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13,541,023 | Does someone know an algorithm or something to do that
So I have nodes connected with arc's and I have to find an solution to find an approximate shortest path that covers all the nodes. (I can only visit them once)
It must be an approximative path because it will take to much time to get The shortest path
Thanks fo... | 2012/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13541023",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1617507/"
] | This is known as the [Travelling Salesman Problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem) and a reasonable and fast approximation is to always visit the closest unvisited node next, then retry the same with several other starting locations. Normally, this gets you very close to the optimal solution.
... | Yes, there is. The method is called 'genetic optimization' and goes as follows
1. Find a solution, i.e. path which visits each node once.
2. Select k adjacent nodes randomly: N1,N2..Nk : X->N1->..Nk->Y
3. Check to see if there are shorter paths from X to Y using the Nodes N1..Nk
4. replace the path X -\*> Y by the shor... |
13,541,023 | Does someone know an algorithm or something to do that
So I have nodes connected with arc's and I have to find an solution to find an approximate shortest path that covers all the nodes. (I can only visit them once)
It must be an approximative path because it will take to much time to get The shortest path
Thanks fo... | 2012/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13541023",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1617507/"
] | A very fast approximation is to order the vertexes along a space filling curve. A space filling curve reduces the dimension and also preserve some spatial information. Try the moore curve for the travel salesman problem because it's a copy of 4 hilbert curves such that the start and end points are next to each other. B... | Yes, there is. The method is called 'genetic optimization' and goes as follows
1. Find a solution, i.e. path which visits each node once.
2. Select k adjacent nodes randomly: N1,N2..Nk : X->N1->..Nk->Y
3. Check to see if there are shorter paths from X to Y using the Nodes N1..Nk
4. replace the path X -\*> Y by the shor... |
13,541,023 | Does someone know an algorithm or something to do that
So I have nodes connected with arc's and I have to find an solution to find an approximate shortest path that covers all the nodes. (I can only visit them once)
It must be an approximative path because it will take to much time to get The shortest path
Thanks fo... | 2012/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13541023",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1617507/"
] | This is known as the [Travelling Salesman Problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem) and a reasonable and fast approximation is to always visit the closest unvisited node next, then retry the same with several other starting locations. Normally, this gets you very close to the optimal solution.
... | A very fast approximation is to order the vertexes along a space filling curve. A space filling curve reduces the dimension and also preserve some spatial information. Try the moore curve for the travel salesman problem because it's a copy of 4 hilbert curves such that the start and end points are next to each other. B... |
13,541,023 | Does someone know an algorithm or something to do that
So I have nodes connected with arc's and I have to find an solution to find an approximate shortest path that covers all the nodes. (I can only visit them once)
It must be an approximative path because it will take to much time to get The shortest path
Thanks fo... | 2012/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13541023",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1617507/"
] | This is known as the [Travelling Salesman Problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem) and a reasonable and fast approximation is to always visit the closest unvisited node next, then retry the same with several other starting locations. Normally, this gets you very close to the optimal solution.
... | If you are not required to implement the algorithm yourself, you may want to look at [JGraphT](http://jgrapht.org/). It has an implementation of an algorithm to find [Hamiltonian Cycles](http://jgrapht.org/javadoc/org/jgrapht/alg/HamiltonianCycle.html). |
13,541,023 | Does someone know an algorithm or something to do that
So I have nodes connected with arc's and I have to find an solution to find an approximate shortest path that covers all the nodes. (I can only visit them once)
It must be an approximative path because it will take to much time to get The shortest path
Thanks fo... | 2012/11/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13541023",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1617507/"
] | A very fast approximation is to order the vertexes along a space filling curve. A space filling curve reduces the dimension and also preserve some spatial information. Try the moore curve for the travel salesman problem because it's a copy of 4 hilbert curves such that the start and end points are next to each other. B... | If you are not required to implement the algorithm yourself, you may want to look at [JGraphT](http://jgrapht.org/). It has an implementation of an algorithm to find [Hamiltonian Cycles](http://jgrapht.org/javadoc/org/jgrapht/alg/HamiltonianCycle.html). |
87,453 | I deleted the photo app that actually comes pre-installed on Android and have been just using gallery. Is there any way to download the photo app? | 2014/11/12 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/87453",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/79815/"
] | I guess the problem is with the adblocker, try uninstalling the adblocker services and try restarting the device, and open Google Chrome to see if that works out for you ! | For everyone who is facing the same issue: I had the same problem, I couldn't use Chrome with mobile network and turning off the adblocker didn't help. What I did to resolve the issue was to set up a new APN. Try every possible APN for your provider. |
214,879 | Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries established. How can I work backwards from that to form other continents, tectonic movement, and geographic features of the ... | 2021/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214879",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/86846/"
] | I feel like this question is relevant to me, because I have a WIP that essentially started with a history-inspired sociopolitical conflict, then I had to reverse-engineer the world to fit that political situation, which I know is basically heresy to a lot of worldbuilders, but yeah, bite me. The main way to keep yourse... | Political boundaries are often influenced by geographical features, because they are often convenient for such purpose, like a river, an ocean or a mountain range.
However, the contrary doesn't hold true: geographical features are often the result of centuries or millennia of geological changes, while political border... |
214,879 | Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries established. How can I work backwards from that to form other continents, tectonic movement, and geographic features of the ... | 2021/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214879",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/86846/"
] | I feel like this question is relevant to me, because I have a WIP that essentially started with a history-inspired sociopolitical conflict, then I had to reverse-engineer the world to fit that political situation, which I know is basically heresy to a lot of worldbuilders, but yeah, bite me. The main way to keep yourse... | Great question! Some ideas:
As @StephenG posted in a comment, geology runs in much larger time scale than people [yours are humans?]. So you might need to run your backwards-simulation in several time scales: human, local features, geology.
Human: history, settlements, migrations, society buildup and change, culture,... |
214,879 | Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries established. How can I work backwards from that to form other continents, tectonic movement, and geographic features of the ... | 2021/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214879",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/86846/"
] | Political boundaries are often influenced by geographical features, because they are often convenient for such purpose, like a river, an ocean or a mountain range.
However, the contrary doesn't hold true: geographical features are often the result of centuries or millennia of geological changes, while political border... | Great question! Some ideas:
As @StephenG posted in a comment, geology runs in much larger time scale than people [yours are humans?]. So you might need to run your backwards-simulation in several time scales: human, local features, geology.
Human: history, settlements, migrations, society buildup and change, culture,... |
214,879 | Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries established. How can I work backwards from that to form other continents, tectonic movement, and geographic features of the ... | 2021/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214879",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/86846/"
] | So let’s say your map looks something like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxxJ6.png)
First, we can place some…
Geographic features
-------------------
I recommend placing mountains first. Mountain ranges tend to form frontiers between pol... | Political boundaries are often influenced by geographical features, because they are often convenient for such purpose, like a river, an ocean or a mountain range.
However, the contrary doesn't hold true: geographical features are often the result of centuries or millennia of geological changes, while political border... |
214,879 | Background: this universe has the same physics as our universe. The planet is the same as Earth.
I've drawn out the map of a singular continent and it has all the political modern day boundaries established. How can I work backwards from that to form other continents, tectonic movement, and geographic features of the ... | 2021/10/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214879",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/86846/"
] | So let’s say your map looks something like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xxxJ6.png)
First, we can place some…
Geographic features
-------------------
I recommend placing mountains first. Mountain ranges tend to form frontiers between pol... | Great question! Some ideas:
As @StephenG posted in a comment, geology runs in much larger time scale than people [yours are humans?]. So you might need to run your backwards-simulation in several time scales: human, local features, geology.
