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1,596,704 | I am programming a DLL. I have to return an instance of TBitmap to the host application.
The DLL has another UNIT, wich is a Form, that it has a TImageList for storing images. I wrote a function that I want to return an Image from the TImageList (from the DLL to the host application. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Yulién. | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/188513/"
] | Objects are combinations of code and data. A normal DLL does not support that, because it only supports the C Application Binary Interface (C ABI) but there is a kind of DLLs that does: BPL files. In other words, you need to create a .bpl file and not a .dll file. This requires both that file and the user to be Delphi,... | You can't return an object per se, but you can return a pointer to an object. Refer to [Mastering Delphi 6](http://books.google.com/books?id=YbS3dPcobl8C&pg=PA836&lpg=PA836&dq=delphi+vmt+dll&source=bl&ots=wmWQbhn8p7&sig=bfSB6Y22UrUyw4ZtcG3S9r4sQrg&hl=en&ei=oizeSrGUDYTQtgPZuLyIDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&v... |
1,596,704 | I am programming a DLL. I have to return an instance of TBitmap to the host application.
The DLL has another UNIT, wich is a Form, that it has a TImageList for storing images. I wrote a function that I want to return an Image from the TImageList (from the DLL to the host application. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Yulién. | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/188513/"
] | Read this old thread on borland.public.delphi.nativeapi: [Delphi Object in DLL - does this work?](http://groups.google.com/group/borland.public.delphi.nativeapi/browse_frm/thread/9dd5708d25ac5544/).
The link to a .pdf in the last message is gone, but thanks to Internet Archive Wayback Machine one can [download it](htt... | You can't return an object per se, but you can return a pointer to an object. Refer to [Mastering Delphi 6](http://books.google.com/books?id=YbS3dPcobl8C&pg=PA836&lpg=PA836&dq=delphi+vmt+dll&source=bl&ots=wmWQbhn8p7&sig=bfSB6Y22UrUyw4ZtcG3S9r4sQrg&hl=en&ei=oizeSrGUDYTQtgPZuLyIDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&v... |
1,596,704 | I am programming a DLL. I have to return an instance of TBitmap to the host application.
The DLL has another UNIT, wich is a Form, that it has a TImageList for storing images. I wrote a function that I want to return an Image from the TImageList (from the DLL to the host application. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Yulién. | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/188513/"
] | Basically what you need to do is not return an object. In this case you want to return bitmap, why not just return HBitmap handle? | You can't return an object per se, but you can return a pointer to an object. Refer to [Mastering Delphi 6](http://books.google.com/books?id=YbS3dPcobl8C&pg=PA836&lpg=PA836&dq=delphi+vmt+dll&source=bl&ots=wmWQbhn8p7&sig=bfSB6Y22UrUyw4ZtcG3S9r4sQrg&hl=en&ei=oizeSrGUDYTQtgPZuLyIDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&v... |
1,596,704 | I am programming a DLL. I have to return an instance of TBitmap to the host application.
The DLL has another UNIT, wich is a Form, that it has a TImageList for storing images. I wrote a function that I want to return an Image from the TImageList (from the DLL to the host application. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Yulién. | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/188513/"
] | Read this old thread on borland.public.delphi.nativeapi: [Delphi Object in DLL - does this work?](http://groups.google.com/group/borland.public.delphi.nativeapi/browse_frm/thread/9dd5708d25ac5544/).
The link to a .pdf in the last message is gone, but thanks to Internet Archive Wayback Machine one can [download it](htt... | Objects are combinations of code and data. A normal DLL does not support that, because it only supports the C Application Binary Interface (C ABI) but there is a kind of DLLs that does: BPL files. In other words, you need to create a .bpl file and not a .dll file. This requires both that file and the user to be Delphi,... |
1,596,704 | I am programming a DLL. I have to return an instance of TBitmap to the host application.
The DLL has another UNIT, wich is a Form, that it has a TImageList for storing images. I wrote a function that I want to return an Image from the TImageList (from the DLL to the host application. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Yulién. | 2009/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1596704",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/188513/"
] | Basically what you need to do is not return an object. In this case you want to return bitmap, why not just return HBitmap handle? | Objects are combinations of code and data. A normal DLL does not support that, because it only supports the C Application Binary Interface (C ABI) but there is a kind of DLLs that does: BPL files. In other words, you need to create a .bpl file and not a .dll file. This requires both that file and the user to be Delphi,... |
325,363 | I have been a member of many SE sites for years now, as a result, I am quite familiar with the guidelines and expectations on the platform. However, even after reviewing the help section I can't seem to find much info on this topic.
I saw the topic on jokes (which was answered with ambiguity) but nothing on comments l... | 2019/03/18 | [
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] | This is covered in the [Help Center](https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/comment):
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> * Compliments which do not add new information ("+1, great answer!"); instead, up-vote it and [pay it forward](ht... | There seem to be two different situations you're talking about: jokes in comments and "thank you" comments.
"Thank you" comments or other useless comments that add up to nothing but thanking the poster of a question or answer should be flagged as "no longer needed". These should be expressed in the form of an upvote a... |
382,619 | I would like to add some RAM to my laptop but I have one small problem: I would like to know what is the fastest speed I can put inside it.
I know from CPU-Z that I use DDR3 RAM:
One piece of RAM is PC3-10700 (667 Mhz) and the other is PC3-8500F (533 Mhz)
I use Acer Travel Mate 5742G if that's relevant. My Chipset ... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/382619",
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] | You laptop will take up to 8GB and the fastest speed it will take is DDR3 PC3-10600 .
You can buy it here >> <http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=E5A23A8EA5CA7304> | You can put a faster ram, it will just run at a slower speed. I’ve had once some 133MHz SDR sticks running at 100MHz. |
13,978,873 | As I more heavily use JavaScript like a high-level object-oriented language, I find myself thinking like the C/C++ programmer that I am when I'm finished with objects. I know the GC is going to run eventually and clean up my mess, but are there things I can do to actually help it along?
For example, I have an array o... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13978873",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Rarely.
Which is different from never.
Generally, if you develop in a reasonable manner, unused objects will be falling out of scope appropriately and the Garbage Collector will simply work as expected. And unless you really understand what you're doing, efforts to help the Garbage Collector do its job often don't wo... | Very smart people have worked very hard on those garbage collection models. The odds that anything you do is going to massively improve performance over what they implemented is relatively low.
If garbage collection is becoming a major cost for you, you're likely better off focusing on reducing the number of objects ... |
13,978,873 | As I more heavily use JavaScript like a high-level object-oriented language, I find myself thinking like the C/C++ programmer that I am when I'm finished with objects. I know the GC is going to run eventually and clean up my mess, but are there things I can do to actually help it along?
For example, I have an array o... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13978873",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/479574/"
] | This may depend on the specific garbage collector, so an answer would depend on which JavaScript engine you're using.
First, I'll note that the best application code does two things. It achieves its technical goals of functionality and performance, and it is resilient to change. Additional code should serve enough of ... | Very smart people have worked very hard on those garbage collection models. The odds that anything you do is going to massively improve performance over what they implemented is relatively low.
If garbage collection is becoming a major cost for you, you're likely better off focusing on reducing the number of objects ... |
13,978,873 | As I more heavily use JavaScript like a high-level object-oriented language, I find myself thinking like the C/C++ programmer that I am when I'm finished with objects. I know the GC is going to run eventually and clean up my mess, but are there things I can do to actually help it along?
For example, I have an array o... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13978873",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/479574/"
] | This may depend on the specific garbage collector, so an answer would depend on which JavaScript engine you're using.
First, I'll note that the best application code does two things. It achieves its technical goals of functionality and performance, and it is resilient to change. Additional code should serve enough of ... | Rarely.
Which is different from never.
