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58,624 | For instance:
* Are there specific questions to ask an overseas employer that might
not be relevant for someone in your country/city?
* What types of things should an applicant look for in preparation?
* Are there red flags to watch out for during the interview?
Or, is it basically just like any other interview?
C... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/58624",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/40440/"
] | >
> Are there specific questions to ask an overseas employer that might not be relevant for someone in your country/city?
>
>
>
A couple of things come to mind:
* What strengths does the hiring manager expect an international candidate to bring?
* Conversely, what weaknesses or problems does he foresee and how sh... | This is coming from someone who works overseas for a North American employer. Some of the things that I've seen been asked (and would ask them myself):
* Have you had experiences working with people from different cultures? Please, describe a tough situation you've been through.
* What is your communication proficienc... |
58,624 | For instance:
* Are there specific questions to ask an overseas employer that might
not be relevant for someone in your country/city?
* What types of things should an applicant look for in preparation?
* Are there red flags to watch out for during the interview?
Or, is it basically just like any other interview?
C... | 2015/12/01 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/58624",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/40440/"
] | >
> Are there specific questions to ask an overseas employer that might not be relevant for someone in your country/city?
>
>
>
A couple of things come to mind:
* What strengths does the hiring manager expect an international candidate to bring?
* Conversely, what weaknesses or problems does he foresee and how sh... | In addition to preparing for the employer to ask you about working in other cultures and with different languages, you might want to ask the employer if they have other employees from different countries or who speak different languages. You might also ask about vacation and travel allowances to visit home regularly or... |
11,409 | What I am looking to do, is schedule a copy of data from my production database to my dev/test database.
The dev/test database will be newer than the production database in terms of schema, but the production database has current data. I'm in a bit of a bind as I need to test my database changes against production siz... | 2012/01/23 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/11409",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
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] | Here is what I would recommend:
1. If you do not already do this, create a regular backup process for your production database. To make life simple, make it a full backup and include all database objects (tables/schema/data/users). The Microsoft website has a lot of information on how to achieve this.
2. When you need... | SSIS is probably your best tool for this situation. Create a package performing your copying and schedule it using SQL Agent. You can very easily copy data from one environment to another. You can set it to either redirect or ignore errors and inconsistencies in your copying operations, depending on your need.
I reali... |
11,409 | What I am looking to do, is schedule a copy of data from my production database to my dev/test database.
The dev/test database will be newer than the production database in terms of schema, but the production database has current data. I'm in a bit of a bind as I need to test my database changes against production siz... | 2012/01/23 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/11409",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/5201/"
] | SSIS is probably your best tool for this situation. Create a package performing your copying and schedule it using SQL Agent. You can very easily copy data from one environment to another. You can set it to either redirect or ignore errors and inconsistencies in your copying operations, depending on your need.
I reali... | The best method which I feel is:
1. Create a regular backup process for your production database. To make life simple, make it a full backup and include all database objects (tables/schema/data/users).
2. When you need to update your development / QA environment, restore the production backup into development / QA, th... |
11,409 | What I am looking to do, is schedule a copy of data from my production database to my dev/test database.
The dev/test database will be newer than the production database in terms of schema, but the production database has current data. I'm in a bit of a bind as I need to test my database changes against production siz... | 2012/01/23 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/11409",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/5201/"
] | Here is what I would recommend:
1. If you do not already do this, create a regular backup process for your production database. To make life simple, make it a full backup and include all database objects (tables/schema/data/users). The Microsoft website has a lot of information on how to achieve this.
2. When you need... | The best method which I feel is:
1. Create a regular backup process for your production database. To make life simple, make it a full backup and include all database objects (tables/schema/data/users).
2. When you need to update your development / QA environment, restore the production backup into development / QA, th... |
41,968 | I would use Raspberry PI 2 Model B to stream a PPW web content. That content, alas, are streamed with Silverlight (simply using a browser), with an [Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.mediaset.premiumplay&hl=it), or with a [Windows app](https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/store/apps/premium-play/... | 2016/02/01 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/41968",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com",
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/users/40692/"
] | There is no good answer for this problem.
First - Windows 10 IoT Core cannot use Silverlight due to no compatibility.
In response to question about ideas:
Android OS for Raspberry Pi is very slow and there is big chance that your app will not work as good as you want.
As for the second idea, currently there is no ... | Since Silverlight is dead since three years at least , it is very very unlikely it will ever work on the Windows 10 IoT Core SKU.
Silverlight didn't even work on Windows 8 RT , but only on Windows 8 Home/Professional/Enterprise.
As usual, Silverlight on Windows 10 Home does work fine. |
4,831,219 | Can I somehow force execution order in my features and scenarios or in Nunit tests which are generated from specflow feature file?
It would be nice if I could first test all my data entering features, and than data modifying and than data deleting features. | 2011/01/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4831219",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/582813/"
] | I think that's more of a question for your test runner of choice. SpecFlow generates the tests for you from your test file, but it does not run them. You might be able to direct your test runner to run the scenarios in the order you ask.
However, my advice is that you do not attempt to order your tests. Each scenario ... | I'm using resharper pluggin to run the tests. So here is what is did to make them in a order ( I know it is not the best idea, but I have a special case. :) )
Resharper orders the tests in the alphabetical order for a given feature file.
So I named the scenarios with prefixes 1,2,3 and so on based on the order i wan... |
91,728 | I want to connect tiny solar cell to a capacitor, let it charge it and once voltage reaches 2V - flush it through tiny red LED.
Could anyone suggest how to implement that given that charge current is very small (1 uA - 10 nA) and this periodic discharging should obviously have some hysteresis? I suppose I need some C... | 2013/11/24 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/91728",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2062/"
] | It seems like you want a SRC, except that the off-state leakage needs to be very low. Triggering it will also be tricky without using some current before the threshold is reached.
A real SCR will probably have too much leakage, but you can make the equivalent of a SCR for low currents with a couple of bipolar transist... | There is a neat way of doing this with a couple of BJTs, the effect uses Negative Differential Resistance and there is an old paper from the 1980s kicking about that covers it nicely - it was used in an energy harvesting application at the IEEE Sensors 2009 conference. I cited it in my phd thesis, when I can get to I'l... |
91,728 | I want to connect tiny solar cell to a capacitor, let it charge it and once voltage reaches 2V - flush it through tiny red LED.
Could anyone suggest how to implement that given that charge current is very small (1 uA - 10 nA) and this periodic discharging should obviously have some hysteresis? I suppose I need some C... | 2013/11/24 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/91728",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/2062/"
] | It seems like you want a SRC, except that the off-state leakage needs to be very low. Triggering it will also be tricky without using some current before the threshold is reached.
A real SCR will probably have too much leakage, but you can make the equivalent of a SCR for low currents with a couple of bipolar transist... | You might want to look at BEAM robotics and their solar engines. It is a field that is doing almost exactly what you describe. Only they use motors instead of just LED.
Take a look at the Solar engines here: <http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/Solar_Engine>
You might be especially interested in Voltage triggered Type 1 en... |
32,511 | I want to use AIC to compare three candidate models (labeled by m), each having K\_m parameters. However, I have M datasets over which I can make the comparison. My ultimate goal is to report the "relative goodness" of each of the three models for a single fit. How to I make use of the multiple datasets?
One idea is t... | 2012/07/18 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/32511",
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] | You can basically only compare AIC scores when you use the same dataset. Within the same dataset you can't even compare AIC scores if let's say one model is fitted on 70 records and the other model on 69 records (because of a missing value in one of the variables).
Can't you combine all the datasets into one single la... | If the datasets are about the same size, then I think it's ok to average Akaike weights. Otherwise, I would fit each model on the "global dataset" because you can't just weight the goodness of fit statistics by the number of points. |
56,255 | I am going to Spain for one week. I have a flight from the 21st to the 26th, from London to Madrid. But, now, I did some searching and found that Madrid is perhaps not as interesting as Barcelona. Though I have not sufficient understanding of Spain, I want to visit the best places. Are there any places worth visiting i... | 2015/09/19 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/56255",
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] | I've lived in both of them and, although both of them are great, I prefer Madrid over Barcelona. It's a matter of personal taste.
If you are just looking for nightlife, discos, etc both of them have a lot to offer with great places to go. The difference is that Barcelona is more focused to tourist with some discos in ... | Not knowing what you prefer as a tourist, most tourists do prefer Barcelona over Madrid. That said, there is still a LOT to see and do in Madrid. It's the capital of Spain, after all.
