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150,024 | I recently joined this company and they have this tradition wherein *newcomers* must "perform" in the Year-end/Christmas party. It's going to be a short performance in the stage, most likely in-between breaks. I've talked with my seniors about this and they told me that they did a performance before too, even if they don't want to. The thing is;
* I'm an introvert
* I don't like to be in the spotlight where people (specially those who I don't know) watch/stare at me.
* I don't like doing things that I am not comfortable doing.
*What's even worse for me is that the performance must be a **'dance performance'**.* I can already imagine the cringe-worthy dance that I am forced to do.
I haven't talked with our HR regarding this as I don't know what to say. Also, I've been told by my seniors that they tried asking our HR(to not perform) before but they were told that it is required. I'm planning on taking a sick leave just to avoid performing during the party but it might seems suspicious and rude. How will I confront our HR regarding this? The Christmas party is approaching and this looks like an inescapable scenario for me.
UPDATE: Hi all! I've been browsing through your answers and suggestions and I just want to say that I appreciate all of it. From what I gathered, these two seem to came up a lot;
1. ***DON'T.***
I think this is the most straight forward and easiest way for me to solve this situation. I will politely talk to our HR and express how I feel about this and why I *don't* want to perform. I don't like to do something that I will possibly regret doing someday. I've seen some answers who had been in a similar situation and regret doing a performance. I feel sorry for you guys. This is what exactly I've been trying to avoid. And it made me think of how potentially scary the situation is especially in our time today, the digital age. Embarrassing videos spread quickly nowadays through social medias and other platforms.
2. ***OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.***
This one I think is the plan B for me. Wherein I may not do exactly what they want me to do, but at least I'm showing that I'm willing to participate in the event. And I think this is the best way to go as it will show them that I'm socializing and cooperating in their tradition. A lot suggested interesting and creative ideas. I may have to look into it and do something that is easy and I feel comfortable doing. I'll just make it short and simple and be done with it.
I'll think about this and again, thank you all and have a great day! | 2019/12/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150024",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112115/"
] | What is the point of this "tradition"? You should ask HR that question.
I imagine they will tell you it's some sort of team-building activity. I can't see how imposing humiliation on the reluctant will build any *esprit de corps*.
I've worked at places where the extroverts try to force others to join in, but I have always managed to say "no" with no downside. | Unless you have been hired as a professional dancer (or something of the like), this is ridiculous. There is no reason to humiliate new hires in a way like that. And no, humiliation has nothing to do with team building.
As somebody has already said in the comments: What would they do if the new hire was physically unable to perform the dance? Or are handicapped people generally not hired by this company? If so, is this legal in your country?
Is it possible that your seniors are just making fun of you? What would be the consequences if you refused? Would you lose you job? Really?
You have two possibilities:
1. Take a sick leave, perhaps for 2-3 days, so that it is not too obvious that you are just trying to avoid the christmas party.
2. OR politely ask HR if this performance is really mandatory and why (and perhaps about the consequences).
*Do not* take a sick leave if they tell you it is mandatory. This is too obvious.
To be honest: If they really insist that you have to dance or face serious consequences, this would be a big red flag for me and I would start looking for a new job. |
150,024 | I recently joined this company and they have this tradition wherein *newcomers* must "perform" in the Year-end/Christmas party. It's going to be a short performance in the stage, most likely in-between breaks. I've talked with my seniors about this and they told me that they did a performance before too, even if they don't want to. The thing is;
* I'm an introvert
* I don't like to be in the spotlight where people (specially those who I don't know) watch/stare at me.
* I don't like doing things that I am not comfortable doing.
*What's even worse for me is that the performance must be a **'dance performance'**.* I can already imagine the cringe-worthy dance that I am forced to do.
I haven't talked with our HR regarding this as I don't know what to say. Also, I've been told by my seniors that they tried asking our HR(to not perform) before but they were told that it is required. I'm planning on taking a sick leave just to avoid performing during the party but it might seems suspicious and rude. How will I confront our HR regarding this? The Christmas party is approaching and this looks like an inescapable scenario for me.
UPDATE: Hi all! I've been browsing through your answers and suggestions and I just want to say that I appreciate all of it. From what I gathered, these two seem to came up a lot;
1. ***DON'T.***
I think this is the most straight forward and easiest way for me to solve this situation. I will politely talk to our HR and express how I feel about this and why I *don't* want to perform. I don't like to do something that I will possibly regret doing someday. I've seen some answers who had been in a similar situation and regret doing a performance. I feel sorry for you guys. This is what exactly I've been trying to avoid. And it made me think of how potentially scary the situation is especially in our time today, the digital age. Embarrassing videos spread quickly nowadays through social medias and other platforms.
2. ***OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.***
This one I think is the plan B for me. Wherein I may not do exactly what they want me to do, but at least I'm showing that I'm willing to participate in the event. And I think this is the best way to go as it will show them that I'm socializing and cooperating in their tradition. A lot suggested interesting and creative ideas. I may have to look into it and do something that is easy and I feel comfortable doing. I'll just make it short and simple and be done with it.
I'll think about this and again, thank you all and have a great day! | 2019/12/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150024",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112115/"
] | Do it without doing it
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One possible solution, snag some "dance" video of internet fame that you find humorous (or think your coworkers will), whether it's I'm a kitty cat and I dance dance dance or baby shark or a video of someone else dancing from last year... whatever you feel is the right video. Load this up on your tablet/laptop (largest screen device you have access to). When it's your turn bring this onto stage, play the video on the device (standing as motionless as possible), and when it's done walk off the stage (maybe take a bow if people clap or laugh). Decide before hand whether you want a neutral expression or to smile, and maintain the same expression through the whole ordeal.
If you do decide to go this route, you'll want to practice ahead of time several times. This will let you make sure the video is downloaded to the device, and make sure you don't accidentally play something embarrassing by accident. If you have any videos that might be considered NSFW or even just inappropriate, I'd remove them from the device before hand. I'd also suggest testing somewhere without wifi beforehand to make sure you really do have the file downloaded.
This will let you participate, still be entertaining, and you've fulfilled the spirit of the requirement if not the letter. | I agree with Joe that this is something you probably can, but shouldn't, refuse. And yeah, it's one of those things that I as an introvert would also rather avoid. But it's probably better not to dodge it.
It's a bit like fraternity hazing. Not quite as juvenile, but kinda reminds you. You don't get to be the cool kid by trying to weasel out of it. It can be a bit embarrassing, but everyone else has also been through it and it's okay to be a bit embarrassed.
I do think that if this sort of thing is required of newcomers who aren't that high on the totem pole yet, that it would be a good gesture if someone established at the company *also* has to do such a dance act, to sort of share the awkwardness. (And I'm not talking about the manager who happens to be a seriously good dancer, showing off. I'm talking someone regular who shows that they're human too, and that it's all in good fun, and they're not afraid to look funny at a party.)
Also, if you decide to do this, do make sure you practice. Ask if there's someone at the company who's good at this who's willing to help you practice. That person will also be able to help you mentally prepare for it. The point of practice isn't to suddenly become a star dancer, but to feel mentally ready for it.
It's probably going to be awkward. But not maliciously awkward. Everyone else who's had to go through it will laugh a bit but ultimately sympathize with you. Try to enjoy it, even if it's not something you'd volunteer for normally. It'll help you become part of the gang.
**EDIT**
This answer is getting a lot of downvotes, but almost as many upvotes. I guess I struck a nerve, and that the answer needs improvement.
Let me start by saying that I don't think this office policy is a good policy. I would hate to have to do such a dance act myself. I'm also an introvert, in a world that sometimes seems built for the pleasure of extroverts. And I've always been nervous around these "put the newcomer on stage" things.
But I also try to be pragmatic. I could take a principled stand and refuse to perform, but I'd probably get a reputation as a sourpuss. Maybe it'd cause some change in the company, but the chance of that doesn't seem very large, because as a newcomer I don't have a lot of sway yet. I think that if I tried to fight this head on, it'd just give my career in the company a bad start.
The OP reports that seniors have also asked HR to not have to perform but that HR required it. I suspect that HR has an attitude of "oh, it's just a dance, it's fun, don't be a childish whiner". As a newcomer, you don't have the social power to challenge this. But the OP's colleagues who are by now seniors have more power now than they had when they joined and they had to dance. If you want to effectively challenge this policy, you need help from people with more status in the company.
That's why I said that what *should* happen is that the OP's manager (or a senior colleague) gets involved. It's easy to point and laugh at the insecure newcomer. Not so easy and risk-free to do that if the newcomer is dancing together with someone with some status in the company. A good manager would recognize this situation and use their social power to protect their junior. In this case, by going on stage and shaming HR. |
150,024 | I recently joined this company and they have this tradition wherein *newcomers* must "perform" in the Year-end/Christmas party. It's going to be a short performance in the stage, most likely in-between breaks. I've talked with my seniors about this and they told me that they did a performance before too, even if they don't want to. The thing is;
* I'm an introvert
* I don't like to be in the spotlight where people (specially those who I don't know) watch/stare at me.
* I don't like doing things that I am not comfortable doing.
*What's even worse for me is that the performance must be a **'dance performance'**.* I can already imagine the cringe-worthy dance that I am forced to do.
I haven't talked with our HR regarding this as I don't know what to say. Also, I've been told by my seniors that they tried asking our HR(to not perform) before but they were told that it is required. I'm planning on taking a sick leave just to avoid performing during the party but it might seems suspicious and rude. How will I confront our HR regarding this? The Christmas party is approaching and this looks like an inescapable scenario for me.
UPDATE: Hi all! I've been browsing through your answers and suggestions and I just want to say that I appreciate all of it. From what I gathered, these two seem to came up a lot;
1. ***DON'T.***
I think this is the most straight forward and easiest way for me to solve this situation. I will politely talk to our HR and express how I feel about this and why I *don't* want to perform. I don't like to do something that I will possibly regret doing someday. I've seen some answers who had been in a similar situation and regret doing a performance. I feel sorry for you guys. This is what exactly I've been trying to avoid. And it made me think of how potentially scary the situation is especially in our time today, the digital age. Embarrassing videos spread quickly nowadays through social medias and other platforms.
2. ***OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.***
This one I think is the plan B for me. Wherein I may not do exactly what they want me to do, but at least I'm showing that I'm willing to participate in the event. And I think this is the best way to go as it will show them that I'm socializing and cooperating in their tradition. A lot suggested interesting and creative ideas. I may have to look into it and do something that is easy and I feel comfortable doing. I'll just make it short and simple and be done with it.
I'll think about this and again, thank you all and have a great day! | 2019/12/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150024",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112115/"
] | >
> How do I tell our HR that I don't want to “perform” in our Christmas
> party?
>
>
>
Dear HR,
I will not dance in our Christmas party because I don't feel comfortable doing this. Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
donotexecuteorder66
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If you don't want to do something, you don't have to do something. Nobody will blame you because of this. Just tell(write) your boss and HR(if needed) as soon as possible. Make it clear that you don't want to and you won't do. Of course be polite. If I right understood, you will attend party and.. it is enough already.
**PS** Thanks to MawgsaysreinstateMonica and mikeazo for email template edit suggestion | I agree with Joe that this is something you probably can, but shouldn't, refuse. And yeah, it's one of those things that I as an introvert would also rather avoid. But it's probably better not to dodge it.
It's a bit like fraternity hazing. Not quite as juvenile, but kinda reminds you. You don't get to be the cool kid by trying to weasel out of it. It can be a bit embarrassing, but everyone else has also been through it and it's okay to be a bit embarrassed.
I do think that if this sort of thing is required of newcomers who aren't that high on the totem pole yet, that it would be a good gesture if someone established at the company *also* has to do such a dance act, to sort of share the awkwardness. (And I'm not talking about the manager who happens to be a seriously good dancer, showing off. I'm talking someone regular who shows that they're human too, and that it's all in good fun, and they're not afraid to look funny at a party.)
Also, if you decide to do this, do make sure you practice. Ask if there's someone at the company who's good at this who's willing to help you practice. That person will also be able to help you mentally prepare for it. The point of practice isn't to suddenly become a star dancer, but to feel mentally ready for it.
It's probably going to be awkward. But not maliciously awkward. Everyone else who's had to go through it will laugh a bit but ultimately sympathize with you. Try to enjoy it, even if it's not something you'd volunteer for normally. It'll help you become part of the gang.
**EDIT**
This answer is getting a lot of downvotes, but almost as many upvotes. I guess I struck a nerve, and that the answer needs improvement.
Let me start by saying that I don't think this office policy is a good policy. I would hate to have to do such a dance act myself. I'm also an introvert, in a world that sometimes seems built for the pleasure of extroverts. And I've always been nervous around these "put the newcomer on stage" things.
But I also try to be pragmatic. I could take a principled stand and refuse to perform, but I'd probably get a reputation as a sourpuss. Maybe it'd cause some change in the company, but the chance of that doesn't seem very large, because as a newcomer I don't have a lot of sway yet. I think that if I tried to fight this head on, it'd just give my career in the company a bad start.
The OP reports that seniors have also asked HR to not have to perform but that HR required it. I suspect that HR has an attitude of "oh, it's just a dance, it's fun, don't be a childish whiner". As a newcomer, you don't have the social power to challenge this. But the OP's colleagues who are by now seniors have more power now than they had when they joined and they had to dance. If you want to effectively challenge this policy, you need help from people with more status in the company.
That's why I said that what *should* happen is that the OP's manager (or a senior colleague) gets involved. It's easy to point and laugh at the insecure newcomer. Not so easy and risk-free to do that if the newcomer is dancing together with someone with some status in the company. A good manager would recognize this situation and use their social power to protect their junior. In this case, by going on stage and shaming HR. |
150,024 | I recently joined this company and they have this tradition wherein *newcomers* must "perform" in the Year-end/Christmas party. It's going to be a short performance in the stage, most likely in-between breaks. I've talked with my seniors about this and they told me that they did a performance before too, even if they don't want to. The thing is;
* I'm an introvert
* I don't like to be in the spotlight where people (specially those who I don't know) watch/stare at me.
* I don't like doing things that I am not comfortable doing.
*What's even worse for me is that the performance must be a **'dance performance'**.* I can already imagine the cringe-worthy dance that I am forced to do.
I haven't talked with our HR regarding this as I don't know what to say. Also, I've been told by my seniors that they tried asking our HR(to not perform) before but they were told that it is required. I'm planning on taking a sick leave just to avoid performing during the party but it might seems suspicious and rude. How will I confront our HR regarding this? The Christmas party is approaching and this looks like an inescapable scenario for me.
UPDATE: Hi all! I've been browsing through your answers and suggestions and I just want to say that I appreciate all of it. From what I gathered, these two seem to came up a lot;
1. ***DON'T.***
I think this is the most straight forward and easiest way for me to solve this situation. I will politely talk to our HR and express how I feel about this and why I *don't* want to perform. I don't like to do something that I will possibly regret doing someday. I've seen some answers who had been in a similar situation and regret doing a performance. I feel sorry for you guys. This is what exactly I've been trying to avoid. And it made me think of how potentially scary the situation is especially in our time today, the digital age. Embarrassing videos spread quickly nowadays through social medias and other platforms.
2. ***OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.***
This one I think is the plan B for me. Wherein I may not do exactly what they want me to do, but at least I'm showing that I'm willing to participate in the event. And I think this is the best way to go as it will show them that I'm socializing and cooperating in their tradition. A lot suggested interesting and creative ideas. I may have to look into it and do something that is easy and I feel comfortable doing. I'll just make it short and simple and be done with it.
I'll think about this and again, thank you all and have a great day! | 2019/12/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/150024",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/112115/"
] | >
> How will I confront our HR regarding this?
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>
>
Don't *confront* HR. *Discuss* it with them.
Explain your fears. Explain why you don't want to do this.
They will likely tell you that you really should do it. I agree. I think you should do something quick, just get it over and put it behind you.
But if you refuse, you can't be forced to dance. It won't look good for you, but nobody is going to fire you for not performing.
Going outside your comfort zone on this could be better for your career. But if you feel that you must, make it clear to HR that you won't perform. | Don't do it!
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I had a similar experience where **I did a singing performance**. Like Joe's answer suggests, **I thought I could put it behind me** after. Someone recorded it, shared it, kept sharing it for years, kept bringing it up occasionally years later. And this was before the days of YouTube and prolific smart-phones - now it's even easier to suffer this fate.
There was nothing wild or crazy about it. I just tried to sing a popular song and sounded bad. Apparently that is hilarious to some people.
They actively made fun of me about it for years, playing the recording and laughing at me even when I asked them to stop. I hardly see them anymore, but last time I met one of them because of a party he played the recording and laughed at me before I left.
**It never died. Last I knew the recording was still being shared and laughed at, sometimes to people who know me. There was no "putting it behind me". *Beware!***
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Wow, wasn't expecting all this attention. I should probably answer the question explicitly since my answer is highly rated now.
What to do (if you're ok risking your job)
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What I would do...
Act natural 1 or 2 times, after that "I will not dance." You don't need any excuse. I would just keep saying "No."
HR: "Do it or lose your job!" Me: "I don't want trouble, but I will not dance." Keep working and refusing until they actually fire you.
If you go to the party it will be very awkward and you will feel a lot of pressure, but you can keep saying "No." Even if No doesn't make sense. "Why not?" "No." "But why?" "Just no." After a few times you can try "Stop asking"
It *will* be awkward, but not more than the performance or any possible recordings. Be as polite as possible the entire time.
Even if it is legal to fire for this reason in your area, it is without justification. If they try to say you were insubordinate, that is nonsense. |
21,940 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to convert ArcGIS Server JSON to GeoJSON?](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/13029/how-to-convert-arcgis-server-json-to-geojson)
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How to convert ArcGIS Javascript api Geometry Object to GeoJson using Javascript? | 2012/03/19 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/21940",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/6172/"
] | You can do it client-side in JavaScript. You can check the source out here.
<https://github.com/odoe/esritogeo>
And I've started implementing the same thing in python, but in both directions.
<https://github.com/odoe/SpatialJSON>
Here is a sample where you can use JavaScript to convert the results of an Esri map service query to GeoJSON to use in Leaflet
<https://gist.github.com/2424223> | The geometry object has a method, toJson(), that will do this for you:
[Javascript API Reference](http://help.arcgis.com/EN/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jsapi_start.htm) |
164,937 | Does anyone know a good book about lattices (as subgroups of a vector space $V$)? | 2012/06/30 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/164937",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/32119/"
] | [These notes of mine on geometry of numbers](http://alpha.math.uga.edu/%7Epete/geometryofnumbers.pdf) begin with a section on lattices in Euclidean space. However they are a work in progress and certainly not yet fully satisfactory. Of the references I myself have been consulting for this material, the one I have found most helpful with regard to basic material on lattices is [C.L. Siegel's *Lectures on the Geometry of Numbers*](http://books.google.com/books/about/Lectures_on_the_Geometry_of_Numbers.html?id=VA2W-dl78UYC). | Check the following:
Roman,Steven: "Lattices and Ordered Sets", Springer
Blyth, T.S.: "Lattices and Ordered Algebraic Structures" , Springer
Roggenkamp, Klaus - Huber-Dyson, Verena : "Lattices over Orders" , Springer |
33,850 | We have a home garden and recently fuschia was added to our collection. it was all great looking and healthy but after a few days there were no blooms and it was all leaves on the plant. I did read some articles Googling the issue, and they suggested pruning or pinching. I did cut off some stems to encourage blooming two days ago and it dried out and is dying! I try to keep the soil moist and It is getting all of the daylight hours of bright, indirect light. The temp. in the house is about 27-30 (C). Here are the photos before and after the issue:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AyMex.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TnAag.jpg) | 2017/06/09 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/33850",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
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] | I had similar problem with my Roma tomato plant. The yellow, uncurled leaves can signal a nitrogen deficiency or it could also be a fungal infection.
You may wanna apply a nitrogen-rich organic vegetable fertilizer or a fungicide to see if this solves the problem. In my case, the fertilizer and regular watering did the trick. Btw, I use [this](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000HHO110) fungicide on my other plants that were infected by either fungus or insects and it has worked great so far. | Those look pretty similar to spider mite damage. Which I am currently battling (successfully) in Texas. They bite individual cells and suck out the juices, leaving that stippling pattern. I think a fungus would have larger diameter circles, and thrip damage is usually in squiggly lines, not dots.
Look very closely at 10-15 leaves undersides. If there are very small bumps moving around slowly (mine look dark red but there are many different varieties), those are probably spider mites. I squished many with my fingers. Also I use the 3-in-1 Organicide concentrate spray during the early morning and wash it off before the sun hits the plants to prevent burning. The mites thrive in very hot, dry weather. Sometimes reproducing once every 3 days (the hotter the faster). |
4,039 | Here is the reason in question:
•"Questions seeking advice on company-specific regulations, agreements, or policies should be directed to your manager or HR department. Questions that address only a specific company or position are of limited use to future visitors. Questions seeking legal advice should be directed to legal professionals. For more information, click here."
I think this reason is the most abused reason to close on this site. It is also a bit murky in it's wording as it really contains **TWO** reasons. 1)Company specific policies are off topic 2)Legal advice is off topic.
I think the first should be replaced with something like "Too narrow" (we do have too broad as a reason). The second could stand alone as "Legal advice is off topic" and then the instruction to seek legal counsel.
Agree/disagree? | 2016/11/16 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4039",
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] | As I suggested [here](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4040/325), I propose:
>
> Questions about company-specific regulations, agreements, or policies should be directed to your manager, your HR department, or an attorney. Questions that address only a specific company or position are of limited use to future visitors. See [this post](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2695) for more information.
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The linked meta post would, of course, be updated if we make this change.
I'm answering here too because we currently have two different questions about this same close reason and I think my suggestion addresses both of them.
With this wording I don't see the benefit of including the phrase "too narrow". | We need to keep a provision that prohibits questions seeking advice on company specific regulations.
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These questions aren't usually applicable to others who might find the answers helpful, and often the topics that come up under these questions feel like troll-bait.
If the close reasons are adjusted, we should retain a provision against company-specific policies. |
139,579 | I've heard a lot of horror stories about PhD programs taking several years, and that US universities typically force you to go through many steps before you're able to be considered for graduation.
