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29,925 | Given [how easy it is to register to vote](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/29879/is-anything-preventing-non-us-citizens-from-registering-to-vote-in-non-voter-id) in the US as a non-US citizen, it seems plausible that a non-zero number of such persons are on the electoral rolls in the US. There [are statist... | 2018/03/27 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/29925",
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] | See [Nation Council of State Legislatures](http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-list-accuracy.aspx), almost all states take efforts to purge voter registration rolls of ineligible persons, including those persons who are ineligible because of citizenship.
The reason for NOT expending effort tp "co... | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ki7wx.png)
There is good information on the foreign born population of every county in the United States (and for that matter, every census tract), which is broken down by age as well.
There is good information on the num... |
9,062,209 | My question is why does python use both reference counting and mark-and-sweep for gc? Why not only mark-and-sweep?
My initial guess is that using reference counting can easily remove non-cyclic referenced objects, this may somewhat speed up mark-and-sweep and gain memory immediately. Don't know if my guess is right?
... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9062209",
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] | Python (the language) doesn't say which form of garbage collection it uses. The main implementation (often known as CPython) acts as you describe. Other versions such as Jython or IronPython use a purely garbage collected system.
Yes, there is a benefit of earlier collection with reference counting, but the main reaso... | **Reference counting deallocates objects sooner than garbage collection.**
But as reference counting can't handle reference cycles between unreachable objects, Python uses a garbage collector (really just a cycle collector) to collect those cycles when they exist. |
9,062,209 | My question is why does python use both reference counting and mark-and-sweep for gc? Why not only mark-and-sweep?
My initial guess is that using reference counting can easily remove non-cyclic referenced objects, this may somewhat speed up mark-and-sweep and gain memory immediately. Don't know if my guess is right?
... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9062209",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/383482/"
] | **Reference counting deallocates objects sooner than garbage collection.**
But as reference counting can't handle reference cycles between unreachable objects, Python uses a garbage collector (really just a cycle collector) to collect those cycles when they exist. | >
> My initial guess is that using reference counting can easily remove non-cyclic referenced objects, this may somewhat speed up mark-and-sweep and gain memory immediately. Don't know if my guess is right?
>
>
>
Yes. As soon as the refcount goes to zero and object can be removed. This won't happen in a cyclic ref... |
9,062,209 | My question is why does python use both reference counting and mark-and-sweep for gc? Why not only mark-and-sweep?
My initial guess is that using reference counting can easily remove non-cyclic referenced objects, this may somewhat speed up mark-and-sweep and gain memory immediately. Don't know if my guess is right?
... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9062209",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/383482/"
] | Python (the language) doesn't say which form of garbage collection it uses. The main implementation (often known as CPython) acts as you describe. Other versions such as Jython or IronPython use a purely garbage collected system.
Yes, there is a benefit of earlier collection with reference counting, but the main reaso... | >
> My initial guess is that using reference counting can easily remove non-cyclic referenced objects, this may somewhat speed up mark-and-sweep and gain memory immediately. Don't know if my guess is right?
>
>
>
Yes. As soon as the refcount goes to zero and object can be removed. This won't happen in a cyclic ref... |
214,687 | This is the first in what I plan to be a series of questions on how cats with a human level intelligence would be able to work things out.
I was inspired by an artist called [Neytirix](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix) and the [world](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix/art/Passing-through-834355010) she drew for h... | 2021/10/03 | [
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] | While cats are certainly individuals. as a general observation from having owned five cats as pets, they don’t like wearing things, especially tight things.
Harnesses can restrict a cat's movement, they can get their claws caught in them and the experience of putting them on can cause them distress.
I imagine cats mi... | **One thing at a time.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GGpmP.jpg)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUA03xCO2eo>
This cat carries a sock. So too most cats in your world: a sock. Some of them might sometimes carry a pipe cleaner, or a raw piece of sphagetti, or B... |
214,687 | This is the first in what I plan to be a series of questions on how cats with a human level intelligence would be able to work things out.
I was inspired by an artist called [Neytirix](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix) and the [world](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix/art/Passing-through-834355010) she drew for h... | 2021/10/03 | [
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] | With no changes in their anatomy, cats can mostly use their mouth to handles something: either by holding and lifting it, if not to big, or by pulling it on the ground.
In other words, the first way would resemble how they carry their kittens or small preys like mice and birds. The second way would resemble how they m... | While cats are certainly individuals. as a general observation from having owned five cats as pets, they don’t like wearing things, especially tight things.
Harnesses can restrict a cat's movement, they can get their claws caught in them and the experience of putting them on can cause them distress.
I imagine cats mi... |
214,687 | This is the first in what I plan to be a series of questions on how cats with a human level intelligence would be able to work things out.
I was inspired by an artist called [Neytirix](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix) and the [world](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix/art/Passing-through-834355010) she drew for h... | 2021/10/03 | [
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] | With no changes in their anatomy, cats can mostly use their mouth to handles something: either by holding and lifting it, if not to big, or by pulling it on the ground.
In other words, the first way would resemble how they carry their kittens or small preys like mice and birds. The second way would resemble how they m... | **One thing at a time.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GGpmP.jpg)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUA03xCO2eo>
This cat carries a sock. So too most cats in your world: a sock. Some of them might sometimes carry a pipe cleaner, or a raw piece of sphagetti, or B... |
214,687 | This is the first in what I plan to be a series of questions on how cats with a human level intelligence would be able to work things out.
I was inspired by an artist called [Neytirix](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix) and the [world](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix/art/Passing-through-834355010) she drew for h... | 2021/10/03 | [
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] | With human level intellegince then the answer is they get another animal to do the heavy moving. So you just need your cats to train horses for the heavy goods. Maybe they would also train something like a small dog for day-to-day carrying of small items. | **One thing at a time.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GGpmP.jpg)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUA03xCO2eo>
This cat carries a sock. So too most cats in your world: a sock. Some of them might sometimes carry a pipe cleaner, or a raw piece of sphagetti, or B... |
214,687 | This is the first in what I plan to be a series of questions on how cats with a human level intelligence would be able to work things out.
I was inspired by an artist called [Neytirix](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix) and the [world](https://www.deviantart.com/neytirix/art/Passing-through-834355010) she drew for h... | 2021/10/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/214687",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | With no changes in their anatomy, cats can mostly use their mouth to handles something: either by holding and lifting it, if not to big, or by pulling it on the ground.
In other words, the first way would resemble how they carry their kittens or small preys like mice and birds. The second way would resemble how they m... | With human level intellegince then the answer is they get another animal to do the heavy moving. So you just need your cats to train horses for the heavy goods. Maybe they would also train something like a small dog for day-to-day carrying of small items. |
41,696,268 | Both RevitPythonShell scripts and Revit Python Macros are relying on Iron Python. In both cases, at least in Revit 15, neither require the installation of IronPython. I believe RevitPythonShell installs with the capacity to process the ironPython script (rpsruntime.dll). Revit must install with the same capacity.
The... | 2017/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41696268",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3614570/"
] | I agree with your assumption that these two environments are probably completely separate and independent of each other.
Since the Python code that you write within them is pure .NET, it is easy to reference other .NET modules, assemblies, libraries, whatever you want to call them. They would reside in .NET assembly D... | For pure-python modules, it could be as easy as having a CPython installation (e.g. Anaconda) and pip installing to that, then adding the site-packages of that installation to the search path in RPS.
For modules that include native code (numpy and many others), this gets more tricky and you should google how to instal... |
16,985,311 | I've populated a listview with names using Icon View.