Check out [wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Madrid) to see whether Madrid will excite you. |
2,750,785 | i'm now to scala. i need a network library with actor model.
or the best choise is java.nio? | 2010/05/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2750785",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/330463/"
] | <http://akkasource.org/>
'nuff said. | You probably also want to look at Lift's actor lib, given the decently large user base testing it.
<http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb/browse_thread/thread/1f3f980c5cc791e6?pli=1>
<http://blog.lostlake.org/index.php?/archives/96-Migrating-from-Scala-Actors-to-Lift-Actors.html> |
6,611,987 | I devise a web site. I am using PHP, XML and HTML. There is input forms in my HTML files and I want to implement auto-suggestion in input forms.
When you enter search phrase to google's input form, many suggestions appeared in your browser. I exactly want to implement this.
What must I do? Which language/interface/in... | 2011/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6611987",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/831323/"
] | Autocomplete is done via JavaScript. Check out the [jQuery Autocomplete plugin](http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/autocomplete) for a pretty easily library to get started with. You can either include the values to be used for autocomplete in the JavaScript, or you can make an AJAX request to a PHP script which provides su... | This will be the easiest way to get it done...
<http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/> |
6,611,987 | I devise a web site. I am using PHP, XML and HTML. There is input forms in my HTML files and I want to implement auto-suggestion in input forms.
When you enter search phrase to google's input form, many suggestions appeared in your browser. I exactly want to implement this.
What must I do? Which language/interface/in... | 2011/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6611987",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/831323/"
] | Autocomplete is done via JavaScript. Check out the [jQuery Autocomplete plugin](http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/autocomplete) for a pretty easily library to get started with. You can either include the values to be used for autocomplete in the JavaScript, or you can make an AJAX request to a PHP script which provides su... | JQuery UI is a javascript framework that has a nice autocomplete implementation: <http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/>
Of course you will need the jquery and jquery ui javascript frameworks. |
16,059,405 | I installed **SQL Server** in **Azure Virtual Machine**. Open port 1433, create rule in the firewall.
After that, I created **Web-role** and connect to SQL Server via **Azure Connect**.
All works. But performance is very bad: ping 500-900 ms between Virtual Machine and Web-role, simple stored procedures worked 5-7 ... | 2013/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16059405",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1648088/"
] | A virtual network should certainly improve performance because you will cut out the latency between the two cloud services (your VM and your Web Role). This will also be more secure. | One simple test you can do is execute a query while in SQL Server Management Studio on the VM. Then execute the same query from the web server and measure the differences. This way you can see if it's an inefficient query plan or a latency problem.
Latency will always be a much bigger consideration in Azure as your ha... |
243,801 | I'm posing this question in order to confirm the correctness of my answer to ["Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site?"](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-cross-posting-a-question-on-multiple-stack-exchange-sites-permitted-if-the-... | 2014/11/18 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/243801",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/305457/"
] | We're here *again*?
A good question is *very* unlikely to be identical on multiple sites
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> I've discussed the no-cross-post debates over the months and I never could understand what was wrong with posting an identical question on two sites *when ... | If you post a question on site A and site B and you get two answers that cover the same ground, which is likely except in extreme cases where two disciplines completely differ on their approach to a problem, you've wasted the time of at least one of those people who have answered.
Also, a high percentage of people th... |
243,801 | I'm posing this question in order to confirm the correctness of my answer to ["Is cross-posting a question on multiple Stack Exchange sites permitted if the question is on-topic for each site?"](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-cross-posting-a-question-on-multiple-stack-exchange-sites-permitted-if-the-... | 2014/11/18 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/243801",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | We're here *again*?
A good question is *very* unlikely to be identical on multiple sites
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> I've discussed the no-cross-post debates over the months and I never could understand what was wrong with posting an identical question on two sites *when ... | I wrote a [pretty good answer](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/5369/20456) on Arqade as to why cross posting questions tends to be problematic. The core argument is that even if the question is the exact same, the answers won't be, and will make assumptions on core competencies and approach taken. I particularl... |
224,088 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to start recovery from recovery partition on a Asus A6000 ?](https://superuser.com/questions/38332/how-to-start-recovery-from-recovery-partition-on-a-asus-a6000)
>
>
>
My laptop came with Windows 7 installed already. I need to re-install it however there were no disks and i... | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/224088",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/35356/"
] | Pressing F9 at the boot splash screen should launch recovery.
[How to start recovery from recovery partition on a Asus A6000?](https://superuser.com/questions/38332/how-to-start-recovery-from-recovery-partition-on-a-asus-a6000)
<http://asusforum.com/showthread.php?t=1542>
. | If you don't want any "additional features" you'd have to install from a flash drive. Check if your computer supports booting from a USB device.
Now you have to obtain a Windows 7 ISO, up to you is how to get it.
[This guide](http://www.blogsdna.com/2016/how-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-drive-without-windows-7-iso-d... |
6,601,677 | I am looking for a tool that will help me analyze my slow queries log of MySql, any suggestions? | 2011/07/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6601677",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/553823/"
] | Did you try mysqldumpslow, part of MySQL?
<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldumpslow.html> | I like this Ruby gem: <https://github.com/wvanbergen/request-log-analyzer> |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | If you can find it, I would recommend Chessboards: The Planes of Possibilities. This is a supplement itself to [The Primal Order](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Order "The Primal Order"), a non-system-specific supplement written by Peter Adkison, head of Wizards of the Coast at the time it was published.
TPO ... | I cannot find anything in 2nd edition, but if you willing to accept other sources you may want to have a look at these:
* 3.5 has the planeshifter prestige class(manual of the planes) that gains the demiplane seed ability at level 10 (see description
[here](http://www.guilesworld.com/role-playing-games-stuff/planescap... |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There's nothing wrong with “plot magic”, and in fact, as a 2e DM you're severely handicapped by restricting yourself from using plot magic because the system is built with the firm knowledge that DMs know they can use so-called plot magic. (The cultural revulsion against GM fiat and anything that even looks kind of lik... | I cannot find anything in 2nd edition, but if you willing to accept other sources you may want to have a look at these:
* 3.5 has the planeshifter prestige class(manual of the planes) that gains the demiplane seed ability at level 10 (see description
[here](http://www.guilesworld.com/role-playing-games-stuff/planescap... |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | I cannot find anything in 2nd edition, but if you willing to accept other sources you may want to have a look at these:
* 3.5 has the planeshifter prestige class(manual of the planes) that gains the demiplane seed ability at level 10 (see description
[here](http://www.guilesworld.com/role-playing-games-stuff/planescap... | 2nd edition has a few spells and items that cover this. Estate transference, from the tome I believe, wand of elemental pocket, also from the tome. There is also the possibility of altering spells to meet your needs, with your DM and groups input and approval of course. |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There is an 8th level Alteration spell called "Demiplane Seed" in The Planewalker's Handbook detailed on page 124. It allows the wizard to create a small demiplane in the Deep Ethereal to their specifications after going through the process of crafting the seed itself. | I cannot find anything in 2nd edition, but if you willing to accept other sources you may want to have a look at these:
* 3.5 has the planeshifter prestige class(manual of the planes) that gains the demiplane seed ability at level 10 (see description
[here](http://www.guilesworld.com/role-playing-games-stuff/planescap... |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There's nothing wrong with “plot magic”, and in fact, as a 2e DM you're severely handicapped by restricting yourself from using plot magic because the system is built with the firm knowledge that DMs know they can use so-called plot magic. (The cultural revulsion against GM fiat and anything that even looks kind of lik... | If you can find it, I would recommend Chessboards: The Planes of Possibilities. This is a supplement itself to [The Primal Order](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Order "The Primal Order"), a non-system-specific supplement written by Peter Adkison, head of Wizards of the Coast at the time it was published.
TPO ... |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | If you can find it, I would recommend Chessboards: The Planes of Possibilities. This is a supplement itself to [The Primal Order](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Order "The Primal Order"), a non-system-specific supplement written by Peter Adkison, head of Wizards of the Coast at the time it was published.