I'm interested in pursuing a PhD in the field of artificial intelligence, I already have a pretty thoroughly researched topic from my time running an AI company, data collected, and a partial paper written, but don't want to be stuck for years.
Does anyone have any experience making it through a US computer science PhD program in a reasonable amount of time? | 2019/11/05 | [
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] | Let me go out on a limb and assume that the question you really want answered is twofold. Can I do this? How?
In the US, the *essential core* of a doctorate is the ability to pass a set of qualifying exams and production of an acceptable dissertation. I got my degree from a place where those were actually the only requirements.
Yes, there is a lot of coursework in a typical program, but it is there to enable you to do the other things, not for the essence of the coursework itself. In some places, not all, everything else can be waived beyond the two essentials. The qualifiers are there to assure that you have sufficient breadth in your field. The dissertation is so that you show both depth in a subfield and the ability to successfully do research.
So, the first requirement for you to finish in two years is to find a professor willing to "advise" you and judge your resulting dissertation. If you can do that, and if you are already prepared to pass the (quite difficult) qualifiers, then you have a hope of success. Finding that advisor, however, will take some effort because not everyone will want to agree. I think that few will, and none will make you any guarantee that you finish on a schedule. You and that professor will also need to convince a committee that the dissertation is adequate. Normally that isn't a problem if the advisor is happy. Note that all of this is true if your advisor doesn't need to give you any actual advice. Some students are self-organizing enough that it isn't needed. But the advisor's acceptance of the thesis is still needed.
But the harder requirement is the dissertation. Having a good problem and having done some research on it (partial paper...) is good, but gives you no guarantee. Whenever true research is involved there is no guarantee as to when it will reach fruition. You are stepping into the unknown and, well, it is unknown. Some problems that appear doable from the outside are devilishly difficult once you open the door. Others that seem substantial turn out, after a bit of work, to be trivial and not worth the effort. (I've personally worked on both of those sorts of problems.)
So, with hard work, and your obvious head start, you have a shot of finishing sooner than others would. But, still, there is no guarantee. Don't organize your life as if there is such a guarantee. You need diligence as well as flexibility to be a researcher.
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“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” ~~Albert Einstein | PhD programs in the US very often are combined master+PhD programs with a planned duration of 2+3 years. In maths and computer science it is also very common that people take exactly that time. The horror stories you heard are more common in lab sciences like physics or chemistry.
If you already have a masters degree you might find programs that allow you to skip the first 2 years but AFAIK this is rare. It is more common that the masters degree part consists of a bunch of exams plus optional courses with the implication that this part can be completed much quicker if you have the skills and knowledge to pass the exams without needing to take the courses.
The three years of PhD time are meant for doing the research and writing a thesis. If your results are good enough this time can be reduced as well. In practice this could mean that after one year of research your adviser thinks you have enough results to write this up as a thesis and then you could graduate after another year. This happens but it is not very common.
A PhD is a lot of work and takes a lot of time. You can't expect to come in with a good idea for a paper and then negotiate that they will award you a PhD for that paper. |
68,081 | Have problem with my Coleman ct200u ex that is driving me batty.
It starts, runs for about 15 seconds, then dies, almost as if it ran out of gas suddenly or the kill switch was pressed. Will not start immediately. If I wait about 30 seconds, it will start right up, run for 15 seconds, and repeats stall. Tried playing with choke, carb settings, to no avail. Starts, runs 15 seconds, then dies.
First I thought it might be a clogged carburetor. Cleaned it (no go), then replaced it (same problem). Then thought fuel was not getting through line, so replaced fuel line and added fresh fuel, changed spark plug, cleaned air filter.
Could this be electrical? Dies almost as if kill switch was engaged.
Any insights would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Sal | 2019/06/14 | [
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] | Same problem here. New Ignition coil worked for me. The ignition coil wire was burned on the head under the plastic engine cover | Change out the spark plug. Most likely a hairline crack in the porcelain and is grounding out as soon as it gets hot. |
171,665 | I heard this exchange from a TV show:
>
> **Woman A**: You are a smart, beautiful woman. You don't have to **settle**.
>
>
> **Woman B**: I'm not **settling**.
>
>
>
The context is that Woman A is trying to persuade B not to date a famous guy anymore, because that guy has already married and has not made any promise to marry her.
I looked up dictionaries, but it seems that none of definitions could fit for the context.
So, what does **settle** mean here?
Thanks! | 2018/07/09 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/171665",
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] | Your example doesn't mix the rules for future progressive and future perfect. Instead, it combines the rules for the future tense and the passive voice.
The future tense typically involves using some verb or verb phrase that carries a future-tense meaning along with an infinitive verb or verb phrase.
>
> I will amaze you.
>
> I shall amaze you.
>
> I am going to amaze you.
>
>
>
The auxiliaries "will" and "shall" license a bare infinitive. The verb phrase "am going" isn't an auxiliary, so it licenses a full infinitive. All three of these examples employ the future tense, active voice, indefinite aspect and indicative mode.
The passive voice typically involves using some form of the verb *to be* followed by a so-called past participle form.
>
> You were amazed. -- past tense, something amazed you
>
> You are amazed. -- present tense, something amazes you
>
> You are going to be amazed. -- future tense, something will amaze you
>
>
>
>
> You will be amazed.
>
>
>
This follows both sets of conventions. It has a verb that indicates the future tense followed by an infinitive: "will" + "be". It also has some form of *to be* followed by a past participle: "be" + "amazed".
We can even add the perfect aspect to the future tense and passive voice. The perfect aspect is marked by some form of the verb *to have* followed by a past participle. On its own, it looks like this:
>
> I have amazed you.
>
>
>
Combining all three looks like this:
>
> You will have been amazed.
>
>
>
A future-tense verb followed by an infinitive: "will" + "have" = future.
A form of *to have* followed by a past participle: "have" + "been" = perfect.
A form of *to be* followed by a past participle: "been" + "amazed" = passive. | The future perfect is a rare tense in that it refers to an action in the future that is expected or promised to happen before another action. The passive form of the future perfect is very rare. The future progressive is less rare, but the passive form is far from common.
All future tenses start with "will" or "shall."
All perfect tenses end with the past participle of the principal verb and are preceded by some form of "have."
All passive forms end with the past participle of the principal verb and are preceded by some form of the "be."
All passive perfects end with "been" plus the past participle of the principal verb and are preceded by some form of "have."
All progressive tenses end with the present participle of the principal verb and are preceded by some form of "be."
All passive progressives end with "being" plus the past participle of the principal verb and are preceded by some form of "be" other than "being."
"You (will/shall) amuse them." **Simple future indicative.**
"You (will/shall) be amused." **Simple future passive.**
"You (will/shall) be amusing them." **Future progressive indicative.**
"You (will/shall) be being amused." **Future progressive passive.**
"You (will/shall) have amused them." **Future perfect indicative.**
"You (will/shall) have been amused." **Future perfect passive.** |
27,599 | I burned a CD on XP using the built-in burning software and I can read the CD on that machine, but when I insert it into my Vista machine, I can't read the files. It shows the correct volume label, and the correct 'free space', but I can't access the actual files.
Am I missing something obvious?
(Both systems are fully up-to-date) | 2009/08/22 | [
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] | If you didn't finalize the disk then it is only readable in the drive that created it. This will make it look like it's an XP to Vista problem if these are the only two computers that you've tried it on. | I don't suppose you accidentally wrote the files as hidden or system and the options are not set to view these on the Vista machine?
That is the only obvious quick thing I can think of :S |
27,599 | I burned a CD on XP using the built-in burning software and I can read the CD on that machine, but when I insert it into my Vista machine, I can't read the files. It shows the correct volume label, and the correct 'free space', but I can't access the actual files.
Am I missing something obvious?
(Both systems are fully up-to-date) | 2009/08/22 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/27599",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/4123/"
] | If you didn't finalize the disk then it is only readable in the drive that created it. This will make it look like it's an XP to Vista problem if these are the only two computers that you've tried it on. | Try another drive - it's possible (although I would have thought rare these days) for a disc to be written outside the tolerance of a drive. I would expect this to be a drive/disc issue rather than an OS issue. |
255,810 | I'm currently learning electronics and right now, I'm trying to use a relays... without success. Here is a picture of my circuit:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VLzbL.jpg)
First of all, don't mind the 2 cables on the top right and the relay on the bottom right, they are not used.
So, from what I understood about relays, here are my thoughts about this circuit.
When the button is not pressed, the relay does not receive any tension, so the pins connected to the lightning LED are active, which is why the LED on the top is lightning... That I get...
Now, when I press the button, a 12V DC tension is going inside the relay, so I was kind of hoping that it would make it switch and then the second LED would be lightning but... no...
The relay is an AXICOM IM26, you can find the datasheet of this one in here: <http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=showdoc&DocId=Specification+Or+Standard%7F108-98001%7FV%7Fpdf%7FEnglish%7FENG_SS_108-98001_V_IM_0614_v1.pdf%7F4-1462039-1>
However, a friend made me notice that this datasheet "talks about" a switching current of 2/5A but I have trouble to imagine that this small relay really requires that amount of current to switch, especially because it is writing "12 V DC" on it, which, for me, tend to indicate that it switches at 12V. But it would explain why it is not switching when I press the button.
Can someone explain me what is wrong with my circuit ?
Thanks | 2016/09/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/255810",
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] | Your relay has an 'ultra high sensitive coil' which suggests it is biased with a permanent magnet. If this is the case then you must apply voltage to the coil with the correct polarity, otherwise the coil will cancel out the bias magnet's force instead of adding to it, and the relay won't operate.
If the white stripe on your power supply cable is positive then it appears you have the polarity reversed (positive should go to pin 1 of the relay, and negative to pin 8).
>
> this datasheet "talks about" a switching current of 2/5A but I have
> trouble to imagine that this small relay really requires that amount
> of current to switch
>
>
>
That is the rating of the contacts, ie. how much current it can *switch*. The coil requires 10.2V DC and has a resistance of 2880Ω, so it needs at least 10.2/2880 = 3.5mA to operate. At 12V the coil should draw 12/2880 = 4.2mA. | AM26 is rated for 12V at 50mW
It comes in 3 ranges of sensitivity, this being most sensitive.
If coil Power = 50mW @ 12V then current is 50mW/12 ~ 4mA
This is pretty easy to drive and you might be able to make it click with the 9V battery across the coil with + on pin 1. Although due to hystereis, the guaranteed or MUST SWITCH threshold is 10.20V and the MUST release threshold is 1.20V but it MAY switch in between.
FYI
The lowest contact rating is 2A resistive. So this relay has a net switch gain at max load of 2A/4mA = 500 or you could say a a coil sensitivity of 0.2% or rated current for a 12V coil. |
255,810 | I'm currently learning electronics and right now, I'm trying to use a relays... without success. Here is a picture of my circuit:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VLzbL.jpg)
First of all, don't mind the 2 cables on the top right and the relay on the bottom right, they are not used.
So, from what I understood about relays, here are my thoughts about this circuit.
When the button is not pressed, the relay does not receive any tension, so the pins connected to the lightning LED are active, which is why the LED on the top is lightning... That I get...
Now, when I press the button, a 12V DC tension is going inside the relay, so I was kind of hoping that it would make it switch and then the second LED would be lightning but... no...
The relay is an AXICOM IM26, you can find the datasheet of this one in here: <http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=showdoc&DocId=Specification+Or+Standard%7F108-98001%7FV%7Fpdf%7FEnglish%7FENG_SS_108-98001_V_IM_0614_v1.pdf%7F4-1462039-1>
However, a friend made me notice that this datasheet "talks about" a switching current of 2/5A but I have trouble to imagine that this small relay really requires that amount of current to switch, especially because it is writing "12 V DC" on it, which, for me, tend to indicate that it switches at 12V. But it would explain why it is not switching when I press the button.
Can someone explain me what is wrong with my circuit ?
Thanks | 2016/09/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/255810",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/32476/"
] | Your problem is very simple. You are using your breadboard incorrectly. The top pins (pins 1 and 8) are being shorted out by the contact strip. In this case, the breadboard is incompatible with the relay. The spacing between rows of contacts is 0.3 inches, which is a standard DIP IC pin spacing. Your relay, however, has a lateral contact spacing of 0.2 inches, and so cannot straddle the row separation. Since it didn't fit that way, you plugged the relay in to a set of holes that did fit, and that is the source of your trouble.
To confirm this, set up an LED and resistor to monitor your +12 volts. Unplug the relay and you will see that the LED lights up. Now plug the relay in and the LED will go out.
With this breadboard you really have no good way to mount the relay. If you have access to a soldering iron you can make extenders for the relay pins with short wires and plug them into the breadboard, but other than that I'm afraid you're out of luck. | Your relay has an 'ultra high sensitive coil' which suggests it is biased with a permanent magnet. If this is the case then you must apply voltage to the coil with the correct polarity, otherwise the coil will cancel out the bias magnet's force instead of adding to it, and the relay won't operate.
If the white stripe on your power supply cable is positive then it appears you have the polarity reversed (positive should go to pin 1 of the relay, and negative to pin 8).
>
> this datasheet "talks about" a switching current of 2/5A but I have
> trouble to imagine that this small relay really requires that amount
> of current to switch
>
>
>
That is the rating of the contacts, ie. how much current it can *switch*. The coil requires 10.2V DC and has a resistance of 2880Ω, so it needs at least 10.2/2880 = 3.5mA to operate. At 12V the coil should draw 12/2880 = 4.2mA. |
255,810 | I'm currently learning electronics and right now, I'm trying to use a relays... without success. Here is a picture of my circuit:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VLzbL.jpg)
First of all, don't mind the 2 cables on the top right and the relay on the bottom right, they are not used.
So, from what I understood about relays, here are my thoughts about this circuit.
When the button is not pressed, the relay does not receive any tension, so the pins connected to the lightning LED are active, which is why the LED on the top is lightning... That I get...
Now, when I press the button, a 12V DC tension is going inside the relay, so I was kind of hoping that it would make it switch and then the second LED would be lightning but... no...
The relay is an AXICOM IM26, you can find the datasheet of this one in here: <http://www.te.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=showdoc&DocId=Specification+Or+Standard%7F108-98001%7FV%7Fpdf%7FEnglish%7FENG_SS_108-98001_V_IM_0614_v1.pdf%7F4-1462039-1>
However, a friend made me notice that this datasheet "talks about" a switching current of 2/5A but I have trouble to imagine that this small relay really requires that amount of current to switch, especially because it is writing "12 V DC" on it, which, for me, tend to indicate that it switches at 12V. But it would explain why it is not switching when I press the button.
Can someone explain me what is wrong with my circuit ?
Thanks | 2016/09/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/255810",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/32476/"
] | Your problem is very simple. You are using your breadboard incorrectly. The top pins (pins 1 and 8) are being shorted out by the contact strip. In this case, the breadboard is incompatible with the relay. The spacing between rows of contacts is 0.3 inches, which is a standard DIP IC pin spacing. Your relay, however, has a lateral contact spacing of 0.2 inches, and so cannot straddle the row separation. Since it didn't fit that way, you plugged the relay in to a set of holes that did fit, and that is the source of your trouble.
To confirm this, set up an LED and resistor to monitor your +12 volts. Unplug the relay and you will see that the LED lights up. Now plug the relay in and the LED will go out.
With this breadboard you really have no good way to mount the relay. If you have access to a soldering iron you can make extenders for the relay pins with short wires and plug them into the breadboard, but other than that I'm afraid you're out of luck. | AM26 is rated for 12V at 50mW
It comes in 3 ranges of sensitivity, this being most sensitive.
If coil Power = 50mW @ 12V then current is 50mW/12 ~ 4mA
This is pretty easy to drive and you might be able to make it click with the 9V battery across the coil with + on pin 1. Although due to hystereis, the guaranteed or MUST SWITCH threshold is 10.20V and the MUST release threshold is 1.20V but it MAY switch in between.
FYI
The lowest contact rating is 2A resistive. So this relay has a net switch gain at max load of 2A/4mA = 500 or you could say a a coil sensitivity of 0.2% or rated current for a 12V coil. |
41,145 | I am wondering if it's possible to have works from Photoshop or Illustrator made from online tutorials, into your portfolio? If some work's design can be changed a bit, can it be counted like mine? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41145",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32505/"
] | Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, so I can't take responsbility, yadda yadda yadda.
No. 'Changing' a work 'a bit to make it mine' is a so-called derivative work, for which the original author explicitly owns the copyright.
Besides, taking someone else's work, changing it a bit, and presenting it as completely your own, wouldn't that be deception or fraud, or piracy at the least? Making an image for a tutorial takes way more skills than just the steps described in that tutorial. By presenting the work as your own, you present false proof of having those skills.
Lastly, wouldn't it be extremly ungrateful to the tutorial maker who just taught you a few new skills? More or less stealing their work as thanks? | My suggestion would be to do the tutorial using the files and steps they give you, then use the techniques you've learned to create something that is your own. It will show much better in your portfolio and it might not be as easy to recognize as a tutorial.
Most of the creative people who are going to review your portfolio for a job are probably poking around the design sites, and reading the magazines you got the tutorial from anyway. So, if you just include the tutorial files in your portfolio, they will probably recognize it pretty quickly.
Added bonus: Doing it again will also help you learn the technique better and help cement it in your brain to pull out later when a job will call for it. |
41,145 | I am wondering if it's possible to have works from Photoshop or Illustrator made from online tutorials, into your portfolio? If some work's design can be changed a bit, can it be counted like mine? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41145",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32505/"
] | Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, so I can't take responsbility, yadda yadda yadda.
No. 'Changing' a work 'a bit to make it mine' is a so-called derivative work, for which the original author explicitly owns the copyright.
Besides, taking someone else's work, changing it a bit, and presenting it as completely your own, wouldn't that be deception or fraud, or piracy at the least? Making an image for a tutorial takes way more skills than just the steps described in that tutorial. By presenting the work as your own, you present false proof of having those skills.
Lastly, wouldn't it be extremly ungrateful to the tutorial maker who just taught you a few new skills? More or less stealing their work as thanks? | I think following the tutorials is good for practice, but either start off with something unique or make the result unique in some way to set it apart, as GoofyMonkey says.
But rather than hiding the fact that your works are tutorial-based, which could be considered deceit and grounds for disqualification (from jobs, contests, etc.), I suggest you address the tutorial works directly, explaining why you included them and what you gained. It's professional, sincere, and shows a commitment to improvement. Just remember to finish with something marvelous, like your best work. Keep in mind that if you don't emphasize the tutorials then, at least as far as jobs and competitions go, they might as well not be there.
For your second question, following a tutorial like "balance your color scheme" with your own image is safe. Following a tutorial like "make a barcode" is questionable. Changing a work's design, however, would be a derivative work that could become plagiarism if you're not careful. I suggest getting the author's permission to be safe. |
41,145 | I am wondering if it's possible to have works from Photoshop or Illustrator made from online tutorials, into your portfolio? If some work's design can be changed a bit, can it be counted like mine? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41145",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32505/"
] | You can put tutorial work in your portfolio provided you explain that it is tutorial work. Alas, I don't know if that would gain you much in an interview. The fact that you can finish a tutorial doesn't necessarily translate into design and problem solving skills which is what the person looking at your portfolio wants to see. | My suggestion would be to do the tutorial using the files and steps they give you, then use the techniques you've learned to create something that is your own. It will show much better in your portfolio and it might not be as easy to recognize as a tutorial.
Most of the creative people who are going to review your portfolio for a job are probably poking around the design sites, and reading the magazines you got the tutorial from anyway. So, if you just include the tutorial files in your portfolio, they will probably recognize it pretty quickly.
Added bonus: Doing it again will also help you learn the technique better and help cement it in your brain to pull out later when a job will call for it. |
41,145 | I am wondering if it's possible to have works from Photoshop or Illustrator made from online tutorials, into your portfolio? If some work's design can be changed a bit, can it be counted like mine? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41145",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32505/"
] | You can put tutorial work in your portfolio provided you explain that it is tutorial work. Alas, I don't know if that would gain you much in an interview. The fact that you can finish a tutorial doesn't necessarily translate into design and problem solving skills which is what the person looking at your portfolio wants to see. | I think following the tutorials is good for practice, but either start off with something unique or make the result unique in some way to set it apart, as GoofyMonkey says.
But rather than hiding the fact that your works are tutorial-based, which could be considered deceit and grounds for disqualification (from jobs, contests, etc.), I suggest you address the tutorial works directly, explaining why you included them and what you gained. It's professional, sincere, and shows a commitment to improvement. Just remember to finish with something marvelous, like your best work. Keep in mind that if you don't emphasize the tutorials then, at least as far as jobs and competitions go, they might as well not be there.
For your second question, following a tutorial like "balance your color scheme" with your own image is safe. Following a tutorial like "make a barcode" is questionable. Changing a work's design, however, would be a derivative work that could become plagiarism if you're not careful. I suggest getting the author's permission to be safe. |
41,145 | I am wondering if it's possible to have works from Photoshop or Illustrator made from online tutorials, into your portfolio? If some work's design can be changed a bit, can it be counted like mine? | 2014/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/41145",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/32505/"
] | My suggestion would be to do the tutorial using the files and steps they give you, then use the techniques you've learned to create something that is your own. It will show much better in your portfolio and it might not be as easy to recognize as a tutorial.
Most of the creative people who are going to review your portfolio for a job are probably poking around the design sites, and reading the magazines you got the tutorial from anyway. So, if you just include the tutorial files in your portfolio, they will probably recognize it pretty quickly.
Added bonus: Doing it again will also help you learn the technique better and help cement it in your brain to pull out later when a job will call for it. | I think following the tutorials is good for practice, but either start off with something unique or make the result unique in some way to set it apart, as GoofyMonkey says.
But rather than hiding the fact that your works are tutorial-based, which could be considered deceit and grounds for disqualification (from jobs, contests, etc.), I suggest you address the tutorial works directly, explaining why you included them and what you gained. It's professional, sincere, and shows a commitment to improvement. Just remember to finish with something marvelous, like your best work. Keep in mind that if you don't emphasize the tutorials then, at least as far as jobs and competitions go, they might as well not be there.
