you easily peek into the archive, find the files you need, preview and extract them without unarchivin... |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | Well, [Better Zip](http://macitbetter.com/BetterZip-Quick-Look-Generator) does a fair job. | There's also the open source [qlZipInfo](https://github.com/srirangav/qlZipInfo) that works for .zip, .jar, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.Z, .xar, .pkg, .deb, .rpm, .7z, .xz, .cab, .gz, .lha, .hqx, .sit, .iso, .cdr, and .toast files.
Install instructions are given on its GitHub page; it supports macOS from 10.6 to the... |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | WinZip installs one but BetterZip's is better, although includes an advert for BetterZip each time you use it. | Another alternative is [The Archive Browser](https://theunarchiver.com/archive-browser). It is a commercial tool as well but will show the contents of various file types.
From the site:
>
> The Archive Browser lets you easily peek into the archive, find the files you need, preview and extract them without unarchivin... |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | There's also the open source [qlZipInfo](https://github.com/srirangav/qlZipInfo) that works for .zip, .jar, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.Z, .xar, .pkg, .deb, .rpm, .7z, .xz, .cab, .gz, .lha, .hqx, .sit, .iso, .cdr, and .toast files.
Install instructions are given on its GitHub page; it supports macOS from 10.6 to the... | WinZip installs one but BetterZip's is better, although includes an advert for BetterZip each time you use it. |
8,943 | Is there a Quick Look plug-in that works with ZIP files, and that lists all the files contained in the archive? It is also fine if it lists at least some of the files. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8943",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/3598/"
] | There's also the open source [qlZipInfo](https://github.com/srirangav/qlZipInfo) that works for .zip, .jar, .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.Z, .xar, .pkg, .deb, .rpm, .7z, .xz, .cab, .gz, .lha, .hqx, .sit, .iso, .cdr, and .toast files.
Install instructions are given on its GitHub page; it supports macOS from 10.6 to the... | Another alternative is [The Archive Browser](https://theunarchiver.com/archive-browser). It is a commercial tool as well but will show the contents of various file types.
From the site:
>
> The Archive Browser lets you easily peek into the archive, find the files you need, preview and extract them without unarchivin... |
257,332 | I have a content type with a field allowing to select public or private.
I am using the Pathauto module for generating path aliases using this field, using /[node:field\_evt\_diffusion]/[node:title] as pattern. I am using the CAS module to casify the /private/\* path.
Is it possible to create two path aliases for the... | 2018/03/08 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/257332",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/14121/"
] | If manual steps are OK you can use this workaround:
The pathauto module always generates aliases using the first matching pattern type/condition combo. So simply create two matching patterns for your nodes. Generate URLs using the first pattern, deactivate this pattern and rerun URL alias generation (which now automat... | You could use the [redirect](https://www.drupal.org/project/redirect) module to accomplish this with [How to create a redirection programmatically?](https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/227978/how-to-create-a-redirection-programmatically)
Alternatively, if you change the url alias, [redirect](https://www.drupal.... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | As you said the team was out of office for half of the sprint and there is little to show at the end of sprint so that means at least the team did good job in including the stories that can be completed in actual sprint( which is one week). **So give them +1 for that.**
**NOW**
You do not need to change the usual wa... | I am a little unclear as to what your actual question is here. My advice though would be to have a clear goal/focus for the retro - probably something around accounting for capacity when half the team is out. Action items might be something like get everyones schedule prior to next planning so we can ensure our commitm... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | I am a little unclear as to what your actual question is here. My advice though would be to have a clear goal/focus for the retro - probably something around accounting for capacity when half the team is out. Action items might be something like get everyones schedule prior to next planning so we can ensure our commitm... | If you have such strict time limitation for retrospective, then **[lean coffee format](http://agilecoffee.com/leancoffee/)** is that you need (by my opinion, of course):
>
> 1) Select a theme (optional) **[note: possible improvements for current process, for example]**
>
>
> 2) Everyone writes their name on a stick... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | I am a little unclear as to what your actual question is here. My advice though would be to have a clear goal/focus for the retro - probably something around accounting for capacity when half the team is out. Action items might be something like get everyones schedule prior to next planning so we can ensure our commitm... | Wow, that's a tough one. Given how things went investing an hour to do an in depth analysis what has happened and come up up with the vital few actions would be my first suggestion, but I understand the risk of the team hating Scrum even more so that won't work in this situation.
A possible, short exercise would be to... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | As you said the team was out of office for half of the sprint and there is little to show at the end of sprint so that means at least the team did good job in including the stories that can be completed in actual sprint( which is one week). **So give them +1 for that.**
**NOW**
You do not need to change the usual wa... | A large part of the context is missing so I'd stick to your "requirements":
1. Explain why you're timeboxing
2. Focus on the actions to take, they should be very precise (long-term plans are not a 20 minutes job), actionable, and there should be a clear way of measuring whether the goal has been accomplished or not
3.... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | A large part of the context is missing so I'd stick to your "requirements":
1. Explain why you're timeboxing
2. Focus on the actions to take, they should be very precise (long-term plans are not a 20 minutes job), actionable, and there should be a clear way of measuring whether the goal has been accomplished or not
3.... | If you have such strict time limitation for retrospective, then **[lean coffee format](http://agilecoffee.com/leancoffee/)** is that you need (by my opinion, of course):
>
> 1) Select a theme (optional) **[note: possible improvements for current process, for example]**
>
>
> 2) Everyone writes their name on a stick... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | A large part of the context is missing so I'd stick to your "requirements":
1. Explain why you're timeboxing
2. Focus on the actions to take, they should be very precise (long-term plans are not a 20 minutes job), actionable, and there should be a clear way of measuring whether the goal has been accomplished or not
3.... | Wow, that's a tough one. Given how things went investing an hour to do an in depth analysis what has happened and come up up with the vital few actions would be my first suggestion, but I understand the risk of the team hating Scrum even more so that won't work in this situation.
