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I am trying to get the right pinout to this module from a Canon MX492. I would like to know which one is goes to red, black, green and white for a usb connector. I don't have the whole printer to test what goe... | 2017/11/11 | [
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] | So - the pages of the datasheet you're posted don't show any USB interface pins ... but:
- [this Marvell Databrief](https://www.marvell.com/wireless/assets/marvell_avastar_88W8782.pdf) says is has a USB 2.0 interface
- [this Panasonic module](https://na.industrial.panasonic.com/sites/default/pidsa/files/panason... | I have found that if you look at where the ribbon comes out, where the yellow triangle is pointing to pin 1 of the ribbon it goes as follows. From what I found both pin 1 and 8 have a resistor between it and the chip.
1 - GPIO[1] the paper says it is LED Out.
2 - Ground
3 - Goes to Pin 53 on the chip.
4 - Goe... |
61,751,874 | I am trying to build a database to store information that I typed into the web, extracting it and using it at different points. I am creating something similar to a project-management tool on a website, like Monday.com. I have been looking at React CRUD and database to start storing and extracting data, however, I stil... | 2020/05/12 | [
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] | CRUD basically means Create, Read, Update, Delete. These are all functions that one can in its most basic, perform on a database.
React is a front-end framework that can be used to input data from users that can be then be used to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) on a database.
Some popular databases are M... | CRUD is a type of api (a standard way you should structure your server-side API) that defines a policy to access the database. As React is a front-end api, your react apps have a library to access those data using the CRUD standard. Depending on your application, you can use standard web hosting with AWS, or you can bu... |
37,605,895 | Is there any way to change the All Appointment View grid become inline editable grid? [This is the All Appointment page](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3gPBW.png) | 2016/06/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/37605895",
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] | Not from the out-of-the-box CRM. However, there are addons for that. Like from PowerObjects or Sonoma partners, to name a few. | Out-of-the-box does not provide this feature! Find some of the possible options here:
<https://salimadamoncrm.com/2015/09/01/dynamics-crm-what-options-for-editable-grids/>
You can create your won:
- Find free js+html grid
- Use Xrm object and odata API to build your desired functionality. |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
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] | Chloe is a known chess groupie of Ben Watts. He met her at a Paris tournament and she is the kind of model that over stays her welcome because she’s bored with glamour and the fact that as she puts it, “we’re bodies that the clothes go on to show off, nothing more”. She wasn’t deliberately trying to sabotage Beth, agai... | At first I was sure it was sabotage. Chloe admits to being jealous of Beth, and doesn’t stop her after one drink, as a good friend would. However, after reading one of the answers here, about Chloe ultimately being bored, I think that’s true, Chloe is more bored with her life than anything so it’s the boredom first tha... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
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] | Chloe is a known chess groupie of Ben Watts. He met her at a Paris tournament and she is the kind of model that over stays her welcome because she’s bored with glamour and the fact that as she puts it, “we’re bodies that the clothes go on to show off, nothing more”. She wasn’t deliberately trying to sabotage Beth, agai... | I’d say Cleo genuinely likes Beth, but I have the same feeling that there was a level of sabotage motivating her meeting with Beth that night. If we recall the conversation between the two in the hotel bar, there’s a loaded conversation about Beth sleeping with Benny and Cleo makes a comment about unrequited love. Ther... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
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] | I didn't think it was a sabotage and the show doesn't focus on that element much.
But I wonder if that element was cut out of the show?
Townes, in the final episode said, the Russian embassy helped him get a visa perhaps to distract her. How would the Russians or anyone know she had feelings for Townes? Nothing really... | At first I was sure it was sabotage. Chloe admits to being jealous of Beth, and doesn’t stop her after one drink, as a good friend would. However, after reading one of the answers here, about Chloe ultimately being bored, I think that’s true, Chloe is more bored with her life than anything so it’s the boredom first tha... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
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] | I didn't think it was a sabotage and the show doesn't focus on that element much.
But I wonder if that element was cut out of the show?
Townes, in the final episode said, the Russian embassy helped him get a visa perhaps to distract her. How would the Russians or anyone know she had feelings for Townes? Nothing really... | I’d say Cleo genuinely likes Beth, but I have the same feeling that there was a level of sabotage motivating her meeting with Beth that night. If we recall the conversation between the two in the hotel bar, there’s a loaded conversation about Beth sleeping with Benny and Cleo makes a comment about unrequited love. Ther... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/111431",
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] | My opinion is that Cleo was a Russian spy sent to sabotage Beth. It's clear from the scene in the elevator that the Russians know she had a substance problem. Beth meets Cleo in NY where she is a model who likes to hang out with chess players (?!) and seems genuinely interested in Beth. Then she conveniently shows up i... | At first I was sure it was sabotage. Chloe admits to being jealous of Beth, and doesn’t stop her after one drink, as a good friend would. However, after reading one of the answers here, about Chloe ultimately being bored, I think that’s true, Chloe is more bored with her life than anything so it’s the boredom first tha... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/111431",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/41157/"
] | At first I was sure it was sabotage. Chloe admits to being jealous of Beth, and doesn’t stop her after one drink, as a good friend would. However, after reading one of the answers here, about Chloe ultimately being bored, I think that’s true, Chloe is more bored with her life than anything so it’s the boredom first tha... | I’d say Cleo genuinely likes Beth, but I have the same feeling that there was a level of sabotage motivating her meeting with Beth that night. If we recall the conversation between the two in the hotel bar, there’s a loaded conversation about Beth sleeping with Benny and Cleo makes a comment about unrequited love. Ther... |
111,431 | In the episode 6 - *Adjournment* - of the *Queen's Gambit* series, Beth is preparing for the big game with the Soviet champion Borgov. However, on the evening before, she receives a call from Cleo - a model that Beth has met before only once, during the "chess party".
Cleo invites Beth for a drink, even while the latt... | 2020/10/29 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/111431",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/41157/"
] | My opinion is that Cleo was a Russian spy sent to sabotage Beth. It's clear from the scene in the elevator that the Russians know she had a substance problem. Beth meets Cleo in NY where she is a model who likes to hang out with chess players (?!) and seems genuinely interested in Beth. Then she conveniently shows up i... | I’d say Cleo genuinely likes Beth, but I have the same feeling that there was a level of sabotage motivating her meeting with Beth that night. If we recall the conversation between the two in the hotel bar, there’s a loaded conversation about Beth sleeping with Benny and Cleo makes a comment about unrequited love. Ther... |
9,192 | Under which circumstances does a user answer two different answers on the same post?
When I think about it, I believe I've already edited some old answers of mine to add more solutions (that I've learned along the way since the time of writing the original answer) so I really can't see why this button is needed.
Edit... | 2017/10/11 | [
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] | You might need to post multiple answers because you have reached the maximum answer size and still have more to say as evidenced in [this Q&A](https://serverfault.com/q/49765/37681)
I have posted a question with two different answers to make a [simple ballot](https://meta.serverfault.com/q/8410/37681) here on Meta.
... | First: Does it bother you? If you don't need it, don't use it.
Second: If you want to describe multiple ways to solve a particular problem, doing this in multiple answers is perfectly valid. Just because you are fine with doing this in one answer doesn't mean others wouldn't be justified in using multiple answers, ev... |
3,250 | My wife uses Van Gogh watercolor paints in what I think is a really strange way. She squeezes some paint from the tube, lets it dry on the palette for 48 hours, and then uses a wet brush to paint with it.
I've certainly seen lots of information about reusing dry watercolor paint, but I've never encountered anyone inte... | 2017/07/16 | [
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] | It sounds like your wife learned to paint with watercolor paints in pans, and/or learned from someone who only really knew of these types of paints:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2HL6cm.jpg)
These are in a sense the ancestors of the kiddie wa... | ### Many people do this, it is common practice among watercolorists.
