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87,320 | I am a developer who is used to being able to test and debug code.
Occasionally I have to make changes to our load balancer configuration. As far as I can see, if I mess this up it could stop the whole site working, but we don't have a way to test it off-line.
How do people test such things? I was hoping there would... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/87320",
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] | You can get a time (and some functionality) limited virtual edition of LTM that will run in vmware:
<https://www.f5.com/trial/>
Or a test virtual server on the production unit(s) is a good alternative. | I do this by setting up a second virtual (or set of virtuals) that are mapped to the same pools. You can then test the staging VIP by editing your /etc/hosts file (or Windows hosts file).
At this point I'll sing the praises of my outsourced DNS provider, Dynect (<http://dynect.com>). They have a Traffic Management fea... |
87,320 | I am a developer who is used to being able to test and debug code.
Occasionally I have to make changes to our load balancer configuration. As far as I can see, if I mess this up it could stop the whole site working, but we don't have a way to test it off-line.
How do people test such things? I was hoping there would... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/87320",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/536/"
] | You can get a time (and some functionality) limited virtual edition of LTM that will run in vmware:
<https://www.f5.com/trial/>
Or a test virtual server on the production unit(s) is a good alternative. | Having a test environment is the first answer.
I recommend to automate testing with any HTTP scenario injection tool.
Then comes the question how to keep your environments in sync, and I recommend to give up manual setup on production environment from admin interface.
Proposals to automate BigIP setup the DevOps way... |
87,320 | I am a developer who is used to being able to test and debug code.
Occasionally I have to make changes to our load balancer configuration. As far as I can see, if I mess this up it could stop the whole site working, but we don't have a way to test it off-line.
How do people test such things? I was hoping there would... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/87320",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/536/"
] | Other load balancers offer similar functionality to F5, and their vendors provide more useful test and development options.
You can get a development license for Zeus Traffic Manager (full functionality) or a Citrix VPX license (standard edition only), both limited to 1 MBits throughput (which should be adequate for m... | I do this by setting up a second virtual (or set of virtuals) that are mapped to the same pools. You can then test the staging VIP by editing your /etc/hosts file (or Windows hosts file).
At this point I'll sing the praises of my outsourced DNS provider, Dynect (<http://dynect.com>). They have a Traffic Management fea... |
87,320 | I am a developer who is used to being able to test and debug code.
Occasionally I have to make changes to our load balancer configuration. As far as I can see, if I mess this up it could stop the whole site working, but we don't have a way to test it off-line.
How do people test such things? I was hoping there would... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/87320",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/536/"
] | Other load balancers offer similar functionality to F5, and their vendors provide more useful test and development options.
You can get a development license for Zeus Traffic Manager (full functionality) or a Citrix VPX license (standard edition only), both limited to 1 MBits throughput (which should be adequate for m... | Having a test environment is the first answer.
I recommend to automate testing with any HTTP scenario injection tool.
Then comes the question how to keep your environments in sync, and I recommend to give up manual setup on production environment from admin interface.
Proposals to automate BigIP setup the DevOps way... |
3,925 | My daughter set a password on it and now does not remember it, how can I remove/reset the password?
The software version is 3.1.3. | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3925",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1522/"
] | Found it and putting it here for reference, simply hold the home and power button down for 10 seconds (ignoring the power off slider when it comes up) then keep the home button pressed down and release the power button. This needs to be done while connected to iTunes. At that point iTunes will offer to restore it. | I have an iPhone, not the touch, but it is probably similar...
You should be able to restore it to factory settings (including no password, removing all data though) from iTunes.
Plugging the iPhone into my computer and opening up iTunes, if I click on the iPhone in the left column of iTunes, there's a `Restore` butt... |
3,925 | My daughter set a password on it and now does not remember it, how can I remove/reset the password?
The software version is 3.1.3. | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3925",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1522/"
] | Found it and putting it here for reference, simply hold the home and power button down for 10 seconds (ignoring the power off slider when it comes up) then keep the home button pressed down and release the power button. This needs to be done while connected to iTunes. At that point iTunes will offer to restore it. | If you don't have iTunes on your computer they will do it for you in the apple store. |
3,925 | My daughter set a password on it and now does not remember it, how can I remove/reset the password?
The software version is 3.1.3. | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/3925",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/1522/"
] | I have an iPhone, not the touch, but it is probably similar...
You should be able to restore it to factory settings (including no password, removing all data though) from iTunes.
Plugging the iPhone into my computer and opening up iTunes, if I click on the iPhone in the left column of iTunes, there's a `Restore` butt... | If you don't have iTunes on your computer they will do it for you in the apple store. |
180,929 | So, when designing one of my sentient demihuman species for my fantasy world, I designed them to have greater sexual dimorphism.
**Astriads**, as a species, are artificially [divinely] modified humans, with (red hair, purple eyes, multiple pairs of short horns, but that doesn't really matter, but more importantly:) **... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/180929",
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] | It would be neutral at best, a liability at worst.
Ancient (and to a somewhat lesser extent, modern) warfare is mainly a matter of endurance, rather than strength. Classical battles were characterized by blocks of troops undertaking maneuvers, trying to force the opposition into an unfavorable position before driving ... | No real impact.
Physique is pretty much irrelevant beside discipline, organisation, morale, training, leadership and logistics.
“The moral is to the physical as three to one.” |
180,929 | So, when designing one of my sentient demihuman species for my fantasy world, I designed them to have greater sexual dimorphism.
**Astriads**, as a species, are artificially [divinely] modified humans, with (red hair, purple eyes, multiple pairs of short horns, but that doesn't really matter, but more importantly:) **... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/180929",
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"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/67499/"
] | **For truly ancient warfare these would be formidable champions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dzRLI.jpg)
Depicted: Sreng, champion of the Fir Bolg as depicted by Jim Fitzpatrick. Book of Conquests is so great!
Bronze Age battles were, according... | No real impact.
Physique is pretty much irrelevant beside discipline, organisation, morale, training, leadership and logistics.
“The moral is to the physical as three to one.” |
180,929 | So, when designing one of my sentient demihuman species for my fantasy world, I designed them to have greater sexual dimorphism.
**Astriads**, as a species, are artificially [divinely] modified humans, with (red hair, purple eyes, multiple pairs of short horns, but that doesn't really matter, but more importantly:) **... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/180929",
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] | **Bow Range**
During the several centuries where England was at war with France, the English longbowman was an important staple of the army. The English longbow has great range and power but needs a lot of muscle training to use.
The longbow was so important and required so much training that in the 16th century [eve... | No real impact.
Physique is pretty much irrelevant beside discipline, organisation, morale, training, leadership and logistics.
“The moral is to the physical as three to one.” |
180,929 | So, when designing one of my sentient demihuman species for my fantasy world, I designed them to have greater sexual dimorphism.
**Astriads**, as a species, are artificially [divinely] modified humans, with (red hair, purple eyes, multiple pairs of short horns, but that doesn't really matter, but more importantly:) **... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/180929",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/67499/"
] | It would be neutral at best, a liability at worst.
Ancient (and to a somewhat lesser extent, modern) warfare is mainly a matter of endurance, rather than strength. Classical battles were characterized by blocks of troops undertaking maneuvers, trying to force the opposition into an unfavorable position before driving ... | **For truly ancient warfare these would be formidable champions.**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dzRLI.jpg)
Depicted: Sreng, champion of the Fir Bolg as depicted by Jim Fitzpatrick. Book of Conquests is so great!
Bronze Age battles were, according... |
180,929 | So, when designing one of my sentient demihuman species for my fantasy world, I designed them to have greater sexual dimorphism.