TPO ... | 2nd edition has a few spells and items that cover this. Estate transference, from the tome I believe, wand of elemental pocket, also from the tome. There is also the possibility of altering spells to meet your needs, with your DM and groups input and approval of course. |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There is an 8th level Alteration spell called "Demiplane Seed" in The Planewalker's Handbook detailed on page 124. It allows the wizard to create a small demiplane in the Deep Ethereal to their specifications after going through the process of crafting the seed itself. | If you can find it, I would recommend Chessboards: The Planes of Possibilities. This is a supplement itself to [The Primal Order](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Order "The Primal Order"), a non-system-specific supplement written by Peter Adkison, head of Wizards of the Coast at the time it was published.
TPO ... |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There's nothing wrong with “plot magic”, and in fact, as a 2e DM you're severely handicapped by restricting yourself from using plot magic because the system is built with the firm knowledge that DMs know they can use so-called plot magic. (The cultural revulsion against GM fiat and anything that even looks kind of lik... | 2nd edition has a few spells and items that cover this. Estate transference, from the tome I believe, wand of elemental pocket, also from the tome. There is also the possibility of altering spells to meet your needs, with your DM and groups input and approval of course. |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5746/"
] | There's nothing wrong with “plot magic”, and in fact, as a 2e DM you're severely handicapped by restricting yourself from using plot magic because the system is built with the firm knowledge that DMs know they can use so-called plot magic. (The cultural revulsion against GM fiat and anything that even looks kind of lik... | There is an 8th level Alteration spell called "Demiplane Seed" in The Planewalker's Handbook detailed on page 124. It allows the wizard to create a small demiplane in the Deep Ethereal to their specifications after going through the process of crafting the seed itself. |
28,588 | I have a powerful mage as the BBEG in my next campaign, and part of what makes him powerful is that he can travel around, and move lots of other people, using magic.
While *Teleport* and *Teleport Without Error* are good for moving just him, and *Gate* can be used to move lots of followers with him, I feel he should a... | 2013/09/07 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/28588",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is an 8th level Alteration spell called "Demiplane Seed" in The Planewalker's Handbook detailed on page 124. It allows the wizard to create a small demiplane in the Deep Ethereal to their specifications after going through the process of crafting the seed itself. | 2nd edition has a few spells and items that cover this. Estate transference, from the tome I believe, wand of elemental pocket, also from the tome. There is also the possibility of altering spells to meet your needs, with your DM and groups input and approval of course. |
34,298 | I have a web server and 5 Raspberry Pi's connected to it via LAN. Each Pi will be wired to control two servo motors. Here are the conditions:
* The web server hosts a web page where the user will be able to control these servos.
* The user will select which pi to control using UI on the web page.
* I'm considering hav... | 2015/08/11 | [
"https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/34298",
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] | I don't think you need to run a web server to accomplish something as simple as uploading files to your Raspberry Pis. You can use something like [sftp](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sftp&sektion=1) or [rsync](http://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync) to copy files between your main machine and your 5 "client" Pis.... | Like @Havnar said in the comment, the best way is to write the program on all the Pi's to handle different requests and not worry about uploading arbitrary programs to each of them everytime.
Here are some scenerios you can think of:
* Remember that an RPi can be a web server itself. You can think of it as a service ... |
1,356,263 | An object with hibernate session data member when garbage collected, is session's jdbc connection closed? In other words is leaving closing session to garbage collector bad idea? | 2009/08/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1356263",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/164785/"
] | You should always explicitly close resources, and not rely on GC/finalisation. | completely agree with @Robert. It cannot be stressed enough, hibernate session objects should be treated with the same care as a JDBC connection, you should be aware of when and where it is opened and when and where it is closed in all cases.
This is of course one of the reasons people find spring very useful, it prov... |
1,356,263 | An object with hibernate session data member when garbage collected, is session's jdbc connection closed? In other words is leaving closing session to garbage collector bad idea? | 2009/08/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1356263",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/164785/"
] | You should always explicitly close resources, and not rely on GC/finalisation. | If your entities are garbage-collected, there is no reason to GC the session too. The session will be GCed then or later.
>
> For example, if I store a reference to a session in a static list, I can run my application for hours, entities will get collected but not the sessions...
>
>
>
Session should be closed e... |
48,691 | Is bleed damage worth optimizing once you reach the higher levels or does it become useless due to immunity or healing?
Creatures start getting fast healing and regeneration in the higher levels but this does not stop bleed damage as it specifies that only spells or a hell check can end bleed damage.
>
> Bleeding ... | 2014/09/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48691",
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] | I don't think so.
-----------------
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A few things up front.
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There are several important issues to address regarding Bleed effects.
### Rules as intended
James Jacobs (Creative Director of Paizo) has clarified on the ["Ask JJ" thread](http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l7ns&page=350?Ask-James-Ja... | It very much depends on the nature of the encounters your PC expects to face. In typical published material, including PFS scenarios, encounters don't last long enough for bleed to have much of an effect.
To make use of bleed, not only do you have to be facing a creature that isn't immune to it (see MrLemon's amazing ... |
1,520,580 | I'm trying to write a formula that can return an array based on if each value in a range can be found within a set found in another range.
For example, if I have: a range A2:A7 with text values 1,2,3,4,5,6 and a range B2:B4 with text values 2,4,6
I want to use a function like: find(A2:A7,B2:B4)
and get the result: {... | 2020/01/27 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1520580",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1133893/"
] | `4D4028` is 3 8 bit integers. First is the profile 66 = baseline, 4d = main, and 64 is high. There is a handful of others.
The next byte is a series of constraint flags. Each bit has a different meaning, (sometimes depending on the profile) and is used to enable/disable some features of the encoder.
The last byte is... | It's H.264 Main level 4.0 according to <https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/media> .
The [MPEG-4 Part 10 standard H.264](https://www.design-reuse.com/articles/20776/h-264-high-profile-codec-video.html) has [Profiles](http://blog.mediacoderhq.com/h264-profiles-and-levels/) which denote the capabilities of each Prof... |
246,818 | We need to modify our bandwidth usage (per user on our site). I would want to limit bandwidth per ip,,. Basically we want the users who connects to our webstie to only be able to (download @ 2.5Mbps or 250KB/per sec). While were able to cache and upload @ unlimited speed.. Right now we have no cap. | 2011/03/13 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/246818",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/74287/"
] | bandwidth is for download and page view
I think is better you create extra layer on your project and then add some size after any request ( like page view ) and then calculate size of response and sum with traffic of user
if user use more than bandwidth then make bandwidth finish response | This can be achieved using readfile() where the data is split into chunks. You can set the chunk size and place a sleep() to control how fast chunks are sent.
I have code which is not well tested, but could point you in the right direction, however reading user contributed notes for readfile and fpassthru on php net w... |
32,597,167 | I'm building Web site, and wondering how I can assure that it is secure if first request is made by HTTP. HSTS do this but partially.
I think not opening HTTP port solve this problem. But is this standard? My site is B to B, so SEO is not problem. Users directly access my addresses, but assume possible with HTTP. Any... | 2015/09/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32597167",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2235762/"
] | Short answer :
* Use HSTS Preload : <https://hstspreload.appspot.com/>
* On https, always sent the HSTS header
* On http, always sent a 301 redirect to https
It will protect your visitors **even for the first visit** thanks to the preload : browsers will know your domain must be contacted only with https even before... | I would suggest a firewall redirect rule that changes http to https. |
3,400,349 | Is there a way to intercept the system keys in Java so that the events are not propagated to the operating system? Ctrl+Alt+Del or other security related combinations do not matter, the main problem is for example the Windows key.
The program in question is a for a full screen application that performs some remote ope... | 2010/08/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3400349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/410089/"
] | Java processes the key strokes after the operating system (OS), so Java can't "intercept" them. Although, you could code OS specific stuff in C/C++ that intercepted the keystrokes and call it in Java using JNI. | This appears to be [fixed in Java 5](http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4620715), so you could have a shot at it. Apparently, the KeyEvent class in the Java API exposes two Microsoft Windows keyboard specific events - [VK\_WINDOWS](http://download-llnw.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/event/KeyEven... |
42,600 | I am a 31 years old man. 76kg weight. 180cm tall and It is the third week that, I do body-building.
Usually when i do **Barbell Squat** or **Deadlift**, I sweat a lot and I breath fast. After exercise, I usually have pain in my legs or waist muscles.
