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42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | **Focus on what you can control and worry about that**
It is hard to be positive with your job on the line. But it is important not to let yourself get down. If you focus on what you can't control you will get depressed. Despite your best efforts you may be laid off. Don't worry about that. There is nothing you can do... | If your priority is to stay professional and focused, you need to *balance* your effort between your immediate duties versus looking for new work.
There is no "prize" for being laid off after working extra hard. The reputation you built as a diligent worker isn't going to evaporate in a few short weeks. If you know y... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | You need some sort of motivation to finish strong. Here's one possibility that may or may not resonate with you.
Whenever you leave a company (voluntarily or no), you leave behind an impression on those with whom you worked. People remember former coworkers who were good. Working hard in the couple months preceding yo... | Far from being a definitive answer, but here's what's working for me so far.
1. Establish Cognitive Dissonance
---------------------------------
From "9 to 5" convince yourself that you are safe and will not be let go. This allows you to focus on your work and get the job done. After you punch out, convince yourself ... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | You need some sort of motivation to finish strong. Here's one possibility that may or may not resonate with you.
Whenever you leave a company (voluntarily or no), you leave behind an impression on those with whom you worked. People remember former coworkers who were good. Working hard in the couple months preceding yo... | Another motivator is being laid of today, doesn't mean no job tomorrow.
I don't know your company's situation other than if they are facing layoffs, it's probably bad. But often bad it a temporary thing.
Case and point. Our company had to lay off ALOT of people about two years ago because a company we were working wi... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | Far from being a definitive answer, but here's what's working for me so far.
1. Establish Cognitive Dissonance
---------------------------------
From "9 to 5" convince yourself that you are safe and will not be let go. This allows you to focus on your work and get the job done. After you punch out, convince yourself ... | If your priority is to stay professional and focused, you need to *balance* your effort between your immediate duties versus looking for new work.
There is no "prize" for being laid off after working extra hard. The reputation you built as a diligent worker isn't going to evaporate in a few short weeks. If you know y... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | You need some sort of motivation to finish strong. Here's one possibility that may or may not resonate with you.
Whenever you leave a company (voluntarily or no), you leave behind an impression on those with whom you worked. People remember former coworkers who were good. Working hard in the couple months preceding yo... | If your priority is to stay professional and focused, you need to *balance* your effort between your immediate duties versus looking for new work.
There is no "prize" for being laid off after working extra hard. The reputation you built as a diligent worker isn't going to evaporate in a few short weeks. If you know y... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | **Focus on what you can control and worry about that**
It is hard to be positive with your job on the line. But it is important not to let yourself get down. If you focus on what you can't control you will get depressed. Despite your best efforts you may be laid off. Don't worry about that. There is nothing you can do... | Another motivator is being laid of today, doesn't mean no job tomorrow.
I don't know your company's situation other than if they are facing layoffs, it's probably bad. But often bad it a temporary thing.
Case and point. Our company had to lay off ALOT of people about two years ago because a company we were working wi... |
42,430 | My company recently announced they will be performing some layoffs over the next 12 weeks. My area of the company will be affected, so I have no choice but to assume I will be let go and am starting to look for a new job now.
I've never been through this kind of thing before. Not once in my life have I been in the po... | 2015/03/06 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/42430",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/26114/"
] | You need some sort of motivation to finish strong. Here's one possibility that may or may not resonate with you.
Whenever you leave a company (voluntarily or no), you leave behind an impression on those with whom you worked. People remember former coworkers who were good. Working hard in the couple months preceding yo... | **Focus on what you can control and worry about that**
It is hard to be positive with your job on the line. But it is important not to let yourself get down. If you focus on what you can't control you will get depressed. Despite your best efforts you may be laid off. Don't worry about that. There is nothing you can do... |
218 | <https://ukrainian.stackexchange.com/a/2909/240>
У цій відповіді @Artemix посилається на словник мультитран, що перекладає поміж англійською і російською мовами.
Як мені перевіряти джерела і дивитися, що там написано, якщо я не розумію російської?
Всі ми знаємо, що такі люди існують і на українотеренних землях, і у ... | 2018/02/05 | [
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/users/240/"
] | У правилах сайту нема вимог що посилання повинні бути тільки на україномовні джерела. Сайт дозволяє писати пости (відповіді і питання) двома мовами - українською та англійською. У питанні автор зазначає, що українські словники не дали йому потрібних за контекстом значень - варіанти "партизан" і "партійний" йому не піді... | Якщо я правильно розумію, цей сайт присвячений мові, а не мовній політиці. Відповідно, тут розглядаються питання мовні, а не політичні і не соціально-психологічні.
Саме з лінгвістичного, а не з політичного погляду нема жодних проблем з порівнянням можливостей у споріднених мовах і – у випадку, коли усталеного і прямог... |
218 | <https://ukrainian.stackexchange.com/a/2909/240>
У цій відповіді @Artemix посилається на словник мультитран, що перекладає поміж англійською і російською мовами.
Як мені перевіряти джерела і дивитися, що там написано, якщо я не розумію російської?