**Astriads**, as a species, are artificially [divinely] modified humans, with (red hair, purple eyes, multiple pairs of short horns, but that doesn't really matter, but more importantly:) **... | 2020/07/19 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/180929",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/67499/"
] | It would be neutral at best, a liability at worst.
Ancient (and to a somewhat lesser extent, modern) warfare is mainly a matter of endurance, rather than strength. Classical battles were characterized by blocks of troops undertaking maneuvers, trying to force the opposition into an unfavorable position before driving ... | **Bow Range**
During the several centuries where England was at war with France, the English longbowman was an important staple of the army. The English longbow has great range and power but needs a lot of muscle training to use.
The longbow was so important and required so much training that in the 16th century [eve... |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Check your contract. As a fellow Canadian, usually when I've seen probation contracts, the probation period is set by a specified number of days, not by an evaluation procedure. If that's what your contract looks like, then congratulations, you passed!
I have never had a formal meeting in any job to discuss passing pr... | Judging by the fact that you haven't been let go, I'd say you pretty much have but I'd wait for an official word from your manager or someone higher up. Usually you should be invited to a meeting to discuss your performance. |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Judging by the fact that you haven't been let go, I'd say you pretty much have but I'd wait for an official word from your manager or someone higher up. Usually you should be invited to a meeting to discuss your performance. | I can't see why they would have that conversation with you *now*. They're doing an evaluation next week, and that is the ideal place for that conversation.
I would expect them to tell you then. In the meantime, bring your A-game. |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Never make any assumptions. Talk to your manager, mention that the period ended, and ask if you need to fill out any paperwork, or if there is an official review involved. | You should wait until any official confirmation.
I had a similar situation 4 months back, the confirmation meeting was delayed because of too much work.
Since you know your meeting is next week, you should wait until then.
In the meantime, you can take feedback from other colleagues about your performance to ease the ... |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | No you should not assume that you have passed probation. You will likely be informed of the results of your probationary period during your evaluation. | Never make any assumptions. Talk to your manager, mention that the period ended, and ask if you need to fill out any paperwork, or if there is an official review involved. |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | No you should not assume that you have passed probation. You will likely be informed of the results of your probationary period during your evaluation. | You should wait until any official confirmation.
I had a similar situation 4 months back, the confirmation meeting was delayed because of too much work.
Since you know your meeting is next week, you should wait until then.
In the meantime, you can take feedback from other colleagues about your performance to ease the ... |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Check your contract. As a fellow Canadian, usually when I've seen probation contracts, the probation period is set by a specified number of days, not by an evaluation procedure. If that's what your contract looks like, then congratulations, you passed!
I have never had a formal meeting in any job to discuss passing pr... | You should wait until any official confirmation.
I had a similar situation 4 months back, the confirmation meeting was delayed because of too much work.
Since you know your meeting is next week, you should wait until then.
In the meantime, you can take feedback from other colleagues about your performance to ease the ... |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | It depends where you are and the applicable laws, as well as what may (or not) be stated in your employment contract. In some places, you will likely need some confirmation that your probation period has been completed, in others it is the law that after a set number of days your probation has been completed by default... | You should wait until any official confirmation.
I had a similar situation 4 months back, the confirmation meeting was delayed because of too much work.
Since you know your meeting is next week, you should wait until then.
In the meantime, you can take feedback from other colleagues about your performance to ease the ... |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | >
> I have not been told if i passed it and have my evaluation early next
> week should I assume that i have passed probation?
>
>
>
No.
Your evaluation will tell you whether you have passed probation or not. Be patient. | No you should not assume that you have passed probation. You will likely be informed of the results of your probationary period during your evaluation. |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Check your contract. As a fellow Canadian, usually when I've seen probation contracts, the probation period is set by a specified number of days, not by an evaluation procedure. If that's what your contract looks like, then congratulations, you passed!
I have never had a formal meeting in any job to discuss passing pr... | >
> I have not been told if i passed it and have my evaluation early next
> week should I assume that i have passed probation?
>
>
>
No.
Your evaluation will tell you whether you have passed probation or not. Be patient. |
132,087 | My probationary period passed three days ago, I have not been told if I passed it, and I have my evaluation early next week. Should I assume that I have passed probation? | 2019/03/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/132087",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/101617/"
] | Check your contract. As a fellow Canadian, usually when I've seen probation contracts, the probation period is set by a specified number of days, not by an evaluation procedure. If that's what your contract looks like, then congratulations, you passed!
I have never had a formal meeting in any job to discuss passing pr... | It depends where you are and the applicable laws, as well as what may (or not) be stated in your employment contract. In some places, you will likely need some confirmation that your probation period has been completed, in others it is the law that after a set number of days your probation has been completed by default... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | **Technology has potentially impacted this answer within the last 10 years.** It's possible now to film a feature-quality film [on a smartphone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(film)), which dramatically lowers the costs of making an indie film. Even so, making a movie is inevitably an expensive, time-consumin... | ### Star Wars
The [novelization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker) of the first (released) [film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope) was actually released before the movie. Others have already discussed the theory behind why this worked. But th... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | ### Star Wars
The [novelization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker) of the first (released) [film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope) was actually released before the movie. Others have already discussed the theory behind why this worked. But th... | Do both. First write the script. And then register it with WGA. Then take the script and describe the scenes in words to create the novel. Register both with LOC copyright office.
As a first time writer you will be lucky to get anything for the script. And if you do they will rewrite it with other people. But nobody m... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | Screenplays are collaborative, whether you like it or not.
----------------------------------------------------------
Actors will say the lines. Directors will alter the tone. The photographer will create their own vision. And the producers will hire other screenwriters to "fix" your screenplay because they have spent... | Do both. First write the script. And then register it with WGA. Then take the script and describe the scenes in words to create the novel. Register both with LOC copyright office.
As a first time writer you will be lucky to get anything for the script. And if you do they will rewrite it with other people. But nobody m... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | **Technology has potentially impacted this answer within the last 10 years.** It's possible now to film a feature-quality film [on a smartphone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(film)), which dramatically lowers the costs of making an indie film. Even so, making a movie is inevitably an expensive, time-consumin... | I agree with all the other answers so far, but let me take a different perspective on the whole thing. If you wish, read this answer as a frame challenge.
You say "there's a movie in your head". What do you mean? Is it *really* a movie - does it fit into ~2 hours, do you see each frame and how it's shot, do you see th... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | **Technology has potentially impacted this answer within the last 10 years.** It's possible now to film a feature-quality film [on a smartphone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangerine_(film)), which dramatically lowers the costs of making an indie film. Even so, making a movie is inevitably an expensive, time-consumin... | In another forum I've actually recommended to writers that they write the novel and the screenplay in parallel, even if you only intend to publish the novel. Writing the screen adaptation for a novel can expose weaknesses in the novel.
For instance, writers are constantly told "show, don't tell", because in the novel ... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | Don't forget that nobody (except perhaps students on a film-making or screenplay-writing courses) ever reads screenplays, even those of classic famous movies. Write one by all means if you feel compelled to, but most likely the only person who will ever see it is *you* - unless someone else makes it into a movie.
As o... | Do both. First write the script. And then register it with WGA. Then take the script and describe the scenes in words to create the novel. Register both with LOC copyright office.
As a first time writer you will be lucky to get anything for the script. And if you do they will rewrite it with other people. But nobody m... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | Screenplays are also very difficult to sell, for a first-timer. Books are quite a bit easier. Unlike a screenplay, a book is in its final form, and relatively easy to produce, big publishers can do it cheap, in the single-digit thousands, and have the contacts to get it reviewed and advertised.
Screenplays can cost t... | In another forum I've actually recommended to writers that they write the novel and the screenplay in parallel, even if you only intend to publish the novel. Writing the screen adaptation for a novel can expose weaknesses in the novel.