Watercolor paints can be used in their wet form via a tube or they can be used as a dried over consistency. It has nothing to do with the paint being cheap or kiddie as another commenter said. It’s just preference to which consistency you prefer.
I ... |
3,250 | My wife uses Van Gogh watercolor paints in what I think is a really strange way. She squeezes some paint from the tube, lets it dry on the palette for 48 hours, and then uses a wet brush to paint with it.
I've certainly seen lots of information about reusing dry watercolor paint, but I've never encountered anyone inte... | 2017/07/16 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/3250",
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] | It sounds like your wife learned to paint with watercolor paints in pans, and/or learned from someone who only really knew of these types of paints:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2HL6cm.jpg)
These are in a sense the ancestors of the kiddie wa... | I do this too. But many artists choose to squeeze paint out of the tubes just before they start painting and use up almost all the squeezed up paint. They do this because they feel that it gives freshness to the painting and if they let the paint dry, the binders used in the paint makes the paint to lose it vibrancy.
... |
3,250 | My wife uses Van Gogh watercolor paints in what I think is a really strange way. She squeezes some paint from the tube, lets it dry on the palette for 48 hours, and then uses a wet brush to paint with it.
I've certainly seen lots of information about reusing dry watercolor paint, but I've never encountered anyone inte... | 2017/07/16 | [
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/questions/3250",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com",
"https://crafts.stackexchange.com/users/2347/"
] | ### Many people do this, it is common practice among watercolorists.
Watercolor paints can be used in their wet form via a tube or they can be used as a dried over consistency. It has nothing to do with the paint being cheap or kiddie as another commenter said. It’s just preference to which consistency you prefer.
I ... | I do this too. But many artists choose to squeeze paint out of the tubes just before they start painting and use up almost all the squeezed up paint. They do this because they feel that it gives freshness to the painting and if they let the paint dry, the binders used in the paint makes the paint to lose it vibrancy.
... |
55,414 | ASP.NET MVC seems to be making a pretty big entrance. Can anyone summarize how its MVC implementation stacks up against popular MVC frameworks for other languages? (I'm thinking specifically of Rails and Zend Framework, though there are obviously lots.) Observations on learning curve, common terminology, ease of use an... | 2008/09/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55414",
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] | I'm just getting into ASP.NET MVC, so these are some early thoughts comparing it to Rails:
**Mostly manages to stick with static typing, at the expense of a little extra code.**
This will either give you the warm fuzzies or make you feel slightly shackled depending on how you feel about dynamic typing. For instance... | If you're already programming in the .NET idiom, it's pretty easy to pick up on a lot of what's going on in the MVC Framework. Rails, on the other hand, can be pretty easy to pick up (granted, at a basic level) if you've never set eyes on Ruby before you start.
It seems like you're talking about quality-as-MVC, though... |
862,173 | I received a faulty computer with weird errors. My suspicion was a bad memory and after running memtest it found a lot of errors as soon as I started it (around the 1504th MB).
Bought a new one and run memtest on it too. Now it only started failing at 7th test around address 129MB. I even tried the other slot to exclu... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/862173",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | There is a very simple fix for this issue:
1. Close all Excel documents
2. Open a blank document
3. Excel options > Trust center settings>macro settings>Select{Disable all macros with notifications}
4. Active X settings >
Select either:
* Disable all controls without notifications
* Prompt me before enabling all c... | Due to a recent Office Update, ActiveX Controls became useless, maybe that's the issue that troubles you.
There ara a few archives related that once deleted and regenerated can solve your problem, if that's your issue.
For more information, you can read this post:
[Bacon Bits: Office Update Breaks ActiveX Controls](ht... |
862,173 | I received a faulty computer with weird errors. My suspicion was a bad memory and after running memtest it found a lot of errors as soon as I started it (around the 1504th MB).
Bought a new one and run memtest on it too. Now it only started failing at 7th test around address 129MB. I even tried the other slot to exclu... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/862173",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385669/"
] | I had the same message for Control 'CommandButton13'. The spreadsheet worked OK on my colleagues PC, but not mine.
I noticed that in the VBA editor, one of the worksheets had somehow had the name changed from Sheet13 to CommandButton1. On my colleauges PC, we changed the name back & saved the file. It now works OK o... | Due to a recent Office Update, ActiveX Controls became useless, maybe that's the issue that troubles you.
There ara a few archives related that once deleted and regenerated can solve your problem, if that's your issue.
For more information, you can read this post:
[Bacon Bits: Office Update Breaks ActiveX Controls](ht... |
862,173 | I received a faulty computer with weird errors. My suspicion was a bad memory and after running memtest it found a lot of errors as soon as I started it (around the 1504th MB).
Bought a new one and run memtest on it too. Now it only started failing at 7th test around address 129MB. I even tried the other slot to exclu... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/862173",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385669/"
] | My answer to the problem was to delete the control buttons from the errored file and then just copy/paste the original ones back in from a previous copy of the file. It seemed to work fine. | Due to a recent Office Update, ActiveX Controls became useless, maybe that's the issue that troubles you.
There ara a few archives related that once deleted and regenerated can solve your problem, if that's your issue.
For more information, you can read this post:
[Bacon Bits: Office Update Breaks ActiveX Controls](ht... |
862,173 | I received a faulty computer with weird errors. My suspicion was a bad memory and after running memtest it found a lot of errors as soon as I started it (around the 1504th MB).
Bought a new one and run memtest on it too. Now it only started failing at 7th test around address 129MB. I even tried the other slot to exclu... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/862173",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385669/"
] | There is a very simple fix for this issue:
1. Close all Excel documents
2. Open a blank document
3. Excel options > Trust center settings>macro settings>Select{Disable all macros with notifications}
4. Active X settings >
Select either:
* Disable all controls without notifications
* Prompt me before enabling all c... | I had the same message for Control 'CommandButton13'. The spreadsheet worked OK on my colleagues PC, but not mine.
I noticed that in the VBA editor, one of the worksheets had somehow had the name changed from Sheet13 to CommandButton1. On my colleauges PC, we changed the name back & saved the file. It now works OK o... |
862,173 | I received a faulty computer with weird errors. My suspicion was a bad memory and after running memtest it found a lot of errors as soon as I started it (around the 1504th MB).
Bought a new one and run memtest on it too. Now it only started failing at 7th test around address 129MB. I even tried the other slot to exclu... | 2015/01/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/862173",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385669/"
] | There is a very simple fix for this issue:
1. Close all Excel documents
2. Open a blank document
3. Excel options > Trust center settings>macro settings>Select{Disable all macros with notifications}
4. Active X settings >
Select either:
* Disable all controls without notifications
* Prompt me before enabling all c... | My answer to the problem was to delete the control buttons from the errored file and then just copy/paste the original ones back in from a previous copy of the file. It seemed to work fine. |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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] | The underlying concern that you raise seems to be how you can best engage students to become self-motivated in their own learning processes, especially "the not so good students", with the resources that you have at hand.
Perhaps you might first reframe this as a question back to the students. What will help you (stud... | It depends on the subject, but in some of my physics classes for example, solutions were often provided for at least half the homework problems in advanced.
However, knowing the final value of a solution isn't the same as providing a walkthrough for how to complete the problem, which is itself more difficult and more ... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158938",
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] | You are doing two things wrong. (1) You have been provided with two TAs, but you are not using them to give students feedback on their exercises. (2) You are not handing out solutions.
The result of this is that students are operating in a complete vacuum. On the day they walk into an exam, they have absolutely no inf... | It depends on the subject, but in some of my physics classes for example, solutions were often provided for at least half the homework problems in advanced.