However, when i do **Pull ups**, or **military press**, I do not sw... | 2020/08/01 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/42600",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/33394/"
] | 1. No, muscle fatigue doesn't have to be expressed by pain, usually a burning sensation in the muscle is a good feedback, but its not a must. About the Deltoid muscle pain ,which i assume you mean by "there is no pain on my shoulders". The Deltoid is a muscle that tends to use other muscles as assistance in heavy loade... | What you are describing is referred to as *Delayed-Onset Muscular Soreness*, or DOMS. Despite its ubiquity, [the phenomenon is still not fully understood](https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-200333020-00005?sponsor=3398153). However, amongst the many theories attempting to explain it, [the literature](ht... |
95,262 | I have population data (inhabitants per city and year) of 31 cities of the DR Congo for the years 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990. I want to interpolate the population of all cities for the year 1990, to estimate the growth of them in order to locate the sites that will minimize the competition for resources.
I have used an... | 2014/05/07 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/95262",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/26797/"
] | The short answer is: no, but it might be the best you can do without additional layers. The problem is that humans do not settle evenly. If all you have is populations of cities then IDW might be your best approximation, because population density does decay the further you go from the center of a city (as IDW models).... | In your case (pressure on the resources), I recommend that you use some neighbourhood analysis instead of interpolation. for instance, you can estimate the distance travelled in one day by the people of the city (a simple buffer to start with, or more advanced cost-distance analysis). Then you sum the population that c... |
652,142 | There has recently been posts on youtube where in a land based propeller/fan driven tricycle (blackbird) has been shown to roll faster than the wind that is behind it.
The youtube channel veritasium covered it recently and the topic has apparently been around for a while.
Although veritasium does provide an answer in... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/652142",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/31729/"
] | In an comment I already linked to the moment in the follow-up video were [Derek Muller demonstrates a device](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCsgoLc_fzI&t=808s).
The following may bring the aerodynamics of the Blackbird vehicle into focus. Imagine the design is not weight constrained at all and the propeller can be b... | It can go faster than the wind in steady state and doesn't have to slow down. It's not using any stored energy for propulsion, so there is no reason why it would ever have to slow down, unless the wind relative to the ground slows down.
Your mistake is trying to apply sequential cause-effect reasoning to a feedback lo... |
652,142 | There has recently been posts on youtube where in a land based propeller/fan driven tricycle (blackbird) has been shown to roll faster than the wind that is behind it.
The youtube channel veritasium covered it recently and the topic has apparently been around for a while.
Although veritasium does provide an answer in... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/652142",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/31729/"
] | In an comment I already linked to the moment in the follow-up video were [Derek Muller demonstrates a device](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCsgoLc_fzI&t=808s).
The following may bring the aerodynamics of the Blackbird vehicle into focus. Imagine the design is not weight constrained at all and the propeller can be b... | I think every article that I have read is missing the point entirely.
The inventors analogy on sail boats going around a pipe is the best in terms of how the wind spins the propeller and that wind hitting the propeller, drives the cart forward.
Now how can it go faster than the wind ?
Simply put the propeller vanes are... |
652,142 | There has recently been posts on youtube where in a land based propeller/fan driven tricycle (blackbird) has been shown to roll faster than the wind that is behind it.
The youtube channel veritasium covered it recently and the topic has apparently been around for a while.
Although veritasium does provide an answer in... | 2021/07/18 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/652142",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/31729/"
] | It can go faster than the wind in steady state and doesn't have to slow down. It's not using any stored energy for propulsion, so there is no reason why it would ever have to slow down, unless the wind relative to the ground slows down.
Your mistake is trying to apply sequential cause-effect reasoning to a feedback lo... | I think every article that I have read is missing the point entirely.
The inventors analogy on sail boats going around a pipe is the best in terms of how the wind spins the propeller and that wind hitting the propeller, drives the cart forward.
Now how can it go faster than the wind ?
Simply put the propeller vanes are... |
10,894 | The other day I was buying special dishwasher salt from a grocery store for about 3.5 USD a package. Later on, when I did read the contents (trying to figure out what is so magically pricey on the salt), I saw this:
>
> Contents: 100% NaCl
>
>
>
But `NaCl` is basic, ordinary salt! For cooking purposes, I buy ordi... | 2016/01/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/10894",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9331/"
] | Salt is used to regenerate the dishwasher ion exchange column. It is vital to use pure 100% NaCl without any other additions. This is guaranteed with all products on the market. To ease filling, and dilution it also has a somewhat coarser granularity but this is not decisive.
It is possible to use any other **pure** N... | The salt is used in the Water Softener ("Ion Exchanger") which is built-in to the machine. I have a Water Softener for my entire house so I actually have the dishwasher's built-in softener switched OFF and therefore never have to fill it with salt.
Obviously, that just means I have to fill the house Water Softener wit... |
10,894 | The other day I was buying special dishwasher salt from a grocery store for about 3.5 USD a package. Later on, when I did read the contents (trying to figure out what is so magically pricey on the salt), I saw this:
>
> Contents: 100% NaCl
>
>
>
But `NaCl` is basic, ordinary salt! For cooking purposes, I buy ordi... | 2016/01/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/10894",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9331/"
] | Salt is used to regenerate the dishwasher ion exchange column. It is vital to use pure 100% NaCl without any other additions. This is guaranteed with all products on the market. To ease filling, and dilution it also has a somewhat coarser granularity but this is not decisive.
It is possible to use any other **pure** N... | Pickling salt is a salt that is used mainly for canning and manufacturing pickles. It is sodium chloride, as is table salt, but unlike most brands of table salt, it does not contain iodine or any anti caking products added. |
10,894 | The other day I was buying special dishwasher salt from a grocery store for about 3.5 USD a package. Later on, when I did read the contents (trying to figure out what is so magically pricey on the salt), I saw this:
>
> Contents: 100% NaCl
>
>
>
But `NaCl` is basic, ordinary salt! For cooking purposes, I buy ordi... | 2016/01/28 | [
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/10894",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com",
"https://lifehacks.stackexchange.com/users/9331/"
] | The salt is used in the Water Softener ("Ion Exchanger") which is built-in to the machine. I have a Water Softener for my entire house so I actually have the dishwasher's built-in softener switched OFF and therefore never have to fill it with salt.
Obviously, that just means I have to fill the house Water Softener wit... | Pickling salt is a salt that is used mainly for canning and manufacturing pickles. It is sodium chloride, as is table salt, but unlike most brands of table salt, it does not contain iodine or any anti caking products added. |
3,971 | A while back, before I purchased LR3, I uploaded a few hundred photos to Flickr. Since, I received comments and fave's on several of them. However, I want to update them. Many need a little cropping done, others need to be adjusted, and so on. Now that I have LR3, I can manage my pictures on Flickr quite well, but how ... | 2010/10/14 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/3971",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/988/"
] | Unfortunately, I don't think you can. The association between the Flickr Publish service in LR3 and the Flickr photo itself is maintained in Lightroom's Catalog. It doesn't seem to be exposed in the interface. You would need to hack in the LR3's SQLite database to change this bit of info, or create a plugin.
But wait.... | As far as I know Jeffrey Friedl's "Export to Flickr" plugin does all the same things as the Lightroom Flickr publisher (which is very basic) but adds synching of photos already in Flickr (as described in the answer above). So it's not a compromise - its a step forward.
The [manual is here](http://regex.info/blog/light... |
28,385 | I love creating characters and my plots generally focus greatly on their inner conflicts and their relationships with other characters (my experience has almost exclusively been writing romance). There is very little external conflict, as the overarching plot is the development of the relationship and is driven by the ... | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/28385",
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] | I am tempted to say that you are in an infinitely better situation than many adventure writers who have a great tally of the most exciting thing happening to their characters, but those characters are lacking personality and, well... *character* :-)
If developing your cast comes naturally to you, it is great. All you ... | So, I have exactly the same problem with my writing. I'm much more "internally" focused than "externally", and I tend to imagine these intricate relationship twists between my characters (and themselves, and others). But unlike you, I'm primarily interested in Fantasy, so I've had to deal with the problem from the star... |
28,385 | I love creating characters and my plots generally focus greatly on their inner conflicts and their relationships with other characters (my experience has almost exclusively been writing romance). There is very little external conflict, as the overarching plot is the development of the relationship and is driven by the ... | 2017/05/31 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/28385",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/24794/"
] | I would suggest that rather than thinking in terms of external conflict rather than internal conflict, you should think in terms of internal conflict caused by external conflict.