For instance, writers are constantly told "show, don't tell", because in the novel ... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | I'm gonna answer to the question in the title:
Ultimately it's up to you. They are different media.
----------------------------------------------------
Your friend must be right on some level.
I too have the habit to imagine my stories as movies (and I suppose it's not uncommon at all). Sometimes is painstalkingly... | Do both. First write the script. And then register it with WGA. Then take the script and describe the scenes in words to create the novel. Register both with LOC copyright office.
As a first time writer you will be lucky to get anything for the script. And if you do they will rewrite it with other people. But nobody m... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | Don't forget that nobody (except perhaps students on a film-making or screenplay-writing courses) ever reads screenplays, even those of classic famous movies. Write one by all means if you feel compelled to, but most likely the only person who will ever see it is *you* - unless someone else makes it into a movie.
As o... | ### Star Wars
The [novelization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_From_the_Adventures_of_Luke_Skywalker) of the first (released) [film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope) was actually released before the movie. Others have already discussed the theory behind why this worked. But th... |
42,405 | Around a decade ago, I had a dream. An actual middle of the night dream. An entire movie played in my head, all I had to do was write it down. I did a fair bit of research on the topic then I spent the next 10 years working it out in my head but not writing much of anything down.
Last year, I joined a writer's group a... | 2019/02/21 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/42405",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/32946/"
] | Screenplays are also very difficult to sell, for a first-timer. Books are quite a bit easier. Unlike a screenplay, a book is in its final form, and relatively easy to produce, big publishers can do it cheap, in the single-digit thousands, and have the contacts to get it reviewed and advertised.
Screenplays can cost t... | Do both. First write the script. And then register it with WGA. Then take the script and describe the scenes in words to create the novel. Register both with LOC copyright office.
As a first time writer you will be lucky to get anything for the script. And if you do they will rewrite it with other people. But nobody m... |
410,602 | I recently bought [these](https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/isolated-dc-dc-converters/1616715/?relevancy-data=636F3D3126696E3D4931384E525353746F636B4E756D626572266C753D656E266D6D3D6D61746368616C6C26706D3D5E2828282872737C5253295B205D3F293F285C647B337D5B5C2D5C735D3F5C647B332C347D5B705061415D3F29297C283235285C647B387D7C5C647... | 2018/12/05 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/410602",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/184379/"
] | Try using a lower value resistor. With this one you get 11uA of current, which is close to open line. Try getting 10-20mA of load with resistor of say a couple of hundred ohms (200-300 should work) . | Since you didn't indicate much details in your analysis of your problem, I might be inclined to suggest ESD damage on the input. Something has attenuated the feedback that so that it overdriving the output.
The design input current is specified for NO LOAD.
Write to info@tracopower-solutions.com and
* 1) request tec... |
20,797 | Is there any difference between Arabic and Arabian? It's sound same though for me. Any help will be greatly appreciated. | 2014/04/07 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/20797",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The area is referred to as **Arabia**. (As in Saudi Arabia)
A person from that area is an **Arab**. (As in the Monty Python's song *Never be rude to an Arab*)
The people there speak **Arabic**. (As in "the word "algebra" comes from Arabic)
Any other stuff coming from Arabia is **Arabian**. (As in the book *Arabian N... | **Arabic** refers to the language of Arab, whereas **Arabian** refers to the people of Arab.
The root word is **"Arab"**, and to form **"Arabic"** and **"Arabian"** two suffixes are used - ***"-ic"*** and ***"-ian"*** respectively.
**-ic :** (suffix) One relating to or characterized by. **Example -** *Academic*
**-... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | >
> ***If that so, then why would the hacker recover the password if he already has access to the database?***
>
>
>
Reasons are many. Here are a few:
1. People reuse their passwords, so not leaking everybodys real passwords does limit the impact of such attack.
2. Without the real passwords, the hacker will stil... | Salt is used so that identical passwords have different hashes, making an attempt at figuring out the passwords harder.
Hashing makes it so that generating the password via brute force methods take a very long time (especially with SHA2) so that it makes it "unfeasible" to find out the password.
A hash will do you no... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | >
> ***If that so, then why would the hacker recover the password if he already has access to the database?***
>
>
>
Reasons are many. Here are a few:
1. People reuse their passwords, so not leaking everybodys real passwords does limit the impact of such attack.
2. Without the real passwords, the hacker will stil... | If you have the cleartext passwords and e-mail addresses from the database, you can wreak havoc! It's not about getting credentials to the site that is already hacked, it's about getting login information to other sites.
Most people don't use one password only for one site, so if you have the password for their prima... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | >
> ***If that so, then why would the hacker recover the password if he already has access to the database?***
>
>
>
Reasons are many. Here are a few:
1. People reuse their passwords, so not leaking everybodys real passwords does limit the impact of such attack.
2. Without the real passwords, the hacker will stil... | To be in possession of the user records from the database does not necessarily mean you have access to the database. Through some leak in the website (hello, SQL injection) you may be able to get access to data you shouldn't have access to without necessarily compromising the whole server. Badly handled backups, shared... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | >
> ***If that so, then why would the hacker recover the password if he already has access to the database?***
>
>
>
Reasons are many. Here are a few:
1. People reuse their passwords, so not leaking everybodys real passwords does limit the impact of such attack.
2. Without the real passwords, the hacker will stil... | Suppose an attacker somehow gains access to a backup of the database, containing unrecoverable hashed passwords. Then they have all the data that was in there yesterday, which is quite bad. But at least they don't have access to the data that will be in there tomorrow, and they can't delete anything from the real site,... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | To be in possession of the user records from the database does not necessarily mean you have access to the database. Through some leak in the website (hello, SQL injection) you may be able to get access to data you shouldn't have access to without necessarily compromising the whole server. Badly handled backups, shared... | Salt is used so that identical passwords have different hashes, making an attempt at figuring out the passwords harder.
Hashing makes it so that generating the password via brute force methods take a very long time (especially with SHA2) so that it makes it "unfeasible" to find out the password.
A hash will do you no... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | Salt is used so that identical passwords have different hashes, making an attempt at figuring out the passwords harder.
Hashing makes it so that generating the password via brute force methods take a very long time (especially with SHA2) so that it makes it "unfeasible" to find out the password.
A hash will do you no... | Suppose an attacker somehow gains access to a backup of the database, containing unrecoverable hashed passwords. Then they have all the data that was in there yesterday, which is quite bad. But at least they don't have access to the data that will be in there tomorrow, and they can't delete anything from the real site,... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | To be in possession of the user records from the database does not necessarily mean you have access to the database. Through some leak in the website (hello, SQL injection) you may be able to get access to data you shouldn't have access to without necessarily compromising the whole server. Badly handled backups, shared... | If you have the cleartext passwords and e-mail addresses from the database, you can wreak havoc! It's not about getting credentials to the site that is already hacked, it's about getting login information to other sites.
Most people don't use one password only for one site, so if you have the password for their prima... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | If you have the cleartext passwords and e-mail addresses from the database, you can wreak havoc! It's not about getting credentials to the site that is already hacked, it's about getting login information to other sites.
Most people don't use one password only for one site, so if you have the password for their prima... | Suppose an attacker somehow gains access to a backup of the database, containing unrecoverable hashed passwords. Then they have all the data that was in there yesterday, which is quite bad. But at least they don't have access to the data that will be in there tomorrow, and they can't delete anything from the real site,... |
7,104,060 | I just learned the concept of hashing ("Hey! don't forget the salt!") and using salt to make the password secured.