However, knowing the final value of a solution isn't the same as providing a walkthrough for how to complete the problem, which is itself more difficult and more ... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Generally I think it's good for the students to get some but not all solutions. It is sometimes helpful to see how an exercise is done properly, for orientation, and for learning certain things (including how to write). On the other hand providing too many solutions implicitly communicates that the exercises are not ab... | It depends on the subject, but in some of my physics classes for example, solutions were often provided for at least half the homework problems in advanced.
However, knowing the final value of a solution isn't the same as providing a walkthrough for how to complete the problem, which is itself more difficult and more ... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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] | As an instructor, I can assign readings to students, but I cannot actually force students to read. I can only provide consequences in the form of good/bad grades by, for instance, testing students over the reading. I believe it would help you to similarly identify which actions you have control over with regards to giv... | It depends on the subject, but in some of my physics classes for example, solutions were often provided for at least half the homework problems in advanced.
However, knowing the final value of a solution isn't the same as providing a walkthrough for how to complete the problem, which is itself more difficult and more ... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158938",
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] | The underlying concern that you raise seems to be how you can best engage students to become self-motivated in their own learning processes, especially "the not so good students", with the resources that you have at hand.
Perhaps you might first reframe this as a question back to the students. What will help you (stud... | As an instructor, I can assign readings to students, but I cannot actually force students to read. I can only provide consequences in the form of good/bad grades by, for instance, testing students over the reading. I believe it would help you to similarly identify which actions you have control over with regards to giv... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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] | The way for a "not so good" student to become better is to work harder and solve more exercises. Reading a solution is not at all like finding a solution. Your test becomes one of memorization rather than skill if you test on exercises for which the students have already seen correct solutions.
I would suggest that if... | Generally I think it's good for the students to get some but not all solutions. It is sometimes helpful to see how an exercise is done properly, for orientation, and for learning certain things (including how to write). On the other hand providing too many solutions implicitly communicates that the exercises are not ab... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158938",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | The way for a "not so good" student to become better is to work harder and solve more exercises. Reading a solution is not at all like finding a solution. Your test becomes one of memorization rather than skill if you test on exercises for which the students have already seen correct solutions.
I would suggest that if... | You are doing two things wrong. (1) You have been provided with two TAs, but you are not using them to give students feedback on their exercises. (2) You are not handing out solutions.
The result of this is that students are operating in a complete vacuum. On the day they walk into an exam, they have absolutely no inf... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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Perhaps you might first reframe this as a question back to the students. What will help you (stud... | Generally I think it's good for the students to get some but not all solutions. It is sometimes helpful to see how an exercise is done properly, for orientation, and for learning certain things (including how to write). On the other hand providing too many solutions implicitly communicates that the exercises are not ab... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
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I would suggest that if... | It depends on the subject, but in some of my physics classes for example, solutions were often provided for at least half the homework problems in advanced.
However, knowing the final value of a solution isn't the same as providing a walkthrough for how to complete the problem, which is itself more difficult and more ... |
158,938 | My institution moved all courses online this term. I spent a great amount of efforts:
* Pre-recording 3 hours of lectures (accompanied by 2% weekly asynchronous quizzes on Moodle)
* Holding two 1.5 hours of live Q&A sessions weekly on Zoom
However, the attendance of the Q&A sessions have been embarrassingly low (less... | 2020/11/17 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158938",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | The way for a "not so good" student to become better is to work harder and solve more exercises. Reading a solution is not at all like finding a solution. Your test becomes one of memorization rather than skill if you test on exercises for which the students have already seen correct solutions.
I would suggest that if... | The underlying concern that you raise seems to be how you can best engage students to become self-motivated in their own learning processes, especially "the not so good students", with the resources that you have at hand.
Perhaps you might first reframe this as a question back to the students. What will help you (stud... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
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] | I've used each and currently use Parallels.
Originally I went with Parallels since it was the first. Then I switched to VMWare since it *used* to have the better memory management. And now I use Parallels again.
VMWare tends to be more polished and have fewer annoyance bugs but, currently, Parallels is faster (I thin... | I have used both a little. If you are using Vmware on your servers, then creating Vmware VMs is a useful advantage. |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
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] | If you really want good performance, you might want to ditch the VM approach and go with [Boot Camp](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html), which is essentially a partitioning tool with some extra software that makes it easy to switch between OSX and Windows. You'll have to reboot into Windows of course, ... | I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion and currently use VMware Fusion. The primary reason for my change is that the version upgrades (version 2 to 3, version 3 to 4) of Parallels seem to continuously corrupt my virtual hard drive image. I have had problems with the version upgrades every time new Parallels softw... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
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] | Over the years I have used 3 products; Parallels, VMWare Fusion, and VirtualBox. From a strictly user standpoint, I found Parallels and VMWare Fusion to be roughly equivalent. Both were a snap to setup a new VM, they were both easy to move VMs from one system to another. And both also had much the same feature set.
F... | You're lucky - both are great products, Parallels is supposed to be faster overall with Fusion having slightly better functionality - just pick one and you'll be happy.
Personally I love the portability of VMWare VM files so went for Fusion but you can't mess this one up :) |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | I've used each and currently use Parallels.
Originally I went with Parallels since it was the first. Then I switched to VMWare since it *used* to have the better memory management. And now I use Parallels again.
VMWare tends to be more polished and have fewer annoyance bugs but, currently, Parallels is faster (I thin... | I've not had a great deal of experience with Parallels so can't really compare it with VMware Fusion. I use VMware Fusion daily at home and I picked it mainly because at work I use Windows hardware running VMware Workstation and any virtual machines it uses, I can easily use in VMWare Fusion. The format is very portabl... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | Ok, here is the skinny.
You should choose VMware Fusion if any of the following apply to you:
* You use VMware Server / ESX / Workstation / Player elsewhere.
* Use the VMware appliances from VMware's website.
* You wish to create VMware appliances.
* You have stock in VMware, Inc.
Otherwise you can use Parallels, or... | I do not see this mentioned yet, but if you own a iMac or other Mac hardware configuration with an ATI card, the current OS X System Update DOES NOT ALLOW 3d Acceleration with VMWare Fusion 2. I personally feel that VMWare did a poor job with their support of Mac users in this regard - there should have been some sort ... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/437696/"
] | I've not had a great deal of experience with Parallels so can't really compare it with VMware Fusion. I use VMware Fusion daily at home and I picked it mainly because at work I use Windows hardware running VMware Workstation and any virtual machines it uses, I can easily use in VMWare Fusion. The format is very portabl... | I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion and currently use VMware Fusion. The primary reason for my change is that the version upgrades (version 2 to 3, version 3 to 4) of Parallels seem to continuously corrupt my virtual hard drive image. I have had problems with the version upgrades every time new Parallels softw... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/437696/"
] | I've used each and currently use Parallels.
Originally I went with Parallels since it was the first. Then I switched to VMWare since it *used* to have the better memory management. And now I use Parallels again.
VMWare tends to be more polished and have fewer annoyance bugs but, currently, Parallels is faster (I thin... | If you really want good performance, you might want to ditch the VM approach and go with [Boot Camp](http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html), which is essentially a partitioning tool with some extra software that makes it easy to switch between OSX and Windows. You'll have to reboot into Windows of course, ... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/437696/"
] | I've used each and currently use Parallels.
Originally I went with Parallels since it was the first. Then I switched to VMWare since it *used* to have the better memory management. And now I use Parallels again.
VMWare tends to be more polished and have fewer annoyance bugs but, currently, Parallels is faster (I thin... | I do not see this mentioned yet, but if you own a iMac or other Mac hardware configuration with an ATI card, the current OS X System Update DOES NOT ALLOW 3d Acceleration with VMWare Fusion 2. I personally feel that VMWare did a poor job with their support of Mac users in this regard - there should have been some sort ... |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/437696/"
] | I have used both a little. If you are using Vmware on your servers, then creating Vmware VMs is a useful advantage. | I recently used Parallels to run a Windows application (Shockwave flash executable). The application started, but was only partly navigable. The audio and video bundled in the application did not play, only the static content (pictures). I will try VMWare as soon as I find my misplaced Windows XP CD. |
263,016 | Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons? | 2009/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/263016",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/437696/"
] | Ok, here is the skinny.