A possible, short exercise would be to... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | As you said the team was out of office for half of the sprint and there is little to show at the end of sprint so that means at least the team did good job in including the stories that can be completed in actual sprint( which is one week). **So give them +1 for that.**
**NOW**
You do not need to change the usual wa... | If you have such strict time limitation for retrospective, then **[lean coffee format](http://agilecoffee.com/leancoffee/)** is that you need (by my opinion, of course):
>
> 1) Select a theme (optional) **[note: possible improvements for current process, for example]**
>
>
> 2) Everyone writes their name on a stick... |
14,712 | If we had a semi-crummy sprint with low velocity and little to show for it and don't want to inundate ourselves with scrum-related overhead, fully cognizant that something not-right happened, with only half the team on location what simple tricks can a scrummaster play to enliven a retrospective, keep it useful and not... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14712",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/16260/"
] | As you said the team was out of office for half of the sprint and there is little to show at the end of sprint so that means at least the team did good job in including the stories that can be completed in actual sprint( which is one week). **So give them +1 for that.**
**NOW**
You do not need to change the usual wa... | Wow, that's a tough one. Given how things went investing an hour to do an in depth analysis what has happened and come up up with the vital few actions would be my first suggestion, but I understand the risk of the team hating Scrum even more so that won't work in this situation.
A possible, short exercise would be to... |
22,960,376 | We have a problem with UIs rendering in Chrome on iOS, specifically the HTML SELECT Drop Down element.
Example:
Using Safari, when you tap on the SELECT, a spinner opens at the bottom of the screen - and you can tap Done to select your choice and return to the form.
But when you load the exact same page in Chrome o... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22960376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3514839/"
] | I experienced the same thing and it seems to do with having a select without a sorounding form-tag and submit button. Without the select displays a "X" to close the select and with form/submit it displays the text "Done". | For anyone out there still struggling with this issue, i found a fix for this for the older iOS versions.
Try to place the input field in a separate html file hosted on a different domain (can be subdomain too) and request that html inside a frame on your webpage. The button has the same functionality just a differen... |
22,960,376 | We have a problem with UIs rendering in Chrome on iOS, specifically the HTML SELECT Drop Down element.
Example:
Using Safari, when you tap on the SELECT, a spinner opens at the bottom of the screen - and you can tap Done to select your choice and return to the form.
But when you load the exact same page in Chrome o... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22960376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3514839/"
] | The comment from howlee is certainly true for the link provided but if you spend time adding another select element it once again shows the X instead of a done button.
So I guess for 1 element it shows Done, for more than 1 it flicks from Done to X.
Maybe it is the functionality that they wish to show and we should l... | For anyone out there still struggling with this issue, i found a fix for this for the older iOS versions.
Try to place the input field in a separate html file hosted on a different domain (can be subdomain too) and request that html inside a frame on your webpage. The button has the same functionality just a differen... |
22,960,376 | We have a problem with UIs rendering in Chrome on iOS, specifically the HTML SELECT Drop Down element.
Example:
Using Safari, when you tap on the SELECT, a spinner opens at the bottom of the screen - and you can tap Done to select your choice and return to the form.
But when you load the exact same page in Chrome o... | 2014/04/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22960376",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3514839/"
] | It appears to be a Chrome for iOS "feature". My guess is that it's for Material Design reasons that they want to cover over the regular iOS styling.
The X appears to function the same way as the Done button and anyone who uses Chrome for iOS should be familiar that is behaves this way.
I'm sure there are ways around ... | For anyone out there still struggling with this issue, i found a fix for this for the older iOS versions.
Try to place the input field in a separate html file hosted on a different domain (can be subdomain too) and request that html inside a frame on your webpage. The button has the same functionality just a differen... |
41,443 | Is there a program with which I can create daily MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB backups with these requirements:
* The first time, make a full backup.
* The second time, only the changes since the last backup, and so on.
Only with some software or script, not PHP. | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/41443",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/23329/"
] | If you're using MySQL with InnoDB tables, then you could take incremental backups with [Percona's xtrabackup](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/innobackupex/incremental_backups_innobackupex.html), or talk to Oracle about enterprise licensing, which would net you [MySQL Enterprise Backup](http://www.mysql.co... | Postgres: The write ahead log(s), WAL; it's a complimentary component of your backup strategy. It's ***exactly*** what you want. |
41,443 | Is there a program with which I can create daily MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB backups with these requirements:
* The first time, make a full backup.
* The second time, only the changes since the last backup, and so on.
Only with some software or script, not PHP. | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/41443",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/23329/"
] | If you're using MySQL with InnoDB tables, then you could take incremental backups with [Percona's xtrabackup](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/innobackupex/incremental_backups_innobackupex.html), or talk to Oracle about enterprise licensing, which would net you [MySQL Enterprise Backup](http://www.mysql.co... | For Postgresql on MS Windows, the Postgresql wiki has an "[Automated Backup on Windows](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Windows)" article that may be of use.
There is also "[Instant PostgreSQL Backup and Restore How-to](http://www.packtpub.com/how-to-postgresql-backup-and-restore/book)" available... |
41,443 | Is there a program with which I can create daily MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB backups with these requirements:
* The first time, make a full backup.
* The second time, only the changes since the last backup, and so on.
Only with some software or script, not PHP. | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/41443",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/23329/"
] | If you're using MySQL with InnoDB tables, then you could take incremental backups with [Percona's xtrabackup](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/innobackupex/incremental_backups_innobackupex.html), or talk to Oracle about enterprise licensing, which would net you [MySQL Enterprise Backup](http://www.mysql.co... | For MySQL and PostgreSQL you can use the **Snapshot Backups** in order to obtain full or incremental backups:
Some file system implementations enable “snapshots” to be taken. These provide logical copies of the file system at a given point in time, without requiring a physical copy of the entire file system. (For exam... |
41,443 | Is there a program with which I can create daily MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB backups with these requirements:
* The first time, make a full backup.
* The second time, only the changes since the last backup, and so on.
Only with some software or script, not PHP. | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/41443",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/23329/"
] | Postgres: The write ahead log(s), WAL; it's a complimentary component of your backup strategy. It's ***exactly*** what you want. | For Postgresql on MS Windows, the Postgresql wiki has an "[Automated Backup on Windows](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Windows)" article that may be of use.
There is also "[Instant PostgreSQL Backup and Restore How-to](http://www.packtpub.com/how-to-postgresql-backup-and-restore/book)" available... |
41,443 | Is there a program with which I can create daily MySQL, PostgreSQL and MariaDB backups with these requirements:
* The first time, make a full backup.
* The second time, only the changes since the last backup, and so on.
Only with some software or script, not PHP. | 2013/05/02 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/41443",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/23329/"
] | Postgres: The write ahead log(s), WAL; it's a complimentary component of your backup strategy. It's ***exactly*** what you want. | For MySQL and PostgreSQL you can use the **Snapshot Backups** in order to obtain full or incremental backups:
Some file system implementations enable “snapshots” to be taken. These provide logical copies of the file system at a given point in time, without requiring a physical copy of the entire file system. (For exam... |
334,418 | If I prove something, does it have to be true?