Всі ми знаємо, що такі люди існують і на українотеренних землях, і у ... | 2018/02/05 | [
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/users/240/"
] | У правилах сайту нема вимог що посилання повинні бути тільки на україномовні джерела. Сайт дозволяє писати пости (відповіді і питання) двома мовами - українською та англійською. У питанні автор зазначає, що українські словники не дали йому потрібних за контекстом значень - варіанти "партизан" і "партійний" йому не піді... | Схоже, пан [P. Vovk](/users/240/) намагався бути дуже обережним, тому вся суть теми не передалася темнішим. Промах. Дійсно, тема вельми делікатненька, тому спробую пояснити і задати напрям, аби ця делікатність не заважала.
**Суть**, наскільки я зрозумів, саме така: **Московщина**! Не треʼ боятися цӧго слова, бо, пан т... |
218 | <https://ukrainian.stackexchange.com/a/2909/240>
У цій відповіді @Artemix посилається на словник мультитран, що перекладає поміж англійською і російською мовами.
Як мені перевіряти джерела і дивитися, що там написано, якщо я не розумію російської?
Всі ми знаємо, що такі люди існують і на українотеренних землях, і у ... | 2018/02/05 | [
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/218",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://ukrainian.meta.stackexchange.com/users/240/"
] | Схоже, пан [P. Vovk](/users/240/) намагався бути дуже обережним, тому вся суть теми не передалася темнішим. Промах. Дійсно, тема вельми делікатненька, тому спробую пояснити і задати напрям, аби ця делікатність не заважала.
**Суть**, наскільки я зрозумів, саме така: **Московщина**! Не треʼ боятися цӧго слова, бо, пан т... | Якщо я правильно розумію, цей сайт присвячений мові, а не мовній політиці. Відповідно, тут розглядаються питання мовні, а не політичні і не соціально-психологічні.
Саме з лінгвістичного, а не з політичного погляду нема жодних проблем з порівнянням можливостей у споріднених мовах і – у випадку, коли усталеного і прямог... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | A [stowaway](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stowaway) is:
>
> a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage
>
>
>
(Collins Online Dictionary)
From Alexander Rein's *The Blue Streak: A Hacker's Guide to Special Relativity:*
>
> For example, if a railro... | In the UK at least, someone who rides public transport without paying for a ticket is called a ['fare dodger'](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fare_dodger)
>
> Fare Dodger - **noun**
>
>
> 1 - A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
>
>
> www.wiktionary.org
>
>
>
However this term does no... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | "Watch out for **Hop-Ons**!"
>
> Hop-ons are people who jump on to the back of the stair car for a free ride. They are a constant annoyance for the Bluth family members who must drive the stair car. [(source)](http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Hop-ons)
>
>
>
/[***farebeater***](https://www.google.fr/search?sclient=tablet-gws&lr=lang_en&tbs... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | A [stowaway](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stowaway) is:
>
> a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage
>
>
>
(Collins Online Dictionary)
From Alexander Rein's *The Blue Streak: A Hacker's Guide to Special Relativity:*
>
> For example, if a railro... | This is getting a bit away from your question,
but, if you observe a meeting or other activity without the consent —
and, especially, without the *knowledge* — of the participants,
you are ***snooping*** or ***spying***. If you are primarily listening
without the consent and the knowledge of the speakers,
that's ***ea... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | In the UK at least, someone who rides public transport without paying for a ticket is called a ['fare dodger'](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fare_dodger)
>
> Fare Dodger - **noun**
>
>
> 1 - A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
>
>
> www.wiktionary.org
>
>
>
However this term does no... | When we used to grab onto the bumpers of unsuspecting cars for a tow while skateboarding, we called it ~~*hitching*~~ *skitching*. |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | **Free Rider** — [M-W](http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free+rider)
>
> *n.* a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
>
>
> *"claimed that welfare recipients were a bunch of free riders with little or nothing to offer society"*
>
>
> ***Synonyms*** blood... | This is not a travel metaphor, but in college we would call that an **audit**. You can **audit** a class which means you attend the class, but you don't get a grade or credit on your transcript. |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | A [stowaway](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stowaway) is:
>
> a person who hides aboard a vehicle, ship, or aircraft in order to gain free passage
>
>
>
(Collins Online Dictionary)
From Alexander Rein's *The Blue Streak: A Hacker's Guide to Special Relativity:*
>
> For example, if a railro... | "Watch out for **Hop-Ons**!"
>
> Hop-ons are people who jump on to the back of the stair car for a free ride. They are a constant annoyance for the Bluth family members who must drive the stair car. [(source)](http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Hop-ons)
>
>
>
![Stair Car Hop On](https://i.imgur.com/BUawS5f... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | In the UK at least, someone who rides public transport without paying for a ticket is called a ['fare dodger'](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fare_dodger)
>
> Fare Dodger - **noun**
>
>
> 1 - A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport
>
>
> www.wiktionary.org
>
>
>
However this term does no... | [Riding the rails](http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_07.html) was the term, especially during the Great Depression, for "hopping a freight" to obtain free (though dangerous) transport across country.
There were variations. "Trainhopping" was another general term, and [riding the rods](https://en.w... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | How about ***piggybacking***?
>
> link to or take advantage of (an existing system or body of work). *"they have piggybacked their own networks on to the system"*
>
>
>
OED | Specifically applying to subways (and possibly other modes of public transportation) is *turnstile jumping*.
This refers to the act of avoiding paying at a turnstile, which is a gate which opens when you deposit your fare, by jumping over it. I couldn't find a definition but it's widely used in [US newspapers](http://... |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | A free ride is a ***[hitch](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/hitch):***
>
> * (informal) a ride obtained by hitchhiking.
