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31,947 | I would like people to tell me under what circumstances, if ever, it can make sense to bypass a 3rd-party recruiter who has rejected you for a position and try to contact the hiring managers directly.
It would be particularly relevant to hear from someone who saw this happen when they were the hiring manager, or from s... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/31947",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'm going to go against the [current upvoted answer](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/31950/316) and say it can't hurt to at least try. If its something you think is a dream job, at least give it a chance.
Companies will also often say things like they require X years of experience or a specific degree too, yet m... | You should absolutely go for it.
Recruiters are like bird-dogs for companies, that run through the brush and dig up qualified candidates for their positions.
Going to a company directly is like a bird flying straight into your net. It's awesome!
I would say don't expect any surprising results. Recruiters tend to be ... |
31,947 | I would like people to tell me under what circumstances, if ever, it can make sense to bypass a 3rd-party recruiter who has rejected you for a position and try to contact the hiring managers directly.
It would be particularly relevant to hear from someone who saw this happen when they were the hiring manager, or from s... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/31947",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/25966/"
] | I'm going to go against the [current upvoted answer](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/a/31950/316) and say it can't hurt to at least try. If its something you think is a dream job, at least give it a chance.
Companies will also often say things like they require X years of experience or a specific degree too, yet m... | I would say you should not for several reasons:
* Not following procedures is a big red-flag. If you've been with a company for 10 years and demonstrated what a superstar you are, you may get away with ignoring procedure and process. An outsider ignoring the process does not make a great first impression.
* The fact t... |
31,947 | I would like people to tell me under what circumstances, if ever, it can make sense to bypass a 3rd-party recruiter who has rejected you for a position and try to contact the hiring managers directly.
It would be particularly relevant to hear from someone who saw this happen when they were the hiring manager, or from s... | 2014/08/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/31947",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/25966/"
] | I would say you should not for several reasons:
* Not following procedures is a big red-flag. If you've been with a company for 10 years and demonstrated what a superstar you are, you may get away with ignoring procedure and process. An outsider ignoring the process does not make a great first impression.
* The fact t... | You should absolutely go for it.
Recruiters are like bird-dogs for companies, that run through the brush and dig up qualified candidates for their positions.
Going to a company directly is like a bird flying straight into your net. It's awesome!
I would say don't expect any surprising results. Recruiters tend to be ... |
215,280 | As seen in the [Darkness on Umbara](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darkness_on_Umbara) episode arc of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*, we see [Pong Krell](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Pong_Krell) wield two double-bladed lightsabers. It can be said without doubt that having this many lightsabers is rare. **But which o... | 2019/06/30 | [
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] | As far as I am aware there is no one else known to use two double bladed lightsabers. In fact the below are the only ones I know of who use a double bladed lightsaber and Pong Krell is the only one who has two of them.
### Darth Maul
Perhaps the most famous for using a double-bladed lightsaber is Darth Maul, seen us... | *"A Jedi tool - and a Sith weapon" - Kreia.*
The double-bladed lightsaber, or to use the fan-preferred term, *saberstaff*, is an ancient and decidedly Sith weapon. It was first invented by the Sith Lord Exar Kun when he lead his Sith to sack the Jedi Order and decided he needed an edge.
A saberstaff is actually infer... |
82,713 | Suppose I have 100 samples, then I want to use 5-fold CV, is the ratio of training set: validation set: testing set is 84:16:16? Is the number of data in validation set should always equal to testing set? | 2020/10/07 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/82713",
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] | Percentiles indicate the percentage of scores that fall below a particular value. They tell you where a score stands relative to other scores.
For example:
a person height 215 cm is at the 91st percentile, which indicates that his hight is higher than 91 percent of other scores.
Percentiles are a great tool to use wh... | Since you have 10 elements (which is even), you have a little tricky thing :
If you want the 50% (= the median), you have to take the mean between 5th and 6th element (starting at 1), so you have 5 elements in both side :
>
> E E E E E1 | E2 E E E E
>
>
>
Which leads for you at
>
> 1 1 1 1 1 | 2 3 4 5 9
>
>
... |
172,802 | there's one app on my phone that i need to know exactly what Uri it uses to connect to it's server. is there a way to find out how?
tl:dr - i'm not trying to hack or damage, and actually the app is developed by the company i started work for, and the guy before me wrote the Uri, but as he removed the source code when ... | 2017/04/10 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/172802",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/90176/"
] | I guess, you have three options here:
1. Bring the phone to service center if your warranty is active. This is the most harmless way.
2. Flash the stock radio or complete stock image.
3. Hard reset the phone with ##786# code. However, you need MSL (master security lock) which you should obtain from seller/carrier, whi... | Just flash the Moto G4 QCN file using QPST Tool and it will be ok. Neither your warranty will be void as you have to change your baseband as your older baseband has by default take USA band, so it won't be possible to rectify it without changing its baseband by flashing the proper QCN file of Moto G4.
Remember, if you... |
412 | In followup to [Please enable SQL Language syntax highlighting](https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/205/please-enable-sql-language-syntax-highlighting) if you find a tag that needs syntax highlighting and it doesn't have it, or if you have cases where the syntax highlighting is unusual, please add an answer to... | 2011/09/29 | [
"https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/412",
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"https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/users/171/"
] | [This answer](https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/3110/sql-2005-can-we-determine-how-much-the-rebuild-index-maintenance-job-can-grow-da/3111#3111) has some SQL that is not highlighted. Should we enable highlighting for all of the [sql-server](https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sql-server "show questions... | If this thread isn't just for SQL highlighting, I'll throw [this answer](https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/6191/how-do-you-identify-innodb-table-corruption/6355#6355) as 'unusual'
I know syntax highlighting isn't perfect, and I don't know how it works in answers, but it's reading my script as comment. |
10,937,396 | Hello Graph API experts,
When you call /[post\_id , the result contains "comments" field which has "count" field that is supposed to have the total number of comments for this particular post.
Now, if you call /[post\_id]/comments , you get the actual comment data, one by one.
The problem I am facing is that, when I... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10937396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/757771/"
] | Welcome to the world of Facebook API programming. Yes, this is normal (but apparently not desired) API behavior. This is one of the inconsistencies we're faced with when programming around their API. CBroe is probably correct in his comment above, it is data inconsistencies between servers in their API cluster. | ok, when you looking some facebook comment counts on some timeline posts, you woulld see that count for ex. 16 comments, and when you try to count comments manually on the post you may see it's looking 15 comments, so where is it that missing comments ? is that a wrong count by facebook ? no not actually, it's because,... |
10,937,396 | Hello Graph API experts,
When you call /[post\_id , the result contains "comments" field which has "count" field that is supposed to have the total number of comments for this particular post.
Now, if you call /[post\_id]/comments , you get the actual comment data, one by one.
The problem I am facing is that, when I... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10937396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/757771/"
] | Welcome to the world of Facebook API programming. Yes, this is normal (but apparently not desired) API behavior. This is one of the inconsistencies we're faced with when programming around their API. CBroe is probably correct in his comment above, it is data inconsistencies between servers in their API cluster. | in addition to this there are problems with pagination, you can use the offset + limit parameters to say how much data you want and from where to take it, if you deal with number of posts, you can say offset=0 and limit=50 and it'll work, but then if you try offset=100 and limit=50 it might return empty data, but then ... |
10,937,396 | Hello Graph API experts,
When you call /[post\_id , the result contains "comments" field which has "count" field that is supposed to have the total number of comments for this particular post.
Now, if you call /[post\_id]/comments , you get the actual comment data, one by one.