Human: history, settlements, migrations, society buildup and change, culture,... |
38,876,800 | I have two files:
Main.R
Called.R
Main.R has the line
source('Called.R')
Main.R calls a function in Called.R. I can step into the function in called.R, from Main.R no problem.
However, if I set a breakpoint in the function in Called.R and call that function from Main.R, execution does not stop at the breakpoint.... | 2016/08/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/38876800",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/629019/"
] | add a temporary `browser()` line inside of that function | Plus: This answer from RStudio support. I tested this and it works.
"Hi Andrew,
This is a limitation of the debugger. The debugger works by modifying a function that has already been loaded and adding breakpoints to it. When you source() a file containing a function, it replaces the function with a new copy that doe... |
649,448 | How can I change the x-axis to Hz? I need it for frequency.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0fSiG.png) | 2023/01/10 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/649448",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/326346/"
] | That depends on what kind of plot you want.
If you want a plot of level vs. frequency, like a Bode plot, you have to run an ***AC analysis***. First, you have to feed your circuit with a signal source with it's ***AC Amplitude*** parameter set, usually this is set to 1, this will give you a reference level of 0 dB. Th... | In a transient analysis:
Click on view menu and select "FFT"
Else do an AC analysis |
56,030 | Is there a reason why, at least in the US, that:
1) on dry bread, we typically eat peanut butter AND jelly, not one or the other;
2) but on toast, we typically eat either peanut butter OR jelly, not both? | 2015/03/25 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/56030",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/34453/"
] | The answer is mostly just "it's tradition", as with most questions like this.
I do think the pattern you've described isn't quite the actual one. What really happens is that we tend to eat peanut butter *and* jelly on sandwiches, and put one or the other on single slices of bread, because with a sandwich you can sprea... | Within my household, growing up, I often had just peanut butter in a sandwich. Just jelly generally didn't happen for a simple reason, that without the peanut-butter first placed on the bread, the jelly would soak through. The same logic was present for peanut butter and honey sandwiches, or jelly and cream-cheese, and... |
40,012 | I have Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet running Android 3.2. Recently, I'm having connection problems to my home Wifi router. The device keeps scanning for Wifi access points for long periods. My home Wifi router is shown with a "Not in range" message next to it in the Wifi settings screen. However, sometimes after long period of... | 2013/02/20 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/40012",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/705/"
] | The solution turns out very trivial and surprising. It shows and proves practically that the behavior of complex software systems is unpredictable.
The solution:
Go to Mobile network settings and disable Use packet data. Next, enable Wifi and then go back and enable Use packet data.
Magically, all my problems disappe... | I was having the same problem, but I can connect easily at home (automatic) but my problem was at work. I just changed some of the settings. Turned connections optimizer (yesterday in order to connect I had to turn it off) and reset wi-fi timer for 7a-5p. We'll see how that works once I get home. The settings have been... |
2,940,803 | Does anyone know where I can find solutions to the exercises and practical sessions to [Learn Prolog Now](http://www.learnprolognow.org/)? I started working through it and would to verify the answers that I devise. | 2010/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2940803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | I've worked through them and decided to post my solutions as part of my blog post on learning Prolog. [Here's the link](http://zaemis.blogspot.com/2010/07/learning-prolog.html) for anyone else who may be self-studying and find it helpful. | Have you bought [the book](http://cs.union.edu/~striegnk/learn-prolog-now/lpnpage.php?pageid=contact)? It seem that that's where they're hiding the answers. |
2,940,803 | Does anyone know where I can find solutions to the exercises and practical sessions to [Learn Prolog Now](http://www.learnprolognow.org/)? I started working through it and would to verify the answers that I devise. | 2010/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2940803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | Here is another source, hope this helps ...
<https://github.com/dragonwasrobot/learn-prolog-now-exercises> | Have you bought [the book](http://cs.union.edu/~striegnk/learn-prolog-now/lpnpage.php?pageid=contact)? It seem that that's where they're hiding the answers. |
2,940,803 | Does anyone know where I can find solutions to the exercises and practical sessions to [Learn Prolog Now](http://www.learnprolognow.org/)? I started working through it and would to verify the answers that I devise. | 2010/05/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2940803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/322819/"
] | I've worked through them and decided to post my solutions as part of my blog post on learning Prolog. [Here's the link](http://zaemis.blogspot.com/2010/07/learning-prolog.html) for anyone else who may be self-studying and find it helpful. | Here is another source, hope this helps ...
<https://github.com/dragonwasrobot/learn-prolog-now-exercises> |
1,727,643 | I have an Asus laptop with Windows 10 x64 21h2.
When I’m home, I use an Alcatel MW40V 4G modem, via wifi, for connecting to Internet with a sim card by an Italian operator called TIM and when I’m in my office I use the wifi connection offered by my company. The Alcatel modem is updated with the latest firmware.
When ... | 2022/06/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1727643",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/614873/"
] | TL;DR: You have a piece of paper with something already written on it and you want to write some more. But you're not allowed to look at the paper to check which parts are blank. It's not possible.
---
Storage device is a bunch of addressable bytes. It doesn't know what a file is. All it can do is tell you the value ... | You can format the USB partition with the Linux Uniform Keying System (LUKS), requiring a password to unlock for mounting and either reading or writing. |
163,539 | I would like to add a 3D border to all edges of a mesh, such that the border is a "cylinder" that wraps around the mesh. The effect would look something like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/phtlb.png)
My object is very similar to the white-textured p... | 2020/01/12 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/163539",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/63995/"
] | One simple way is to duplicate the object (press Shift D, then Esc), enter edit mode, select all and press X to delete Only faces, then add a skin modifier, set the size of the quad border with the "Mean radius" X and Y values of every vertex, then add a subsurf modifier to get the resolution and roundness you need.
A... | A non-destructive solution, provided the object is only one face with no inside edge :
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wRX0O.gif)
* Add a Wireframe modifier
* Check "Boundary"
* Uncheck "Replace original"
* Set Material Offset to 1
* In the materials ta... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | In addition to magnets mentioned in several answers, rare earth's have certain atomic transitions in near IR and visible light that make them very useful in a variety of applications!
[***erbium*** doped fiber amplifiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Erbium-doped_optical_fiber_amplifiers) are used i... | Yttrium is used in making the super conductor YBCO. It’s not used in common electronics but it has many uses and it’s really cool. |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | Some examples of where some less-common (not necessarily true rare-earth metals) they are used in electronics manufacturing:
For ICs:
Arsenic, Boron, Antimony and phosphorus are used as dopants in silicon-based processes. Platinum and tungsten have been used for contacts, tantalum in barrier layers. Usually high-k die... | This might be because rare earth elements are not used that much in electronics. While they may be important as dopants, the needed quantities are rather small.
(BTW, rare earth elements are not rare. They are "everywhere". However, the concentrations of these materials tend to be extremely small, so that extraction... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | The "rare earth elements" are in several places in common electronics.
[Strong magnets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet) commonly use rare earth elements.
[Ceramic capacitors also use rare earth elements.](http://www.cnretec.com/technology/2016-09-13/49.html) Pretty much any piece of modern electronic... | In addition to magnets mentioned in several answers, rare earth's have certain atomic transitions in near IR and visible light that make them very useful in a variety of applications!
