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112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
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"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | From the perspective of a developer: NEVER tell anybody paying the bills that they can't have what they want. Instead, you may tell them they can't have it for that price, or that they can't have it exactly the way they originally conceived it.
To your "pointer" example; .NET, a managed-code environment, has pointers.... | Most is already said, but there is one thing I would emphasize in my current work environment. I work for a company that is a contractor for other companies and out applications are business process related ( to a fair amount they drive sales and customer communication ).
Business processes along with the accompanying... |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | You could tell the boss that while it's technically possible, it will cost *X* amount in time and money spent on effort on analysis, design, to rewrite existing code, testing, regression testing, ... And then ask if the feature is worth it. Sometimes the answer will be "yes! we must have this!", sometimes it will be "n... | Most is already said, but there is one thing I would emphasize in my current work environment. I work for a company that is a contractor for other companies and out applications are business process related ( to a fair amount they drive sales and customer communication ).
Business processes along with the accompanying... |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | If I read you correctly, the real question is about unknown complexity. Initially I read your question as, "I see the extremely likely risk of excess complexity but the boss doesn't" But you're saying that the boss isn't a problem, so I take it you're not sure what the risks of adding unacceptable complexity are.
In t... | As a developer, you shouldn't really care which requirements are requested to be implemented.
However, you should explain if something is unrealistic and if there are better ways. |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | Most is already said, but there is one thing I would emphasize in my current work environment. I work for a company that is a contractor for other companies and out applications are business process related ( to a fair amount they drive sales and customer communication ).
Business processes along with the accompanying... | Sometimes its actualy customer request (comming from customer internall politics). Then its hopeless and must be done (but management should also consider whether continue such project or whether should they renegotiate price.) |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | The problem I see is your use of the word argue.
You must bring up design issues and the reasoning behind them, but be wary because programmers have a tendency to get defensive about positions they have taken and argue points just for the sake of arguing (Sometimes). I have to stop myself from arguing quite a bit--and... | As a developer, you shouldn't really care which requirements are requested to be implemented.
However, you should explain if something is unrealistic and if there are better ways. |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | If your boss tells you to do stupid tasks, then you should (kindly) explain why it is stupid.
If he or she does not get the point, then you are obligated to do stupid things. That's it. He's the boss. In such case you can just do what he/she says, or talk to his/her boss or change the job. | Sometimes its actualy customer request (comming from customer internall politics). Then its hopeless and must be done (but management should also consider whether continue such project or whether should they renegotiate price.) |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | Best thing is to have a meeting and **lay out the pros and cons** as a group, and based on that discuss the best solution. If you have a team, get them to agree on solution. Once a team agrees on something, managers and "bosses" tend to go with the solution.
If your boss still does not agree, then you've done all you... | You could tell the boss that while it's technically possible, it will cost *X* amount in time and money spent on effort on analysis, design, to rewrite existing code, testing, regression testing, ... And then ask if the feature is worth it. Sometimes the answer will be "yes! we must have this!", sometimes it will be "n... |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | I believe in pushing back bad requirements. But I also believe that when you have given your best shot at explaining why they are bad and they still want them, then you agree and do your job.
For instance, I have had people who want requirements that were mutually exclusive of something the application already does. ... | If you are in the position to understand the cons of doing it (complexity, lack of usability, etc.), then it is in everyone's best interest for you to explain it to the best of your ability. Often non-developers do not understand the problems of adding new features. It's easy for them because they don't have to do anyt... |
112,349 | What is a good attitude from developers when discussing new features, and namely, non critical/questionable features?
Say you are developing some sort of Java like language, and the boss says: "We need pointers so that developers could fiddle with object memory directly!"
Should the developer shoot down the idea beca... | 2011/10/04 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/112349",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/8029/"
] | If you spend many years programming for large applications, and think critically about it along the way, you will develop a finely tuned sense of when a feature is going to cause problems that outweigh its usefulness. Another word for this is *wisdom*, and just as is the case with other kinds of wisdom, it can be a cha... | If you are in the position to understand the cons of doing it (complexity, lack of usability, etc.), then it is in everyone's best interest for you to explain it to the best of your ability. Often non-developers do not understand the problems of adding new features. It's easy for them because they don't have to do anyt... |
76,226 | The title is quite self descriptive. I ask this question because I found contradicting information in the atmel web page. I need two external interrupts to control one rotary encoder. One interrupt control pulses from one pin (both rising and falling) and the other iterrupt the same for the other pin. So if I has only ... | 2013/07/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/76226",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/26489/"
] | There's INT0, and then there's PCINT[0:5]. INT0 gets its own interrupt routine, and the PCINT has one routine for all the pins configured to be used by the interrupt. That means that one of the first thing the interrupt routine needs to do is figure out which pin(s) actually changed to trigger the interrupt. Should act... | You can do this with a single interrupt if necessary by ORing the two pins into the one interrupt ("something changed"). You'll still need two digital inputs to read the encoder pins, and the ISR (or an exec-level helper routine) will have to take on the responsibility of figuring out which encoder pin(s) changed, but ... |
15,933 | A couple of months ago, I was looking at a youtube video and there were some steps to make Tor secure. For example it was suggested that the users should check that pop up windows are blocked, choose never remember history, select the option warn me when sites try to install add-ons, select block reported attack sites ... | 2017/10/15 | [
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/15933",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com",
"https://tor.stackexchange.com/users/19506/"
] | >
> Does this mean that I don't have to apply any of the aforementioned changes?
>
>
>
Correct, Tor Browser doesn't allow third party plugins, so Flash, Silverlight and other plugins won't be loaded. This sounds like they were trying to configure a non-Tor Browser browser to use Tor ([this is something the Tor Pro... | Similar to -> "**You can have peace. Or you can have freedom!**"
The same story about Tor Browser. **Security vs Anonymity.**
**Security**:
You would easily find tons of hate speeches of community with dev-team, where every one crying about **Enabled by Default Java-Script**. Really, it is a headache of large group... |
14,391 | I'm working on a browser add-on that has some novel usability ideas, and I'd like to test them out on some users. The add-on interacts with the user's password data and usage, and I'd like to collect some (non-identifying or exploitable) data. In particular, I'd like to keep track of how many passwords a user has, the ... | 2011/11/28 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/14391",
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] | "Where could I find users interested in testing such an add-on?"
Moms. Church secretaries. The pointy haired boss. Basically anyone that would be naive enough to install a browser plugin that tracks their passwords. These people are also a direct correlation to the people's machine's I need to wipe clean and reinstall... | Well an alternative approach would be to look at students who would be interested in keeping track of the numerous passwords they have .They are generally tech savvy and you would be able to get considerable user feedback about potential bugs or concerns |
594,203 | So, I heard of such cases from some countries in which people get murdered but due to influence from powerful people, it gets labeled as "suicide" in the media and similar sources even with cases that have proof that it in fact was a murder.
Is there any English word that summarizes this "made-up suicide" that may or ... | 2022/08/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/594203",
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] | **Staged**
The word you are looking for is "staged".
[Practical homocide.com](http://www.practicalhomicide.com/articles/staging.htm)
>
> In "staged crime scenes," however, the presentation of the homicide victim and the manipulation of the crime scene by a clever offender could make the death appear to be a suicide... | The best that can be hoped is an expression.
* *murder covered up as (a) suicide*
([ref.](https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Reserved_For_Murder/ALvoDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=%22murder+covered+up%22&pg=PT121&printsec=frontcover) And if we announce a murder covered up as a suicide, a lot of people will just think it's... |
594,203 | So, I heard of such cases from some countries in which people get murdered but due to influence from powerful people, it gets labeled as "suicide" in the media and similar sources even with cases that have proof that it in fact was a murder.