For your second question, following a tutorial like "balance your color scheme" with your own image is safe. Following a tutorial like "make a barcode" is questionable. Changing a work's design, however, would be a derivative work that could become plagiarism if you're not careful. I suggest getting the author's permission to be safe. |
54,541,174 | I am trying to export an fmu from matlab using the new tool coupling toolbox as shown in this link <https://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/ug/_mw_54e936ec-2fa7-4418-be70-d99c8f91d2bd.html>
So I was able to export an fmu and it generated 64 bit binary of the source code as my platform is 64 bit. I wrote a testfile to import the fmu and run the model using just the binaries. So I started the matlab server as mentioned in the link and then tried to run my testfile. My testfile was working well with other fmus like qtronic exported example fmus. Now I would like to run the matlab generated fmu and it is giving the following error:
fmistatus = Error; Test CS model Instance (logStatusError ): fmi2Instantiate: Undefined function or variable 'fmuhelper'.
fmi2Instantiate: Undefined function or variable 'fmuhelper'.
fmi2\_import\_instantiate failed
module= FMICAPI, log level=5:Calling fmi2SetupExperiment
I didn't write anything in any of my source code as fmuhelper. When I checked in matlab and went to the specific path, I was able to see that fmuhelper is part of matlab and that it is a constructor. I did not understand anything more than that from that function. can anyone please provide me some suggestions as to how to solve it? Thank you! | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54541174",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10935708/"
] | I was able to solve the above problem. The problem was that matlab was unable to locate the fmuhelper in the resources folder. So I added the path to the fmuhelper and other mex files to the matlab path and I was able to get past this error. But I still am encountering some issues with running it. But this problem is now resolved. Thank you! | I assume importing the same FMU back to MATLAB works. If that's true, one possible reason why you can't simulate with your own code is that your simulator didn't unzip and preserve the entire folder structure inside FMU, more specifically, files under resources/ folder. |
45,091 | I came across a recipe for skillet potatoes that asked for "cooked potatoes cut into 1/4-inch chunks". While the 1/4-inch chunk part was easy to understand, I'm not sure what is meant by "cooked". Boiled? Sauteed? Baked? | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/45091",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/14147/"
] | Usually that would mean potatoes that have been simmered to fork tender, but you could use potatoes that have been baked too. It's faster to dice the potato before simmering, but for some things it actually tastes better (tiny difference) to simmer first, then dice.
Be careful if you dice first, they will overcook and become waterlogged quickly.
If the recipe doesn't specify, you can use peeled or unpeeled potatoes. I almost always prefer scrubbed, unpeeled potatoes.
Don't forget to salt the water!
**EDIT:** One more little note. 1/4 inch dice is small for simmering potatoes. If you do it that way, get them out of the water *just before* they are completely tender, carry-over cooking will get them the rest of the way. You might also want to rinse them in cold water to stop the cooking. | The best way to pre cook potatoes is to do a rough chop and cook in boiling salted water until fork tender, not mushy. A 1/4 inch dice is way too small to do that.
Try dicing the potatoes into 1/4 inch pieces, place in a pile wrapped in wet paper towels into a micro safe bowl and microwave for 3 minutes, add time and more dampness if not done yet. |
45,091 | I came across a recipe for skillet potatoes that asked for "cooked potatoes cut into 1/4-inch chunks". While the 1/4-inch chunk part was easy to understand, I'm not sure what is meant by "cooked". Boiled? Sauteed? Baked? | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/45091",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/14147/"
] | Usually that would mean potatoes that have been simmered to fork tender, but you could use potatoes that have been baked too. It's faster to dice the potato before simmering, but for some things it actually tastes better (tiny difference) to simmer first, then dice.
Be careful if you dice first, they will overcook and become waterlogged quickly.
If the recipe doesn't specify, you can use peeled or unpeeled potatoes. I almost always prefer scrubbed, unpeeled potatoes.
Don't forget to salt the water!
**EDIT:** One more little note. 1/4 inch dice is small for simmering potatoes. If you do it that way, get them out of the water *just before* they are completely tender, carry-over cooking will get them the rest of the way. You might also want to rinse them in cold water to stop the cooking. | If you have enough time for preparation, just put the potatoes into the pot without peeling them, bring them to a boil and leave for an hour or so. If they are still hard when you prick them with a fork or knife, bring them to a boil once more. this way you can get them cooked gently without much energy expenditure. Cooking them in the skin also preserves more of the nutrients which sit under the skin. |
45,091 | I came across a recipe for skillet potatoes that asked for "cooked potatoes cut into 1/4-inch chunks". While the 1/4-inch chunk part was easy to understand, I'm not sure what is meant by "cooked". Boiled? Sauteed? Baked? | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/45091",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/14147/"
] | The best way to pre cook potatoes is to do a rough chop and cook in boiling salted water until fork tender, not mushy. A 1/4 inch dice is way too small to do that.
Try dicing the potatoes into 1/4 inch pieces, place in a pile wrapped in wet paper towels into a micro safe bowl and microwave for 3 minutes, add time and more dampness if not done yet. | If you have enough time for preparation, just put the potatoes into the pot without peeling them, bring them to a boil and leave for an hour or so. If they are still hard when you prick them with a fork or knife, bring them to a boil once more. this way you can get them cooked gently without much energy expenditure. Cooking them in the skin also preserves more of the nutrients which sit under the skin. |
41,986 | I would like to quote a few lines of a lyric from St. Vincent's song "New York", for an 'in memoriam' I want to put in a newspaper on the anniversary day of my friend's death. Do I need to get permission for this? (i'm in new York, the paper is in massacusetts) | 2019/02/06 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/41986",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/36543/"
] | **Ask the newspaper. They will know this stuff backwards and forwards.**
If you put the lyrics into a program to hand out at a memorial service or other event, you're good.
If you put the lyrics (well credited) on your personal blog, and you're only quoting a small percentage, you're almost certainly fine. Given the context, it's unlikely that anyone will hassle you or do more than ask you to remove them (and even that's unlikely).
Publishing in print (or in a commercial online location) is a whole other can of worms. While the standards aren't legally stricter here, you're more likely to come to the attention of people who care.
There is no perfect formula for what's allowed and not allowed. Your memorial statement may not even qualify as Fair Use, but given the context and non-commercial nature, you're maybe okay there.
**[Writer's Digest](http://www.mbbp.com/news/writers-guide-to-fair-use) has many suggestions for navigating this.**
Fair Use is:
>
> ...For purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching
> …, scholarship, or research...
>
>
>
The main issue I see is how much of the work you're quoting:
>
> Quote or closely paraphrase as little as possible to make your point:
> under 10% is best; above 20% is high risk (though a recent case
> allowed that, where mainly facts were copied).
>
>
>
Unless you are able to get permission directly from the copyright holder of the song, asking the newspaper is truly your best bet. They have dealt with this before. They know what needs permission and what doesn't. They know how to get permission if needed. And they will recommend editing to acceptable levels of quotation if that is required. | A few lines is not a problem. What you will want to do is cite the lines. As long as they are properly attributed and not used in a way that could be damaging to the work you should be fine.
IANAL |
388,682 | Increased temperature lowers viscosity of gases like air but also decreases density.
So then drag force would be lower if an object is thrown in higher temperatures but what about viscosity? I thought viscosity was drag. | 2018/02/25 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/388682",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/182938/"
] | Depends on how fast the object is traveling through the fluid a.k.a. the value of the [Reynold's number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_number).
If the flow around the object is turbulent (high Reynold's number) then [density is the key fluid property.](http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/airfri.html#c1) If Reynold's number is small then [viscosity becomes relevant.](http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/airfri.html#c3) | Viscosity of air increases as we increase the temperature.
This is because velocity of air molecules increases making the air molecules to collide frequently with the object .
So drag force increases because viscosity increases. |
10,722,669 | If I use opencover to provide coverage anaylsis that runs on the buildserver for all builds of my product.
I'm under the impression that opencover (and presumably all the others) "instrument" the code to record hits.
Is this instrumented code "not safe" and/or slower and therefore I should not be using this code on the production servers?
I'm hoping that I have misunderstood the process as the prospect of having to do 2 builds (1 for coverage testing and actual for production) will slow down the buildserver. | 2012/05/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10722669",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1077232/"
] | [OpenCover](https://github.com/sawilde/opencover) (and NCover and [PartCover](https://github.com/sawilde/partcover.net4)) do not modify your binaries that you have produced via the build. They use the profiler API to instrument the binaries in-memory as they are being JITted (just-in-time compiled).
As such your binaries remain unmodified and are safe to use in production. | I have running unit tests and openCover for multiples projects in **Release** mode (in a build machine). You do not need make this for **Debug** mode if you do not have code dependent of that mode (like pre-compiled directives etc.).
I hope to help you. |
7,060,435 | I was thinking to start Java enterprise development, so I started with Spring framework. I have already worked on some simple applications like CRUD apps and web services with STS(Spring Tool Suite). I know that there are lot more IDEs available like Myeclipse, intelliJ IDEA, Netbeans, Eclipse ee etc, and all of them have good support. However as a beginner, it is not possible to make a good comparison between all of these. But I have worked with Eclipse ee, therefore I find STS is better than eclipse ee, (I know sts is eclipse powered). Again, I heard from others that IntelliJ IDEA is the best. So I installed it, and got a lot of hiccups. Last day one of my friends suggested me to try Netbeans. So I need to know which IDE has better support like code generation, code assistance etc. | 2011/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7060435",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/893197/"
] | I haven't tried STS (<http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts>), but for Spring development I would guess that the IDE written by those that write Spring may have the best support.
But, if you are going to pick an IDE based on one technology you should be careful, otherwise you may find that you will need to use several IDEs in your development, eventually.
You may want to consider what other needs you want from your IDE, as, if you can have one that can meet all your demands then it may simplify your life. | The best IDE, hands down, is IntelliJ. It has terrific Spring support. |
7,060,435 | I was thinking to start Java enterprise development, so I started with Spring framework. I have already worked on some simple applications like CRUD apps and web services with STS(Spring Tool Suite). I know that there are lot more IDEs available like Myeclipse, intelliJ IDEA, Netbeans, Eclipse ee etc, and all of them have good support. However as a beginner, it is not possible to make a good comparison between all of these. But I have worked with Eclipse ee, therefore I find STS is better than eclipse ee, (I know sts is eclipse powered). Again, I heard from others that IntelliJ IDEA is the best. So I installed it, and got a lot of hiccups. Last day one of my friends suggested me to try Netbeans. So I need to know which IDE has better support like code generation, code assistance etc. | 2011/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7060435",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/893197/"
] | I haven't tried STS (<http://www.springsource.com/developer/sts>), but for Spring development I would guess that the IDE written by those that write Spring may have the best support.
But, if you are going to pick an IDE based on one technology you should be careful, otherwise you may find that you will need to use several IDEs in your development, eventually.
You may want to consider what other needs you want from your IDE, as, if you can have one that can meet all your demands then it may simplify your life. | The answer is that there is no answer. It comes down to personal preference, what you get used to or policies in work.
Personally I like to know what is going on under the hood, so any old text editor might do, though I quite like STS Spring Roo support (though don't know what netbeans or intellij have to offer. |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | Yes, we definitely need be. **I think we even need to be a little more strict on the quality of answers in general, not only the one-liners. An answer of 4 or 5 lines can be just as bad.**
Take a look at these answers to 1 question:
* [A one-liner suggesting online shopping](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6176#6176) (deleted, might be edited since I've talked with OP of this in chat. If it does, feel free to disregard the example.)
* [Suggesting a reply to only one of the questions that might be asked with one specific answer](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6188#6188)
* [This one is slightly longer, but has absolutely no explanation of why it works, or why it is suggested](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6172#6172)
* [Althoug the suggestion here is good, there is no explanation why the OP should go LGBT shopping to avoid questions, instead of deflecting them.](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6167#6167) Basically, this is not answering the question, or doing a frame-challenge. (edited since this was written).
These are just 4 examples, of which the last 2 are upvoted (now at respectively 5 and 21 upvotes, not counting the downvotes). **We're having a serious problem here, users aren't taking the time and effort to write good answers that**
* Take the question of the OP into account
* Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions.
I'm suggesting a harsher approach. If questions reach HNQ, users will see the not so good answers and things will deteriorate from there, because other users think they can gain some quick rep because 'hey, there's a highly upvoted single line/no back-up suggestion here', let's see if I can get away with one as well!
I have picked up my flagging/commenting.
If an answer only suggests 'say this', or 'do this instead' without explanation, I'm casting downvotes and flags to get things deleted. That's the only thing I can do on answers that are upvoted more than downvoted.
If they are downvoted, I'm not hesitating to use my deletion privileges as well.
---
See also these 2 meta questions and their answers for some more information as to what a good answer should look like:
* [What to do with answers that aren't related to interpersonal skills?](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1471/what-to-do-with-answers-that-arent-related-to-interpersonal-skills)
* [Can answers be off topic? - How to deal with answers that address legal issues](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1383/can-answers-be-off-topic-how-to-deal-with-answers-that-address-legal-issues) | **Delete them.**
We don't want users, especially new users, think that one-liner is tolerated here.
Just like putting a question on-hold allows some time for the owner to improve their question, deleting an answer prevent the answer from gaining upvotes (and downvotes, which rarely get reversed later) and allows improvement.
If you like the answer, please consider to delay your upvote until the answer is edited, or even downvote the answer (if you are willing to reverse it later). |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | **Delete them.**
We don't want users, especially new users, think that one-liner is tolerated here.
Just like putting a question on-hold allows some time for the owner to improve their question, deleting an answer prevent the answer from gaining upvotes (and downvotes, which rarely get reversed later) and allows improvement.
If you like the answer, please consider to delay your upvote until the answer is edited, or even downvote the answer (if you are willing to reverse it later). | >
> Should we be more strict about one-line answers?
>
>
>
One line answer: If the answer is simply "Try this: ..." and there is no "irrefutable source" (Example: [Help Center > Answering](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer)) then we run the risk of going against [the purpose of the Stack Exchange sites](https://stackexchange.com/tour).
It **is** possible for a one-liner to be OK, just make certain that it is.
Would my answer better convince you if I continue writing, adding several more paragraphs.
Some things are simple, and so is the solution. Some things are complex, and require establishing a specific set of conditions (or assumptions) under which the provided answer would apply.
...
---
Specific examples from the Tour which explain the goals of StackExchange:
* We build libraries of high-quality questions and answers, focused on each community's area of expertise.
* Ask questions, get answers, no distractions.
* This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.
* Good answers are voted up and rise to the top. The best answers show up first so that they are always easy to find.
* Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.
* Use comments to ask for more information or clarify a question or answer.
As one can see the Tour page is rich with helpful advice.
If there are suggestions for improvement of the Tour page they can be put forward by 'asking a question' (even if it's more of a "suggestion" than a "question") on the Meta (you are here) of the site in question. |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | **Delete them.**
We don't want users, especially new users, think that one-liner is tolerated here.
Just like putting a question on-hold allows some time for the owner to improve their question, deleting an answer prevent the answer from gaining upvotes (and downvotes, which rarely get reversed later) and allows improvement.
If you like the answer, please consider to delay your upvote until the answer is edited, or even downvote the answer (if you are willing to reverse it later). | The [accepted answer](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2019/9053) says,
>
> Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions
>
>
>
I'd like to reference [Good Subjective, Bad Subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/29/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) -- which suggests that good answers are based on references and/or personal experience:
>
> The folks at Moms4mom owned up to the subjective issue and came up with a set of principles to create useful subjective discussions on parenting: the "Back It Up!" principle. "Back It Up!" means that your answers must be based on either:
>
>
> * Something that happened to you **personally**
> * Something you can back up with a **reference**
>
>
> |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | Yes, we definitely need be. **I think we even need to be a little more strict on the quality of answers in general, not only the one-liners. An answer of 4 or 5 lines can be just as bad.**
Take a look at these answers to 1 question:
* [A one-liner suggesting online shopping](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6176#6176) (deleted, might be edited since I've talked with OP of this in chat. If it does, feel free to disregard the example.)
* [Suggesting a reply to only one of the questions that might be asked with one specific answer](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6188#6188)
* [This one is slightly longer, but has absolutely no explanation of why it works, or why it is suggested](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6172#6172)
* [Althoug the suggestion here is good, there is no explanation why the OP should go LGBT shopping to avoid questions, instead of deflecting them.](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6167#6167) Basically, this is not answering the question, or doing a frame-challenge. (edited since this was written).
These are just 4 examples, of which the last 2 are upvoted (now at respectively 5 and 21 upvotes, not counting the downvotes). **We're having a serious problem here, users aren't taking the time and effort to write good answers that**
* Take the question of the OP into account
* Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions.
I'm suggesting a harsher approach. If questions reach HNQ, users will see the not so good answers and things will deteriorate from there, because other users think they can gain some quick rep because 'hey, there's a highly upvoted single line/no back-up suggestion here', let's see if I can get away with one as well!
I have picked up my flagging/commenting.
If an answer only suggests 'say this', or 'do this instead' without explanation, I'm casting downvotes and flags to get things deleted. That's the only thing I can do on answers that are upvoted more than downvoted.
If they are downvoted, I'm not hesitating to use my deletion privileges as well.
---
See also these 2 meta questions and their answers for some more information as to what a good answer should look like:
* [What to do with answers that aren't related to interpersonal skills?](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1471/what-to-do-with-answers-that-arent-related-to-interpersonal-skills)
* [Can answers be off topic? - How to deal with answers that address legal issues](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1383/can-answers-be-off-topic-how-to-deal-with-answers-that-address-legal-issues) | As an alternative to @vylix's answer, I'd offer that *education* through commenting is a better teacher than a simple vote for deletion. [This very thing happened to me](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6188/3013) - no comment was offered. Just a down vote and vote for deletion. Fortunately apaul linked to this meta question so I could learn.
Absent constructive feedback users will not get the message that one liners are inappropriate for this SE site. |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | Yes, we definitely need be. **I think we even need to be a little more strict on the quality of answers in general, not only the one-liners. An answer of 4 or 5 lines can be just as bad.**
Take a look at these answers to 1 question:
* [A one-liner suggesting online shopping](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6176#6176) (deleted, might be edited since I've talked with OP of this in chat. If it does, feel free to disregard the example.)
* [Suggesting a reply to only one of the questions that might be asked with one specific answer](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6188#6188)
* [This one is slightly longer, but has absolutely no explanation of why it works, or why it is suggested](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6172#6172)
* [Althoug the suggestion here is good, there is no explanation why the OP should go LGBT shopping to avoid questions, instead of deflecting them.](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6167#6167) Basically, this is not answering the question, or doing a frame-challenge. (edited since this was written).
These are just 4 examples, of which the last 2 are upvoted (now at respectively 5 and 21 upvotes, not counting the downvotes). **We're having a serious problem here, users aren't taking the time and effort to write good answers that**
* Take the question of the OP into account
* Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions.
I'm suggesting a harsher approach. If questions reach HNQ, users will see the not so good answers and things will deteriorate from there, because other users think they can gain some quick rep because 'hey, there's a highly upvoted single line/no back-up suggestion here', let's see if I can get away with one as well!
I have picked up my flagging/commenting.
If an answer only suggests 'say this', or 'do this instead' without explanation, I'm casting downvotes and flags to get things deleted. That's the only thing I can do on answers that are upvoted more than downvoted.
If they are downvoted, I'm not hesitating to use my deletion privileges as well.
---
See also these 2 meta questions and their answers for some more information as to what a good answer should look like:
* [What to do with answers that aren't related to interpersonal skills?](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1471/what-to-do-with-answers-that-arent-related-to-interpersonal-skills)
* [Can answers be off topic? - How to deal with answers that address legal issues](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1383/can-answers-be-off-topic-how-to-deal-with-answers-that-address-legal-issues) | >
> Should we be more strict about one-line answers?
>
>
>
One line answer: If the answer is simply "Try this: ..." and there is no "irrefutable source" (Example: [Help Center > Answering](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer)) then we run the risk of going against [the purpose of the Stack Exchange sites](https://stackexchange.com/tour).
It **is** possible for a one-liner to be OK, just make certain that it is.
Would my answer better convince you if I continue writing, adding several more paragraphs.
Some things are simple, and so is the solution. Some things are complex, and require establishing a specific set of conditions (or assumptions) under which the provided answer would apply.
...
---
Specific examples from the Tour which explain the goals of StackExchange:
* We build libraries of high-quality questions and answers, focused on each community's area of expertise.
* Ask questions, get answers, no distractions.
* This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.
* Good answers are voted up and rise to the top. The best answers show up first so that they are always easy to find.
* Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.
* Use comments to ask for more information or clarify a question or answer.
As one can see the Tour page is rich with helpful advice.
If there are suggestions for improvement of the Tour page they can be put forward by 'asking a question' (even if it's more of a "suggestion" than a "question") on the Meta (you are here) of the site in question. |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | Yes, we definitely need be. **I think we even need to be a little more strict on the quality of answers in general, not only the one-liners. An answer of 4 or 5 lines can be just as bad.**
Take a look at these answers to 1 question:
* [A one-liner suggesting online shopping](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6176#6176) (deleted, might be edited since I've talked with OP of this in chat. If it does, feel free to disregard the example.)
* [Suggesting a reply to only one of the questions that might be asked with one specific answer](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6188#6188)
* [This one is slightly longer, but has absolutely no explanation of why it works, or why it is suggested](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6172#6172)
* [Althoug the suggestion here is good, there is no explanation why the OP should go LGBT shopping to avoid questions, instead of deflecting them.](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/6162/how-to-deflect-awkward-questions-when-shopping-for-womens-clothing-as-a-man/6167#6167) Basically, this is not answering the question, or doing a frame-challenge. (edited since this was written).
These are just 4 examples, of which the last 2 are upvoted (now at respectively 5 and 21 upvotes, not counting the downvotes). **We're having a serious problem here, users aren't taking the time and effort to write good answers that**
* Take the question of the OP into account
* Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions.
I'm suggesting a harsher approach. If questions reach HNQ, users will see the not so good answers and things will deteriorate from there, because other users think they can gain some quick rep because 'hey, there's a highly upvoted single line/no back-up suggestion here', let's see if I can get away with one as well!
I have picked up my flagging/commenting.
If an answer only suggests 'say this', or 'do this instead' without explanation, I'm casting downvotes and flags to get things deleted. That's the only thing I can do on answers that are upvoted more than downvoted.