[***erbium*** doped fiber amplifiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Erbium-doped_optical_fiber_amplifiers) are used i... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | The "rare earth elements" are in several places in common electronics.
[Strong magnets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet) commonly use rare earth elements.
[Ceramic capacitors also use rare earth elements.](http://www.cnretec.com/technology/2016-09-13/49.html) Pretty much any piece of modern electronic... | Main ones: magnets, capacitors, things that spit out white light
----------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming by "rare earths" we are referring to the *lanthanide* series of elements on the periodic table (with a nod to yttrium as it's sometimes lumped in with them), then indeed, the prima... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | The "rare earth elements" are in several places in common electronics.
[Strong magnets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet) commonly use rare earth elements.
[Ceramic capacitors also use rare earth elements.](http://www.cnretec.com/technology/2016-09-13/49.html) Pretty much any piece of modern electronic... | Some examples of where some less-common (not necessarily true rare-earth metals) they are used in electronics manufacturing:
For ICs:
Arsenic, Boron, Antimony and phosphorus are used as dopants in silicon-based processes. Platinum and tungsten have been used for contacts, tantalum in barrier layers. Usually high-k die... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | Some examples of where some less-common (not necessarily true rare-earth metals) they are used in electronics manufacturing:
For ICs:
Arsenic, Boron, Antimony and phosphorus are used as dopants in silicon-based processes. Platinum and tungsten have been used for contacts, tantalum in barrier layers. Usually high-k die... | Googling 'rare earth elements in electronics' gave me two articles(see references) which lists the specific usage of these elements in various applications:
>
> * **Cerium** - the most abundant of the rare earth elements, used in magnets, electrodes and carbon-arc lighting, as a catalyst in
>
> catalytic converter... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | Some examples of where some less-common (not necessarily true rare-earth metals) they are used in electronics manufacturing:
For ICs:
Arsenic, Boron, Antimony and phosphorus are used as dopants in silicon-based processes. Platinum and tungsten have been used for contacts, tantalum in barrier layers. Usually high-k die... | In addition to magnets mentioned in several answers, rare earth's have certain atomic transitions in near IR and visible light that make them very useful in a variety of applications!
[***erbium*** doped fiber amplifiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Erbium-doped_optical_fiber_amplifiers) are used i... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | Some examples of where some less-common (not necessarily true rare-earth metals) they are used in electronics manufacturing:
For ICs:
Arsenic, Boron, Antimony and phosphorus are used as dopants in silicon-based processes. Platinum and tungsten have been used for contacts, tantalum in barrier layers. Usually high-k die... | Main ones: magnets, capacitors, things that spit out white light
----------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming by "rare earths" we are referring to the *lanthanide* series of elements on the periodic table (with a nod to yttrium as it's sometimes lumped in with them), then indeed, the prima... |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/208797/"
] | The "rare earth elements" are in several places in common electronics.
[Strong magnets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet) commonly use rare earth elements.
[Ceramic capacitors also use rare earth elements.](http://www.cnretec.com/technology/2016-09-13/49.html) Pretty much any piece of modern electronic... | Yttrium is used in making the super conductor YBCO. It’s not used in common electronics but it has many uses and it’s really cool. |
517,631 | I have really some trouble to find information about where to find rare earth elements in electronics. When I look at my electronic board, I open several datasheets, I am not able to find any rare earth elements. There is no information. Where are they?
The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbi... | 2020/08/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/517631",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | In addition to magnets mentioned in several answers, rare earth's have certain atomic transitions in near IR and visible light that make them very useful in a variety of applications!
[***erbium*** doped fiber amplifiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_amplifier#Erbium-doped_optical_fiber_amplifiers) are used i... | This might be because rare earth elements are not used that much in electronics. While they may be important as dopants, the needed quantities are rather small.
(BTW, rare earth elements are not rare. They are "everywhere". However, the concentrations of these materials tend to be extremely small, so that extraction... |
1,736,933 | I was wondering how safe is scanning a .zip file and depending on the AV report on what to do with it. So specifically:
If I have a .zip file and I run a scan using a good antivirus and does not report a threat, is that re-assuring?
If I know that the .zip file contains only non-exe files e.g. mp3 and mp4 and I extract... | 2022/08/14 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1736933",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1143112/"
] | ZIP doesn't change much. A competent AV program should report the same results for zipped and unzipped files.
Non-executable files will generally be less likely to contain malicious code because launching that code is much more difficult. With programs, scripts etc. *you* are executing some code by running that execut... | I have decided to run practical test using [EICAR test file](https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/). The version I used is padded to length 128 by spaces, otherwise the original text still stayed unmodified in the file when viewed in hex editor.
I have uploaded [uncompressed](https://www.virustotal.com... |
1,736,933 | I was wondering how safe is scanning a .zip file and depending on the AV report on what to do with it. So specifically:
If I have a .zip file and I run a scan using a good antivirus and does not report a threat, is that re-assuring?
If I know that the .zip file contains only non-exe files e.g. mp3 and mp4 and I extract... | 2022/08/14 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1736933",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1143112/"
] | After a scan by an antivirus of zipped or unzipped files, you can be sure
that it doesn't contain any virus
*that is known to the antivirus program*.
In other words, such a scan makes it a bit *safer*, but absolutely
you are not *safe*, as antivirus programs are never perfect.
To be still safer, you could upload the ... | I have decided to run practical test using [EICAR test file](https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/). The version I used is padded to length 128 by spaces, otherwise the original text still stayed unmodified in the file when viewed in hex editor.
I have uploaded [uncompressed](https://www.virustotal.com... |
194 | Assuming a production OLTP system with predominantly InnoDB tables
* What are the common symptoms of a mistuned/misconfigured system?
* What configuration parameters do you most commonly change from their defaults?
* How do you spot potential bottlenecks before there is a problem?
* How do you recognize and troublesho... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/194",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/102/"
] | You may want to explore the following resources:
* A FAQ of [best-practices](http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?24,92131,92131)
* Manual: [tuning Server parameters](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-parameters.html)
* Manual: [InnoDB tuning](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-tuning.html)
* An old... | Firstly increase the default InnoDB Buffer Pool Size in my.cnf (I believe it default to 8MB)
You should probably set this to 75% of your RAM size (in general) |
194 | Assuming a production OLTP system with predominantly InnoDB tables
* What are the common symptoms of a mistuned/misconfigured system?
* What configuration parameters do you most commonly change from their defaults?
* How do you spot potential bottlenecks before there is a problem?
* How do you recognize and troublesho... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/194",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
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] | [Here](https://web.archive.org/web/20150921081123/https://blogs.oracle.com/luojiach/entry/mysql_innodb_performance_tuning_for) is a good article on InnoDB tuning from Sun's Jenny Chen - she blogs a lot about MySQL, some of it is Solaris-specific (e.g. using [DTrace](https://web.archive.org/web/20090312024411/http://wik... | Firstly increase the default InnoDB Buffer Pool Size in my.cnf (I believe it default to 8MB)
You should probably set this to 75% of your RAM size (in general) |
194 | Assuming a production OLTP system with predominantly InnoDB tables
* What are the common symptoms of a mistuned/misconfigured system?
* What configuration parameters do you most commonly change from their defaults?
* How do you spot potential bottlenecks before there is a problem?
* How do you recognize and troublesho... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/194",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/102/"
] | Firstly increase the default InnoDB Buffer Pool Size in my.cnf (I believe it default to 8MB)
You should probably set this to 75% of your RAM size (in general) | >
> What configuration parameters do you
> most commonly change from their
> defaults?