Is there any English word that summarizes this "made-up suicide" that may or ... | 2022/08/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/594203",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is a transitive use of *suicide* as a verb that may be entering mainstream usage (see [this English.se question](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/451191/transitive-use-of-suicide)). It can either mean "to drive to suicide" or "to kill [someone] and make their death appear to have been a suicide rather ... | The best that can be hoped is an expression.
* *murder covered up as (a) suicide*
([ref.](https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Reserved_For_Murder/ALvoDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=%22murder+covered+up%22&pg=PT121&printsec=frontcover) And if we announce a murder covered up as a suicide, a lot of people will just think it's... |
594,203 | So, I heard of such cases from some countries in which people get murdered but due to influence from powerful people, it gets labeled as "suicide" in the media and similar sources even with cases that have proof that it in fact was a murder.
Is there any English word that summarizes this "made-up suicide" that may or ... | 2022/08/26 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/594203",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/444737/"
] | The word is [suicided](https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicided) but it has to be used as a transitive verb in a way that indicates agency by another person. M-W in the above link lists it as a synonym for 'murdered', but of course it carries the connotation of a murder disguised as a suicide.
"Epstein didn'... | The best that can be hoped is an expression.
* *murder covered up as (a) suicide*
([ref.](https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Reserved_For_Murder/ALvoDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=%22murder+covered+up%22&pg=PT121&printsec=frontcover) And if we announce a murder covered up as a suicide, a lot of people will just think it's... |
662,131 | I was looking at the slave/pool modules and it seems similar to what I
want, but it also seems like I have a single point of failure in my
application (if the master node goes down).
The client has a list of gateways (for the sake of fallback - all do
the same thing) which accept connections, and one is chosen from
ra... | 2009/03/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/662131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49018/"
] | I don't know if there is this modules implemented yet but what I can say, load balance is overrated. What I can argue is, random placing of jobs is best bet unless you know far more information how load will come in future and in most of cases you really doesn't. What you wrote:
>
> When the client connects all nodes... | The purpose of a supervision tree is to manage the processes not necessarily forward requests. There is no reason you couldn't use different code to send requests directly to members of the list of available processes. See the pool:get\_nodes or pool:get\_node() functions for one way to get those lists.
You can let th... |
662,131 | I was looking at the slave/pool modules and it seems similar to what I
want, but it also seems like I have a single point of failure in my
application (if the master node goes down).
The client has a list of gateways (for the sake of fallback - all do
the same thing) which accept connections, and one is chosen from
ra... | 2009/03/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/662131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49018/"
] | I don't know if there is this modules implemented yet but what I can say, load balance is overrated. What I can argue is, random placing of jobs is best bet unless you know far more information how load will come in future and in most of cases you really doesn't. What you wrote:
>
> When the client connects all nodes... | I recently remembered the pg module which allows you to setup process groups. messages sent to the group go to every process in the group. It might get you part way toward what you want. you would have to write the code to decide which process handles the request for real but you would get a pool without a master using... |
662,131 | I was looking at the slave/pool modules and it seems similar to what I
want, but it also seems like I have a single point of failure in my
application (if the master node goes down).
The client has a list of gateways (for the sake of fallback - all do
the same thing) which accept connections, and one is chosen from
ra... | 2009/03/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/662131",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49018/"
] | The purpose of a supervision tree is to manage the processes not necessarily forward requests. There is no reason you couldn't use different code to send requests directly to members of the list of available processes. See the pool:get\_nodes or pool:get\_node() functions for one way to get those lists.
You can let th... | I recently remembered the pg module which allows you to setup process groups. messages sent to the group go to every process in the group. It might get you part way toward what you want. you would have to write the code to decide which process handles the request for real but you would get a pool without a master using... |
65,431,988 | I'm new to from xamarin and I'm trying to publish my app xamarin ios, So when I [try to uploading it to the app store,](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1hDIX.png)
I got the following error. | 2020/12/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65431988",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14880733/"
] | The error is obvious. It said *Authentication Failed*.
You should sign in with an app-specific password. Create the password at <https://appleid.apple.com>. | Using Visual Studio to upload to the app store works great, if there are no errors. I tend to use [Transporter](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/transporter/id1450874784?mt=12) to check my package and upload instead. You can upload your artifact directly, or from Visual Studio, publish your artifact and save it instead of... |
65,431,988 | I'm new to from xamarin and I'm trying to publish my app xamarin ios, So when I [try to uploading it to the app store,](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1hDIX.png)
I got the following error. | 2020/12/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65431988",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14880733/"
] | The error is obvious. It said *Authentication Failed*.
You should sign in with an app-specific password. Create the password at <https://appleid.apple.com>. | @Raptor's answer above worked for me with the following specifics:
I had to change my Apple account password. After changing my Apple account password, my app-specific password was gone from my Apple account. I needed to create a new app-specific password. The complete list of steps I needed to restore my ability to p... |
8,072 | We have a 1997 ford f150. My husband replaced the thermostat, but it still reads cold and doesn't put out any heat. Any suggestions? We are in Ohio, it's December, and it's freeeezzzing - need heat! Thanks for any help. | 2013/12/16 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/8072",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/4169/"
] | Make sure the cooling system hoses aren't kinked and are routed properly.
Make sure the coolant levels are good. If the coolant level isn't proper, there could be an air bubble in the heater core which would prevent/hinder the heat.
Is it not blowing? If so, check the fuses - specifically the engine compartment fuse ... | The first checks are to check that the cooling system is full of coolant. The next thing to do is scan the AirCon/heater assembly for correct working of the heater flaps.
On You Tube you can find a three part video on just what it takes to repair the heater flaps on your system. The heater flaps break on a lot of occ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | "Nationality" is not the ethnic origin, it is largely the same as the citizenship (from the [dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/national), *someone who officially belongs to a particular country, a citizen of a particular country*). Discrimination by ethnic origin is not allowed. Discrimina... | Discrimination may mean many things
-----------------------------------
Apart from the ambiguous use of term *nationality*, there is also the question of what kind of discrimination one is talking about.
Obviously, foreign nationals do not have some rights that citizens have - notably in terms of voting rights, acces... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | "Nationality" is not the ethnic origin, it is largely the same as the citizenship (from the [dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/national), *someone who officially belongs to a particular country, a citizen of a particular country*). Discrimination by ethnic origin is not allowed. Discrimina... | There is usually an exemption to these constitutional bans on discrimination. Under the *lex specialis* rule, any form of discrimination that is specifically prescribed by law is not allowed, and often even mandatory. Voting booths **must** discriminate on age.
This is often implicit, both in the constitution and the ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | "Nationality" is not the ethnic origin, it is largely the same as the citizenship (from the [dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/national), *someone who officially belongs to a particular country, a citizen of a particular country*). Discrimination by ethnic origin is not allowed. Discrimina... | I'll use the provided translation, which should be good enough for the purpose of this argument.
Here's article 142 with emphasis added:
>
> Article 142: If the Chancellor of Justice finds that legislation passed by the legislative or executive powers or by a local government is in conflict with the Constitution or ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | Someone who actually can speak Estonian should probably answer this, but on a quick look there is indeed a fair bit of problem with the most direct translation and how other passages by Estonian authorities use the term "rahvus".
The Estonian constitution in original says:
>
> Kõik on seaduse ees võrdsed. Kedagi ei ... | Discrimination may mean many things
-----------------------------------
Apart from the ambiguous use of term *nationality*, there is also the question of what kind of discrimination one is talking about.
Obviously, foreign nationals do not have some rights that citizens have - notably in terms of voting rights, acces... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | Someone who actually can speak Estonian should probably answer this, but on a quick look there is indeed a fair bit of problem with the most direct translation and how other passages by Estonian authorities use the term "rahvus".