Hashing it is a one way encryption (actually not encryption but hashing) so it cannot be reversed engineered. Salting is prefixing or appending randomly created values to the password before hashing 'coz ... | 2011/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7104060",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/724689/"
] | To be in possession of the user records from the database does not necessarily mean you have access to the database. Through some leak in the website (hello, SQL injection) you may be able to get access to data you shouldn't have access to without necessarily compromising the whole server. Badly handled backups, shared... | Suppose an attacker somehow gains access to a backup of the database, containing unrecoverable hashed passwords. Then they have all the data that was in there yesterday, which is quite bad. But at least they don't have access to the data that will be in there tomorrow, and they can't delete anything from the real site,... |
5,237,259 | Is there anyway to randomly place a MovieClip/Sprite on an irregularly shaped object?
For a rectangle, it seems pretty straightforward (i.e. use Math.random with the range being the coordinates of an object)...but what if say, you would like to avoid placing objects in the center? | 2011/03/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5237259",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/147915/"
] | It's less that Ruby on Rails handles the concurrent requests as it is the server that is running Ruby on Rails that handles the concurrent requests. When I say a server that is running Ruby on Rails I am referring to Phusion Passenger, Mongrel or WEBrick in combination with Apache or Nginx for example. In most cases co... | You need to run a threaded server like Puma on a threaded Ruby like JRuby for that. Otherwise it's just the server creating processes instead of threads, like Pushion Passenger. Of course, you need to write thread safe code for that, which can be very hard to develop and mantain. For this reason most of the people stic... |
43,589,322 | A client of mine has 2 PLC processors and wants the newer PLC to control a motor that the older one already controls. They are phasing out the older PLC but prefer to add logic to the newer PLC as time goes on (I know this sounds strange). My question is: Can I simply connect the output wire from the newer output signa... | 2017/04/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43589322",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7913887/"
] | If the output cards are relay cards, and the common is linked between the two PLC's, then you should be OK.
I would recommend taking both outputs down to a diode terminal, just to be safe | No, to connect both to same motor coil contact is unsafe and would not be best practice. The correct way is to have both old and new ControlLogix 5000 processors on the same Ethernet network. Then on old controller make desired tag global consumable and on the new controller, add an 'OR" branch with old controller tag ... |
22,959 | In [Psalm 74](https://www.esv.org/Psalm+74/):12 (ESV) we read "Yet God my King is from of old, ...".
While I understand that to mean something like "Yet God my King is from ancient times", why would translators use the phrase "is from of old". The more I look at that phrase, the less it seems to make sense. The phrase ... | 2016/06/15 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/22959",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com",
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/users/1991/"
] | Job 29:2
English Standard Version
>
> “Oh, that I were as in the months of **old** [H6924], as in the days when God watched over me,
>
>
>
Psalm 74:12 English Standard Version
>
> Yet God my King is from of **old** [H6924], working salvation in the midst of the earth.
>
>
>
Why would translators use the phr... | The hebrew word is קדמ and the correct translation is something like 'from the old'. It means more than anicent, this word hints towards creation. The topic of creation is then picked up in V 13-17. Furthermore קדמ is used rather frequently in the psalms of Asaph (Ps 50.73-83), like in Ps 78, where it is mentioned seve... |
25,087 | I notice a lot of sites host their resources on a separate domain from the main site, e.g. StackExchange using sstatic.net, Barnes & Noble using imagesbn.com, etc.
I understand that there are benefits to putting your static resources on a separate host, possibly with an efficient static-file web server like nginx, fre... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/25087",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/2139/"
] | Many sites have quite a lot of cookies set, these cookies have the purpose of supporting some kind of state.
By putting the static (stateless) resources on a completely different domain you can reduce the size of the http requests. In some cases there are so many cookie that a single http request takes two TCP packets... | The main reason are cookies. What Niels suggested in his answer is only a minor consequence, and not the real reason. Without cookies, the request size is smaller, so it is saving some bandwidth.
However, the real difference comes from browser cache. Since content is static (i.e. does not change), browsers can cache i... |
25,087 | I notice a lot of sites host their resources on a separate domain from the main site, e.g. StackExchange using sstatic.net, Barnes & Noble using imagesbn.com, etc.
I understand that there are benefits to putting your static resources on a separate host, possibly with an efficient static-file web server like nginx, fre... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/25087",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/2139/"
] | Lèse majesté covered the main points, but to expand further I'd add that having a single domain for all the various Stack Exchange sites means that someone browsing them will only download static content such as JavaScripts once. Going to Superuser, for example, a user will use the cached content since it is from the s... | Older browsers are restricted to just two parallel downloads per hostname.
Splitting a web page's elements across multiple domains is called [domain sharding](http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/05/12/sharding-dominant-domains/). Doing this allows more resources to be downloaded in parallel, reducing the overall pag... |
25,087 | I notice a lot of sites host their resources on a separate domain from the main site, e.g. StackExchange using sstatic.net, Barnes & Noble using imagesbn.com, etc.
I understand that there are benefits to putting your static resources on a separate host, possibly with an efficient static-file web server like nginx, fre... | 2012/01/26 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/25087",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/2139/"
] | Many sites have quite a lot of cookies set, these cookies have the purpose of supporting some kind of state.
By putting the static (stateless) resources on a completely different domain you can reduce the size of the http requests. In some cases there are so many cookie that a single http request takes two TCP packets... | Lèse majesté covered the main points, but to expand further I'd add that having a single domain for all the various Stack Exchange sites means that someone browsing them will only download static content such as JavaScripts once. Going to Superuser, for example, a user will use the cached content since it is from the s... |
93,117 | I started a Yahoo! mail account a while ago. This was meant to be just a throwaway/spam email account. However, because it was easy to pass around, I ended up depending on it quite heavily.
Since I didn't pay attention while filling the account creation form I am wondering if it is possible/how to change your Secret ... | 2016/05/24 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/93117",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/124364/"
] | I no longer see a Secret Question for you to answer in order to get a password changed. They now verify it is you by using a secondary email address to send you a code or they will text you a code to your phone number to verify it is you. Those are both in the upper right of the screen under the gear and then account i... | 1. Go to Yahoo Mail. Visit the Yahoo Mail website using any web browser on your computer.
2. Sign In. Enter your Yahoo ID or username and password in the fields provided. Click the “Sign In” button to access your account.
3. Go to Account Info. Click the gear button on the top right corner of the page to display a menu... |
93,117 | I started a Yahoo! mail account a while ago. This was meant to be just a throwaway/spam email account. However, because it was easy to pass around, I ended up depending on it quite heavily.
Since I didn't pay attention while filling the account creation form I am wondering if it is possible/how to change your Secret ... | 2016/05/24 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/93117",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/124364/"
] | I no longer see a Secret Question for you to answer in order to get a password changed. They now verify it is you by using a secondary email address to send you a code or they will text you a code to your phone number to verify it is you. Those are both in the upper right of the screen under the gear and then account i... | Yahoo has recently removed the security questions, instead they want your personal phone number. Here's some info [from a Yahoo rep in their Help forum](https://forums.yahoo.net/t5/Account-security/how-do-I-change-my-security-questions/td-p/11483):
>
> The security of your Yahoo account is our top priority. Because o... |
93,117 | I started a Yahoo! mail account a while ago. This was meant to be just a throwaway/spam email account. However, because it was easy to pass around, I ended up depending on it quite heavily.
Since I didn't pay attention while filling the account creation form I am wondering if it is possible/how to change your Secret ... | 2016/05/24 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/93117",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/124364/"
] | 1. Go to Yahoo Mail. Visit the Yahoo Mail website using any web browser on your computer.
2. Sign In. Enter your Yahoo ID or username and password in the fields provided. Click the “Sign In” button to access your account.