The problem I am facing is that, when I... | 2012/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10937396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/757771/"
] | ok, when you looking some facebook comment counts on some timeline posts, you woulld see that count for ex. 16 comments, and when you try to count comments manually on the post you may see it's looking 15 comments, so where is it that missing comments ? is that a wrong count by facebook ? no not actually, it's because,... | in addition to this there are problems with pagination, you can use the offset + limit parameters to say how much data you want and from where to take it, if you deal with number of posts, you can say offset=0 and limit=50 and it'll work, but then if you try offset=100 and limit=50 it might return empty data, but then ... |
13,024 | Is there a device which acts like an accelerometer but only measures absolute velocity? I could integrate the accelerometer's output but errors quickly accumulate and cause problems. Preferably the device is available in a MEMS based chip and is low cost. I could use a GPS device (and am currently, with success), but t... | 2011/04/14 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/13024",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/1225/"
] | There is no such thing as absolute velocity; velocity is always relative to something. Velocity cannot be measured internally to a chip (as can acceleration). You must have external input, such as radio references a la GPS or sensors detecting changes in other phenomena external to the chip and its vehicle. | As has already been said, there is no such thing as absolute velocity, however STM make a 3D motion sensing chipset (iNEMO). [Details of the evaluation kit here](http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/250367.jsp) |
23,773,284 | 
I'm applying a WebView made for android and ios to Windows Phone 8.1.
But in the Windows Phone 8.1, a weird message dialog is launched everytime I navigate a page.
What html code cause this? I want the dialog not to launch. | 2014/05/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23773284",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/252047/"
] | That dialog appears when you try to launch a URI scheme or file type for which there is no handler installed on the device. Either the web page is attempting to navigate to a URI with an unrecognized scheme (mycustomscheme:some\_parameters) or it's trying to download a file with an unrecognized file extension (somefile... | I encountered a similar kind of problem a few days earlier.
Actually windows phone useragent strings are like this :
>
> Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0;
> Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 520) like iPhone OS 7\_0\_3
> Mac OS X AppleWebKit/537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mob... |
32,781 | It''s quite common for academic papers and such to have a short title intended to catch the casual browsers's interest, followed by *colon* and a longer more explanatory alternative.
I know [this](http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-expansion-of-new-england-the-spread-of-new-england-settlement-and-institutions-to-... | 2011/07/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/32781",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2637/"
] | [**Subtitle**](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/subtitle):
>
> a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
>
>
>
I know we usually think of that word in the "I prefer to *read* my foreign movies" context, but this is definition #1 and, I suspect, the original mean... | I would probably said it was the ["long title"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_title). The "Catchy Title" is called the [short title](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_title), and provides an easy name to call it by, then the "long title" provides a more comprehensive description of the article. |
4,218 | My great, great grandfather's American name was Steve Voiten. I know his Polish given name was Stanislaw, but our family records say Woytinkewicz as a last name. I can't find any evidence of that name anywhere, so I'm guessing that family tradition is wrong. How can I find out what his original name was?
Steve Voiten... | 2014/05/25 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/4218",
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] | The basic premise in family history is to start with what you know, and work backwards and outwards from that point in small increments to discover more. You want to be able to say with confidence, when you recognize a record associated with your relative, that you are looking at something that was recorded about your ... | I'm not finding that spelling anywhere.
I recommend trying Woytowicz or Wojtkiewicz or Woytasiewicz.
Also try replacing the "Y" with a "J" in all these names. |
299,083 | I recently purchased five LED strips online (these specifically: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/331059064977>) to hang up along the outline of my room. Each strip is 5m (16.4 ft.) long, requires 12 V DC to power, and dissipates 0.08 W/LED.
Each strip dissipates 48 W, meaning that at the recommended 12 V DC, there would be a... | 2017/04/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/299083",
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] | If you hook them up end to end, you need just 12V, but at 5 times the current.
The strips actually have a circuit something like this (imagine the vertical resistor-led combinations between 12V and GND are repeated, going off for 5m):
[simulate this circuit](/plugins... | Due to the limit of 3 cascaded strips, series cascade operation is not an option and rather separate AWG 16 wiring from power source to a group of 3 or less.
I would suggest 4 strings with 48V to 56V with 5A supply and a PWM dimmer so your eyes are not blinded. 12V strings are usually design to run at 14.2V auto volt... |
299,083 | I recently purchased five LED strips online (these specifically: <http://www.ebay.com/itm/331059064977>) to hang up along the outline of my room. Each strip is 5m (16.4 ft.) long, requires 12 V DC to power, and dissipates 0.08 W/LED.
Each strip dissipates 48 W, meaning that at the recommended 12 V DC, there would be a... | 2017/04/12 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/299083",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | These strips are composed of multiple parallel segments of three series LEDs plus resistor. When you add multiple strips together they are still in parallels so the voltage does not change. You want a power supply that's exactly what you will already said, 12 volts at 4 amps or higher.
Keep in mind that flexible print... | Due to the limit of 3 cascaded strips, series cascade operation is not an option and rather separate AWG 16 wiring from power source to a group of 3 or less.
I would suggest 4 strings with 48V to 56V with 5A supply and a PWM dimmer so your eyes are not blinded. 12V strings are usually design to run at 14.2V auto volt... |
15,025 | I am recording my computer screen which updates once a minute. I want to record for around 8-12 hours uninterrupted, and I would prefer not to compress the video because the details are very fine and any grainy pixelation would potentially make the video unreadable.
Is there any (preferably free) software I can use w... | 2015/03/03 | [
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/questions/15025",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/users/10415/"
] | [AutoScreenRecorder](http://www.wisdom-soft.com/products/autoscreenrecorder_free.htm) (currently version 3.1) appears to allow you to record as low as 1 frame per minute in the Pro version only (the free version does not allow altering the framerate). | [Fraps](http://www.fraps.com/download.php) also allows you to record at any frame rate you want.
Though the free version has watermarks in its recordings. |
15,025 | I am recording my computer screen which updates once a minute. I want to record for around 8-12 hours uninterrupted, and I would prefer not to compress the video because the details are very fine and any grainy pixelation would potentially make the video unreadable.
Is there any (preferably free) software I can use w... | 2015/03/03 | [
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/questions/15025",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com",
"https://avp.stackexchange.com/users/10415/"
] | [OBS](https://obsproject.com) is what I use to record my screen. It is mainly for streaming to websites like twitch but they put a functionality of recording the stream as its going that records in lossless. Also you don't need to be streaming to record. Better than any program I have ever used, it's free, and you can ... | [Fraps](http://www.fraps.com/download.php) also allows you to record at any frame rate you want.
Though the free version has watermarks in its recordings. |
377,095 | The Linux installation screen offers me the option to remove all Linux partitions and to create a default layout however what does this mean exactly? Does it mean that if I have Fedora installed, it will delete Fedora and replace it with say CentOS? What if I have Windows installed and select the option? | 2012/01/11 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/377095",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/79947/"
] | The CentOS "Remove all linux partitions" means that it will leave intact any partitions containing filesystems that are not specifically for linux. This would leave any NTFS, VFAT or FAT partitions.
This can be useful where you have a dual boot Windows / Linux system already, and want to do a clean install of linux wi... | It means that it will remove all the Linux partition along with Windows partition. Advisable not to use if you want dual boot you system.