The Estonian constitution in original says:
>
> Kõik on seaduse ees võrdsed. Kedagi ei ... | There is usually an exemption to these constitutional bans on discrimination. Under the *lex specialis* rule, any form of discrimination that is specifically prescribed by law is not allowed, and often even mandatory. Voting booths **must** discriminate on age.
This is often implicit, both in the constitution and the ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | Someone who actually can speak Estonian should probably answer this, but on a quick look there is indeed a fair bit of problem with the most direct translation and how other passages by Estonian authorities use the term "rahvus".
The Estonian constitution in original says:
>
> Kõik on seaduse ees võrdsed. Kedagi ei ... | I'll use the provided translation, which should be good enough for the purpose of this argument.
Here's article 142 with emphasis added:
>
> Article 142: If the Chancellor of Justice finds that legislation passed by the legislative or executive powers or by a local government is in conflict with the Constitution or ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | Discrimination may mean many things
-----------------------------------
Apart from the ambiguous use of term *nationality*, there is also the question of what kind of discrimination one is talking about.
Obviously, foreign nationals do not have some rights that citizens have - notably in terms of voting rights, acces... | There is usually an exemption to these constitutional bans on discrimination. Under the *lex specialis* rule, any form of discrimination that is specifically prescribed by law is not allowed, and often even mandatory. Voting booths **must** discriminate on age.
This is often implicit, both in the constitution and the ... |
75,661 | Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having restrictions on voting right based on the very same characteristics.
For example, in the Estonian constitution, [Section 12](https... | 2022/09/22 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/75661",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/28067/"
] | I'll use the provided translation, which should be good enough for the purpose of this argument.
Here's article 142 with emphasis added:
>
> Article 142: If the Chancellor of Justice finds that legislation passed by the legislative or executive powers or by a local government is in conflict with the Constitution or ... | There is usually an exemption to these constitutional bans on discrimination. Under the *lex specialis* rule, any form of discrimination that is specifically prescribed by law is not allowed, and often even mandatory. Voting booths **must** discriminate on age.
This is often implicit, both in the constitution and the ... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
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] | Quran itself states the reason clearly: "if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her". This is about the way human mind works. Men keep the event in more details. This is about nature and something like a man being physically stronger than a woman. Allah that created human knows it better than any ... | The reason why Quran 2:82 prescribed two female witnesses to one male witness is for multiple reasons.
TL;DR
-----
The reason for this witness ruling, which is 2 female witnesses to 1 male witness for commercial transactions is because women at the time and throughout much of history and even in many areas present-da... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
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] | In Sunni point of view, Women have deficiency in reason and in religion. That is why a woman's testimony is accepted if it is supported by another woman.
>
> "I have not seen anyone more deficient in ability to reason and deen
> than you. A cautious sensible man can be led astray by some of you.”
> It was said: “O ... | Firstly this is only, as the Quran points out, in the area of business contracts. Where if two men are not brought then 1 man and two women. The Quran also points out that this is in regards to the issue of forgetfulness, because the business world isn't the natural place for a women, the women's responsibility lies in... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
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] | Firstly this is only, as the Quran points out, in the area of business contracts. Where if two men are not brought then 1 man and two women. The Quran also points out that this is in regards to the issue of forgetfulness, because the business world isn't the natural place for a women, the women's responsibility lies in... | I think this area is heavily disputed (on witnesses in general). While the Qu'arn is very clear in your example, it does not explicitly extend that beyond financial matters.
The most commonly accepted reason that I have seen is that financial matters are generally not in the women's sphere of expertise or interests. O... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/182",
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] | In Sunni point of view, Women have deficiency in reason and in religion. That is why a woman's testimony is accepted if it is supported by another woman.
>
> "I have not seen anyone more deficient in ability to reason and deen
> than you. A cautious sensible man can be led astray by some of you.”
> It was said: “O ... | The reason why Quran 2:82 prescribed two female witnesses to one male witness is for multiple reasons.
TL;DR
-----
The reason for this witness ruling, which is 2 female witnesses to 1 male witness for commercial transactions is because women at the time and throughout much of history and even in many areas present-da... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/182",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
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] | Quran itself states the reason clearly: "if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her". This is about the way human mind works. Men keep the event in more details. This is about nature and something like a man being physically stronger than a woman. Allah that created human knows it better than any ... | I think this area is heavily disputed (on witnesses in general). While the Qu'arn is very clear in your example, it does not explicitly extend that beyond financial matters.
The most commonly accepted reason that I have seen is that financial matters are generally not in the women's sphere of expertise or interests. O... |
182 | Why is it that whenever witnesses are required in Islam, two women are required to take the place of only one man?
The Quran in Sura 2:282 says:
>
> And let two men from among you bear witness to all such documents
> [contracts of loans without interest]. But if two men be not
> available, there should be one man ... | 2012/06/20 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/182",
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] | Firstly this is only, as the Quran points out, in the area of business contracts. Where if two men are not brought then 1 man and two women. The Quran also points out that this is in regards to the issue of forgetfulness, because the business world isn't the natural place for a women, the women's responsibility lies in... | Quran itself states the reason clearly: "if one of the women forgets (anything), the other may remind her". This is about the way human mind works. Men keep the event in more details. This is about nature and something like a man being physically stronger than a woman. Allah that created human knows it better than any ... |
171,772 | Can the rms AC voltage change with frequency?
I have connected a DSO to the audio oscillator(having 10V p-p). Peak to peak voltage remains constant on changing frequency(10 Hz to 100KHz) but on measuring the rms voltage with a multimeter, the voltage varies drastically(falls off from 3.4V at 500Hz to 0.5V at 50KHz).
... | 2015/05/22 | [
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] | Most multimeters aren't designed for the frequencies you are using. They are generally intended to be used at around line frequency (50hz or 60Hz.) Some will also work at higher frequencies, some won't. Around 10Hz you aren't too far from what the meter expects, so it works OK. At higher frequencies, it won't work so g... | If the measured signal is a pure sinusoid then RMS should remain the same.
So chances are:
* the multimeter is not measuring the real RMS
* the shape of the output changes ( maybe more noise or higher frequency harmonics ) |
126,057 | When looking at old games like Mario64 or DukeNukem3D, all the mirrors in the game are essentially just holes in the wall with a mirrored copy of the geometry in front of the mirror put behind them. In the case of DukeNukem3D one can even activate no-clip and walk into that mirrored room.
In contrast modern games use ... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | 1. Using RTT (render-to-texture) allows to easily scale rendering quality (resolution, LOD, lighting complexity) for adjustable performance. RTT also makes it easier to replace the surface with a cubemap at a certain distance where it's hard to see the reflection exactly.
2. Since the output is a texture, there are mor... | RTT would have been used if it was possible but the hardware rendering pipeline was one way.
Older hardware also had limitations that prevented render to texture. Writing to RAM means it can not be read at the same time. To improve rendering performance the destination buffer was locked to write only, only the display... |
126,057 | When looking at old games like Mario64 or DukeNukem3D, all the mirrors in the game are essentially just holes in the wall with a mirrored copy of the geometry in front of the mirror put behind them. In the case of DukeNukem3D one can even activate no-clip and walk into that mirrored room.
In contrast modern games use ... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | 1. Using RTT (render-to-texture) allows to easily scale rendering quality (resolution, LOD, lighting complexity) for adjustable performance. RTT also makes it easier to replace the surface with a cubemap at a certain distance where it's hard to see the reflection exactly.
2. Since the output is a texture, there are mor... | Duke Nukem handle that by re-rendering the geometry behind the mirror, the other answers are partially correct. There are areas behind mirrors that actually contains no geometry (in game data files), the geometry is re-rendered at run time infact, the reason for those areas to exist is to avoid to place accidentally a ... |
126,057 | When looking at old games like Mario64 or DukeNukem3D, all the mirrors in the game are essentially just holes in the wall with a mirrored copy of the geometry in front of the mirror put behind them. In the case of DukeNukem3D one can even activate no-clip and walk into that mirrored room.