If they are downvoted, I'm not hesitating to use my deletion privileges as well.
---
See also these 2 meta questions and their answers for some more information as to what a good answer should look like:
* [What to do with answers that aren't related to interpersonal skills?](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1471/what-to-do-with-answers-that-arent-related-to-interpersonal-skills)
* [Can answers be off topic? - How to deal with answers that address legal issues](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1383/can-answers-be-off-topic-how-to-deal-with-answers-that-address-legal-issues) | The [accepted answer](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2019/9053) says,
>
> Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions
>
>
>
I'd like to reference [Good Subjective, Bad Subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/29/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) -- which suggests that good answers are based on references and/or personal experience:
>
> The folks at Moms4mom owned up to the subjective issue and came up with a set of principles to create useful subjective discussions on parenting: the "Back It Up!" principle. "Back It Up!" means that your answers must be based on either:
>
>
> * Something that happened to you **personally**
> * Something you can back up with a **reference**
>
>
> |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | As an alternative to @vylix's answer, I'd offer that *education* through commenting is a better teacher than a simple vote for deletion. [This very thing happened to me](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6188/3013) - no comment was offered. Just a down vote and vote for deletion. Fortunately apaul linked to this meta question so I could learn.
Absent constructive feedback users will not get the message that one liners are inappropriate for this SE site. | >
> Should we be more strict about one-line answers?
>
>
>
One line answer: If the answer is simply "Try this: ..." and there is no "irrefutable source" (Example: [Help Center > Answering](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer)) then we run the risk of going against [the purpose of the Stack Exchange sites](https://stackexchange.com/tour).
It **is** possible for a one-liner to be OK, just make certain that it is.
Would my answer better convince you if I continue writing, adding several more paragraphs.
Some things are simple, and so is the solution. Some things are complex, and require establishing a specific set of conditions (or assumptions) under which the provided answer would apply.
...
---
Specific examples from the Tour which explain the goals of StackExchange:
* We build libraries of high-quality questions and answers, focused on each community's area of expertise.
* Ask questions, get answers, no distractions.
* This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.
* Good answers are voted up and rise to the top. The best answers show up first so that they are always easy to find.
* Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.
* Use comments to ask for more information or clarify a question or answer.
As one can see the Tour page is rich with helpful advice.
If there are suggestions for improvement of the Tour page they can be put forward by 'asking a question' (even if it's more of a "suggestion" than a "question") on the Meta (you are here) of the site in question. |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | As an alternative to @vylix's answer, I'd offer that *education* through commenting is a better teacher than a simple vote for deletion. [This very thing happened to me](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6188/3013) - no comment was offered. Just a down vote and vote for deletion. Fortunately apaul linked to this meta question so I could learn.
Absent constructive feedback users will not get the message that one liners are inappropriate for this SE site. | The [accepted answer](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2019/9053) says,
>
> Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions
>
>
>
I'd like to reference [Good Subjective, Bad Subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/29/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) -- which suggests that good answers are based on references and/or personal experience:
>
> The folks at Moms4mom owned up to the subjective issue and came up with a set of principles to create useful subjective discussions on parenting: the "Back It Up!" principle. "Back It Up!" means that your answers must be based on either:
>
>
> * Something that happened to you **personally**
> * Something you can back up with a **reference**
>
>
> |
2,003 | There have been a lot of one or two line answers (very brief) on the main site. Most of them, almost all of them IMO, only suggest one or two things to do and never explain why they would work. Though, such answers might be correct, but since sometimes they get upvoted and stick around longer, it is projecting an image that such short answers can be posted here.
I don't want to single anyone out, but this is an [example](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6122/29). It suggests to do one thing that the OP would do, but there is no explanation about why it would work. [It has been stated](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1265/29) that answers here should not be mere suggestions and must explain how and/or why they will work.
Though, we have taken an approach to downvote and comment such answers and it's been doing a nice job. But still, there are more answers like this. And it gets worse when the question gets in HNQ and they start to get more and more upvotes.
On the Workplace SE (though I can't say about other ones), I have seen a lot of one-line answers getting numerous upvotes. And it seems that the similar behavior is now appearing on IPS as well. IIRC, answers on SE should explain why and how.
So, what should be done with such answers? Should we only downvote and comment (or a post notice by moderator) and move on, or we should take stricter action such as deletion?
A related answer has been posted on [Workplace Meta](https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4901/65039) as well. | 2017/11/02 | [
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2003",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/users/29/"
] | The [accepted answer](https://interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2019/9053) says,
>
> Provide some evidence, experience or back-up for their suggestions
>
>
>
I'd like to reference [Good Subjective, Bad Subjective](https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/29/good-subjective-bad-subjective/) -- which suggests that good answers are based on references and/or personal experience:
>
> The folks at Moms4mom owned up to the subjective issue and came up with a set of principles to create useful subjective discussions on parenting: the "Back It Up!" principle. "Back It Up!" means that your answers must be based on either:
>
>
> * Something that happened to you **personally**
> * Something you can back up with a **reference**
>
>
> | >
> Should we be more strict about one-line answers?
>
>
>
One line answer: If the answer is simply "Try this: ..." and there is no "irrefutable source" (Example: [Help Center > Answering](https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer)) then we run the risk of going against [the purpose of the Stack Exchange sites](https://stackexchange.com/tour).
It **is** possible for a one-liner to be OK, just make certain that it is.
Would my answer better convince you if I continue writing, adding several more paragraphs.
Some things are simple, and so is the solution. Some things are complex, and require establishing a specific set of conditions (or assumptions) under which the provided answer would apply.
...
---
Specific examples from the Tour which explain the goals of StackExchange:
* We build libraries of high-quality questions and answers, focused on each community's area of expertise.
* Ask questions, get answers, no distractions.
* This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.
* Good answers are voted up and rise to the top. The best answers show up first so that they are always easy to find.
* Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.
* Use comments to ask for more information or clarify a question or answer.
As one can see the Tour page is rich with helpful advice.
If there are suggestions for improvement of the Tour page they can be put forward by 'asking a question' (even if it's more of a "suggestion" than a "question") on the Meta (you are here) of the site in question. |
9,733,696 | I am using ASIFormDataRequest to send a POST request and at the same time upload a couple pictures. Strangely, the same request just worked fine on emulator but not on the real device. And I am getting 400 returned from server side for the device one. From what I can tell the only difference is that on the emulator the picture was from photo album, while on the device the picture was taken by the camera, but does it really make the difference? What else could be the possible reason for the 400 error? | 2012/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9733696",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/180862/"
] | Please go through the following links :
<http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes>
<http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E400.html>
<http://www.codestyle.org/sitemanager/FAQ.shtml#correct400>
Hope this might help you.............. | I am not sure what your problem is but you shouldnt encounter any difference between taking the photo from the camera or the album. Anyway, I would suggest you change ASIHttp, which is discontinued, by another similar one such as AFNetworking (https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking). |
160,206 | I don't get what this phrase means. I tried googling it, but the answers weren't satisfactory.
Could someone please tell me its meaning? I'm guessing it has something to do with TV shows (I first saw it [here:](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nuke%20the%20fridge) in the Urban Dictionary.) | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/160206",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/49094/"
] | It refers to a previously well-regarded series (of films, television shows, books etc) suddenly including a very strange or illogical event. Such an event is often interpreted as an indicator that the series has lost its way and declined in quality.
The name comes from a scene in the fourth "Indiana Jones" film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", where Indiana survives a nuclear explosion by sheltering within a lead-lined refrigerator. This scene was seen as being unrealistic even within the world of the story, not least because refrigerators are not usually lead-lined (even in time-period of the story). (The relevant scene is here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arib8uWMWsM>)
An earlier idiom for the same concept was "[jumping the shark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_the_shark)", from a scene in "Happy Days". | [*Nuke the Fridge Con*](http://www.yelp.com/biz/nuke-the-fridge-con-rowland-heights) is a sponsor of comic book/media "conventions". The show itself usually occurs twice a week - on Wednesdays and Saturdays - making it more of a collectibles swap-meet/flea-market than an actual convention.
The TV/Movie trope, [Nuke the fridge](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nuking%20the%20fridge) means when something so ridiculously unbelievable happens in a plot that the whole thing is marred by it; it's downhill from there. [**Know Your Meme**](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nuking-the-fridge) explains that “Nuking the Fridge” is an idiomatic phrase used by **movie** fans to describe the declining point of a film franchise as a result of its heavy reliance on special effects.
According to Newsweek, the phrase was first used on the IMDB message board for *Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* on May 24th, two days after the film’s release. Fans were disappointed by a highly unrealistic scene wherein Jones escapes a nuclear explosion unharmed by hiding inside a refrigerator.
Examples of use:
>
> * Star Wars didn't really nuke the fridge until Jar Jar Binks was introduced.
> * Peter Parker dancing around the bar in Spider-Man 3? Kinda nukes the fridge!
>
>
>
On May 25th, 2008, the website Nukethefridge.com (featuring video game and action film news) was created. On June 4th, SlashFilm.com published an article titled “Is 'Nuke the Fridge' the New 'Jump the Shark'?” referencing the common phrase to describe the point in a TV show’s run when it started to go downhill.
Derivatives:
Frying the Coke (three main characters hide behind a Coke machine to survive a fiery explosion.)
 |
44,417 | I've been playing violin for four years now and every now and then the bow will get stuck on the strings and not move or produce a sound that doesn't sound right. I don't know whether it's a humidity thing or if I'm the one to blame.
Any suggestions welcome.
:) | 2016/05/13 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/44417",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/28581/"
] | First of all, there are many muscles and membranes and other tissues involved in the process of singing - from the muscles that control the diaphragm to the muscles that control parts of your face and tongue and all points in between. And all muscles and tissues in the human body tend to atrophy and lose elasticity as we age.
To keep this answer shorter, I will focus primarily on the vocal folds and what happens to them as we age and how that can affect our singing range.
I know many older singers who still perform regularly and still seem to have the ability to hit the high notes. I also know some who have suffered significant loss of range.
It is important to note that there are actually **two primary categories of force that contribute to loss of range for singers** as they get older - naturally occurring **physiological changes that occur as part of the aging process** - and **user controlled factors** that can damage the vocal folds and other components of the vocal apparatus.
For many older singers who have lost significant upper range, a great deal of such loss can be attributed to lifestyle choices such as smoking and/or drinking. Abusing your voice by singing harsh vocals, singing too often without rest between performances, singing for too long at a time without a break, or failure to warm up the vocal chords properly before singing - can certainly result in a loss of range by damaging your vocal chords. Many famous professional singers have actually lost their ability to sing at a relatively young age because of overuse or abuse (of their voice ..... and possibly substances that can lead to damage).
Obviously the better you care for your voice and the better you care for your overall health in general, the less likely you will be to suffer **premature** loss of range.
Now let's talk about the inevitable - aging and how it naturally impacts your range. I would point out that some folks seem to maintain youthful vitality longer than others and genetics may play a factor.
The vocal folds (like all other muscles and ligaments) begin to atrophy as we age and lose elasticity. This can affect range as well as volume, tone and control. Also, changes to the tissues supporting the esophagus can affect our range. Below is a quote from [This Article](http://operagasm.com/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news-about-the-aging-voice/) :
>
> Cartilages of the larynx gradually ossify, making adjustments for high pitches more difficult, resulting in a decrease in range, and in more noticeable register breaks. Changes in the epithelium or mucosa of the vocal folds leads to a “thinning” of the sound.
>
>
>
Research has indicated that over time - **female voices** will experience a gradual descent in range - settling at a fundamental frequency of around 195 Hz (according to a study published in June of 1963 by Robert E McGlone and Harry Hollien on Vocal Pitch Characteristics of Aged Women).
The **male voice** experiences a gradual lowering of fundamental frequency throughout young adulthood and middle age. But according to several studies including one done in 2000 by Daniel R. Boone (University of Arizona) and Stephen C. McFarlane (University of Nevada Medical School) the fundamental frequency of the male voice actually begins to **rise** in late adulthood.
Many studies have also suggested that we can preserve our range and qualify of voice for a longer period and postpone the effects of aging, by proper use and care of our singing voice. In other words, we can engage in an active and ongoing vocal fitness program to slow down the effects of aging on our voice - much the same way as a general exercise and fitness program can slow the effects of aging in other areas of our life.
A vocal exercise program might consist of regular singing within your comfortable range after a proper warm up and making sure to keep singing sessions short enough to avoid over use injury. It would be wise to seek advice from a professional voice coach or instructor on proper technique.
Also, taking good care of your general overall health will help preserve your singing voice as well.
So the answer to your question is that your vocal range (including the range of your head voice), your control, and the quality of your voice will inevitably change to some degree as you age. But you can be proactive in preventing those changes from occurring prematurely. And with an intentional, safe voice exercise routine, you can potentially prolong your ability to continue to enjoy your singing voice - well into your senior years!
Good luck and have fun. | The vocal folds and related musculature change with age, as do all tissues in the body. Excercise will help maintain muscle tone, muscle mass, and tissue flexibility, but it is impossible to maintain your range forever, just as it is impossible for an athlete to maintain the same level of performance forever. |
42,694 | It seems that any modification you can do to a weapon on the Item Modification Table can also be done from Inventory.
Why are there so many tables and why would I want to use them? | 2011/12/19 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/42694",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/16160/"
] | The Item Modification Stations are now required to add Augments to your gear. When you buy an Augmentation Kit you have to take it to one of the stations and pay to apply it to your gear, giving you an augment slot. You can then use the station to add an augment or simply modify the gear as normal with Ctrl + Right Click. (They still allow you to adjust other mods with the stations.)
Augments are exactly the same as other mods, they add extra stats. All equippable items can be augmented. | Here's what I have noticed: For example, I have 2 guns in my inventory that are non-mod. However, they pop up when I use the modification stations, allowing me to add and extract modifications there when I was unable to in my inventory. |
61,336 | I'm from Palestine (or West Bank). Now I'm applying to Boston University (the deadline unfortunately is just ***a few hours from now***), and my country is not listed in their online application.
What can I do? There is not even an "others" option listed. Could I safely choose the nearest country to mine (Jordan), where incidentally I had earned my B.A. degree from? Or is that stupid to do? I can't call Boston directly now because their offices are closed now.
Should I forget about Boston University? (I did that, sadly, with UCLA for the same reason). But I really care about this school and I already sent both my GREs to them.
---
EDIT:
I have both Palestinian and Jordanian passports, in both of them my homeland is Palestine. I don't hold an Israeli passport or citizenship.
---
UPDATE:I submitted an application and followed it with an email explaining the issue. I'm still waiting for a response. | 2016/01/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/61336",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/44452/"
] | The United States [does not recognize the statehood of Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine#No_diplomatic_recognition) (meaning technically that can't *be* your home country as far as that government is concerned), which makes it somewhat unsurprising that an American university might not have it listed as a country.
The Department and School likely doesn't have a particular stance on the issue - they probably didn't even design the application. Of course the ideal option would be to call them, but as this isn't an option at the moment, I'd put something close (Jordan - which as you mention you hold a passport for) and then call them to clarify as soon as you are able to do so.
Also, as this is clearly a recurring problem, you should seriously consider finding out if a given school's application has this problem *well before* it is due. | First, this is just an error on their part, and not an issue of politics or policy. Contact them and they'll fix it, and in the meantime pick something close, as said in comments.
That said, it might be best to just pick Jordan anyway. If you were to be accepted, which passport would you use to get a visa? As a practical matter, this might be affected by which consulate you go to, which is obviously this is a little tricky since there's no consulate in the West Bank. If the answer is your Jordanian passport at the consulate in Jordan, then I'd pick Jordan as nationality, even if you currently reside in the West Bank. They're asking this question because they want to know what your visa situation would be. |
4,795 | Are LEGO Junior bricks bigger than regular LEGO?
I can't decide between Junior LEGO and Duplo for my son who is just over 3. I had thought the Junior sets might constitute a happy medium, but am now less sure. | 2014/12/02 | [
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/4795",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com",
"https://bricks.stackexchange.com/users/4229/"
] | [LEGO Juniors](http://www.lego.com/en-us/juniors/about) sets use normal LEGO System bricks. In other words, they are exactly the same size as the "normal" LEGO bricks.
However, the Junior sets are specifically designed for younger children. They often have large single-use pieces (for example, for walls or frames), and are generally very easy to construct. They also limit the use of small or difficult to handle pieces as much as possible.
Depending on how advanced your son is, my guess is that Duplo is the most appropriate. If he no longer attempts to put toys in his mouth, and can focus/concentrate on a task for a decent amount of time, and has started developing fine motor skills, then Junior would probably be the most appropriate.
For reference, LEGO labels the Junior sets as appropriate for 4-7-year-olds, but I have met only a couple 4-year-olds that I would give the Junior sets to. Most 3-year-olds should probably be playing with Duplo. | Lego Juniors is fine for 3-year-olds who know not to put toys in their mouths. My son, when he was three, was playing with regular System Lego (of which Juniors is a subset) and it was okay. If it's important to you that your son have things like vehicles, or minifigs, and that he build the whole set himself, then Juniors is the way to go.
Otherwise, I see Lego as a longer-term investment: most kids enjoy playing with it from 3 to 13 or later. Stuff like the Juniors kits, or Duplo, gets to be too babyish after a couple years, but the regular stuff is still good forever. So if you just want your son to build, get a box of basic bricks (regular Lego bricks, not Duplo) and let him build. There are no instructions for him to worry about.
If he has any interest or aptitude he'll be ready for the kits that say they're for 5+ or 6+ in no time, and those kits will mesh well with the stuff you've already bought. |
31,266,532 | I am using netsuite builder for creating a website. I want to create a mysql table in it but it does not allow me to do so. Please suggest how to create custom mysql table in netsuite database. | 2015/07/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31266532",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4250996/"
] | In the admin role, go to the menu
Customization>List,Records & Fields>Record Types> New
Give it a name and ID, alongwith any other options. Save the record. Once the record has been saved, it gives you the option to add fields to the record.
Note: this would be a NetSuite table or to be precise - Custom Record Type. | If you have access to the NetSuite account, you can create custom records. |
43,736,191 | I'm using codeigniter.Now I am upgrading CodeIgniter from 2.2.0 to 3.0.0
I need to use PhpExcel.But it shows an error like Non-existent class: CI\_Excel
Please anyone help me. | 2017/05/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43736191",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4899166/"
] | The system/ directory is reserved for CI, you're not supposed to modify or put anything in there.
Any custom libraries you use should go into *application/libraries/*. | change the library name As CI\_Ex.... and save it on libraries folder |
31,402,423 | In WWDC 2015, they say that we shall use 1x,2x,3x images in assets because iphone 6p will only download 3x image and ignore other. I have watched about App Thinning.
I would like to know whether it is only for ios 9 or below also? | 2015/07/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/31402423",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1550974/"
] | >
> Note: For iOS apps, sliced apps are supported on the latest iTunes and on devices running iOS 9.0 and later; otherwise, the App Store delivers universal apps to customers.
>
>
>
From [App Distribution Guide - App Thinning](https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/watchos/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/AppThinning/AppThinning.html) | Its for all the version of the ios. In the below version also you need to use the same structure of the images in the app. So that the device will select the required image from the image asset. |
215,707 | The carnifowl is a bird of a unique shape
It is about 50cm long, with a wingspan of 110cm and legs only 5cm long. Its front half (chest, wings, beak) is like an eagle, though the head is feline and has cat eyes and ears. Its rear half (abdomen, tail, legs) is mostly like a turkey. However, it has paws like a dog, which have long aquiline claws. It is a carnivore, with a similar diet to an eagle. It is capable of flight
How would such a bird realistically hunt/catch its prey? | 2021/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215707",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/75161/"
] | Like a chicken
==============
Flight is a very complicated thing. I look at the numbers for your bird and I see some problems in that department.
Turkeys and eagles have different proportions and different muscle and fat distribution. I don't think that this beast's center of lift will align with its center of mass when it tries to fly. Add to that: a feline head is way more massive than a bird head. You have denser bones and a bigger brain in a feline head when compared to a bird of the same approximate mass.
However, what really called my attention was this:
>
> legs only 5cm long (...)
>
> it has paws like a dog
>
>
>
The poor critter cannot perch, for much the same reason dogs can't.
It also won't be able to run, nor pretty much jump with such short legs. At best, if the body length of 50cm includes a long tail that is almost half of the body size, you have legs that are 20% of the animal's height. Birds of prey on the other hand have really long legs. They may not seem long when the creature is perched, or when they are tucked during flight, but a bald eagle's legs are almost as long as its body (minus the tail feathers). You can see it when whey are about to strike:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4by5.jpg)
Since your bird cannot run, jump, nor even perch, it flies worse than a domesticated chicken. It will only be able fly by doing a leap of faith on a ledge, and even then it is just reducing its fall speed.
Since it is less threatening than a chick to much about every other life form, the only way it can feed on animal matter is by catching worms from the ground like a chicken. | **Like an Owl.**
The body shape you described is basically the same as an owl. The cat-like head and ears also give some resemblance to eared-owls. However you described its body as eagle like, which leads me to believe it doesn’t have sound dampening feathers reducing its overall stealth. Conversely the toe pads on its paws might serve the same role as in cats: hiding the sound of its footsteps. Which isn’t considerably useful considering it has short legs and doesn’t exactly hunt on foot.
It’s cat ears give it hearing comparable to an ordinary owl, with the key difference that they can be rotated in opposite directions. Definitely a nocturnal ambush predator. |
215,707 | The carnifowl is a bird of a unique shape
It is about 50cm long, with a wingspan of 110cm and legs only 5cm long. Its front half (chest, wings, beak) is like an eagle, though the head is feline and has cat eyes and ears. Its rear half (abdomen, tail, legs) is mostly like a turkey. However, it has paws like a dog, which have long aquiline claws. It is a carnivore, with a similar diet to an eagle. It is capable of flight
How would such a bird realistically hunt/catch its prey? | 2021/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215707",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/75161/"
] | **It'll die of natural selection**
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for crazy creatures, but this is far, *far* too much. Eagles are slim and aerodynamic, turkeys are infamously round and bulky-like. Mashing their front and back halves together will ensure the weight of the creature, and therefore gravity's pull, will center in the *back* of the creature. That's why we don't see pear-shaped birds IRL; because their enlarged rear end is like dead weight, dragging down the poor creature.