If you want to [install Linux](http://opensource-sidh.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-install-linux-operating-system.html) check out the proper method |
11,566 | Based on information [from this site](https://security.stackexchange.com/search?q=dnssec), DNSSec is needed to protect us from a number of DNS and SSL / TLS hacks, including:
* [DNS spoofing](https://security.stackexchange.com/q/6827/396), especially on wifi or shared medium
* Registrars that abuse their trust and ins... | 2012/02/10 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/11566",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/396/"
] | You should probably read ["Against DNSSEC" by Thomas Ptacek](https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2015/01/15/against-dnssec/) and its [FAQ](https://sockpuppet.org/stuff/dnssec-qa.html). | In terms of *deployment* issues there are a few "Gotchas":
1. **Zone re-signing:**
DNSSEC uses 2 keys:
* a key signing key (KSK), usually a long (2048 bits) key for enhanced security, and
* a zone signing key (ZSK) that is shorter for better performance.Since the ZSK is shorter, it needs to be periodically changed... |
17,228 | Free your mind and your ass will follow - The Mothership has landed!! Why 'funk', of all words to describe such bootilicious music? | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
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] | As the Wikipedia [entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk#Etymology) on *Funk* indicates, Yale art historian [Robert Farris Thompson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Farris_Thompson) has posited an African origin to the musical use of *funky*. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, *Flash of the Spirit: Afr... | *Funk* is actually quite interesting, because it is a back formation from *funky*, which in turn was formed from *funk*. As in, *funk* didn't just go from "bad smell" to "music genre" all by itself; it took a detour via the adjective form. Confusing, huh? Etymonline [explains it thus](http://www.etymonline.com/index.ph... |
17,228 | Free your mind and your ass will follow - The Mothership has landed!! Why 'funk', of all words to describe such bootilicious music? | 2011/03/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17228",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As the Wikipedia [entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk#Etymology) on *Funk* indicates, Yale art historian [Robert Farris Thompson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Farris_Thompson) has posited an African origin to the musical use of *funky*. Here is an expanded quote from his 1984 work, *Flash of the Spirit: Afr... | *funky* originally meant *pungent* / *earthy*, with relatively positive associations to "passive" qualities such as the smell of a cheese, which just sits there mouldering away. Since being co-opted into jazz slang it's acquired the more "active" overtones of actual movement in the sense of *lively*, *rootsy*, etc. (fu... |
71,562 | Postman is a great tool but it hides vital features (like workspaces with more than 25 requests) behind a paywall. Other so-called alternatives (like Insomnia) either do the same thing, or lack other vital features.
Postman also suffers from the same problem as most Electron apps, in that its UI is designed by people ... | 2020/01/08 | [
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/71562",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/users/64249/"
] | [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/) matches all your requirements.
* Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:
1. [Commander interface](https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_commander):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FeLHG.png)
2. [Explorer interface](ht... | I have used the 3 following FTP clients during the past years so here is my feedback:
* **WinSCP**: the one that I currently use. There is a portable version, just one .exe file (and the .ini file for configuration). Don't forget to turn on the "Explorer" interface:
*View > Preferences > Environment > Interface > Exp... |
291,727 | I want to say that just in case we want to rename something (in programming) we should do something. Which of the sentences is correct?
>
> 1. In case we need just to rename the message...
> 2. In case we just need to rename the message...
> 3. In case we need to just rename the message...
>
>
>
I asked some coll... | 2015/12/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291727",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121873/"
] | The placement of **just** determines whether your emphasis is on the verb **rename** or on the noun **message**.
a) Renaming is the only thing we need to do
b) The message is the only thing that needs to be renamed.
All three of your examples produce meaning a).
If you wanted meaning b) it would be ".... just the... | I think any of the options is grammatically correct, but the word *just* is often used rather informally to mean *simply*.
If you intend *just* to be synonymous with *only* it might be better to write:-
"In case we only need to rename the message..." |
291,727 | I want to say that just in case we want to rename something (in programming) we should do something. Which of the sentences is correct?
>
> 1. In case we need just to rename the message...
> 2. In case we just need to rename the message...
> 3. In case we need to just rename the message...
>
>
>
I asked some coll... | 2015/12/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291727",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121873/"
] | The placement of **just** determines whether your emphasis is on the verb **rename** or on the noun **message**.
a) Renaming is the only thing we need to do
b) The message is the only thing that needs to be renamed.
All three of your examples produce meaning a).
If you wanted meaning b) it would be ".... just the... | 'Just' here means 'only', and is being applied either to the controlling verb 'need' or to the controlled verb 'rename'. In this case there is hardly any semantic difference. Note also that option (3) splits the infinitive, which is fine by me. |
291,727 | I want to say that just in case we want to rename something (in programming) we should do something. Which of the sentences is correct?
>
> 1. In case we need just to rename the message...
> 2. In case we just need to rename the message...
> 3. In case we need to just rename the message...
>
>
>
I asked some coll... | 2015/12/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/291727",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/121873/"
] | I think any of the options is grammatically correct, but the word *just* is often used rather informally to mean *simply*.
If you intend *just* to be synonymous with *only* it might be better to write:-
"In case we only need to rename the message..." | 'Just' here means 'only', and is being applied either to the controlling verb 'need' or to the controlled verb 'rename'. In this case there is hardly any semantic difference. Note also that option (3) splits the infinitive, which is fine by me. |
829 | I voted to close a question as "not a real question". It has since been revised and improved. Is it possible to "take back the vote"? | 2012/03/31 | [
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] | It seems it has been fixed with Safari 5.1.5. Now what I see is the following. (The screenshot just shows part of the page.)
 | Thanks for bringing this up. I cannot reproduce this issue in the current build of our network sites. If it remains an issue please let me know. |
9,066,500 | I was using wsdlpull library for wsdl parser. But it seems for some cases it doesn,t work correctly.
I am wordering is there any other library with an example of it.
thanks... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9066500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1178384/"
] | GSOAP is free if you are using it for non-commercial projects. Might be worth checking out. I found it a little finicky but it worked. | You can try [simplesoap](http://simplesoap.sourceforge.net/). It is ... simpler than gsoap ^^
my2c |
9,066,500 | I was using wsdlpull library for wsdl parser. But it seems for some cases it doesn,t work correctly.
I am wordering is there any other library with an example of it.
thanks... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9066500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1178384/"
] | GSOAP is free if you are using it for non-commercial projects. Might be worth checking out. I found it a little finicky but it worked. | Implent SOAP-based protocols in C++ is real hell, i've experience with it (i use gsoap).
I recommended see to other tools, more applicable for SOAP, such as Java if you can change tool, of course. |
9,066,500 | I was using wsdlpull library for wsdl parser. But it seems for some cases it doesn,t work correctly.
I am wordering is there any other library with an example of it.
thanks... | 2012/01/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9066500",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1178384/"
] | You can try [simplesoap](http://simplesoap.sourceforge.net/). It is ... simpler than gsoap ^^
my2c | Implent SOAP-based protocols in C++ is real hell, i've experience with it (i use gsoap).
I recommended see to other tools, more applicable for SOAP, such as Java if you can change tool, of course. |
238,767 | I have been in the web development industry for around 5 years now, always working in an open source environment. Mostly apache, mysql, and php with a little bit of ruby, using git for version control. But recently took up a job where development is entirely C# ASP.NET MVC.
While I was able to pick up the language etc... | 2014/05/12 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/238767",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/129997/"
] | ASP.NET MVC applications are compiled. This means that you can't just upload the changed files, like you do with a PHP website, for example. This also means that when you'll start to update the site, current users will be thrown away (lose their sessions, for example).
There is also much more to do than simply update ... | Do you have project managers, a Development Manager, or someone else other than the other developers?
It makes ZERO sense that you cannot do a deployment after go live.
Of course, these changes need to be scheduled, costed, and resourced amongst other things, but just saying "no" is nonsense. |
238,767 | I have been in the web development industry for around 5 years now, always working in an open source environment. Mostly apache, mysql, and php with a little bit of ruby, using git for version control. But recently took up a job where development is entirely C# ASP.NET MVC.
While I was able to pick up the language etc... | 2014/05/12 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/238767",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/129997/"
] | ASP.NET MVC applications are compiled. This means that you can't just upload the changed files, like you do with a PHP website, for example. This also means that when you'll start to update the site, current users will be thrown away (lose their sessions, for example).
There is also much more to do than simply update ... | I regularly republish / redeploy quite a few ASP.NET MVC websites deployed to Amazon AWS, Windows Azure and private webservers and don't see any reasons why your team makes such a big deal of it.