You should choose VMware Fusion if any of the following apply to you:
* You use VMware Server / ESX / Workstation / Player elsewhere.
* Use the VMware appliances from VMware's website.
* You wish to create VMware appliances.
* You have stock in VMware, Inc.
Otherwise you can use Parallels, or... | I recently used Parallels to run a Windows application (Shockwave flash executable). The application started, but was only partly navigable. The audio and video bundled in the application did not play, only the static content (pictures). I will try VMWare as soon as I find my misplaced Windows XP CD. |
1,769,662 | I have an application that might receive a net request for data from another computer. The data can be grouped into several categories so that filtering can be made upon it.
In this situation two things can happen:
1. I give the user the ability to filter the information he wants to send (thus reducing bandwidth and ... | 2009/11/20 | [
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] | I think the best is if you can to do the default thing without asking the user, but provide an options menu or similar somewhere so that an interested user can go in and optimize if she wishes. If it makes sense in your situation, it might be an idea to notify the user in a subtle way that there are options that can be... | Without a lot more detail it is hard to say. It depends on the sort of users you will be getting and how skillful they are.
You might be able to do some sort of compromise, where it is simple by default, but has an advanced button for advanced users. |
1,769,662 | I have an application that might receive a net request for data from another computer. The data can be grouped into several categories so that filtering can be made upon it.
In this situation two things can happen:
1. I give the user the ability to filter the information he wants to send (thus reducing bandwidth and ... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1769662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | I think the best is if you can to do the default thing without asking the user, but provide an options menu or similar somewhere so that an interested user can go in and optimize if she wishes. If it makes sense in your situation, it might be an idea to notify the user in a subtle way that there are options that can be... | It always depends on the situations. You can assume the default inputs wherever possible and ask the user for more. But in my opinion simplicity is the best. If you need lot on user interventions, you can try wizard kind-of-interfaces. |
1,769,662 | I have an application that might receive a net request for data from another computer. The data can be grouped into several categories so that filtering can be made upon it.
In this situation two things can happen:
1. I give the user the ability to filter the information he wants to send (thus reducing bandwidth and ... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1769662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2695/"
] | I think the best is if you can to do the default thing without asking the user, but provide an options menu or similar somewhere so that an interested user can go in and optimize if she wishes. If it makes sense in your situation, it might be an idea to notify the user in a subtle way that there are options that can be... | *It depends on how much time you want to put into polishing.*
I would say if its a feature you are thinking of adding, its probably a good feature. However, if you have concerns of overwhelming the novice user, have a basic feature and simply add a link like "advanced" next to it. |
1,769,662 | I have an application that might receive a net request for data from another computer. The data can be grouped into several categories so that filtering can be made upon it.
In this situation two things can happen:
1. I give the user the ability to filter the information he wants to send (thus reducing bandwidth and ... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1769662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Without a lot more detail it is hard to say. It depends on the sort of users you will be getting and how skillful they are.
You might be able to do some sort of compromise, where it is simple by default, but has an advanced button for advanced users. | It always depends on the situations. You can assume the default inputs wherever possible and ask the user for more. But in my opinion simplicity is the best. If you need lot on user interventions, you can try wizard kind-of-interfaces. |
1,769,662 | I have an application that might receive a net request for data from another computer. The data can be grouped into several categories so that filtering can be made upon it.
In this situation two things can happen:
1. I give the user the ability to filter the information he wants to send (thus reducing bandwidth and ... | 2009/11/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1769662",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2695/"
] | Without a lot more detail it is hard to say. It depends on the sort of users you will be getting and how skillful they are.
You might be able to do some sort of compromise, where it is simple by default, but has an advanced button for advanced users. | *It depends on how much time you want to put into polishing.*
I would say if its a feature you are thinking of adding, its probably a good feature. However, if you have concerns of overwhelming the novice user, have a basic feature and simply add a link like "advanced" next to it. |
49,820 | Back in France I had a few teachers handing back exams in order from the highest grade to the lowest grade, and I recall there was some tense suspense, especially for for the people at the bottom of the stack. Is there any point in handing back exams ordered by grade? Assume there is no online platform to release grade... | 2015/08/02 | [
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] | No good reasons, only tradition (this is how we've always done it) and sadism (the poorer scoring students should be shamed into doing better). In the US, these days, at the college level at least, it also might now also be considered bordering on a FERPA violation by some. If you announced that the grades were returne... | I often sort essays by the grade so I can do a final check on the distribution and the consistency of the marking. We return essays through the school office, so the order does not matter. If I was handing them out to the class, for them not to be in grade order, I would have to introduce a random shuffle. Throughly sh... |
49,820 | Back in France I had a few teachers handing back exams in order from the highest grade to the lowest grade, and I recall there was some tense suspense, especially for for the people at the bottom of the stack. Is there any point in handing back exams ordered by grade? Assume there is no online platform to release grade... | 2015/08/02 | [
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] | No good reasons, only tradition (this is how we've always done it) and sadism (the poorer scoring students should be shamed into doing better). In the US, these days, at the college level at least, it also might now also be considered bordering on a FERPA violation by some. If you announced that the grades were returne... | When I was a student, some twenty years ago, there were two common ways to release grades after a written exam:
1. putting a notice on a board along the university corridors;
2. gathering all the students in a classroom and calling them one by one to the desk.
In the first case, the order on the notice was typically ... |
49,820 | Back in France I had a few teachers handing back exams in order from the highest grade to the lowest grade, and I recall there was some tense suspense, especially for for the people at the bottom of the stack. Is there any point in handing back exams ordered by grade? Assume there is no online platform to release grade... | 2015/08/02 | [
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] | No good reasons, only tradition (this is how we've always done it) and sadism (the poorer scoring students should be shamed into doing better). In the US, these days, at the college level at least, it also might now also be considered bordering on a FERPA violation by some. If you announced that the grades were returne... | What happens in a high school setting is that the pupils will be curious about how their friends did in the exam. If you hand back the exams in this way, you'll be able to resume the lessons very soon after you're done giving back the exams. |
49,820 | Back in France I had a few teachers handing back exams in order from the highest grade to the lowest grade, and I recall there was some tense suspense, especially for for the people at the bottom of the stack. Is there any point in handing back exams ordered by grade? Assume there is no online platform to release grade... | 2015/08/02 | [
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] | I often sort essays by the grade so I can do a final check on the distribution and the consistency of the marking. We return essays through the school office, so the order does not matter. If I was handing them out to the class, for them not to be in grade order, I would have to introduce a random shuffle. Throughly sh... | What happens in a high school setting is that the pupils will be curious about how their friends did in the exam. If you hand back the exams in this way, you'll be able to resume the lessons very soon after you're done giving back the exams. |
49,820 | Back in France I had a few teachers handing back exams in order from the highest grade to the lowest grade, and I recall there was some tense suspense, especially for for the people at the bottom of the stack. Is there any point in handing back exams ordered by grade? Assume there is no online platform to release grade... | 2015/08/02 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/49820",
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] | When I was a student, some twenty years ago, there were two common ways to release grades after a written exam:
1. putting a notice on a board along the university corridors;
2. gathering all the students in a classroom and calling them one by one to the desk.
In the first case, the order on the notice was typically ... | What happens in a high school setting is that the pupils will be curious about how their friends did in the exam. If you hand back the exams in this way, you'll be able to resume the lessons very soon after you're done giving back the exams. |
372,179 | I finished the game without developing my character (I know that sounds stupid!) Now I want to activate the alternate igni sign (to kill the toad prince), but I cannot do it although I have 33 points available (the box on the bottom left in the character screen says Points Available 33).