I can structure the question more convolutedly: Does successfully proving something depend on the credulity of the audience, or the truth of the argument?
NOAD defines the word:
>
> **prove**, *v.* demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argume... | 2016/06/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/334418",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59495/"
] | The connotation probably derives from its Latin origin, which referred to showing that something was good, credibile:
***[Prove](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=prove) (v.)***:
>
> * late 12c., pruven, proven "to try, test; evaluate; demonstrate," from Old French prover, pruver "show; convince; put to the ... | In general, *prove* does not necessitate *truth*.
The meaning of *prove* (and *truth*) depends on the context.
In the U.S., a person is innocent until *proven* guilty in a court of law. I might be *proven* guilty in a court of law, but that doesn't mean I am guilty. It simply means that the judge or jury was persuad... |
334,418 | If I prove something, does it have to be true?
I can structure the question more convolutedly: Does successfully proving something depend on the credulity of the audience, or the truth of the argument?
NOAD defines the word:
>
> **prove**, *v.* demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argume... | 2016/06/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/334418",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59495/"
] | The crux of your question seems to be:
>
> I find it unclear ... whether “demonstrating truth” requires something be true. … If I read that someone proved something, should I trust that their finding is true?
>
>
>
If you consider the author reliable, then yes. When the author says someone proved something, the p... | The connotation probably derives from its Latin origin, which referred to showing that something was good, credibile:
***[Prove](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=prove) (v.)***:
>
> * late 12c., pruven, proven "to try, test; evaluate; demonstrate," from Old French prover, pruver "show; convince; put to the ... |
334,418 | If I prove something, does it have to be true?
I can structure the question more convolutedly: Does successfully proving something depend on the credulity of the audience, or the truth of the argument?
NOAD defines the word:
>
> **prove**, *v.* demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argume... | 2016/06/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/334418",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59495/"
] | The crux of your question seems to be:
>
> I find it unclear ... whether “demonstrating truth” requires something be true. … If I read that someone proved something, should I trust that their finding is true?
>
>
>
If you consider the author reliable, then yes. When the author says someone proved something, the p... | In general, *prove* does not necessitate *truth*.
The meaning of *prove* (and *truth*) depends on the context.
In the U.S., a person is innocent until *proven* guilty in a court of law. I might be *proven* guilty in a court of law, but that doesn't mean I am guilty. It simply means that the judge or jury was persuad... |
334,418 | If I prove something, does it have to be true?
I can structure the question more convolutedly: Does successfully proving something depend on the credulity of the audience, or the truth of the argument?
NOAD defines the word:
>
> **prove**, *v.* demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argume... | 2016/06/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/334418",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59495/"
] | As someone pointed out, your Copernicus sentence isn't an authentic use of the word *prove*.
Let's review how things work in science:
Someone proposes a hypothesis. Evidence accumulates. Eventually we find the hypothesis so well supported that we begin to call it a theory.
A theory is very likely true. There is a gr... | In general, *prove* does not necessitate *truth*.
The meaning of *prove* (and *truth*) depends on the context.
In the U.S., a person is innocent until *proven* guilty in a court of law. I might be *proven* guilty in a court of law, but that doesn't mean I am guilty. It simply means that the judge or jury was persuad... |
334,418 | If I prove something, does it have to be true?
I can structure the question more convolutedly: Does successfully proving something depend on the credulity of the audience, or the truth of the argument?
NOAD defines the word:
>
> **prove**, *v.* demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argume... | 2016/06/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/334418",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/59495/"
] | The crux of your question seems to be:
>
> I find it unclear ... whether “demonstrating truth” requires something be true. … If I read that someone proved something, should I trust that their finding is true?
>
>
>
If you consider the author reliable, then yes. When the author says someone proved something, the p... | As someone pointed out, your Copernicus sentence isn't an authentic use of the word *prove*.
Let's review how things work in science:
Someone proposes a hypothesis. Evidence accumulates. Eventually we find the hypothesis so well supported that we begin to call it a theory.
A theory is very likely true. There is a gr... |
154,787 | I have taken on a job at a language school in Spain that has asked me to revamp [their website](http://teflinternationalseville.com) for them.
From what I know, the previous designer has done a runner with the details of everything but the wordpress login itself - server info gone,plus domain rules, so all I can acce... | 2014/07/16 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/154787",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/56663/"
] | Here's a much better solution: Don't edit the theme's functions.php file. Don't put your custom code into that file either.
If you have snippets of code for a site, put them into a custom plugin. Put each one into its own plugin, in fact. Separate them by functionality.
I even made a handy dandy plugin to make this ... | Of course there are better ways to do that. You could use some local installation with a copy of your online website with software such as WAMP, XAMP, etc to make your changes.
"Cow Boy" coding is never a good solution. If you miss one `;` boom! Fatal error! And in your case this is live.
You could also use better p... |
2,344,491 | Thanks for taking the time to review my question!
Let’s assume that there is a web service (restful, SOAP, XML/JSON, what ever you want) and it was a service regarding puppies. A puppy, for the purposes of this question, can have two member variables. The first one is a unique ID of the puppy. The other data member is... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2344491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144599/"
] | Depends on your architechtural design--there really isn't a single correct answer:
1) This sounds like using a "Mobile Object", i.e. the whole object (logic included) can be serialized and sent across the wire. It could also be seen as a DTO (data-transfer-object) with no logic.
2) This sounds more SOA--SOA is focuse... | Number 2, modified to return a boolean result indicating that the update was or was not successful |
2,344,491 | Thanks for taking the time to review my question!
Let’s assume that there is a web service (restful, SOAP, XML/JSON, what ever you want) and it was a service regarding puppies. A puppy, for the purposes of this question, can have two member variables. The first one is a unique ID of the puppy. The other data member is... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2344491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144599/"
] | Each instance of puppy is maintained at the server and the service should expose methods to get and set and refresh puppycount. | Number 2, modified to return a boolean result indicating that the update was or was not successful |
2,344,491 | Thanks for taking the time to review my question!
Let’s assume that there is a web service (restful, SOAP, XML/JSON, what ever you want) and it was a service regarding puppies. A puppy, for the purposes of this question, can have two member variables. The first one is a unique ID of the puppy. The other data member is... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2344491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144599/"
] | Depends on your architechtural design--there really isn't a single correct answer:
1) This sounds like using a "Mobile Object", i.e. the whole object (logic included) can be serialized and sent across the wire. It could also be seen as a DTO (data-transfer-object) with no logic.