However, you should design you websites in such a way so that tasks like updating texts and links should be done through t... |
238,767 | I have been in the web development industry for around 5 years now, always working in an open source environment. Mostly apache, mysql, and php with a little bit of ruby, using git for version control. But recently took up a job where development is entirely C# ASP.NET MVC.
While I was able to pick up the language etc... | 2014/05/12 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/238767",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/129997/"
] | Do you have project managers, a Development Manager, or someone else other than the other developers?
It makes ZERO sense that you cannot do a deployment after go live.
Of course, these changes need to be scheduled, costed, and resourced amongst other things, but just saying "no" is nonsense. | I regularly republish / redeploy quite a few ASP.NET MVC websites deployed to Amazon AWS, Windows Azure and private webservers and don't see any reasons why your team makes such a big deal of it.
However, you should design you websites in such a way so that tasks like updating texts and links should be done through t... |
1,343,683 | Does anyone know the best way to use the iPhone location services (lat/long) to determine the zip code+4 of the user? Does MKReverseGeocoder have the ability to pull back zip+4?
Thanks!
-tony | 2009/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1343683",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/162233/"
] | My favorite place to go for anything having to do with geocoding is [geonames.org](http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html). | You may be able to use a free Reverse Geocoding service to do this for you.
Google has such a service: <http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#ReverseGeocoding>
Alternately, this Google Groups post has a listing of other Reverse Geocoding services: <http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API... |
1,343,683 | Does anyone know the best way to use the iPhone location services (lat/long) to determine the zip code+4 of the user? Does MKReverseGeocoder have the ability to pull back zip+4?
Thanks!
-tony | 2009/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1343683",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/162233/"
] | You may be able to use a free Reverse Geocoding service to do this for you.
Google has such a service: <http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#ReverseGeocoding>
Alternately, this Google Groups post has a listing of other Reverse Geocoding services: <http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API... | [Apple's documentation](http://developer.apple.com/IPhone/library/documentation/MapKit/Reference/MKPlacemark_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/MKPlacemark/postalCode) says that the MKPlacemark that MKReverseGeocoder only returns a five-digit zip code. You may have to use an outside reverse geocoder a... |
1,343,683 | Does anyone know the best way to use the iPhone location services (lat/long) to determine the zip code+4 of the user? Does MKReverseGeocoder have the ability to pull back zip+4?
Thanks!
-tony | 2009/08/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1343683",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/162233/"
] | My favorite place to go for anything having to do with geocoding is [geonames.org](http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html). | [Apple's documentation](http://developer.apple.com/IPhone/library/documentation/MapKit/Reference/MKPlacemark_Class/Reference/Reference.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/MKPlacemark/postalCode) says that the MKPlacemark that MKReverseGeocoder only returns a five-digit zip code. You may have to use an outside reverse geocoder a... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | If you are comfortable with planar travel, there are other options outside of being undead you can consider as well.
These mages may have gone to Elysium and secured water from the sacred river. They could also have visited Asgard and gotten themselves some golden apples. They may even have entered some of the lower p... | You could also have them cast true Polymorph on themselves turning into beings that either don't age or have longer lifespans. Such as dragons. Or you could have some research other ways of immortality. There are magical areas that slow time relative to everywhere else (dbz time capsule style), or perhaps they were abl... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | There are actually two alternatives I haven't seen mentioned, though I understand I'm years late to the party:
1. Consider what race the mages are. [Aerenal Elves](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/elf#ElvesofAerenal) would have an answer due to whom they serve, then corrupt it:
>
> Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Cou... | Have you considered other races? There's the Illithilich (Also called the Alhoon, or Mindflayer Lich), the Balenorn (Elf Lich, though not truly evil, they can be neutral), Psionic Lich, Bane Lich (Clerical, but still worth considering), Beholder Lich, Suel Lich, Lichfiend. There are more, I'm sure, but the point is tha... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | You seem to have found all the contenders. The only undead in 5e which are intelligent, independent, and you can deliberately become are liches and mummy lords. To be a vampire requires another vampire, and you would then be subservient to the original vampire anyway. There are other kinds of powerful undead (such as w... | If you are comfortable with planar travel, there are other options outside of being undead you can consider as well.
These mages may have gone to Elysium and secured water from the sacred river. They could also have visited Asgard and gotten themselves some golden apples. They may even have entered some of the lower p... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | You seem to have found all the contenders. The only undead in 5e which are intelligent, independent, and you can deliberately become are liches and mummy lords. To be a vampire requires another vampire, and you would then be subservient to the original vampire anyway. There are other kinds of powerful undead (such as w... | There are actually two alternatives I haven't seen mentioned, though I understand I'm years late to the party:
1. Consider what race the mages are. [Aerenal Elves](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/elf#ElvesofAerenal) would have an answer due to whom they serve, then corrupt it:
>
> Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Cou... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | You seem to have found all the contenders. The only undead in 5e which are intelligent, independent, and you can deliberately become are liches and mummy lords. To be a vampire requires another vampire, and you would then be subservient to the original vampire anyway. There are other kinds of powerful undead (such as w... | You could also have them cast true Polymorph on themselves turning into beings that either don't age or have longer lifespans. Such as dragons. Or you could have some research other ways of immortality. There are magical areas that slow time relative to everywhere else (dbz time capsule style), or perhaps they were abl... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | You seem to have found all the contenders. The only undead in 5e which are intelligent, independent, and you can deliberately become are liches and mummy lords. To be a vampire requires another vampire, and you would then be subservient to the original vampire anyway. There are other kinds of powerful undead (such as w... | Just to pile on even more options on top of other answers and my earlier comment, you can get creative with existing things, like using the Clone spell repeatedly:
[Does Clone spell makes someone effectively immortal?](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/50541/does-clone-spell-makes-someone-effectively-immortal)
... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | You seem to have found all the contenders. The only undead in 5e which are intelligent, independent, and you can deliberately become are liches and mummy lords. To be a vampire requires another vampire, and you would then be subservient to the original vampire anyway. There are other kinds of powerful undead (such as w... | Have you considered other races? There's the Illithilich (Also called the Alhoon, or Mindflayer Lich), the Balenorn (Elf Lich, though not truly evil, they can be neutral), Psionic Lich, Bane Lich (Clerical, but still worth considering), Beholder Lich, Suel Lich, Lichfiend. There are more, I'm sure, but the point is tha... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | If you are comfortable with planar travel, there are other options outside of being undead you can consider as well.
These mages may have gone to Elysium and secured water from the sacred river. They could also have visited Asgard and gotten themselves some golden apples. They may even have entered some of the lower p... | Have you considered other races? There's the Illithilich (Also called the Alhoon, or Mindflayer Lich), the Balenorn (Elf Lich, though not truly evil, they can be neutral), Psionic Lich, Bane Lich (Clerical, but still worth considering), Beholder Lich, Suel Lich, Lichfiend. There are more, I'm sure, but the point is tha... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | There are actually two alternatives I haven't seen mentioned, though I understand I'm years late to the party:
1. Consider what race the mages are. [Aerenal Elves](https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/elf#ElvesofAerenal) would have an answer due to whom they serve, then corrupt it:
>
> Aerenal is ruled by the Undying Cou... | You could also have them cast true Polymorph on themselves turning into beings that either don't age or have longer lifespans. Such as dragons. Or you could have some research other ways of immortality. There are magical areas that slow time relative to everywhere else (dbz time capsule style), or perhaps they were abl... |
53,731 | I am developing a campaign were the party is tracking down a group of ancient powerful mages. These mages would have undoubtedly sought undeath to extend their existence and I didn't just want them to all become liches. I wanted to see if there are other alternatives that are likely (such as Vampire or Mummy Lord) that... | 2014/12/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/53731",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18279/"
] | Just to pile on even more options on top of other answers and my earlier comment, you can get creative with existing things, like using the Clone spell repeatedly:
[Does Clone spell makes someone effectively immortal?](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/50541/does-clone-spell-makes-someone-effectively-immortal)
... | You could also have them cast true Polymorph on themselves turning into beings that either don't age or have longer lifespans. Such as dragons. Or you could have some research other ways of immortality. There are magical areas that slow time relative to everywhere else (dbz time capsule style), or perhaps they were abl... |
17,926 | >
> Some categorically suspected having seen the guard and thief together.