In contrast modern games use ... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | No, you are wrong - that's not how Duke Nukem 3D's mirrors worked at all.
DN3D used a *portal engine*. A joint between any two sectors was arbitrary to an extent, and when the rendering engine came to a portal, it knew that it has to start rendering another sector in that. The sector behind the mirror was basically a ... | RTT would have been used if it was possible but the hardware rendering pipeline was one way.
Older hardware also had limitations that prevented render to texture. Writing to RAM means it can not be read at the same time. To improve rendering performance the destination buffer was locked to write only, only the display... |
126,057 | When looking at old games like Mario64 or DukeNukem3D, all the mirrors in the game are essentially just holes in the wall with a mirrored copy of the geometry in front of the mirror put behind them. In the case of DukeNukem3D one can even activate no-clip and walk into that mirrored room.
In contrast modern games use ... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | RTT would have been used if it was possible but the hardware rendering pipeline was one way.
Older hardware also had limitations that prevented render to texture. Writing to RAM means it can not be read at the same time. To improve rendering performance the destination buffer was locked to write only, only the display... | Duke Nukem handle that by re-rendering the geometry behind the mirror, the other answers are partially correct. There are areas behind mirrors that actually contains no geometry (in game data files), the geometry is re-rendered at run time infact, the reason for those areas to exist is to avoid to place accidentally a ... |
126,057 | When looking at old games like Mario64 or DukeNukem3D, all the mirrors in the game are essentially just holes in the wall with a mirrored copy of the geometry in front of the mirror put behind them. In the case of DukeNukem3D one can even activate no-clip and walk into that mirrored room.
In contrast modern games use ... | 2016/07/25 | [
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] | No, you are wrong - that's not how Duke Nukem 3D's mirrors worked at all.
DN3D used a *portal engine*. A joint between any two sectors was arbitrary to an extent, and when the rendering engine came to a portal, it knew that it has to start rendering another sector in that. The sector behind the mirror was basically a ... | Duke Nukem handle that by re-rendering the geometry behind the mirror, the other answers are partially correct. There are areas behind mirrors that actually contains no geometry (in game data files), the geometry is re-rendered at run time infact, the reason for those areas to exist is to avoid to place accidentally a ... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | Just do it as normal all the time.
They pick up everything all the time.
That is how children learn by seeing, hearing and experiencing things. | We started toilet training our child from roughly day 5, almost by accident. By month 2 or 3, it became clear that the lack of communication was the biggest impediment to success (the baby can't take off their own diaper or climb onto the potty) and it took my dumb brain a few months to come up with sign language. We (... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | Unless he/she has a hearing impairment just to talk to them. Of course point at the things at the same time, to show what you mean ("You want water?" and point at the bottle) but don't replace talking with signing.
Believe me you'll understand their babbling and they will understand you like any other baby did in the ... | We started toilet training our child from roughly day 5, almost by accident. By month 2 or 3, it became clear that the lack of communication was the biggest impediment to success (the baby can't take off their own diaper or climb onto the potty) and it took my dumb brain a few months to come up with sign language. We (... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | Just do it as normal all the time.
They pick up everything all the time.
That is how children learn by seeing, hearing and experiencing things. | Unless he/she has a hearing impairment just to talk to them. Of course point at the things at the same time, to show what you mean ("You want water?" and point at the bottle) but don't replace talking with signing.
Believe me you'll understand their babbling and they will understand you like any other baby did in the ... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | Just do it as normal all the time.
They pick up everything all the time.
That is how children learn by seeing, hearing and experiencing things. | What if a baby is born deaf? Once parents learn their baby is profoundly deaf, sign language begins, presumably with a baby that can see. Try imagining (as a hearing person with ear plugs on in a very noisy environment) and attempt to listen to someone talking to you. If you can't hear them, you're deaf and relying on ... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | Just do it as normal all the time.
They pick up everything all the time.
That is how children learn by seeing, hearing and experiencing things. | You might as well start early to grow your own vocabulary, and to build the habit for yourself. |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | We incorporated basic signs with our children pretty much right after they started opening their eyes (i.e. around 1 month) and coupled it with words. We are not proficient in sign language, we limited ourselves to 'eat', 'drink', and 'more' and was done with a deliberate goal towards the long game and had demonstrable... | You might as well start early to grow your own vocabulary, and to build the habit for yourself. |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | We incorporated basic signs with our children pretty much right after they started opening their eyes (i.e. around 1 month) and coupled it with words. We are not proficient in sign language, we limited ourselves to 'eat', 'drink', and 'more' and was done with a deliberate goal towards the long game and had demonstrable... | We started toilet training our child from roughly day 5, almost by accident. By month 2 or 3, it became clear that the lack of communication was the biggest impediment to success (the baby can't take off their own diaper or climb onto the potty) and it took my dumb brain a few months to come up with sign language. We (... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
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] | You might as well start early to grow your own vocabulary, and to build the habit for yourself. | What if a baby is born deaf? Once parents learn their baby is profoundly deaf, sign language begins, presumably with a baby that can see. Try imagining (as a hearing person with ear plugs on in a very noisy environment) and attempt to listen to someone talking to you. If you can't hear them, you're deaf and relying on ... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/42987",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
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] | We incorporated basic signs with our children pretty much right after they started opening their eyes (i.e. around 1 month) and coupled it with words. We are not proficient in sign language, we limited ourselves to 'eat', 'drink', and 'more' and was done with a deliberate goal towards the long game and had demonstrable... | What if a baby is born deaf? Once parents learn their baby is profoundly deaf, sign language begins, presumably with a baby that can see. Try imagining (as a hearing person with ear plugs on in a very noisy environment) and attempt to listen to someone talking to you. If you can't hear them, you're deaf and relying on ... |
42,987 | I would like to know when is a good time to start teaching your baby sign language. I heard they won't start signing back to you before 6-7 months so starting before 3 months might be pointless. Any thoughts on when you think would be a good time to start for your sake as well as your baby's? | 2022/10/27 | [
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/42987",
"https://parenting.stackexchange.com",
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] | Just do it as normal all the time.
They pick up everything all the time.
That is how children learn by seeing, hearing and experiencing things. | We incorporated basic signs with our children pretty much right after they started opening their eyes (i.e. around 1 month) and coupled it with words. We are not proficient in sign language, we limited ourselves to 'eat', 'drink', and 'more' and was done with a deliberate goal towards the long game and had demonstrable... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Put a jar on your desk labeled "Nag Jar 25 cents" and insist that he drop in a quarter every time he mentions the swear jar. | Next time he mentions it...
Calmly, pull out your wallet, pull out a $10 or $20 bill, make a giant and flamboyant gesture of walking over to the jar. Make sure you get everyone's attention. Make sure everyone sees the denomination of the bill. Even hold the bill stretched out right up to his face. (Always smiling of c... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Unfortunately, not participating in this is going to get you labeled as "not a team player", which is a CLM (career limiting move) of the first order. My advice to you would be to participate, since you don't curse often, it would do little harm. Your concern in being "that guy" is indeed founded.
**BUT**
if you insi... | Tell him you don’t carry change.
The last thing you want to do is play games - like bringing in your own “nag” jar. It only reinforces the confrontation.
Keep it professional, even if they don’t. Tell him you don’t have any change and you’re not playing his game. Then just stop responding, and get back to work.
Cons... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Unfortunately, not participating in this is going to get you labeled as "not a team player", which is a CLM (career limiting move) of the first order. My advice to you would be to participate, since you don't curse often, it would do little harm. Your concern in being "that guy" is indeed founded.