>
>
>
memory configuration |
194 | Assuming a production OLTP system with predominantly InnoDB tables
* What are the common symptoms of a mistuned/misconfigured system?
* What configuration parameters do you most commonly change from their defaults?
* How do you spot potential bottlenecks before there is a problem?
* How do you recognize and troublesho... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/194",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/102/"
] | [Here](https://web.archive.org/web/20150921081123/https://blogs.oracle.com/luojiach/entry/mysql_innodb_performance_tuning_for) is a good article on InnoDB tuning from Sun's Jenny Chen - she blogs a lot about MySQL, some of it is Solaris-specific (e.g. using [DTrace](https://web.archive.org/web/20090312024411/http://wik... | You may want to explore the following resources:
* A FAQ of [best-practices](http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?24,92131,92131)
* Manual: [tuning Server parameters](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-parameters.html)
* Manual: [InnoDB tuning](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/innodb-tuning.html)
* An old... |
194 | Assuming a production OLTP system with predominantly InnoDB tables
* What are the common symptoms of a mistuned/misconfigured system?
* What configuration parameters do you most commonly change from their defaults?
* How do you spot potential bottlenecks before there is a problem?
* How do you recognize and troublesho... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/194",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/102/"
] | [Here](https://web.archive.org/web/20150921081123/https://blogs.oracle.com/luojiach/entry/mysql_innodb_performance_tuning_for) is a good article on InnoDB tuning from Sun's Jenny Chen - she blogs a lot about MySQL, some of it is Solaris-specific (e.g. using [DTrace](https://web.archive.org/web/20090312024411/http://wik... | >
> What configuration parameters do you
> most commonly change from their
> defaults?
>
>
>
memory configuration |
15,865 | I want to use [a recipe](http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/07/chipotle-rub) that gives ingredient measurements based on the spice seeds. My local grocery store does not have at least half of the ingredients in seed form. But the store *does* have them pre-ground. How can I translate this recipe's measurements into... | 2011/06/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/15865",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6635/"
] | Converting whole spices to ground spices is not as simple as matching up the weights. Ground spices have a distinctly different flavour from the whole. The freshness of the grind will also affect the taste quite considerably as well as how carefully they have been stored. When the spice is freshly ground it will have a... | The right way to do this, of course, is by weight. So if you are willing to do the research to figure out how much 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds weighs, and you have a precise enough scale, you can just weigh out the same amount of ground spices. Failing that, I'd use about 20% less to account for the fact that ground spi... |
15,865 | I want to use [a recipe](http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/07/chipotle-rub) that gives ingredient measurements based on the spice seeds. My local grocery store does not have at least half of the ingredients in seed form. But the store *does* have them pre-ground. How can I translate this recipe's measurements into... | 2011/06/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/15865",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6635/"
] | The right way to do this, of course, is by weight. So if you are willing to do the research to figure out how much 1 teaspoon of fennel seeds weighs, and you have a precise enough scale, you can just weigh out the same amount of ground spices. Failing that, I'd use about 20% less to account for the fact that ground spi... | Try this link. I also have a lot of dried spices and not much access to the fresh ones.
<http://www.smithandtruslow.com/spice_conversions.php> |
15,865 | I want to use [a recipe](http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/07/chipotle-rub) that gives ingredient measurements based on the spice seeds. My local grocery store does not have at least half of the ingredients in seed form. But the store *does* have them pre-ground. How can I translate this recipe's measurements into... | 2011/06/30 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/15865",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/6635/"
] | Converting whole spices to ground spices is not as simple as matching up the weights. Ground spices have a distinctly different flavour from the whole. The freshness of the grind will also affect the taste quite considerably as well as how carefully they have been stored. When the spice is freshly ground it will have a... | Try this link. I also have a lot of dried spices and not much access to the fresh ones.
<http://www.smithandtruslow.com/spice_conversions.php> |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | It is acceptable, but you should use it with care. Generally, you should avoid having long texts in parentheses, as the reader will eventually forget that he is inside a parentheses block.
In serious papers and letters, you should avoid it completely, and rather find a way of re-phrase it.
In conversational e-mails, ... | In looking at this question, I was immediately reminded of the work of William Faulkner, an undoubtedly well-known author in the United States. He is notorious for his complex sentences that can go on for pages. In some of them, he unapologetically uses nested parentheses.
While Faulkner sets a precedent doing this, i... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | I believe it's *acceptable*, but vaguely considered *poor form*, and I tend to avoid it (often by restructuring a sentence and busting out some emdashes) unless I'm intentionally using it to be cute. | I have found that people who appreciate stressing thoroughly the logical construction of their sentences to make them totally unambiguous tend to use parentheses a lot, and to nest them, even though (see other answers) it's considered poor form. In particular, scientists (especially mathematicians and logicians) seem t... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | It is acceptable, but you should use it with care. Generally, you should avoid having long texts in parentheses, as the reader will eventually forget that he is inside a parentheses block.
In serious papers and letters, you should avoid it completely, and rather find a way of re-phrase it.
In conversational e-mails, ... | I have found that people who appreciate stressing thoroughly the logical construction of their sentences to make them totally unambiguous tend to use parentheses a lot, and to nest them, even though (see other answers) it's considered poor form. In particular, scientists (especially mathematicians and logicians) seem t... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | It is acceptable, but you should use it with care. Generally, you should avoid having long texts in parentheses, as the reader will eventually forget that he is inside a parentheses block.
In serious papers and letters, you should avoid it completely, and rather find a way of re-phrase it.
In conversational e-mails, ... | Parentheses are a way to stuff more ideas into a sentence than it could otherwise bear. They make life easier for the writer who is trying to capture all his ideas as they bubble up, but harder for the reader trying to make sense of it all. If you nest your parentheses, you risk losing your reader entirely.
So I'd say... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | My English Composition professor told us that if you ever feel you need to use nested parentheses, that is one sure sign you need to rewrite the sentence instead.
Here's what one technical [editor has to say](http://www.johnwoodwark.com/editing/advice/punctuation.html) on the topic:
>
> Nesting parentheses should be... | I have found that people who appreciate stressing thoroughly the logical construction of their sentences to make them totally unambiguous tend to use parentheses a lot, and to nest them, even though (see other answers) it's considered poor form. In particular, scientists (especially mathematicians and logicians) seem t... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | My English Composition professor told us that if you ever feel you need to use nested parentheses, that is one sure sign you need to rewrite the sentence instead.
Here's what one technical [editor has to say](http://www.johnwoodwark.com/editing/advice/punctuation.html) on the topic:
>
> Nesting parentheses should be... | In looking at this question, I was immediately reminded of the work of William Faulkner, an undoubtedly well-known author in the United States. He is notorious for his complex sentences that can go on for pages. In some of them, he unapologetically uses nested parentheses.
While Faulkner sets a precedent doing this, i... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | I believe it's *acceptable*, but vaguely considered *poor form*, and I tend to avoid it (often by restructuring a sentence and busting out some emdashes) unless I'm intentionally using it to be cute. | In looking at this question, I was immediately reminded of the work of William Faulkner, an undoubtedly well-known author in the United States. He is notorious for his complex sentences that can go on for pages. In some of them, he unapologetically uses nested parentheses.