>
>
>
(Collins Dictionary) | How about "tagging along", meaning "to go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them.
<http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tag-along> |
302,161 | I think there should be a specific term for someone getting a free ride without consent, but I keep thinking of the word "hijack" which clearly isn't correct.
Examples include jumping on a train without a ticket, or riding without consent on the back of a truck. Or perhaps I want to sit in on someone else's meeting an... | 2016/01/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/302161",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/42740/"
] | "Watch out for **Hop-Ons**!"
>
> Hop-ons are people who jump on to the back of the stair car for a free ride. They are a constant annoyance for the Bluth family members who must drive the stair car. [(source)](http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Hop-ons)
>
>
>
. *"they have piggybacked their own networks on to the system"*
>
>
>
OED |
138,075 | I've asked this elsewhere before, and am *still* in search of an answer that will give me clear guidelines for making such decisions in actual play (whether as a GM or as a player who's making up a part of a consensus).
Let's say we have a situation where an action *would* normally be uncontested (e.g. moving between... | 2018/12/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/138075",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/50419/"
] | If there is a situation aspect from any source which would definitively make a specific task more difficult, it should always provide opposition without spending fate points. For example, if a room is **Pitch Black** any attempts to see things in that room should now require a roll even if they wouldn't normally, and a... | Apples and oranges.
Passive Opposition
------------------
Generally you want to use passive opposition to indicate the general difficulty of a task. If a task is significantly more difficult because of a fact that's represented by an aspect, then increase the passive opposition. A lot of times that's less than strict... |
138,075 | I've asked this elsewhere before, and am *still* in search of an answer that will give me clear guidelines for making such decisions in actual play (whether as a GM or as a player who's making up a part of a consensus).
Let's say we have a situation where an action *would* normally be uncontested (e.g. moving between... | 2018/12/28 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/138075",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/50419/"
] | Yes, No, or Fate Point
----------------------
For a second, pretend Fate Points don't exist. Ask yourself "is this state of affairs going to present a dramatic obstacle?" If your first impulse is "yes, absolutely" then yes. If your first impulse is "absolutely not" then no. If your first impulse is anywhere in between... | Apples and oranges.
Passive Opposition
------------------
Generally you want to use passive opposition to indicate the general difficulty of a task. If a task is significantly more difficult because of a fact that's represented by an aspect, then increase the passive opposition. A lot of times that's less than strict... |
55,087 | I have two unknown peaks on my GC (both with the same MW or rather highest M/Z ratio peak = 98) and I am trying to confirm their identity.
**Unknown-1**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/TsPcF.png)
**Unknown-2**
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | 2016/07/17 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/55087",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/12803/"
] | It depends. Bread has moth small molecules (like 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline). These molecules will just pushed aside by the blade. You have hydrogen bond network between water molecules. You break those. Bread has large polymers like starch. Knife breaks those.
A cleaner system to study is a polyethylene. You can freeze it... | Essentially, what you are doing with an everyday knife is wedging your way through the substance. You are pushing aside the particles within the substance. In this instance, bread; you are pushing apart the different particles, requiring you to break the inter molecular forces that held them together. |
987,382 | Can you provide additional default base security settings for working on the internet (not install software like fail2ban ...)?
I know is need to have these is important to do:
1. SELinux - set on Linux, kernel or system to Enforcing;
2. disable virtual consoles tty;
3. change message from /etc/issue and /etc/issue.n... | 2019/10/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/987382",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/306210/"
] | You need to compile the squid from source code with --enable-ssl-crtd --with-openssl, or simply install squid from this ppa <https://github.com/diladele/squid-ubuntu>, it already compiled with ssl enabled. | compiling from source is required otherwise use one of the pre-compiled images, if you plan to use this as a VM on vmware or virtualbox you can use the proxyeg bundle, [www.proxyeg.com](https://www.proxyeg.com/squidva/) This is squid, ClamAV and SSL options all enabled by default and installed on Ubuntu. |
3,703,991 | I'm trying to build a link to an external website using some properties of my model class in my view page, e.g. I want it to render as something like -
< a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading <http://www.mywebsite.com/post-id>">Twitter < /a>
where post-id would be pulled from the model (I'm using a... | 2010/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3703991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/355732/"
] | Do a merge with Tortoise, from the branch into the mainline, and unless there are conflicts (contrary changes very close to each other), it'll handle it. The repo hasn't changed yet, it's just a local merge. So now you commit the changes. Preview the commit to see what you're actually changing. If you like it, great.
N... | SVN will create merge conflicts which you can then resolve with a merge tool of your choice (on Windows e.g. WinMerge). It'll show you changes that were made in both files. You usually need to merge them manually (with the help of the merge tool). Once you finished merging you commit the merged files into trunk. |
3,703,991 | I'm trying to build a link to an external website using some properties of my model class in my view page, e.g. I want it to render as something like -
< a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Currently reading <http://www.mywebsite.com/post-id>">Twitter < /a>
where post-id would be pulled from the model (I'm using a... | 2010/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3703991",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/355732/"
] | Do a merge with Tortoise, from the branch into the mainline, and unless there are conflicts (contrary changes very close to each other), it'll handle it. The repo hasn't changed yet, it's just a local merge. So now you commit the changes. Preview the commit to see what you're actually changing. If you like it, great.
N... | If you right-click on a folder and choose Merge, you can choose to Reintegrate a branch, or to Merge two different trees, which may be more what you're looking for. |
598,314 | Pardon me for my ignorance, but as a new Linux user, I honestly know little to nothing about these things.