Despite having 33 points in to... | 2020/07/05 | [
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] | The 'Points in Branch: 0' at the top of the Signs section is just telling you that you have not currently spent any Skill Points on signs. This is useful information because the rows in the table are unlocked as you spend more points in the table.
So to begin just select an entry in the first row and use 'Acquire Abil... | You have to start at the top, and fully complete each box before moving down to the next one. To get all the way to the Pyromaniac in igni you need to have spent 28 points. You do this by increasing more signs than just igni. Progress as far as you can down the igni column and you will then see how many more points nee... |
224,792 | So I was thinking, if people get access somehow to your list of hashes, it's easy for them to figure out what alghoritm you used if they have 32, 40, 60 characters etc
But what if you slice those strings a bit, like you use SHA-1 which is 40 and slice it to 32 characters? That would certainly make people think you are... | 2020/01/24 | [
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] | >
> It strikes me that whatever method is used, if an attacker gains
> access to your codebase, they can simple write a script that would
> decrypt and export the database.
>
>
>
*Preventive controls* - like securing the encryption key with an HSM - attempt to prevent that from happening. But as you say, if some... | When your software is user-facing, then a common technique is to give a password to the user they need to enter when launching the application. You use that password to derive the encryption keys for any other secrets. The password itself is stored nowhere except the head of the user. That means an attacker will need u... |
31,140,604 | I am using latest okhttp and when using at home it connects just fine. Inside a company it displays dialog box for approval to connect to a server. I do not want the user to see that dialog box just connect silently like it does for me at home. How do I get it to do that? I used httpclient from Apache and it does not d... | 2015/06/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31140604",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1049266/"
] | Your best bet is <http://django-nonrel.org/>. But that only supports MongoDB & Google App Engine. | A Django session backend for DynamoDB
<https://github.com/gtaylor/django-dynamodb-sessions> |
90,699 | As a student, and as a tutor, I have found that tutorials for liberal arts subjects (in university) can be a bore. As a student, in large courses you mightn't know anyone in your class, you mightn't want to answer questions in order to avoid looking like a know-all, or you mightn't answer questions because you haven't ... | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90699",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I think that it is a mistake and a waste to approach a tutorial like a lecture.
In my own experience both in leading tutorials (in a more STEM environment, but still one with some open-ended discussions) and in being a student in them (both STEM and liberal arts), the instructor needs to actively cultivate an culture ... | You could find and present **examples of spectacular blunders and failures** (and then try to analyze them together).
The lecture has to be concise and to communicate the general concept. It would be fun and educational if you could present examples from history when things went horribly wrong, while *apparently* obey... |
26,872 | I tried to find the font via whatthefont and whatfontis tools, to no avail.
Can anyone identify this font:
The font is Linhof's Technika camera's logo, if that helps. Not even sure if it is a font or just a logotype.
Thanks for any help! | 2014/02/01 | [
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] | The Logo looks like a calligraphic work and is probably not a part of any known font family. Probably, the letters were specially designed for the company.
PS Some guy used similar (but NOT exactly) font in his logo... probably you can ask him - 
[he... | Very likely the typeface for Technika was designed especially for them. [Mata Regular](http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/t26/mata_regular_ot/ot_ps) is similar in spirit, if that means anything.
 |
26,872 | I tried to find the font via whatthefont and whatfontis tools, to no avail.
Can anyone identify this font:
The font is Linhof's Technika camera's logo, if that helps. Not even sure if it is a font or just a logotype.
Thanks for any help! | 2014/02/01 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/26872",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/668/"
] | I could not find the exact font, but [Chord Black Regular](http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/t26/chord/black-regular/) is very similar except for the letter "K".
 | Very likely the typeface for Technika was designed especially for them. [Mata Regular](http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/t26/mata_regular_ot/ot_ps) is similar in spirit, if that means anything.
 |
88,629 | What is StandardSetController and why is it used in Salesforce?
Why do we instantiate it?
Is there any alternative to this? | 2015/08/19 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/88629",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
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] | I recently ran into a similar issue and was given an education on the subject:
I've seen something similar to this. The metadata API can't support the initial setup of dependent picklists. Set up just the initial dependency between controlling and dependent field in the browser (in the destination org) then push your ... | I agree with Dan. Over a year back i came up with the same issue. I crated a blank dependency first between the two fields Using Salesforce Object detail page and later i did the deployment with the detailed dependency. It worked well. |
399,004 | I'm trying to understand whether the high trap count reported by top on Solaris 10
Kernel: 1659 ctxsw, ***1069 trap***, 4433 intr, 3837 syscall, 5 fork
Memory: 8192M phys mem, 299M free mem, 4103M total swap, 3236M free swap
is a problem or not.
Googling for kernel traps mainly returns large documents on kernel arch... | 2012/06/15 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/399004",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/100199/"
] | Hello I had a similar task and I've done the following(if the server is a windows VPS ) :
1. Define what is more important for your application/enviroment (for a DB Prod server you might expect a high read speed , CPU ) . You can get that from the aplications \ event log and see which seems to be the bottleneck.
2. Pe... | Usually, is a good idea use iostat to take measures of the disk access times.
Vmstat to see your memory and htop to cpu.
If your running windows use performance monitor.
Usualy in VMs the bottleneck is the disk access latency.
I could give you some idea abut your performance issues. |
399,004 | I'm trying to understand whether the high trap count reported by top on Solaris 10
Kernel: 1659 ctxsw, ***1069 trap***, 4433 intr, 3837 syscall, 5 fork
Memory: 8192M phys mem, 299M free mem, 4103M total swap, 3236M free swap
is a problem or not.
Googling for kernel traps mainly returns large documents on kernel arch... | 2012/06/15 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/399004",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/100199/"
] | Hello I had a similar task and I've done the following(if the server is a windows VPS ) :
1. Define what is more important for your application/enviroment (for a DB Prod server you might expect a high read speed , CPU ) . You can get that from the aplications \ event log and see which seems to be the bottleneck.
2. Pe... | Define what are the important measures to you, like: IO, CPU, Latecy, ...
Then find an appropriate testprogram, for example testing Disk IO bonnie++ is a good choise, but you can find many more standard test progras in [Phoronix Test Suite](http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/).
Do more tests on different systems and ... |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I wouldn't consider asking for a raise or any other sort of recognition **before** you will be presented with new responsibilities and tasks. You cannot know for sure whether the company isn't planning to hire new team members, who will take over your colleagues positions.
When/if given more responsibilities, you shou... | I would approach it as "With a new team member leaving, I would like to ask for more responsibility and if possible an increase in pay as well" so it doesn't feel like a shakedown.
*Offer* to do more, so you can have a decent argument as to why you deserve more. |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86557/"
] | I wouldn't consider asking for a raise or any other sort of recognition **before** you will be presented with new responsibilities and tasks. You cannot know for sure whether the company isn't planning to hire new team members, who will take over your colleagues positions.
When/if given more responsibilities, you shou... | I've been on both sides of this type of situation.
In case #1 I was on the remaining team after a team-member unexpectedly died. We had a very strict deadline due to a regulatory requirement. In this case, we needed to get management involved, as there was no way we would meet the project deadline (and deliverables) w... |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86557/"
] | I wouldn't consider asking for a raise or any other sort of recognition **before** you will be presented with new responsibilities and tasks. You cannot know for sure whether the company isn't planning to hire new team members, who will take over your colleagues positions.
When/if given more responsibilities, you shou... | It's too early for you to ask for a raise.
When negotiating a raise, you should be able to justify these points:
* You're providing a value at least as high as the compensation you're seeking.