**BUT**
if you insi... | We're all being monitored whether we like it or not. You choose not to participate. That's your prerogative, but you should have anticipated some consequences.
Usually, people nag like this because the noticed that it bothers you. You showed him that this gets to you, so he keeps doing it. Taking other action could ma... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Put a jar on your desk labeled "Nag Jar 25 cents" and insist that he drop in a quarter every time he mentions the swear jar. | My suggestion (which has worked for me in analogous situations):
1. "I am allergic to collective coercion." [the first nag of each week]
2. "It's still a no, I am afraid." [after that, for a few times]
3. "It's still a no." [for the rest of the day]
4. "No." [for the rest of the week]
Always said in even and unpertur... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Unfortunately, not participating in this is going to get you labeled as "not a team player", which is a CLM (career limiting move) of the first order. My advice to you would be to participate, since you don't curse often, it would do little harm. Your concern in being "that guy" is indeed founded.
**BUT**
if you insi... | you need to escalate to your manager immediately.
"
To make it clear - I don't care about having a good relationship with that person anymore
"
the above is a very bad sign for team work, and your manager needs to know about it. it's better to stop things quickly before they fester into something worse.
Also, as an ... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/107399",
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] | Unfortunately, not participating in this is going to get you labeled as "not a team player", which is a CLM (career limiting move) of the first order. My advice to you would be to participate, since you don't curse often, it would do little harm. Your concern in being "that guy" is indeed founded.
**BUT**
if you insi... | Agree to join the swear jar on the condition that for every day you don't swear at all, you get to take a handful out of it. And quit swearing. |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Next time he mentions it...
Calmly, pull out your wallet, pull out a $10 or $20 bill, make a giant and flamboyant gesture of walking over to the jar. Make sure you get everyone's attention. Make sure everyone sees the denomination of the bill. Even hold the bill stretched out right up to his face. (Always smiling of c... | Next time he nags about it, just look at him in the eyes and say all the swear words that come through your mind.
More seriously, if you've already explicitly told him you didn't take part in the jar thingy (i.e. explicitly stated *"I don't do the swear jar. Please stop pestering me about it."*), having a talk with hi... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Tell him you don’t carry change.
The last thing you want to do is play games - like bringing in your own “nag” jar. It only reinforces the confrontation.
Keep it professional, even if they don’t. Tell him you don’t have any change and you’re not playing his game. Then just stop responding, and get back to work.
Cons... | We're all being monitored whether we like it or not. You choose not to participate. That's your prerogative, but you should have anticipated some consequences.
Usually, people nag like this because the noticed that it bothers you. You showed him that this gets to you, so he keeps doing it. Taking other action could ma... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Put a jar on your desk labeled "Nag Jar 25 cents" and insist that he drop in a quarter every time he mentions the swear jar. | Unfortunately, not participating in this is going to get you labeled as "not a team player", which is a CLM (career limiting move) of the first order. My advice to you would be to participate, since you don't curse often, it would do little harm. Your concern in being "that guy" is indeed founded.
**BUT**
if you insi... |
107,399 | In my open-space office our 5-man team, "A" sits next to 8-man team "B". About 3 weeks ago, a colleague from HR came and asked team "B" to mind their behaviour because they were rather loud and tended to swear quite a bit.
In order to accommodate quickly, they decided that for each curse one has to throw some change i... | 2018/02/28 | [
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] | Next time he mentions it...
Calmly, pull out your wallet, pull out a $10 or $20 bill, make a giant and flamboyant gesture of walking over to the jar. Make sure you get everyone's attention. Make sure everyone sees the denomination of the bill. Even hold the bill stretched out right up to his face. (Always smiling of c... | Tell him you don’t carry change.
The last thing you want to do is play games - like bringing in your own “nag” jar. It only reinforces the confrontation.
Keep it professional, even if they don’t. Tell him you don’t have any change and you’re not playing his game. Then just stop responding, and get back to work.
Cons... |
336 | When I was in high school, Homer's *Iliad*, Homer's *Odyssey*, and Virgil's *Aeneid* were taught as a trilogy of sorts.
Was Virgil the first Roman to refer to Odysseus as 'Ulysses' or was there another (recorded) author before him who did so? | 2017/01/20 | [
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] | Ulysses is the Latin form of the Greek Odysseus, stemming from the Sicilian or alternate Latin form Ulixes. The first instance of these forms in literature that I can find is in the *Odusia* by [Livius Andronicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livius_Andronicus#Odusia). This is an early translation of the Odyssey (thir... | I am not a linguist, but I think it's worth mentioning that the Odysseus→Ulysses transformation is a special case of something called the "Sabine L": some words that had "d" sounds in Old Latin (or in Greek) became "l" in later (classical) Latin. Examples include:
* *lacrima* in Latin from Old Latin *dacrima*, from Gr... |
352,752 | In US foods and other products, "organic" simply is a federal certification guaranteeing a set of standards are met. Within the organic product space, differentiators include fair trade, local sourcing, no animal testing, and other practices that appeal to the "conscious consumption" aspect of the field.
What is a wa... | 2016/10/10 | [
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] | Consider *the **sustainability** of X* as a phrase to identify 'differentiators' along the lines of *organic*, but related to products that *organic* isn't appropriate for.
>
> **Sustainable** *adjective*
> 1.1 Conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources:
> ‘our fundamental commitmen... | The *Cadillac* of X.
Cadillac: "The best of its kind; standard of excellence; paragon : Republicans call New York the Cadillac of welfare states/ Revos are the Cadillac of sunglasses" The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition, which I found at <http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cadillac?s=t> |
66,011 | Why does water have several different solid phase but only one liquid and gas phase? Is there any meaning? or any reason behind it?
Or is it just the way the nature behaves? | 2013/05/26 | [
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] | Solid phases differ by the arrangement of the molecules. Molecules in solids stay at the same place so you can have different geometrical arrangements (different phases). In liquids and gases, molecules always move, so you cannot define a fixed arrangement. | Some other liquids can have multiple phases though. Liquid helium can undergo a phase transition between a superfluid and a non-superfluid phase. |
2,343,560 | Can you install a hardware driver, built using WinUSB, along with a C# application deployed using Click-once? | 2010/02/26 | [
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] | ClickOnce cannot install a driver.
ClickOnce simply copies files from a server location to a client's profile and keeps them in sync. The main reason people get confused is because Visual Studio does extra stuff when you use it to deploy. It creates both a web page and a bootstrapper for prerequisites. The bootstrappe... | See the following discussion: <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/winformssetup/thread/51f897d9-a84c-49a6-9305-df9e19986918>
It would appear that the recommended practice is to create a setup prerequisite for the drivers, then include that prerequisite in the clickonce for your app's properties. |
2,343,560 | Can you install a hardware driver, built using WinUSB, along with a C# application deployed using Click-once? | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2343560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | See the following discussion: <http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/winformssetup/thread/51f897d9-a84c-49a6-9305-df9e19986918>
It would appear that the recommended practice is to create a setup prerequisite for the drivers, then include that prerequisite in the clickonce for your app's properties. | Drivers can be uninstalled. My ClickOnce apps deploy the driver files locally on install, then my app checks to see if the USB device is present and if the drivers have been applied. I think this is best, because the user gets the correct error for their situation. If the drivers aren't there, I prompt the user and run... |
2,343,560 | Can you install a hardware driver, built using WinUSB, along with a C# application deployed using Click-once? | 2010/02/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2343560",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/80589/"
] | ClickOnce cannot install a driver.