The listview isn't full, and when you accidently catch a blank area of the listview it actually registers a click on the first item in the listview, which is triggering an event that hasn't actually happened.
Is there a way of catching a "non-click"
Thanks
John... | 2013/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16985311",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2385197/"
] | I seem to recall needing to use the HitTest method to validate the ListItem that was just clicked. I captured the X/Y coords in the MouseDown then in the Click I validated that the click actually landed on a ListItem. | The *HitTest* method mentioned by tcarvin is sound. If you don't need the generic Click event though, it would be easier to opt for the *ItemClick* event instead. This should only fire when actually clicking on an item. |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
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] | Yes, it's always possible to be polite, and what you are running into isn't uncommon. Peoples' lives change.
Two Things to Do, One (Optional) Thing to Try
=============================================
1. **Address friendship first.**
From your problem statement, these are your friends. This
consideration trumps ga... | I had this issue with a large D&D group back when I was living in an apartment in Memphis, same kind of setup you had. There was a core of folks looking for more consistent, "serious" roleplay and there were the folks who, either out of interest or out of conflicts, couldn't participate much. And one guy who was a goon... |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/68247",
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] | Yes, it's always possible to be polite, and what you are running into isn't uncommon. Peoples' lives change.
Two Things to Do, One (Optional) Thing to Try
=============================================
1. **Address friendship first.**
From your problem statement, these are your friends. This
consideration trumps ga... | I used to have eight players in my campaign and I found that as the PCs got higher level it became harder and harder to keep the flow going. The multiple attacks per round and more complicated actions caused the rounds to become very long. Two have dropped out and I am now down to my original six and I intend on it sta... |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/68247",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/24783/"
] | Yes, it's always possible to be polite, and what you are running into isn't uncommon. Peoples' lives change.
Two Things to Do, One (Optional) Thing to Try
=============================================
1. **Address friendship first.**
From your problem statement, these are your friends. This
consideration trumps ga... | I run short campaigns (~2 months), and when I start a new campaign I send a new round of invites. Anyone I didn't enjoy playing with in the previous campaign, just doesn't get invited to the new one. Nobody has ever given me any grief about this -- I think it's mutually understood that when I run a game I can invite wh... |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/68247",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | I had this issue with a large D&D group back when I was living in an apartment in Memphis, same kind of setup you had. There was a core of folks looking for more consistent, "serious" roleplay and there were the folks who, either out of interest or out of conflicts, couldn't participate much. And one guy who was a goon... | I used to have eight players in my campaign and I found that as the PCs got higher level it became harder and harder to keep the flow going. The multiple attacks per round and more complicated actions caused the rounds to become very long. Two have dropped out and I am now down to my original six and I intend on it sta... |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/68247",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | I had this issue with a large D&D group back when I was living in an apartment in Memphis, same kind of setup you had. There was a core of folks looking for more consistent, "serious" roleplay and there were the folks who, either out of interest or out of conflicts, couldn't participate much. And one guy who was a goon... | I run short campaigns (~2 months), and when I start a new campaign I send a new round of invites. Anyone I didn't enjoy playing with in the previous campaign, just doesn't get invited to the new one. Nobody has ever given me any grief about this -- I think it's mutually understood that when I run a game I can invite wh... |
68,247 | We have a Pathfinder group that consists of 11 people, and has been like that for a few years now. In the beginning we had a great time with such a large group and didn't mind the number, but something in the dynamics has shifted over the last campaign.
Four of them almost never show up (which we can excuse because th... | 2015/09/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/68247",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/24783/"
] | I run short campaigns (~2 months), and when I start a new campaign I send a new round of invites. Anyone I didn't enjoy playing with in the previous campaign, just doesn't get invited to the new one. Nobody has ever given me any grief about this -- I think it's mutually understood that when I run a game I can invite wh... | I used to have eight players in my campaign and I found that as the PCs got higher level it became harder and harder to keep the flow going. The multiple attacks per round and more complicated actions caused the rounds to become very long. Two have dropped out and I am now down to my original six and I intend on it sta... |
30,224 | This is not just gnome terminal, but pretty much all gnome windows: When you hold the "alt" key, you can press the first letter of one of the menu items. This will let you scroll that menu without clicking on it directly.
This is okay on any other window, like say Firefox, but on gnome terminal, it steals the keys I u... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30224",
"https://askubuntu.com",
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] | Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts..., and uncheck "Enable menu access keys". | If you want to do it globally, you can try this method ([source](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1735533)):
>
> To disable mnemonics you should create (if it doesn't already exist) ~/.gtkrc-2.0.
> This file should contain the line gtk-enable-mnemonics = 0 (you can
> add other GTK settings if you'd like). ... |
30,224 | This is not just gnome terminal, but pretty much all gnome windows: When you hold the "alt" key, you can press the first letter of one of the menu items. This will let you scroll that menu without clicking on it directly.
This is okay on any other window, like say Firefox, but on gnome terminal, it steals the keys I u... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30224",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/12316/"
] | Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts..., and uncheck "Enable menu access keys". | This is really driving me crazy too. I'd like to use Alt-V for paste as it is much more ergonomic than using CTRL but this doesn't seem possible because of the View menu option.
Overall this seems like a bug because when I disable the hotkeys in Preferences I am no longer able to use Alt-V for accessing the View menu... |
30,224 | This is not just gnome terminal, but pretty much all gnome windows: When you hold the "alt" key, you can press the first letter of one of the menu items. This will let you scroll that menu without clicking on it directly.
This is okay on any other window, like say Firefox, but on gnome terminal, it steals the keys I u... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30224",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/12316/"
] | Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts..., and uncheck "Enable menu access keys". | For Gnome terminal 3.14.1: Click Edit (on menu bar) > Preferences > At last on "General" tab, Un-check "enable mnemonics..." . |
30,224 | This is not just gnome terminal, but pretty much all gnome windows: When you hold the "alt" key, you can press the first letter of one of the menu items. This will let you scroll that menu without clicking on it directly.
This is okay on any other window, like say Firefox, but on gnome terminal, it steals the keys I u... | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30224",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/12316/"
] | Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts..., and uncheck "Enable menu access keys". | In Ubuntu 16.04, go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Launchers, and clear the *Key to show the HUD* (or change it to another key) |
3,490 | My biggest challenge is about synonyms. It is hard to differentiate differences of meanings of synonym words. Even after I consult various dictionaries, some times it is hard to get clarity. In such cases
1. May I ask questions about word differences to the community?
2. If not, what other sources are there to help me... | 2012/12/25 | [
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] | This is an important question, and one I am glad to see raised.
I agree with every word of the responses so far — Inglish Teeture’s, J.R.'s and Bill Franke’s answers, and Edwin Ashworth’s comment.
I would like to add a word about **tools** for exploring synonyms. First, dictionaries. It is essential to consult multi... | Words have contextual meanings and that is how they need to be studied – contextually. While *correct* is a synonym of *right* in one sense, it is not in other senses of the word.
If you observe and study words according to their contextual meanings, learning synonyms won't be a big challenge. You need to do a lot of ... |
3,490 | My biggest challenge is about synonyms. It is hard to differentiate differences of meanings of synonym words. Even after I consult various dictionaries, some times it is hard to get clarity. In such cases
1. May I ask questions about word differences to the community?
2. If not, what other sources are there to help me... | 2012/12/25 | [
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] | Words have contextual meanings and that is how they need to be studied – contextually. While *correct* is a synonym of *right* in one sense, it is not in other senses of the word.
If you observe and study words according to their contextual meanings, learning synonyms won't be a big challenge. You need to do a lot of ... | I find that questions about synonym differences are very much on-topic here at ELU and not at all General Reference.