I'm trying to set up an MBR install for Arch alongside Windows 8, though it doesn't make much sense to me. I'm using this ( <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub#Install_to_440-byte_MBR_boot_code_region> ) UR... | 2013/05/21 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/598314",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/225896/"
] | >
> Where and how do I create the .cfg file for GRUB
>
>
>
The grub.cfg is generated by grub-mkconfig command - you can see it's one of the steps on that tutorial.
>
> Will it wipe my current Win8 installation
>
>
>
No. Your risk here is missing something and end with a system that can't boot neither Windows... | grub is harder to setup than syslinux, you can try syslinux first: [install syslinux](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux)
and it's better to setup windows bcd than touch mbr: [load syslinux from win bootmgr](https://serverfault.com/questions/65534/custom-launch-mechanism-e-g-f10-on-vista) |
7,034 | How can I hide links in quicklaunch for special usergroups?
For example only administrators should see administration-links.
I don't even know, if something like this is possible in a simple way or if I'll have to code a webpart for this.
Thanks in advance
Stefan Hennicken | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/7034",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You say 'Farm' scoped feature for the feature, try changing the scope to 'Site' and calling package again.
If memory serves a vis web part normally uses a site collection scoped feature. | Sounds like the Manifest XML for the package is screwed. Use the Feature designer surface to restore the manifest and ensure the merge file is blank (only has the empty tag in). |
8,128,246 | I know there is a lot of fragmented material on how to do do this all over the internet but I am requesting someone to please give me a step by step guide on how to go from the very beginning, adding the library to adding the code into my Android application / project.
I like the look of this one: <https://github.com... | 2011/11/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8128246",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/84546/"
] | I wrote ActionBarSherlock which is an extension of the compatibility library designed to provide a single action bar API which works both with a native implementation on pre-3.0 devices as well as with the native ActionBar on post-3.0. This will allow you to write apps which work as low as Android 1.6 and up through An... | **The ActionBar is in the Support Library now!**
Find the official documentation [here.](http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/actionbar.html)
And a video introduction about how to work with it [here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TGgYqfJnyc) |
9,187 | I help a young teenage boy learn English at a non-profit organization where I am a volunteer. The boy is considered at-risk youth as he's the child of immigrant parents and of low socioeconomic status.
English is the third language he is learning and French is also mandatory in his school (public school).
I noticed f... | 2018/01/15 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/9187",
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's important to lay out the information to both your supervisor and psychologists that early diagnosis of dyslexia is way better then late diagnosis and some data to back it up: [Michigan Medicine University of Michigan](http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/dyslexia.htm),[Dyslexia center of Utah](https://www.dys... | I'd like to give you my perspective; I was labeled, but never officially diagnosed, with dyslexia around the age of 6. I had extra English lessons and struggled with English in general throughout school and still to this day, although granted not at all severe.
If a child is in that grey-area of "dyslexic or not" and ... |
113,025 | I'm trying to create an unusual associative array implementation that is very space-efficient, and I need a sorting algorithm that meets all of the following:
1. Stable (Does not change the relative ordering of elements with equal keys.)
2. In-place or almost in-place (O(log n) stack is fine, but no O(n) space usage o... | 2008/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/113025",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/23903/"
] | What about quicksort?
Exchange can do that too, might be more "stable" by your terms, but quicksort is faster. | I have implemented a [stable in-place quicksort](http://h2database.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/h2/src/tools/org/h2/dev/sort/InPlaceStableQuicksort.java) and a [stable in-place merge sort](http://h2database.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/h2/src/tools/org/h2/dev/sort/InPlaceStableMergeSort.java). The merge sort is a bit faster, a... |
113,025 | I'm trying to create an unusual associative array implementation that is very space-efficient, and I need a sorting algorithm that meets all of the following:
1. Stable (Does not change the relative ordering of elements with equal keys.)
2. In-place or almost in-place (O(log n) stack is fine, but no O(n) space usage o... | 2008/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/113025",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/23903/"
] | There's a nice list of sorting functions [on wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_algorithm#Comparison_of_algorithms) that can help you find whatever type of sorting function you're after.
For example, to address your specific question, it looks like an in-place merge sort is what you want.
However, you mi... | Perhaps [shell sort](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort)? If I recall my data structures course correctly, it tended to be stable, but it's worse case time is O(n log^2 n), although it performs O(n) on almost sorted data. It's based on insertion sort, so it sorts in place. |
113,025 | I'm trying to create an unusual associative array implementation that is very space-efficient, and I need a sorting algorithm that meets all of the following:
1. Stable (Does not change the relative ordering of elements with equal keys.)
2. In-place or almost in-place (O(log n) stack is fine, but no O(n) space usage o... | 2008/09/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/113025",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/23903/"
] | Don't worry too much about O(n log n) until you can demonstrate that it matters. If you can find an O(n^2) algorithm with a drastically lower constant, go for it!
The general worst-case scenario is not relevant if your data is highly constrained.
In short: Run some test. | Perhaps [shell sort](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_sort)? If I recall my data structures course correctly, it tended to be stable, but it's worse case time is O(n log^2 n), although it performs O(n) on almost sorted data. It's based on insertion sort, so it sorts in place. |
445,560 | I have an English name but that English name is not shown on my passport or birth certificate. However, I would like to be known by that English name. How should I show people that I would like to be know by that name?