* You're consistently providing high value and utility to the company.
* You demonstratively meet deadlines and satisfy stake... |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86557/"
] | I would approach it as "With a new team member leaving, I would like to ask for more responsibility and if possible an increase in pay as well" so it doesn't feel like a shakedown.
*Offer* to do more, so you can have a decent argument as to why you deserve more. | I've been on both sides of this type of situation.
In case #1 I was on the remaining team after a team-member unexpectedly died. We had a very strict deadline due to a regulatory requirement. In this case, we needed to get management involved, as there was no way we would meet the project deadline (and deliverables) w... |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86557/"
] | I would approach it as "With a new team member leaving, I would like to ask for more responsibility and if possible an increase in pay as well" so it doesn't feel like a shakedown.
*Offer* to do more, so you can have a decent argument as to why you deserve more. | It's too early for you to ask for a raise.
When negotiating a raise, you should be able to justify these points:
* You're providing a value at least as high as the compensation you're seeking.
* You're consistently providing high value and utility to the company.
* You demonstratively meet deadlines and satisfy stake... |
111,450 | My colleague has recently announced retirement soon from an already skeleton team. This means the team will be even smaller and more responsibility/pressure will be put on me and the other members of the team. I'm the newest member by a long way and learning a lot still.
With the extra work and responsibility is it ap... | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/111450",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/86557/"
] | I've been on both sides of this type of situation.
In case #1 I was on the remaining team after a team-member unexpectedly died. We had a very strict deadline due to a regulatory requirement. In this case, we needed to get management involved, as there was no way we would meet the project deadline (and deliverables) w... | It's too early for you to ask for a raise.
When negotiating a raise, you should be able to justify these points:
* You're providing a value at least as high as the compensation you're seeking.
* You're consistently providing high value and utility to the company.
* You demonstratively meet deadlines and satisfy stake... |
14,494 | A friend of mine is asking me to help out on a project of his, I have done a small amount of game development before, but mainly do application and enterprise development these days.
He is asking me to look into some of the networking part of his game. I know that a huge part of this is going to involve reporting/anal... | 2011/07/05 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/14494",
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] | There are MMO code bases available, which might be better than articles? Depends on how you like to investigate a field.
Panda3D, Ryzom, Mangos (warcraft emu), the WorldForge project, and so on. Experimental engines like Smash in erlang. Many older MMOs are built on top of MUD code.
Most core MMO architectures aren't... | There are two types of MMO games. There are real-time games, along the lines of Eve and World of Warcraft, then there is everything else. Farmville, Mafiawars, etc. They both dictate totally different backend architectures.
For games like Farmville, your standard line-of-business type architecture will really excel, b... |
103,793 | So, let's say you have a measure of 3/4. Like the following:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nI10d.png)
Then you have a triplet in the next measure, like this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kihyn.png)
How would I "cut o... | 2020/08/11 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/103793",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/66691/"
] | The simplest solution is given by the Wikipedia [Irrational Meters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature#Irrational_meters) entry. You would just write it as two half-notes, which, given the 2/3 time signature, would be understood as two "thirds-of-a-whole-note".
>
> for example, one beat in 4⁄5 is written a... | I **think** this is what you're trying to do:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ons63.png) |
379,123 | Does it sound natural to say: "I've proofed your homework and it's ok"? I'd like to say something different than I've corrected your work, or I've checked your work. | 2017/03/19 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/379123",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/148366/"
] | You could also consider:
[contort](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contorted): to twist in a violent manner
[writhe](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writhe): 1. to twist into coils or folds OR 2. to twist (the body or a bodily part) in pain.
While not a single word, *the fetal position* is ... | "Writhed" or "Squirmed" are probably your best bets because they imply struggle, pain, and disgust. |
24,805 | In Mahabharata the name "Krishna DvaipAyana" (Dark skinned, Island born) is used quite a lot. Yet the other usage of "[Veda VyAsa](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyasa)" is more famous.
What's the origin of this second name?
Is the Punjab originated river "[Beas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beas_River)" (Bias) w... | 2018/03/03 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/24805",
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] | According to Hindu scriptures, the sex drive is stronger in women.
The line from Mahābhārata in the question is closely related to the guidance below from Garuḍa Purāṇa ([astrojyoti.com](http://www.astrojyoti.com/garudapurana-6.htm)):
>
> **COPULATION PROHIBITED ON CERTAIN DAYS**
>
>
> An ideal wife is one who obe... | Hindu scriptures **may not be discussing "libido" at all**.
There is a famous so called verse from ChAnakya Niti:
>
> स्त्रीणा द्विगुण **अहारो** लज्जा चापि चतुर्गुणा ।
>
> साहसं षड्गुणं चैव **काम**श्चाष्टगुणः स्मृतः
>
>
>
I had came across these quotes of "X times this, Y times that" several years back. Late... |
79,813 | I want to become an aviation ground instructor BGI.
I hold a commercial, multi, instrument and F/E pilot certificate but haven’t flown in a long time.
1. Do I need to be “ current” to become a BGI?
2. Do I need an FAA medical? | 2020/07/26 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/79813",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/50661/"
] | You do not need a medical certificate. It also does not matter that you have not flown in a long time. You will need to study and take two separate tests to get you ground instructor certificate.
* Fundamentals of Instruction (FOI) Test
* Ground Instructor Test
The FOI information is covered extensively in the Aviati... | Make sure to check out FAR Title 14, Chapter 1, Subchapter D, Part 61, Subpart 1, §61.215-§61.217.
To be eligible for a ground instructor certificate you must:
(1) Be at least 18
(2) Be able to read, write, speak, and understand English
(3) Pass a knowledge test on instruction (not necessary if you are already a CF... |
9,918,138 | Xcode optimizes png images so they are loaded faster, but is this also recommended for other image resources that are not for buttons and UI (Photos for example)?
Or is it a standard to have UI images as png and "photos" as JPEG?
What is the best practice here? | 2012/03/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9918138",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/382489/"
] | The best practice is to use PNG files as often as possible when using images within your app. iOS and Xcode load and display PNGs quickest as opposed to any other type of format. If given a choice, go with PNG.
When you use any other file type (or if you load a non-optimized PNG files), your iPhone has to do the byte-... | For what it's worth, Apple recommends using the PNG format for images. There's a lot more information on this topic in [this Apple documentation](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/2DDrawing/Conceptual/DrawingPrintingiOS/LoadingImages/LoadingImages.html). |
67,252 | I'm an amateur and I'm buying a Nikon D5200. What exactly are filters used for? Do I need one for basic nature photography? | 2015/08/10 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/67252",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/42943/"
] | Simple answer: No, you don't need a UV filter. There is no particular reason to use one... film was quite sensitive to UV light, more so that the eye, so when shooting film a UV filter did something useful. Digital sensors are different in this respect, less sensitive to UV, so a UV filter is irrelevant. All you are do... | The only use for a UV filter for digital cameras is to protect the lens, although there are mixed opinions about the usefulness of that. I do use a UV filter for extra protection, also to protect the lens from moisture. The lens then has to be cleaned less often, therefore it will accumulate scratches less fast. Now a ... |
121,028 | For a couple of days I am trying to understand the Rayleigh Fading model, but I am failing to.
I look at various articles and tutorials online, everything goes fine up to a points, but then a lot of formulas which I can not decode come up, and I loose it from there.
So far I can only talk about the basic stuff: the R... | 2014/07/13 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/121028",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/30874/"
] | It is really down to the designer of the microcontroller. But, in general, a watchdog forces a reset of the processor and typically starts the program from the beginning. It is not always that way though, and the watchdog can also often be used to trigger an interrupt, in which case yes the ISR would return to where it... | Your very senior professor is full of you-know-what. What happens after a WDT reset is (generally) that the processor restarts from where it would start after any hard reset.