2) This sounds more SOA--SOA is focuse... | Here's some more questions (!).
Is the same puppy held on multiple clients ? If so, then you may need to broadcast an update to each client to refresh its puppy when there's a flea update.
Would you normally give the client an immutable object (the puppy). Can the client update the puppy and ensure it's still a vali... |
2,344,491 | Thanks for taking the time to review my question!
Let’s assume that there is a web service (restful, SOAP, XML/JSON, what ever you want) and it was a service regarding puppies. A puppy, for the purposes of this question, can have two member variables. The first one is a unique ID of the puppy. The other data member is... | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2344491",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/144599/"
] | Each instance of puppy is maintained at the server and the service should expose methods to get and set and refresh puppycount. | Here's some more questions (!).
Is the same puppy held on multiple clients ? If so, then you may need to broadcast an update to each client to refresh its puppy when there's a flea update.
Would you normally give the client an immutable object (the puppy). Can the client update the puppy and ensure it's still a vali... |
291,500 | I am new to ubuntu and i would like some help.
I have a laptop with windows 7 installed but i would love to have ubuntu too because it's a great OS.
So i would like to install ubuntu on an external usb hard drive (320 - 500 GB) and i have some questions about that :
* Do i need a usb external hard drive which will be ... | 2013/05/06 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/291500",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/156097/"
] | You don't need a special HD. Your laptop needs to be able to boot from USB HD (if it's not 5 years old it probably can). Make sure you install grub on your external HD during installation.
You can make one partition for Ubuntu with ext4 on your external HD and one NTFS for data, where you can put your movies and docum... | There are a few technical considerations of which you need to be aware.
* First, any computer that uses this needs to be able to boot from USB.
So you will need to check the BIOS and make sure that the computer is
capable of using it.
* Second, unless your drive and computer are both USB 3 capable, the
end experience ... |
491,635 | I was reading a layman's article about quantum entanglement and came across this line about quantum theory in general:
>
> "But the math, the predictions starting in the 1920s, have all turned out to be correct," he said. "It's the most successful scientific theory in the human race."
>
>
>
At first that struck m... | 2019/07/14 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/491635",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/228940/"
] | Let's just say that it is hard for any physicist to argue against that statement.
In physics, we don't rank the theories or laws to decide which one is the best. Each of them exists because they work under certain conditions and each of them have their own limits.
However, we are yet to do any experiment where quantu... | Richard Feynman gave the following example of the success of quantum electrodynamics in accounting for the functioning of the physical world we inhabit: It is as if QED allowed you to *predict*, based on first principles, the distance between Los Angeles and New York City- and then, when the actual measurement was made... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | MATLAB started life as a MATrix LAB, so maybe concentrating on problems in linear algebra would be a natural fit.
Discrete math problems using matricies include:
1. Spanning trees and shortest paths
2. The marriage problem (bipartite graphs)
3. Matching algorithms
4. Maximal flow in a network
5. The transportation ... | db I/O and fancy interfaces are out of place in a discrete math course.
my matlab labs were typically algorithm implementations, with charts as output, and simple file input.
how hard is the material? image processing is really easy in matlab, can you do some discrete 2D filtering? blurs and stuff. <http://homepages.... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | You want to do a project with a web interface and a database, but not any serious math... and you're doing it in MATLAB? Do you understand that MATLAB is especially designed to be used for "deep math", and not for web interfaces or databases?
I think if this is an intro to a Discrete Mathematics course, you should pro... | You might look here: <http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html>
on the MathWorks website. The interactive tutorial (second link) is quite popular.
--Loren |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | **General Suggestions:**
There are many teaching resources at [The MathWorks](http://www.mathworks.com/) that may give you some ideas for course projects. Some sample links:
* [The MATLAB Central blogs](http://blogs.mathworks.com/), specifically some posts by [Loren](http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/) that include [u... | db I/O and fancy interfaces are out of place in a discrete math course.
my matlab labs were typically algorithm implementations, with charts as output, and simple file input.
how hard is the material? image processing is really easy in matlab, can you do some discrete 2D filtering? blurs and stuff. <http://homepages.... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | **General Suggestions:**
There are many teaching resources at [The MathWorks](http://www.mathworks.com/) that may give you some ideas for course projects. Some sample links:
* [The MATLAB Central blogs](http://blogs.mathworks.com/), specifically some posts by [Loren](http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/) that include [u... | I always thought the one I was assigned in grad school was a good choice-a [magnetic lens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_lens) simulator. The math isn't completely overwhelming so you can focus more on learning the language, and it's a good intro to the graphical capabilities (e.g., animating the path of an off... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | **General Suggestions:**
There are many teaching resources at [The MathWorks](http://www.mathworks.com/) that may give you some ideas for course projects. Some sample links:
* [The MATLAB Central blogs](http://blogs.mathworks.com/), specifically some posts by [Loren](http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/) that include [u... | You want to do a project with a web interface and a database, but not any serious math... and you're doing it in MATLAB? Do you understand that MATLAB is especially designed to be used for "deep math", and not for web interfaces or databases?
I think if this is an intro to a Discrete Mathematics course, you should pro... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | **General Suggestions:**
There are many teaching resources at [The MathWorks](http://www.mathworks.com/) that may give you some ideas for course projects. Some sample links:
* [The MATLAB Central blogs](http://blogs.mathworks.com/), specifically some posts by [Loren](http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/) that include [u... | You might look here: <http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html>
on the MathWorks website. The interactive tutorial (second link) is quite popular.
--Loren |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | You want to do a project with a web interface and a database, but not any serious math... and you're doing it in MATLAB? Do you understand that MATLAB is especially designed to be used for "deep math", and not for web interfaces or databases?
I think if this is an intro to a Discrete Mathematics course, you should pro... | db I/O and fancy interfaces are out of place in a discrete math course.
my matlab labs were typically algorithm implementations, with charts as output, and simple file input.
how hard is the material? image processing is really easy in matlab, can you do some discrete 2D filtering? blurs and stuff. <http://homepages.... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | A lot of things are possible.
The first example that comes in mind is to model a public transportation network (the network of your city, with underground, buses, tramways, ...). It is represented by a weighted directed graph (you can use sparse matrix to represent it, for example).
You may, for example, ask them to ... | You might look here: <http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html>
on the MathWorks website. The interactive tutorial (second link) is quite popular.