For example, my legal name is Jia Wen Lee. If I want to be known by my English name, can I put my na... | 2018/05/10 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/445560",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/297940/"
] | If you want to have "Jane" be treated as your first name, then it should be "Jia (Jane) Wen Lee". Note that there should be spaces around the parentheses. | The Defacto standard used by newspapers in Hong Kong (where this comes up a lot!) is to simply put your Anglicised name first, without parenthesis. English speakers will naturally read this as your first name without any confusion.
e.g. ["but that perception is not in line with the vision of Alibaba founder Jack Ma Yu... |
72,542 | Do we need it? It's an annoying verification if we must verify us as a human if it's asked more than once.
Please make it only once after the verified process. Further, please delete the weird robotic-human photo on the page.
It's not good for UX (User Experience). Hope this will be changed and fixed.
**UPDATE:** So... | 2010/12/17 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72542",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/154735/"
] | Implemented a while ago:
* a 5 minute captcha grace period. So if you solve a captcha once, we don't captcha you again for 5 minutes -- unless you trigger the extreme bot thresholds.
* reduced captcha thresholds for 10k users. Once you get to 10k, you have to go much faster to get the captcha. | And remove it please for trusted users.
I'm a member over a year, over 30K reputation. Am I still not trusted enough not to post spam??? |
9,414 | [This question](https://codereview.stackexchange.com/q/232972/23788) was posted recently, and presents a GraphQL schema for review.
Arguably, GraphQL doesn't *do* much, and we've closed plain Java and C# posts before where all reviewers had to chew on was a *model* class with a bunch of properties.
On the other hand,... | 2019/11/26 | [
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9414",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/users/23788/"
] | GraphQL is on-topic, but only if there is more than just the schema
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This is controversial. In my opinion, GraphQL, in general, is reviewable, but the schema on its own, with no implementation detail, is not.
A GhraphQL Schema is analogous to an inter... | Yes, but...
===========
There should be something reviewable. A straight dump of a GraphQL schema is inappropriate, I believe there should be the same rules as SQL.
A straight table-dump of SQL is completely un-reviewable, but a dump of several tables, with relationships and complicated interconnections is reviewable... |
409,738 | I came across this circuit for a non inverting op amp which is biased Vs/2. I'm wondering what the difference bettween these two circuits are? What is the purpose of R3 in the first circuit and how is it different to the second circuit?
Thank you
[](h... | 2018/11/30 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/409738",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/131989/"
] | They're both the same. The first circuit assumes a Vbias supply is available independently. The second provides it from Vs as a Thevenin equivalent. In this case, R4||R5 = R3, and Vbias = Vs\*R5/(R4+R5) if the circuits are to be functionally identical. | In case R3=R4||R5=R3/2 both circuits provide the same gain - however, the first circuit uses dual power supplies (+ - Vs) and can work with Vbias=0 (ground), whereas the second one can work with one supply voltage only. Therefore, the second one needs a DC bias voltage at the non-inv. input for biasing the output DC at... |
214,058 | When I try and use the dissolve tool (vector>geoprocessing tools>dissolve) QGIS 2.16.3 crashes and produces a minidump file. This is with any shapefile that I use. I have also tried it on a friends 2.14.3 and the dissolve process works fine for the same files that I tried.
[![Dissolve Screen Shot](https://i.stack.imgu... | 2016/10/13 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/214058",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/84317/"
] | MapInfo is fundamentally different than ArcGIS in the way it handles things like this. There isn't a button to only filter out selected features. Instead, what you need to do is create a temporary table on your selection.
In the below image, I have a table with 3 lines with one selected:
[ from Pitney Bowes can answer your question on how to update all records in a column, select records from a column and update only selected records. |
101,168 | Whenever I try to backup a database it goes until 90% and gets stuck there until I manually kill (because it doesn't stop if I try to stop it) the msftesql process.
That clearly means that something makes a conflict between the fulltext indexing and the backup process.
So, have you seen anything like this? If not, h... | 2008/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/101168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5190/"
] | The first and obvious debug point is to disable full text indexing and try backing up the database again. If it does backup, then you know that FTS is the problem. If it doesn't, then you have another issue to find.
I would also check both the SQL Logs and the Event Viewer to see if any useful information is there.
F... | What time do you happen to have the job that refreshes the Full text indexes running? Perhaps it is trying to repopulate those indesxes at the same time the backup is running. |
101,168 | Whenever I try to backup a database it goes until 90% and gets stuck there until I manually kill (because it doesn't stop if I try to stop it) the msftesql process.
That clearly means that something makes a conflict between the fulltext indexing and the backup process.
So, have you seen anything like this? If not, h... | 2008/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/101168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5190/"
] | The first and obvious debug point is to disable full text indexing and try backing up the database again. If it does backup, then you know that FTS is the problem. If it doesn't, then you have another issue to find.
I would also check both the SQL Logs and the Event Viewer to see if any useful information is there.
F... | I have the same problem.
The activity monitor shows that the Backup job has a wait type MSSEARCH
The index is manually populated when run it is hanging for days on end until I force-ably stop it or the service is restarted. it used to take minutes to populate. |
101,168 | Whenever I try to backup a database it goes until 90% and gets stuck there until I manually kill (because it doesn't stop if I try to stop it) the msftesql process.