Generally, if you develop in a reasonable manner, unused objects will be falling out of scope appropriately and the Garbage Collector will simply work as expected. And unless you really understand what you're doing, efforts to help the Garbage Collector do its job often don't wo... |
30,777 | I purchased a Chlorophytum Comosum in October 2016. It's 3 or 4 separate plants. I moved it from its 10cm diameter plastic pot into one that's roughly 15 cm and about 20 cm deep, without drainage. When moving it, I just took all of the soil and the plant from the original pot and placed it into a hole that I dug in the... | 2017/02/12 | [
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] | Sorry, I am not seeing a plant with problems. Perhaps a little stress from transplanting and/or being moved from a source of higher light to lower light. You are using potting soil and your watering sounds and looks just fine. Beautiful spider plant! The leaves as they age will bend more than new growth. The color is r... | Spider plants have very fleshy roots. They are greedy feeders and will transfer nutrients into their root system as though preparing for a long, long drought and so look great for the longest time. Then all of a sudden things look not quite so rosy. I have knocked them out of their pots to find that the root ball of so... |
30,777 | I purchased a Chlorophytum Comosum in October 2016. It's 3 or 4 separate plants. I moved it from its 10cm diameter plastic pot into one that's roughly 15 cm and about 20 cm deep, without drainage. When moving it, I just took all of the soil and the plant from the original pot and placed it into a hole that I dug in the... | 2017/02/12 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/30777",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16516/"
] | (Sorry, not enough reputation here to comment)
As Colin Beckingham mentions, my experience is that these plants create many roots, eventually replacing all soil. If you wait too long with repotting them into a bigger pot (or dealing with all these roots some other way?), it may be very hard to remove the plant from it... | Spider plants have very fleshy roots. They are greedy feeders and will transfer nutrients into their root system as though preparing for a long, long drought and so look great for the longest time. Then all of a sudden things look not quite so rosy. I have knocked them out of their pots to find that the root ball of so... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The link you included in your question contains really all the information and references you need. Especially the Evan Robinson's well-known paper [Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304165322/http://www.igda.org/?page=crunchsixlessons), together with the supporting material and references... | To change from a culture of overtime to efficiency you will have to stop the death marches. Each person has a limit, after that they can actually produce negative work. The density and severity of their errors will mean that that last few hours they worked, the project went backwards. Their mistakes may be obvious , th... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The simple answer is to simply begin working 40 hour work weeks and make sure YOU are efficient for those 40 hours. If you aren't already burned out then the results will become apparent fairly quickly. If you are already burned out then 40 hour weeks probably won't make a difference, so keep working your 60-90 hour wo... | To change from a culture of overtime to efficiency you will have to stop the death marches. Each person has a limit, after that they can actually produce negative work. The density and severity of their errors will mean that that last few hours they worked, the project went backwards. Their mistakes may be obvious , th... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | To change from a culture of overtime to efficiency you will have to stop the death marches. Each person has a limit, after that they can actually produce negative work. The density and severity of their errors will mean that that last few hours they worked, the project went backwards. Their mistakes may be obvious , th... | **Seems to be working** If you're meeting the deadlines, I don't see how you can justify calling them impossible. Your boss thinks he's the next Steve Jobs. Just push for more-it's really that simple.
**Negative Consequences**
I haven't found any mention of what happens when deadlines aren't met. Has anyone been fired... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | To change from a culture of overtime to efficiency you will have to stop the death marches. Each person has a limit, after that they can actually produce negative work. The density and severity of their errors will mean that that last few hours they worked, the project went backwards. Their mistakes may be obvious , th... | Other replies list why it's a bad idea to work extreme hours. Let me focus on a different aspect instead.
What you're attempting to do is basically a culture transformation.
This is impossible to do without a heavy management sponsorship. You don't just need to *convince* the management. You need to transform them in... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The link you included in your question contains really all the information and references you need. Especially the Evan Robinson's well-known paper [Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304165322/http://www.igda.org/?page=crunchsixlessons), together with the supporting material and references... | The simple answer is to simply begin working 40 hour work weeks and make sure YOU are efficient for those 40 hours. If you aren't already burned out then the results will become apparent fairly quickly. If you are already burned out then 40 hour weeks probably won't make a difference, so keep working your 60-90 hour wo... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The link you included in your question contains really all the information and references you need. Especially the Evan Robinson's well-known paper [Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304165322/http://www.igda.org/?page=crunchsixlessons), together with the supporting material and references... | **Seems to be working** If you're meeting the deadlines, I don't see how you can justify calling them impossible. Your boss thinks he's the next Steve Jobs. Just push for more-it's really that simple.
**Negative Consequences**
I haven't found any mention of what happens when deadlines aren't met. Has anyone been fired... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The link you included in your question contains really all the information and references you need. Especially the Evan Robinson's well-known paper [Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304165322/http://www.igda.org/?page=crunchsixlessons), together with the supporting material and references... | Other replies list why it's a bad idea to work extreme hours. Let me focus on a different aspect instead.
What you're attempting to do is basically a culture transformation.
This is impossible to do without a heavy management sponsorship. You don't just need to *convince* the management. You need to transform them in... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The simple answer is to simply begin working 40 hour work weeks and make sure YOU are efficient for those 40 hours. If you aren't already burned out then the results will become apparent fairly quickly. If you are already burned out then 40 hour weeks probably won't make a difference, so keep working your 60-90 hour wo... | **Seems to be working** If you're meeting the deadlines, I don't see how you can justify calling them impossible. Your boss thinks he's the next Steve Jobs. Just push for more-it's really that simple.
**Negative Consequences**
I haven't found any mention of what happens when deadlines aren't met. Has anyone been fired... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | The simple answer is to simply begin working 40 hour work weeks and make sure YOU are efficient for those 40 hours. If you aren't already burned out then the results will become apparent fairly quickly. If you are already burned out then 40 hour weeks probably won't make a difference, so keep working your 60-90 hour wo... | Other replies list why it's a bad idea to work extreme hours. Let me focus on a different aspect instead.
What you're attempting to do is basically a culture transformation.
This is impossible to do without a heavy management sponsorship. You don't just need to *convince* the management. You need to transform them in... |
9,740 | I work at a very young start-up company. We have had turn-over rates (mass resignation of staff, thrice) in the past but changes in the system have led to a more a stable employee retention and better technical-skilled employees. We do games, and I don't know with other software fields, but the "[death march](http://ar... | 2013/02/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/9740",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/7817/"
] | **Seems to be working** If you're meeting the deadlines, I don't see how you can justify calling them impossible. Your boss thinks he's the next Steve Jobs. Just push for more-it's really that simple.
**Negative Consequences**
I haven't found any mention of what happens when deadlines aren't met. Has anyone been fired... | Other replies list why it's a bad idea to work extreme hours. Let me focus on a different aspect instead.
What you're attempting to do is basically a culture transformation.
This is impossible to do without a heavy management sponsorship. You don't just need to *convince* the management. You need to transform them in... |
100,473 | I have a first (and only) and self occupied home. Mortgage is fully paid. Home is with four rooms.
Considering expenses I done on home so far including my share in mortgage, taxes so far, total interest paid etc. I will be in profit by 1000000.
Prices of property are not growing considerably anymore; growth rate is m... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/100473",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
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] | No one can answer this but yourself....
1) Have you considered closing cost (you'll pay the closing cost for at least 1 property if you sell yours and buy another.
2) Assuming you didn't spend a bunch of money on renovations it would seem that your profit comes mostly from the average home price rising. As such a 3 ... | If i understand you correctly you are thinkinh to move from a big home to a small one, this usually reducing your living cost (less things which could broke, less cleaning and less air to cool down/heat etc.)
Also you gain profit (or luxory) from the free and possible working money, from the price difference from the h... |
100,473 | I have a first (and only) and self occupied home. Mortgage is fully paid. Home is with four rooms.
Considering expenses I done on home so far including my share in mortgage, taxes so far, total interest paid etc. I will be in profit by 1000000.
Prices of property are not growing considerably anymore; growth rate is m... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/100473",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
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] | No one can answer this but yourself....
1) Have you considered closing cost (you'll pay the closing cost for at least 1 property if you sell yours and buy another.