>
>
>
At first I thought there is no error. But then I thought maybe we can change it to 'Some categorically suspected to have seen the guard and thief together.' (perhaps there is a determiner error as well. the guard and *the* thief. I am... | 2014/02/23 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/17926",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/2273/"
] | ### Here are my initial thoughts, *before* visiting the link in the comment by CopperKettle:
It needs more context. Some suspected **what**? A conspiracy? An impending crime?
>
> Some became suspicious after seeing the guard and the thief together.
>
>
>
That's how I'd write the sentence, but you never really te... | I don't think there's anything wrong with that sentence.
It's quite a complicated sentence, but the original flows more naturally, in my opinion, than your suggestion. However, your suggestion is grammatically fine also. |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | Austin Powers used the term "[inner monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNoaR_Nzrs&t=4m22s)".
"Subvocalization" could also be used, but it usually refers to when reading or reciting something silently. | How about *reverie*, meaning lost in one’s thoughts? |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | **Internal monologue**, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or verbal stream of consciousness is thinking in words. It also refers to the semi-constant internal monologue one has with oneself at a conscious or semi-conscious level
<https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=inner+voice> | If you aren't actually speaking out (verbally to yourself like we catch ourselves doing it at times, albeit involuntarily), then it's a "dialogue with your self". (Note: not "yourself"!). This may be just **introspection** (observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the ... |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | I refer to this as *internal narration*.
---
I happen to have such a narrator in my head. He provides an unending stream of occasionally strange but consistently colorful commentary, in Rod Serling's voice, upon both my thoughts and the moment-to-moment events of my life.
---
[**My Inner Narrator is *Obnoxious***]... | How about *reverie*, meaning lost in one’s thoughts? |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | ***[Stream of consciousness](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stream+of+consciousness)/thought***:
>
> * A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
> * Psychology The conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas runn... | If you aren't actually speaking out (verbally to yourself like we catch ourselves doing it at times, albeit involuntarily), then it's a "dialogue with your self". (Note: not "yourself"!). This may be just **introspection** (observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the ... |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | Austin Powers used the term "[inner monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNoaR_Nzrs&t=4m22s)".
"Subvocalization" could also be used, but it usually refers to when reading or reciting something silently. | **Internal monologue**, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or verbal stream of consciousness is thinking in words. It also refers to the semi-constant internal monologue one has with oneself at a conscious or semi-conscious level
<https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=inner+voice> |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | Austin Powers used the term "[inner monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNoaR_Nzrs&t=4m22s)".
"Subvocalization" could also be used, but it usually refers to when reading or reciting something silently. | If you aren't actually speaking out (verbally to yourself like we catch ourselves doing it at times, albeit involuntarily), then it's a "dialogue with your self". (Note: not "yourself"!). This may be just **introspection** (observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the ... |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | **self-talk**. noun.
>
> 1. the act or practice of talking to oneself, either aloud or silently and mentally: positive self-talk. Contemporary definitions for
> self-talk.
>
>
> <https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=self-talk+definition>
>
>
> | How about *reverie*, meaning lost in one’s thoughts? |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | ***[Stream of consciousness](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stream+of+consciousness)/thought***:
>
> * A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
> * Psychology The conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas runn... | I refer to this as *internal narration*.
---
I happen to have such a narrator in my head. He provides an unending stream of occasionally strange but consistently colorful commentary, in Rod Serling's voice, upon both my thoughts and the moment-to-moment events of my life.
---
[**My Inner Narrator is *Obnoxious***]... |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | ***[Stream of consciousness](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stream+of+consciousness)/thought***:
>
> * A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.
> * Psychology The conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas runn... | How about *reverie*, meaning lost in one’s thoughts? |
262,806 | I am studying in Korean.
In my grammar book, below sentences are called 'participle phrase'
1) Seeing police officer, he ran away.
2) Buying it online, you have to use a paypal.
3) Realizing his mistake, he apologized immediately.
But when I type 'Participle clause', I really surprised.
Because I totally don't kn... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/262806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/128432/"
] | Austin Powers used the term "[inner monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpNoaR_Nzrs&t=4m22s)".
"Subvocalization" could also be used, but it usually refers to when reading or reciting something silently. | I refer to this as *internal narration*.
---
I happen to have such a narrator in my head. He provides an unending stream of occasionally strange but consistently colorful commentary, in Rod Serling's voice, upon both my thoughts and the moment-to-moment events of my life.
---
[**My Inner Narrator is *Obnoxious***]... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | These giants are slow and cumbersome, and they really *aren’t* that strong. If they are three times the height of humans, then by the square-cube law they weigh *nine times* as much, which means their strength, at only five times that of humans, is less relative to their mass than ours. They will tire faster, move slow... | Because they are stronger relative to their size than real-life humans, stone might be a more viable material than it is IRL. Stone has a worse strength-to-mass ratio than metal, in general, but it's very hard, making it good at piercing and at resisting being pierced. Stone plate armor is too heavy for humans, but it ... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Humanoids three times taller than humans might resemble large elephants standing on their hind legs. Elephants, of course, have intelligence similar to that of humans.
And elephants sometimes stand on their hind legs, though they usually like to keep at least three feet on the ground at any one instant. Bull elephants... | That size/strength thing is unclear, really unclear, especially when you consider the cubed/squared issue so to be as helpful as I can, I'll discuss things purely in terms of non-gunpowder weapons; that being the case spears are your friend, so are clubs. Spears are about the most versatile melee weapon you can get and... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Give the restrictions around materials, I'm envisioning a society much like ours from the technological perspective, i.e. very computer heavy / digital.
Since my perceptions of military technology is that it has been largely driven by guns and improvements on them, I think military technology would have stalled around... | Armies might be smaller but they would still have guns. It really depends on what materials are scarce.
Metal? Fewer tanks historically, planes are made out of wood or plastics. Guns may be lower powered or fire fewer rounds, but they even made cannons out of wood. (modern tanks have significant non metal armor)
Che... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Because they are stronger relative to their size than real-life humans, stone might be a more viable material than it is IRL. Stone has a worse strength-to-mass ratio than metal, in general, but it's very hard, making it good at piercing and at resisting being pierced. Stone plate armor is too heavy for humans, but it ... | Armies might be smaller but they would still have guns. It really depends on what materials are scarce.
Metal? Fewer tanks historically, planes are made out of wood or plastics. Guns may be lower powered or fire fewer rounds, but they even made cannons out of wood. (modern tanks have significant non metal armor)
Che... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | These giants are slow and cumbersome, and they really *aren’t* that strong. If they are three times the height of humans, then by the square-cube law they weigh *nine times* as much, which means their strength, at only five times that of humans, is less relative to their mass than ours. They will tire faster, move slow... | Since the square cube law has been discussed already and the reason for lacking or limiting firearms technology is the lack of certain materials, then I would suspect that the major types of weapons would be crushing weapons (most likely maces with stone heads) and short stabbing weapons (a knife like a Seax or a Roman... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | These giants are slow and cumbersome, and they really *aren’t* that strong. If they are three times the height of humans, then by the square-cube law they weigh *nine times* as much, which means their strength, at only five times that of humans, is less relative to their mass than ours. They will tire faster, move slow... | That size/strength thing is unclear, really unclear, especially when you consider the cubed/squared issue so to be as helpful as I can, I'll discuss things purely in terms of non-gunpowder weapons; that being the case spears are your friend, so are clubs. Spears are about the most versatile melee weapon you can get and... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Humanoids three times taller than humans might resemble large elephants standing on their hind legs. Elephants, of course, have intelligence similar to that of humans.