While Faulkner sets a precedent doing this, i... |
11,155 | Is it acceptable to nest parentheses (for example, if I (meaning myself) write like this)? | 2011/02/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/11155",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/4528/"
] | I believe it's *acceptable*, but vaguely considered *poor form*, and I tend to avoid it (often by restructuring a sentence and busting out some emdashes) unless I'm intentionally using it to be cute. | Parentheses are a way to stuff more ideas into a sentence than it could otherwise bear. They make life easier for the writer who is trying to capture all his ideas as they bubble up, but harder for the reader trying to make sense of it all. If you nest your parentheses, you risk losing your reader entirely.
So I'd say... |
36,097 | Oil throughout the Bible represents service: How can oil represent salvation in: Mat\_25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. | 2018/11/28 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/36097",
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] | Peace.
Great question!
I believe that the oil of salvation in this parable is representing the “oil of gladness” or joy.
We are commanded to “rejoice evermore”….that is, at all times. The "oil" of rejoicing should be retained in our "vessels" at all times.
>
> *1 Thessalonians 5:16 KJV (16) **Rejoice evermore**... | Matthew 25 is basically one parable. Each individual parable conveys the notion of coming to the Lord expecting salvation, but having neglected basic tenets of His faith, such as charity:
>
> **Matthew 25 (DRB)** 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the br... |
36,097 | Oil throughout the Bible represents service: How can oil represent salvation in: Mat\_25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. | 2018/11/28 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/36097",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/27640/"
] | The answer to your question is that the Bible does not suggest that “oil only represents service”. Perhaps a better question would be to ask what the oil in the parable represents.
A full explanation of Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins and the significance of the oil in the lamps is given in this article: <https://ww... | Matthew 25 is basically one parable. Each individual parable conveys the notion of coming to the Lord expecting salvation, but having neglected basic tenets of His faith, such as charity:
>
> **Matthew 25 (DRB)** 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the br... |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | HTTP authentication will not protect the pack being transmitted over the wire, so if you are worried about eavesdroppers HTTP authentication will not suffice. Also, git is much more efficient using the git protocol than the HTTP protocol. git-daemon, however, does not do authentication for you.
Probably the best solut... | The easiest way is to setup HTTP authentication on top of gitweb. See [there](http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/). |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | The easiest way is to setup HTTP authentication on top of gitweb. See [there](http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/). | You can fetch via SSH, which is both authenticated and encrypted channel. I don't know if [gitosis](http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way) would help you to manage SSH acces in lieu of setting up shell accounts with git-shell as shell. |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | The easiest way is to setup HTTP authentication on top of gitweb. See [there](http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/). | To create an authenticated "read only" repository, provide SSH access to the repository for all applicable parties but only allow push requests (write access) to a sub-set of the parties by using an update-hook as [exampled here](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/update-hook-example.txt). |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | The easiest way is to setup HTTP authentication on top of gitweb. See [there](http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/). | Use [gitolite](http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/). That's just the best: easy to setup (if you already know SSH key management), complete control on user access and transport security (SSH). |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | The easiest way is to setup HTTP authentication on top of gitweb. See [there](http://maymay.net/blog/2008/08/08/how-to-use-http-basic-authentication-with-git/). | I like having a combination out of **git** + **gitolite** + **gitweb**
* where gitweb gives a very lean and fast webfrontend
* and gitolite is doing all authorization tasks, so you can give permissions to read or write on a (ssh) user-level (even the configuration of gitolite is handeled as a plain git
repository, tha... |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | HTTP authentication will not protect the pack being transmitted over the wire, so if you are worried about eavesdroppers HTTP authentication will not suffice. Also, git is much more efficient using the git protocol than the HTTP protocol. git-daemon, however, does not do authentication for you.
Probably the best solut... | You can fetch via SSH, which is both authenticated and encrypted channel. I don't know if [gitosis](http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way) would help you to manage SSH acces in lieu of setting up shell accounts with git-shell as shell. |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | HTTP authentication will not protect the pack being transmitted over the wire, so if you are worried about eavesdroppers HTTP authentication will not suffice. Also, git is much more efficient using the git protocol than the HTTP protocol. git-daemon, however, does not do authentication for you.
Probably the best solut... | To create an authenticated "read only" repository, provide SSH access to the repository for all applicable parties but only allow push requests (write access) to a sub-set of the parties by using an update-hook as [exampled here](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/update-hook-example.txt). |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | HTTP authentication will not protect the pack being transmitted over the wire, so if you are worried about eavesdroppers HTTP authentication will not suffice. Also, git is much more efficient using the git protocol than the HTTP protocol. git-daemon, however, does not do authentication for you.
Probably the best solut... | Use [gitolite](http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/). That's just the best: easy to setup (if you already know SSH key management), complete control on user access and transport security (SSH). |
533,658 | I need an application to be able to fetch from a git repository but not push to it, so, that's the read-only part. That could easily be done with git daemon.
On top of that, I need access to said repository to be password-protected, including for reading it. So before any fetching can happen, the application will need... | 2009/02/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/533658",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13989/"
] | HTTP authentication will not protect the pack being transmitted over the wire, so if you are worried about eavesdroppers HTTP authentication will not suffice. Also, git is much more efficient using the git protocol than the HTTP protocol. git-daemon, however, does not do authentication for you.
Probably the best solut... | I like having a combination out of **git** + **gitolite** + **gitweb**
* where gitweb gives a very lean and fast webfrontend
* and gitolite is doing all authorization tasks, so you can give permissions to read or write on a (ssh) user-level (even the configuration of gitolite is handeled as a plain git
repository, tha... |
300,611 | I have read that to send email in Java I need to obtain my ISP's SMTP address, but if I am intending to host my web app online, will this be my hosts ISP SMTP address?
EDIT: So I need to find out my clients ISP's SMTP address and send via this? | 2008/11/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/300611",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16684/"
] | No, unless your webhost is the same as your ISP or your webhost also offers SMTP services.
In response to your edit, yes you need your ISP's SMTP address by the sound of things. | It will be the SMTP address you want to forward email through.
If you want to send email through your ISP account then it will be that SMTP. |
300,611 | I have read that to send email in Java I need to obtain my ISP's SMTP address, but if I am intending to host my web app online, will this be my hosts ISP SMTP address?
EDIT: So I need to find out my clients ISP's SMTP address and send via this? | 2008/11/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/300611",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16684/"
] | [JavaMail](http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/) is the built-in API for e-mail.
Ask your ISP if the host runs sendmail or equivalent locally (the web server host). It may be an advantage to hand off to sendmail as early as possible. In other words, try "localhost" as the SMTP server name.
Why? JavaMail is a simple... | It will be the SMTP address you want to forward email through.
If you want to send email through your ISP account then it will be that SMTP. |
33,315,068 | I'm currently using a C library which has no specification on thread-safety. There are some file static non-const variables in the library's source code, and so I believe it's not thread-safe.
However, I want to run it concurrently to improve the throughput. How can I do that?
---
Edit:
1) I don't want any solu... | 2015/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33315068",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1549348/"
] | Short of fixing code you can't.
You may be able to run code as separate parallel processes (assuming library does not share OS level objects like hard-coded file locations) or even separate computers. | You can probably hack it into multiple threads by writing \_\_thread or thread\_local in front of all the static variables. That'll stop the threads corrupting each other, but it's not pretty. You still need a safe way to pass data between the threads of course.
Better is to spawn N instances of the program using fork... |
33,315,068 | I'm currently using a C library which has no specification on thread-safety. There are some file static non-const variables in the library's source code, and so I believe it's not thread-safe.
However, I want to run it concurrently to improve the throughput. How can I do that?
---
Edit:
1) I don't want any solu... | 2015/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33315068",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1549348/"
] | >
> However, I want to run it concurrently to improve the throughput. How can I do that?