--Loren |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | **General Suggestions:**
There are many teaching resources at [The MathWorks](http://www.mathworks.com/) that may give you some ideas for course projects. Some sample links:
* [The MATLAB Central blogs](http://blogs.mathworks.com/), specifically some posts by [Loren](http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/) that include [u... | I have found that implementing and visualizing [Dynamical systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical_system) is great
for giving an introduction to programming and to an interesting branch of
applied mathematics. Because one can see the 'life' in these systems,
our students really enjoy this practical module.
W... |
1,208,205 | A professor asked me to help making a specification for a college project.
By the time the students should know the basics of programming.
The professor is a mathematician and has little experience in other programming languages, so it should really be in MATLAB.
I would like some projects ideas. The project should
... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1208205",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8041/"
] | A lot of things are possible.
The first example that comes in mind is to model a public transportation network (the network of your city, with underground, buses, tramways, ...). It is represented by a weighted directed graph (you can use sparse matrix to represent it, for example).
You may, for example, ask them to ... | I always thought the one I was assigned in grad school was a good choice-a [magnetic lens](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_lens) simulator. The math isn't completely overwhelming so you can focus more on learning the language, and it's a good intro to the graphical capabilities (e.g., animating the path of an off... |
15,640,750 | How can I copy the [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) classpath variables from the open workspace to a new workspace? I am using [Eclipse Juno](http://www.eclipse.org/juno/) (Eclipse Platform 4.2.1 and Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.8.2). | 2013/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15640750",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/107158/"
] | Try File -> Export -> General -> Preferences and export All. Next, import the preferences into your second workspace. | Classpath variables are stored in *at least* three places in eclipse:
**Workspace level**
These are effectively global, and can be seen in Preferences->Java->Build Path->Classpath variables. You could export these as with any other preferences, and import them to your new workspace.
**Project level**
Seen in the Pr... |
15,640,750 | How can I copy the [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) classpath variables from the open workspace to a new workspace? I am using [Eclipse Juno](http://www.eclipse.org/juno/) (Eclipse Platform 4.2.1 and Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.8.2). | 2013/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15640750",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/107158/"
] | Try File -> Export -> General -> Preferences and export All. Next, import the preferences into your second workspace. | Yes, there is no direct way to achieve this. I found a workaround solution.
Try the File System export, select only .classpath files for all the Projects you want to export and in the options select 'Create directory structure for files' to make sure each project classpath is generated in its own folder.
for using thi... |
15,640,750 | How can I copy the [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) classpath variables from the open workspace to a new workspace? I am using [Eclipse Juno](http://www.eclipse.org/juno/) (Eclipse Platform 4.2.1 and Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.8.2). | 2013/03/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/15640750",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/107158/"
] | Classpath variables are stored in *at least* three places in eclipse:
**Workspace level**
These are effectively global, and can be seen in Preferences->Java->Build Path->Classpath variables. You could export these as with any other preferences, and import them to your new workspace.
**Project level**
Seen in the Pr... | Yes, there is no direct way to achieve this. I found a workaround solution.
Try the File System export, select only .classpath files for all the Projects you want to export and in the options select 'Create directory structure for files' to make sure each project classpath is generated in its own folder.
for using thi... |
37,448 | When we register a group of contacts to a Civi event we don't want a confirmation email to be sent (as the registration is for internal purposes).
If you register one person at a time the checkbox can be unchecked, but for mass registration this doesn't seem possible. I can see there was an extension back in 2015 which... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/37448",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/8238/"
] | If you are on 5.26+ CiviCRM version, when you find contact, select list of contact and use 'Register participants for event' from the action list. It takes you to the Create participant form. When you select the event, there will an option for 'Registration Confirmation and Receipt' at the end of the form where you can... | Do you refer to the *sendeventconf* extension that can be found at <https://github.com/TechToThePeople/sendeventconf> ?
It's a basic extension and it most likely works. So, it makes sense to try. Installation of an extension not found on the list is documented at <https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/customize/... |
37,448 | When we register a group of contacts to a Civi event we don't want a confirmation email to be sent (as the registration is for internal purposes).
If you register one person at a time the checkbox can be unchecked, but for mass registration this doesn't seem possible. I can see there was an extension back in 2015 which... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/37448",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/8238/"
] | If you are on 5.26+ CiviCRM version, when you find contact, select list of contact and use 'Register participants for event' from the action list. It takes you to the Create participant form. When you select the event, there will an option for 'Registration Confirmation and Receipt' at the end of the form where you can... | You may want to have a look at our [new extension "Event Messages"](https://github.com/systopia/de.systopia.eventmessages). It provides an alternative way to send confirmation emails for CiviCRM Events. It creates an additional tab within CiviCRM Events that allows you to define different message templates to be sent b... |
37,448 | When we register a group of contacts to a Civi event we don't want a confirmation email to be sent (as the registration is for internal purposes).
If you register one person at a time the checkbox can be unchecked, but for mass registration this doesn't seem possible. I can see there was an extension back in 2015 which... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/37448",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/users/8238/"
] | If you are on 5.26+ CiviCRM version, when you find contact, select list of contact and use 'Register participants for event' from the action list. It takes you to the Create participant form. When you select the event, there will an option for 'Registration Confirmation and Receipt' at the end of the form where you can... | You could just switch your Outbound Mail to 'send to database' for the couple of minutes when you need to run the task. |
1,098,395 | I have some proofs of theorems in my thesis that are very similar to the proofs from the literature ( "my" proofs are more extended and have more explaination, the structure isn't the same either). Those are really complicated proofs so I can't do them by myself with an entirely different approach. Need I to cite the s... | 2015/01/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1098395",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/134911/"
] | Yes. You need to cite them. You are using someone else's idea, and you need to give them credit for it. Anything else is plagiarism. | As mentioned in Johanna's answer, it is always best to give relevant citations. I would also encourage you to talk with your advisor. He would be the one to know what's best. |
37,617,817 | Does Hazelcast have Replication similar to Ehcache ?
<http://www.ehcache.org/generated/2.9.0/pdf/Ehcache_Replication_Guide.pdf>
I've found only Distributed, but not replicated. | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37617817",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1413222/"
] | If you have N hazelcast instances clustered together (N nodes), then your data will be partitioned in N parts. Each part will be owned by one node. Based on what is the configured replication factor ( default 3) each part will also be replicated in some other nodes. So each node will have a part that it own, and some o... | See the ReplicatedMap (<http://docs.hazelcast.org/docs/3.6/manual/html-single/index.html#replicated-map>) which is best effort replicated and therefore pretty much the equivalent to the replication in EHcache. |
37,617,817 | Does Hazelcast have Replication similar to Ehcache ?