3. Go to Account Info. Click the gear button on the top right corner of the page to display a menu... | Yahoo has recently removed the security questions, instead they want your personal phone number. Here's some info [from a Yahoo rep in their Help forum](https://forums.yahoo.net/t5/Account-security/how-do-I-change-my-security-questions/td-p/11483):
>
> The security of your Yahoo account is our top priority. Because o... |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Heads up that [Bugsnag](https://www.bugsnag.com) released [official support for React Native](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native) to get crash and error data on both the js layer and the underlying OS.
It does handle minified JS using sourcemaps. These can be hosted by you and referenced from Bugsnag or h... | Bug snag - <https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/react-native/>
Crashlytics - <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-firebase/crashlytics>
This are tools used for React native to report bugs. Hope it helps ! Thank you |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Sentry and BugSnag both have dedicated SDKs for React Native:
<https://github.com/getsentry/react-native-sentry> ([doc](https://docs.sentry.io/clients/react-native/))
<https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native> ([doc](https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/))
They both handle sourcemaps. | I know of two ways this is being done. First, Crashyltics. I use it, but it requires a few tweaks apparently to bubble up the javascript side of the fence. Here's a great article by delivery.com on what's involved with that...
[Add Crashlytics to your React Native iOS app](https://medium.com/delivery-com-engineering/a... |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | [TL/DR]
We created a react-native-bugsnag lib before the official bugsnag lib was out, but it's now deprecated.
Use the official instead.
[Long version]
~~We were also looking for a way to report errors on react-native and since I was not really happy with the existing solutions I found (Crashlytics, and sentry), ... | Bug snag - <https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/react-native/>
Crashlytics - <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-firebase/crashlytics>
This are tools used for React native to report bugs. Hope it helps ! Thank you |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Sentry and BugSnag both have dedicated SDKs for React Native:
<https://github.com/getsentry/react-native-sentry> ([doc](https://docs.sentry.io/clients/react-native/))
<https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native> ([doc](https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/))
They both handle sourcemaps. | Bug snag - <https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/react-native/>
Crashlytics - <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-firebase/crashlytics>
This are tools used for React native to report bugs. Hope it helps ! Thank you |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | [Instabug](https://instabug.com/) and [AppCenter](https://appcenter.ms/apps) now both provide react-native crash reporting tools with js de-obfuscation, but I haven't tested any of the 2 for crash reports. | Bug snag - <https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/react-native/>
Crashlytics - <https://www.npmjs.com/package/@react-native-firebase/crashlytics>
This are tools used for React native to report bugs. Hope it helps ! Thank you |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Heads up that [Bugsnag](https://www.bugsnag.com) released [official support for React Native](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native) to get crash and error data on both the js layer and the underlying OS.
It does handle minified JS using sourcemaps. These can be hosted by you and referenced from Bugsnag or h... | I know of two ways this is being done. First, Crashyltics. I use it, but it requires a few tweaks apparently to bubble up the javascript side of the fence. Here's a great article by delivery.com on what's involved with that...
[Add Crashlytics to your React Native iOS app](https://medium.com/delivery-com-engineering/a... |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Heads up that [Bugsnag](https://www.bugsnag.com) released [official support for React Native](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native) to get crash and error data on both the js layer and the underlying OS.
It does handle minified JS using sourcemaps. These can be hosted by you and referenced from Bugsnag or h... | [TL/DR]
We created a react-native-bugsnag lib before the official bugsnag lib was out, but it's now deprecated.
Use the official instead.
[Long version]
~~We were also looking for a way to report errors on react-native and since I was not really happy with the existing solutions I found (Crashlytics, and sentry), ... |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Heads up that [Bugsnag](https://www.bugsnag.com) released [official support for React Native](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native) to get crash and error data on both the js layer and the underlying OS.
It does handle minified JS using sourcemaps. These can be hosted by you and referenced from Bugsnag or h... | Also now React Native + Code Push + Bugsnag for a really pleasant bug fixing relationship
<https://blog.bugsnag.com/react-native-plus-code-push/> |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | Sentry and BugSnag both have dedicated SDKs for React Native:
<https://github.com/getsentry/react-native-sentry> ([doc](https://docs.sentry.io/clients/react-native/))
<https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-react-native> ([doc](https://docs.bugsnag.com/platforms/react-native/))
They both handle sourcemaps. | [Instabug](https://instabug.com/) and [AppCenter](https://appcenter.ms/apps) now both provide react-native crash reporting tools with js de-obfuscation, but I haven't tested any of the 2 for crash reports. |
35,504,630 | The normal tools we use for error tracking native apps don't really work since the crash reports contain minified js. The tools we use for web apps don't seem to support react native. Are there services that do support react native and if not do we have any other options to get useful crash reports? | 2016/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35504630",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/109306/"
] | [TL/DR]
We created a react-native-bugsnag lib before the official bugsnag lib was out, but it's now deprecated.
Use the official instead.
[Long version]
~~We were also looking for a way to report errors on react-native and since I was not really happy with the existing solutions I found (Crashlytics, and sentry), ... | Also now React Native + Code Push + Bugsnag for a really pleasant bug fixing relationship
<https://blog.bugsnag.com/react-native-plus-code-push/> |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Essentially this is about low end carbon versus high end alloy. Carbon is typically lighter and less harsh (more vibration absorption) than alloy, but is not as robust. I doubt that the alloy is much heavier. I think it will come down to the difference in component quality and your budget.
Personally for a training bi... | If I were you I would satisfy myself as to the quality of the carbon frame of the bike you're considering, and provided it looks decent, to go down the carbon route.
The reason for this is just upgradeability. It is conceivable that as you become better and stronger on your first road bike, sooner or later you may fin... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | I was faced with a similar situation about two years ago. I decided to go 2nd hand aluminum. The reason was that I didn't want to spend too much before I really knew what I wanted. There are several different types of road bicycle set-ups.
This is what I didn't know:
Will I want to ride long distances (100+ miles) or... | Quality-wise bikes are a lot like chains. The total quality of a bike (where with quality I mean stuff like durability, smoothness, ease of use, ease of maintenance, etc.) is very dependent on the weakest link.
An expensive frame with cheap components makes for a worse bike than a mid-range frame with mid-range compon... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Personally id rather have top quality aluminium than cheap entry level carbon.
Whatever you choose, don't go daft with the upgrades-save your money and get a really nice carbon number in a year or two.
Entry level bikes are great when starting out. You can strip them, fit new parts by yourself, which obviously is a... | Or, as I have done numerous times, buy a good used bike from a Local Bike Shop that has a good frame that you think you will enjoy long term, and reasonable components. Then you can ride, at a good price, with good stuff, and you can decide what to upgrade and when. Last time I bought a complete bike was 1999. I am rid... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Essentially this is about low end carbon versus high end alloy. Carbon is typically lighter and less harsh (more vibration absorption) than alloy, but is not as robust. I doubt that the alloy is much heavier. I think it will come down to the difference in component quality and your budget.
Personally for a training bi... | From <http://www.livestrong.com/article/86919-aluminum-vs.-carbon-bikes/> (I can't testify to the accuracy of this)
>
> Aluminum frames possess the shortest fatigue life of any material used
> to manufacture bicycle frames. The typical aluminum frame possesses a
> life expectancy of five to 10 years. Conversely, ca... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | One thing that I have found is you can usually get a lighter weight bike if you go with top-level aluminum over a low-level carbon. The low-level carbon frames tend to have a lot of fiberglass mixed in to keep the cost down and the components are much cheaper too which will weigh a lot more. I think it's kind of funny ... | Quality-wise bikes are a lot like chains. The total quality of a bike (where with quality I mean stuff like durability, smoothness, ease of use, ease of maintenance, etc.) is very dependent on the weakest link.