The cat head, being bigger and heavier than a bird's, will offset this only slightly, and it's weird for a bird to have a feline head, so this doesn't help your creature either.
Your short legs, as The Square-Cube Law pointed out, are basically useless, but so are your feet. You see, having had dogs *and* cats in the house, I noticed the dog's claws were blunt, while the cat's were sharp. This is why cats have retractable claws; because constant wear and tear blunts claws, making them almost useless as weapons.
Finally, short legs and long claws? There is no way that could ever work in real life, or (IMHO) even in fiction. It's so obviously impractical no one will suspend disbelief.
**I love the name, and the idea of an new kind of predatory fowl made with parts of other animals, but your current iteration is unviable and should be replaced with something else. If I may, I'd suggest researching what makes eagles and big cats such good predators, and then put those together in a way that complements them.** | **Like an Owl.**
The body shape you described is basically the same as an owl. The cat-like head and ears also give some resemblance to eared-owls. However you described its body as eagle like, which leads me to believe it doesn’t have sound dampening feathers reducing its overall stealth. Conversely the toe pads on its paws might serve the same role as in cats: hiding the sound of its footsteps. Which isn’t considerably useful considering it has short legs and doesn’t exactly hunt on foot.
It’s cat ears give it hearing comparable to an ordinary owl, with the key difference that they can be rotated in opposite directions. Definitely a nocturnal ambush predator. |
215,707 | The carnifowl is a bird of a unique shape
It is about 50cm long, with a wingspan of 110cm and legs only 5cm long. Its front half (chest, wings, beak) is like an eagle, though the head is feline and has cat eyes and ears. Its rear half (abdomen, tail, legs) is mostly like a turkey. However, it has paws like a dog, which have long aquiline claws. It is a carnivore, with a similar diet to an eagle. It is capable of flight
How would such a bird realistically hunt/catch its prey? | 2021/10/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/215707",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/75161/"
] | Like a chicken
==============
Flight is a very complicated thing. I look at the numbers for your bird and I see some problems in that department.
Turkeys and eagles have different proportions and different muscle and fat distribution. I don't think that this beast's center of lift will align with its center of mass when it tries to fly. Add to that: a feline head is way more massive than a bird head. You have denser bones and a bigger brain in a feline head when compared to a bird of the same approximate mass.
However, what really called my attention was this:
>
> legs only 5cm long (...)
>
> it has paws like a dog
>
>
>
The poor critter cannot perch, for much the same reason dogs can't.
It also won't be able to run, nor pretty much jump with such short legs. At best, if the body length of 50cm includes a long tail that is almost half of the body size, you have legs that are 20% of the animal's height. Birds of prey on the other hand have really long legs. They may not seem long when the creature is perched, or when they are tucked during flight, but a bald eagle's legs are almost as long as its body (minus the tail feathers). You can see it when whey are about to strike:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/x4by5.jpg)
Since your bird cannot run, jump, nor even perch, it flies worse than a domesticated chicken. It will only be able fly by doing a leap of faith on a ledge, and even then it is just reducing its fall speed.
Since it is less threatening than a chick to much about every other life form, the only way it can feed on animal matter is by catching worms from the ground like a chicken. | **It'll die of natural selection**
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for crazy creatures, but this is far, *far* too much. Eagles are slim and aerodynamic, turkeys are infamously round and bulky-like. Mashing their front and back halves together will ensure the weight of the creature, and therefore gravity's pull, will center in the *back* of the creature. That's why we don't see pear-shaped birds IRL; because their enlarged rear end is like dead weight, dragging down the poor creature.
The cat head, being bigger and heavier than a bird's, will offset this only slightly, and it's weird for a bird to have a feline head, so this doesn't help your creature either.
Your short legs, as The Square-Cube Law pointed out, are basically useless, but so are your feet. You see, having had dogs *and* cats in the house, I noticed the dog's claws were blunt, while the cat's were sharp. This is why cats have retractable claws; because constant wear and tear blunts claws, making them almost useless as weapons.
Finally, short legs and long claws? There is no way that could ever work in real life, or (IMHO) even in fiction. It's so obviously impractical no one will suspend disbelief.
**I love the name, and the idea of an new kind of predatory fowl made with parts of other animals, but your current iteration is unviable and should be replaced with something else. If I may, I'd suggest researching what makes eagles and big cats such good predators, and then put those together in a way that complements them.** |
7,742,417 | I'm working on the front-end of a web application and the login page so far basically contains a textbox for username, a textbox for password and a submit button.
To authenticate I pass userName and password to the API and is credentials are valid it returns an AccountID as a response, Or an error code if something went wrong.
But checking that the user is valid is as far as the applications API goes, it's up to me to maintain session state and login status for the inside pages.
What would be the best way to set this up after the API verifies a user? I have no idea where to start... | 2011/10/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7742417",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/611641/"
] | What you normally should do is implementing your custom MemberShipProvider.
This allows you to provide your own implementation of ValidateUser (ASP.net Login Control uses this to verify if the credentials). | Look at the ASP.NET Membership Provider. [MSDN Link for info.](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yh26yfzy.aspx "MSDN Link for information")
You basically need to use this and put your API calls in the corresponding methods. |
45,856,314 | package restore failed rolling back package change for ' my project' in vs 2017 .net MVC core project while updating packages | 2017/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45856314",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8443723/"
] | I have the same problem. Created a new app ASP.Net Core(.Net Framework). And wanted to add the library, but faced the error. When trying to update the same problem.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RlxwL.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qc9Ai.png)
**FIXED**
The solution was simple. When creating the project I chose ASP.NET CORE v 1. After rebuilding the project ASP.NET CORE v 2, it worked.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/J8yGn.png) | Try to delete the "packages" folder in your solution and all the projects and colse-reopen Visual Studio |
63,304,331 | I found a bug in the latest version of VS Community (16.7.0) which is preventing my solution from building, so I need to roll back to 16.6.5. However the only [download link](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#installing-an-earlier-release) I can find has downloads for only Enterprise and Professional, not Community. How do I downgrade my installation of VS Community? It's completely unusable for me now because one of my solutions is failing to build even though there are no compile errors. | 2020/08/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/63304331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159763/"
] | While the link shows Professional and Enterprise, I've tried it myself and it can install the Community version.
First fully uninstall Visual Studio 2019. Then download the Professional edition of the version you want and run it. In the "available" tab from the installer you'll find that it can install all 3 editions *including Community* of both 2017 and 2019, at the choosen version, regardless of the downloaded binary.
Note that this actually downloads the real installers from the web, thus while they work right now, we can't ensure they'll work in the future. | Here is the official source for all previous versions of all 3 product lines: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#release-dates-and-build-numbers> |
63,304,331 | I found a bug in the latest version of VS Community (16.7.0) which is preventing my solution from building, so I need to roll back to 16.6.5. However the only [download link](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#installing-an-earlier-release) I can find has downloads for only Enterprise and Professional, not Community. How do I downgrade my installation of VS Community? It's completely unusable for me now because one of my solutions is failing to build even though there are no compile errors. | 2020/08/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/63304331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159763/"
] | While the link shows Professional and Enterprise, I've tried it myself and it can install the Community version.
First fully uninstall Visual Studio 2019. Then download the Professional edition of the version you want and run it. In the "available" tab from the installer you'll find that it can install all 3 editions *including Community* of both 2017 and 2019, at the choosen version, regardless of the downloaded binary.
Note that this actually downloads the real installers from the web, thus while they work right now, we can't ensure they'll work in the future. | I had a similar challenge, where I needed an older minor version(16.5) of VS 2019 with Xamarin together with the latest and updated C++ features of 16.10 [side-by-side](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/install-visual-studio-versions-side-by-side?view=vs-2019#install-minor-visual-studio-versions-side-by-side), both Community.
What worked for me was:
1. On another machine without any VS 2019 versions installed, [download the vs\_Professional.exe bootstrap file for the minor version you want](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#release-dates-and-build-numbers) and install in a custom folder name(e.g. 2019\_16.5) the Community flavor by cancelling the workload selection, like [@Alejandro describes in his answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/64491972/12802435).
2. Copy the whole VS installation folder to the developer computer where you already have Visual Studio 2019 installed.
3. Copy the corresponding folder inside *[%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\\_Instances\](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/visual-studio-installer-cant-find-existing-install/784940#T-N786634)* to the same place on the developer computer.
4. On the developer computer, run the Visual Studio Installer. The new minor version should appear in the list. Choose *Repair*.
5. Modify and add the workloads and components you need for this installation.
I am not sure if step 2 is required or whether this just worked by chance for me and maybe can not be reproduced, but it might be worth a try.
[Screenshot of my VS Installer](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oMO7d.png) |
63,304,331 | I found a bug in the latest version of VS Community (16.7.0) which is preventing my solution from building, so I need to roll back to 16.6.5. However the only [download link](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#installing-an-earlier-release) I can find has downloads for only Enterprise and Professional, not Community. How do I downgrade my installation of VS Community? It's completely unusable for me now because one of my solutions is failing to build even though there are no compile errors. | 2020/08/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/63304331",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1159763/"
] | Here is the official source for all previous versions of all 3 product lines: <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#release-dates-and-build-numbers> | I had a similar challenge, where I needed an older minor version(16.5) of VS 2019 with Xamarin together with the latest and updated C++ features of 16.10 [side-by-side](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/install-visual-studio-versions-side-by-side?view=vs-2019#install-minor-visual-studio-versions-side-by-side), both Community.
What worked for me was:
1. On another machine without any VS 2019 versions installed, [download the vs\_Professional.exe bootstrap file for the minor version you want](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/history#release-dates-and-build-numbers) and install in a custom folder name(e.g. 2019\_16.5) the Community flavor by cancelling the workload selection, like [@Alejandro describes in his answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/64491972/12802435).
2. Copy the whole VS installation folder to the developer computer where you already have Visual Studio 2019 installed.
3. Copy the corresponding folder inside *[%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages\\_Instances\](https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/visual-studio-installer-cant-find-existing-install/784940#T-N786634)* to the same place on the developer computer.
4. On the developer computer, run the Visual Studio Installer. The new minor version should appear in the list. Choose *Repair*.
5. Modify and add the workloads and components you need for this installation.
I am not sure if step 2 is required or whether this just worked by chance for me and maybe can not be reproduced, but it might be worth a try.
[Screenshot of my VS Installer](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oMO7d.png) |
9,794,541 | *TL;DR available at the bottom*
I've been trying to figure out a way to get two laptops (both running Ubuntu) to be able to pass basic messages back and forth *without* the need for them to be connected via a wireless network,either by an AP or ad-hoc. I want to reiterate here that ad-hoc networking is *not* what I'm looking for, I've seen many similar questions here with that as the answer.
I guess what I'm asking is: how do I achieve this? All I really need is for one computer to be able to send a packet, and then for another to pick it up via a packet sniffer of some kind.
Currently: I have both laptops in monitor mode (via a mon0 interface created from aircrack-ng's airmon-ng)so that they can sniff nearby traffic (with Wireshark, tcpdump,tcpcump.org's sample libpcap code, and opening a raw socket and just printing out all the packets. I tried each just because I thought one could be doing something differently/leaving something out). I also have a very basic program that consists of opening a raw socket to send crafted ethernet frames out to the air, but I can't get my two machines to see the other's packets. The sniffer running on each machine can only see the packets going out of that machine (in addition to nearby beacons/control traffic from wifi in the area).
Some things to note that might be important are:
-the packets I'm sending out appear in Wireshark (only on the sending machine) as malformed 802.11 packets (probably because I'm just filling them with junk data for now). I was under the impression that my other laptop would also see them as malformed packets, but it gets nothing
-the sockets I'm using are from a call to socket(PF\_PACKET,SOCK\_RAW,ETH\_P\_ALL). Raw sockets are something I just recently was aware of, so I could be misunderstanding how they work, but my impression is that I can craft a layer 2 packet by hand and ship out straight out to the wire/air.
If you're curious as to *why* I want to do something like this, it's part curiosity, part research for a project I'm working on. I want to streamline / automate the process of setting up an ad-hoc network, and what I'm trying to do here is for the laptops to do a small exchange to figure out the specifics of the adhoc network they are about to create and then make/join that network automatically, instead of either one person explicitly setting up the network OR having both people pre-decide the name, etc of the network and have both computers constantly trying to connect to that specific one.
I'm more interested if I'm going about this process in the right way rather than if my code works or not, if someone thinks me posting my (very basic, taken from another post on Stack Overflow) raw socket code will help, I can.
Edit: I am more than happy to post a complete set of code with instructions if I can get this working. I couldn't find much helpful info on this topic on the internet, and I'd love to put it up for future people trying to do the same thing.
**TL;DR** I want to send out a packet from one laptop and pick it up on another via a packent sniffer of some sort. No wifi network or ad-hoc network involved. Something akin to spoofing an AP's beacon frame (or similar) for the purpose of sending small amounts of data.
Edit 2:After some thought, perhaps what I'm looking for is some kind of raw 802.11 use? Having direct control of the wifi radio? Is such a thing possible? | 2012/03/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9794541",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/393031/"
] | I found out I was able to send packets out through my monitor mode interface as long as I had correct 802.11 with radiotap headers. I think the problem I was originally experiencing (not being able to sniff the packets) was because they were malformed and thus not actually getting sent out.
I was able to accomplish this by adapting the example code found [here, courtesy of someone named Evan Jones](http://www.evanjones.ca/software/fakeaps.c), except I did not need to use an Atheros based card or Madwifi drivers, everything worked fine with the mon0 interface created with aircrack-ng. | I am certain that Apple Mac do this. Apple call it 'bonjour'. There may well be a proper IETF spec for it. This is an [Article on Bonjour](http://compnetworking.about.com/b/2008/12/09/what-is-bonjour.htm) this is [Wikipedia on an open component of bonjour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_Sleep_Proxy) which might help get you moving. |
158,755 | Every sector has them: the employee who has had very little formal training about a certain program, device or concept, but has done research into it himself and figured out just enough to have a negative impact on the normal operations.
I'm talking about something like a manager who knows just enough about Outlook to make a software extension to regularly delete some unneeded contacts, but not enough to realize that this extension will remove those contacts from the contact managing server as well. Or a soccer mom who knows that they can refill their oil under the hood, but can't tell their oil tank from their wiper fluid canister.
I'm looking for a way to express this in as little words as possible, preferably a single word, but 2 or 3 words will also be fine. I'm specifically looking for an adjective, something you can say about a person like "He's X" or "That X man". | 2014/03/20 | [
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] | You'll probably get quite a few suggestions, but unless they're really good I'd stick with your own wording, "knowing just enough to be dangerous". It's good as it stands, and isn't too long either. But I'll just suggest replacing "dangerous", because as commonly used it implies danger in a wider area than that of mere technical competence. Someone might be described as "dangerous" if they are a threat to the politics of the office, a back-stabber, a gossip, a schemer. To restrict it to the area you're talking about, I'd say "knowing just enough to be a hazard", or "just enough to be a menace". | People used to say "sophomoric", as in somebody who's had just enough education to start making foolish selections from their new store of knowledge. "Sophomore" (do they still call second-year college students sophomores?) comes from the Greek roots for "wise" and "foolish".
I haven't heard the usage in years though, so you might end up just puzzling your audience. |
158,755 | Every sector has them: the employee who has had very little formal training about a certain program, device or concept, but has done research into it himself and figured out just enough to have a negative impact on the normal operations.
I'm talking about something like a manager who knows just enough about Outlook to make a software extension to regularly delete some unneeded contacts, but not enough to realize that this extension will remove those contacts from the contact managing server as well. Or a soccer mom who knows that they can refill their oil under the hood, but can't tell their oil tank from their wiper fluid canister.
I'm looking for a way to express this in as little words as possible, preferably a single word, but 2 or 3 words will also be fine. I'm specifically looking for an adjective, something you can say about a person like "He's X" or "That X man". | 2014/03/20 | [
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] | You'll probably get quite a few suggestions, but unless they're really good I'd stick with your own wording, "knowing just enough to be dangerous". It's good as it stands, and isn't too long either. But I'll just suggest replacing "dangerous", because as commonly used it implies danger in a wider area than that of mere technical competence. Someone might be described as "dangerous" if they are a threat to the politics of the office, a back-stabber, a gossip, a schemer. To restrict it to the area you're talking about, I'd say "knowing just enough to be a hazard", or "just enough to be a menace". | (dangerous) overconfidence.
Although I agree with Terpsichore that the idiomatic expression isn't really too long or difficult to understand as-is. |
158,755 | Every sector has them: the employee who has had very little formal training about a certain program, device or concept, but has done research into it himself and figured out just enough to have a negative impact on the normal operations.
I'm talking about something like a manager who knows just enough about Outlook to make a software extension to regularly delete some unneeded contacts, but not enough to realize that this extension will remove those contacts from the contact managing server as well. Or a soccer mom who knows that they can refill their oil under the hood, but can't tell their oil tank from their wiper fluid canister.
I'm looking for a way to express this in as little words as possible, preferably a single word, but 2 or 3 words will also be fine. I'm specifically looking for an adjective, something you can say about a person like "He's X" or "That X man". | 2014/03/20 | [
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] | People used to say "sophomoric", as in somebody who's had just enough education to start making foolish selections from their new store of knowledge. "Sophomore" (do they still call second-year college students sophomores?) comes from the Greek roots for "wise" and "foolish".
I haven't heard the usage in years though, so you might end up just puzzling your audience. | (dangerous) overconfidence.
Although I agree with Terpsichore that the idiomatic expression isn't really too long or difficult to understand as-is. |
18,100 | I have heard that it has been narrated from Imam Jafar Sadiq (peace be upon him) as the sixth Imam of Shia Islam that he said:
>
> Solaiman bin Dawood (a.s.) is the last prophet who enters the heaven
> (Jannah).
>
>
>
But I wonder what the reason is that he will enter the heaven as the last prophet? | 2014/10/22 | [
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] | ***In the name of Allah, the most compassionate, the most merciful***
In regards to the query that:
>
> Why Solaiman bin Dawud(a.s.) is the last prophet who enters the
> heaven?
>
>
>
Briefly speaking, the response can be related to the properties and the equipment which Solaiman bin Dawud (a.s.) had. As a consequence, he will has a long audit because of them (in compare with other prophets). Therefore that’s why he is the last prophet who enters the heaven.
***Source Books:***
>
> 1 - داستانهای صاحبدلان، ج 2، ص 65
>
>
> 2 - بحارالانوار، ج 73، ص 81
>
>
> 3 - پندهای جاویدان، ص 167
>
>
> 4 - حیوةالقلوب، ج 1، ص 370
>
>
>
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Reference link:
* [www.isna.ir/fa/news](http://%20%20http://www.isna.ir/fa/news/92021509565/%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA) | I actually heard this in one lecture on YouTube. The guy who was holding the lecture said that Sulayman (a.s.) will be the last among the prophets to enter heaven because of all of the things and abilities he got from Allah (s.w.t) in this world.
But this is just something that I heard, and Allah (s.w.t) knows best. |
75,946 | Edit: everyone who's answered has been very helpful -- I tried to select all 3 answers as "the" answer but in the end it only let me choose one. Thanks to all!
I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
I'd welcome your recommendations on what to look for, how they should fit (in comparison to regular shoes, as well), whether there are any types or brands that are 'safer' (easier to unfasten from the pedals in an emergency), and whether there are any tips you can offer from your experience.
For what it's worth, I have a Giant gravel bike which I'm riding solely in asphalt at the moment, but am thinking of moving to a road bike one of these days.
Thanks in advance | 2021/04/01 | [
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] | Your shoes should fit quite snug. That means that the heel should not move up and down when you are trying it. Later when riding you will want to pull the pedal with your foot.
On the other hand it should not restrict your blood flow or otherwise painfully press on any portion of the foot.
Be aware that for a gravel bike you typically want an MTB system (SPD, Crank Brothers,...) while on road bikes most people use road bike cleat systems (LOOK, SPD-SL, Speedplay,...) that are very uncomfortable for walking or running. The choice is on you, really. I use one type of shoe and cleat for all my three bikes - MTB, road, gravel.
I do NOT recommend any beginners cleats that would enable you to unclip by pulling your foot up. You would just get bad habits. Instead, just accept that you will fall once or twice after stopping. Try to stop safely out of running cars.
Some pedals enable you to loosen them so they release earlier (e.g. SPD). Other may be set up with different (beginner-friendly) release angles by choosing the cleats (e.g. Crank Brothers). But do not buy those that will release when pulling up.
The choice of cleats may also determine the float (how much you can turn your foot freely) - that is very personal. I like loats of float, some other people do not want any float at all. | >
> I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
>
>
>
Don't be nervous. You'll learn the unclipping motion instantly. I have never crashed due to not being able to unclip quickly enough. Actually what is hard with clipless pedals is clipping in, sometimes it takes a second or two. But unclipping is easy.
The most important feature you want to look for is that you must be able to walk on the clipless shoes like you walk on regular shoes. An unfortunately large fraction of clipless pedal systems has protruding cleats that prevent walking. So you can't stop and buy something to drink at a grocery store ... unless you like to walk like a duck.
Fortunately, Shimano sells SPD pedals (regular SPD, not SPD-SL) that has the cleats embedded in the shoe in a manner that allows walking on the shoes.
With SPD, you can select single release and multi release cleats. Single release cleats allow unclipping only for the intended unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, you can basically unclip using any motion. I recommend single release cleats. It's not that hard to learn the unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, there's the problem that regular forceful pedaling can cause an unintended unclipping event, causing you to crash.
The Shimano SPD pedals have a tension adjustment screw so you can set the tension really loose for training clipless pedal use but you'll want to tighten it later when you have learned how to clip in and unclip.
My recommendation for the pedals is PD-T8000 because they have the mandatory pedal reflectors required by the law in many jurisdictions, and they also have a regular side that allows you to ride on any shoes, not just clipless shoes. You might think having clipless side on one side only would be bad because you never know which side is up, but these PD-T8000 pedals have a heavy side and a light side so when stopping they are in a well-determined position. So this allows you to time putting your feet on the pedals in such a manner that you always repeatedly hit the side you want to hit.