<http://www.ehcache.org/generated/2.9.0/pdf/Ehcache_Replication_Guide.pdf>
I've found only Distributed, but not replicated. | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37617817",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1413222/"
] | If you have N hazelcast instances clustered together (N nodes), then your data will be partitioned in N parts. Each part will be owned by one node. Based on what is the configured replication factor ( default 3) each part will also be replicated in some other nodes. So each node will have a part that it own, and some o... | From my experience, aside from the replicated data structures, there is a way of dynamic replication according to your needs. This is not an official way, just a workaround. You can use backups to make your life easier.
Example:
I have an IMap and I want it in all my nodes (I don't know why you would want that, but le... |
37,617,817 | Does Hazelcast have Replication similar to Ehcache ?
<http://www.ehcache.org/generated/2.9.0/pdf/Ehcache_Replication_Guide.pdf>
I've found only Distributed, but not replicated. | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37617817",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1413222/"
] | If you have N hazelcast instances clustered together (N nodes), then your data will be partitioned in N parts. Each part will be owned by one node. Based on what is the configured replication factor ( default 3) each part will also be replicated in some other nodes. So each node will have a part that it own, and some o... | Hazelcast's replicated maps are far superior to EHcache's, they will replicate the entire map across every node (JVM) in your cluster.
On top of that you can use a partitioned map which will split your data across all the JVMs but appear to the client as if it is a single map.
This allows you to store much more data ... |
80,780 | The infamous Doomsday Vs. Superman battle in the Death of Superman saga from DC is among the most famous of all comic books. I personally own most of the saga and always counted it among the legends. However, if there was a backstory to the villain I don't own it.
Where did Doomsday come from? What is he?
I'm looki... | 2015/02/02 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/80780",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5980/"
] | My answer pertains only to the modern age Doomsday. I haven't looked into his origins in the New 52 yet:
Doomsday is a bioengineered Kryptonian creature. This is pulled from the superman wiki... I've read the referenced comics before (Superman/Doomsday Hunter/Prey and The Death of Superman) and can confirm the info is... | Doomsday's backstory is revealed mostly in a follow-up to the original *Death of Superman* storyline, in a special 3-part series called \*Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey". Specifically, issue 2 of that series reveals who Doomsday is and where he came from.
To summarize: he was a creature originally called "The Ultimate... |
8,146,531 | I'm not sure what is happening to my UITableView.
Right now, the UITableView is added as a subview.
And when the content in my tableview becomes larger than the view, I'm expecting the tableview to be scrollable.
But what is happening is that whenever the table view is scrolled beyond bottom of the UIView, it will b... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8146531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/575090/"
] | I think the frame of table view is not properly set . | Usually this happens when your UITableView is bigger than its parent view. Make sure the lower bound of your tableWiew is in the parent UIView. |
8,146,531 | I'm not sure what is happening to my UITableView.
Right now, the UITableView is added as a subview.
And when the content in my tableview becomes larger than the view, I'm expecting the tableview to be scrollable.
But what is happening is that whenever the table view is scrolled beyond bottom of the UIView, it will b... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8146531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/575090/"
] | your table view rect is lager then your view's rect. just make it smaller.
**EDIT:** some times it happends, when you have navigation bar, or tabbar. Your view automatically resized, but not allways as you whant. In this case, you have 2 options:
1. lasy: resize/replase all necessary objects of your view in -(void)vie... | Usually this happens when your UITableView is bigger than its parent view. Make sure the lower bound of your tableWiew is in the parent UIView. |
8,146,531 | I'm not sure what is happening to my UITableView.
Right now, the UITableView is added as a subview.
And when the content in my tableview becomes larger than the view, I'm expecting the tableview to be scrollable.
But what is happening is that whenever the table view is scrolled beyond bottom of the UIView, it will b... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8146531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/575090/"
] | your table view rect is lager then your view's rect. just make it smaller.
**EDIT:** some times it happends, when you have navigation bar, or tabbar. Your view automatically resized, but not allways as you whant. In this case, you have 2 options:
1. lasy: resize/replase all necessary objects of your view in -(void)vie... | I think the frame of table view is not properly set . |
8,146,531 | I'm not sure what is happening to my UITableView.
Right now, the UITableView is added as a subview.
And when the content in my tableview becomes larger than the view, I'm expecting the tableview to be scrollable.
But what is happening is that whenever the table view is scrolled beyond bottom of the UIView, it will b... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8146531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/575090/"
] | I think the frame of table view is not properly set . | Try to set the the frame of your tableview which must be inside the parent view |
8,146,531 | I'm not sure what is happening to my UITableView.
Right now, the UITableView is added as a subview.
And when the content in my tableview becomes larger than the view, I'm expecting the tableview to be scrollable.
But what is happening is that whenever the table view is scrolled beyond bottom of the UIView, it will b... | 2011/11/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8146531",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/575090/"
] | your table view rect is lager then your view's rect. just make it smaller.
**EDIT:** some times it happends, when you have navigation bar, or tabbar. Your view automatically resized, but not allways as you whant. In this case, you have 2 options:
1. lasy: resize/replase all necessary objects of your view in -(void)vie... | Try to set the the frame of your tableview which must be inside the parent view |
2,200,595 | I have a customer that work with LOGICAISSE, a provider of registry cache that will be connected to MS Access database (yep it's old !)
I need to have access to that database for shopping cart on the web, how to access this kind of database. For now I only have done it with SQL or SQL lite in PHP
Thanks in advance | 2010/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2200595",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/71830/"
] | As you didn't name a specific programming language, here is a [tutorial in PHP](http://devzone.zend.com/article/4065-Reading-Access-Databases-with-PHP-and-PECL), for example.
There are also libraries for other languages. Usually you would use ODBC (or a JDBC wrapper) to connect to Access databases. | If using .Net or similar the easy way is to set up an ODBC connection to the access database.
Note that you will need to have read / write access to the share that the access file is located on. Write is required to create the .lck files that access needs to track whether tables are locked etc.
That said I would seri... |
83,467 | Is there any way to get 75 V 1 A output from 78 V input?
I found the [TL783](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tl783.pdf) high voltage adjustable regulator. But this can supply only 700mA output current.
I had forgot to tell the details.
Main purpose of this power supply is high precision sensor circuit.
Previously,... | 2013/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/83467",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/20334/"
] | 3V error at 75 is only 4%. Most regulators won't do much better than that. Are you sure you really need your 75V more than 4% accurate?