In a romance, the story tends to focus caused by the internal conflict between the desire for a romantic relationship and all of the other ... | So, I have exactly the same problem with my writing. I'm much more "internally" focused than "externally", and I tend to imagine these intricate relationship twists between my characters (and themselves, and others). But unlike you, I'm primarily interested in Fantasy, so I've had to deal with the problem from the star... |
397,493 | We're currently using EC2 with 16 EBS volumes in RAID10 configuration for our MySQL data. I know some people don't recommend to put EBS volumes to RAID but that's not what I'm concerned about at the moment. Current format is ext3, but we're experimenting with moving to xfs, given many reports that it is faster. However... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/397493",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/124251/"
] | The XFS filesystem always [requires tuning](https://serverfault.com/questions/367072/how-to-format-xfs-parition-if-the-stability-is-the-most-important-thing/367077#367077). Running a default mkfs and mount will result in so-so performance. You'll want to set your allocation group number at filesystem creation time. Dis... | XFS *was* slow on meta-data operations till 2.6.39, IIRC. Traditionally for this site you didn't mention what version of your server's kernel was. So we're only to guess now. |
397,493 | We're currently using EC2 with 16 EBS volumes in RAID10 configuration for our MySQL data. I know some people don't recommend to put EBS volumes to RAID but that's not what I'm concerned about at the moment. Current format is ext3, but we're experimenting with moving to xfs, given many reports that it is faster. However... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/397493",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/124251/"
] | XFS *was* slow on meta-data operations till 2.6.39, IIRC. Traditionally for this site you didn't mention what version of your server's kernel was. So we're only to guess now. | Take a look slides from Pinterest guys: <https://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2015/sites/default/files/slides/all_your_iops_are_belong_to_usPLMCE2015.pdf>
Few examples:
**Kernel 3.13 + EXT4**
>
> 4K RAID block, EXT4, kernel 3.13 Write throughput 87MB/sec
> 99th-percentile latency: 124ms
>
>
> 64K RAID b... |
397,493 | We're currently using EC2 with 16 EBS volumes in RAID10 configuration for our MySQL data. I know some people don't recommend to put EBS volumes to RAID but that's not what I'm concerned about at the moment. Current format is ext3, but we're experimenting with moving to xfs, given many reports that it is faster. However... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/397493",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/124251/"
] | The XFS filesystem always [requires tuning](https://serverfault.com/questions/367072/how-to-format-xfs-parition-if-the-stability-is-the-most-important-thing/367077#367077). Running a default mkfs and mount will result in so-so performance. You'll want to set your allocation group number at filesystem creation time. Dis... | An acquaintance working for Percona (www.percona.com) suggested using the nobarrier mount option. It sped things up a lot. |
397,493 | We're currently using EC2 with 16 EBS volumes in RAID10 configuration for our MySQL data. I know some people don't recommend to put EBS volumes to RAID but that's not what I'm concerned about at the moment. Current format is ext3, but we're experimenting with moving to xfs, given many reports that it is faster. However... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/397493",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/124251/"
] | An acquaintance working for Percona (www.percona.com) suggested using the nobarrier mount option. It sped things up a lot. | Take a look slides from Pinterest guys: <https://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2015/sites/default/files/slides/all_your_iops_are_belong_to_usPLMCE2015.pdf>
Few examples:
**Kernel 3.13 + EXT4**
>
> 4K RAID block, EXT4, kernel 3.13 Write throughput 87MB/sec
> 99th-percentile latency: 124ms
>
>
> 64K RAID b... |
397,493 | We're currently using EC2 with 16 EBS volumes in RAID10 configuration for our MySQL data. I know some people don't recommend to put EBS volumes to RAID but that's not what I'm concerned about at the moment. Current format is ext3, but we're experimenting with moving to xfs, given many reports that it is faster. However... | 2012/06/11 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/397493",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/124251/"
] | The XFS filesystem always [requires tuning](https://serverfault.com/questions/367072/how-to-format-xfs-parition-if-the-stability-is-the-most-important-thing/367077#367077). Running a default mkfs and mount will result in so-so performance. You'll want to set your allocation group number at filesystem creation time. Dis... | Take a look slides from Pinterest guys: <https://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2015/sites/default/files/slides/all_your_iops_are_belong_to_usPLMCE2015.pdf>
Few examples:
**Kernel 3.13 + EXT4**
>
> 4K RAID block, EXT4, kernel 3.13 Write throughput 87MB/sec
> 99th-percentile latency: 124ms
>
>
> 64K RAID b... |
100,556 | I [created a page view](https://drupal.stackexchange.com/a/100549/16495) where user only get articles to edit.
How can I set up the page that it opened when a user logged in? | 2014/01/21 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/100556",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/19708/"
] | You are looking for functionality that is available in some ready modules. [Login Destination](https://drupal.org/project/login_destination) looks like a solid bet:
>
> The [Login Destination](https://drupal.org/project/login_destination) module allows you to customize the destination that a user is redirected to aft... | The [Front Page](https://drupal.org/project/front) module will also handle this. You can specify one page for anonymous user role and another page for authenticated user role so they get directed to that page after login.
You can also use Rules by specifying an Event of "User has logged in" then doing a "Page redirect... |
10,740,580 | I have an app which consists of a long running service. I have returned START\_STICKY from onStartCommand method of this service. Now i want to test whether START\_STICKY is working properly or not. So how can i test the scenario that my service is killed by the android OS due to less memory and it is restarted by the ... | 2012/05/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10740580",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/698056/"
] | You could try killing the process from DDMS. The OS might restart it in that case. | You can try killing the service using task Killer (if you are testing on phone) |
50,281 | Can I somehow make my axe look "sharper" in cycles nodes?
 | 2016/04/07 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/50281",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/21162/"
] | U could make a texture that makes the edges more bright as you see it on real axes:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/r6Noh.jpg)
Here the quick setup - maybe it can help
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dF1gU.png) | There are many ways to accomplish this. The answer involves more than nodes in Cycles. It includes the geometry of the axe head, lighting and yes materials.
Reference images are very helpful. A quick web search of “sharp axes” for example will return a lot of reference images to consider.
-The leading edge of an axe ... |
3,389 | Should the "Black Nodes Matter" question, which mocks the Black Lives Matter protesters, be removed?
Here's the link:
[Is it appropriate to make a pun that references a highly charged topic in current events, in a lecture on an unrelated subject?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/72764/when-discussing-re... | 2016/07/14 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3389",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/51735/"
] | There are three main paths by which a question can be deleted.
* Flags: If a question receives enough spam or abusive flags, the community bot will automatically delete the question and feed the spam/abusive detection algorithms. While this question is not spam, the [abusive flag](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questi... | I think the question shows utter incompetence as a lecturer, but it's a valid question and should not be removed because I've had lecturers who were actually this socially incompetent, and as such it's a legitimate question. Hopefully someone will learn from some of the excellent answers it's attracting. |
3,389 | Should the "Black Nodes Matter" question, which mocks the Black Lives Matter protesters, be removed?
Here's the link:
[Is it appropriate to make a pun that references a highly charged topic in current events, in a lecture on an unrelated subject?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/72764/when-discussing-re... | 2016/07/14 | [
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3389",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/51735/"
] | There are three main paths by which a question can be deleted.
* Flags: If a question receives enough spam or abusive flags, the community bot will automatically delete the question and feed the spam/abusive detection algorithms. While this question is not spam, the [abusive flag](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questi... | *Converted from a comment on the main site question (which I now have deleted):*
I am European so I probably know very little about this movement and the controversies that surround it, but I am strongly against the deletion of this question. In my view, merely discussing a topic in a civil way should never be censore... |
51,743 | Often I'm listening to the songs being imported during the import, using the new tracks in the library. When iTunes completes the import there's an annoying *finished* chime that sounds loudly because I'm listening to music.
There doesn't appear to be anything relevant in the prefs dialog. Web searches weren't helpful... | 2012/05/20 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51743",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/23039/"
] | On iTunes for Mac, the file /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/complete.aif contains the finished chime; if one were to remove the file, it couldn't play. I don't have access to a Windows computer with iTunes, so I can't say where that file would be, but a similar tactic could work. | In iTunes 12 you have to truncate/delete the complete.wav file. The listing in Sounds/Sound Effects for iTunes no longer works. They are blank (no sounds) in Windows 10 with iTunes 12.