And elephants sometimes stand on their hind legs, though they usually like to keep at least three feet on the ground at any one instant. Bull elephants... | Armies might be smaller but they would still have guns. It really depends on what materials are scarce.
Metal? Fewer tanks historically, planes are made out of wood or plastics. Guns may be lower powered or fire fewer rounds, but they even made cannons out of wood. (modern tanks have significant non metal armor)
Che... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | I would say that they use all the same kinds of weapons that we use. Except where materials are scarce. They would all just be bigger.
Of course with the [square cubed law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-cube_law), the shapes of many of them would be different. Since the forces placed on the weapons vs. their s... | Because they are stronger relative to their size than real-life humans, stone might be a more viable material than it is IRL. Stone has a worse strength-to-mass ratio than metal, in general, but it's very hard, making it good at piercing and at resisting being pierced. Stone plate armor is too heavy for humans, but it ... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Since the square cube law has been discussed already and the reason for lacking or limiting firearms technology is the lack of certain materials, then I would suspect that the major types of weapons would be crushing weapons (most likely maces with stone heads) and short stabbing weapons (a knife like a Seax or a Roman... | That size/strength thing is unclear, really unclear, especially when you consider the cubed/squared issue so to be as helpful as I can, I'll discuss things purely in terms of non-gunpowder weapons; that being the case spears are your friend, so are clubs. Spears are about the most versatile melee weapon you can get and... |
39,921 | On the planet Hugeia, there is a species of human-like people , who are similar to humans in every way except that they are 3x larger and 5x stronger.
Now my question is, what weapons would be applicable for them to make better use of their strength and size? These human-likes are at our tech level, but **they would ... | 2016/04/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/39921",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/17543/"
] | Give the restrictions around materials, I'm envisioning a society much like ours from the technological perspective, i.e. very computer heavy / digital.
Since my perceptions of military technology is that it has been largely driven by guns and improvements on them, I think military technology would have stalled around... | That size/strength thing is unclear, really unclear, especially when you consider the cubed/squared issue so to be as helpful as I can, I'll discuss things purely in terms of non-gunpowder weapons; that being the case spears are your friend, so are clubs. Spears are about the most versatile melee weapon you can get and... |
3,725,287 | I have a build with multiple interlinked dependencies, Several projects have common dependencies that are currently compiled more than once. I think in Ant we can tell it not to re-build something if its already just done it as part of the same task, can anyone please advise | 2010/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3725287",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/350873/"
] | ant's javac task will only compile if the source files are newer than the target files. So that should save you some time.
You can also look into [ivy](http://ant.apache.org/ivy) for a bit more formal dependency management. | Like leonm says, the compiler will do the right thing. But that won't stop Ant from rebuilding loads of artifacts. What I'd suggest is:
* where you can, make targets have a defined output. So a target that builds a jar file from sources can be skipped if those sources haven't been updated since the jar file was built.... |
23,426 | I only have a 512 MB flash drive and was wondering if there's an ISO for Ubuntu that will fit on it. I really need to format my netbook. | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23426",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/9673/"
] | There's [Ubuntu minimal](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD). The iso's size is 5-20Mb, but the actual install size is of course larger.
>
> The Minimal CD downloads packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install CD itself.
>
>
>
Just to add that... | One possibility is to download and install Madbox 10.10.01 which is a lightweight remix based on Ubuntu 10.10 (32-bit.) The .iso is only 388.2 MGs
<http://download.tuxfamily.org/madbox/madbox-10.10/madbox-10.10.01-i386.iso>
Once installed make sure that all repositories are enabled in your /etc/apt/sources.list file ... |
23,426 | I only have a 512 MB flash drive and was wondering if there's an ISO for Ubuntu that will fit on it. I really need to format my netbook. | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23426",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/9673/"
] | There's [Ubuntu minimal](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD). The iso's size is 5-20Mb, but the actual install size is of course larger.
>
> The Minimal CD downloads packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install CD itself.
>
>
>
Just to add that... | If you have Internet access, you could do a netinstall. Loading either [billix](http://sourceforge.net/projects/billix/) or [netboot.me](http://www.netboot.me/) would facilitate that process, and fit on a 512MB flash drive. |
23,426 | I only have a 512 MB flash drive and was wondering if there's an ISO for Ubuntu that will fit on it. I really need to format my netbook. | 2011/01/26 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23426",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/9673/"
] | There's [Ubuntu minimal](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD). The iso's size is 5-20Mb, but the actual install size is of course larger.
>
> The Minimal CD downloads packages from online archives at installation time instead of providing them on the install CD itself.
>
>
>
Just to add that... | **MadBox**: very fast, very nice OpenBox interface, Ubuntu repositories. It's a very minimal system, but perfect if you want to build on a base but don't want to remove loads of stuff first.
I actually installed Open Office!
It should be perfect for a netbook, and recognises usb mobile broadband dongles.
**Debris Linu... |
155,732 | ### Summary:
We are looking to expand our use of email for notification purposes. We understand it will generate more inbox volume, but we are being selective about which events we fire notification on in order to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high.
The big question we are struggling with is designing a system that ... | 2012/07/05 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/155732",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Technically, you can't, since SMTP is designed in a way that you can't know for sure if the email was delivered.
If you're sending legitimate emails and their potential readers are willing to help you (for example some critical notifications sent to the employees of your company), then "Request a delivery receipt" opt... | The only reliable way to guarantee an email was received/at least skimmed is including a verification link the receiver must click. If this is too inconvenient, which is likely, then you need to rethink your reliance on email for message delivery. Email was never intended to be used in this manner so it was never desig... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Let me give a vague analogy to illustrate the issues in talking about observation.
Imagine that I have just thrown a stone into a pond and I ask you, can you see the wave it makes? You say, yes of course, why? I say, no you didn't really see all of the wave. You only saw what you saw from your position and angle. And ... | According to the Standard Model, the electron has no extent; a radius of zero. As such, such a particle could never be observed (as it is not really there...) but only indirectly observed by, for example, the effect of its electric field on other particles or objects. |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Define "observe"
The [Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observe), the options for science are:
>
> a: to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment
>
>
> b: to make a scientific observation on or of
>
>
>
And on "observation:
>
... | Let me give a vague analogy to illustrate the issues in talking about observation.
Imagine that I have just thrown a stone into a pond and I ask you, can you see the wave it makes? You say, yes of course, why? I say, no you didn't really see all of the wave. You only saw what you saw from your position and angle. And ... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | The concept of "direct observation" is a tricky one in the philosophy of science. It is the accepted bridge between scientific theory and truth, and it goes over some very muddy waters.
Consider this profound statement: we have no proof electrons exist. Zero. Nada. What we *do* have are many theoretical models which i... | It isn't entirely accurate that it cannot be observed. It can, and has. However, observation is only a small aspect of the phenomenon of electrons.
While it can be observed instantaneously, it cannot be determined both where it is and its velocity. The speed of an electron can be observed, but not with knowing its pos... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | According to the Standard Model, the electron has no extent; a radius of zero. As such, such a particle could never be observed (as it is not really there...) but only indirectly observed by, for example, the effect of its electric field on other particles or objects. | It isn't entirely accurate that it cannot be observed. It can, and has. However, observation is only a small aspect of the phenomenon of electrons.
While it can be observed instantaneously, it cannot be determined both where it is and its velocity. The speed of an electron can be observed, but not with knowing its pos... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | The concept of "direct observation" is a tricky one in the philosophy of science. It is the accepted bridge between scientific theory and truth, and it goes over some very muddy waters.