The information that a WDT timeout **caused** the reset is often available (in the form of a bit or bits in a register), and the firmware may t... |
3,247 | (So there is this controversy about a black guy playing Achilles [in some new show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy:_Fall_of_a_City). Which made me wonder...)
What did Achilles look like?
Can we say how Achilles really looked? (From what I remember there is a description of his hair in Iliad)
What clues can his p... | 2018/01/08 | [
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/3247",
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] | With the preface that I think it's silly upset about *mythological* accuracy in a TV show: since the Olympic gods neglected to photograph their human pets, we can't really know what Achilles looks like. Nor do the ancient epics give much in the way of physical descriptions. That said, literary sources do describe Achil... | According to Homeros' Iliad, Achilles is the most handsome young man in the Greek camp. And he has shiny (reddish) blond hair.
Homer, Iliad. 2.673–674
“Nireus who was the most beautiful man who came to Troy
Of the rest of the Danaans, after Peleus’ blameless son.
But he was weak and a small army followed him.”
Νιρεύ... |
3,247 | (So there is this controversy about a black guy playing Achilles [in some new show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy:_Fall_of_a_City). Which made me wonder...)
What did Achilles look like?
Can we say how Achilles really looked? (From what I remember there is a description of his hair in Iliad)
What clues can his p... | 2018/01/08 | [
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/3247",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com",
"https://mythology.stackexchange.com/users/4525/"
] | With the preface that I think it's silly upset about *mythological* accuracy in a TV show: since the Olympic gods neglected to photograph their human pets, we can't really know what Achilles looks like. Nor do the ancient epics give much in the way of physical descriptions. That said, literary sources do describe Achil... | Much can be deduced from the story of Odysseus and Diomedes going to Skyros to find Achilles. A man as smart as Odysseus would surely have looked for male characteristics such as an Adam's apple or a deeper voice but such characteristics must have been absent in the apparent females he needed to check out. Odysseus the... |
7,273 | Most people on this website, who happen to have some "reputation", don't want to solve homework questions, all they want to do is put questions on hold, because apparently , the questions are "off-topic", and frankly quite stupid, or so I have read. Which coerces me to question, what is the topic? If one asks the proce... | 2015/12/03 | [
"https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7273",
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] | The point of this site can be found on the [**Tour page**](https://physics.stackexchange.com/tour),
>
> Physics Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for active researchers, academics and students of physics and astronomy. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites. With your ... | Against better judgement, I will engage but with the warning now that I don't really plan on participating in a discussion; I will simply post my answer and move on.
This is our [sandbox](https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6107/thoughts-on-meta-post-on-homework-question-handling-and-basic-questions/6108... |
425,006 | In translating a text about a book and a person is describing how he likes it and the moral values in it.
He then says this line: “So it speaks to my heart.”
I figured the meaning for this phrase is:
**speak to one’s heart**: to touch one’s heart, to deeply affect one’s emotions
I was trying to find a fitting defin... | 2018/01/05 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/425006",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/180248/"
] | The Chamber's dictionary was taking you in the right direction.
The phrase, "speaks to one’s heart," has a long history in the **Western Christian experience** and high currency in **today's religious discourse**. The idea of "speaking to the heart" appears in the Bible repeatedly. See for example God speaking in **[... | **Definition** (v.) to be honest, sincere
Examples She doesn’t speak from the heart. Everything she says seems like a lie. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
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] | What about simply "He was one of the youngest of his immediate family"? | I find the phrase *one of* and the word *youngest* clumsy in this context, and would instead say (for example) *He was among the younger siblings* or *He was a young sibling* or *He was little brother to most of his siblings*. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | I'd say, "He was one of the youngest children in his family." Leave out the "one of" and it becomes a pretty standard expression.
I suppose this could be ambiguous in that it could be taken to mean among all his cousins and not just his immediate family. But I think few would read it that way unless the context called... | *He was one of the youngest in **his** family.*
This should preclude the interpretation of family to include his own children because they are obviously younger than he is. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | As mentioned in my comments, I believe "of his" is unnecessary since it is implied. This results in the 'less awkward' phrase:
>
> He was one of the youngest siblings.
>
>
>
Since "he" can't be part of someone else's siblings, "his" siblings are implied. If you want to compare the subject with someone else's sibl... | I find the phrase *one of* and the word *youngest* clumsy in this context, and would instead say (for example) *He was among the younger siblings* or *He was a young sibling* or *He was little brother to most of his siblings*. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | What about simply "He was one of the youngest of his immediate family"? | *He was one of the youngest in **his** family.*
This should preclude the interpretation of family to include his own children because they are obviously younger than he is. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | As mentioned in my comments, I believe "of his" is unnecessary since it is implied. This results in the 'less awkward' phrase:
>
> He was one of the youngest siblings.
>
>
>
Since "he" can't be part of someone else's siblings, "his" siblings are implied. If you want to compare the subject with someone else's sibl... | I'd say, "He was one of the youngest children in his family." Leave out the "one of" and it becomes a pretty standard expression.
I suppose this could be ambiguous in that it could be taken to mean among all his cousins and not just his immediate family. But I think few would read it that way unless the context called... |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | As mentioned in my comments, I believe "of his" is unnecessary since it is implied. This results in the 'less awkward' phrase:
>
> He was one of the youngest siblings.
>
>
>
Since "he" can't be part of someone else's siblings, "his" siblings are implied. If you want to compare the subject with someone else's sibl... | What about simply "He was one of the youngest of his immediate family"? |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | As mentioned in my comments, I believe "of his" is unnecessary since it is implied. This results in the 'less awkward' phrase:
>
> He was one of the youngest siblings.
>
>
>
Since "he" can't be part of someone else's siblings, "his" siblings are implied. If you want to compare the subject with someone else's sibl... | *He was one of the youngest in **his** family.*
This should preclude the interpretation of family to include his own children because they are obviously younger than he is. |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | As mentioned in my comments, I believe "of his" is unnecessary since it is implied. This results in the 'less awkward' phrase:
>
> He was one of the youngest siblings.
>
>
>
Since "he" can't be part of someone else's siblings, "his" siblings are implied. If you want to compare the subject with someone else's sibl... | What about trying a vaguer kind of inclusion:
>
> He was one of the youngest among his siblings.
>
>
>
I don't think this implies the relationship that bothered you (him being his own sibling). Or a cleaner variation:
>
> He was among the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
I personally would say casually:
>
... |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | I'd say, "He was one of the youngest children in his family." Leave out the "one of" and it becomes a pretty standard expression.
I suppose this could be ambiguous in that it could be taken to mean among all his cousins and not just his immediate family. But I think few would read it that way unless the context called... | What about trying a vaguer kind of inclusion:
>
> He was one of the youngest among his siblings.
>
>
>
I don't think this implies the relationship that bothered you (him being his own sibling). Or a cleaner variation:
>
> He was among the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
I personally would say casually:
>
... |
79,273 | I have a problem with this sentence:
>
> He was one of the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
The meaning should be clear: *he had many brothers and sisters, and he was one of the youngest of the lot*, but the expression feels awfully awkward to me, with expression *his siblings* implicitly excluding the subject fro... | 2012/08/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/79273",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/9505/"
] | What about simply "He was one of the youngest of his immediate family"? | What about trying a vaguer kind of inclusion:
>
> He was one of the youngest among his siblings.
>
>
>
I don't think this implies the relationship that bothered you (him being his own sibling). Or a cleaner variation:
>
> He was among the youngest of his siblings.
>
>
>
I personally would say casually:
>
... |
708,212 | HTTP File Server or HFS is a small utility which allows one to share files with others by creating http links for every file
Now when I want to download multiple files, the software creates a "tar" file with the selected files
**Now my question is, when I'm creating a tar file, are the files duplicated? Do I need dou... | 2014/01/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/708212",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/253843/"
] | Yes, 3 adapters shouldn't be a problem. You might notice a speed reduction at the remote end. Use the same brand and model to be sure.