2) Assuming you didn't spend a bunch of money on renovations it would seem that your profit comes mostly from the average home price rising. As such a 3 ... | >
> I do not need this much big home. Three rooms should be enough for me.
>
>
>
This is the only real tick mark in favor of selling your current home.
>
> By booking the profit, I can invest the amount (other than my share in new home) in some good investments.
>
>
>
Any profit you make from the sell will e... |
100,473 | I have a first (and only) and self occupied home. Mortgage is fully paid. Home is with four rooms.
Considering expenses I done on home so far including my share in mortgage, taxes so far, total interest paid etc. I will be in profit by 1000000.
Prices of property are not growing considerably anymore; growth rate is m... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/100473",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73868/"
] | No one can answer this but yourself....
1) Have you considered closing cost (you'll pay the closing cost for at least 1 property if you sell yours and buy another.
2) Assuming you didn't spend a bunch of money on renovations it would seem that your profit comes mostly from the average home price rising. As such a 3 ... | There is no *profit* here, and there is no *investment*. It is your home and since everybody pays for the bed they sleep in, it is a cost, not an investment. If the house you are in has gone up in value, then so has the identical house next door and by the same amount, so moving from one to the other would not realize ... |
100,473 | I have a first (and only) and self occupied home. Mortgage is fully paid. Home is with four rooms.
Considering expenses I done on home so far including my share in mortgage, taxes so far, total interest paid etc. I will be in profit by 1000000.
Prices of property are not growing considerably anymore; growth rate is m... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/100473",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73868/"
] | >
> I do not need this much big home. Three rooms should be enough for me.
>
>
>
This is the only real tick mark in favor of selling your current home.
>
> By booking the profit, I can invest the amount (other than my share in new home) in some good investments.
>
>
>
Any profit you make from the sell will e... | If i understand you correctly you are thinkinh to move from a big home to a small one, this usually reducing your living cost (less things which could broke, less cleaning and less air to cool down/heat etc.)
Also you gain profit (or luxory) from the free and possible working money, from the price difference from the h... |
100,473 | I have a first (and only) and self occupied home. Mortgage is fully paid. Home is with four rooms.
Considering expenses I done on home so far including my share in mortgage, taxes so far, total interest paid etc. I will be in profit by 1000000.
Prices of property are not growing considerably anymore; growth rate is m... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/100473",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/73868/"
] | >
> I do not need this much big home. Three rooms should be enough for me.
>
>
>
This is the only real tick mark in favor of selling your current home.
>
> By booking the profit, I can invest the amount (other than my share in new home) in some good investments.
>
>
>
Any profit you make from the sell will e... | There is no *profit* here, and there is no *investment*. It is your home and since everybody pays for the bed they sleep in, it is a cost, not an investment. If the house you are in has gone up in value, then so has the identical house next door and by the same amount, so moving from one to the other would not realize ... |
148,175 | I have a turret, displayed below, which I would like to duplicate and mirror across the global Y axis.
[](https://i.stack.i... | 2019/08/10 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/148175",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/78174/"
] | If you are doing this so that they could be animated I would add a Copy Rotation Constraint and then invert the Y axis.
Or if you are modelling, Create a new collection with the left side (M) and then place a Collection Instance (Shift-A) of that and mirror the Instance. The collection instance has it's origin in the ... | You have rotated your object in *Object* mode. If you mirror, it will mirror on the object own local axis, not the global, that's what happened. So if you want to have an object that looks mirrored on the global axis you first need to apply the rotation with `ctrl``A`, so that its current local axis aligns to the globa... |
196,244 | A week ago, 2 of the most gigantic cruise ships in the world docked near my city. If you have seen one, or been on one, you will know how large they are.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UFRPU.jpg)
They look extremely unsafe to me, although obviously safety feature... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/196244",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Some dimensions I was able to dig up (mostly from Wikipedia).
Draft of the Allure of the Seas: 31 ft (10 m)
Length: 1181 ft (360 m)
Beam at waterline: 47 m
Height: 72 m above waterline
Let's just draw the section based on these simple numbers:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UFRPU.jpg)
They look extremely unsafe to me, although obviously safety feature... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/196244",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Some dimensions I was able to dig up (mostly from Wikipedia).
Draft of the Allure of the Seas: 31 ft (10 m)
Length: 1181 ft (360 m)
Beam at waterline: 47 m
Height: 72 m above waterline
Let's just draw the section based on these simple numbers:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UFRPU.jpg)
They look extremely unsafe to me, although obviously safety feature... | 2015/07/27 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/196244",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | As I understand it many seagoing vessels also use gyroscopes spinning on a vertical axis attached to the main components of the vessel's structure to null out much of the motion on the vessel's roll axis. Gyroscopes are also popular among motor yachts. I'm not Shure if they're used on giant cruise ships or not but, gyr... | a large lever attached with a ship will give a huge effort on other side that it can heat the water by driving an engine made of dc motor and emf give to heating element which operate on dc voltage so it may work on either side to produce steam engine can produce electricity at a constant speed to provide for grid oper... |
12,948 | We watched Beautiful Creatures last night, I've read the book and even I was confused at points. Extra ideas were added, large amounts were cut.
From memory
* Marilyn and Ama's characters were merged
* Macon was made a caster instead of an incubus
* Boo Radley didn't appear at all
* Ethan found the necklace at a diff... | 2013/08/05 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/12948",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/574/"
] | I think it could boil down to any of several different reasons:
1. Writer of the original book was not involved in the making of the movie, and therefor the movie script takes different directions than the book.
2. Producer thinks they know better and forces divergent changes in the script. (Same could be said for the... | This response is more then probably late, but majority of the big chunks that were cut would have EASILY pushed the movies rating over PG-13 standing the creators wanted. Though this isn't a big enough excuse for all the cuts I feel this PG-13 desire held back a fair bit of the book. |
1,636,765 | I use netbeans 6.8 beta and when i load .sh (bash) file it's not colored at all. i can add a new file association for the .sh extension but it doesn't seem that there is a known associated mime type. | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1636765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80932/"
] | I have not tried this myself but you can get shell script support in Netbeans if you install the **C/C++ plugin**. | This is very odd. I have NB6.8beta installed with the C/C++ plugin. When I open a .sh file I *do* see syntax high lighting. Quotes strings show up in orange, commands are in blue. |
1,636,765 | I use netbeans 6.8 beta and when i load .sh (bash) file it's not colored at all. i can add a new file association for the .sh extension but it doesn't seem that there is a known associated mime type. | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1636765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80932/"
] | I have not tried this myself but you can get shell script support in Netbeans if you install the **C/C++ plugin**. | old question, time for an update **(tested for 8.0.2,8.1,8.2)**.
Here's what worked for me
1. **Install C/C++** plugin.
This will recognize .sh extensions as bash files
2. **Install nb-noext-mime-resolver** (for 8.2 you'll find it as [No Extension MIME Resolver](http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/55076/no-extension-... |
1,636,765 | I use netbeans 6.8 beta and when i load .sh (bash) file it's not colored at all. i can add a new file association for the .sh extension but it doesn't seem that there is a known associated mime type. | 2009/10/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1636765",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80932/"
] | old question, time for an update **(tested for 8.0.2,8.1,8.2)**.
Here's what worked for me
1. **Install C/C++** plugin.
This will recognize .sh extensions as bash files
2. **Install nb-noext-mime-resolver** (for 8.2 you'll find it as [No Extension MIME Resolver](http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/55076/no-extension-... | This is very odd. I have NB6.8beta installed with the C/C++ plugin. When I open a .sh file I *do* see syntax high lighting. Quotes strings show up in orange, commands are in blue. |
965,215 | I've searched all over, and I'm unable to find anything regarding copying multiple cells from different rows & columns to a single row in another sheet.
Eg, Copy Cells, A10, F2, F3 & F34 from Sheet 1, to A2 in Sheet 2 and start a new row.
The purpose is to copy certain information from an Invoice (Sheet 1)
* A10 - ... | 2015/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/965215",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/490503/"
] | I'm the Newrez author.