Most dictionaries will give definitions which an educated native speaker can check for correctness of the correct nuance (by the succinct choice of words in the definition), but on the whole **dictiona... |
3,490 | My biggest challenge is about synonyms. It is hard to differentiate differences of meanings of synonym words. Even after I consult various dictionaries, some times it is hard to get clarity. In such cases
1. May I ask questions about word differences to the community?
2. If not, what other sources are there to help me... | 2012/12/25 | [
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"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is an important question, and one I am glad to see raised.
I agree with every word of the responses so far — Inglish Teeture’s, J.R.'s and Bill Franke’s answers, and Edwin Ashworth’s comment.
I would like to add a word about **tools** for exploring synonyms. First, dictionaries. It is essential to consult multi... | One of these days, now that ELL has more than 160 commitments, the English Language Learners site will go into beta and that should (I hope it does) provide a friendlier atmosphere for asking questions about which synonyms are best in specific contexts and what the differences between putative synonyms are. Until then,... |
3,490 | My biggest challenge is about synonyms. It is hard to differentiate differences of meanings of synonym words. Even after I consult various dictionaries, some times it is hard to get clarity. In such cases
1. May I ask questions about word differences to the community?
2. If not, what other sources are there to help me... | 2012/12/25 | [
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] | One of these days, now that ELL has more than 160 commitments, the English Language Learners site will go into beta and that should (I hope it does) provide a friendlier atmosphere for asking questions about which synonyms are best in specific contexts and what the differences between putative synonyms are. Until then,... | I find that questions about synonym differences are very much on-topic here at ELU and not at all General Reference.
Most dictionaries will give definitions which an educated native speaker can check for correctness of the correct nuance (by the succinct choice of words in the definition), but on the whole **dictiona... |
3,490 | My biggest challenge is about synonyms. It is hard to differentiate differences of meanings of synonym words. Even after I consult various dictionaries, some times it is hard to get clarity. In such cases
1. May I ask questions about word differences to the community?
2. If not, what other sources are there to help me... | 2012/12/25 | [
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"https://english.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is an important question, and one I am glad to see raised.
I agree with every word of the responses so far — Inglish Teeture’s, J.R.'s and Bill Franke’s answers, and Edwin Ashworth’s comment.
I would like to add a word about **tools** for exploring synonyms. First, dictionaries. It is essential to consult multi... | I find that questions about synonym differences are very much on-topic here at ELU and not at all General Reference.
Most dictionaries will give definitions which an educated native speaker can check for correctness of the correct nuance (by the succinct choice of words in the definition), but on the whole **dictiona... |
14,416 | As science must be reproducible, by definition, there is increasing recognition that data and code are an essential component of the reproduciblity, as discussed by the [Yale Roundtable for data and code sharing](http://reproducible-research.googlegroups.com/web/CISE-12-5-News.pdf).
In reviewing a manuscript for a jou... | 2011/08/17 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14416",
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] | Addressing the two situations seperately:
As a reviewer: Yes, I think you'd have grounds to ask to see the data or the code. But if I were you, I'd prepare to see things like pared down code, or a subsample of the data. People implement future research not being reported in this paper in their code all the time, and y... | I don't have any experience with this, but it seems to me that you might be able to insist on #1 as a part of your own due diligence in reviewing their results. I don't see how you can insist on #2, though. |
14,416 | As science must be reproducible, by definition, there is increasing recognition that data and code are an essential component of the reproduciblity, as discussed by the [Yale Roundtable for data and code sharing](http://reproducible-research.googlegroups.com/web/CISE-12-5-News.pdf).
In reviewing a manuscript for a jou... | 2011/08/17 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14416",
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] | As far as getting data as a reviewer goes, you're entitled to it if you need it to complete your review properly. More reviewers should be asking for data and assessing it. Lots of journals have policies that they may require the data and analysis code for review purposes.
Availability at the time of publication isn't... | Addressing the two situations seperately:
As a reviewer: Yes, I think you'd have grounds to ask to see the data or the code. But if I were you, I'd prepare to see things like pared down code, or a subsample of the data. People implement future research not being reported in this paper in their code all the time, and y... |
14,416 | As science must be reproducible, by definition, there is increasing recognition that data and code are an essential component of the reproduciblity, as discussed by the [Yale Roundtable for data and code sharing](http://reproducible-research.googlegroups.com/web/CISE-12-5-News.pdf).
In reviewing a manuscript for a jou... | 2011/08/17 | [
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Availability at the time of publication isn't... | I don't have any experience with this, but it seems to me that you might be able to insist on #1 as a part of your own due diligence in reviewing their results. I don't see how you can insist on #2, though. |
14,416 | As science must be reproducible, by definition, there is increasing recognition that data and code are an essential component of the reproduciblity, as discussed by the [Yale Roundtable for data and code sharing](http://reproducible-research.googlegroups.com/web/CISE-12-5-News.pdf).
In reviewing a manuscript for a jou... | 2011/08/17 | [
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With... | I don't have any experience with this, but it seems to me that you might be able to insist on #1 as a part of your own due diligence in reviewing their results. I don't see how you can insist on #2, though. |
14,416 | As science must be reproducible, by definition, there is increasing recognition that data and code are an essential component of the reproduciblity, as discussed by the [Yale Roundtable for data and code sharing](http://reproducible-research.googlegroups.com/web/CISE-12-5-News.pdf).
In reviewing a manuscript for a jou... | 2011/08/17 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14416",
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Availability at the time of publication isn't... | As [John says](https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/14416/as-a-reviewer-can-i-justify-requesting-data-and-code-be-made-available-even-if-t/14424#14424) availability of data to reviewers should be a no-brainer; careful review should include replicating the analysis and as such necessitates access to the data.
With... |
19,332 | I have an old wireless router, and I mean stone age old (5 years). There is nothing wrong technically with the router, it serves my wireless needs at home but it is really darn old. A search on Belkin's site for F5D7230-4 actually turns up a different old model so I scrounged up this old review for you to get a sense o... | 2009/08/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/19332",
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] | I completely agree with [**@cwrea**](https://superuser.com/questions/19332/should-i-upgrade-my-old-wireless-router/19334#19334) - if it only supports older, less secure protocols, it's time to upgrade.
You mention you're using WPA-PSK, which is version 1. The only reason not to upgrade to WPA2 is if some of your devic... | If your router uses only [WPA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access) (Wi-Fi Protected Access) version 1, or worse [WEP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy) (Wired Equivalent Privacy), then yes, **it is time to upgrade your wireless router** to something that can do WPA2. Both of the ea... |
19,332 | I have an old wireless router, and I mean stone age old (5 years). There is nothing wrong technically with the router, it serves my wireless needs at home but it is really darn old. A search on Belkin's site for F5D7230-4 actually turns up a different old model so I scrounged up this old review for you to get a sense o... | 2009/08/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/19332",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3427/"
] | If your router uses only [WPA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access) (Wi-Fi Protected Access) version 1, or worse [WEP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy) (Wired Equivalent Privacy), then yes, **it is time to upgrade your wireless router** to something that can do WPA2. Both of the ea... | Don't know why people insist on "wireless security". While this wireless technology is broadcasting (rather than some future wireless technology which might be point to point curved in space - picture a ether-cable if you will), there is no real secure way to do it. Plus what's to worry about?
If you really want to se... |
19,332 | I have an old wireless router, and I mean stone age old (5 years). There is nothing wrong technically with the router, it serves my wireless needs at home but it is really darn old. A search on Belkin's site for F5D7230-4 actually turns up a different old model so I scrounged up this old review for you to get a sense o... | 2009/08/07 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/19332",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3427/"
] | I completely agree with [**@cwrea**](https://superuser.com/questions/19332/should-i-upgrade-my-old-wireless-router/19334#19334) - if it only supports older, less secure protocols, it's time to upgrade.