ClickOnce simply copies files from a server location to a client's profile and keeps them in sync. The main reason people get confused is because Visual Studio does extra stuff when you use it to deploy. It creates both a web page and a bootstrapper for prerequisites. The bootstrappe... | Drivers can be uninstalled. My ClickOnce apps deploy the driver files locally on install, then my app checks to see if the USB device is present and if the drivers have been applied. I think this is best, because the user gets the correct error for their situation. If the drivers aren't there, I prompt the user and run... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
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] | There are different views on the things you ask about and the major grammar texts do seem to differ in the details, so there are "traditional grammars" and "modern grammars" as authors grapple with various complexities and redefinitions and have different views.
I'm not sure about what you call a "proper verb" (a judg... | I agree totally with you about the issue, except that modal auxiliary verbs should be classified as adjectives.
In "{Mary is} pretty"
* *is* modifies Mary's existentialism, by being an adjective to *Mary*.
* pretty modifies Mary's existentialism, by stating that {Mary's existentialism} being pretty.
However, the mor... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
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] | To determine whether auxiliaries are verbs, we should examine two kinds of properties. One kind of important property relates to word forms, and the other kind of property relates to word use.
Most verbs have properties such as tense, aspect and mode.
The verb *to be* is a normal, complete verb. *Was* and *were... | There are different views on the things you ask about and the major grammar texts do seem to differ in the details, so there are "traditional grammars" and "modern grammars" as authors grapple with various complexities and redefinitions and have different views.
I'm not sure about what you call a "proper verb" (a judg... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
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] | If you are building a parser, you will separate modals, auxiliaries, and lexical verbs; mixing them up would be ungrammatical. You can lump them together as verbals (components of predicators), and equate that group with the historical verbs (named as a part-of-speech back when it was important not to over-complicate t... | There are different views on the things you ask about and the major grammar texts do seem to differ in the details, so there are "traditional grammars" and "modern grammars" as authors grapple with various complexities and redefinitions and have different views.
I'm not sure about what you call a "proper verb" (a judg... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212363",
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] | To determine whether auxiliaries are verbs, we should examine two kinds of properties. One kind of important property relates to word forms, and the other kind of property relates to word use.
Most verbs have properties such as tense, aspect and mode.
The verb *to be* is a normal, complete verb. *Was* and *were... | I agree totally with you about the issue, except that modal auxiliary verbs should be classified as adjectives.
In "{Mary is} pretty"
* *is* modifies Mary's existentialism, by being an adjective to *Mary*.
* pretty modifies Mary's existentialism, by stating that {Mary's existentialism} being pretty.
However, the mor... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212363",
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] | If you are building a parser, you will separate modals, auxiliaries, and lexical verbs; mixing them up would be ungrammatical. You can lump them together as verbals (components of predicators), and equate that group with the historical verbs (named as a part-of-speech back when it was important not to over-complicate t... | I agree totally with you about the issue, except that modal auxiliary verbs should be classified as adjectives.
In "{Mary is} pretty"
* *is* modifies Mary's existentialism, by being an adjective to *Mary*.
* pretty modifies Mary's existentialism, by stating that {Mary's existentialism} being pretty.
However, the mor... |
212,363 | A friend recently told me that "can" is a rare verb without an infinitive. I have since looked it up and discovered it is an auxiliary verb. In my mind it modifies a "proper" verb in much the same way an adverb does.
"I *can* **jump** puddles"
"I *could* **do** it"
"to jump" and "to do" are OK, "to can" is wrong (me... | 2014/12/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212363",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | To determine whether auxiliaries are verbs, we should examine two kinds of properties. One kind of important property relates to word forms, and the other kind of property relates to word use.
Most verbs have properties such as tense, aspect and mode.
The verb *to be* is a normal, complete verb. *Was* and *were... | If you are building a parser, you will separate modals, auxiliaries, and lexical verbs; mixing them up would be ungrammatical. You can lump them together as verbals (components of predicators), and equate that group with the historical verbs (named as a part-of-speech back when it was important not to over-complicate t... |
269,871 | I have a problem with this logic circuit I have designed:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yGn6D.png)
**The intended behaviour is**: when the clock comes high, the counter's state is latched and decoded
[](https:/... | 2016/11/17 | [
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] | It's quite uncommon for inputs to arrive in-phase with the clock. The usual design is for inputs to be sampled at the rising edge of the clock. You see this in the 7474 you use; it triggers on the rising edge. See, for instance, <https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SPI_timing_diagram2.svg> .
If you allow inputs ... | I think this is because of latch delay in 4514. You could consider to remove 7474 flip/flops or if you really need them replace 4514 with few nand gates all you need is three decoded outputs after all. |
269,871 | I have a problem with this logic circuit I have designed:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yGn6D.png)
**The intended behaviour is**: when the clock comes high, the counter's state is latched and decoded
[](https:/... | 2016/11/17 | [
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] | In general you have to **be careful when mixing different logic IC technologies**:
The output of a LS gate (e.g, IC2a, 74LS08) cannot be used directly for an input of a CMOS gate (e.g. IC3, 4029).
In your case this may cause that the reset pusle is detected way too late.
At least you should add a pull-up resistor ... | I think this is because of latch delay in 4514. You could consider to remove 7474 flip/flops or if you really need them replace 4514 with few nand gates all you need is three decoded outputs after all. |
269,871 | I have a problem with this logic circuit I have designed:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yGn6D.png)
**The intended behaviour is**: when the clock comes high, the counter's state is latched and decoded
[](https:/... | 2016/11/17 | [
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] | In general you have to **be careful when mixing different logic IC technologies**:
The output of a LS gate (e.g, IC2a, 74LS08) cannot be used directly for an input of a CMOS gate (e.g. IC3, 4029).
In your case this may cause that the reset pusle is detected way too late.
At least you should add a pull-up resistor ... | It's quite uncommon for inputs to arrive in-phase with the clock. The usual design is for inputs to be sampled at the rising edge of the clock. You see this in the 7474 you use; it triggers on the rising edge. See, for instance, <https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SPI_timing_diagram2.svg> .
If you allow inputs ... |
141,302 | I have an ML system which classifies a series of objects. These objects have a possible status `X` assigned by the system.
This information is displayed on a dashboard table to users.
An example output is below:
| Object | Is X? |
| --- | --- |
| A | X |
| B | X |
| C | |
| D | X |
| E | |
**I need users to confi... | 2021/10/15 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/141302",
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] | If verifications in your system are expected to produce as many false positives as true positives, a three-state selector would be appropriate (like the Holly's Coffee example in another answer):
Unknown (Default state) | Correct | Incorrect
If false positives are an *exception* and are usually rare, a better pattern... | It depends on who the user is and what his tasks are. Is it part of their job or is it mandatory for them to do this?
Is it optional?
I have two suggestions. One would immerse users and create more focus on this task if it is an important task :
[](... |
922,766 | I have a list template in a MOSS List Template Gallery and I need to create a list using this template from a feature receiver. This sounds really easy but I cannot find a way of doing this.
SPWeb has a GetCatalog method that returns an SPList with 1 item - my template - but it is an SPListItem and I need an SPListTem... | 2009/05/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/922766",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/98406/"
] | No. Font size is readonly for existing "Font" objects. | Make sure you use the constructor method that allows you to use the base font and pass in the new size you desire. This will save you some code from the other approaches. |
18,487 | **Aliens, for some unknown reason, want all the water (H2O) in our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, (all large bodies of water on earth), and plan to steal it from us overnight.**
Luckily for us, they don't want to wreck life on this planet.
As highly advanced lifeforms, they have the technology to replace all our wate... | 2015/06/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/18487",
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] | I'll revert to my old pessimistic self and say that there's nothing that can replace good ol' H2O.