See more at: <http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-network.htm> | This depend on your hardware and this info should be availible in the specifications of that particular device.
Apart from this, i think that most Powerline-Systems are capable of being extended beyond two adapters. |
708,212 | HTTP File Server or HFS is a small utility which allows one to share files with others by creating http links for every file
Now when I want to download multiple files, the software creates a "tar" file with the selected files
**Now my question is, when I'm creating a tar file, are the files duplicated? Do I need dou... | 2014/01/28 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/708212",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/253843/"
] | Yes, 3 adapters shouldn't be a problem. You might notice a speed reduction at the remote end. Use the same brand and model to be sure.
See more at: <http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-network.htm> | It should work - homeplug scales up to at least 16 adaptors, and have the same network name by default. It'll just be plug and play, unless you need to reset the network name. Follow the instructions on your new unit if it dosen't 'just work'.
At the moment my network has a single homeplug unit at the router, a 4 port... |
151,527 | I'm developing a Java 6 EE application and I'm testing my jsp code with another one with a testing version of the function calls and code used in the original one but it seems loose and impractical. Is there a good way to accomplish this kind of testing? | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/151527",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/55800/"
] | If you haven't read about MVC (model view controller), do so. You shouldn't have code in a JSP, just display. Putting code in JSP is very 1900's.
Seriously though, if there is no code in the JSP, you aren't testing the JSP. You are testing the action/flow. Then you could use [HttpUnit](http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/... | You can also consider using a HTTP unit test framework like **HTTPUnit** | <http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/>.
Another important point is to well separate concerns of your application.
E.g. using techniques like **TDD** (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven\_development), you'll design types for testability.
Typ... |
151,527 | I'm developing a Java 6 EE application and I'm testing my jsp code with another one with a testing version of the function calls and code used in the original one but it seems loose and impractical. Is there a good way to accomplish this kind of testing? | 2012/06/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/151527",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/55800/"
] | If you haven't read about MVC (model view controller), do so. You shouldn't have code in a JSP, just display. Putting code in JSP is very 1900's.
Seriously though, if there is no code in the JSP, you aren't testing the JSP. You are testing the action/flow. Then you could use [HttpUnit](http://httpunit.sourceforge.net/... | * try to externalize the functional code of the servlet to test it **outside** of a servlet context with real unit tests
* test the servlet endpoints with tools like:
+ HTTPUnit
+ HtmlUnit
+ Selenium
+ Cactus
+ JspTest
+ ... |
86,253 | How do you represent a forbidden state of an S-R Latch (Active High) in a timing diagram?
Where S is 1 and R 1 is and C is 1.  | 2013/10/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/86253",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/30791/"
] | A forbidden state in this case means that the output is non deterministic, i.e. unknown. An unknown state is typically drawn as two parallel lines (meaning it could be at either level).
Here are the various states, I've used a NAND based latch and inverted the inputs or ease of understanding.
 | 2013/10/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/86253",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/30791/"
] | The forbidden state is not a specific logic level. The value of Q during the forbidden state depends on how the latch is implemented (whether with NAND gates or NOR gates, for example). There are two reasons why a particular input state may be considered forbidden. First, it may cause both Q and !Q to have the same val... | In a typical single-output SR latch, the state of the output when S and R are both active will either be defined as high, or defined as low; in an SR latch with a complementary pair of outputs, the state of each output in the "R and S both active" condition may be independently defined. What is forbidden is generally n... |
21,462,999 | I have a rails 3 application which is simple social network and it currently running , I need to make a mobile application for android and Iphone ,I searched many times and I found jquery mobile and phonegap,sencha touch and many resources but what I need is a mobile application like a native app
what is the best way ... | 2014/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21462999",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2087775/"
] | Search around on this site first; this question is not new:
[How to use Phonegap with Ruby on rails 3](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16809642/how-to-use-phonegap-with-ruby-on-rails-3)
There are some posts you can take a look at:
[PhoneGap and rails 3: How to interact with a rails 3 app](https://stackoverflow.... | You could easily make an android app with a web view. The web view would show the user your website inside the app. You can easily make it using web view
Follow this tutorial [https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/webview/gettingstarted] |
193,962 | I'm trying to create sewer tunnels for game development and I cant seem to figure out how to make an intersection.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zgKmr.png)
We've tried boolean but it doesnt seem to want to work properly nor cutting... Does anyone have... | 2020/09/09 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/193962",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/106006/"
] | There are several ways to do it, here is one:
* Create your tunnel section, create an empty close to it, give your tunnel a *Mirror* modifier with the empty as *Mirror Object*, enable *Axis, Bisect* and *Flip* on the right axis (here X):
[](https://i... | Alternative approach, that allow to have several tunnel entries:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5v8Nw.jpg)
It uses two modifiers:
* Shrinkwrap on a mesh with two planes at given angle (here 360 / 6 = 60 degrees).
* Array modifier with amount of 6 and ... |
20,324,170 | I'd like to starting use Foundation 5 in a django project.
My doubts are about how to setup folders of Foundation project.
Foundation now uses bower for js dipendencies.
I think it's not correct make a foundation 5 set up into the static folder of django.
Has anyone done a setup of foundation in a django project?
To ... | 2013/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20324170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1266237/"
] | My solution is use [django-bower](https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower)... that's all! | Check here. It should have all the instructions.
<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-zurb-foundation> |
20,324,170 | I'd like to starting use Foundation 5 in a django project.
My doubts are about how to setup folders of Foundation project.
Foundation now uses bower for js dipendencies.
I think it's not correct make a foundation 5 set up into the static folder of django.
Has anyone done a setup of foundation in a django project?
To ... | 2013/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20324170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1266237/"
] | Check here. It should have all the instructions.
<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-zurb-foundation> | I've been playing with foundation on my django project using the django development server. All I did was download the Foundation 5 static files (JS,CSS) and add them to my django static files. Then I added in the necessary scripts to my base template as shown here: <http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/css.html>. I haven't... |
20,324,170 | I'd like to starting use Foundation 5 in a django project.
My doubts are about how to setup folders of Foundation project.
Foundation now uses bower for js dipendencies.
I think it's not correct make a foundation 5 set up into the static folder of django.
Has anyone done a setup of foundation in a django project?
To ... | 2013/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20324170",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1266237/"
] | My solution is use [django-bower](https://github.com/nvbn/django-bower)... that's all! | I've been playing with foundation on my django project using the django development server. All I did was download the Foundation 5 static files (JS,CSS) and add them to my django static files. Then I added in the necessary scripts to my base template as shown here: <http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/css.html>. I haven't... |
58,431 | Is the term *boarder protection* valid? It has 52,500 results on Google. What is the difference between *boarder protection* and *border protection*? | 2012/02/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/58431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16151/"
] | A **border** is an edge or a boundary. A **boarder** is a tenant. Either one can be protected, so both are valid terms, although they mean different things.
If you look through the Google results for "boarder protection" (it initially corrects and shows results for "border protection"), you will see that most occurren... | One would be protecting your country's borders from invading armies
The other would be protecting the students that stay at the school overnight. |
58,431 | Is the term *boarder protection* valid? It has 52,500 results on Google. What is the difference between *boarder protection* and *border protection*? | 2012/02/18 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/58431",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/16151/"
] | A **border** is an edge or a boundary. A **boarder** is a tenant. Either one can be protected, so both are valid terms, although they mean different things.
If you look through the Google results for "boarder protection" (it initially corrects and shows results for "border protection"), you will see that most occurren... | I´d dare say all those google hits were just *typos* :) |
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