Consider this profound statement: we have no proof electrons exist. Zero. Nada. What we *do* have are many theoretical models which i... | Let me give a vague analogy to illustrate the issues in talking about observation.
Imagine that I have just thrown a stone into a pond and I ask you, can you see the wave it makes? You say, yes of course, why? I say, no you didn't really see all of the wave. You only saw what you saw from your position and angle. And ... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Define "observe"
The [Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observe), the options for science are:
>
> a: to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment
>
>
> b: to make a scientific observation on or of
>
>
>
And on "observation:
>
... | According to *relational QM*, another observer of an electron could simply be another electron; say another electron that repulsed it.
This means observations are being made of electrons all the time; just not by us.
But this, I think, isn't the sense of *observing* you're using in your question; which appears to be... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Define "observe"
The [Webster](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observe), the options for science are:
>
> a: to watch carefully especially with attention to details or behavior for the purpose of arriving at a judgment
>
>
> b: to make a scientific observation on or of
>
>
>
And on "observation:
>
... | According to the Standard Model, the electron has no extent; a radius of zero. As such, such a particle could never be observed (as it is not really there...) but only indirectly observed by, for example, the effect of its electric field on other particles or objects. |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | According to the Standard Model, the electron has no extent; a radius of zero. As such, such a particle could never be observed (as it is not really there...) but only indirectly observed by, for example, the effect of its electric field on other particles or objects. | According to *relational QM*, another observer of an electron could simply be another electron; say another electron that repulsed it.
This means observations are being made of electrons all the time; just not by us.
But this, I think, isn't the sense of *observing* you're using in your question; which appears to be... |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Nothing is observed without some physical process 'performing' the observation. Eyes don't passively see - they are huge collision sites for countless photon bombardments, camera pixels (or photosensitive pigments) don't passively react to light, they have to be violently pounded by thousands of individual photons.
I... | According to the Standard Model, the electron has no extent; a radius of zero. As such, such a particle could never be observed (as it is not really there...) but only indirectly observed by, for example, the effect of its electric field on other particles or objects. |
237,350 | I was watching a show on Netflix hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson and he mentioned that one of the fundamental particles that we know of, the electron, is something *we have never even observed directly*. Why haven't we done so? Is it impossible? I know this is the easy answer to any question, but is it because our tech i... | 2016/02/15 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/237350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103052/"
] | Nothing is observed without some physical process 'performing' the observation. Eyes don't passively see - they are huge collision sites for countless photon bombardments, camera pixels (or photosensitive pigments) don't passively react to light, they have to be violently pounded by thousands of individual photons.
I... | It isn't entirely accurate that it cannot be observed. It can, and has. However, observation is only a small aspect of the phenomenon of electrons.
While it can be observed instantaneously, it cannot be determined both where it is and its velocity. The speed of an electron can be observed, but not with knowing its pos... |
195,889 | The description of the [*winged boots*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/winged-boots) in D&D 5e says:
>
> While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.
>
>
>
That's simple enough. If Richard the Rogue equips these, he has a flying speed of 30 feet. But, since Richard is a ... | 2022/02/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/195889",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/56835/"
] | No, but yes.
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### The Dash action does not increase your speed...
The Dash action grants you extra **movement** on the current turn equal to your speed, but does not increase your **speed**. So with a speed of 30 feet, you can move 60 feet total if you Dash, but your speed is still 30 feet. Because the Da... | Movement allowance is not the same as walking speed
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The rules for the winged boots do exactly what they say:
>
> While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.
>
>
>
Therefore, Richard has a Flying speed of 30 ft, and also has ... |
195,889 | The description of the [*winged boots*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/winged-boots) in D&D 5e says:
>
> While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.
>
>
>
That's simple enough. If Richard the Rogue equips these, he has a flying speed of 30 feet. But, since Richard is a ... | 2022/02/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/195889",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/56835/"
] | No, but yes.
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### The Dash action does not increase your speed...
The Dash action grants you extra **movement** on the current turn equal to your speed, but does not increase your **speed**. So with a speed of 30 feet, you can move 60 feet total if you Dash, but your speed is still 30 feet. Because the Da... | That's not how Dash works
-------------------------
You can increase your **overall movement** by *dashing*. If you have a flying speed of 30 feet, you would be able to fly 60 feet per round using your Bonus Action to dash, or 90 feet if you also used your Action to dash. Dash itself doesn't change your speed, just us... |
195,889 | The description of the [*winged boots*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/winged-boots) in D&D 5e says:
>
> While you wear these boots, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed.
>
>
>
That's simple enough. If Richard the Rogue equips these, he has a flying speed of 30 feet. But, since Richard is a ... | 2022/02/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/195889",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/56835/"
] | No, but yes.
------------
### The Dash action does not increase your speed...
The Dash action grants you extra **movement** on the current turn equal to your speed, but does not increase your **speed**. So with a speed of 30 feet, you can move 60 feet total if you Dash, but your speed is still 30 feet. Because the Da... | You can fly up to 60 feet while dashing.
----------------------------------------
The effect of Dash is not limited to your *walking* speed. All your movement is increased, if you have more than one speed -- you can move up to double your walking speed, and you can move up to double your flying speed. In the case of t... |
92,206 | My firefox randomly hides the DOM or everything on the page for some reason...
Sometimes to a particular websites sometimes it shows the content when I click on a link opens a new window/tab but the original window/tab hides all the content.
What could this be? | 2010/01/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/92206",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26942/"
] | I suspect that you are out of luck... a classic MS proprietary format.
However, a subset of the rules wizard interface is supported via VBA - see <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206763.aspx> for details. You could script something up to export the rules as human-readable but it may well not cover all your r... | Free <https://rwzreader.codeplex.com/>
- Organize rules by highlighting one or more rules and dragging to reorder, or use Up/Down buttons
- Sort rules by highlighting two or more rules and clicking the sort button
- Save the organized RWZ file as a different file or save the rules directly to Outlook |
92,206 | My firefox randomly hides the DOM or everything on the page for some reason...
Sometimes to a particular websites sometimes it shows the content when I click on a link opens a new window/tab but the original window/tab hides all the content.
What could this be? | 2010/01/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/92206",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/26942/"
] | I suspect that you are out of luck... a classic MS proprietary format.
However, a subset of the rules wizard interface is supported via VBA - see <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206763.aspx> for details. You could script something up to export the rules as human-readable but it may well not cover all your r... | The library <https://github.com/hughbe/OutlookRulesReader> contains a specification and reference implementation library (in Swift) for reading and writing Outlook Rules Files
A full description of the format can be found [here](https://github.com/hughbe/OutlookRulesReader/raw/master/docs/RWZ%20Format.pdf) |
14,333,800 | My google-fu skills doesn't seem to fetch any absolute result. I have developed this neat utility app, not expecting to drive all the traffic, but be useful to the one needing it.
Since its non profit utility I don't/cannot afford to spend more than 5~7 dollars/mo. There is the heroku free solution, and AWS solution. ... | 2013/01/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14333800",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1363158/"
] | using heroku + AWS you can use the free tier which gives you free stuff for a year - free storage and traffic to storage using S3, free email using SES, etc..
this will help you figure out if you app is worth it or not, without the extra fuss of managing the system.
If after a year you decide to keep it going, you ca... | Amazon EC2 is working terrifically well for me using Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Postgres, Apache, Ubuntu, and the like.
Amazon is generally lower cost than Heroku, if you're comfortable doing your own systems administration, and not counting the time you spend doing it. |
27,531 | I recently had the opportunity to cook a series of yoghurt cakes. The first batch were tasty yet somewhat dense. For the second batch, I (successfully) attempted to lighten the cake by first beating the egg whites until foamy before folding in the rest of the mixture.
Both times I used fruit (raspberries) in my mixtur... | 2012/10/02 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/27531",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8836/"
] | Dust the fruit with a little flour before adding to the cake. It will act like a glue and prevent the fruit from sinking. | Sometimes covering fruit with flour is not enough, but for raspberries it should work.