>
>
>
There is no magic bullet. You cannot blindly follow a simple rule and transform the code so that it supports concurrent execution.
You need to understand the code from the point of view of concurrency, and then change ... | You can probably hack it into multiple threads by writing \_\_thread or thread\_local in front of all the static variables. That'll stop the threads corrupting each other, but it's not pretty. You still need a safe way to pass data between the threads of course.
Better is to spawn N instances of the program using fork... |
808 | How did lord Shiva of the Thrimoorthi get three eyes? Who gave him the third eye? | 2014/07/06 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/808",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The third eye as seen on Lord Shiva's forehead is also the **spiritual eye or ajna chakra** which stands for higher consciousness and allows us to see the real world for the world as we see it is an illusion.
Hindus believe that every human possesses this **'third eye'** which can be activated only after years of medi... | When Lord SadaShiva [directly manifests](https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/17197/what-happens-to-lord-shivas-trishul-during-dissolution-of-universe/17281#17281) from Sat-Asat state he comes with a form having three eyes:
>
> परः पुमानीश्वरः स शिव शम्भुरनीश्वरः ।
>
> शीर्षे मन्दाकिनीधारी भालचन्द्रस्त्रि... |
808 | How did lord Shiva of the Thrimoorthi get three eyes? Who gave him the third eye? | 2014/07/06 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/808",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The third eye as seen on Lord Shiva's forehead is also the **spiritual eye or ajna chakra** which stands for higher consciousness and allows us to see the real world for the world as we see it is an illusion.
Hindus believe that every human possesses this **'third eye'** which can be activated only after years of medi... | Three eyes represents the three forms or states. From Shiv Rahasya.
>
> O you who are at peace! Reality or Truth is Eternally One, without a doubt. Yet in order to manifest Its Eternal Glory, Truth creates the various Worlds out of Itself. Therefore It exists in different States or Forms. **They are: Spirit, which i... |
808 | How did lord Shiva of the Thrimoorthi get three eyes? Who gave him the third eye? | 2014/07/06 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/808",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | When Lord SadaShiva [directly manifests](https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/17197/what-happens-to-lord-shivas-trishul-during-dissolution-of-universe/17281#17281) from Sat-Asat state he comes with a form having three eyes:
>
> परः पुमानीश्वरः स शिव शम्भुरनीश्वरः ।
>
> शीर्षे मन्दाकिनीधारी भालचन्द्रस्त्रि... | Three eyes represents the three forms or states. From Shiv Rahasya.
>
> O you who are at peace! Reality or Truth is Eternally One, without a doubt. Yet in order to manifest Its Eternal Glory, Truth creates the various Worlds out of Itself. Therefore It exists in different States or Forms. **They are: Spirit, which i... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | >
> There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
>
>
>
I don't think you can make this work as you've envisioned it. Let's look at some of the issues:
1. [**Newton's Third Law**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion#Newton.27s_... | As per the question, artificial gravity is available in the shopping and living areas. If the pool room is also spherical in shape, it would simply need an evenly spaced array of these artificial gravity generators. As the ball drifts towards a wall, a gravity generator on the opposite side could be briefly turned on, ... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Other answers mentioned water splashing away, as a problem. Yes, there will be lots of water splashing away.
But really, this is an opportunity: The water which splashes away is sucked in by pumps in the walls once it reaches the walls, then cleaned, maybe the temperature regulated and ejected in jets back at the sphe... | What you're talking about is, of course, beyond the science of today. But if, in your story, the science of gravity is far beyond ours, then, why not?
I am going to come at this from a safety and logistical standpoint rather than a science standpoint, because really, **you can do anything given the right tech in a fic... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Other answers mentioned water splashing away, as a problem. Yes, there will be lots of water splashing away.
But really, this is an opportunity: The water which splashes away is sucked in by pumps in the walls once it reaches the walls, then cleaned, maybe the temperature regulated and ejected in jets back at the sphe... | The easiest way to do this (in fact, very easy to do today) is to introduce tension. In other words, rather than just a ball of water, make it water in a ball. This will keep the "pool" from splashing all over the place, and provide the necessary pressure to keep the water liquid if you choose to put the pool in "space... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Yes, this is possible. The ball of water could be kept in place with equally spaced air fans to nudge splashed water back from all directions.
*However*...
At 10 metres across (5 metres deep) there is a serious risk of drowning. In 0g, the adhesion of water and slight difference in density will cause suspended object... | What you're talking about is, of course, beyond the science of today. But if, in your story, the science of gravity is far beyond ours, then, why not?
I am going to come at this from a safety and logistical standpoint rather than a science standpoint, because really, **you can do anything given the right tech in a fic... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Other answers mentioned water splashing away, as a problem. Yes, there will be lots of water splashing away.
But really, this is an opportunity: The water which splashes away is sucked in by pumps in the walls once it reaches the walls, then cleaned, maybe the temperature regulated and ejected in jets back at the sphe... | Actually the problem is that people should swim on top of the swimming pool to breath. Even if you succeed to keep the water ball together, anyone who enters to this ball will not be able to go out because surface tension will take the person inside and finding a way to go outside will not be possible.
Wow I remember... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Probably possible with today's technology. A key fact is that [**water is slightly diamagnetic**](http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/98607/Diamagnetic-Water). Combined with (1) surface tension and (2) computer controlled powerful electromagnets surrounding the room containing the "pool", I suspect it could be done.
Pric... | Similar to mccdyl001's response, surround the pool with gravity generators. However, instead of only turning them on when the sphere drifts toward a wall, they should be on all the time. Further, they need to be much more finely tuned so that gravitational force doesn't multiply towards the center, but that there be a ... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Yes, this is possible. The ball of water could be kept in place with equally spaced air fans to nudge splashed water back from all directions.
*However*...
At 10 metres across (5 metres deep) there is a serious risk of drowning. In 0g, the adhesion of water and slight difference in density will cause suspended object... | Other answers mentioned water splashing away, as a problem. Yes, there will be lots of water splashing away.
But really, this is an opportunity: The water which splashes away is sucked in by pumps in the walls once it reaches the walls, then cleaned, maybe the temperature regulated and ejected in jets back at the sphe... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | Other answers mentioned water splashing away, as a problem. Yes, there will be lots of water splashing away.
But really, this is an opportunity: The water which splashes away is sucked in by pumps in the walls once it reaches the walls, then cleaned, maybe the temperature regulated and ejected in jets back at the sphe... | As per the question, artificial gravity is available in the shopping and living areas. If the pool room is also spherical in shape, it would simply need an evenly spaced array of these artificial gravity generators. As the ball drifts towards a wall, a gravity generator on the opposite side could be briefly turned on, ... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | >
> There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
>
>
>
I don't think you can make this work as you've envisioned it. Let's look at some of the issues:
1. [**Newton's Third Law**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion#Newton.27s_... | Probably possible with today's technology. A key fact is that [**water is slightly diamagnetic**](http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/98607/Diamagnetic-Water). Combined with (1) surface tension and (2) computer controlled powerful electromagnets surrounding the room containing the "pool", I suspect it could be done.
Pric... |
54,633 | I have a super luxury space hotel. It has artificial gravity in the living and shopping area and 0g in some parts of the recreational area.
There is a 0g pool available for the guests. I want it to be a large ball of water 10m in diameter. Can it work?
I know water can be kept together by surface tension. I saw vide... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54633",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/19975/"
] | I'll take a bit of a lateral approach to the question. You don't need water.