Being that this is just a script, there are lots of options. One is just to execute it during login as a startup app. As long as X is up, you are all set. There is no dependency on Gnome or Nautilus. It should run on anything. | The solution is just plain simple, but it's not that perfect:
* First just download newrez's here (yes, you've heard it)
<http://gtk-apps.org/content/show.php/newrez+-+Increase+Screen+Rez+For+Netbook?content=134686>
* Then, put it somewhere and make it executable from GUI
* Just simply double-click on it and put you... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | The best [hash keys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function) are those that
1. Have good (as in low [collisions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_(computer_science))) hashes (see [Object.GetHashCode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.object.gethashcode.aspx) for .NET, [Object.hashcode](http://j... | If you were to use a complex type as a key then:
* It would be hard for the hash table implementation to group items into buckets for fast retrieval; how would it decide how to group a range of hashes into a bucket?
* The hash table may need to have intimate knowledge of the type in order to pick a bucket.
* There is ... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | It's not a matter of *strings* versus *integers*, or value versus reference, but of **mutable keys versus immutable keys.** As long as the keys are immutable (and thus their hashing value never change) they are OK to index a hash table. For instance, strings in Java are immutable and thus perfectly suited as hashtable ... | The best [hash keys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function) are those that
1. Have good (as in low [collisions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision_(computer_science))) hashes (see [Object.GetHashCode](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.object.gethashcode.aspx) for .NET, [Object.hashcode](http://j... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | As long as a suitable hash function is provided all types will do as keys. Remember after all a hash table is just a linear array. The hash function takes a key of a certain type and computes an index in the hash table array (called bucket) where the value gets stored (there are some issues with collisions though).
So... | If you were to use a complex type as a key then:
* It would be hard for the hash table implementation to group items into buckets for fast retrieval; how would it decide how to group a range of hashes into a bucket?
* The hash table may need to have intimate knowledge of the type in order to pick a bucket.
* There is ... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | It's not a matter of *strings* versus *integers*, or value versus reference, but of **mutable keys versus immutable keys.** As long as the keys are immutable (and thus their hashing value never change) they are OK to index a hash table. For instance, strings in Java are immutable and thus perfectly suited as hashtable ... | As long as a suitable hash function is provided all types will do as keys. Remember after all a hash table is just a linear array. The hash function takes a key of a certain type and computes an index in the hash table array (called bucket) where the value gets stored (there are some issues with collisions though).
So... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | Most string implementations, while they might appear as references types in managed environments their implementation is typically an immutable type.
What the hash function does is that it maps a very large number of states onto a smaller number of states.
That is why string hashing is good for testing string equalit... | If you were to use a complex type as a key then:
* It would be hard for the hash table implementation to group items into buckets for fast retrieval; how would it decide how to group a range of hashes into a bucket?
* The hash table may need to have intimate knowledge of the type in order to pick a bucket.
* There is ... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | It's not a matter of *strings* versus *integers*, or value versus reference, but of **mutable keys versus immutable keys.** As long as the keys are immutable (and thus their hashing value never change) they are OK to index a hash table. For instance, strings in Java are immutable and thus perfectly suited as hashtable ... | Most string implementations, while they might appear as references types in managed environments their implementation is typically an immutable type.
What the hash function does is that it maps a very large number of states onto a smaller number of states.
That is why string hashing is good for testing string equalit... |
1,670,006 | I must admit to having only a rudimentary understanding of how HashTables work, although from what little I do know it seems fairly straightforward. My question is just this: it seems that the conventional wisdom is to use simple, basic value types such as integers for the keys in a HashTable. However, strings are also... | 2009/11/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1670006",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/105570/"
] | It's not a matter of *strings* versus *integers*, or value versus reference, but of **mutable keys versus immutable keys.** As long as the keys are immutable (and thus their hashing value never change) they are OK to index a hash table. For instance, strings in Java are immutable and thus perfectly suited as hashtable ... | If you were to use a complex type as a key then:
* It would be hard for the hash table implementation to group items into buckets for fast retrieval; how would it decide how to group a range of hashes into a bucket?
* The hash table may need to have intimate knowledge of the type in order to pick a bucket.
* There is ... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | The hanging at the Windows splash screen makes me pretty suspicious of your RAID controller firmware or drivers. Is it a Dell PERC? Are you current on firmware and drivers?
Is there anything special about the last few files and directories that are being successfully backed-up (i.e. something uncharacteristic of the f... | The only things that jump to mind that you didn't mention testing are RAM and system load levels.
RAM should be easy, but I'm not sure if there's anything about backup that would cause use of a bad area that wouldn't be triggered in regular use - it just doesn't fit.
The other thing is load levels on the hardware. W... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | The hanging at the Windows splash screen makes me pretty suspicious of your RAID controller firmware or drivers. Is it a Dell PERC? Are you current on firmware and drivers?
Is there anything special about the last few files and directories that are being successfully backed-up (i.e. something uncharacteristic of the f... | I've had a similar problem with Backup Exec(albeit, much older version 10) I installed the latest update and my server started BSODing randomly at or little after scheduled backup. I never determined the exact cause of the problem, but it seems to all be somehow related to TrendMicro too and all together it caused memo... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | The hanging at the Windows splash screen makes me pretty suspicious of your RAID controller firmware or drivers. Is it a Dell PERC? Are you current on firmware and drivers?
Is there anything special about the last few files and directories that are being successfully backed-up (i.e. something uncharacteristic of the f... | I would suspect drivers issue. Just a similar experience. A legacy application uses ISDN modem. I moved it to a new computer and downloaded latest modem drivers.
ISDN connection kept on dropping and I thought it was the modem/the line... but after all searching I replaced the newest drivers with 6(!) years older and s... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | The hanging at the Windows splash screen makes me pretty suspicious of your RAID controller firmware or drivers. Is it a Dell PERC? Are you current on firmware and drivers?
Is there anything special about the last few files and directories that are being successfully backed-up (i.e. something uncharacteristic of the f... | This may be an open file issue, and the open file may be getting corrupted. Try backing everything up EXCEPT the windows (and below) directories. See if backing up just data freezes the sucker. Also, if you have the disk space do a disk to disk backup with NT backup, then backup that file to tape. Make a current rescue... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | Posted November 2011 - Try this:
1) Right-click file C:\program files\symantec\SYMEVENT.SYS and choose Properties > Version (tab) and notate the version info.
2) Download the SymEvent installer / updater:
<ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/symevnt/Sevinst.exe>
3) Update SymEvent, as per the following a... | The only things that jump to mind that you didn't mention testing are RAM and system load levels.
RAM should be easy, but I'm not sure if there's anything about backup that would cause use of a bad area that wouldn't be triggered in regular use - it just doesn't fit.
The other thing is load levels on the hardware. W... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | Posted November 2011 - Try this:
1) Right-click file C:\program files\symantec\SYMEVENT.SYS and choose Properties > Version (tab) and notate the version info.
2) Download the SymEvent installer / updater:
<ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/symevnt/Sevinst.exe>
3) Update SymEvent, as per the following a... | I've had a similar problem with Backup Exec(albeit, much older version 10) I installed the latest update and my server started BSODing randomly at or little after scheduled backup. I never determined the exact cause of the problem, but it seems to all be somehow related to TrendMicro too and all together it caused memo... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | Posted November 2011 - Try this:
1) Right-click file C:\program files\symantec\SYMEVENT.SYS and choose Properties > Version (tab) and notate the version info.
2) Download the SymEvent installer / updater:
<ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/symevnt/Sevinst.exe>
3) Update SymEvent, as per the following a... | I would suspect drivers issue. Just a similar experience. A legacy application uses ISDN modem. I moved it to a new computer and downloaded latest modem drivers.
ISDN connection kept on dropping and I thought it was the modem/the line... but after all searching I replaced the newest drivers with 6(!) years older and s... |
96,363 | I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 running Windows Server 2003. It is the primary file server for one of my clients. I have another server also running Windows Server 2003 that acts as the core media server for Symantec Backup Exec 12.