That clearly means that something makes a conflict between the fulltext indexing and the backup process.
So, have you seen anything like this? If not, h... | 2008/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/101168",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5190/"
] | What time do you happen to have the job that refreshes the Full text indexes running? Perhaps it is trying to repopulate those indesxes at the same time the backup is running. | I have the same problem.
The activity monitor shows that the Backup job has a wait type MSSEARCH
The index is manually populated when run it is hanging for days on end until I force-ably stop it or the service is restarted. it used to take minutes to populate. |
7,819,713 | This is a simple questions:
I've developed my first app for windows phone 7 (Mango). I have created a new release in the marketplace for beta test.
I have received one confirm email about this process. All is ok. But now, in this email, there is a Url like this:
zune://navigate/?appid=46546c45-7b41-11ae-b78e-2683345... | 2011/10/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7819713",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/821311/"
] | When you submitted the app for beta testing, you needed to specify the live ids of some testers. This link (zune://) can be used to install the application through Zune. You need to send this link to those testers whose live ids you entered there. **Just paste the link in any browser and it will open with Zune.**
The ... | I have found in most cases the beta links only work when opened from a Windows 7 device, opening the link on a PC through Zune either gets a "app not available" or "app not available for your country".
There doesn't seem to be any setting in the marketplace to get around this so it may be by design.
No word yet on if ... |
159,014 | am learing Illustrator and this is in learing purpose. I try to draw one product in vector. Almost done but am not shure how to make this rounded shadows to be like on photo?
Check screenshot.
On left side is my work. Maybie this is not good apporch for professionals but am beginer.
[![enter image description here](... | 2022/10/21 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/159014",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/68004/"
] | I would recommend to choose a softer color for the front shadow. You can also drag the shadow gradient a slight bit farther down. The picture looks a little bit, as if they used some kind of blur on the edge of above the sharp shadow. You can use a line and some gaußscher blur, to soften that edge.
For the shape of th... | Actually everything essential is already said by others 4 days ago, but some details maybe are still welcome.
I tried to make a colorization example by drawing some vector shapes (the front top part only) on your image, but the the result was at least double as wonky as your own attempt. One should be much more skille... |
188,157 | Am I failing to get a point here?
>
> Collins English Dictionary:
>
>
> [as often as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-often-as-not#as-often-as-not_1): **quite** frequently
>
>
> [as likely as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-likely-as-not#as-likely-as-not_1): ... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/188157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/85900/"
] | This is the same ellipsis as in, say, *as good as gold*:
>
> It is ***as good as gold (is good)***.
>
>
>
Everything except the contrasting material is deleted:
>
> This is true ***as often as (it is) not (true)***.
>
>
>
If something is true *as often as not* it is true at least half the time, and generall... | The "not" in this context refers to a 50-50 chance of either the positive or negative outcome.
A substitute I might use is "the converse": As often as the converse. As likely as the converse. |
188,157 | Am I failing to get a point here?
>
> Collins English Dictionary:
>
>
> [as often as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-often-as-not#as-often-as-not_1): **quite** frequently
>
>
> [as likely as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-likely-as-not#as-likely-as-not_1): ... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/188157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/85900/"
] | You are confusing two different constructions.
For the meaning you are after, you would have to use an actual quantifier: "as often as ten times a week", "as often as twice a year", "as often as every Tuesday", "as often as never". This follows the pattern of phrases like "as recently as last Tuesday", or "as soon as ... | This is the same ellipsis as in, say, *as good as gold*:
>
> It is ***as good as gold (is good)***.
>
>
>
Everything except the contrasting material is deleted:
>
> This is true ***as often as (it is) not (true)***.
>
>
>
If something is true *as often as not* it is true at least half the time, and generall... |
188,157 | Am I failing to get a point here?
>
> Collins English Dictionary:
>
>
> [as often as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-often-as-not#as-often-as-not_1): **quite** frequently
>
>
> [as likely as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-likely-as-not#as-likely-as-not_1): ... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/188157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/85900/"
] | This is the same ellipsis as in, say, *as good as gold*:
>
> It is ***as good as gold (is good)***.
>
>
>
Everything except the contrasting material is deleted:
>
> This is true ***as often as (it is) not (true)***.
>
>
>
If something is true *as often as not* it is true at least half the time, and generall... | This usage is slightly archaic, and contracted. As you've probably guessed, the format is a comparative phrase. For example:
>
> He went **as far** east **as** I went west
>
>
> I have **as many** melons **as** you do
>
>
>
The repetition adds to the confusion, but if I said
>
> I have **a larger number** of ... |
188,157 | Am I failing to get a point here?
>
> Collins English Dictionary:
>
>
> [as often as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-often-as-not#as-often-as-not_1): **quite** frequently
>
>
> [as likely as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-likely-as-not#as-likely-as-not_1): ... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/188157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/85900/"
] | You are confusing two different constructions.
For the meaning you are after, you would have to use an actual quantifier: "as often as ten times a week", "as often as twice a year", "as often as every Tuesday", "as often as never". This follows the pattern of phrases like "as recently as last Tuesday", or "as soon as ... | The "not" in this context refers to a 50-50 chance of either the positive or negative outcome.
A substitute I might use is "the converse": As often as the converse. As likely as the converse. |
188,157 | Am I failing to get a point here?