And how accurate is your 78V? If it drops by a few % it can get below the 75V mark, and your regulator will have to operate in an 'interesting' mode.
The TL783 you found is a variati... | Maybe you ought to consider a buck-boost regulator like this device: -
It's not a "beginners project" but it will do exactly what you want I believe and work with voltage supplies well below your 75V output voltage level. Top input voltage is limite... |
83,467 | Is there any way to get 75 V 1 A output from 78 V input?
I found the [TL783](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tl783.pdf) high voltage adjustable regulator. But this can supply only 700mA output current.
I had forgot to tell the details.
Main purpose of this power supply is high precision sensor circuit.
Previously,... | 2013/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/83467",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/20334/"
] | 3V error at 75 is only 4%. Most regulators won't do much better than that. Are you sure you really need your 75V more than 4% accurate?
And how accurate is your 78V? If it drops by a few % it can get below the 75V mark, and your regulator will have to operate in an 'interesting' mode.
The TL783 you found is a variati... | Check IT :
I am using this method to make certain power supplies. Make Higher Voltage Around 5 To 10 Volt ... And Then ... Make My Voltage By Another Roegulaor ... This Way Limit My Accuracy By Last Regulator ... For Example If I Need 75V ... I Make... |
83,467 | Is there any way to get 75 V 1 A output from 78 V input?
I found the [TL783](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tl783.pdf) high voltage adjustable regulator. But this can supply only 700mA output current.
I had forgot to tell the details.
Main purpose of this power supply is high precision sensor circuit.
Previously,... | 2013/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/83467",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/20334/"
] | Maybe you ought to consider a buck-boost regulator like this device: -
It's not a "beginners project" but it will do exactly what you want I believe and work with voltage supplies well below your 75V output voltage level. Top input voltage is limite... | Check IT :
I am using this method to make certain power supplies. Make Higher Voltage Around 5 To 10 Volt ... And Then ... Make My Voltage By Another Roegulaor ... This Way Limit My Accuracy By Last Regulator ... For Example If I Need 75V ... I Make... |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3509",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2402/"
] | There are different kinds of technical writing, differing in the "technical" part. The logical place for you to start, coming from a programming background like I did, would be with programmer-facing documentation: APIs, SDKs, and the tutorials and guides that go with them.
If any of your current (programming) work co... | You might find that technical writing has a more limited set of rules than most other areas of writing. Writing has to be extremely minimalistic and simple. There is less room for any kind of verbal creativity than in journalism. Technical writing is not about personal expression, it is about clarity and simplicity.
... |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3509",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2402/"
] | There are different kinds of technical writing, differing in the "technical" part. The logical place for you to start, coming from a programming background like I did, would be with programmer-facing documentation: APIs, SDKs, and the tutorials and guides that go with them.
If any of your current (programming) work co... | Based on your background and language skills, I recommend studying these two books:
* [Microsoft Manual of Style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Manual_of_Style): Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications (MSTP)
* [DITA Best Practices](http://rads.stackover... |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3509",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2402/"
] | There are different kinds of technical writing, differing in the "technical" part. The logical place for you to start, coming from a programming background like I did, would be with programmer-facing documentation: APIs, SDKs, and the tutorials and guides that go with them.
If any of your current (programming) work co... | You can start writing and making videos on basic programming Tips and guide. There are many fresher programmer who search for such topics. |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3509",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2402/"
] | Based on your background and language skills, I recommend studying these two books:
* [Microsoft Manual of Style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Manual_of_Style): Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications (MSTP)
* [DITA Best Practices](http://rads.stackover... | You might find that technical writing has a more limited set of rules than most other areas of writing. Writing has to be extremely minimalistic and simple. There is less room for any kind of verbal creativity than in journalism. Technical writing is not about personal expression, it is about clarity and simplicity.
... |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/3509",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/2402/"
] | You might find that technical writing has a more limited set of rules than most other areas of writing. Writing has to be extremely minimalistic and simple. There is less room for any kind of verbal creativity than in journalism. Technical writing is not about personal expression, it is about clarity and simplicity.
... | You can start writing and making videos on basic programming Tips and guide. There are many fresher programmer who search for such topics. |
3,509 | I'm using bibtex to create a bibliography with xelatex.
I have to cite a paper presented to a workshop, but not published on a book or proceedings.
What @misc fields can I use? | 2011/08/02 | [
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] | Based on your background and language skills, I recommend studying these two books:
* [Microsoft Manual of Style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Manual_of_Style): Your Everyday Guide to Usage, Terminology, and Style for Professional Technical Communications (MSTP)
* [DITA Best Practices](http://rads.stackover... | You can start writing and making videos on basic programming Tips and guide. There are many fresher programmer who search for such topics. |
48,147 | Does the [Samajivina Sutta](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.055.than.html) imply that a Buddhist should only marry another Buddhist?
Or does it leave room for Buddhists to [marry non-Buddhists](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/30528/471)? | 2022/12/05 | [
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] | >
> truth beyond forms...
> yet ... a profound knowledge of words
>
>
>
is a feature of the enlightened mind: to have such a complete and perfect understanding of the principles by which the concepts and categories are delineated as to be free from them and see reality underlying said concepts and yet at the same ... | When I was a small child, my father gave me an FM radio. It totally fascinated me that I could hear other people from far away. When I looked at the radio dial, it said 88 Mhz to 108 Mhz. Being the curious child I was, I wanted to know what could be beneath 88 Mhz and also above 108 Mhz. Later in life I developed somew... |
48,147 | Does the [Samajivina Sutta](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.055.than.html) imply that a Buddhist should only marry another Buddhist?
Or does it leave room for Buddhists to [marry non-Buddhists](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/30528/471)? | 2022/12/05 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/48147",
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] | niruttipadakovida
adj. skilled in language; (comm) accomplished in the grammar and the verse [nirutti + pada + kovida] ●
the first part of Dhp 352 is a coded way of saying they are an arahant, fully englightened.
The second part is saying they are also expert in language and communication skills, able to teach others ... | When I was a small child, my father gave me an FM radio. It totally fascinated me that I could hear other people from far away. When I looked at the radio dial, it said 88 Mhz to 108 Mhz. Being the curious child I was, I wanted to know what could be beneath 88 Mhz and also above 108 Mhz. Later in life I developed somew... |
20,407,934 | I'm trying to develop a system whereby somebody can take a picture of somebody's face and, after the image has been sent to a remote server, the client will be able to read information about the person.