In terrestrial recreation, water pools are used to combat the gravity (our bodies are nearly as dense as water, so we float on the surface) and propel the swimmers. In your zero-gravity hotel, you already have swimmers able to go anywhere wit... | As per the question, artificial gravity is available in the shopping and living areas. If the pool room is also spherical in shape, it would simply need an evenly spaced array of these artificial gravity generators. As the ball drifts towards a wall, a gravity generator on the opposite side could be briefly turned on, ... |
63,678 | I've noticed that when I use a weapon with cold damage, every attack "snares" my targets, even when I don't use any skill or item which explicitly snares or slows. I'm guessing this is due to the cold damage.
* Do other damage types have a special effect this way? If they do, what are those effects?
* Does it also hap... | 2012/04/22 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/63678",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/122/"
] | Unlike in Diablo II, **on-hit elemental damage is simply that - bonus damage**, with the *sole* exception of cold damage (which has a small snare). Frost damage does a little less damage comparatively because of this.
While there was originally a more complex critical hit system (as documented below), **that functiona... | 1. If you have a 10-20 dmg +5 cold dmg, your weapon will not do 15-25! It deals 5-10 physical +5 cold. The extra is already added to the weapon tooltip white text. This is easily verified by adding a gem to a socket (a +5 gem for example), the tooltip will update to 15-20 dmg (white text).
2. If you use an ability with... |
22,986 | Visors seem pretty ubiquitous on mountain bike helmets, but not on road bike helmets. Why do mountain bike helmets have visors? What purpose does the visor have? | 2014/06/12 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/22986",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/2997/"
] | One purpose of a visor is to shield the sun like a baseball cap.
There are many factors:
* Wind resistance is not as big a factor on a mountain bike (slower speeds).
* The more upright position on a mountain bike puts a visor more into
play.
* On a road bike the rider is leaning forward and facing down and the viso... | I spend a lot of my time on my MTB riding around forests so the visor is to keep branches out of my face. |
3,284,129 | Ive got a really frustrating bug going on with Blend 4, when i edit a control template with triggers, if i switch to one of the triggers, the trigger changes are not shown in the design pane, its like ive turned off trigger rendering somehow
Reproduction Steps
Create a new WPF application in visual studio 2010
Open n... | 2010/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3284129",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/103136/"
] | I got a reply on the expression forums, they have confirmed it as a bug, here's the reply
>
> Thanks for bringing this to our
> attention, we've confirmed this
> regression from V3 behavior and we've
> filed a bug. If you select a trigger,
> even though it doesn't appear to be
> selected (the artboard doesn't
> immed... | I got exact same problem and I think it is because if the files were modified in Visual Studio and if the project was not build within the expression I used to get the same problem. What I did was, close Visual Studio, open Project in Expression Blend and build the project before editing template.
Also the problem cou... |
63,896 | Psalm 67:4 NASB:
>
> Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
>
>
>
Who are the “nations” the Psalmist is referring to, since at the time God was only God of Israel? The original Hebrew also seems to be in present tense though th... | 2021/07/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/63896",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/33647/"
] | The true God of heaven has a variety of titles that suggest universal sovereignty:
* "Lord of all" - 2 Chron 20:6, 29:12, Est 4:17, Dan 2:38, Ps 97:5, Zech 4:14, 6:5, Mic 4:13, etc
* "Lord of Lords" - Deut 10:17, Ps 136:3, 26, Josh 3:11, 13, 1 Chron 29:11
Further, we have the clear statements of many parts of the OT ... | In addition to Dottard's theological point that the Earth is the Lord's and he is the God of all nations and all creation, there is a legit translation issue with *leom*, the lemma in question, which is an archaic form for *'am* used exclusively in poetry and always in the plural (*leummim*). It can be translated as bo... |
63,896 | Psalm 67:4 NASB:
>
> Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
>
>
>
Who are the “nations” the Psalmist is referring to, since at the time God was only God of Israel? The original Hebrew also seems to be in present tense though th... | 2021/07/27 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/63896",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/33647/"
] | The true God of heaven has a variety of titles that suggest universal sovereignty:
* "Lord of all" - 2 Chron 20:6, 29:12, Est 4:17, Dan 2:38, Ps 97:5, Zech 4:14, 6:5, Mic 4:13, etc
* "Lord of Lords" - Deut 10:17, Ps 136:3, 26, Josh 3:11, 13, 1 Chron 29:11
Further, we have the clear statements of many parts of the OT ... | **What are “the nations” in Psalm 67:4?**
Psalm 67:4 NASB:
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
God in harmony with his principal attitudes of justice, wisdom, power, and love, will act against “ungodly sinners,” not against the... |
61,178 | I would have thought careers.stackoverflow.com would have been the place, but I don't see a forum.
I have a question about advancing career positions in IT. | 2010/08/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/61178",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/144236/"
] | There is a proposal in [Area 51](http://area51.stackexchange.com/) named [IT Careers & Training](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/12887/it-careers-training); but it's in definition phase at the moment. It is a proposed Q&A site for IT Professionals or budding IT Professionals who want advice into how to develo... | For me, [I asked my question on ServerFault](https://serverfault.com/questions/169501/how-to-enter-the-field-with-0-experience-and-a-a-cert), since thats where all the IT people hang out. However I would highly recommend [searching existing questions](https://serverfault.com/questions/tagged/career-development) before ... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | Firstly, the Tayan has evolved over millions of years just like any other creature. Over most of that period there were few (no?) metallic fusion-powered items in the environment, so it is unlikely that it would have developed any natural strategy to allow it to deal with such a thing. But it quite possibly has evolved... | What are the tentacles for?
Shouldn't they be like nose hairs which stop foreign objects getting into your plant? So anything large the tentacles regard as too hard would be pushed aside which would also stop rocks falling in or tree branches etc.
There should be an opening of some sort which can close as what happen... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | The Tayan is always growing upwards to match ground level
=========================================================
Leaving any undigestable items behind.
Say that in this environment the ground is slowly rising (sand, big rainstorms, dirt storms, dirt volcano, etc), so this plant creature has to always stay at surfa... | Here's an idea: the Tayan has some kind of organ that grinds all waste material into a watery paste. (The weapon would not be dissolved. Instead, it would be ground into a fine, powdery substance that would just end up mixed into the paste). This watery paste is taken to another organ on the outside of the creature. Th... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | This is going to be a bit gross, so bear with me. Have you ever gotten something embedded under your skin?
Your body rejects inert matter when it's foreign. If you have something embedded in your skin, a cyst will form around it, full of pus formed by leukocytes trying to protect you from this foreign thing. The cells... | This seems pretty simple, there's a lot of good answers here you could combine together to handle objects of various sizes, cysts could be used for medium size for example.
Overall, just mimic a lung. Lungs have almost all the same problems you're contemplating it seems? The biggest difference is no diaphragm to handl... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | The Tayan is always growing upwards to match ground level
=========================================================
Leaving any undigestable items behind.
Say that in this environment the ground is slowly rising (sand, big rainstorms, dirt storms, dirt volcano, etc), so this plant creature has to always stay at surfa... | This seems pretty simple, there's a lot of good answers here you could combine together to handle objects of various sizes, cysts could be used for medium size for example.
Overall, just mimic a lung. Lungs have almost all the same problems you're contemplating it seems? The biggest difference is no diaphragm to handl... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
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] | What are the tentacles for?