Thanks for the info on the complete.wav file, this works great! Apple really should put that in Preferences. |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | If you use Firefox, you can use the [Dust Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) plugin that does exactly what you asked for. It finds unused Selectors for you :) Give it a try!
Also there is the [CSS Usage plugin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/css-usage/), that looks over your CSS ... | I've given @Kyle Sevenoaks +1 for his answer, as Dust Me Selectors is a very good tool.
However, I would like to add a few points (more than I could fit on a comment, hence writing this as an answer):
Even once you've got the results from Dust Me, you still have to be quite intelligent when going through the results,... |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | If you use Firefox, you can use the [Dust Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) plugin that does exactly what you asked for. It finds unused Selectors for you :) Give it a try!
Also there is the [CSS Usage plugin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/css-usage/), that looks over your CSS ... | * [Dust-Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) for Firefox
* [CSS Redundancy Checker](http://code.google.com/p/css-redundancy-checker/)
* [Unused CSS](http://unused-css.com/)
* [Identified Unused CSS](http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/164)
* [Helium CSS](https://github.com/geuis/helium-css... |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | If you use Firefox, you can use the [Dust Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) plugin that does exactly what you asked for. It finds unused Selectors for you :) Give it a try!
Also there is the [CSS Usage plugin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/css-usage/), that looks over your CSS ... | I've found Dust-Me Selectors works fine for single pages, but I can't get it to spider through a site of 400+ URLS (using an XML file as the index). It typically gets through 20 to 30 URLs, then just hangs. The cumulative report on which selectors are in use doesn't seem to work either - I'm guessing it is just showing... |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | If you use Firefox, you can use the [Dust Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) plugin that does exactly what you asked for. It finds unused Selectors for you :) Give it a try!
Also there is the [CSS Usage plugin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/css-usage/), that looks over your CSS ... | CSS Formatter and Optimiser + Validates your CSS in the process I love it:
<http://www.cleancss.com/> |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | I've given @Kyle Sevenoaks +1 for his answer, as Dust Me Selectors is a very good tool.
However, I would like to add a few points (more than I could fit on a comment, hence writing this as an answer):
Even once you've got the results from Dust Me, you still have to be quite intelligent when going through the results,... | I've found Dust-Me Selectors works fine for single pages, but I can't get it to spider through a site of 400+ URLS (using an XML file as the index). It typically gets through 20 to 30 URLs, then just hangs. The cumulative report on which selectors are in use doesn't seem to work either - I'm guessing it is just showing... |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | I've given @Kyle Sevenoaks +1 for his answer, as Dust Me Selectors is a very good tool.
However, I would like to add a few points (more than I could fit on a comment, hence writing this as an answer):
Even once you've got the results from Dust Me, you still have to be quite intelligent when going through the results,... | CSS Formatter and Optimiser + Validates your CSS in the process I love it:
<http://www.cleancss.com/> |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | * [Dust-Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) for Firefox
* [CSS Redundancy Checker](http://code.google.com/p/css-redundancy-checker/)
* [Unused CSS](http://unused-css.com/)
* [Identified Unused CSS](http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/164)
* [Helium CSS](https://github.com/geuis/helium-css... | I've found Dust-Me Selectors works fine for single pages, but I can't get it to spider through a site of 400+ URLS (using an XML file as the index). It typically gets through 20 to 30 URLs, then just hangs. The cumulative report on which selectors are in use doesn't seem to work either - I'm guessing it is just showing... |
4,875,803 | I have a CSS file that has grown over time. Many of the coders have come and gone. The site has changed along the way and some of the code in the CSS is no longer being used. Is there a QUICK way to validate what is being used and what is not? I need to remove the OLD code that is no longer being used. Even if there wa... | 2011/02/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4875803",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/600155/"
] | * [Dust-Me Selectors](http://www.sitepoint.com/dustmeselectors/) for Firefox
* [CSS Redundancy Checker](http://code.google.com/p/css-redundancy-checker/)
* [Unused CSS](http://unused-css.com/)
* [Identified Unused CSS](http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/164)
* [Helium CSS](https://github.com/geuis/helium-css... | CSS Formatter and Optimiser + Validates your CSS in the process I love it:
<http://www.cleancss.com/> |
1,364,995 | stem('apples')='apple'
stem('apple')='appl'
stem('appl')='appl'
isn't this a flaw in the stemming algorithm?
(this is using the [Porter Stemming Algorithm](http://www.tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer)) | 2009/09/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1364995",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/150564/"
] | That looks more like a bug in the *implementation* of the algorithm you're using.
When I follow the steps in [the original algorithm](http://tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer/def.txt) (from the page you linked to), the final "s" from "apples" is removed in step 1a, and the "e" in step 5a, so the stem of "apples" is a... | I found an implementation of porter stemming algorithm with a dictionary support here <http://preciselyconcise.com/apis_and_installations/smart_stemmer.php>.
This API was really simple to use and the stemmed words were corrected for mistakes in spelling. I would suggest you using this stemmer since this API has an au... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | While other answers attempt to *justify* this requirement, and I agree that a system written from scratch today, *might* make that distinction based on English-speaking norms. However, I think there is a much more important reason it exists in this scenario: **because decisions made decades ago are now hard to change**... | There are times the system will need to interact with other systems. At which point things needs to be standardized. If that system wants the first name and last name as separate fields then the airline needs to send them as separate fields.
I recently had this problem where the airline had my first name and last name... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | In many societies (but not all), people have one or more given names, and one or more family names.
If you want to identify a person relatively precisely, you want as much of those as possible, at least to hopefully differentiate different people in the same family (even though that often fails miserably -- I can tell... | Because the name on the machine readable section of your passport is given in a specified order and it needs to match. |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | While other answers attempt to *justify* this requirement, and I agree that a system written from scratch today, *might* make that distinction based on English-speaking norms. However, I think there is a much more important reason it exists in this scenario: **because decisions made decades ago are now hard to change**... | In the US, practically every organization that collects names of members, customers, participants, etc. asks for first and last names separately. As others have said, this makes it easier to produce formal and familiar greetings:
>
> Hi, Joseph
>
>
>
>
> Greetings, Mr. Smith
>
>
>
In my experience, at least ... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | There are times the system will need to interact with other systems. At which point things needs to be standardized. If that system wants the first name and last name as separate fields then the airline needs to send them as separate fields.
I recently had this problem where the airline had my first name and last name... | In the US, practically every organization that collects names of members, customers, participants, etc. asks for first and last names separately. As others have said, this makes it easier to produce formal and familiar greetings:
>
> Hi, Joseph
>
>
>
>
> Greetings, Mr. Smith
>
>
>
In my experience, at least ... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | In many societies (but not all), people have one or more given names, and one or more family names.
If you want to identify a person relatively precisely, you want as much of those as possible, at least to hopefully differentiate different people in the same family (even though that often fails miserably -- I can tell... | There are times the system will need to interact with other systems. At which point things needs to be standardized. If that system wants the first name and last name as separate fields then the airline needs to send them as separate fields.
I recently had this problem where the airline had my first name and last name... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | While other answers attempt to *justify* this requirement, and I agree that a system written from scratch today, *might* make that distinction based on English-speaking norms. However, I think there is a much more important reason it exists in this scenario: **because decisions made decades ago are now hard to change**... | Because the name on the machine readable section of your passport is given in a specified order and it needs to match. |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | If you have a name like [Wang Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)) in English, that should be identified with someone named Wang, Yang not some other dude named Yang, Wang.
Since it's usual in Asia to write family name first, and the opposite is usual in the West, and sometimes people swap their... | Contrary to popular belief, names (even Western names) are not self explanatory.
Compare Tucker Carlson vs. John Oliver. No, not for their respective TV programs but they actually have middle names:
* Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson
To me that looks like four family names! Two of which I would consider to be Nordic ... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | If you have a name like [Wang Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)) in English, that should be identified with someone named Wang, Yang not some other dude named Yang, Wang.
Since it's usual in Asia to write family name first, and the opposite is usual in the West, and sometimes people swap their... | Because the name on the machine readable section of your passport is given in a specified order and it needs to match. |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | If you have a name like [Wang Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)) in English, that should be identified with someone named Wang, Yang not some other dude named Yang, Wang.