An expensive frame with cheap components makes for a worse bike than a mid-range frame with mid-range compon... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Or, as I have done numerous times, buy a good used bike from a Local Bike Shop that has a good frame that you think you will enjoy long term, and reasonable components. Then you can ride, at a good price, with good stuff, and you can decide what to upgrade and when. Last time I bought a complete bike was 1999. I am rid... | You are better off buying a Reynolds steel or chromoly steel road bike. Do not believe the hype about carbon fiber. You can buy a steel bicycle just as good or even better than the CF bicycle. |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | One thing that I have found is you can usually get a lighter weight bike if you go with top-level aluminum over a low-level carbon. The low-level carbon frames tend to have a lot of fiberglass mixed in to keep the cost down and the components are much cheaper too which will weigh a lot more. I think it's kind of funny ... | Or, as I have done numerous times, buy a good used bike from a Local Bike Shop that has a good frame that you think you will enjoy long term, and reasonable components. Then you can ride, at a good price, with good stuff, and you can decide what to upgrade and when. Last time I bought a complete bike was 1999. I am rid... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Essentially this is about low end carbon versus high end alloy. Carbon is typically lighter and less harsh (more vibration absorption) than alloy, but is not as robust. I doubt that the alloy is much heavier. I think it will come down to the difference in component quality and your budget.
Personally for a training bi... | Personally id rather have top quality aluminium than cheap entry level carbon.
Whatever you choose, don't go daft with the upgrades-save your money and get a really nice carbon number in a year or two.
Entry level bikes are great when starting out. You can strip them, fit new parts by yourself, which obviously is a... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | From <http://www.livestrong.com/article/86919-aluminum-vs.-carbon-bikes/> (I can't testify to the accuracy of this)
>
> Aluminum frames possess the shortest fatigue life of any material used
> to manufacture bicycle frames. The typical aluminum frame possesses a
> life expectancy of five to 10 years. Conversely, ca... | This is a very interesting question. Aluminum vs Carbon. Will it be long before the two are in the same price range - on it's way in the very near future. I have an Aluminum and a Carbon frame road bike. The aluminum bike has a longer wheelbase, more relaxed seat angle (72.5 vs 74 degrees) and square formed stays, and ... |
15,395 | I am going to buy my first proper road bike, and I have been comparing entry-level carbon frames with top-level aluminum frames in the same series (Giant Defy). What are the benefits of carbon vs. aluminum frames? Is it better to get an aluminum bike with higher-end components or a similarly priced carbon bike with low... | 2013/04/21 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/15395",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/5953/"
] | Essentially this is about low end carbon versus high end alloy. Carbon is typically lighter and less harsh (more vibration absorption) than alloy, but is not as robust. I doubt that the alloy is much heavier. I think it will come down to the difference in component quality and your budget.
Personally for a training bi... | One thing that I have found is you can usually get a lighter weight bike if you go with top-level aluminum over a low-level carbon. The low-level carbon frames tend to have a lot of fiberglass mixed in to keep the cost down and the components are much cheaper too which will weigh a lot more. I think it's kind of funny ... |
158,501 | I am obliged to hand in an an exposé outlining my PhD project in mathematics, including some kind of working plan. Since it is [answered here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/130253/75016) and since it can be easily found on the internet, I have some understanding about what such a working plan should look like.
... | 2020/11/05 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158501",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/75016/"
] | **If you don’t have at least one research problem, you can’t write a plan.**
That’s the core of your difficulty (based on your comment in which you explained that you don’t have a research problem). A plan is the articulation of what your objectives are and how you think you might achieve them. But you don’t actually ... | I think the whole concept of planning research is misleading. If you can make a detailed plan, maybe even including the results, then it's craftsmanship and not research. E.g. try to devise a plan for proving the Collatz conjecture.
But as your PhD program seems to have a fixed run time of three years, it's good to cr... |
158,501 | I am obliged to hand in an an exposé outlining my PhD project in mathematics, including some kind of working plan. Since it is [answered here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/130253/75016) and since it can be easily found on the internet, I have some understanding about what such a working plan should look like.
... | 2020/11/05 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/158501",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/75016/"
] | **If you don’t have at least one research problem, you can’t write a plan.**
That’s the core of your difficulty (based on your comment in which you explained that you don’t have a research problem). A plan is the articulation of what your objectives are and how you think you might achieve them. But you don’t actually ... | This may seem like a joke, but it isn't intended as such. I'll give you an algorithm.
1. Find a problem that seems suitable.
2. Work like crazy to try to solve that problem, either establishing a proof of correctness or a counterexample. Spend enough time and effort at this to determine whether it should be successful... |
2,821,878 | Dose nHibernate play well with database level cascading deletions? What I mean is that if I have a constraint set at the RDBMS level to cascade delete all orphans, will nHibernate invoke any custom delete logic at the application level if I were to delete an entity though nHibernate? Or should I remove the cascading de... | 2010/05/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2821878",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | NHibernate simply treats your RDBMS as a data store. In most cases, this means that you can let NHibernate do the work for you.
**Let NHibernate do the cascading deletes.** That way you can keep your logic and control where it belongs (in your application), rather than in the database where your application has little... | It depends what you mean by "play well". You can use cascading deletes with NHibernate but you need to be careful to refresh objects that may be affected by cascading deletes. As with triggers, NHibernate will not know that the database representation of an object has changed due to a database operation. I would avoid ... |
321,460 | I have an issue using the following versions
Chrome 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) (64-bit)
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6
When I open a new tab, sometimes all my bluetooth devices (headphones, mouse, keyboard) become disconnected. They come back in ~5 minutes, resetting devices or the bluetooth module doesn't help | 2018/04/04 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/321460",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/190739/"
] | The issue was in the voice search ("OK Google")
When a user opens a new tab, Chrome sometimes tries to access microphone to use voice search which breaks bluetooth connectivity.
Resolution:
Go to [chrome://flags/](http://chrome://flags/) and disable option **"Enable Voice Search on the local NTP"** | Experience this issue after macOS Ventura update but it could've happened to anyone depending on the Handoff configuration. If you're using an Apple device, try this:
Go to **System Setting** > **General** > **Airdrop & Handoff** and ensure this is all turned off.
If it doesn't work, try other troubleshooting but thi... |
142,870 | We've got a dispute on the point whether the phrase should be "What you are talking about." or "What are you talking about." in the affirmative sentence.
I was arguing that it should be the former, and the word-order is not so important in that phrase, is it?
Help us solve the dispute, please :) | 2013/12/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/142870",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/60280/"
] | In English, "What you are talking about" is not correct at all unless you were saying:
>
> "What you are talking about is....."
>
>
>
It would always be "What *are* you talking about?" in a question. | In English, an interrogative clause is marked by **subject-auxiliary inversion (SAI)**, a process in which a subject and auxiliary verb switch places. Here, the auxiliary verb is *are*, and the subject is *you*:
1. Declarative clause (subject and auxiliary in basic position):
>
> **You are** talking about *something... |
72,819 | <https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/yale-student-napping-black-trnd/index.html>
From what I've read, Connecticut is not a stop and identify state.
However, I understand that people are required to identify if police have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, is being committed, or is about to be comm... | 2021/09/15 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/72819",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/4773/"
] | Since the incident was on private property (inside a building), a person does not have the same right to be there that you would have on the street outside the building. Yale police therefore can legally make a determination whether a person is trespassing (for example, by asking for identification), especially when th... | Yale University is private property. The Yale Police Department and administrators can ask anyone at anytime to identify themselves.
The police responded to a complaint; they can't evaluate a complaint for "reasonable suspicion" or lack thereof until they investigate and talk to all involved parties. The officers inve... |
14,401,559 | Example:
I have a tab "books" with "id" (int autoincrement) as primary key,
name, author, price etc...(not important). There's 5 books and I delete the book with id=3.