I have, previously, experimented with JavaCV, however, I have found it too inaccurate for my purpose. I have tried t... | 2013/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20407934",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1639603/"
] | **Face recognition** is only the last step in the process. To solve this problem, you first have to find the face in the picture (**face detection**) and then in the detected face you will have to extract the characteristics of the face depending on the quality of the picture, light/flash used, facial/sideways, ... (**... | Try Face++ API for Java,see here.[Face++ SDK for Java](https://github.com/FacePlusPlus/facepp-java-sdk), can be used in Android project.
It is recommended that Face++ free APIs are easy to use.Enjoy it :) |
100,310 | Due to a misreading, a group including myself have searched for the definition of the word "farth" and come up with nothing. We now know that the original text did not actually use this word, but the word still strikes us as feeling eerily familiar and somehow fitting of the context in which is was found - a geographic... | 2013/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/100310",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/35814/"
] | Very few languages have *th* sounds, much less following another consonant at the end of a word. However, there is apparently such a word in Icelandic. A post on [this page](http://www.formspring.me/helgam96/q/406136691460425445) uses the form, though my Icelandic is really a bit too rusty to say for sure ;-)
>
> far... | Perhaps you were thinking of the [**farthing**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthing_%28British_coin%29)? |
100,310 | Due to a misreading, a group including myself have searched for the definition of the word "farth" and come up with nothing. We now know that the original text did not actually use this word, but the word still strikes us as feeling eerily familiar and somehow fitting of the context in which is was found - a geographic... | 2013/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/100310",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/35814/"
] | The *Oxford English Dictionary* says it was once used in English:
>
> **farth**: *alleged synonym of* farrow n. 2.
>
>
> 1688 R. Holme *Armoury* ii. 134/1: "The young ones...of a sow...are called a Farth, a Farrow of Pigs."
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So a *farrow* is the/an act of giving birth to a nest of piglets. | Perhaps you were thinking of the [**farthing**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthing_%28British_coin%29)? |
100,310 | Due to a misreading, a group including myself have searched for the definition of the word "farth" and come up with nothing. We now know that the original text did not actually use this word, but the word still strikes us as feeling eerily familiar and somehow fitting of the context in which is was found - a geographic... | 2013/01/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/100310",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/35814/"
] | The *Oxford English Dictionary* says it was once used in English:
>
> **farth**: *alleged synonym of* farrow n. 2.
>
>
> 1688 R. Holme *Armoury* ii. 134/1: "The young ones...of a sow...are called a Farth, a Farrow of Pigs."
>
>
>
So a *farrow* is the/an act of giving birth to a nest of piglets. | Very few languages have *th* sounds, much less following another consonant at the end of a word. However, there is apparently such a word in Icelandic. A post on [this page](http://www.formspring.me/helgam96/q/406136691460425445) uses the form, though my Icelandic is really a bit too rusty to say for sure ;-)
>
> far... |
210,417 | I've exported design from Illustrator to Inkscape to turn it in SVG and then make a model in blender. I've traced bitmap in Inkscape and everything seemed fine but when I click edit mode in blender - object appears with strange artefacts in topology coming from holes of an object. How do I fix this?
[![enter image des... | 2021/02/02 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/210417",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/112561/"
] | I think you probably have to use the density as an input for the emission strength to achieve that. If you need the volume to have a higher emssion value then just pop a math node in between the density and the emission strength and multiply it.
Here's my setup:
before:
[... | To ensure that emission only comes from within the smoke, make sure that the 0 position on the color ramp is black. This way, any part of the object that has a density of 0 will also emit nothing.
The blocky shape that you are seeing is an optimized domain that will not occupy as much screen area when rendering compar... |
210,417 | I've exported design from Illustrator to Inkscape to turn it in SVG and then make a model in blender. I've traced bitmap in Inkscape and everything seemed fine but when I click edit mode in blender - object appears with strange artefacts in topology coming from holes of an object. How do I fix this?
[![enter image des... | 2021/02/02 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/210417",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/112561/"
] | I think you probably have to use the density as an input for the emission strength to achieve that. If you need the volume to have a higher emssion value then just pop a math node in between the density and the emission strength and multiply it.
Here's my setup:
before:
[... | Yay works like a charm, this is my new setup.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KuUf6.png) |
210,417 | I've exported design from Illustrator to Inkscape to turn it in SVG and then make a model in blender. I've traced bitmap in Inkscape and everything seemed fine but when I click edit mode in blender - object appears with strange artefacts in topology coming from holes of an object. How do I fix this?
[![enter image des... | 2021/02/02 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/210417",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/112561/"
] | To ensure that emission only comes from within the smoke, make sure that the 0 position on the color ramp is black. This way, any part of the object that has a density of 0 will also emit nothing.
The blocky shape that you are seeing is an optimized domain that will not occupy as much screen area when rendering compar... | Yay works like a charm, this is my new setup.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KuUf6.png) |
49,313 | In the [ULMFit paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06146) authors propose a strategy of gradual unfreezing in order to deal with catastrophic forgetting. That is, when the model starts be fine-tuned according to a downstream task, there is the danger of forgetting information on lower layers. Although [Google's BERT](htt... | 2019/04/15 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/49313",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/users/71520/"
] | As far as I know, no neural network can be immune to catastrophic forgetting during fine-tuning (which is essentially controlled retraining).
The key is to not fine tune the pretrained model for longer epochs, or with higher learning rates. This ensures that the learned knowledge from the lower layers is preserved mo... | In order to avoid overfitting to the finetuning data (which is what the authors of ULMFiT focus on when they refer to catastrophic forgetting), these measures are normally taken for BERT:
* Multiple BERT models are trained (random restarts), and the one with the best validation performance is chosen.
* The bias compen... |
59,152 | ***How can I switch off the yaw damper in an Airbus A350?***
In the A320, this can be done by switching off the FAC, but the A350 doesn't have a FAC switch; it has prim and sec instead of FAC and ELAC. | 2019/01/16 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/59152",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/36699/"
] | On the simulator normally you can simulate the failure of the yaw damper actuators which has the same effect as switching off the yaw damper.
On the aircraft you can’t do it from the cockpit panels without switching off lot of other functions | If you prevent the yaw damper function to be calculated it will switch off. As yaw damper is calculated using lateral data from ADIRUs and specific FBW lateral accelerometers you need to switch off all these; the ADIRUs by push buttons and the lateral accelerometers by specific breakers. On some Airbus you still have a... |
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