I recently upgraded from Backup Exec 11d to 12. This upgrade was necessary because we als... | 2009/12/21 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/96363",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/3497/"
] | Posted November 2011 - Try this:
1) Right-click file C:\program files\symantec\SYMEVENT.SYS and choose Properties > Version (tab) and notate the version info.
2) Download the SymEvent installer / updater:
<ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/symevnt/Sevinst.exe>
3) Update SymEvent, as per the following a... | This may be an open file issue, and the open file may be getting corrupted. Try backing everything up EXCEPT the windows (and below) directories. See if backing up just data freezes the sucker. Also, if you have the disk space do a disk to disk backup with NT backup, then backup that file to tape. Make a current rescue... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | First of all, there's a huge difference between being the leader of the characters' party and being the leader of the players. In your question and in your answer, it seems that you've mixed them. As such is the case, I will try to address both subjects in my answer, but I'll be far happier to know on which one I shall... | Games are a great way to teach complex subjects. Have you considered using a setting where the player characters are in a hierarchical organization?
I learned how to handle this as a GM and player from playing FASA *Star Trek* and *Twilight 2000*. In *Star Trek*, sometimes I would play as a Captain and lead the Crew ... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | I've been thinking about this question a fair bit and feel that, for me, the answer to this question has three constituent parts: party leadership, player leadership and how to make it work.
Party Leadership
================
In-game leadership (aka leadership of the party) is the most common form of RPG leadership an... | One trick is to have them elect their leader, if the setting allows that.
Players will accept his leadership much more easily if it's them who gave it to him.
*(of course the others good suggestions still apply)* |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | I've been thinking about this question a fair bit and feel that, for me, the answer to this question has three constituent parts: party leadership, player leadership and how to make it work.
Party Leadership
================
In-game leadership (aka leadership of the party) is the most common form of RPG leadership an... | I find that a related problem is that players are a lot smarter than their characters. They will also take 15 minutes in Real Life to debate whether to open the chest. And so you have to decide: are you playing to min/max and get the loot or are you there to focus on fun and roleplaying? (Neither is right nor wrong, bu... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | Games are a great way to teach complex subjects. Have you considered using a setting where the player characters are in a hierarchical organization?
I learned how to handle this as a GM and player from playing FASA *Star Trek* and *Twilight 2000*. In *Star Trek*, sometimes I would play as a Captain and lead the Crew ... | I find that a related problem is that players are a lot smarter than their characters. They will also take 15 minutes in Real Life to debate whether to open the chest. And so you have to decide: are you playing to min/max and get the loot or are you there to focus on fun and roleplaying? (Neither is right nor wrong, bu... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | I find that a related problem is that players are a lot smarter than their characters. They will also take 15 minutes in Real Life to debate whether to open the chest. And so you have to decide: are you playing to min/max and get the loot or are you there to focus on fun and roleplaying? (Neither is right nor wrong, bu... | One trick is to have them elect their leader, if the setting allows that.
Players will accept his leadership much more easily if it's them who gave it to him.
*(of course the others good suggestions still apply)* |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | I have extensive experience with this style, having been the GM, "party leader", and under a "party leader". I will describe the situation where the "party leader" player makes real game decisions for the group.
We first came to the idea of having party leaders as a way of managing large games. It can be extremely dif... | First of all, there's a huge difference between being the leader of the characters' party and being the leader of the players. In your question and in your answer, it seems that you've mixed them. As such is the case, I will try to address both subjects in my answer, but I'll be far happier to know on which one I shall... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | Games are a great way to teach complex subjects. Have you considered using a setting where the player characters are in a hierarchical organization?
I learned how to handle this as a GM and player from playing FASA *Star Trek* and *Twilight 2000*. In *Star Trek*, sometimes I would play as a Captain and lead the Crew ... | Besides all the great answers already given, I think I have an idea to add to this -- maybe it will prove useful to some. (I seriously hope I'm not duplicating anyone: I read/skimmed all the answers, but even so I might have missed a paragraph or sentence. Should that be the case, sorry.) So:
Superficial hierarchy
---... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | While some groups may accept an authoritarian structure, my experience has been that, for most groups, it is better to recognize that, even though one *character* is in charge in-game, all of the *players* are still equal out-of-game. So you and I would still be able to discuss plans or decisions out of game, even if m... | Games are a great way to teach complex subjects. Have you considered using a setting where the player characters are in a hierarchical organization?
I learned how to handle this as a GM and player from playing FASA *Star Trek* and *Twilight 2000*. In *Star Trek*, sometimes I would play as a Captain and lead the Crew ... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | While some groups may accept an authoritarian structure, my experience has been that, for most groups, it is better to recognize that, even though one *character* is in charge in-game, all of the *players* are still equal out-of-game. So you and I would still be able to discuss plans or decisions out of game, even if m... | I have extensive experience with this style, having been the GM, "party leader", and under a "party leader". I will describe the situation where the "party leader" player makes real game decisions for the group.
We first came to the idea of having party leaders as a way of managing large games. It can be extremely dif... |
38,331 | I think the most natural party organization for a group of friends that are playing a game is a flat one, in which no one has authority over another, and decisions are made by consensus (and if that fails, with votes).
But there are times when the setting implies that the party should have a leader. In theory that sho... | 2014/05/30 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/38331",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/5641/"
] | I have extensive experience with this style, having been the GM, "party leader", and under a "party leader". I will describe the situation where the "party leader" player makes real game decisions for the group.
We first came to the idea of having party leaders as a way of managing large games. It can be extremely dif... | I find that a related problem is that players are a lot smarter than their characters. They will also take 15 minutes in Real Life to debate whether to open the chest. And so you have to decide: are you playing to min/max and get the loot or are you there to focus on fun and roleplaying? (Neither is right nor wrong, bu... |
388,903 | Can FSMO roles be switched over a period of time? or do I have to do them all at once, same day? I wanted to move a role, wait, see if anything blows up, wait a few days, do another one.
I have a forest root that is on it's last leg, but I don't want to destroy everything. Thanks. Windows 2000 Forest and Domain. | 2012/05/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/388903",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15827/"
] | Each FSMO role is more or less independent of the other roles. If you had enough DCs, you could assign a role individually to each of them if you wanted, though for a variety of reasons, you probably don't want to do this.
So yes, your plan sounds reasonable.
In fact, I've actually never heard of or experienced issue... | Yes they can but with some caveats depending on your domain configuration and placement of Global Catalogs.
Refer to: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223346> for how to decide what goes where and why. |
450,242 | As above, what is the reason for needing a memory module on a RAID card?
The card I am looking at (HP P410) comes with either 256MB or 512MB but unsure which to get and why. | 2012/11/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/450242",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/146175/"
] | The memory is used for read and write cache which improves the performance of the storage. The basic rule when it comes to cache is buy as much as you can afford. The more cache you have the better the performance of the disks will be as data can be written to the memory if the disks aren't in the correct position.
Yo... | Aside from the read/write cache, without the memory, some RAID controllers disable some functions like array expansion. It's definitely better to have it, than to not. |
450,242 | As above, what is the reason for needing a memory module on a RAID card?
The card I am looking at (HP P410) comes with either 256MB or 512MB but unsure which to get and why. | 2012/11/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/450242",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/146175/"
] | The memory is used for read and write cache which improves the performance of the storage. The basic rule when it comes to cache is buy as much as you can afford. The more cache you have the better the performance of the disks will be as data can be written to the memory if the disks aren't in the correct position.
Yo... | The purpose of RAM on a RAID controller is to provide a level of cache to allow write operations to hit stable storage without incurring the latencies involved with rotating disks.
The RAM on the controller can usually be split between read and write cache. A common ratio is 75:25 write:read.
Write caching is helpf... |
450,242 | As above, what is the reason for needing a memory module on a RAID card?