You can select shoes from Shimano or from some other brand, but do ensure they have the two-bolt attachment for SPD cleats. At least Shimano shoes are sized such that a given size is sold with a bit larger number so the usual advice is to select one size up. For example, my regular shoes are size 43 but I use size 44 Shimano shoes.
Also if you ride at 5 degrees Celsius or colder, you'll want to buy a separate pair of shoes that are intended for cold weather, and if you ride at arctic temperatures you'll need a third pair of shoes for extreme cold. |
75,946 | Edit: everyone who's answered has been very helpful -- I tried to select all 3 answers as "the" answer but in the end it only let me choose one. Thanks to all!
I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
I'd welcome your recommendations on what to look for, how they should fit (in comparison to regular shoes, as well), whether there are any types or brands that are 'safer' (easier to unfasten from the pedals in an emergency), and whether there are any tips you can offer from your experience.
For what it's worth, I have a Giant gravel bike which I'm riding solely in asphalt at the moment, but am thinking of moving to a road bike one of these days.
Thanks in advance | 2021/04/01 | [
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] | You need shoes, cleats and pedals all to be compatible.
(There's also an implication that you have two feet, and nothing unusual there.)
Shoes have to fit your feet comfortably, with a close fit around the rear and across the instep. Personally I find a slight roominess around the toes to be ideal. You can get shoes with laces, velcro, ratchets, elastic and weird string systems, none of which makes a big difference.
The shoe has to fit the cleat, and there are two main interfaces being 2 bolt and 3 bolt. Some shoes have 5 holes to fit both styles, but they're relatively uncommon. 2 bolt shoes often recess the cleat into the sole a bit, so that walking is mostly normal, whereas 3 bolt cleats are totally below the sole and walking in the shoes is unpleasant, and only for short distances.
The pedal you choose has to match the cleat - most new pedals come with a starter pair of cleats in the box.
3 bolt cleats tend to be made of plastic and are good for 3-12 months of usage, depending on how much you walk and how often you put your foot down. I found my left foot wore twice as fast, mostly due to my habit of rotating onto the bike.
2 bolt cleats tend to be made of metal, and they last much longer. However the walkable shoes tend to be softer and less "efficient" at transferring power. So fast roadies still go for the cloppy 3 bolt road cleat. 2 bolt cleats are reputed to cope better with mud, so are more the domain of the MTB and the cyclocross runner.
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You can ride a road clipless pedal while wearing flat shoes, provided the sole is stout. There's less platform so its a lot more slippery, but it can be done. You can also slip some old cleats into the pedal to make it better, or purchase some "platform adapters" in case you want to ride the road bike to work/shops but wear normal shoes.
It is totally okay to ride road 3 bolt pedals on a MTB, or 2 bolt pedals on a road bike. Noone changes their shoes between the different sorts of cleats regularly, instead they'd buy two pairs of shoes and leave them set up. Given pedals are cheaper than shoes, it is acceptable to have several bikes with the same style of pedal.
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I got some clipless shoes ~5 years ago, and I have never fallen due to the shoes. That you have to fall a couple times is a myth. While it might happen from a moment of inattention, just learn to unclip while coasting up to a stop and you're generally fine.
I've had minor slips (not a fall) when walking in cleats, and sometimes while stopping because the cleat didn't give great traction on the road surface especially when wet. | >
> I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
>
>
>
Don't be nervous. You'll learn the unclipping motion instantly. I have never crashed due to not being able to unclip quickly enough. Actually what is hard with clipless pedals is clipping in, sometimes it takes a second or two. But unclipping is easy.
The most important feature you want to look for is that you must be able to walk on the clipless shoes like you walk on regular shoes. An unfortunately large fraction of clipless pedal systems has protruding cleats that prevent walking. So you can't stop and buy something to drink at a grocery store ... unless you like to walk like a duck.
Fortunately, Shimano sells SPD pedals (regular SPD, not SPD-SL) that has the cleats embedded in the shoe in a manner that allows walking on the shoes.
With SPD, you can select single release and multi release cleats. Single release cleats allow unclipping only for the intended unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, you can basically unclip using any motion. I recommend single release cleats. It's not that hard to learn the unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, there's the problem that regular forceful pedaling can cause an unintended unclipping event, causing you to crash.
The Shimano SPD pedals have a tension adjustment screw so you can set the tension really loose for training clipless pedal use but you'll want to tighten it later when you have learned how to clip in and unclip.
My recommendation for the pedals is PD-T8000 because they have the mandatory pedal reflectors required by the law in many jurisdictions, and they also have a regular side that allows you to ride on any shoes, not just clipless shoes. You might think having clipless side on one side only would be bad because you never know which side is up, but these PD-T8000 pedals have a heavy side and a light side so when stopping they are in a well-determined position. So this allows you to time putting your feet on the pedals in such a manner that you always repeatedly hit the side you want to hit.
You can select shoes from Shimano or from some other brand, but do ensure they have the two-bolt attachment for SPD cleats. At least Shimano shoes are sized such that a given size is sold with a bit larger number so the usual advice is to select one size up. For example, my regular shoes are size 43 but I use size 44 Shimano shoes.
Also if you ride at 5 degrees Celsius or colder, you'll want to buy a separate pair of shoes that are intended for cold weather, and if you ride at arctic temperatures you'll need a third pair of shoes for extreme cold. |
75,946 | Edit: everyone who's answered has been very helpful -- I tried to select all 3 answers as "the" answer but in the end it only let me choose one. Thanks to all!
I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
I'd welcome your recommendations on what to look for, how they should fit (in comparison to regular shoes, as well), whether there are any types or brands that are 'safer' (easier to unfasten from the pedals in an emergency), and whether there are any tips you can offer from your experience.
For what it's worth, I have a Giant gravel bike which I'm riding solely in asphalt at the moment, but am thinking of moving to a road bike one of these days.
Thanks in advance | 2021/04/01 | [
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] | One minor thing may be worth mentioning: different brands tend to make shoes that fit differently. From your other footwear, you may have got the sense that your feet are relatively wide or narrow, or you may have got the sense that they're relatively high volume (aka high instep). If you have feedback like this, ask someone at the bike store for help. However, be aware that not everyone at the store may be knowledgeable about this, because bikes and human bodies are complex and not everyone may know everything. If your feet are especially hard to fit, ask for someone knowledgeable.
My impression is that Specialized, Shimano, and Lake have tended to have slightly wider toe boxes, i.e. the front of the shoe. Sidi shoes in general and most Giro models tend to be narrower. That's not a comprehensive list, it's just what I recall. Many brands make wide or high-volume versions of their shoes if you want to go that route, but bike stores may not have those versions in stock.
If you fall or crash, my experience has been that you come unclipped in the process, even if you have set the release tension relatively high. I realize that a non-cyclist might think that this sounds oblivious to danger, but I can attest that it is so.
A last minor point: there is absolutely nothing wrong with 2 bolt shoes on road bikes if you want them. If you're with a serious roadie group, you will be going against convention, but you can decide if that matters to you or not. I subjectively feel like my road pedals are a bit more stable than my MTB pedals, but the difference isn't large. I'm not sure it would be detectable in a lab. I don't believe that an XC mountain bike shoe is more flexible than a road shoe of the same price point, although I have no experience with non-XC shoes. On my smart trainer, I've done functional threshold power tests on both road and MTB shoes pedals, and performed pretty closely. My off-road shoes have a nylon sole, vs the mid- to high-end carbon sole on my road shoes to boot. I also don't perceive a huge difference between power transfer in each shoe. | >
> I'm interested in purchasing my first pair of clipless bike shoes, principally in order to get the bike fitted properly, but also for performance reasons. I've put it off until now because I've been a bit nervous about getting stuck and falling over.
>
>
>
Don't be nervous. You'll learn the unclipping motion instantly. I have never crashed due to not being able to unclip quickly enough. Actually what is hard with clipless pedals is clipping in, sometimes it takes a second or two. But unclipping is easy.
The most important feature you want to look for is that you must be able to walk on the clipless shoes like you walk on regular shoes. An unfortunately large fraction of clipless pedal systems has protruding cleats that prevent walking. So you can't stop and buy something to drink at a grocery store ... unless you like to walk like a duck.
Fortunately, Shimano sells SPD pedals (regular SPD, not SPD-SL) that has the cleats embedded in the shoe in a manner that allows walking on the shoes.
With SPD, you can select single release and multi release cleats. Single release cleats allow unclipping only for the intended unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, you can basically unclip using any motion. I recommend single release cleats. It's not that hard to learn the unclipping motion. With multi release cleats, there's the problem that regular forceful pedaling can cause an unintended unclipping event, causing you to crash.
The Shimano SPD pedals have a tension adjustment screw so you can set the tension really loose for training clipless pedal use but you'll want to tighten it later when you have learned how to clip in and unclip.
My recommendation for the pedals is PD-T8000 because they have the mandatory pedal reflectors required by the law in many jurisdictions, and they also have a regular side that allows you to ride on any shoes, not just clipless shoes. You might think having clipless side on one side only would be bad because you never know which side is up, but these PD-T8000 pedals have a heavy side and a light side so when stopping they are in a well-determined position. So this allows you to time putting your feet on the pedals in such a manner that you always repeatedly hit the side you want to hit.
You can select shoes from Shimano or from some other brand, but do ensure they have the two-bolt attachment for SPD cleats. At least Shimano shoes are sized such that a given size is sold with a bit larger number so the usual advice is to select one size up. For example, my regular shoes are size 43 but I use size 44 Shimano shoes.
Also if you ride at 5 degrees Celsius or colder, you'll want to buy a separate pair of shoes that are intended for cold weather, and if you ride at arctic temperatures you'll need a third pair of shoes for extreme cold. |
128,522 | I'm working in a software company in India where I have lodged a complaint to the owner regarding a director I have had difficulties with.
Now I am applying for a position in a new company but the director (whom I complained about) is withholding providing verification of my employment unless I withdraw my complaint.
What would be the best way to proceed? | 2019/02/08 | [
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] | This is an unpleasant situation - it's certainly not fair or right that the director is holding your verification to ransom in this manner.
That said however - if there is no-one else in the company who can provide you with the verification (Company owner maybe?) then ultimately you're going to have to choose whether this is a stand you are willing to risk missing out on the new opportunity over.
To be clear I'm not saying what the Director is doing is in any way okay or acceptable - but you have to be pragmatic and decide what is ultimately going to be best for you and for your life.
Good luck! | Bullies enjoy power and hate it when that power is worked around or removed.
Best way for that to happen for you to get alternative proof of employment and any proof you can of the situation you are in.
1. Get copies of any e-mails relating to the complaint. Anything that goes back and forth to show that it is an on-going complaint.
2. Send an email to the director directly asking why he won't provide/is withholding such a letter or in some other manner to get it documented.
3. Take photos (observe company and data security) of you clearly at work and possibly the position/work you to confirm role.
4. Any other documentation to show your working there, contact, wage/pay slips etc.
Take this to your new employer and show that your old director is stone-walling you in an attempt to bully you in to dropping the compliant and that this is why you cannot get the letter required.
See if they are able to drop this requirement given the issues that you are facing.
If this works then finally:
5. Raise a second complaint against this director for his actions and pursue that as well. |
128,522 | I'm working in a software company in India where I have lodged a complaint to the owner regarding a director I have had difficulties with.
Now I am applying for a position in a new company but the director (whom I complained about) is withholding providing verification of my employment unless I withdraw my complaint.
What would be the best way to proceed? | 2019/02/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128522",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is an unpleasant situation - it's certainly not fair or right that the director is holding your verification to ransom in this manner.
That said however - if there is no-one else in the company who can provide you with the verification (Company owner maybe?) then ultimately you're going to have to choose whether this is a stand you are willing to risk missing out on the new opportunity over.
To be clear I'm not saying what the Director is doing is in any way okay or acceptable - but you have to be pragmatic and decide what is ultimately going to be best for you and for your life.
Good luck! | For some reason I'd make the point to this director and raise another complaint against him about withholding the letter of employment and his attempt of blackmail... I'd bet the owner would love to hear about this too; and bullies will only stop when someone doesn't back down.
I'd also go around him and ask the HR team for a printed letter of employment - and stand next to them while they do it so that there's no chance of it getting intercepted. I'd expect them to be willing to do this as I'd wager that it's illegal to not provide one (though I'm certainly not an expert in Indian law!).
I can't believe that they'd have been told they're not allowed to give you the letter; and even if they have been, if you're friendly with them then I'm sure it'll go fine. |
128,522 | I'm working in a software company in India where I have lodged a complaint to the owner regarding a director I have had difficulties with.
Now I am applying for a position in a new company but the director (whom I complained about) is withholding providing verification of my employment unless I withdraw my complaint.
What would be the best way to proceed? | 2019/02/08 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128522",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99391/"
] | Bullies enjoy power and hate it when that power is worked around or removed.
Best way for that to happen for you to get alternative proof of employment and any proof you can of the situation you are in.
1. Get copies of any e-mails relating to the complaint. Anything that goes back and forth to show that it is an on-going complaint.
2. Send an email to the director directly asking why he won't provide/is withholding such a letter or in some other manner to get it documented.
3. Take photos (observe company and data security) of you clearly at work and possibly the position/work you to confirm role.
4. Any other documentation to show your working there, contact, wage/pay slips etc.
Take this to your new employer and show that your old director is stone-walling you in an attempt to bully you in to dropping the compliant and that this is why you cannot get the letter required.
See if they are able to drop this requirement given the issues that you are facing.
If this works then finally:
5. Raise a second complaint against this director for his actions and pursue that as well. | For some reason I'd make the point to this director and raise another complaint against him about withholding the letter of employment and his attempt of blackmail... I'd bet the owner would love to hear about this too; and bullies will only stop when someone doesn't back down.
I'd also go around him and ask the HR team for a printed letter of employment - and stand next to them while they do it so that there's no chance of it getting intercepted. I'd expect them to be willing to do this as I'd wager that it's illegal to not provide one (though I'm certainly not an expert in Indian law!).
I can't believe that they'd have been told they're not allowed to give you the letter; and even if they have been, if you're friendly with them then I'm sure it'll go fine. |
97,417 | I have a boolean modifier with the following settings that is modifying the object outlined in green with the following settings:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/R8qYU.png)
where Cube.018 are the 'ribs' around the edges (they are all joined together in 1 mesh for simplicity
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1u6Ax.png)
I'm trying to cut some holes in the main object (the ribs actually go into it a bit). As you can see, they all work fine up to when the ribs start intersecting with the extruding cylindrical object (that's actually PART of the green object; it was added in edit mode). Then it just starts going haywire with darker double surfaces (inverted normals? I tried flipping normals already though) and whatnot.
Any help is appreciated
EDIT: Not duplicate because nothing 'goes invisible' and as far as i can tell, nothing connects (although that may or may not be the cause of the double surfaced (?) faces. I also removed doubles for both meshes as well
EDIT 2: As requested by Mr Zak, here are some screenshots in edit mode and the blend file:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ztUCq.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YCR1X.png)
[](https://blend-exchange.giantcowfilms.com/b/4321/) | 2017/12/28 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/97417",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/50224/"
] | Finally I understand what @Brenticus was getting at when he kept using the word "deform"! If you use either the "Object" or "Group" methods to render the particles, you can in fact affect the rotation and/or location of the objects. Here is a video showing that much:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nf9LM.gif)
But what is missing is (in this case) the grass stems **deforming** along the hair particles. Here is the comparison:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FFBZX.gif)
So the answer to my original question is outlined below in my previous answer. I only need to add that you must rotate the object(s), generally 90 degrees along the y-axis because "hair particles use the global +X axis as 'up'". That is the case for either method.
That method works if it's not important to deform the object(s) along the hair particles, and you get the benefits of "Group" options, which are quite powerful. However, in making the comparison videos I noticed that the render time was considerably longer using that method, which is another thing to keep in mind.
If it's important for the objects to deform along the hair particles, then I strongly suspect Brenticus is right and that using a particle instance modifier as per [this post](https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/51259/how-can-i-use-hair-dynamics-with-instanced-geometry-and-have-it-deform-like-hair) is just not the best but the only way of doing it. I spent several hours looking for a way to get group objects to deform and could not.
**Previous answer (for Group and Object render method)**
The first part is the "initial orientation" which I had set to "Global Z" so that the grass grows straight up. Changing this to "Velocity Hair" was one necessary change.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IhrlM.jpg)
The second part is in the force field wind settings. Under "Effect point", I had deselected "Location" because I only want to affect the rotation of the grass stems. I guess that thinking was faulty. Selecting "Location" got the grass moving.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZktuZ.png)
So I now have the wind affecting the grass. | If you follow the above answer and it still doesn't work, check your **Viewport Display** > **amount**. The amount **MUST** be turned up to 100 for it to show in the viewport.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eMUGa.jpg) |
432,339 | Why does Steinbeck, when describing an old man's death, say "his breath *was* stopped" rather than "his breath *had* stopped"?
The context and full sentence below:
>
> Grampa seemed to be struggling; all his muscles twitched. And suddenly he jarred as though under a heavy blow. He lay still and his breath *was stopped*. Casy looked down at the old man's face and saw that it was turning a blackish purple.
>
>
>
*[The Grapes of Wrath](https://books.google.it/books?id=ClXiwSYzjtYC&pg=PT167&lpg=PT167&dq=%22his%20breath%20was%20stopped%22&source=bl&ots=xgo3_mTm55&sig=HyER_6Uurgj4BfZuH2Dmk7aY_aU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix-7q6ornZAhWGXhQKHTHQD-UQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22his%20breath%20was%20stopped%22&f=false)* by John Steinbeck
Is this an example of the simple past passive voice? | 2018/02/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/432339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/283029/"
] | I think people have been misinterpreting the question.
I believe the poster wants to know how to rephrase "They invited their friend(s)" to have each of those four meanings.
Here's how I'd do it:
1. They invited their friend.
2. They each invited a friend.
3. (Can't think of a way to concisely say one or more)
4. They each invited some friends. | >
> They invited only one person, who is the common friend of all of them.
>
>
>
This means that a common or mutual friend of them all has been invited.
>
> They invited one friend for each of them.
>
>
>
This may be rephrased to "Each one of them invited a friend."
>
> They invited one or more friend for each of them.
>
>
>
Each of them invited one friend or more. Similarly, this may be rephrased to "Each one of them invited one or more friends."
>
> They invited more than one friend for each of them.
>
>
>
This may be rephrased to "Each one of them invited more than one friend." |
11,135,032 | Part of our application polls for updates and then updates the model with the changes. It leaks, most noticeably in chrome. I saw the problem in **IE** when I left the application running for a long period but it's most noticeable in chrome (version of chrome is 19.0.1084.56 m).
There's an example on jsFiddle <http://jsfiddle.net/JApKE/9/>. Hit the refresh button over and over and you'll see the memory creep up.
We are using v2.1.0 (I saw in a previous question someone had said there was an issue with foreach bindings which was addressed in this release).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom | 2012/06/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11135032",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/360863/"
] | I don't see any noticeable increase in memory usage, anyway this post could be useful, it is about how to manipulate observable array in efficent ways: <http://www.knockmeout.net/2012/04/knockoutjs-performance-gotcha.html> | After clicking many times the memory will grow. but as soon you force the garbage collector to collect the memory will be freed.
You can start collecting by going in on the timeline tab of the chrome developer tools and clicking on start collecting icon. |
130,199 | Are there clustering algorithms that take advantage of bootstrap?
For example can one combine bootstrap with a standard K-Means algorithm to scale K-Means.
I was thinking if the following at a high-level:
1. Use bootstrap to create sub-samples from the elements that need to be clustered.
2. Each of these sub-samples should be the size that K-Means scale
3. K-Means each sub-sample in parallel
4. Use the co-occurrence of elements in clusters to extract clusters from the larger population
Thanks. | 2014/12/24 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/130199",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/14163/"
] | If you're still interested in applying **bootstrap** approach to *clustering*, I would recommend you to read the following two excellent and IMHO relevant answers: one on *applying bootstrapping to clustering* (<https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/11702/31372>) and another on *determining optimal number of clusters and more* (<https://stackoverflow.com/a/15376462/2872891>). In addition to some *fit measures*, mentioned in the above-referenced answers, I'd also suggest to use *AIC* and/or *BIC*, as described in answers to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/q/15839774/2872891), with more details [here](http://sherrytowers.com/2013/10/24/k-means-clustering).
There is a significant amount of **research literature** on using bootstrapping in clustering (for example, see [this](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0031320387900811) and [this](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167947311003215)). Despite being beyond my current knowledge level, interest and the scope of this answer, I would like to point to two specifically interesting resources. [This paper](http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~davidson/Publications/IEEEWorkshop.pdf) on using *bootstrapping* for **speeding up** K-means clustering might be also of interest, but requires "manual" implementation. [This blog post](http://aliquote.org/memos/2011/05/22/using-bootstrap-in-cluster-analysis) seems to me interesting and relevant to the topic as well.
As a side note, I would recommend you to take a look at an **alternative** (non-*K-means*) **approach** to clustering, called *model-based clustering*, as implemented in `mclust` R package. The approach, methods and software are described in the paper *"mclust Version 4 for R: Normal Mixture Modeling for Model-Based Clustering, Classification, and Density Estimation"* by Chris Fraley, Adrian E. Raftery, T. Brendan Murphy and Luca Scrucca: <http://www.stat.washington.edu/research/reports/2012/tr597.pdf>. | Usually, it will be good enough to run k-means on a *single* sample.
So yes, one can combine k-means with sampling, in two ways:
1. run k-means on the sample, and use the result.
2. run k-means on the sample, use the resulting centers, and continue on the full data set (which should usually converge within a small number of iterations now).
I'm not convinced that repeating the process with multiple samples is essential, or that performing a more complex sampling helps. It's a best practise to run it multiple times, and it may work well to use different samples then each time. |
459,615 | Is there a way to do it without sacrifices? | 2012/08/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/459615",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/-1/"
] | This does the job well:
Colors->Components->Decompose
* Set Color Model to RGBA
* Uncheck "Decompose to layers" - my personal preference
* OK
Colors->Components->Recompose
Swap the RED and ALPHA channels | It seems that "Colors -> Color To Alpha" should do the trick if you set the color to ff0000. |
208,980 | I am wondering about the differences. Based on my understanding, MLP is one kind of neural networks, where the activation function is sigmoid, and error term is cross-entropy(logistics) error. Looking for help, thanks! | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/208980",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/39551/"
] | You are right, MLP is one kind of neural network.