Since it's usual in Asia to write family name first, and the opposite is usual in the West, and sometimes people swap their... | In the US, practically every organization that collects names of members, customers, participants, etc. asks for first and last names separately. As others have said, this makes it easier to produce formal and familiar greetings:
>
> Hi, Joseph
>
>
>
>
> Greetings, Mr. Smith
>
>
>
In my experience, at least ... |
174,113 | I can understand the need for airlines to have your full name on record, but why do they care about the structure of your name? | 2022/06/08 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/174113",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/128848/"
] | In many societies (but not all), people have one or more given names, and one or more family names.
If you want to identify a person relatively precisely, you want as much of those as possible, at least to hopefully differentiate different people in the same family (even though that often fails miserably -- I can tell... | If you have a name like [Wang Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yang_(politician)) in English, that should be identified with someone named Wang, Yang not some other dude named Yang, Wang.
Since it's usual in Asia to write family name first, and the opposite is usual in the West, and sometimes people swap their... |
959,166 | Most so called experts would say online that registry cleaning speeds up your computer. I just found a handful opinions that say otherwise i.e. [Howtogeek article](http://www.howtogeek.com/171633/why-using-a-registry-cleaner-wont-speed-up-your-pc-or-fix-crashes/)
Also there are some indirect answers here, but they are... | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/959166",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/452549/"
] | A registry cleaner will not fix crashes or problems of any kind because it only removes entries that it knows have no effect.
While a registry cleaner will have a very slight effect on performance, it's generally too small to measure. The registry is a fairly efficient structure, so reducing its size slightly won't ma... | **Literaly the answer is NO and YES but carefully and only with good justification.**
---
Oviously modifications or cleanup to the windows registry haves Advantages and Disadvantages.
Im personally against that Registry Cleanup Software which made a one touch registry clean task, without any noticeable warning, you ... |
959,166 | Most so called experts would say online that registry cleaning speeds up your computer. I just found a handful opinions that say otherwise i.e. [Howtogeek article](http://www.howtogeek.com/171633/why-using-a-registry-cleaner-wont-speed-up-your-pc-or-fix-crashes/)
Also there are some indirect answers here, but they are... | 2015/08/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/959166",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/452549/"
] | A registry cleaner will not fix crashes or problems of any kind because it only removes entries that it knows have no effect.
While a registry cleaner will have a very slight effect on performance, it's generally too small to measure. The registry is a fairly efficient structure, so reducing its size slightly won't ma... | Not for performance. (You might shave a microsecond somewhere, but you've already wasted a million times that by clicking the Clean button.)
However, **if done properly**, it can resolve discrepancies in the system that confuse the user or other applications.
To give you a hypothetical example (I can't remember if t... |
126,784 | My advisor has asked me to write my thesis in parts. So, basically, my thesis will have three major parts, each of which explains a different piece of work. However, he is asking me to also add a part called "Introduction" and a part called "Conclusions"
I know he is not quite experienced with this type of thesis writ... | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/126784",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/21046/"
] | Your adviser's suggestion is a tad unconventional based on my individual experience (*which may be institute and field-specific*), but is not untenable. It may actually be very good advice.
As goes [the common joke](http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive_print.php?comicid=1678), while there would be a common theme which ... | **Run, don't walk**, towards the **advice of your advisor**.
I'm not sure why you are questioning their "experience writing a thesis in parts."
You should add a broad introduction and broad conclusion that service your entire thesis; these will be before and after your Part 1 and Part 3, respectively.
You should add... |
126,784 | My advisor has asked me to write my thesis in parts. So, basically, my thesis will have three major parts, each of which explains a different piece of work. However, he is asking me to also add a part called "Introduction" and a part called "Conclusions"
I know he is not quite experienced with this type of thesis writ... | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/126784",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/21046/"
] | **Run, don't walk**, towards the **advice of your advisor**.
I'm not sure why you are questioning their "experience writing a thesis in parts."
You should add a broad introduction and broad conclusion that service your entire thesis; these will be before and after your Part 1 and Part 3, respectively.
You should add... | In the field of Mathematics the standard is to start with maybe a chapter of Introduction, and include some introductory material for each chapter.
Conclusions are often limited to the end-of-proof symbol. However it is common to end with a section called something like *Future work* or *Open questions*. |
126,784 | My advisor has asked me to write my thesis in parts. So, basically, my thesis will have three major parts, each of which explains a different piece of work. However, he is asking me to also add a part called "Introduction" and a part called "Conclusions"
I know he is not quite experienced with this type of thesis writ... | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/126784",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/21046/"
] | Your adviser's suggestion is a tad unconventional based on my individual experience (*which may be institute and field-specific*), but is not untenable. It may actually be very good advice.
As goes [the common joke](http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive_print.php?comicid=1678), while there would be a common theme which ... | In the field of Mathematics the standard is to start with maybe a chapter of Introduction, and include some introductory material for each chapter.
Conclusions are often limited to the end-of-proof symbol. However it is common to end with a section called something like *Future work* or *Open questions*. |
25,534,241 | In the Android environment, each application's data usage is tracked, both in the foreground and background. Programmatically, what represents foreground and background data usage?
Does Android track this statistic based on if your application's Activity is showing on the screen (IE: between onCreate/onResume and onPa... | 2014/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25534241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/654187/"
] | After doing some research, read some articles, went through some website of application providers of "Monitoring Data Usage In Android" this is what I think-
Application Foreground Download Stats - Application is currently displaying on the screen, may be the user is interacting with it or just switched to another app... | From doing some reading and research a little while ago (I have been asked the same question), as far as the OS is concerned -
Foerground - application that has an active window currently displaying on the screen and user is interacting with it (like you mentioned - between onCreate/onResume and onPause)
Background -... |
510,417 | I'm a programmer, not a wizard. I've read up as much as I can, including the similar questions list from this question, but, they blew by me pretty quick. So here we go:
A project I'm doing some code for started on Arduino, at 5V. It has a flow meter (Hall effect sensor) at 5V, a pressure transducer sensor at 5V, and ... | 2020/07/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/510417",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/257628/"
] | As far as the LCD display with I2C interface, you need to figure out the Vih minimum to see if that's necessary. And to figure out if the particular MCU you have will tolerate I2C outputs pulled up to 5V. If it's the PCF8574 as Tirdad suggested in a comment you may need a voltage translator since it requires 0.7 \* Vcc... | 1. not needed "1"=2.5 to 6V
2. R divider 10k series to 15k load = 3V is ok.
3. Need analog divider again in 10k~50k range to scale 5 to 3 to 4.5 to ? |
510,417 | I'm a programmer, not a wizard. I've read up as much as I can, including the similar questions list from this question, but, they blew by me pretty quick. So here we go:
A project I'm doing some code for started on Arduino, at 5V. It has a flow meter (Hall effect sensor) at 5V, a pressure transducer sensor at 5V, and ... | 2020/07/14 | [
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] | 1. despite PCF8574 can work with 3.3v, the LCD itself can not. LCD needs 5V to show characters and the VCC of LCD and PCF8574 are tied together. so you may need a level shifter for it.
2. YF-S201 working voltage is from 5~18v according to [this](https://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/yf-s201-water-flow-meter). you need a level... | 1. not needed "1"=2.5 to 6V
2. R divider 10k series to 15k load = 3V is ok.
3. Need analog divider again in 10k~50k range to scale 5 to 3 to 4.5 to ? |
5,584 | I'm working on adding internal lighting to my pantry, and have discovered that the LED strips really only work when held at a 45 degree angle to the bottom of a shelf. I'd like to get a dowel rod and cut it into two dowel rods, each being a right triangle in cross-section, such that I could attach the led strips to the... | 2017/02/24 | [
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] | You can buy what you need already fabricated. Search "champfer strip". Here's a Home Depot link: <http://www.homedepot.com/p/Alexandria-Moulding-3-4-in-x-3-4-in-Pine-Chamfer-Strip-Moulding-0W995-200RLC/206844349> If the 3/4" x 3/4" is too fat, here's a link to 1/2": <https://www.patterson-online.com/itemdetail/WC1210>
... | I would not want to start with 1/2" x 1/2" square stock unless you have a table saw. Trying to rip small stock with the tools you listed would be quite difficult (and dangerous).