You mention you're using WPA-PSK, which is version 1. The only reason not to upgrade to WPA2 is if some of your devic... | Don't know why people insist on "wireless security". While this wireless technology is broadcasting (rather than some future wireless technology which might be point to point curved in space - picture a ether-cable if you will), there is no real secure way to do it. Plus what's to worry about?
If you really want to se... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
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] | Use the most powerful spell in the history of Pathfinder!
[**Prestidigitation!**](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/prestidigitation.html)
That spell allows you to chill 1 pound of non-living material.
If your GM allows it, using the custom magic item rules, you could make a box which would be p... | Similar to Léon's answer, though without requiring knowledge of the Prestidigitation spell, you can simply have your players encounter a merchant selling a "bag of colding" (or have them be given one by the quest giver).
I first heard of this concept while watching the Critical Role 5E (née Pathfinder) series of D&D o... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
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] | Use the most powerful spell in the history of Pathfinder!
[**Prestidigitation!**](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/prestidigitation.html)
That spell allows you to chill 1 pound of non-living material.
If your GM allows it, using the custom magic item rules, you could make a box which would be p... | A box of sawdust.
"the ice was covered with sawdust. Ice was delivered to as far away as India"
<https://insulation.org/io/articles/a-history-of-refrigeration/>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)> |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | Use the most powerful spell in the history of Pathfinder!
[**Prestidigitation!**](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/prestidigitation.html)
That spell allows you to chill 1 pound of non-living material.
If your GM allows it, using the custom magic item rules, you could make a box which would be p... | **Brown mold in an unbreakable container**
[Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) removes heat, so use it to shield your ice cream.
Your only challenge is to put it in a container that won't rupture when the mold tries to grow u... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/38710/"
] | Use the most powerful spell in the history of Pathfinder!
[**Prestidigitation!**](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/coreRulebook/spells/prestidigitation.html)
That spell allows you to chill 1 pound of non-living material.
If your GM allows it, using the custom magic item rules, you could make a box which would be p... | Seal some [Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) in a container and put that container inside a larger, insulated container for your ice cream. The cost is the cost of the containers plus the cost of the brown mold (free if you can... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | A box of sawdust.
"the ice was covered with sawdust. Ice was delivered to as far away as India"
<https://insulation.org/io/articles/a-history-of-refrigeration/>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)> | Similar to Léon's answer, though without requiring knowledge of the Prestidigitation spell, you can simply have your players encounter a merchant selling a "bag of colding" (or have them be given one by the quest giver).
I first heard of this concept while watching the Critical Role 5E (née Pathfinder) series of D&D o... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/38710/"
] | **Brown mold in an unbreakable container**
[Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) removes heat, so use it to shield your ice cream.
Your only challenge is to put it in a container that won't rupture when the mold tries to grow u... | Similar to Léon's answer, though without requiring knowledge of the Prestidigitation spell, you can simply have your players encounter a merchant selling a "bag of colding" (or have them be given one by the quest giver).
I first heard of this concept while watching the Critical Role 5E (née Pathfinder) series of D&D o... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/38710/"
] | Seal some [Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) in a container and put that container inside a larger, insulated container for your ice cream. The cost is the cost of the containers plus the cost of the brown mold (free if you can... | Similar to Léon's answer, though without requiring knowledge of the Prestidigitation spell, you can simply have your players encounter a merchant selling a "bag of colding" (or have them be given one by the quest giver).
I first heard of this concept while watching the Critical Role 5E (née Pathfinder) series of D&D o... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/38710/"
] | A box of sawdust.
"the ice was covered with sawdust. Ice was delivered to as far away as India"
<https://insulation.org/io/articles/a-history-of-refrigeration/>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)> | Seal some [Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) in a container and put that container inside a larger, insulated container for your ice cream. The cost is the cost of the containers plus the cost of the brown mold (free if you can... |
104,980 | I'm going to the Elemental Plane of Fire, and I don't want my ice cream to melt. What's the least expensive and most portable method to keep my ice cream consistently intact? | 2017/08/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/104980",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/38710/"
] | **Brown mold in an unbreakable container**
[Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) removes heat, so use it to shield your ice cream.
Your only challenge is to put it in a container that won't rupture when the mold tries to grow u... | Seal some [Brown Mold](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/traps-hazards-and-special-terrains/hazards/special-hazards/brown-mold-cr-2/) in a container and put that container inside a larger, insulated container for your ice cream. The cost is the cost of the containers plus the cost of the brown mold (free if you can... |
8,872,203 | I need to decide whether I should use GL\_UNSIGNED\_SHORT or GL\_FLOAT for my (static) VBO for vertices. Shorts use 2 times less memory but does it also reduce rendering speed (because the GPU has to convert them to floats)? Same thing for texture coordinates, I could use GL\_UNSIGNED\_BYTE for smaller textures and GL\... | 2012/01/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8872203",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/704907/"
] | For any modern hardware (DX10-capable or better), you can assume that attribute reading performance is always dominated by the memory access, not by the transformation from integer to float. Essentially it is *free*.
This is mostly true of DX9-class hardware too, but some hardware has certain vertex formats that it do... | Converting a short to a float should be a pretty cheap operation. I would *think* that the savings in memory bandwidth would outweigh the extra processing cost.
But without actually testing it, this remains nothing but a wild guess. |
118,187 | So [this question](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/89124/what-is-the-difference-between-yell-and-scream/89159?s=1|0.3474#89159) gives an answer to the difference between *yell* and *scream*, but I'd also like clarification about *shout* and *cry*, which have to be linked with the other two. Whatever the case wh... | 2017/02/03 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/118187",
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"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/42888/"
] | "Shout" and "yell" are more or less synonymous. Other than style or poetry ([and a few idiomatic expressions](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/shout)), I can't think of any reason why you couldn't use one in place of the other.
A "scream" includes a shrill note that indicates extreme emotion. [This is the infamous ... | *yell* - You *yell* typically when you want attention or are trying to be heard over noise or a distance. *Yelling* is typically directed at or for someone/something specific. You can *yell for* someone to try to get someone's attention or them to come to you.
*shout* - You *shout* at someone when you want them to hea... |
6,832 | I'm looking for a storage solution for small files that would be moved into a small sensor running arduino-like processor.
Ideally the single memory unit would be cheap (in 1-10 cents range), but the memory can be very limited (several megabytes).
The closest I've got so far is small SD Memory card, but the smallest ... | 2015/01/03 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/6832",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/6519/"
] | I assume that, if this is a cost sensitive item, you need a reliable supply of multiples (so looking for small SD cards on e-bay isn't a viable solution).
Does it need to be non-volatile storage? If it does't you may be able to find small 8-bit wide RAM chips at a pretty good price. If it needs to be non-volatile, you... | On ebay you can buy 2nd hand Nokia SD cards from old mobile phones which are 128MB or so and very cheap. |
123,336 | How can I see a video loaded in the background at any angle?
not only in the view of the camera or left right up down | 2018/11/23 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/123336",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
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] | Without using additional geometry or compositing, you can use the image as background for the world. Set the Texture coordinates to Window.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/blzHI.png) | The question isn't very clear, but if you are looking to view your object at different angles, press down on your scroll wheel and you should be able to see at all different angles. |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | There are things that are discovered, and things that are invented. The boundary is put at different places by different people. I put myself on the list and I believe that my position is objectively justifiable, and others are not.