When I add other books the autoincrement value will start from 6 and there's a missed 3 in the id sequence (1 2 4 5 6). So multiple delete/add can crea... | 2013/01/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14401559",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1845162/"
] | You don't need to worry about performance with missing auto-increment values.
Just make sure you choose the proper [data type](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/numeric-types.html#integer-types) for the auto-increment column so you do not run out of values. | Thats okay with auto-increment. A normal integer field would do the job for a very big amount of data. You could use "unsigned" option to increase this amount. |
137,757 | * I always have doubts about sentences such as:
>
> The subway is not so far **from the restaurant and from the hotel** where I decided to stay for a couple of days.
>
>
>
* Is it feasible to write instead:
>
> The subway is not so far **from the restaurant and the hotel** where I decided to stay for a couple o... | 2013/11/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/137757",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Grammatically, you can do this. With one exception: you cannot drop the article "the" from both words. A single "the" will distribute over both:
>
> The subway is not so far from (((*the* (restaurant and hotel)) where I decided to stay) for a couple of days).
>
>
>
Don't put in the parentheses: they are my annota... | **The subway is not too from either the restaurant or the hotel, that I stayed at for a couple of days.**
Not so sure about brevity, but this makes it a little less ambiguous and better structured. |
6,112,777 | `
Hi,
I have requirement of using my own background and blue light for toggle button.
However, using this i am not able to custom position light of toggle button which is always placed to the bottom of button.
I want to move it above and just below center of button.
I tried with paddingBottom but that did not hel... | 2011/05/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6112777",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/612465/"
] | That light is part of the nine-patch png. If you create new backgrounds, you need to add your own "on" and "off" circles to the file. You then use the border lines of the nine-patch to prevent stretching of the circle.
<http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/draw9patch.html>
Read also my answer here for ... | Use a relativeLayout and do android:layout\_Below, if I understand your question correctly |
6,112,777 | `
Hi,
I have requirement of using my own background and blue light for toggle button.
However, using this i am not able to custom position light of toggle button which is always placed to the bottom of button.
I want to move it above and just below center of button.
I tried with paddingBottom but that did not hel... | 2011/05/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6112777",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/612465/"
] | Use a LayerList and position the graphic on the toggle button by enclosing the drawable in a bitmap tag, and set its gravity to 'center' - see [LayerList here](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#LayerList) | Use a relativeLayout and do android:layout\_Below, if I understand your question correctly |
58,989,392 | I have a story board file as the launch screen. I have set image in button background Image. In that image, I have an image set for light and dark mode. but when I switch to dark mode, it always shows light mode image. | 2019/11/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/58989392",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | I'm not sure if you still need an answer to this, but I recently had the same issue.
For me, what fixed this was to uncheck the box 'Preserve Vector Data' within the image set properties. This means resizing won't work on the vector image, but you will see the image change with light/dark mode toggled within the storyb... | Make sure you have enabled Appearance to Any, Dark. And check that you have added images for dark mode appearance.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q73Uy.png) |
27,738,407 | I read a good post [here](http://www.binpress.com/tutorial/using-android-media-style-notifications-with-media-session-controls/165) on how to use notification buttons to interact with a mediaplayer service to play, pause, skip etc.
The [android doc](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/session/MediaSes... | 2015/01/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/27738407",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4411645/"
] | This is the best answer I've found so far: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/26474423/785716>
It seems that the two methods aren't really backwards compatible at all. | An updated version of [MediaSessionCompat](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/media/session/MediaSessionCompat.html) was recently released that uses RemoteControlClient for APIs levels 14-20. Unfortunately, there is no Compat version of MediaSessionManager at this time. |
8,248 | Hi All,
I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it comes from the artist (stereo). What can you guys suggest to move the music towards using a full surround experience. I am ... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/8248",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/830/"
] | The way I normally start when mixing music for 5.1 (mostly in feature films, but sometimes also in documentaries), is to pull the music slightly towards the center, so that it isn't strictly L-R but more L-R with a little bit of center, so you don't get too much of the "hole in the middle" syndrome. Sometimes I pull it... | The simplest solution is to worldize sections using subtle reverb and send that to the surrounds. You have to be careful what you send to the surrounds and how often as sounds arriving from behind the audience can often make listeners feel uncomfortable.
I would leave the music as left and right and move some of the s... |
8,248 | Hi All,
I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it comes from the artist (stereo). What can you guys suggest to move the music towards using a full surround experience. I am ... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/8248",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/830/"
] | The simplest solution is to worldize sections using subtle reverb and send that to the surrounds. You have to be careful what you send to the surrounds and how often as sounds arriving from behind the audience can often make listeners feel uncomfortable.
I would leave the music as left and right and move some of the s... | From everything I've heard, mixing music into the surrounds is supposedly a big no-no. Same goes for mixing dialogue in the surrounds. Personally, I like mixing music in surround, and depending on the context of the dialogue, I'll mix that in surround as well I'm not one for playing inside the rules or playing it safe ... |
8,248 | Hi All,
I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it comes from the artist (stereo). What can you guys suggest to move the music towards using a full surround experience. I am ... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/8248",
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] | The way I normally start when mixing music for 5.1 (mostly in feature films, but sometimes also in documentaries), is to pull the music slightly towards the center, so that it isn't strictly L-R but more L-R with a little bit of center, so you don't get too much of the "hole in the middle" syndrome. Sometimes I pull it... | It depends what you're mixing in.
Logic is easiest for surround panning as you just change the output to surround and you can use the planner to position your centre point and alter the stereo spread across the 5.1 field. This also works for auxiliary busses for your reverbs.
Protools is a bit more faffy - you cant... |
8,248 | Hi All,
I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it comes from the artist (stereo). What can you guys suggest to move the music towards using a full surround experience. I am ... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/8248",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/830/"
] | It depends what you're mixing in.
Logic is easiest for surround panning as you just change the output to surround and you can use the planner to position your centre point and alter the stereo spread across the 5.1 field. This also works for auxiliary busses for your reverbs.
Protools is a bit more faffy - you cant... | From everything I've heard, mixing music into the surrounds is supposedly a big no-no. Same goes for mixing dialogue in the surrounds. Personally, I like mixing music in surround, and depending on the context of the dialogue, I'll mix that in surround as well I'm not one for playing inside the rules or playing it safe ... |
8,248 | Hi All,
I have been looking at moving me stereo short doco films with background music to a surround experience. At the moment the design is fairly simple, interview vocals center and music as it comes from the artist (stereo). What can you guys suggest to move the music towards using a full surround experience. I am ... | 2011/05/26 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/8248",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/830/"
] | The way I normally start when mixing music for 5.1 (mostly in feature films, but sometimes also in documentaries), is to pull the music slightly towards the center, so that it isn't strictly L-R but more L-R with a little bit of center, so you don't get too much of the "hole in the middle" syndrome. Sometimes I pull it... | From everything I've heard, mixing music into the surrounds is supposedly a big no-no. Same goes for mixing dialogue in the surrounds. Personally, I like mixing music in surround, and depending on the context of the dialogue, I'll mix that in surround as well I'm not one for playing inside the rules or playing it safe ... |
239,971 | If I use a transformer to step the voltage down from 220V to around ~30V and I expect the 30V end to draw up to ~30A, what kind of current magnitude will I have to plan for or expect to see on the 220V side?
I am very noob. Please feel free to help make this question better/clearer or give suggestions. | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/239971",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | For a ideal transformer, current scales inversely proportional to voltage. Put another way, current x voltage is constant. That's because current x voltage is power, and for a ideal transformer, power in and power out are the same.