You can also bake the cake in layers - pour a thin layer of the batter without fruit, bake it for 5-10 minutes, just so the top sets, but doesn't brown, pour half of batter with fruit, bake another 10 minutes, pour the rest and bake... |
27,531 | I recently had the opportunity to cook a series of yoghurt cakes. The first batch were tasty yet somewhat dense. For the second batch, I (successfully) attempted to lighten the cake by first beating the egg whites until foamy before folding in the rest of the mixture.
Both times I used fruit (raspberries) in my mixtur... | 2012/10/02 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/27531",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8836/"
] | Dust the fruit with a little flour before adding to the cake. It will act like a glue and prevent the fruit from sinking. | My trick to prevent sinking in a light mixture:
1. Bake for a few minutes
2. Open the oven, drop the raspberries on top, from a certain altitude
3. Continue baking
Each raspberry will sink to a certain depth, depending on the altitude from which you dropped.
You will need to fine-tune:
* The initial baking time.
* ... |
27,531 | I recently had the opportunity to cook a series of yoghurt cakes. The first batch were tasty yet somewhat dense. For the second batch, I (successfully) attempted to lighten the cake by first beating the egg whites until foamy before folding in the rest of the mixture.
Both times I used fruit (raspberries) in my mixtur... | 2012/10/02 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/27531",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8836/"
] | Sometimes covering fruit with flour is not enough, but for raspberries it should work.
You can also bake the cake in layers - pour a thin layer of the batter without fruit, bake it for 5-10 minutes, just so the top sets, but doesn't brown, pour half of batter with fruit, bake another 10 minutes, pour the rest and bake... | My trick to prevent sinking in a light mixture:
1. Bake for a few minutes
2. Open the oven, drop the raspberries on top, from a certain altitude
3. Continue baking
Each raspberry will sink to a certain depth, depending on the altitude from which you dropped.
You will need to fine-tune:
* The initial baking time.
* ... |
3,238,904 | I am nearly done with my first android app and there's still a bit more work to do but I want to get feedback from users about what they like/hate/bugs to fix, etc. I plan on making the app free with ads. Now I have been testing my app on my phone (HTC Magic) and plan on doing some simple testing on the emulator using ... | 2010/07/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3238904",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/362476/"
] | In this kind of situations, that's exactly what you can try to do: release a beta version of your app so that the bugs don't hurt your rating on the Market. What I prefer to do in this kind of cases:
* Don't add Ads. After all, it's just to be a testing experiment. Not too many people is going to download your app.
* ... | Don't push half baked product in android market. To get feedback and track crashes do a beta distribution. Try Zubhium , simple yet powerful platform for android dev's where you can upload apk, distribute to users. Optionally, you can enable crash reporting to get realtime crash reports and enable in app support using ... |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | It isn't normal that the car moves downhill with the parking brake applied, if it does it shows that the parking brake isn't working properly. It should fully stop the car even when on a steep hill. This can be caused by worn brake shoes, the cable could be stretched out or the mechanisms are worn, all are (generally) ... | The parking brake should hold the vehicle, otherwise it can be difficult to achieve a hill start.
When parking, the front wheels should be turned into the kerb so if it rolls it runs into the kerb and stops. |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | It isn't normal that the car moves downhill with the parking brake applied, if it does it shows that the parking brake isn't working properly. It should fully stop the car even when on a steep hill. This can be caused by worn brake shoes, the cable could be stretched out or the mechanisms are worn, all are (generally) ... | The way I was taught in driving school is this:
1. Pull the handbrake (this is obvious)
2. Put the car into gear (1st or reverse are recommended) in case the handbrake fails. The gear does not matter that much though and any would work in the end, because compression is what keeps the car from moving. When the wheels ... |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | It isn't normal that the car moves downhill with the parking brake applied, if it does it shows that the parking brake isn't working properly. It should fully stop the car even when on a steep hill. This can be caused by worn brake shoes, the cable could be stretched out or the mechanisms are worn, all are (generally) ... | (Assuming that "sliding" is an unintentional wording. Unless the street is frozen with ice, a car normally never slides downhill.)
If the gear is in neutral (i.e. *no gear* engaged) then it is very normal for the car to roll downhill *if the parking brake is not engaged*.
If the parking brake is engaged and the car... |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | The parking brake should hold the vehicle, otherwise it can be difficult to achieve a hill start.
When parking, the front wheels should be turned into the kerb so if it rolls it runs into the kerb and stops. | The way I was taught in driving school is this:
1. Pull the handbrake (this is obvious)
2. Put the car into gear (1st or reverse are recommended) in case the handbrake fails. The gear does not matter that much though and any would work in the end, because compression is what keeps the car from moving. When the wheels ... |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | The parking brake should hold the vehicle, otherwise it can be difficult to achieve a hill start.
When parking, the front wheels should be turned into the kerb so if it rolls it runs into the kerb and stops. | (Assuming that "sliding" is an unintentional wording. Unless the street is frozen with ice, a car normally never slides downhill.)
If the gear is in neutral (i.e. *no gear* engaged) then it is very normal for the car to roll downhill *if the parking brake is not engaged*.
If the parking brake is engaged and the car... |
77,138 | (updated the change the term "sliding" to the, in this case, more correct "rolling")
About parking a car with a manual transmission on a sloped surface:
1. Is it normal that the car starts rolling downhill if only the
parking brake is applied and the gear selector is left on neutral?
2. Is there any difference betwee... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/77138",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/9279/"
] | The way I was taught in driving school is this:
1. Pull the handbrake (this is obvious)
2. Put the car into gear (1st or reverse are recommended) in case the handbrake fails. The gear does not matter that much though and any would work in the end, because compression is what keeps the car from moving. When the wheels ... | (Assuming that "sliding" is an unintentional wording. Unless the street is frozen with ice, a car normally never slides downhill.)
If the gear is in neutral (i.e. *no gear* engaged) then it is very normal for the car to roll downhill *if the parking brake is not engaged*.
If the parking brake is engaged and the car... |
338,638 | There are industry standard voltage levels for integrated circuits i.e. 12, 5, 3.3, 1.0, 1.05 , 1.08 and 0.6 volts and etc. My question is around why make it so complex to have this many voltage levels, why not just have one voltage level i.e 12 volts to be universally used across all IC's?
Potential answers that am ex... | 2017/11/07 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/338638",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/107295/"
] | The technology trend on ICs are to have them become smaller, faster, cost effective and low power consuming. Shrinking of transistor size is the major drive in this industry but shrinking the size leads to smaller voltage tolerance of breakdown that's is one of the reason why the supply voltage reduces the other being ... | The elephant in the room is often getting the heat out as much as breakdown voltage at this point (Time was that was not so much the case).
For a CMOS device power is usually dominated by switching losses which go linearly in frequency and as the square of the voltage (1/2 CV^2 and all that), so going from 5V to 1V f... |
63,118 | How do you keep your chain out of the muck when re-waxing it?
I've been using this colander:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PJ5xF.jpg)
There's an unperforated section around where it bends at the bottom.
At first I had it in the bottom of my crock pot and noticed there ... | 2019/07/15 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/63118",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/36447/"
] | Once you have fully de-greased and waxed the chain, most suggest that you can simply re-dip the chain in melted paraffin to re-wax, but as you have found out this can leave small particles in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Personally, I just keep a small circular mesh steel plate at the bottom of the slow cooker to ke... | I use two slow cookers / crock pots to reduce the accumulated gunk in the wax (can get cheap ones for less than £10 in the UK). Quick wipe with damp cloth to remove external dirt, then a good soak and swirl in "pot 1", which seems to "clean" the chain, then let the liquid wax run off the chain, before into "pot 2" for ... |
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