>
> Collins English Dictionary:
>
>
> [as often as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-often-as-not#as-often-as-not_1): **quite** frequently
>
>
> [as likely as not](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/as-likely-as-not#as-likely-as-not_1): ... | 2014/07/31 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/188157",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/85900/"
] | You are confusing two different constructions.
For the meaning you are after, you would have to use an actual quantifier: "as often as ten times a week", "as often as twice a year", "as often as every Tuesday", "as often as never". This follows the pattern of phrases like "as recently as last Tuesday", or "as soon as ... | This usage is slightly archaic, and contracted. As you've probably guessed, the format is a comparative phrase. For example:
>
> He went **as far** east **as** I went west
>
>
> I have **as many** melons **as** you do
>
>
>
The repetition adds to the confusion, but if I said
>
> I have **a larger number** of ... |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | You get a bonus for finishing the level undetected **even if you use distractions**, so adding Distracted, Undetected, and Terrorized bonuses to the points for getting kills and hiding bodies is silly -- you can get those points regardless of whether or not you kill the guards.
The **special kills** that give you more... | I stealthed one level for the achievement, and as I recall my bonuses were much less than when I went around murdering people. Repeatedly. |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | Why just sneak, or just kill... do both (in this order)!
Undetected 200 points ///
Distracted 150 points ///
Terrorized 300 points ///
Fancy kill 600 points ///
Hide Body 250 points ///
Max/guard = 1500 points
Ofc with most guards you can't manage the petafecta, but the max points/guard you can get is 1500 points.
U... | I stealthed one level for the achievement, and as I recall my bonuses were much less than when I went around murdering people. Repeatedly. |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | I routinely kill as many soldiers as possible, and I also try to maximize the number of soldiers I terrorize, and the amount of collateral damage they cause.
I know a couple of my friends (Mana in particular) play the game without killing any soldiers at all, and I consistently score higher than them on the leaderboar... | I stealthed one level for the achievement, and as I recall my bonuses were much less than when I went around murdering people. Repeatedly. |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | You get a bonus for finishing the level undetected **even if you use distractions**, so adding Distracted, Undetected, and Terrorized bonuses to the points for getting kills and hiding bodies is silly -- you can get those points regardless of whether or not you kill the guards.
The **special kills** that give you more... | Your best bet for getting high scores are to get undetected, distracted, and then terrorize them before giving them that special kill...
The last armor you unlock makes this super easy, and the fully upgraded hisomu dart is amazing for crowd control. |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | You get a bonus for finishing the level undetected **even if you use distractions**, so adding Distracted, Undetected, and Terrorized bonuses to the points for getting kills and hiding bodies is silly -- you can get those points regardless of whether or not you kill the guards.
The **special kills** that give you more... | Why just sneak, or just kill... do both (in this order)!
Undetected 200 points ///
Distracted 150 points ///
Terrorized 300 points ///
Fancy kill 600 points ///
Hide Body 250 points ///
Max/guard = 1500 points
Ofc with most guards you can't manage the petafecta, but the max points/guard you can get is 1500 points.
U... |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | You get a bonus for finishing the level undetected **even if you use distractions**, so adding Distracted, Undetected, and Terrorized bonuses to the points for getting kills and hiding bodies is silly -- you can get those points regardless of whether or not you kill the guards.
The **special kills** that give you more... | I routinely kill as many soldiers as possible, and I also try to maximize the number of soldiers I terrorize, and the amount of collateral damage they cause.
I know a couple of my friends (Mana in particular) play the game without killing any soldiers at all, and I consistently score higher than them on the leaderboar... |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | Why just sneak, or just kill... do both (in this order)!
Undetected 200 points ///
Distracted 150 points ///
Terrorized 300 points ///
Fancy kill 600 points ///
Hide Body 250 points ///
Max/guard = 1500 points
Ofc with most guards you can't manage the petafecta, but the max points/guard you can get is 1500 points.
U... | Your best bet for getting high scores are to get undetected, distracted, and then terrorize them before giving them that special kill...
The last armor you unlock makes this super easy, and the fully upgraded hisomu dart is amazing for crowd control. |
86,117 | In most stealth games, the game rates you as having done the best job if you get in and out without anyone being suspicious, and without killing anyone. *Mark of the Ninja* is no different - there's a score bonus for being undetected, and a score bonus for making it through an entire level without making a kill.
Howev... | 2012/09/28 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/86117",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/13845/"
] | I routinely kill as many soldiers as possible, and I also try to maximize the number of soldiers I terrorize, and the amount of collateral damage they cause.
I know a couple of my friends (Mana in particular) play the game without killing any soldiers at all, and I consistently score higher than them on the leaderboar... | Your best bet for getting high scores are to get undetected, distracted, and then terrorize them before giving them that special kill...