Of course no transformer is ideal. There will always be some loss, so power in will be ... | Power in has to equal power out. V1\*I1 = V2\*I2
Solving the equation (30\*30)/220 = 4 amps.
This is theoretical. In reality there will be losses. Provision for 5 to 6 amps to have enough overhead at the output. |
186,960 | What is a word that can best describe YouTube bad content such as pranking videos, which negatively affect children?
I thought about the word banal but it doesn't seem to fit.
[Edit] As we know that children love to imitate actions they like, I'm implying the fact that this content, which get a lot of views by chil... | 2018/11/29 | [
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] | "Banal" would mean "dull, uninteresting, and generally pointless". I think you're looking for something more like ["malicious"](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/malicious):
>
> The worst thing about those **malicious** videos of children doing terrible things to strangers, is that their **notori... | You can use the catch-all phrase:
>
> "Content unsuitable for younger viewers"
>
>
> |
186,960 | What is a word that can best describe YouTube bad content such as pranking videos, which negatively affect children?
I thought about the word banal but it doesn't seem to fit.
[Edit] As we know that children love to imitate actions they like, I'm implying the fact that this content, which get a lot of views by chil... | 2018/11/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/186960",
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] | "Banal" would mean "dull, uninteresting, and generally pointless". I think you're looking for something more like ["malicious"](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/malicious):
>
> The worst thing about those **malicious** videos of children doing terrible things to strangers, is that their **notori... | You could describe such content as being:
* **damaging**
* **harmful**
* **detrimental**
* **malignant**
* **poisoning**
For example -
>
> Content on YouTube which glorifies jokes at the expense of others has a detrimental effect on the mental health of younger viewers.
>
>
> |
186,960 | What is a word that can best describe YouTube bad content such as pranking videos, which negatively affect children?
I thought about the word banal but it doesn't seem to fit.
[Edit] As we know that children love to imitate actions they like, I'm implying the fact that this content, which get a lot of views by chil... | 2018/11/29 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/186960",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/66374/"
] | You could describe such content as being:
* **damaging**
* **harmful**
* **detrimental**
* **malignant**
* **poisoning**
For example -
>
> Content on YouTube which glorifies jokes at the expense of others has a detrimental effect on the mental health of younger viewers.
>
>
> | You can use the catch-all phrase:
>
> "Content unsuitable for younger viewers"
>
>
> |
22,524,363 | I'm trying to write driver for rtl8139 for linux 2.6 from scratch. I've already written TX path, but I have some problems with RX.
I put RX into promiscous mode and receiving RX irqs. I set RBSTART into physical address of allocated memory by kmalloc.
I don't know how to find out how many received packets there are... | 2014/03/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/22524363",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2699113/"
] | I answer to my question myself.
The received packets are located starting at RBSTART. The first two bytes of rx-ed packet are status bytes, and the next 2 are length of the frame + 4 bytes of crc.
Maybye someone find this info helpful. | On receiving a packet, the data received from the line is stored in the receive FIFO. When Early Receive Threshold is met, the data is moved from FIFO to Recieve Buffer.
So, once you get an interrupt. You need to check the Interrupt Status Register for ROK. Then check the Early Rx status register which gives you the ... |
12,567,177 | Is there a way to REMOVE a DIV of the master page? not hide, there are some hyperlinks in the div, so I want to remove them from the code as well. thanks | 2012/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12567177",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1202242/"
] | Hierarchical model–view–controller (HMVC) is a software architectural pattern, a variation of Model–view–controller (MVC) similar to Presentation-abstraction-control (PAC)，[more info in wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMVC)
I hope you have enjoyed [this tutorial](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/hvmc-an-intr... | I suggest you use links placed in the directory you desire pointing to the folders in the application folder. I wouldn't recommend moving those folders out of the application folder.
Cheers. |
1,116,862 | What is the difference between routed protocol and routing protocol?. Clear answers will be highly appreciated. | 2016/08/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1116862",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/633316/"
] | A routed protocol is a protocol that is typically routed or is capable of being routed. IP is a routed protocol.
A routing protocol is a protocol used to maintain routing tables and provide information to support routing. [RIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_Information_Protocol) is a routing protocol. | Routed Protocol
===============
A routed protocol is a protocol by which data can be routed. Routed protocol are IP, AppleTalk, and IPX. In this kind of protocols we require an addressing scheme and subnetting. Addressing scheme will be used to determine the network to which a host belongs and to identifying that host... |
106,598 | I find it confusing when *tomorrow* is used to speak of a day in the future other than the following day. Is it proper to use it in reference to any specific day in the future?
I am aware that the dictionary defines tomorrow as a time in near future. To me this refers to an ambiguous time and it is not confusing when ... | 2013/03/08 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/106598",
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] | If you check with [a dictionary](http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tomorrow?q=tomorrow) you would realize
>
> **tomorrow** (adverb)
>
>
> on the day after today: *the show opens tomorrow.*
>
>
> in the **future**, esp. the **near future**: *East Germany will not disappear
> tomorrow.*
>
>
> **tom... | Many dictionaries (like [Collins](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tomorrow) and [Macmillan](http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/tomorrow_9)) list a secondary meaning for tomorrow, but that meaning is in an abstract sense, as in:
>
> *Today's graduates are the leaders of tomorrow... |
10,624,760 | I am trying to learn about Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). I have basic knowledge of machine learning and probability theory and based on this blog post <http://goo.gl/ccPvE> I was able to develop the intuition behind LDA. However I still haven't got complete understanding of the various calculations that goes in it... | 2012/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10624760",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/737128/"
] | Edwin Chen (who works at Twitter btw) has [an example](http://blog.echen.me/2011/08/22/introduction-to-latent-dirichlet-allocation/) in his blog. 5 sentences, 2 topics:
* I like to eat broccoli and bananas.
* I ate a banana and spinach smoothie for breakfast.
* Chinchillas and kittens are cute.
* My sister adopted a k... | LDA Procedure
Step1: Go through each document and randomly assign each word in the document to one of K topics (K is chosen beforehand)
Step2: This random assignment gives topic representations of all documents and word distributions of all the topics, albeit not very good ones
So, to improve upon them:
For each doc... |
28,797 | I basically jog for 30 minutes just after work at about 9:00 pm, before dinner. I sometimes have a full lunch at about 3:00 pm, but most of the time I have some fruit because I reach the office at about 12:00 pm, having had morning breakfast at 10:00 am.
1) Is it safe to jog if I am feeling my stomach is empty? (somet... | 2016/01/31 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/28797",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/3864/"
] | I think you're over thinking this.
If you personally feel like you need to have something because you feel lightheaded when you've previously jogged on an empty stomach you should definitely have something to eat prior to exercise.
Likewise if you've felt worse eating before a jog, then don't eat.
Any option you cho... | To be completely honest, not eating before a workout or run is actually best. That way you burn fat directly instead of working through what you just ate. However you'll probably feel tired if you've been fasting for a long time (ie: Workout before breakfast). If you do want to eat before a workout I'd give yourself at... |
73,518 | I've been reading many opinions from the United State Supreme Court and discovered the phrase "inter alia," meaning "among other things." I have not encountered this phrase outside of these opinions.
Is the phrase "inter alia" primarily localized to legalese? Or would it be acceptable to use it in general writing? | 2012/07/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/73518",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/6523/"
] | The best course, undoubtedly, is to use "among others", a phrase that can refer to people or things.
It should be noted that "inter alia" is Latin for "among others" when "others" are things. If the others are persons, "alia" must be changed to "alios" (the OED quotes, from 1670, *The lords produce **inter alios** Jo... | It is certainly used more widely, but it says nothing that *among other things* doesn't say. The English version will be understood by all readers, and removes the risk that you will be perceived as someone who likes to show you know a bit of Latin. |
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