### Definitely discovered: finite stuff
By probabilistic considerations, I am sure th... | I think the words "invention" and "discovery" are a bit poor to describe the birth of mathematic if there is one. It makes no sense to me to say mathematic has appeared as when Christophe Colomb discovered America or was invented as the boomerang.
The word mathematics might have been invented, the language in which t... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | I'm going to posit, admittedly without any research whatsoever about those who've preceded these thoughts, that **an "invention" is a *kind* of "discovery,"** and that whether a thing qualifies as an invention is—yup, you saw it coming—*subjective*.
For example, we might say that the wheel was "invented" on grounds of... | My view on it is that Mathematics is a system invented by humans to represent things we otherwise can or cannot perceive. For example, we can perceive an object through vision and know it's a triangle, however, our vision alone does not tell us the length of the legs of the triangle. We need math to represent that for ... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | My elementary math lecturer likes to say
>
> God created the number 0, and the [successor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successor_function). The rest was invented by mankind.
>
>
>
I think there is some truth in this quote, even if you don't believe in God. So to answer your question: I'd say that the very basis ... | From a Neo-Intuitionist perspective, to the degree mathematics is invented, it is still discovered.
Did we invent, or discover the consonant 't'? We discovered that our mouths reasonably make that sound, across a wide swath of our species. But we decided that this was an important thing, and in so doing, we invented t... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/1",
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] | My personal point of view is that mathematicians *invented* the axioms and the rules of operation, the rest are *discovered*. Mathematicians *invented* the notations for writing down the concepts which are *discovered* within the universe of an axiom.
The concept of numbers exists, but we invent the notation that the ... | Mathematics is normative. That is clear when one reads Euclid and Lobachevsky in juxtaposition, or Euclid and Descartes, or Euclid and Leibniz or Newton, or Leibniz and Newton and Dedekind, or Dedekind and Canton, or Canton and Godel, etc., etc.. Geometry is clearly normative, as we have different geometries (although ... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | Mathematics is a lot of things: there are basic/complex entities/structures, proof strategies, algorithms, formal manipulations... in order to try to answer your question I think we should make some distinctions between different matematical entities/activities where the "creative" part of the thought is more or less r... | My view on it is that Mathematics is a system invented by humans to represent things we otherwise can or cannot perceive. For example, we can perceive an object through vision and know it's a triangle, however, our vision alone does not tell us the length of the legs of the triangle. We need math to represent that for ... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/1",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm going to posit, admittedly without any research whatsoever about those who've preceded these thoughts, that **an "invention" is a *kind* of "discovery,"** and that whether a thing qualifies as an invention is—yup, you saw it coming—*subjective*.
For example, we might say that the wheel was "invented" on grounds of... | I consider an answer too simple if it just affirms one of the alternatives and negates the other.
Naming just a few eminent contributions to mathematics: Complex numbers, set theory, theory of schemes. E.g., the concept of a set has been invented by Cantor, it did not exists before. After the basic concepts like set, ... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | This is a serious question and it is the same as saying: is the knowledge in mathematics universal or a human construct?
Pi (the number, regardless of its base) and many other things are universals, mathematics are discovered to that extent. Then they can be used to formalise inventions that may prove to be wrong, rig... | Mathematics is normative. That is clear when one reads Euclid and Lobachevsky in juxtaposition, or Euclid and Descartes, or Euclid and Leibniz or Newton, or Leibniz and Newton and Dedekind, or Dedekind and Canton, or Canton and Godel, etc., etc.. Geometry is clearly normative, as we have different geometries (although ... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | First, Quine:
"..[If externally true] the definitions [of mathematical laws] would generate all the concepts from clear and distinct ideas, and the proofs would generate all the theorems from self-evident truths."
"...the truths of logic are all obvious or at least potentially obvious..[but] mathematics reduces only to... | If only we would get the question right, we may be able to get the right answer. The problem is, is invention discovery or creation? As a seven times patented inventor, I will tell you that invention is, at least to a great extent, discovery. As my patent agent explained, what is invented is a "method", a way of gettin... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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Naming just a few eminent contributions to mathematics: Complex numbers, set theory, theory of schemes. E.g., the concept of a set has been invented by Cantor, it did not exists before. After the basic concepts like set, ... | Every mathematician can only discover mathematics.
Yet, mathematics is an invention.
And this is no contradiction.
Mathematics is fundamentally dependent on the human mind, and more particularly on human deductive logic and on the human perception of the real world, so it is a sort of invention of the homo sapiens s... |
1 | What would it mean to say that mathematics was invented and how would this be different from saying mathematics was discovered?
Is this even a serious philosophical question or just a meaningless/tautological linguistic ambiguity? | 2011/06/07 | [
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] | First, Quine:
"..[If externally true] the definitions [of mathematical laws] would generate all the concepts from clear and distinct ideas, and the proofs would generate all the theorems from self-evident truths."
"...the truths of logic are all obvious or at least potentially obvious..[but] mathematics reduces only to... | I think it's hard to say. If you believe that mathematics has been discovered, you must assume that "something" is out there, something we can interact with, of which we have been unable to prove existence so far.
However, even assuming that there are ideas out there, I believe that there is no reason to think that h... |
878 | Recently I invited one of my colleagues to CS.SE to improve her ideas while doing cognitive neuroscience research in the graduate school. I usually use **StackOverFlow** website more and get answers very quickly there. I also used Stats.SE and get good results. But I feel that the community here is not as lively as the... | 2014/05/02 | [
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] | "Bad" is a relative term.
Duplicates should be ammended with a link to the supposed duplicates. I have often asked questions (here and especially on SO), that were rated to be duplicates, where the supposed duplicate had a decisively different angle and the answers did not help me, or where I simply did not find the d... | I have minimum rep and so have little "right" to respond here. But I do like and care about cognitive sciences and was excited to see that there was a SE site for it.
On English Language and Usage, the site is what I consider appropriately moderated. Questions showing no research are down voted and bad questions close... |
7,227,962 | I read about NEsper a lot & I tried the example code.
I have some questions :
1. it is an event proccessor engine, how it gets the events?
2. Where it saves the data?
3. when it polls it?
4. Who polls it?
5. I downloaded a project for example, big project, If I want to use NEsper I have to use the project? I have to b... | 2011/08/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7227962",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/917461/"
] | I worked with the Java implementation of Esper last year. Nesper is the implementation for .NET of the same product. Basically,
1. It is in brief, a library for event processing, I would not call it engine though. Events can be passed to your implementation from any source you want, generally you encapsulate data (as... | extending above answer.
>
> Where it saves the data?
>
>
>
based on pattern (window) you use, Esper will keep some data in memory.
What will happen if your machine/application will restart? Esper will lose state (in memory cache data). For that Esper provides license [EsperHA](http://www.espertech.com/esperha/),... |
17,752,907 | **What is the workflow on devices when the Play Store updates an app? What happens if the user is using the app at the same time?**
I ask because we have some crashes where a String ID cannot be found, and when we looked at the APKs the String resource is available in both versions - but the hex ID reported in the cra... | 2013/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17752907",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/497400/"
] | From what I could find in researching this, it seems as though the App *needs* to be closed in order for the files to be reachable for update. Once closed, Google Play updates only the changed pieces of the apk to save time and cost.