Here are some things that a replacement liquid would have to do:
1. **Be denser as a liquid than a solid.** This is atypical of most substances, but water is an exception. This is why only the tops of ponds freeze over ... | I believe the answer is "NO". Water is water is water. On top of that, hydrogen and oxygen are two of the most abundant elements in the universe. Stealing it from a populated planet (where you don't want to hurt the lifeforms) is madness. |
18,487 | **Aliens, for some unknown reason, want all the water (H2O) in our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, (all large bodies of water on earth), and plan to steal it from us overnight.**
Luckily for us, they don't want to wreck life on this planet.
As highly advanced lifeforms, they have the technology to replace all our wate... | 2015/06/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/18487",
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] | I believe the answer is "NO". Water is water is water. On top of that, hydrogen and oxygen are two of the most abundant elements in the universe. Stealing it from a populated planet (where you don't want to hurt the lifeforms) is madness. | [Dihydrogen Monoxide](http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)
=====================================================
Dihydrogen Monoxide is a clear liquid, mostly flavourless chemical that is often used in pesticide production and distribution which can effe... |
18,487 | **Aliens, for some unknown reason, want all the water (H2O) in our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, (all large bodies of water on earth), and plan to steal it from us overnight.**
Luckily for us, they don't want to wreck life on this planet.
As highly advanced lifeforms, they have the technology to replace all our wate... | 2015/06/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/18487",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | I believe the answer is "NO". Water is water is water. On top of that, hydrogen and oxygen are two of the most abundant elements in the universe. Stealing it from a populated planet (where you don't want to hurt the lifeforms) is madness. | It is a non-believable old story trope that aliens want *our* water. Why not just grab a chunk from the Oort cloud? I read reciently that it looks like one of Jupiter's moons appears to have a bit more water than Earth's oceans. The most common elements in the universe are, in order, Hydrogen, Helium, and Oxygen. Water... |
18,487 | **Aliens, for some unknown reason, want all the water (H2O) in our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, (all large bodies of water on earth), and plan to steal it from us overnight.**
Luckily for us, they don't want to wreck life on this planet.
As highly advanced lifeforms, they have the technology to replace all our wate... | 2015/06/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/18487",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | I'll revert to my old pessimistic self and say that there's nothing that can replace good ol' H2O.
Here are some things that a replacement liquid would have to do:
1. **Be denser as a liquid than a solid.** This is atypical of most substances, but water is an exception. This is why only the tops of ponds freeze over ... | [Dihydrogen Monoxide](http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html)
=====================================================
Dihydrogen Monoxide is a clear liquid, mostly flavourless chemical that is often used in pesticide production and distribution which can effe... |
18,487 | **Aliens, for some unknown reason, want all the water (H2O) in our oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, (all large bodies of water on earth), and plan to steal it from us overnight.**
Luckily for us, they don't want to wreck life on this planet.
As highly advanced lifeforms, they have the technology to replace all our wate... | 2015/06/03 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/18487",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I'll revert to my old pessimistic self and say that there's nothing that can replace good ol' H2O.
Here are some things that a replacement liquid would have to do:
1. **Be denser as a liquid than a solid.** This is atypical of most substances, but water is an exception. This is why only the tops of ponds freeze over ... | It is a non-believable old story trope that aliens want *our* water. Why not just grab a chunk from the Oort cloud? I read reciently that it looks like one of Jupiter's moons appears to have a bit more water than Earth's oceans. The most common elements in the universe are, in order, Hydrogen, Helium, and Oxygen. Water... |
36,586 | As a foreigner, using articles is one of the most difficult part.
What is the difference between "Simple is best" and "Simple is the best"? When I googled it, both appeared with many results, so it seems both are right. Are they same or have some differences? | 2011/08/03 | [
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] | Logically they are the same, but they have different psychological connotations. "Simple is best" is a bit warmer and implies that the receiver is being edified. "Simple is the best" is stated in a way that makes it sound more like it's an objective fact or something. It's kind of hard to describe.
**Edit:** After nea... | The long and short of *this particular* phrase, is they're both the same in meaning, and they're both grammatical. Note that I have italicized "this particular". This is to indicate that "the" can make a difference in certain other situations, but not in *this particular situation.*
Both of them are stating that the s... |
36,586 | As a foreigner, using articles is one of the most difficult part.
What is the difference between "Simple is best" and "Simple is the best"? When I googled it, both appeared with many results, so it seems both are right. Are they same or have some differences? | 2011/08/03 | [
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] | Logically they are the same, but they have different psychological connotations. "Simple is best" is a bit warmer and implies that the receiver is being edified. "Simple is the best" is stated in a way that makes it sound more like it's an objective fact or something. It's kind of hard to describe.
**Edit:** After nea... | "Simple is best" is probably the phrase you want to use.
Compare to an adage like "mother knows best." The phrase is idiomatic - a token of speech that can't be divided - so "mother knows the best" sounds wrong.
It's harder to pin down the reason for this. In the first case, the phrase means that the simplest way i... |
36,586 | As a foreigner, using articles is one of the most difficult part.
What is the difference between "Simple is best" and "Simple is the best"? When I googled it, both appeared with many results, so it seems both are right. Are they same or have some differences? | 2011/08/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36586",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Logically they are the same, but they have different psychological connotations. "Simple is best" is a bit warmer and implies that the receiver is being edified. "Simple is the best" is stated in a way that makes it sound more like it's an objective fact or something. It's kind of hard to describe.
**Edit:** After nea... | "Simple is the best" implies that simple is a noun. The meaning of simple as a noun is something simple, unmixed or compounded, a simple *thing* or worse, an ignorant, foolish or gullible person, a commoner, a "simple".
"Simple is best" implies that "simple" is an adjective, like "best." This is by far the more elegan... |
36,586 | As a foreigner, using articles is one of the most difficult part.
What is the difference between "Simple is best" and "Simple is the best"? When I googled it, both appeared with many results, so it seems both are right. Are they same or have some differences? | 2011/08/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36586",
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"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/10095/"
] | The long and short of *this particular* phrase, is they're both the same in meaning, and they're both grammatical. Note that I have italicized "this particular". This is to indicate that "the" can make a difference in certain other situations, but not in *this particular situation.*
Both of them are stating that the s... | "Simple is the best" implies that simple is a noun. The meaning of simple as a noun is something simple, unmixed or compounded, a simple *thing* or worse, an ignorant, foolish or gullible person, a commoner, a "simple".
"Simple is best" implies that "simple" is an adjective, like "best." This is by far the more elegan... |
36,586 | As a foreigner, using articles is one of the most difficult part.
What is the difference between "Simple is best" and "Simple is the best"? When I googled it, both appeared with many results, so it seems both are right. Are they same or have some differences? | 2011/08/03 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36586",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/10095/"
] | "Simple is best" is probably the phrase you want to use.
Compare to an adage like "mother knows best." The phrase is idiomatic - a token of speech that can't be divided - so "mother knows the best" sounds wrong.
It's harder to pin down the reason for this. In the first case, the phrase means that the simplest way i... | "Simple is the best" implies that simple is a noun. The meaning of simple as a noun is something simple, unmixed or compounded, a simple *thing* or worse, an ignorant, foolish or gullible person, a commoner, a "simple".
"Simple is best" implies that "simple" is an adjective, like "best." This is by far the more elegan... |
397,641 | In Java is this nice tool called [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/).
Is there something similar in .Net? | 2008/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/397641",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49786/"
] | [FxCop](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/codeanalysis/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=553) and [StyleCop](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis) will advise on usage.
For actual bugs, perhaps [PEX](http://research.microsoft.com/projects/Pex/)? There was a [PDC video](http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL51/... | Here is [Wikipedia List](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis#.NET) and [CodeRush](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/CodeRush/) is a nice tool to use for .NET. |
397,641 | In Java is this nice tool called [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/).
Is there something similar in .Net? | 2008/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/397641",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49786/"
] | [FxCop](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/codeanalysis/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=553) and [StyleCop](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sourceanalysis) will advise on usage.