The card I am looking at (HP P410) comes with either 256MB or 512MB but unsure which to get and why. | 2012/11/19 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/450242",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/146175/"
] | The purpose of RAM on a RAID controller is to provide a level of cache to allow write operations to hit stable storage without incurring the latencies involved with rotating disks.
The RAM on the controller can usually be split between read and write cache. A common ratio is 75:25 write:read.
Write caching is helpf... | Aside from the read/write cache, without the memory, some RAID controllers disable some functions like array expansion. It's definitely better to have it, than to not. |
3,599 | Could anyone give me hints as to a model framework that can be used in the following setting:
The outcome A is dichotomous. I want to investigate the effect of a continuous variable B and a continous variable C on A in a longitudinal setting. So far so good.
The problem is that C depends on B, in that values of B ab... | 2010/10/14 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/3599",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/1291/"
] | Not easy at all. This starts to sound like the sort of thing that [Jamie Robins](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robins) and colleagues have done a lot of work on. To quote the start of the abstract of one of their papers:
"*In observational studies with exposures or treatments that vary over time, standard approac... | Your problem is one of multi-collinear regressors (since B and C are correlated). I would suggest that you look at the answers to the question: [Dealing with correlated regressors](https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/3561/28).
The following paper may also be relevant in your context: [Using principal components for est... |
7,055,891 | I am quite confused with idea of implementing 8-queen problem using dynamic programming. It seems it is not possible at one end as for DP " if the problem was broken up into a series of subproblems and the optimal solution for each subproblem was found, then the resulting solution would be realized through the solution... | 2011/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7055891",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/121575/"
] | *optimal solution for 7x7 board might not optimal as well (even incorrect) for 8x8.*
Yes, you are correct. But this is not a good way to split the problem. Look into [paper yi\_H posted in his answer](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.115.9993), theorem 2.4, and look at the algorithm description.... | Just posting the obvious google hit:
[A dynamic programming solution to the n-queens problem](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.115.9993)
Note: this is still *very* slow for large n's, O ( f(n)\*8^n), you better use some other algorithm:
[A Polynomial Time Algorithm for the N-Queens Problem](h... |
42,700,888 | A simple question: I used to have a Braintree SDK test access token. Now it's gone. When I try to generate a new one, I get this:
>
> You don't have any sandbox Business accounts in (AU, CA, GB, FR, IT, SG, JP, DE, US, IN, C2, HK) to generate Braintree SDK test access tokens. First, please create a sandbox Business a... | 2017/03/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42700888",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/523247/"
] | I think their Sandbox may be broken right now. My two Sandbox accounts (buyer and facilitator) have disappeared from their system though I can still log in. Payments are also failing on my test application. | I started implementing a PayPal Checkout Workflow today and tried for several hours to create a sandbox account and app, so I could get REST API credentials. No luck until now.
It looks like their backend is broken right now. |
83,718 | I want to change the photo aspect-ratio, of course without stretching the image, to print them on a fixed size screen.
It is okay to leave two horizontal or vertical white bands around the image to achieve this, but I can only use the basic mac "preview" software to modify the images. Is there any way to do this? | 2016/10/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/83718",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/53504/"
] | If you look in the "Tools Menu" you'll see there's an "Adjust Size…" option. This does not do what you want, but it turns out you can use it to get what you need. You can do the following:
1. Open your image and choose "Select All" (Cmd-A) from the "Edit" menu
2. Choose "Copy" (Cmd-C) from the "Edit" menu
3. Choose "N... | why don't you download some other good software?
<http://x.photoscape.org/mac/> - Photoscape is a good and handy software which helps in quick photo edits, resize, crop, etc. You don't have to go for conventional crude preview software. |
64,162,805 | So I've seen this question asked many times but I have not found an answer to my issue. I'm using phpmyadmin, I have 1 table with 2 columns and I have a .csv with 2 columns. My csv does not have headers and my columns are separated by ";", already changed it in phpmyadmin to "Columns separated with ;", but I still got ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/64162805",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11745254/"
] | As it says in the manual
>
> When importing data into a table from a CSV file where the table has an ‘auto\_increment’ field, make the ‘auto\_increment’ value for each record in the CSV field to be ‘0’ (zero). This allows the ‘auto\_increment’ field to populate correctly.
>
>
>
see <https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en... | So, what worked for me was: I exported the table as an csv and worked over that. After I was done, I imported this modified csv and it worked. It must've been what [nbk](https://stackoverflow.com/users/5193536/nbk) said about termination, so I guess in a way that was the answer |
149,900 | The Antequera-Granada high speed line [opened 2019-06-26](https://www.railwaygazette.com/europe/granada-joins-the-ave-network/48776.article). When I search for tickets on the [RENFE website](http://www.renfe.com/), I find tickets up to and including 2019-12-15 for trains Granada-Madrid and Granada-Barcelona, but none a... | 2019/11/19 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/149900",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/2509/"
] | Yes it is. I contacted privately the Renfe official account in Twitter ([@Renfe](https://twitter.com/Renfe)) and they replied:
>
> Los billetes Madrid-Granada y Barcelona-Granada, a partir del 15 de diciembre, se pondrán a la venta en los próximos días.
>
>
>
That is:
>
> Madrid-Granada and Barcelona-Granada ti... | Tickets became available 2019-11-21 (Thursday), 24 days in advance. Thanks RENFE! `</s>` |
198,776 | Does anyone know how to create a iTunes Playlist that shows only songs in My Library which are part of a complete album in My Library.
Essentially I want to see all my complete albums. You can in Spotify but with Apple Music every song you add to a playlist it assumes you want it added to My Library. | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/198776",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6342/"
] | There is no way to automate this functionality in iTunes today. To do so, the system would need to know how many songs were in each album and that isn't immediately available. Plus, what if you have an album with twelve songs and you only have eleven, but you still want it in the list. Or what about singles that have o... | Apple has released a fix for this. In Settings>Music it lets you toggle between showing playlist songs in library or not. |
198,776 | Does anyone know how to create a iTunes Playlist that shows only songs in My Library which are part of a complete album in My Library.
Essentially I want to see all my complete albums. You can in Spotify but with Apple Music every song you add to a playlist it assumes you want it added to My Library. | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/198776",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/6342/"
] | I don't have a full answer for this, but I eliminated about 200 songs from my latest Smart Playlist (e.g., 2017 songs) by adding criteria of Album does not contain text "Single". There's unfortunately no filter for "of" field for total count of tracks, because then you could filter out anything where this is set to 1 (... | Apple has released a fix for this. In Settings>Music it lets you toggle between showing playlist songs in library or not. |
12,739 | I'm working in a big project, where we're creating a standard software A for several customers and in parallel extending that software for one customer (software B). There are several Scrum teams. The teams, which work on A, are geographically and contractually separated from B teams.
Often we need to have something f... | 2014/12/02 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/12739",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/1264/"
] | Some ideas coming from working in the same environment:
Small Changes
-------------
1) Shorten the duration of iterations for team A so that they are required to ship product more frequently and in smaller increments. Shortening the iteration will allow for quicker response to changing priorities at a higher coordina... | **Make sure you are communicating.** Make sure the Product Owners responsible for A understand the dependencies that B is relying on. Work with them to get agreement on prioritizing the items that are needed for the teams working on B to be able to make progress. If necessary, escalate this to whoever is in a position ... |
60,526 | My friend has an early draft of a math result he would like to publish.
In telling me about his results, I made an observation that significantly simplified a portion of the proof. He wanted to list me on the final publication (not as a co-author, but more of a shout out for contributing), which I was happy with. I do... | 2015/12/23 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/60526",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/33257/"
] | **TLDR:** Well, looks like I wrote a pretty long answer! I don't really see how I can summarize it in a single sentence, sorry... You'll just have to read the whole thing. :-)
---
You are worried about being the bearer of bad news and upsetting your friend, which is very noble, but it's not clear to me that that's in... | Tell him what you have figured out. Maybe he will want to modify his own proof and add you as an author. Maybe he will just add a note that it has been pointed out to him that the result can also be proven using other specified methods. Maybe he will look over your shorter proof with interest but not change his manuscr... |
6,261,311 | I need to load an image into my program. I want to allow the user to browse for any image s/he wishes and open. I need a function which asks the user to browse and select the desired file and can generate a string containing the complete path of that particular file. | 2011/06/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6261311",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/668279/"
] | You don't say on which platform you are working.