There are several forum posts I have found that teach you how to rollback app option... | If the user is using the app at the same time it's updating the app the linux filesystem allows for the behavior described above. A process holding a file open (think the app executable while the app is running) will keep the executable image in memory even if the executable on disk has been updated. What this allows i... |
17,752,907 | **What is the workflow on devices when the Play Store updates an app? What happens if the user is using the app at the same time?**
I ask because we have some crashes where a String ID cannot be found, and when we looked at the APKs the String resource is available in both versions - but the hex ID reported in the cra... | 2013/07/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17752907",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/497400/"
] | From what I could find in researching this, it seems as though the App *needs* to be closed in order for the files to be reachable for update. Once closed, Google Play updates only the changed pieces of the apk to save time and cost.
There are several forum posts I have found that teach you how to rollback app option... | I remember encountering an issue like this one - the issue in my situation was that we were storing resource ids (and even serialized enumerated values) via user preferences. Once our app was updated (new enumerated values, new resources), old values were loaded from user preferences and passed into code, resulting in ... |
35,126 | I am just getting started with adobe illustrator CS5 bulding logos. I often see people presenting it as mockups on walls, business cards or more than one logo which can be navigated through.
How do it do that using Adobe illustrator or I need Photoshop ?
Regards
Vishy | 2014/06/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/35126",
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] | They have pre made photoshop templates to create these super realistic mockups you see. Some you have to purchase but many are available for free. You will need both photoshop and illustrator.
A great resource is www.graphicburger.com
These are a great idea because it gives the client an idea of what the final produ... | its great that you are starting to use adobe Illustrator!
for creating logos, you are already on the right track. If you want to use your logos to create business cards or mockup designs using your logos, it is best using Photoshop if you have it.
You can first save you logo from illustrator either in an eps or pdf ... |
17,204 | I have read about convergence in terms of MC simulation for derivative pricing, but I am not clear on what it exactly means.
Let us suppose I price an option 100,000 paths twice and both result in the same option price. Does that mean 100,000 paths has resulted in convergence?
Also, in determining the number of paths ... | 2015/04/01 | [
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] | To keep things simple let's assume you have a perfect random number generator (i.e. I will discuss only the statistics not the numerics of the problem). I will also focus on the practical matter and gloss over some mathematical details.
From a practical perspective "convergence" means that you will never get an exact... | "Monte Carlo convergence" means that you've sampled enough individuals to represent (and understand) a general population. If the probability models behind your Monte Carlo simulation are accurate, then your results will match reality as you increase your sampling size.
Monte Carlo convergence becomes difficult when y... |
17,204 | I have read about convergence in terms of MC simulation for derivative pricing, but I am not clear on what it exactly means.
Let us suppose I price an option 100,000 paths twice and both result in the same option price. Does that mean 100,000 paths has resulted in convergence?
Also, in determining the number of paths ... | 2015/04/01 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/17204",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/13648/"
] | To keep things simple let's assume you have a perfect random number generator (i.e. I will discuss only the statistics not the numerics of the problem). I will also focus on the practical matter and gloss over some mathematical details.
From a practical perspective "convergence" means that you will never get an exact... | With Monte Carlo, which is nothing more than a numerical method to approximate a definite integral, convergence to K significant digits using N samples means that you will obtain the same K significant digits regardless of the random number sequence used for the N samples.
When you say that you obtained the same optio... |
367,970 | I am trying to make a circuit that slowly discharges a multi cell lithium battery to storage voltage. I already have a comparator circuit that can turn on or off discharging. I want to support 2s to 6s batteries so we are talking about voltages ranging anywhere from 7.6v to 25.2v. I am shooting for 500mw of power dissi... | 2018/04/11 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/367970",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/185435/"
] | The type of PTC you need is a ceramic one, I don't think the polymer "polyfuse" type are suitable. PTC ceramics [were commonly used](http://www.extra.research.philips.com/hera/people/aarts/_Philips%20Bound%20Archive/PTechReview/PTechReview-30-1969-170.pdf) as fairly constant temperature heaters, and probably still are ... | I'd use a LM239 or any other cheap dual comparator with open collector outputs.
Comparator #1 with a cheap voltage reference/LDO and a resistor divider to set the discharge voltage.
Comparator #2 with a thermistor as temperature sensor makes a thermostat.
Open collector outputs are joined together, creating a logic ... |
8,603,063 | I need an advice from someone who already faced my problem.
I have an over 10 mil. records \*.txt file to import into a new table. First, I was looking to find some "expert advices" regarding the best choice for the table Engine.
Unfortunately I've found 50% opinions for InnoDB and 50% opinions for MyISAM. From your... | 2011/12/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8603063",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1076504/"
] | Go SQlite, and investigate Apple's [CoreData](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/cocoa/conceptual/coredata/cdprogrammingguide.html) as an option as it's backed by sqlite and a very complete package for database storage within an iOS app.
If you want to interact with the sqlite database directly che... | Without a doubt, use SQLite. Its performance will always beat simple JSON reading. |
44,910,906 | There is an error handling procedure that I need to write up in a module that will be called from other programs bound to the module when there is a program error. This needs to include the statement to take a DUMP. My question is suppose the call to this procedure goes from program A to Module B (to which A is bound t... | 2017/07/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44910906",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | The DUMP opcode dumps the values for the variables in automatic storage for all the procedures in the module, but the values listed in the dump are only valid if the procedure is active.
So if you want the dump to show the correct values for the automatic variables in the called procedure, you should do the DUMP from ... | From [the manual](https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_72/rzasd/zzdump.htm)
>
> The DUMP operation provides a dump (all fields, all files, indicators, data structures, arrays, and tables
> defined) of the module.
>
>
>
So you'd want the DUMP op-code and related error handling in each module invo... |
880,087 | I know target="\_blank" is supposed to make the thing open in a new window, and for some browsers, like FF3, it will actually make it open in a new tab. Is there a way to exercise more control over this behavior as a developer? | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/880087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/83898/"
] | According to <https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Window.open>, """
**How do I open a referenced resource of a link in a new tab? or in a specific tab?**
Currently, you can not. Only the user can set his advanced preferences to do that. K-meleon 1.1, a Mozilla-based browser, gives complete control and power to the user r... | Whether something targeted to "\_blank" opens to a new tab or window is a browser/user specific option settable in most new tab supported browsers. There is no way to target a tab yet. |
880,087 | I know target="\_blank" is supposed to make the thing open in a new window, and for some browsers, like FF3, it will actually make it open in a new tab. Is there a way to exercise more control over this behavior as a developer? | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/880087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/83898/"
] | According to <https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Window.open>, """
**How do I open a referenced resource of a link in a new tab? or in a specific tab?**
Currently, you can not. Only the user can set his advanced preferences to do that. K-meleon 1.1, a Mozilla-based browser, gives complete control and power to the user r... | Currently the final decision on how to open a link is in the hands of the user and their browser.
Also, I wouldn't be too happy if a developer overrode my choice in the way that you are describing. I only ever want one browser window open at a time, and do not want child windows to appear. Other people feel much the o... |
880,087 | I know target="\_blank" is supposed to make the thing open in a new window, and for some browsers, like FF3, it will actually make it open in a new tab. Is there a way to exercise more control over this behavior as a developer? | 2009/05/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/880087",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/83898/"
] | Currently the final decision on how to open a link is in the hands of the user and their browser.
Also, I wouldn't be too happy if a developer overrode my choice in the way that you are describing. I only ever want one browser window open at a time, and do not want child windows to appear. Other people feel much the o... | Whether something targeted to "\_blank" opens to a new tab or window is a browser/user specific option settable in most new tab supported browsers. There is no way to target a tab yet. |
24,838 | In episode one, when Baltar is seduced by what turns out to be a Cylon in the form of a human, the Cylon's spine glows red and shines through her skin. Was this just a special effect for the benefit of the TV audience? Do any or all of the other human looking Cylons in the 2004 series suffer from this give away indicat... | 2012/10/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24838",
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"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | I don't believe this is ever specifically given a reason. However there are two occurrences as far as I can recall:
The first is with Baltar and number 6, who are apparently deeply in love.