**There are several kinds of NN**, you can have a NN based on Radial Basis Function with a Soft gating strategy, for example. You can use a committee machine strategy to form a NN... | Multi-Layer Perceptron is a model of neural networks (NN). There are several other models including recurrent NN and radial basis networks. For an introduction to different models and to get a sense of how they are different, check this [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_artificial_neural_networks) out. |
208,980 | I am wondering about the differences. Based on my understanding, MLP is one kind of neural networks, where the activation function is sigmoid, and error term is cross-entropy(logistics) error. Looking for help, thanks! | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/208980",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/39551/"
] | You are right, MLP is one kind of neural network.
**There are several kinds of NN**, you can have a NN based on Radial Basis Function with a Soft gating strategy, for example. You can use a committee machine strategy to form a NN... | MLP is fully connected feed-forward network. In particular CNN which is partially connected, RNN which has feedback loop are not MLPs. |
208,980 | I am wondering about the differences. Based on my understanding, MLP is one kind of neural networks, where the activation function is sigmoid, and error term is cross-entropy(logistics) error. Looking for help, thanks! | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/208980",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/39551/"
] | You are right, MLP is one kind of neural network.
**There are several kinds of NN**, you can have a NN based on Radial Basis Function with a Soft gating strategy, for example. You can use a committee machine strategy to form a NN... | The main difference is that MLP is one way. Thus, it's a feedforward network without any loop. Whereas, Neural networks such as DNN can contain loops. See more [here](https://www.kaggle.com/getting-started/46727) |
208,980 | I am wondering about the differences. Based on my understanding, MLP is one kind of neural networks, where the activation function is sigmoid, and error term is cross-entropy(logistics) error. Looking for help, thanks! | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/208980",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/39551/"
] | MLP is fully connected feed-forward network. In particular CNN which is partially connected, RNN which has feedback loop are not MLPs. | Multi-Layer Perceptron is a model of neural networks (NN). There are several other models including recurrent NN and radial basis networks. For an introduction to different models and to get a sense of how they are different, check this [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_artificial_neural_networks) out. |
208,980 | I am wondering about the differences. Based on my understanding, MLP is one kind of neural networks, where the activation function is sigmoid, and error term is cross-entropy(logistics) error. Looking for help, thanks! | 2016/04/23 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/208980",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/39551/"
] | MLP is fully connected feed-forward network. In particular CNN which is partially connected, RNN which has feedback loop are not MLPs. | The main difference is that MLP is one way. Thus, it's a feedforward network without any loop. Whereas, Neural networks such as DNN can contain loops. See more [here](https://www.kaggle.com/getting-started/46727) |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | Sorta yes. It may be possible, but not likely.
One issue is that we don't know if all life would be the same handedness. There is no reason it should be, in fact it should be about 50/50. How much the handedness of compounds matter can range from not mattering at all to being very potent toxins where if you expose someone to a compound that is left handed it will really be beneficial, but if its right handed it will kill them instantly.
But let's say all life works on basically the same RNA/DNA system. Well, then you're pretty much down to the programming analogy. Basically, there is no reason for some 4 bits to be one command and another be a different one. You're just randomly asigning them, but all PCs can run most OSs because they all use roughly the same base level command structure. Assuming there is limited amount of options for what those biological commands are (which as faras I can tell that is the case) then it should be possible to give birth to a given species by alien species (ignoring other issues). As in if bob the human mated with Susan the martian, susan could give birth to a human, but she could not give birth to Human-Martian hybrid from just this, because the commands are only for a human or a martian, not both. 1 BIOS can run at a time and 1 OS can run at a time...
So how do you get a hybrid? Shells. You can run a shell program which allows you to run another BIOS/OS on the same computer while running the main OS. The Shell OS can make alteration to the files and such just as the main OS, but the main OS is in charge and also you are expending more resources to run both. Is this possible with biology? I see no reason why not.
So you'd then get a hybrid Martian-Human, but the Martian would be dominant to the point where you might as well not call it a hybrid.
The alien from the movie Species and the Asari from Mass Effect both seem to work in outward appearance similar to this. | "Is it plausible that there could be an alien species that has the capacity to mate with and share genetic material with many other alien species?"
No. Biology doesn't work like that. A human-Vulcan hybrid like Mr Spock couldn't arise via normal reproductive mating, but it could happen via biotechnology assisted reproduction. Fairly advanced biotechnology, but it's not inconceivable.
"Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being?"
Again no. But again this could happen via genetic technologies whereby genes can be shared (assuming the alien species involved have reasonably compatible molecular biology or, as we used to call it biochemistry).
Genetic hybrids already exist and current genetic engineering techniques can make them. Aliens with advanced technology could carry this process to the nth degree. They could make some interesting recombinant organisms. These could be better adapted to a wide range of environments. But could this lead to making a "super" being? Very doubtful. The concept of a "super" being is a mirage at best. |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | "Is it plausible that there could be an alien species that has the capacity to mate with and share genetic material with many other alien species?"
No. Biology doesn't work like that. A human-Vulcan hybrid like Mr Spock couldn't arise via normal reproductive mating, but it could happen via biotechnology assisted reproduction. Fairly advanced biotechnology, but it's not inconceivable.
"Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being?"
Again no. But again this could happen via genetic technologies whereby genes can be shared (assuming the alien species involved have reasonably compatible molecular biology or, as we used to call it biochemistry).
Genetic hybrids already exist and current genetic engineering techniques can make them. Aliens with advanced technology could carry this process to the nth degree. They could make some interesting recombinant organisms. These could be better adapted to a wide range of environments. But could this lead to making a "super" being? Very doubtful. The concept of a "super" being is a mirage at best. | On its own, no.
---------------
* Genetic material is not compatible. DNA is not compatible with structures of not only different chemicals, as would likely be present, but also different, non-helix shapes, making the combination of genetic structures **extremely improbable if not statistically impossible**.
* If the genetic material is somehow adapted by exchanging most of the molecules for compatible chemicals, and changing the shape (which your organism, however complex, probably cannot do), the genes produced will not have the same meaning to decoding enzymes or machines. What may mean blue eyes for species A could be decoded as an exoskeleton for species B.
* If you make the genetic molecules compatible, and make sure the genes represent what they are supposed to do, the offspring will likely be grotesque and
malformed. Cross a human and a cow and you will **not** get
a cow with a human head or a human with udders. Things will mix in a
number of unpredictable ways and kill the organism. Picture a human with a compartmentalized stomach, fur, a skewed metabolism, and a circulatory system that doesn't go through the entire body, effectively killing the creature at birth.
* If the body somehow functions, which is **very very unlikely**, the brain still probably won't. It will not have regions corresponding to every organ in the body, as a random combination of genes means not every organ gets representation. Additionally, it may have redundant regions that evolved to control something that this hybrid creature doesn't have.
* Finally, if all of the above conditions are met, and through impossible statistics, the organism is able to develop and survive, it will die in utero. The mother organism will create the child using the nutrients it knows how to process for *its own kind.* It will not process the nutrients the other organism inside of it needs to grow effectively.
However, complex machines can always solve your problems.
--------------------------------------------------------- |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | "Is it plausible that there could be an alien species that has the capacity to mate with and share genetic material with many other alien species?"
No. Biology doesn't work like that. A human-Vulcan hybrid like Mr Spock couldn't arise via normal reproductive mating, but it could happen via biotechnology assisted reproduction. Fairly advanced biotechnology, but it's not inconceivable.
"Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being?"
Again no. But again this could happen via genetic technologies whereby genes can be shared (assuming the alien species involved have reasonably compatible molecular biology or, as we used to call it biochemistry).
Genetic hybrids already exist and current genetic engineering techniques can make them. Aliens with advanced technology could carry this process to the nth degree. They could make some interesting recombinant organisms. These could be better adapted to a wide range of environments. But could this lead to making a "super" being? Very doubtful. The concept of a "super" being is a mirage at best. | ... I'm pretty sure there is an organism (not sure if single-celled or multi-cellular... though single-celled is more likely) which 'borrows' DNA from other organisms to add genetic variation & abilities due to being asexual reproducers. (From a quick google search i found that i might be referencing bdelloid's as they have this behaviour).
So it is possible to take genetic information from other organisms and use it to reproduce, the problem lies in whether your aliens have DNA/RNA or if their genetic code is compatible with other organisms.
I hope this answers your query. |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | Sorta yes. It may be possible, but not likely.
One issue is that we don't know if all life would be the same handedness. There is no reason it should be, in fact it should be about 50/50. How much the handedness of compounds matter can range from not mattering at all to being very potent toxins where if you expose someone to a compound that is left handed it will really be beneficial, but if its right handed it will kill them instantly.
But let's say all life works on basically the same RNA/DNA system. Well, then you're pretty much down to the programming analogy. Basically, there is no reason for some 4 bits to be one command and another be a different one. You're just randomly asigning them, but all PCs can run most OSs because they all use roughly the same base level command structure. Assuming there is limited amount of options for what those biological commands are (which as faras I can tell that is the case) then it should be possible to give birth to a given species by alien species (ignoring other issues). As in if bob the human mated with Susan the martian, susan could give birth to a human, but she could not give birth to Human-Martian hybrid from just this, because the commands are only for a human or a martian, not both. 1 BIOS can run at a time and 1 OS can run at a time...
So how do you get a hybrid? Shells. You can run a shell program which allows you to run another BIOS/OS on the same computer while running the main OS. The Shell OS can make alteration to the files and such just as the main OS, but the main OS is in charge and also you are expending more resources to run both. Is this possible with biology? I see no reason why not.
So you'd then get a hybrid Martian-Human, but the Martian would be dominant to the point where you might as well not call it a hybrid.
The alien from the movie Species and the Asari from Mass Effect both seem to work in outward appearance similar to this. | On its own, no.
---------------
* Genetic material is not compatible. DNA is not compatible with structures of not only different chemicals, as would likely be present, but also different, non-helix shapes, making the combination of genetic structures **extremely improbable if not statistically impossible**.
* If the genetic material is somehow adapted by exchanging most of the molecules for compatible chemicals, and changing the shape (which your organism, however complex, probably cannot do), the genes produced will not have the same meaning to decoding enzymes or machines. What may mean blue eyes for species A could be decoded as an exoskeleton for species B.
* If you make the genetic molecules compatible, and make sure the genes represent what they are supposed to do, the offspring will likely be grotesque and
malformed. Cross a human and a cow and you will **not** get
a cow with a human head or a human with udders. Things will mix in a
number of unpredictable ways and kill the organism. Picture a human with a compartmentalized stomach, fur, a skewed metabolism, and a circulatory system that doesn't go through the entire body, effectively killing the creature at birth.
* If the body somehow functions, which is **very very unlikely**, the brain still probably won't. It will not have regions corresponding to every organ in the body, as a random combination of genes means not every organ gets representation. Additionally, it may have redundant regions that evolved to control something that this hybrid creature doesn't have.
* Finally, if all of the above conditions are met, and through impossible statistics, the organism is able to develop and survive, it will die in utero. The mother organism will create the child using the nutrients it knows how to process for *its own kind.* It will not process the nutrients the other organism inside of it needs to grow effectively.
However, complex machines can always solve your problems.
--------------------------------------------------------- |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | Sorta yes. It may be possible, but not likely.
One issue is that we don't know if all life would be the same handedness. There is no reason it should be, in fact it should be about 50/50. How much the handedness of compounds matter can range from not mattering at all to being very potent toxins where if you expose someone to a compound that is left handed it will really be beneficial, but if its right handed it will kill them instantly.
But let's say all life works on basically the same RNA/DNA system. Well, then you're pretty much down to the programming analogy. Basically, there is no reason for some 4 bits to be one command and another be a different one. You're just randomly asigning them, but all PCs can run most OSs because they all use roughly the same base level command structure. Assuming there is limited amount of options for what those biological commands are (which as faras I can tell that is the case) then it should be possible to give birth to a given species by alien species (ignoring other issues). As in if bob the human mated with Susan the martian, susan could give birth to a human, but she could not give birth to Human-Martian hybrid from just this, because the commands are only for a human or a martian, not both. 1 BIOS can run at a time and 1 OS can run at a time...
So how do you get a hybrid? Shells. You can run a shell program which allows you to run another BIOS/OS on the same computer while running the main OS. The Shell OS can make alteration to the files and such just as the main OS, but the main OS is in charge and also you are expending more resources to run both. Is this possible with biology? I see no reason why not.
So you'd then get a hybrid Martian-Human, but the Martian would be dominant to the point where you might as well not call it a hybrid.
The alien from the movie Species and the Asari from Mass Effect both seem to work in outward appearance similar to this. | ... I'm pretty sure there is an organism (not sure if single-celled or multi-cellular... though single-celled is more likely) which 'borrows' DNA from other organisms to add genetic variation & abilities due to being asexual reproducers. (From a quick google search i found that i might be referencing bdelloid's as they have this behaviour).
So it is possible to take genetic information from other organisms and use it to reproduce, the problem lies in whether your aliens have DNA/RNA or if their genetic code is compatible with other organisms.
I hope this answers your query. |
58,764 | Kind of a "universal donor" or "universal recipient"? Aliens that can take on the qualities of several kinds of species and recombine them to make a kind of "super" being? | 2016/10/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/58764",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/28601/"
] | On its own, no.
---------------
* Genetic material is not compatible. DNA is not compatible with structures of not only different chemicals, as would likely be present, but also different, non-helix shapes, making the combination of genetic structures **extremely improbable if not statistically impossible**.
* If the genetic material is somehow adapted by exchanging most of the molecules for compatible chemicals, and changing the shape (which your organism, however complex, probably cannot do), the genes produced will not have the same meaning to decoding enzymes or machines. What may mean blue eyes for species A could be decoded as an exoskeleton for species B.
* If you make the genetic molecules compatible, and make sure the genes represent what they are supposed to do, the offspring will likely be grotesque and
malformed. Cross a human and a cow and you will **not** get
a cow with a human head or a human with udders. Things will mix in a
number of unpredictable ways and kill the organism. Picture a human with a compartmentalized stomach, fur, a skewed metabolism, and a circulatory system that doesn't go through the entire body, effectively killing the creature at birth.
* If the body somehow functions, which is **very very unlikely**, the brain still probably won't. It will not have regions corresponding to every organ in the body, as a random combination of genes means not every organ gets representation. Additionally, it may have redundant regions that evolved to control something that this hybrid creature doesn't have.
* Finally, if all of the above conditions are met, and through impossible statistics, the organism is able to develop and survive, it will die in utero. The mother organism will create the child using the nutrients it knows how to process for *its own kind.* It will not process the nutrients the other organism inside of it needs to grow effectively.
However, complex machines can always solve your problems.
--------------------------------------------------------- | ... I'm pretty sure there is an organism (not sure if single-celled or multi-cellular... though single-celled is more likely) which 'borrows' DNA from other organisms to add genetic variation & abilities due to being asexual reproducers. (From a quick google search i found that i might be referencing bdelloid's as they have this behaviour).
So it is possible to take genetic information from other organisms and use it to reproduce, the problem lies in whether your aliens have DNA/RNA or if their genetic code is compatible with other organisms.
I hope this answers your query. |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | Use [ijavascript](https://github.com/n-riesco/ijavascript).
This is compatible with Jupyter notebook and you can use it just like on Python environment.
The below is a screenshot taken from the official repository.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZakIU.png) | I wrote [node-help](https://github.com/foundling/node-help "node-help") for exactly this reason, maybe it would work for you? It pulls from the Node.js JSON API and works offline. Major versions 8,9 and 10 are supported.
There is no gui functionality for it, though, but I did take some care to make it easy on the eyes. |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | Use [ijavascript](https://github.com/n-riesco/ijavascript).
This is compatible with Jupyter notebook and you can use it just like on Python environment.
The below is a screenshot taken from the official repository.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZakIU.png) | I've been looking for "ipython for node" for years and here's how I would answer your question:
No. |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | Use [ijavascript](https://github.com/n-riesco/ijavascript).
This is compatible with Jupyter notebook and you can use it just like on Python environment.
The below is a screenshot taken from the official repository.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZakIU.png) | Give Data-Forge Notebook a try.
(I'm not affiliated in any way.)
<https://www.data-forge-notebook.com/> |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | I've been looking for "ipython for node" for years and here's how I would answer your question:
No. | I wrote [node-help](https://github.com/foundling/node-help "node-help") for exactly this reason, maybe it would work for you? It pulls from the Node.js JSON API and works offline. Major versions 8,9 and 10 are supported.
There is no gui functionality for it, though, but I did take some care to make it easy on the eyes. |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | I wrote [node-help](https://github.com/foundling/node-help "node-help") for exactly this reason, maybe it would work for you? It pulls from the Node.js JSON API and works offline. Major versions 8,9 and 10 are supported.
There is no gui functionality for it, though, but I did take some care to make it easy on the eyes. | Give Data-Forge Notebook a try.
(I'm not affiliated in any way.)
<https://www.data-forge-notebook.com/> |
42,039,868 | **Is there any kid of "repl + extra features" (like showing docs, module autoreload etc.), like iPython, but for Nodejs?**
And I mean something *that runs locally & offline.* This is a must. And preferably to work both in terminal mode and have an optional nicer GUI on top (like iPython + iPythonQT/Jupyter-qtconsole).
The standard Nodejs repl is usable, but it has horrible usability (clicking the up-arrow cycles through the repl hisoty *by line* instead of *by multi-line command*, as you would expect any sane repl to work for interactively experimenting with things like class statements), and is very bare-bones. Every time I switch from iPython to it it's *painful.* A browser's repl like Chrome's that you can run for node too by starting a node-inspector debug session is more usable... but also too cumbersome. | 2017/02/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/42039868",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/507537/"
] | I've been looking for "ipython for node" for years and here's how I would answer your question:
No. | Give Data-Forge Notebook a try.
(I'm not affiliated in any way.)
<https://www.data-forge-notebook.com/> |
44,118 | I have upgraded my ubuntu from 10.11 to 11.04.
The problem is, there is a horizontal mouse dead zone, I can not click in that area.
My laptop is Acer Aspire 5920G
But, when my friend installing ubuntu 11.04 in Vaio laptop, he gets the same problem with me, there is a mouse dead zone in the same area.
Anyone can help me to fix it?
I can not click on that zone (highlight in image) | 2011/05/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/44118",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/2997/"
] | This is a [known bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/709461) in Compiz, unfortunately it's not fixed yet but when it is it will be rolled out in an update. | just to inform I have the same problem, a little (~20cm x 1cm horizontal) rectangle on the screen is affected
is not always there appear after a while I don't know why
1. I don't use unity
2. I on ubuntu 11.04
3. I have compiz working with emerald 0.9.4
4. using gimp I clicked the screen until I surrounded the area then I did a red rectangle
 |
8,833,053 | Is there ability to get in some way Balance on CreditCard ?
API of Authorize.net or Paypal were examined on this subject and no results.
In real life any cash terminal can show to you balance on your credit card. That is why I assume there is some way to get this balance in web through some payment gateway.
Thanks in advance for answers! | 2012/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8833053",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1145173/"
] | I've dealt with many credit card processing APIs and unless it is an API for a gateway solution, they generally do not have methods to do much in the way of querying for information. You might see some capability (again, in a gateway API but not in a lower-level processor's API) to load details of the original transaction, but not much else.
This makes sense in terms of supporting high volume transactions. I visited FDMS once and talked to them a bit about their architecture. To maintain a > 1k TPS processing capability, they can't even wait for database writes when you're authorizing. That authorization code you get back is assigned from a pre-determined pool. The data about the transaction is pushed off to another process for persisting to a large back end system for later settlement. This is why many of the non-gateways have rules about waiting x minutes before trying to settle; the data isn't in the settlement system for a bit after authorization. This is also the reason why the authorization code expires after a while - they re-use it. (Someone got the bright idea that they'd charge you extra for letting the auth code expire.....probably due to the increased load of data they need to store in the settlement system waiting for these things to time out.)
Checking a credit balance is also not part of a normal credit card processing workflow. Mostly you attempt to authorize and get one of 3 results: a hard decline, a soft decline, or an authorization. A balance check isn't really needed, and would probably open up some privacy or security issues if it were available.
Cash cards (like pre-loaded Visas) use a different administrative activiation and management API. Gift cards work the same way, and you can use that administrative API to get balances. This is a special case because these technically aren't credit cards.
I've not dealt much with the back end settlement networks that the issuing banks and the acquiring banks use to transfer data during settlement. To get this kind of info, you'd have to have access to this network. You might want to check the "any cash terminal will give you a balance" statement a bit. It would make sense that you could get your balance from an issuing bank's ATM, but try to do it on one of those third-party type machines you find in gas stations that is not from your issuing bank to see if it works. If you use a true credit card (not a debit card - that is a different network entirely), I don't know that it will show you your balance. | The only thing that I can think of is to use the AuthOnly method and try running (and voiding) multiple transactions, incrementing the PaymentAmount values until it fails. |
8,833,053 | Is there ability to get in some way Balance on CreditCard ?
API of Authorize.net or Paypal were examined on this subject and no results.
In real life any cash terminal can show to you balance on your credit card. That is why I assume there is some way to get this balance in web through some payment gateway.
Thanks in advance for answers! | 2012/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8833053",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1145173/"
] | I've dealt with many credit card processing APIs and unless it is an API for a gateway solution, they generally do not have methods to do much in the way of querying for information. You might see some capability (again, in a gateway API but not in a lower-level processor's API) to load details of the original transaction, but not much else.
This makes sense in terms of supporting high volume transactions. I visited FDMS once and talked to them a bit about their architecture. To maintain a > 1k TPS processing capability, they can't even wait for database writes when you're authorizing. That authorization code you get back is assigned from a pre-determined pool. The data about the transaction is pushed off to another process for persisting to a large back end system for later settlement. This is why many of the non-gateways have rules about waiting x minutes before trying to settle; the data isn't in the settlement system for a bit after authorization. This is also the reason why the authorization code expires after a while - they re-use it. (Someone got the bright idea that they'd charge you extra for letting the auth code expire.....probably due to the increased load of data they need to store in the settlement system waiting for these things to time out.)