Shouldn't they be like nose hairs which stop foreign objects getting into your plant? So anything large the tentacles regard as too hard would be pushed aside which would also stop rocks falling in or tree branches etc.
There should be an opening of some sort which can close as what happen... | **IT CAN SPEW INDIGESTIBLE STUFF OUT AS BAIT**
My creature, which is heavily inspired by yours, has a similar problem and deals with it by turning itself into a glorified biological pit trap that uses the sand to help it hide in plain sight. I'm just going to quote a question relating to this creature.
>
> Its mouth... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | Firstly, the Tayan has evolved over millions of years just like any other creature. Over most of that period there were few (no?) metallic fusion-powered items in the environment, so it is unlikely that it would have developed any natural strategy to allow it to deal with such a thing. But it quite possibly has evolved... | Here's an idea: the Tayan has some kind of organ that grinds all waste material into a watery paste. (The weapon would not be dissolved. Instead, it would be ground into a fine, powdery substance that would just end up mixed into the paste). This watery paste is taken to another organ on the outside of the creature. Th... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | Firstly, the Tayan has evolved over millions of years just like any other creature. Over most of that period there were few (no?) metallic fusion-powered items in the environment, so it is unlikely that it would have developed any natural strategy to allow it to deal with such a thing. But it quite possibly has evolved... | This seems pretty simple, there's a lot of good answers here you could combine together to handle objects of various sizes, cysts could be used for medium size for example.
Overall, just mimic a lung. Lungs have almost all the same problems you're contemplating it seems? The biggest difference is no diaphragm to handl... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | Here's an idea: the Tayan has some kind of organ that grinds all waste material into a watery paste. (The weapon would not be dissolved. Instead, it would be ground into a fine, powdery substance that would just end up mixed into the paste). This watery paste is taken to another organ on the outside of the creature. Th... | **IT CAN SPEW INDIGESTIBLE STUFF OUT AS BAIT**
My creature, which is heavily inspired by yours, has a similar problem and deals with it by turning itself into a glorified biological pit trap that uses the sand to help it hide in plain sight. I'm just going to quote a question relating to this creature.
>
> Its mouth... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | This is going to be a bit gross, so bear with me. Have you ever gotten something embedded under your skin?
Your body rejects inert matter when it's foreign. If you have something embedded in your skin, a cyst will form around it, full of pus formed by leukocytes trying to protect you from this foreign thing. The cells... | What are the tentacles for?
Shouldn't they be like nose hairs which stop foreign objects getting into your plant? So anything large the tentacles regard as too hard would be pushed aside which would also stop rocks falling in or tree branches etc.
There should be an opening of some sort which can close as what happen... |
123,901 | Beneath the sands of the Planet Dalia, their lives an abominable creature, a creature that eats beings whole and slowly, ***slowly*** digests them for years at a time. This creature is...The Tayan.
Worshipped by the native aliens as ***dark gods***, most of the Tayan’s victims are slaves of nobles and priests, who so... | 2018/09/02 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123901",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/52876/"
] | The Tayan is always growing upwards to match ground level
=========================================================
Leaving any undigestable items behind.
Say that in this environment the ground is slowly rising (sand, big rainstorms, dirt storms, dirt volcano, etc), so this plant creature has to always stay at surfa... | What are the tentacles for?
Shouldn't they be like nose hairs which stop foreign objects getting into your plant? So anything large the tentacles regard as too hard would be pushed aside which would also stop rocks falling in or tree branches etc.
There should be an opening of some sort which can close as what happen... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | [**Olusegun Obasanjo**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo#Imprisonment), President of **Nigeria** from 1999 to 2007 is a possible candidate.
He was imprisoned in June 1995 on charges of being involved in plotting a coup and was **released in June 1998**. Although a general, he then **ran as a civilian fo... | I think the answer to your question is former [Egyptian president Morsi,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi) he escaped prison on January 30th 2011 and was sworn in as president on June 30th 2012. |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | [**Olusegun Obasanjo**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo#Imprisonment), President of **Nigeria** from 1999 to 2007 is a possible candidate.
He was imprisoned in June 1995 on charges of being involved in plotting a coup and was **released in June 1998**. Although a general, he then **ran as a civilian fo... | **[Józef Piłsudski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski#Rebuilding_Poland)** was released from German prison on 8 November 1918 and became Chief of State 73 days later, on 20 January 1919.
Some timeline in between:
* he was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces just 3 days after being rele... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | [**Olusegun Obasanjo**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo#Imprisonment), President of **Nigeria** from 1999 to 2007 is a possible candidate.
He was imprisoned in June 1995 on charges of being involved in plotting a coup and was **released in June 1998**. Although a general, he then **ran as a civilian fo... | [Václav Havel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel) was jailed on 16. January 1989 and **released in May** on parole. He was shortly jailed also in **October 1989**. This paid congratulation announcement was published by [Rudé právo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rud%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1vo) when he was in jail. T... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | [**Olusegun Obasanjo**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo#Imprisonment), President of **Nigeria** from 1999 to 2007 is a possible candidate.
He was imprisoned in June 1995 on charges of being involved in plotting a coup and was **released in June 1998**. Although a general, he then **ran as a civilian fo... | And we got a new winner! [Sadyr Japarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadyr_Japarov) was released/liberated from prison on October 6, 2020 and became president of Kyrgyzstan on January 10, 2021. *[AlJazeera:Who is Kyrgyzstan's new prime minister?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/who-is-kyrgyzstans-new-prime-... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | I think the answer to your question is former [Egyptian president Morsi,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi) he escaped prison on January 30th 2011 and was sworn in as president on June 30th 2012. | [Václav Havel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel) was jailed on 16. January 1989 and **released in May** on parole. He was shortly jailed also in **October 1989**. This paid congratulation announcement was published by [Rudé právo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rud%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1vo) when he was in jail. T... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | I think the answer to your question is former [Egyptian president Morsi,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi) he escaped prison on January 30th 2011 and was sworn in as president on June 30th 2012. | And we got a new winner! [Sadyr Japarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadyr_Japarov) was released/liberated from prison on October 6, 2020 and became president of Kyrgyzstan on January 10, 2021. *[AlJazeera:Who is Kyrgyzstan's new prime minister?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/who-is-kyrgyzstans-new-prime-... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | **[Józef Piłsudski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski#Rebuilding_Poland)** was released from German prison on 8 November 1918 and became Chief of State 73 days later, on 20 January 1919.
Some timeline in between:
* he was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces just 3 days after being rele... | [Václav Havel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel) was jailed on 16. January 1989 and **released in May** on parole. He was shortly jailed also in **October 1989**. This paid congratulation announcement was published by [Rudé právo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rud%C3%A9_pr%C3%A1vo) when he was in jail. T... |
59,938 | We know that for example [Mandela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela), Hitler, [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_Joseph_Stalin#Imprisonment:_1902%E2%80%931904) all spent some time in prison *before* they went on to become the head of their respective state or government.
Regardless of the... | 2020/06/23 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/59938",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/26786/"
] | **[Józef Piłsudski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski#Rebuilding_Poland)** was released from German prison on 8 November 1918 and became Chief of State 73 days later, on 20 January 1919.
Some timeline in between:
* he was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces just 3 days after being rele... | And we got a new winner! [Sadyr Japarov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadyr_Japarov) was released/liberated from prison on October 6, 2020 and became president of Kyrgyzstan on January 10, 2021. *[AlJazeera:Who is Kyrgyzstan's new prime minister?](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/15/who-is-kyrgyzstans-new-prime-... |
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