The next is with Boomer and Helo, who again are both apparently deeply in love.
Since the human Cylons were designed to not be ... | I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that it wasn't a literal depiction so much as a story-telling device meant for the audience. This show was very serious throughout its run, even grim... they weren't doing goofy stuff and breaking the 4th wall or anything like that, and so I know that it might be difficult fo... |
24,838 | In episode one, when Baltar is seduced by what turns out to be a Cylon in the form of a human, the Cylon's spine glows red and shines through her skin. Was this just a special effect for the benefit of the TV audience? Do any or all of the other human looking Cylons in the 2004 series suffer from this give away indicat... | 2012/10/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24838",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | I don't believe this is ever specifically given a reason. However there are two occurrences as far as I can recall:
The first is with Baltar and number 6, who are apparently deeply in love.
The next is with Boomer and Helo, who again are both apparently deeply in love.
Since the human Cylons were designed to not be ... | According to the [official novelisation](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2005_Novel)), the glow was into various spectra that couldn't be seen with the naked eye. There's no special indication *why* her spine was glowing, other than it grew with her "sexual fervor", suggesting a physiological re... |
24,838 | In episode one, when Baltar is seduced by what turns out to be a Cylon in the form of a human, the Cylon's spine glows red and shines through her skin. Was this just a special effect for the benefit of the TV audience? Do any or all of the other human looking Cylons in the 2004 series suffer from this give away indicat... | 2012/10/17 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24838",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/4356/"
] | I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that it wasn't a literal depiction so much as a story-telling device meant for the audience. This show was very serious throughout its run, even grim... they weren't doing goofy stuff and breaking the 4th wall or anything like that, and so I know that it might be difficult fo... | According to the [official novelisation](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2005_Novel)), the glow was into various spectra that couldn't be seen with the naked eye. There's no special indication *why* her spine was glowing, other than it grew with her "sexual fervor", suggesting a physiological re... |
5,333 | I am a TA for complexity theory course. I want to explain the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) to undergraduate students. They have done algorithm and theory of computation course. They know about SAT problem, with brute force algorithms to solve SAT. I have explained the ETH hypothesis in less than half hour.
One wa... | 2018/12/30 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/5333",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/6393/"
] | It seems that you are aiming to convey the significance of disproving ETH? If you're looking to leave some impression, it's always better to show rather than tell.
I think your students need to see some examples of practical areas and difficult problems that efficiently reduce to SAT. If you can demonstrate to them th... | I'm not sure I understand your dilemma, especially for the students you describe. Many computational problems can be shown to be "reducible" to others using a sub exponential (usually polynomial) run time algorithm. That is to say, a solution to one of these problems can be transformed into a solution of a different pr... |
192,820 | Is something wrong with StackOverflow's spam filter? Recently there have been huge numbers of spam topics related to football streaming. They have all been spam flagged and deleted but there are more getting posted all the time, I just flagged another 6 or so a few minutes ago. This has been going on for around 3 days ... | 2013/08/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/192820",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/226630/"
] | We're trying to get better at keeping this at bay. The problem affects all sites that see any kind of traffic, some more than others. I can't go into very much detail because frankly, there isn't a whole lot of detail that belongs to an agreed implementation at this point.
However ....
A big mistake we have made in t... | The spam is not new. Drupal Answers was hit **really** hard with it starting in Dec/Jan. Other sites have had it bad, too (Ask Ubuntu was one). The SE team has done a fantastic job with the automatic filters, but the spam evolves rather often, so automatic blocking isn't effective for long.
The proper course of action... |
128,261 | Sometimes when I read I notice that some authors say **"the first time"** while others say **"for the first time"**. Of course mostly in different situations but is there a difference? What does the preposition change?
1. I have done it the first time in my life.
2. I have done it for the first time in my life.
Or
1... | 2017/05/02 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/128261",
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] | You cannot use the present perfect with a time phrase that excludes the present, which *the first time* does, unlike *for the first time*.
"The first time" requires the past tense.
>
> I drove a car the first time at age 16.
>
>
> I drove a car for the first time at age 16.
>
>
> WooHoo! I have driven a car for... | This question has confused me for a long time. In my opinion (I am not a native speaker of English):
**the first time** can be used as conjunction, while **for the first time** can only be used as adverse:
>
> The first time *I saw him*, he was wearing a black coat.
>
>
> For the first time I *saw* him wearing a b... |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | scofflaw : –noun
1.
a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
2.
a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices.
<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scofflaw> | How about *Rebel*? Rebels resist convention. |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | For one-worders, I like @Robusto's "self-important" and @Nick's "presumptuous."
I'll add "inconsiderate," since I don't see that it's been added yet.
I've also described people with similar tendencies as "having an unjustified sense of entitlement," though I usually leave out "unjustified."
"scofflaw" is a fine wor... | He's a *loose cannon*:
>
> an unpredictable or uncontrolled
> person who is likely to cause
> unintentional damage.
>
>
>
-New Oxford American
>
> a person whose reckless behavior
> endangers the efforts or welfare of
> others.
>
>
>
-Dictionary.com
(My initial answer was going to be *[maverick](http:/... |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | He's a *loose cannon*:
>
> an unpredictable or uncontrolled
> person who is likely to cause
> unintentional damage.
>
>
>
-New Oxford American
>
> a person whose reckless behavior
> endangers the efforts or welfare of
> others.
>
>
>
-Dictionary.com
(My initial answer was going to be *[maverick](http:/... | May be a bit extreme but: *psychopath* or *megalomaniac* |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
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] | What—nobody thought of "pompous"? [From Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pompous):
>
> pompous - having or exhibiting self-importance : arrogant
>
>
> | May be a bit extreme but: *psychopath* or *megalomaniac* |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | For one-worders, I like @Robusto's "self-important" and @Nick's "presumptuous."
I'll add "inconsiderate," since I don't see that it's been added yet.
I've also described people with similar tendencies as "having an unjustified sense of entitlement," though I usually leave out "unjustified."
"scofflaw" is a fine wor... | Perhaps **solipsist** might work here? |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | Insensitive? Insensible? Callous, as in "callous disregard"? | What about just *selfish*? He certainly seems so. |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | What about *misfit* since you said 'rules doesn't apply to him'? | I kind of like "self-important gadfly", but that's just me. "Gadfly" can have positive connotations when not qualified. |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | You can use *egocentric*, or *egocentristic*. | What about just *selfish*? He certainly seems so. |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | He's a *loose cannon*:
>
> an unpredictable or uncontrolled
> person who is likely to cause
> unintentional damage.
>
>
>
-New Oxford American
>
> a person whose reckless behavior
> endangers the efforts or welfare of
> others.
>
>
>
-Dictionary.com
(My initial answer was going to be *[maverick](http:/... | How about *prima donna*, one who thinks the rules apply to others and not them. |
16,850 | I'm trying to write a letter to the editor of my local paper about their report of a man who doesn't think the rules apply to him. Is there a word for this? He's a bit of an egoist, demanding to speak at city council meetings after the public hearing portion of the meeting has been closed. | 2011/03/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16850",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/3546/"
] | Deluded, entitled, overgrown spoilt brat. | Perhaps **solipsist** might work here? |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
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] | The Eastern Han dynasty was an empire that was founded in 25 A.D. and can be considered as a recreation of the Western Han dynasty. The founder of the Eastern Han dynasty: Emperor Guangwu was a descendant of Emperor Jin of the Western Han dynasty. The Western Han dynasty was dissolved by Wang Mang who created the Xin d... | The state Qin conquered and unified all the warring states of China, and formed the first Chinese Empire in 221 BC befoe falling in about 207 BC. The Qin statea nd governmentwas totally destoryed, and various rebel groups ruled different parts of China.