If you are working on Windows, the fastest way is to use the OPENFILENAME structure with the GetOpenFileName function as shown in this example: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646829(v=vs.85).aspx#open_file>. You can then use cvLoadImage with the lpstrFile me... | Use fltk, namely: <http://seriss.com/people/erco/fltk/#Fl_File_Browser> |
3,528,481 | What are best practices for managing custom logging in Ruby? Should I be monkeypatching logger to do what I want? Or extending from it? Or delegating? What's the rubyish way? I'm sick of custom hacks for this; I'd like something cleaner, and ideally more elegant. | 2010/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3528481",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/90042/"
] | Bates has a [screencast](http://railscasts.com/episodes/56-the-logger) on customizing logger.
And here is a blog post on custom [logging in Rails](http://ianma.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/custom-logging-in-ruby-on-rails/).
Here are some tips on [logging in Rails](https://web.archive.org/web/20100527042613/http://maintai... | There's a Ruby implementation of Slf4j, the popular Java logging framework, imaginatively called [Slf4r](https://github.com/mkristian/slf4r). This separates the actual logging method from the code, and provides a standard interface for logging different message levels. |
3,528,481 | What are best practices for managing custom logging in Ruby? Should I be monkeypatching logger to do what I want? Or extending from it? Or delegating? What's the rubyish way? I'm sick of custom hacks for this; I'd like something cleaner, and ideally more elegant. | 2010/08/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3528481",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/90042/"
] | According to my experience, log4r is no more popular (and I don't know why these days I can't access log4r's homepage). Instead [logging](https://rubygems.org/gems/logging) is far more better.
FYR
<https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/logging> | There's a Ruby implementation of Slf4j, the popular Java logging framework, imaginatively called [Slf4r](https://github.com/mkristian/slf4r). This separates the actual logging method from the code, and provides a standard interface for logging different message levels. |
10,728,309 | I keep getting this error when running this python script (that I know runs and works since I ran it in VI) within eclipse.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/kt/Documents/workspace/Molly's Scripts/src/ProcessingPARFuMSData.py", line 181, in
annotations = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
IOError: [Errno 2] No suc... | 2012/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10728309",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1413663/"
] | I had the same issue, but it turned out that my text file was in fact in the wrong place, even though it was in the same directory as my python script. I had to move it into the same *package* as the script, not just the same directory (I did this by simply dragging the text file onto the package name in the sidebar in... | Seems you're launching in the wrong dir. You can configure your launch in run > run configurations. |
29,450,131 | I built an iOS app with a companion Apple Watch app and recently submitted it to the App Store. This morning, it was rejected for failing to install. Here are the steps to reproduce:
1. Install the app on iPhone
2. Launch the companion app
3. Toggle the "Show App on Apple Watch" switch
4. The app attempts to install o... | 2015/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29450131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4688605/"
] | Have you ever opened the project in Xcode 6.3? If so, it likely set your deployment target to iOS 8.3, which will cause this error. | The problem is that if you opened your project in Xcode 6.3 at some point, it updates your deployment target to iOS 8.3. This however isn't reflected in the project's UI, you have to right click your project file and show contents, then open up your project.pbxroj and search for deployment target and change it to 8.2 |
29,450,131 | I built an iOS app with a companion Apple Watch app and recently submitted it to the App Store. This morning, it was rejected for failing to install. Here are the steps to reproduce:
1. Install the app on iPhone
2. Launch the companion app
3. Toggle the "Show App on Apple Watch" switch
4. The app attempts to install o... | 2015/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29450131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4688605/"
] | Have you ever opened the project in Xcode 6.3? If so, it likely set your deployment target to iOS 8.3, which will cause this error. | I had exactly the same error.
Went to the Apple developer portal website and to the devices section.
Then I had to go through the 'device reset' procedure.
The reason being that I had entered a new developer programme year. It seems that it had refused to provision the device until I went through that reset - not that... |
29,450,131 | I built an iOS app with a companion Apple Watch app and recently submitted it to the App Store. This morning, it was rejected for failing to install. Here are the steps to reproduce:
1. Install the app on iPhone
2. Launch the companion app
3. Toggle the "Show App on Apple Watch" switch
4. The app attempts to install o... | 2015/04/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/29450131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4688605/"
] | The problem is that if you opened your project in Xcode 6.3 at some point, it updates your deployment target to iOS 8.3. This however isn't reflected in the project's UI, you have to right click your project file and show contents, then open up your project.pbxroj and search for deployment target and change it to 8.2 | I had exactly the same error.
Went to the Apple developer portal website and to the devices section.
Then I had to go through the 'device reset' procedure.
The reason being that I had entered a new developer programme year. It seems that it had refused to provision the device until I went through that reset - not that... |
1,206,141 | Is it possible to use an msbuild task to build a smart device project into a cab file for deployment.
I've seen a couple of pages on the web:
<http://guystarbuck.blogspot.com/#115584006223003606>
<http://blog.opennetcf.com/ctacke/2008/09/18/AutomatingCABFileGenerationWithMSBUILD.aspx>
but I can't believe that you ha... | 2009/07/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1206141",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/99860/"
] | It is that difficult and, yes, that is lame. | You can use [CAB42](https://bitbucket.org/adambrengesjo/cab42/) in order to automate the build process of device CAB-files. This tool is great when using at build servers and automated processes where it is necessary with multiple CAB-file configurations for example. The tool gives you options to define your own config... |
17,271 | Baseband version: **I9020XXKF1**
Current software build number is **GRK39F** on Android 2.3.6
I seem to have a pretty much unrecognised baseband version of the Nexus S. I brought mine carrier-free in the UK.
There are a bunch of updates listed in this thread on XDA: <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t... | 2011/12/21 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/17271",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/3868/"
] | My baseband is ever so slightly different from yours: it is I9020XXKI1 (I think; it's hard to read). I upgraded by following the steps at <http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-gsm-nexus-s-ice-cream-sandwich>; I am pretty sure that you can't go wrong doing the same. At worst, your phone will refuse to ... | The correct build was [here](http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_crespo/VQ8PQk_V.zip). It's listed in incremental updates 2.3.6 - 4.0.3. |
12,198 | I just got a 2000 BMW R1100RT and the previous owner told me the battery is 7 years old so I figure it's time to go.
I saw this video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEBjekqUV9c> and the guy points out that the battery sits right next to the engine and gel batteries deal with the heat better, and the current battery i... | 2014/09/07 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/12198",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1149/"
] | A typical lead acid battery require occasional maintenance. As the battery is recharged the acid outgasses. It essentially evaporates. This gas is corrosive and an explosion hazard if it concentrated in an enclosed container. Many motorcycles utilize a covered battery box. They may also use a drain hose to remove any a... | I got this from Craig Hansen of <http://www.hansensmc.com/>
Stu,
You can put in a acid battery, but most times the ABS system will fault on
cold mornings. The BMW Gel battery doesn't normally doesn't have this
issue. |
12,198 | I just got a 2000 BMW R1100RT and the previous owner told me the battery is 7 years old so I figure it's time to go.
I saw this video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEBjekqUV9c> and the guy points out that the battery sits right next to the engine and gel batteries deal with the heat better, and the current battery i... | 2014/09/07 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/12198",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1149/"
] | A typical lead acid battery require occasional maintenance. As the battery is recharged the acid outgasses. It essentially evaporates. This gas is corrosive and an explosion hazard if it concentrated in an enclosed container. Many motorcycles utilize a covered battery box. They may also use a drain hose to remove any a... | To have this discussion, it is important to understand a few different lead acid battery types:
A **wet flooded cell** battery is a lead acid battery that, among other traits, makes use of case vents. This is one of the oldest battery technologies and is relatively high maintenance because the water in the battery wil... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | Your workplace is disorganized
------------------------------
It sounds like your workplace is disorganized. If your co-worker can jump on items saying "I've already done that" then you probably don't have an issue tracking system in place.