For actual bugs, perhaps [PEX](http://research.microsoft.com/projects/Pex/)? There was a [PDC video](http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL51/... | Try [PVS-Studio](http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio/) is really great, can find a lot of obscure bugs. The drawback is it is commercial product and can be expensive. |
397,641 | In Java is this nice tool called [FindBugs](http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/).
Is there something similar in .Net? | 2008/12/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/397641",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/49786/"
] | Here is [Wikipedia List](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis#.NET) and [CodeRush](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/CodeRush/) is a nice tool to use for .NET. | Try [PVS-Studio](http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio/) is really great, can find a lot of obscure bugs. The drawback is it is commercial product and can be expensive. |
171,517 | Recently I've been looking into Metallic Hydrogen as a fuel for the vehicles of my fictional future world. The only issue is that I'm uncertain if the blasted stuff is metastable. And while I know that no one knows for sure if it is, I would like some sources on some of the latest findings for me to judge the risk of w... | 2020/03/17 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/171517",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/69795/"
] | Full disclosure - everything factual here I'm about to write comes from the same paper that AlexP quoted in the comments, I'm just going to go over a bit more things. The paper is [here](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.02593.pdf) if you want to look at it.
**Metallic Hydrogen is metastable**
Once created, as long as it's ... | It is not meta-stable in ambient conditions, but since you're writing about a **fictional** world, you *could* add some form of futuristic containment chamber that would stabilize it. For the thrusters, you can add Cesium to the metallic hydrogen and use a magnetic field to prevent the exhaust from coming into contact ... |
399,959 | My brother and I recently decided to beat *Zelda II* on NES. When we finally reached the end screen, after nearly three months of zero-cheating torture, we had all the spells, all items, all magic containers, all heart containers, level 8 on everything, had fully beaten all temples (meaning they turn into mountains so ... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/399959",
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"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/296681/"
] | Good question! Also, props to you. My brother and I beat Zelda 2 on the NES a few years ago using soley the manual as well.
How could we have four keys left?
---------------------------------
The reason you can have four keys left in the game is because you collected the **Magical Key** from the town **New Kasuto**. ... | As far as I recall, you could fly through keyholes with the Fairy spell ( I just looked it up and apparently this wasn't possible on European versions of the game, wild! ), so even before getting the Magic Key you have the potential to skip using some keys, magic power allowing.
If you're feeling really wild, with thi... |
399,959 | My brother and I recently decided to beat *Zelda II* on NES. When we finally reached the end screen, after nearly three months of zero-cheating torture, we had all the spells, all items, all magic containers, all heart containers, level 8 on everything, had fully beaten all temples (meaning they turn into mountains so ... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/399959",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/296681/"
] | Good question! Also, props to you. My brother and I beat Zelda 2 on the NES a few years ago using soley the manual as well.
How could we have four keys left?
---------------------------------
The reason you can have four keys left in the game is because you collected the **Magical Key** from the town **New Kasuto**. ... | There are two reasons for this: a game design one, and a technical one.
The game design reason is simple. There are doors in each dungeon that you don't have to open. Some doors only lead to minor rewards like a point bag or magic refill, neither of which is required to beat the dungeon. Once you do beat the dungeon, ... |
399,959 | My brother and I recently decided to beat *Zelda II* on NES. When we finally reached the end screen, after nearly three months of zero-cheating torture, we had all the spells, all items, all magic containers, all heart containers, level 8 on everything, had fully beaten all temples (meaning they turn into mountains so ... | 2022/10/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/399959",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/296681/"
] | There are two reasons for this: a game design one, and a technical one.
The game design reason is simple. There are doors in each dungeon that you don't have to open. Some doors only lead to minor rewards like a point bag or magic refill, neither of which is required to beat the dungeon. Once you do beat the dungeon, ... | As far as I recall, you could fly through keyholes with the Fairy spell ( I just looked it up and apparently this wasn't possible on European versions of the game, wild! ), so even before getting the Magic Key you have the potential to skip using some keys, magic power allowing.
If you're feeling really wild, with thi... |
63,384 | I have stumbled across many depictions of Roman coins with the abbreviation CONOB on it, such as [this one](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herakleios#/media/Datei%3ARevolt_of_the_Heraclii_solidus%2C_608_AD.jpg).
What... | 2021/03/28 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/63384",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/48293/"
] | **Constantinopoli obryzum**
According to a poorly cited Wikipedia article CON indicates the mint of Constantinople and OB is an abbreviation of obryzum, and quite literally translates to "1/72 of a pound of pure gold".
[CONOB, Wikipedia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONOB)
>
> CONOB is a legend found in much of By... | It appears your answer is here:
<https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=conob>
CONOB. Constantinopoli obryzum. The solidus weighed 1/72 of the Roman pound. "OB" was both an abbreviation for the word obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the exergue CONOB coin m... |
100,430 | I have read a number of threads here similar to but not the same as the problem my group and I are having (including [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/q/15637/15689) thread, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/15640/15689) answer, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/78839/15689) answer to a similar situation, ... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/100430",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/15689/"
] | In response to your sectionals:
>
> * Slowing the game down:
>
>
>
Do NOT repeat things for them. If they miss it, they miss it, they have earned no special treatment - do not offer them any.
As much as I personally dislike it, a time limit (say 1 min) for each player, each turn may be in order. (the time limit i... | In the interim, until more permanent solutions are found, maybe just having them not sit next to each other might help. |
100,430 | I have read a number of threads here similar to but not the same as the problem my group and I are having (including [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/q/15637/15689) thread, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/15640/15689) answer, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/78839/15689) answer to a similar situation, ... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/100430",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/15689/"
] | In response to your sectionals:
>
> * Slowing the game down:
>
>
>
Do NOT repeat things for them. If they miss it, they miss it, they have earned no special treatment - do not offer them any.
As much as I personally dislike it, a time limit (say 1 min) for each player, each turn may be in order. (the time limit i... | I see the question has been resolved, but I would like to add my answer as an additional viewpoint.
>
> I have a question related to dealing specifically with 2 problem
> players, and would like to explore avenues of resolution other than
> disbanding or kicking these players out of the group.
>
>
>
I believe i... |
100,430 | I have read a number of threads here similar to but not the same as the problem my group and I are having (including [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/q/15637/15689) thread, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/15640/15689) answer, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/78839/15689) answer to a similar situation, ... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/100430",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/15689/"
] | In response to your sectionals:
>
> * Slowing the game down:
>
>
>
Do NOT repeat things for them. If they miss it, they miss it, they have earned no special treatment - do not offer them any.
As much as I personally dislike it, a time limit (say 1 min) for each player, each turn may be in order. (the time limit i... | Every game has rules mechanics that encourage or discourage certain gaming behaviors. For example, if the only way to gain experience is to kill creatures, then don't be surprised if your party tends to migrate towards the "murder-hobos" playstyle.
Every DM has house rules or ways to act as a DM, that also encourage/d... |
100,430 | I have read a number of threads here similar to but not the same as the problem my group and I are having (including [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/q/15637/15689) thread, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/15640/15689) answer, [this](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/78839/15689) answer to a similar situation, ... | 2017/05/26 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/100430",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/15689/"
] | In response to your sectionals:
>
> * Slowing the game down:
>
>
>
Do NOT repeat things for them. If they miss it, they miss it, they have earned no special treatment - do not offer them any.
As much as I personally dislike it, a time limit (say 1 min) for each player, each turn may be in order. (the time limit i... | Here are some simple tips to minimize issues, without any OOC discussions or problems.
1. To fix the issue of slow decision making, get a one minute timer for battle decisions. If they can't make decisions during that time, no turn. Make sure the DM adjusts combat for the likely fact that they'll be less effective. Ma... |
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