One could claim that Han Dyanasty China from 202 BC to 220 AD was... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The Eastern Han dynasty was an empire that was founded in 25 A.D. and can be considered as a recreation of the Western Han dynasty. The founder of the Eastern Han dynasty: Emperor Guangwu was a descendant of Emperor Jin of the Western Han dynasty. The Western Han dynasty was dissolved by Wang Mang who created the Xin d... | The [Second Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate) was founded in 682 CE, about 50 years after the end of the [First (Eastern) Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate).
The [German Reich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Reich)
was founded in 1871, abo... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The Eastern Han dynasty was an empire that was founded in 25 A.D. and can be considered as a recreation of the Western Han dynasty. The founder of the Eastern Han dynasty: Emperor Guangwu was a descendant of Emperor Jin of the Western Han dynasty. The Western Han dynasty was dissolved by Wang Mang who created the Xin d... | The **[Ottoman Sultanate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire)** was established sometime around 1300-1330 (the periodization is complicated because it evolved out of an existing, expanding beylik under [Osman I Ghazi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I); it's not clear when exactly they first started claim... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) fractured into several states after the Fourth Crusade.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1UWkV.jpg)
Map of the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lat... | The state Qin conquered and unified all the warring states of China, and formed the first Chinese Empire in 221 BC befoe falling in about 207 BC. The Qin statea nd governmentwas totally destoryed, and various rebel groups ruled different parts of China.
One could claim that Han Dyanasty China from 202 BC to 220 AD was... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) fractured into several states after the Fourth Crusade.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1UWkV.jpg)
Map of the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lat... | The [Second Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate) was founded in 682 CE, about 50 years after the end of the [First (Eastern) Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate).
The [German Reich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Reich)
was founded in 1871, abo... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) fractured into several states after the Fourth Crusade.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1UWkV.jpg)
Map of the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade from [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lat... | The **[Ottoman Sultanate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire)** was established sometime around 1300-1330 (the periodization is complicated because it evolved out of an existing, expanding beylik under [Osman I Ghazi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I); it's not clear when exactly they first started claim... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The state Qin conquered and unified all the warring states of China, and formed the first Chinese Empire in 221 BC befoe falling in about 207 BC. The Qin statea nd governmentwas totally destoryed, and various rebel groups ruled different parts of China.
One could claim that Han Dyanasty China from 202 BC to 220 AD was... | The [Second Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate) was founded in 682 CE, about 50 years after the end of the [First (Eastern) Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate).
The [German Reich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Reich)
was founded in 1871, abo... |
68,444 | This is all horribly nebulous, and I understand it.
But are there any examples in history, when any existing empire had dissolved and was afterwards recreated to more or less the same territory it occupied during its peak for any meaningful period of time (let's say 50+ years)?
I welcome suggestions about how to make... | 2022/03/02 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/68444",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27293/"
] | The **[Ottoman Sultanate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire)** was established sometime around 1300-1330 (the periodization is complicated because it evolved out of an existing, expanding beylik under [Osman I Ghazi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_I); it's not clear when exactly they first started claim... | The [Second Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Turkic_Khaganate) was founded in 682 CE, about 50 years after the end of the [First (Eastern) Turkic Empire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Turkic_Khaganate).
The [German Reich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Reich)
was founded in 1871, abo... |
12,119,171 | I am designing a software in Python and I was getting little curious about whether there is any time differences when popping out items from a dictionary of very small lengths and when popping out items from a dictionary of very large length or it is same in all cases. | 2012/08/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12119171",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1599825/"
] | You can easily answer this question for yourself using the `timeit` module. But the entire point of a dictionary is near-instant access to any desired element by key, so I would not *expect* to have a large difference between the two scenarios. | Check out this article on Python [TimeComplexity](http://wiki.python.org/moin/TimeComplexity):
>
> The Average Case times listed for dict objects assume that the hash
> function for the objects is sufficiently robust to make collisions
> uncommon. The Average Case assumes the keys used in parameters are
> selected... |
532,415 | I am currently reading my text, for my electromagnetics course, and we are discussing guided waves. The text casually mentions the term "guided modes", and never really defines what that means. | 2020/11/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/532415",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/252083/"
] | A *mode* is a configuration of the electromagnetic field that is stable as the system evolves in time according to Maxwell's equations. Mathematically, it's an eigenstate of the differential equations and boundary conditions describing the system.
A guided mode is a mode that is confined within a guiding structure of ... | I would typically use "guided mode" to refer to a mode moving down a waveguide. For example, the LP01 mode of an optical fiber would be a guided mode. The opposite of a guided mode would be a mode in free space.
There may be other uses depending on context however. |
43,018,962 | I am working on project using Java and I'm looking for open source library to parse swift messages: ISO 15022 and 20022.
for 15022 I already find a solution which is Prowidesoftware, but for 20022 I didn't find anything.
any ideas?
thanks. | 2017/03/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43018962",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7731093/"
] | **November 2020 Update:**
The Prowide ISO 20022 library is now **open source**.
Distributed with Apache license and including features for:
* Java model for ISO 20022 MX (for example: MxPacs00800109 class, for all MX categories)
* Parser from XML into Java model
* Builder API from Java to ISO 20022 XML
* Conversion t... | We have searched a lot for this about a year ago, but could not find, so we have made our own parser using XPath.It is a tiresome job, but will be helpful in understanding the structure more closely. |
511 | The purpose of this question is to get a clear policy about [reading-order](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading-order "show questions tagged 'reading-order'") questions.
There have been instances where reading order questions have been closed because ["there doesn't seem to be any connection... | 2017/02/22 | [
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/511",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Reading order questions are a chance for us to offer practical, experience-based advice on how best to approach specific sections of the material this site is about. Obviously they should adhere to [good subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/), of course, and should support their... | **I think [reading-order](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading-order "show questions tagged 'reading-order'") posts should be in-scope if there is reason to assume that there should be an order to read books in.**
The easiest case is obviously where all the books are in the same universe. Howe... |
511 | The purpose of this question is to get a clear policy about [reading-order](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading-order "show questions tagged 'reading-order'") questions.
There have been instances where reading order questions have been closed because ["there doesn't seem to be any connection... | 2017/02/22 | [
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/511",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Don't ask for a recommended reading order, ask for things that inform a choice of reading order
===============================================================================================
Let me back up a bit. **Why do people want to ask about reading order in the first place?** In 99% of the cases, you can't poss... | **I think [reading-order](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading-order "show questions tagged 'reading-order'") posts should be in-scope if there is reason to assume that there should be an order to read books in.**
The easiest case is obviously where all the books are in the same universe. Howe... |
511 | The purpose of this question is to get a clear policy about [reading-order](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reading-order "show questions tagged 'reading-order'") questions.
There have been instances where reading order questions have been closed because ["there doesn't seem to be any connection... | 2017/02/22 | [
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/511",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Reading order questions are a chance for us to offer practical, experience-based advice on how best to approach specific sections of the material this site is about. Obviously they should adhere to [good subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/), of course, and should support their... | I think there are actually two classes of questions that might both be asked as "reading order" questions:
1. Questions about linked series of books (or plays, poems, etc.). These are the types of reading/viewing order questions we're used to seeing on SFF. For these it's clear that there is some factual basis for ans... |
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