Checking a credit balance is also not part of a normal credit card processing workflow. Mostly you attempt to authorize and get one of 3 results: a hard decline, a soft decline, or an authorization. A balance check isn't really needed, and would probably open up some privacy or security issues if it were available.
Cash cards (like pre-loaded Visas) use a different administrative activiation and management API. Gift cards work the same way, and you can use that administrative API to get balances. This is a special case because these technically aren't credit cards.
I've not dealt much with the back end settlement networks that the issuing banks and the acquiring banks use to transfer data during settlement. To get this kind of info, you'd have to have access to this network. You might want to check the "any cash terminal will give you a balance" statement a bit. It would make sense that you could get your balance from an issuing bank's ATM, but try to do it on one of those third-party type machines you find in gas stations that is not from your issuing bank to see if it works. If you use a true credit card (not a debit card - that is a different network entirely), I don't know that it will show you your balance. | >
>
> >
> > Is there ability to get in some way Balance on CreditCard ?
> >
> >
> >
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>
No.
>
>
> >
> > API of Authorize.net or Paypal were examined on this subject and no results.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
That's because you can't get someone else's balance. It's private information.
>
>
> >
> > In real life any cash terminal can **show to you** balance on your credit card. That is why I assume there is some way to get this balance in web through some payment gateway.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Emphasis on the '**show to you**' part because you own the card. And the only allowed parties involved is the cardholder (with card in hand and pin) and the issuing bank and/or card company. Even over the phone there are security checks (Date of birth, zip/postal code, etc)
You will (should) never be able to get, through an API, gateway solution, or otherwise, the card holders balance unless you are affiliated with the issuing credit card and have been requested by the card holder after security checks.
This would be a gaping security and privacy hole. Think of all the professional credit card theifs being able to pull the balance amounts on thousands of credit cards in order to help know which cards and how much of an amount to charge, transfer and extort. |
8,833,053 | Is there ability to get in some way Balance on CreditCard ?
API of Authorize.net or Paypal were examined on this subject and no results.
In real life any cash terminal can show to you balance on your credit card. That is why I assume there is some way to get this balance in web through some payment gateway.
Thanks in advance for answers! | 2012/01/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8833053",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1145173/"
] | The only thing that I can think of is to use the AuthOnly method and try running (and voiding) multiple transactions, incrementing the PaymentAmount values until it fails. | >
>
> >
> > Is there ability to get in some way Balance on CreditCard ?
> >
> >
> >
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No.
>
>
> >
> > API of Authorize.net or Paypal were examined on this subject and no results.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
That's because you can't get someone else's balance. It's private information.
>
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> >
> > In real life any cash terminal can **show to you** balance on your credit card. That is why I assume there is some way to get this balance in web through some payment gateway.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Emphasis on the '**show to you**' part because you own the card. And the only allowed parties involved is the cardholder (with card in hand and pin) and the issuing bank and/or card company. Even over the phone there are security checks (Date of birth, zip/postal code, etc)
You will (should) never be able to get, through an API, gateway solution, or otherwise, the card holders balance unless you are affiliated with the issuing credit card and have been requested by the card holder after security checks.
This would be a gaping security and privacy hole. Think of all the professional credit card theifs being able to pull the balance amounts on thousands of credit cards in order to help know which cards and how much of an amount to charge, transfer and extort. |
23,050 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Are inertial dampeners a requirement for going to warp speed?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/7069/are-inertial-dampeners-a-requirement-for-going-to-warp-speed)
>
>
>
Inertial dampeners are used on Star Trek to prevent starship occupants from experiencing inertial effects of the ship. Clearly, for a ship to accelerate at a very high rate via impulse drive, the inertial dampeners are required to prevent harming any of the crew (and also to keep everyone's quarters from looking like the aftermath of an earthquake). However when [travelling at warp](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Warp_drive), a subspace bubble is erected around the ship. Does this mean that the dampeners are a requirement before traveling at warp speed, or not? | 2012/09/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/23050",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/5404/"
] | If I'm not mistaken, we don't even hear about inertial dampeners in Star Trek until the advent of TNG. This doesn't mean that they haven't been retconned back in, for instance they are discussed in Enterprise despite that show occurring earlier in the Star Trek canon's timeline.
If Star Trek warp drives are true Alcubierre drives, then the ship itself does not actually move. Rather it plucks up a piece of "spacetime" and forces that forward in reference to regular spacetime, but stays motionless inside of it. Such a description is consistent with what we hear both in TOS and TNG, but the writers have never explicitly confirmed it (and they couldn't until recently, the Alcubierre drive was hypothesized in the 1980s and TOS predates it).
If warp drives are not, then it is a complete toss-up whether they are actually required. Considering Star Trek's propensity for technobabble, this could indeed happen at some point when a creatively bankrupt writer needs some melodrama.
My wild guess is that the writers will continue to make warp drives consistent (at least as well as they understand it) with the Alcubierre drive, and thus inertial negation is not required either before or during a jump to warp. | Yes you need them. There is a Voyager episode, don't ask which, where the Voyager happens to approach the surface of a planet at alarming velocity, the inertia dampeners failing and Janeway asks: "Couldn't we go to a low warp speed" and Paris replies: "The ship would make it but we would only be smears on the back wall" (semantically translated, actual wording is probably different) |
8,917 | I often see lots of questions that are along the lines of 'What is the best software / tool for X?', or 'What is your favorite trick for x?'.
They seem to be the sort of questions that generate the most reputation, at least on serverfault. I kind of don't like these questions, but that is just me so I am wondering what the official take is. Is there another question that someone should ask themselves when posting this sort of question that determines if it is appropriate?
I personally don't mind, 'I am looking for a good tool to do the specific task of X'. Just the general / vague ones.
*Are these good questions? should they be community wiki?*
I am *sure* this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it searching this site. | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8917",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/131182/"
] | Any time I see something that is looking for the best, "must have", "most", etc, it is almost a dead give away to me that it is going to be an open-ended discussion and therefore going to get moved over to Community Wiki (this is SuperUser). So far it has been pretty effective at limiting the reputation affects these questions will have. | My instinct is to want more designations for questions, because I professionally find the "tools" posts to be FAR more useful (and appropriate for rep, tho maybe at half the level of actual questions) than the "joke" and "funniest" posts (which should have rep stripped from them, IMO, they have nothing to do with technical skill).
On the other hand, since they all fall into "not the stated purpose for the site" bucket, I could see where there's a lack of interest in creating the administrative overhead to subdivide questions into additional categories. |
8,917 | I often see lots of questions that are along the lines of 'What is the best software / tool for X?', or 'What is your favorite trick for x?'.
They seem to be the sort of questions that generate the most reputation, at least on serverfault. I kind of don't like these questions, but that is just me so I am wondering what the official take is. Is there another question that someone should ask themselves when posting this sort of question that determines if it is appropriate?
I personally don't mind, 'I am looking for a good tool to do the specific task of X'. Just the general / vague ones.
*Are these good questions? should they be community wiki?*
I am *sure* this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it searching this site. | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8917",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/131182/"
] | I tricky one; I think there is a big difference between asking the right tool for a specific job, and just wanting a "coolest" thread. We might have some old and long old posts, but IMO many of the new "funniest" / "coolest" really deserve deletion; they add nothing... and should *certainly* be wiki if they live...
I'm not hugely involved in superuser, but my *perception* is that a lot of people have suggested that the signal:noise on superuser is suffering badly because of these. I wonder if we might not need to get stricter about this to keep SU from degenerating. | My instinct is to want more designations for questions, because I professionally find the "tools" posts to be FAR more useful (and appropriate for rep, tho maybe at half the level of actual questions) than the "joke" and "funniest" posts (which should have rep stripped from them, IMO, they have nothing to do with technical skill).
On the other hand, since they all fall into "not the stated purpose for the site" bucket, I could see where there's a lack of interest in creating the administrative overhead to subdivide questions into additional categories. |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/946/outdated-answers-due-to-patches) is that out of date answers should be edited to be up to date.
The same mod has answered [a similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1339/how-should-we-deal-with-out-of-date-questions-answers), showing a markdown method to keep the original authors intent, but since has steered towards "leave a comment, alert the author" and "post your own, up to date answer".
[There is another similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1527/update-old-answers-according-to-patch-notes-for-unreleased-patch), however it does not appear to have had as much traffic, and the accepted answer appears to be a reference to the first question.
This is where my question comes in. **Is it appropriate to add completely new content to a question, where there is a new solution due to newer changes to the game**?
What defines the difference between updating an answer to be current, and going against the authors intent? | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It depends.** Yes, posting your own answer gives you more reputation (any reputation for users above 2k). But that's not really why we're here, no? We're here to provide expertise on a subject, not just to earn imaginary internet points.
With this in mind, it absolutely depends on what the edit entails. Remember the actual text of the "radical change" suggested edit rejection criteria: "Clearly conflicts with author intent". To me, this implies that an edit should be rejected under this criterion if it unambiguously conflicts with the intended meaning of the post: If your edit changes an answer's meaning entirely, for example, changing an outdated no to an updated yes, it should be a new answer. If your edit is describing a wholly new process by which a user can accomplish what they are asking about, then it should be a new answer.
But if you are merely updating basic information in an answer, or adding some minor information to an answer that is now incomplete after an update, that is absolutely acceptable. It doesn't do us any good to have 3 separate answers saying roughly the same thing because some of the details may have changed slightly.
Edits are not and should not be just for the express purpose of fixing grammatical and spelling errors, especially here on Arqade, where details are often subject to change on a monthly basis. We should be fixing minor details, where it doesn't *clearly* conflict with the author's intent, and posting new answers in cases where the original answer no longer applies. | ### Outdated answers without any possible use are bad and should not exist
Ideally, we want users that come to this site to find an answer to a question, to find the best answer immediately, right on top, accepted and/or highly upvoted.
**However**, this does not mean that the entirety of an answer should be changed in order to turn it into the correct answer. For example, take a look at the [answer currently in question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/181518/74333), [as it stood before the updates](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/revisions/181518/2):
>
> ### Simple Fix
>
>
> You can get the Steve Skin on Minecraft.net
>
>
> 1. Log in, go to Profile
> 2. [Download the reference skin](https://minecraft.net/images/char.png)
> 3. Upload the reference skin
>
>
> In this case you will have a Steve skin.
>
>
> ### Problems
>
>
> Uploading the reference skin still counts as there being a skin,
> because, well, it is there. The problem here is that skins uploaded to
> the skin server take precedence over skins included in Resource Packs
> (e.g. the default skin in Sphax PureBDCraft).
>
>
> Unfortunately there's no way to remove the skin from the skin-server
> completely.
>
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At the time, it was a good answer, presenting a semi-decent workaround to the issue. It garnered upvotes and was accepted by the OP. At some point after this answer was posted, this workaround was made completely obsolete for **anyone** (by a change on the Minecraft website, not a game or even launcher patch!). This makes everything written in it utterly useless. It has no redeeming qualities. Really, no one needs the information in this answer any more, and it is very highly unlikely that anyone in the future will.
That said, it is obvious that this information should not be there in the first place, and current information should be added. This would turn the answer into:
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> You can reset the skin on Minecraft.net
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> 1. Log in, go to Profile
> 2. Scroll down to "Reset your skin"
> 3. Press the "Reset" button
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> In this case you will have a Steve/Alex skin.
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That's not an edit, it's a re-write, and should not be done, no matter how useful it would make the answer again.
Coming back to my title, **outdated answers without any possible use are bad and should not exist**. In my opinion, the single best solution in this case is to **delete** the answer. The only reason I have not yet deleted this answer is because I *can't*, since it's the accepted answer. |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/946/outdated-answers-due-to-patches) is that out of date answers should be edited to be up to date.
The same mod has answered [a similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1339/how-should-we-deal-with-out-of-date-questions-answers), showing a markdown method to keep the original authors intent, but since has steered towards "leave a comment, alert the author" and "post your own, up to date answer".
[There is another similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1527/update-old-answers-according-to-patch-notes-for-unreleased-patch), however it does not appear to have had as much traffic, and the accepted answer appears to be a reference to the first question.
This is where my question comes in. **Is it appropriate to add completely new content to a question, where there is a new solution due to newer changes to the game**?
What defines the difference between updating an answer to be current, and going against the authors intent? | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Having recently updated one of my own answers and also having stumbled upon this post, I feel compelled to give my two cents on the issue.
Some backstory: I noticed an old answer of mine having received some upvotes and also a bounty prizing my contribution. When I checked the answer, despite still valid, misses some mechanics that were added a long time after posting the answer. For completeness' sake, I updated the answer.
The answer itself is phrased as a reference list, which makes updating its content relevant. Being the original author, that gives me the responsibility to care for the answer I posted, which is why one of the suggestions when handling obsolete posts is to inform the author. Who better knows what to change, add or remove, than the human who wrote the text in the first place?
Now, authors eventually stop paying attention to their posts. When this happens, it means the responsibility of keeping the posts on-par with the current state of the topic relies on the community and hence the problem of changing an author's intent.
Since there are several kinds of answers, it might be hard to not modify an author's intent when editing (in short, there's no one rule to edit them all).
* For a reference answer, where most or all of the text is comprised of references to sources, it may be easy to edit the answer while updating the content.
* For more textual answers (descriptions of mechanics, strategies or walkthroughs) it may be hard to modify the answer while reflecting newer content. This is due in my opinion to two factors: the usefulness of older strategies for historical or game version related reasons and the difficulty of analyzing the content of the answer (a strategy in v1.0 might be 90% effective but in v1.1 it might be 80%, which doesn't invalidate it).
There is also one relevant factor in play here: reputation. Editing while under 2000 reputation gives +2 if the edit is accepted. And a good edit might give a lot of upvotes to what would be a poor post. This has happened to me on Superuser, where I formated an answer that later went on to get more than 50 upvotes. If an edit to what is an outdated post is substantial, it might be more beneficial to create a new answer, thereby preserving the older answer for anyone interested in it, while contributing with an up-to-date answer.
In short, when dealing with outdated posts:
* Inform the author of needed changes and allow for some time to happen.
* If the author does nothing in some time:
+ If the edits reflect on short (new) references, add them, indicating when they stopped working.
+ If the edits are substantial, write a new answer.
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> Is it appropriate to add completely new content to a question, where there is a new solution due to newer changes to the game?
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Answering your question, it depends on the kind of answer you are editing. In my opinion and as you phrased it (assuming that the solution is substancial), add the new solution as an answer. If the older solution isn't invalidated, leave it be . In any case, feel free to indicate whether an answer has a more efficient solution or if it has been invalidated (as a comment or, in last resort, as an edit indicating an up-to-date answer). | I think it's best to edit the information into the answer.
One option is to add an answer with the new information. This is only good if the Question asker, changes the accepted answer. This is unlikely to happen though. So the problem is that the new (up to date) answer will be below the outdated (possibly incorrect) answer.
This means that visitors to the site coming from a search engine with the same question will first see the old accepted answer and then be given incorrect/outdated information. It's unlikely that they will go through all the answers before leaving, having been disappointed by the quality of our answers, this, I think, is bad for the site's reputation.
This is evident by [this answer](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/230532/106901) where a user added another answer likely because they did not find the information already in the top answer.
If new information becomes available then it should be added to an already accepted good answer. This allows for the best answer delivered to future visitors in the shortest amount of time.
The point is to give the best possible answer to questions, if we need to edit in more information then what's wrong with that?
As to the argument that it's "going against the OP's intention", I don't think that it is because they did not know about the new information at the time they posted. I would not mind people changing my answer so that it continues to be up to date and relevant. It means that the answer will provide even better information to anyone looking to answer a question.
This I think will also discourage downvoting of a good answer that has become outdated in an attempt to change visibility. |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/946/outdated-answers-due-to-patches) is that out of date answers should be edited to be up to date.
The same mod has answered [a similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1339/how-should-we-deal-with-out-of-date-questions-answers), showing a markdown method to keep the original authors intent, but since has steered towards "leave a comment, alert the author" and "post your own, up to date answer".
[There is another similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1527/update-old-answers-according-to-patch-notes-for-unreleased-patch), however it does not appear to have had as much traffic, and the accepted answer appears to be a reference to the first question.
This is where my question comes in. **Is it appropriate to add completely new content to a question, where there is a new solution due to newer changes to the game**?
What defines the difference between updating an answer to be current, and going against the authors intent? | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It depends.** Yes, posting your own answer gives you more reputation (any reputation for users above 2k). But that's not really why we're here, no? We're here to provide expertise on a subject, not just to earn imaginary internet points.
With this in mind, it absolutely depends on what the edit entails. Remember the actual text of the "radical change" suggested edit rejection criteria: "Clearly conflicts with author intent". To me, this implies that an edit should be rejected under this criterion if it unambiguously conflicts with the intended meaning of the post: If your edit changes an answer's meaning entirely, for example, changing an outdated no to an updated yes, it should be a new answer. If your edit is describing a wholly new process by which a user can accomplish what they are asking about, then it should be a new answer.
But if you are merely updating basic information in an answer, or adding some minor information to an answer that is now incomplete after an update, that is absolutely acceptable. It doesn't do us any good to have 3 separate answers saying roughly the same thing because some of the details may have changed slightly.
Edits are not and should not be just for the express purpose of fixing grammatical and spelling errors, especially here on Arqade, where details are often subject to change on a monthly basis. We should be fixing minor details, where it doesn't *clearly* conflict with the author's intent, and posting new answers in cases where the original answer no longer applies. | I disagree with the other answers. **It really depends on what sort of editing you are doing.**
**TL;DR** Edit if you're just updating old information, post a new answer if you're adding content.
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I believe edits **should be used if you are updating the existing, obselete information. You're not adding anything; just updating.** Look at the below example:
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> **Q:** [Minecraft] How can I make a golden apple?
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> **A:** You can make an 'enchanted golden apple' with one apple surrounded by 8 gold blocks.
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> ~~For a normal golden apple, you need to surround the apple in gold nuggets, which are dropped by Zombie Pigmen. However, this is less powerful than the enchanted version.~~
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> As of version 1.6.1, normal golden apples are created by surrounding an apple with 8 gold *ingots*.
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> [please note the history of golden apples has been simplified]
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This is a good edit as it updates the answer to the current version of the game without adding any additional unnecessary content. Any new content that you add yourself is going against the author's intent.
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However, **if you are adding new content** (such as a new strategy/procedure, or correcting the answer since it is wrong) **it should be posted as a new answer.**
Take the previous example; if I were to add that chickens now drop golden poop [they do not, ignore this example] and explained how to turn this into ingots (hence into golden apples), this would be a **bad** edit since it adds new content to the answer, which goes against the original intent of the answerer.
Anyway, posting a new answer will give you more rep than simply editing the existing answer, so you've got nothing to lose.
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So really, it depends what your edit is. Avoid overwriting the original post, but make sure that it is up to date.
If your new answer is up against a highly-voted answer which is out of date, edit in a notice stating that this content is out of date as of version X.X to make users read on.
Also, remember to **never edit completely incorrect answers to be correct**. [A question in the Meta.SE FAQ](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5408/what-is-the-etiquette-for-correcting-old-questions-with-incorrect-answers) has already decided that incorrect content should not be edited to be correct. |
10,765 | It is a given that, with time, questions and answers will become out dated. Good answers will not always apply to future patches, and questions may concern issues that simply do not exist in newer patches.
I have been linked to a few meta posts regarding the appropriate action. [The consensus here](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/946/outdated-answers-due-to-patches) is that out of date answers should be edited to be up to date.
The same mod has answered [a similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1339/how-should-we-deal-with-out-of-date-questions-answers), showing a markdown method to keep the original authors intent, but since has steered towards "leave a comment, alert the author" and "post your own, up to date answer".
[There is another similar question](https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1527/update-old-answers-according-to-patch-notes-for-unreleased-patch), however it does not appear to have had as much traffic, and the accepted answer appears to be a reference to the first question.
This is where my question comes in. **Is it appropriate to add completely new content to a question, where there is a new solution due to newer changes to the game**?
What defines the difference between updating an answer to be current, and going against the authors intent? | 2015/08/04 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10765",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **It depends.** Yes, posting your own answer gives you more reputation (any reputation for users above 2k). But that's not really why we're here, no? We're here to provide expertise on a subject, not just to earn imaginary internet points.
With this in mind, it absolutely depends on what the edit entails. Remember the actual text of the "radical change" suggested edit rejection criteria: "Clearly conflicts with author intent". To me, this implies that an edit should be rejected under this criterion if it unambiguously conflicts with the intended meaning of the post: If your edit changes an answer's meaning entirely, for example, changing an outdated no to an updated yes, it should be a new answer. If your edit is describing a wholly new process by which a user can accomplish what they are asking about, then it should be a new answer.
But if you are merely updating basic information in an answer, or adding some minor information to an answer that is now incomplete after an update, that is absolutely acceptable. It doesn't do us any good to have 3 separate answers saying roughly the same thing because some of the details may have changed slightly.
Edits are not and should not be just for the express purpose of fixing grammatical and spelling errors, especially here on Arqade, where details are often subject to change on a monthly basis. We should be fixing minor details, where it doesn't *clearly* conflict with the author's intent, and posting new answers in cases where the original answer no longer applies. | I think it's best to edit the information into the answer.
One option is to add an answer with the new information. This is only good if the Question asker, changes the accepted answer. This is unlikely to happen though. So the problem is that the new (up to date) answer will be below the outdated (possibly incorrect) answer.
This means that visitors to the site coming from a search engine with the same question will first see the old accepted answer and then be given incorrect/outdated information. It's unlikely that they will go through all the answers before leaving, having been disappointed by the quality of our answers, this, I think, is bad for the site's reputation.
This is evident by [this answer](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/230532/106901) where a user added another answer likely because they did not find the information already in the top answer.
If new information becomes available then it should be added to an already accepted good answer. This allows for the best answer delivered to future visitors in the shortest amount of time.
The point is to give the best possible answer to questions, if we need to edit in more information then what's wrong with that?
As to the argument that it's "going against the OP's intention", I don't think that it is because they did not know about the new information at the time they posted. I would not mind people changing my answer so that it continues to be up to date and relevant. It means that the answer will provide even better information to anyone looking to answer a question.
This I think will also discourage downvoting of a good answer that has become outdated in an attempt to change visibility. |
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