Also, the idea behind DevOps is that developers and operations are not separa... | **Fundamentally, you are being taken advantage of.** Your coworker has no interest in playing fair with you. He wants to do all of the fun/interesting jobs. Your manager has no interest in changing the status quo. Right now, he has two DevOps people who are specializing in ways that he personally finds quite useful. Yo... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | **Fundamentally, you are being taken advantage of.** Your coworker has no interest in playing fair with you. He wants to do all of the fun/interesting jobs. Your manager has no interest in changing the status quo. Right now, he has two DevOps people who are specializing in ways that he personally finds quite useful. Yo... | I suggest when such a task becomes visible to work on, you tell the co-worker that you've got this one. Ideally in a way (group slack channel? group email?) where both boss and co-worker can see you've claimed it, so he won't decide to do it anyway.
Also, keep in mind that studies have shown that working fewer hours (... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | >
> I feel very bad that I'm not getting the same opportunity
>
>
>
You *are* being given the same opportunities, it's just that you are choosing to prioritize other, "boring", work. At the end of the day your manager doesn't care who does the tasks, only that they get done and done well. If you want to do some of... | There's several sides to this issues that I've seen and even have done myself. I'll talk about a few of them, but there's more than I can cover as well as variations and combination of things that are far too many for even think about.
Insecurity
==========
The other dev could be insecure about their abilities, so th... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | >
> Whenever there is a nice/important task, he does it without consulting the team if there is another one who would like to work on it.
>
>
>
Frankly, this is just a poor team work culture. Someone could argue that you could rush to grab the cool tasks for yourself too, but why prolong that culture? The team sho... | There's several sides to this issues that I've seen and even have done myself. I'll talk about a few of them, but there's more than I can cover as well as variations and combination of things that are far too many for even think about.
Insecurity
==========
The other dev could be insecure about their abilities, so th... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | **Fundamentally, you are being taken advantage of.** Your coworker has no interest in playing fair with you. He wants to do all of the fun/interesting jobs. Your manager has no interest in changing the status quo. Right now, he has two DevOps people who are specializing in ways that he personally finds quite useful. Yo... | You could raise the issue that the "bus number" of particular areas of knowledge (the development side) is one.
Bus number: *how many people need to be run over by a bus for a critical peace of knowledge to disappear*
When the bus number is 1, only one person knows it. This is poor organisation for any team, and a **... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | Your workplace is disorganized
------------------------------
It sounds like your workplace is disorganized. If your co-worker can jump on items saying "I've already done that" then you probably don't have an issue tracking system in place.
Also, the idea behind DevOps is that developers and operations are not separa... | You could raise the issue that the "bus number" of particular areas of knowledge (the development side) is one.
Bus number: *how many people need to be run over by a bus for a critical peace of knowledge to disappear*
When the bus number is 1, only one person knows it. This is poor organisation for any team, and a **... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | >
> I feel very bad that I'm not getting the same opportunity
>
>
>
You *are* being given the same opportunities, it's just that you are choosing to prioritize other, "boring", work. At the end of the day your manager doesn't care who does the tasks, only that they get done and done well. If you want to do some of... | I suggest when such a task becomes visible to work on, you tell the co-worker that you've got this one. Ideally in a way (group slack channel? group email?) where both boss and co-worker can see you've claimed it, so he won't decide to do it anyway.
Also, keep in mind that studies have shown that working fewer hours (... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | There's several sides to this issues that I've seen and even have done myself. I'll talk about a few of them, but there's more than I can cover as well as variations and combination of things that are far too many for even think about.
Insecurity
==========
The other dev could be insecure about their abilities, so th... | I suggest when such a task becomes visible to work on, you tell the co-worker that you've got this one. Ideally in a way (group slack channel? group email?) where both boss and co-worker can see you've claimed it, so he won't decide to do it anyway.
Also, keep in mind that studies have shown that working fewer hours (... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | >
> I feel very bad that I'm not getting the same opportunity
>
>
>
You *are* being given the same opportunities, it's just that you are choosing to prioritize other, "boring", work. At the end of the day your manager doesn't care who does the tasks, only that they get done and done well. If you want to do some of... | You could raise the issue that the "bus number" of particular areas of knowledge (the development side) is one.
Bus number: *how many people need to be run over by a bus for a critical peace of knowledge to disappear*
When the bus number is 1, only one person knows it. This is poor organisation for any team, and a **... |
151,585 | I'm a DevOps. In my team, we do many "boring" tasks such as replying to client emails that are related to technical issues, and maintaining the system, cleaning DB. But we also do some development.
I have a problem with one of my colleagues. He always works on the nice development tasks, leaving the support for me. He... | 2020/01/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/151585",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/113757/"
] | Your workplace is disorganized
------------------------------
It sounds like your workplace is disorganized. If your co-worker can jump on items saying "I've already done that" then you probably don't have an issue tracking system in place.
Also, the idea behind DevOps is that developers and operations are not separa... | I suggest when such a task becomes visible to work on, you tell the co-worker that you've got this one. Ideally in a way (group slack channel? group email?) where both boss and co-worker can see you've claimed it, so he won't decide to do it anyway.
Also, keep in mind that studies have shown that working fewer hours (... |
133 | Do you consider questions about community management of a website to be on-topic or off-topic? | 2010/07/20 | [
"https://webmasters.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/133",
"https://webmasters.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.meta.stackexchange.com/users/9301/"
] | There are several community management questions already:
[How do you handle Suicide Threats?](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/1031/how-do-you-handle-suicide-threats)
[Where do you draw the line on hate speech in user generated content?](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/1298/where-do-you-d... | Community management should be on-topic. For example, *[Is there any way to really ban people from a website?](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/720/is-there-any-way-to-really-ban-people-from-a-website/731)* is a great question, and is a community manaegment question.
Obviously "on-topic" is on a case by ... |
70,982,447 | I'm trying to use Lottie Library in jetpack compose
For animating image, I made animating svg file.
But in <https://lottiefiles.com/svg-to-lottie>, the animating svg file converted to static json file which I didn't intent.
How could I convert animating svg file to animating json file? | 2022/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70982447",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13919587/"
] | You can use [this](https://javiercbk.github.io/json_to_dart/) tool to convert your json to dart. It also supports null safety and complex lists. | just go to browser and type quick type that is the best for converting json to any model class.copy your json code and paste it over there it will generate your model class. |
70,982,447 | I'm trying to use Lottie Library in jetpack compose
For animating image, I made animating svg file.
But in <https://lottiefiles.com/svg-to-lottie>, the animating svg file converted to static json file which I didn't intent.
How could I convert animating svg file to animating json file? | 2022/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70982447",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13919587/"
] | You can use [this](https://javiercbk.github.io/json_to_dart/) tool to convert your json to dart. It also supports null safety and complex lists. | There is no way to do that perfectly. JSON does not contain type information of the kind you need for null safety.
For example, there is no way to know, whether there are fields that are nullable, because it would be perfectly fine to just not have them in the JSON data at all. There also is no way to know whether a f... |
10,459,984 | I have a uiview that has all my buttons, that has its controller. How can I include the button view in all my uiviews using the interface builder? The buttons must work when click. The purpose is to increase maintainability. | 2012/05/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10459984",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2514963/"
] | You can create a custom UIView in interface builder like this:
[Loading custom UIView from nib, all subviews contained in nib are nil?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7588066/loading-custom-uiview-from-nib-all-subviews-contained-in-nib-are-nil)
Then add your custom view to other views in IB by adding a normal UIV... | [Try this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2945910/build-xib-interface-builder-and-load-them-as-subview-in-iphone). I'm not sure that adding UIView in Interface Builder will work, but adding subview programmatically always works. |
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