Instead, start with a bigger piece of stock, say 1x6. Mark a line 1/2" in from one edge. Put your circular saw at a 45 degree bevel and rip ... |
6,242 | It is often said that, when re-pitching yeast, you should generally go from low- to high-gravity, and dark to light beers. When I repitch, I [use trub directly](https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/4248/using-trub-directly-vs-yeast-rinsing). I understand why using a yeast from a high-gravity fermentation is ill... | 2012/02/07 | [
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] | There is no reason...that's an old, disproven myth. I've gone from dark to light many times without any problems. The theory is that as you mention you'd carry over color. There's so little color carried over that it's unnoticeable. For example, I've pitched yeast from a dunkel into a pils and not had it darken the pil... | it's about transferrence of color and to some extent flavor. Even though the slurry is heavily diluted, by 20 times or more, you wouldn't want coffee or caramel notes transferring from your dunkelweizen into your hefeweizen. I depends on the beers, and how much of the previous cake you're reusing.
With brewing on top ... |
51,712 | If you cast a card with Madness by discarding it in the cleanup step, are you able to pay for it's alternate casting cost with a Dark Ritual?
From my basic knowledge of the game, you wouldn't be able to, as neither player gets priority before the cost of the discarded card needs to be paid, and as Dark Ritual isn't a ... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/51712",
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] | You *can* pay for madness using dark ritual
-------------------------------------------
Madness needs to be a little bit complicated in order to work within the rules properly.
>
> 702.34a Madness is a keyword that represents two abilities. The first is a static ability that functions while the card with madness is ... | **Yes, you can pay Madness costs with Dark Ritual even on the cleanup step discard.**
In order to pay a mana cost, you either need to already have the required mana floating, or you need to activate a mana source when it comes to paying that cost. You are correct in that spells, like [Dark Ritual](http://gatherer.wiza... |
11,106 | I would like to know if a tiny stat/discretization js library ready to use exists.
I do know about the existence of [jStat](http://www.jstat.org/) (which I may explore a little bit more thoroughly), and I know that mapfish has a geostats module/widget to create choropleth map - I found the code [here](http://old.nabbl... | 2011/06/16 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/11106",
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] | Zachary Forest Johnson has done a really great job to provide thematic analysis on openlayers.
The library is under BSD license, available on [github](https://github.com/indiemaps/OpenLayers-Symbology). More explanations on the project and samples are available on [his blog](http://indiemaps.com/blog/2012/04/introduci... | I think these days the best library is probably [simple-statistics](http://simplestatistics.org/docs/). It's very high quality, and used by TurfJS. It uses "[ckmeans](http://simplestatistics.org/docs/#ckmeans)" as an improvement over Jenks.
An (older) demo: <http://bl.ocks.org/tmcw/4969184> |
11,106 | I would like to know if a tiny stat/discretization js library ready to use exists.
I do know about the existence of [jStat](http://www.jstat.org/) (which I may explore a little bit more thoroughly), and I know that mapfish has a geostats module/widget to create choropleth map - I found the code [here](http://old.nabbl... | 2011/06/16 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/11106",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/1370/"
] | [science.js](https://github.com/jasondavies/science.js) is a well-implemented collection of stats & linear algebra functionality with no dependencies. | I think these days the best library is probably [simple-statistics](http://simplestatistics.org/docs/). It's very high quality, and used by TurfJS. It uses "[ckmeans](http://simplestatistics.org/docs/#ckmeans)" as an improvement over Jenks.
An (older) demo: <http://bl.ocks.org/tmcw/4969184> |
3,206,633 | cvsps-import doesn't support pserver
bzr-fastimport doesn't support remote locations
tailor is too hard
bzrcvsserve isn't a conversion tool
SourceForge is remote, uses pserve and many python bookmark projects (what I'm looking for) are in CVS...
What now? | 2010/07/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3206633",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/106615/"
] | If your CVS repository hosted on SourceForge then you can download entire repo via rsync and then use bzr-fastimport with cvs2svn (cvs2bzr) tool. | You could import into a local temporary git repository and then import into Bazaar from there? Tailor is really your tool of choice, but maybe the git tools will prove "easier" (can't imagine how, but there's a time and place for everything, i guess). |
25,034,225 | We've had to code an OTP based authentication. I have seen some apps, like my bank's app, which when it sends the OTP also then immediately does a quick popup of the SMS that has just arrived, so I can see the OTP *without* leaving the app. I just memorize the number, close the popup, and get on with the login inside t... | 2014/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/25034225",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/753271/"
] | Well, you seem to be quite rude for someone who is quite wrong.
ASP.NET Identity does NOT use strings for Id, it just uses strings for Id by default in the template generated by visual studio for a "starter project". You can use whatever you want for Id by defining a new IdentityUser type. Just like you aren't stuck w... | Well I guess it uses a different scheme for Id
If you will check your Database, a sample Id Looks like this
"62e41fbc-dbd6-41d2-8209-0fdf29fb1908"
Assuming this is hash or encrypted value.
If you want to store them as integer or make a Id Count, you can just add another entry to the table (ASPUserId) then make it ... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | The way I deal with glass is to cut out the glass section using the polygonal select tool and remove it to its own layer. From there I drop the opacity in layers panel to 20% and bump up the exposure buy a little, drop the offset by quite a lot and increase gamma correction quite a bit too. This give a nice transparent... | In previous versions of Photoshop there was an extract tool. Now you can use the 'Quick Selection' tool and 'Refine Edge'. Because your image is close to the background you can only do so much with the quick selection tool. So select the 'Refine Edge' option and first change the 'View Mode' to show on black. Then check... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | use Scott Brown's enhanced method:
instead of dropping opacity of "glass" layer, play with its blend modes and levels. hard light seems to work well
 | Most usual methods have the following drawbacks:
* The glass seems milky or smoky
* Forgotten totally that glass affects to the background like a bizarre lens
Check the following and go on reading, if interested:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k7wms.jpg)
... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | There's no easy way to do this. At best, you could carefully erase the entire background from the edges of the images via various tools, but as you state, since it's glass, you'll still see the background color behind the glass, which will likely look funny if you then place this image on any other background. | If you are using Photoshop, then hope to get a better solution here. You could try Color Range function. He used to take the Color Range to earn it <https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-remove-a-background-from-a-transparent-object-in-Photoshop>
**Note:** That was my mistake that I wrongly gave another link. But here the f... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/4658",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2951/"
] | There's no easy way to do this. At best, you could carefully erase the entire background from the edges of the images via various tools, but as you state, since it's glass, you'll still see the background color behind the glass, which will likely look funny if you then place this image on any other background. | In previous versions of Photoshop there was an extract tool. Now you can use the 'Quick Selection' tool and 'Refine Edge'. Because your image is close to the background you can only do so much with the quick selection tool. So select the 'Refine Edge' option and first change the 'View Mode' to show on black. Then check... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/4658",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2951/"
] | use Scott Brown's enhanced method:
instead of dropping opacity of "glass" layer, play with its blend modes and levels. hard light seems to work well
 | If you are using Photoshop, then hope to get a better solution here. You could try Color Range function. He used to take the Color Range to earn it <https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-remove-a-background-from-a-transparent-object-in-Photoshop>
**Note:** That was my mistake that I wrongly gave another link. But here the f... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/4658",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/2951/"
] | use Scott Brown's enhanced method:
instead of dropping opacity of "glass" layer, play with its blend modes and levels. hard light seems to work well
 | In previous versions of Photoshop there was an extract tool. Now you can use the 'Quick Selection' tool and 'Refine Edge'. Because your image is close to the background you can only do so much with the quick selection tool. So select the 'Refine Edge' option and first change the 'View Mode' to show on black. Then check... |
4,658 | I am having hard time removing background from this image.
I tried using Magic Eraser and also Background eraser tool. Both of these do not work perfectly.
The reason could be the fact that lower portion of this bottle is of glass and it "blends" with the surrounding.
Is there an easier way to remove background in ... | 2011/11/21 | [
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] | Copy the image to a new layer. I find it easier to turn off the original layer, also, while I work.
With the new layer picked, go to IMAGE/ADJUSTMENTS/LEVELS. Adjust the sliders to get the most contrast you can get in the image. I could get every edge except some of the right lower edge of the bottle to have pretty de... | In previous versions of Photoshop there was an extract tool. Now you can use the 'Quick Selection' tool and 'Refine Edge'. Because your image is close to the background you can only do so much with the quick selection tool. So select the 'Refine Edge' option and first change the 'View Mode' to show on black. Then check... |
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