The last armor you unlock makes this super easy, and the fully upgraded hisomu dart is amazing for crowd control. |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | Per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_slicker):
>
> City slicker
> ------------
>
>
> ***City slicker*** is an idiomatic expression for someone **accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country**. The term was typically **used as a term of derision by rural Americans** who r... | Another long shot, since the best picks are already taken, but '**burger'**, in its original meaning could be used in derogatory sense. This kind of use originated from XIX century Russian literature, so is more likely to be recognized in countries whose history has been influenced by Russia than others. |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | I'd suggest,
[[***city***](https://www.google.fr/search?sclient=tablet-gws&biw=555&bih=364&tbm=bks&q=%22them+city+dudes%22&oq=%22them+city+dudes%22&gs_l=tablet-gws.3...92384.94566.0.95077.5.5.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.tablet-gws..5.0.0.NYpBqC25lzE)] [***dude***](https://www.google.fr/search?q=%22tenderfoot%22+%2... | Kind of an obscure one, and I don't believe it's an official word, so the only definition available might be urban dictionary, but I have heard it used before. From [Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cidiot):
>
> **cidiot**
>
>
> Noun, adjective. Derived from City+idiot. Someone from ... |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | [Townie](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/townie) is the obvious answer, but *tourist* or *tripper* often carry overtones of scorn and 'urban, squat and full of guile'. (I knew a young girl who, left in a car for half an hour, hid under the seat because she was afraid of the trippers.) | You might call the person a [yuppie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie):
>
> A yuppie (/ˈjʌpi/; short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") is defined by one source as being "a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a... |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | You might call the person a [yuppie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuppie):
>
> A yuppie (/ˈjʌpi/; short for "young urban professional" or "young upwardly-mobile professional") is defined by one source as being "a young college-educated adult who has a job that pays a lot of money and who lives and works in or near a... | Toonser
In the North East of Scotland at least. I don't think I've ever heard of it used in anything other than a derogatory manner.
>
> *Awa an wash yersel, ya toonser mink.*
>
>
> Away and wash yourself you dirty town dweller.
>
>
>
<http://www.doricdictionary.com/toonser-noun-urbanite/> |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | Per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_slicker):
>
> City slicker
> ------------
>
>
> ***City slicker*** is an idiomatic expression for someone **accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country**. The term was typically **used as a term of derision by rural Americans** who r... | Toonser
In the North East of Scotland at least. I don't think I've ever heard of it used in anything other than a derogatory manner.
>
> *Awa an wash yersel, ya toonser mink.*
>
>
> Away and wash yourself you dirty town dweller.
>
>
>
<http://www.doricdictionary.com/toonser-noun-urbanite/> |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | (D\*\*ned) urbanites. Or if the rural area happens to be hilly or mountainous, flatlanders. | **city boy/girl** (disparaging when used to describe an adult)
[Oxford dictionaries](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/city-boy)
>
> A boy or man who is a native or inhabitant of a city, or who has urban tastes or manners.
>
>
> |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | [Townie](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/townie) is the obvious answer, but *tourist* or *tripper* often carry overtones of scorn and 'urban, squat and full of guile'. (I knew a young girl who, left in a car for half an hour, hid under the seat because she was afraid of the trippers.) | (D\*\*ned) urbanites. Or if the rural area happens to be hilly or mountainous, flatlanders. |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | Per [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_slicker):
>
> City slicker
> ------------
>
>
> ***City slicker*** is an idiomatic expression for someone **accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country**. The term was typically **used as a term of derision by rural Americans** who r... | [Townie](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/townie) is the obvious answer, but *tourist* or *tripper* often carry overtones of scorn and 'urban, squat and full of guile'. (I knew a young girl who, left in a car for half an hour, hid under the seat because she was afraid of the trippers.) |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | In Cornwall, UK they are often referred to as *[grockles](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-grockle)*, though this refers more to 'tourists' than specifically town dwellers (after all, there *are* some towns in Cornwall...) | **city boy/girl** (disparaging when used to describe an adult)
[Oxford dictionaries](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/city-boy)
>
> A boy or man who is a native or inhabitant of a city, or who has urban tastes or manners.
>
>
> |
320,064 | I'm looking for something people from rural area would use, especially when they refer to that person's inability to adapt to the country life. | 2016/04/17 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/320064",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/89988/"
] | [Townie](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/townie) is the obvious answer, but *tourist* or *tripper* often carry overtones of scorn and 'urban, squat and full of guile'. (I knew a young girl who, left in a car for half an hour, hid under the seat because she was afraid of the trippers.) | In Cornwall, UK they are often referred to as *[grockles](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-is-the-origin-of-the-word-grockle)*, though this refers more to 'tourists' than specifically town dwellers (after all, there *are* some towns in Cornwall...) |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | "That software you are writing will never work" is not a claim within a formal system.
Trying to cast it into a propositional statement can only ruin the joke (and I can prove it). | To put it simply, it is considered illogical to say that something will *never* happen. |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | It's a paradox: by saying "it's not logically possible to do X", Asok is, in effect, claiming that there must exist a *proof* that X is impossible. Which is impossible, if Asok is right.
Hence Asok must be wrong! | I think what the author means is that it is impossible to prove that a software "will never work": you can observe it isn't working by now. But does that mean it will ever work? (excluding trivial scenarios in which the software cease to exist, etc). I think he kind of wants to get in the impossibility of proving absol... |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | I agree with your initial response. There exist some tasks T for which it is possible to prove that T cannot be achieved. | By Godel's theorem maths is incomplete or inconsistent, logically. Since we can't accept proofs that are inconsistent we must accept that maths cannot be proven, logically. We need more axioms. If we can't prove maths we certainly can't prove programming.
The halting problem is algorithmic and so has more implicit axi... |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | I think the confusion is caused by mixing a technical meaning of "proof" (deriving a result from some axioms and rules) with an informal meaning (showing that something can/cannot 'exist' in the 'real world').
One of the assumptions in Wantzel's proofs is the use of Euclidean geometry. However, general relativity says... | I agree with your initial response. There exist some tasks T for which it is possible to prove that T cannot be achieved. |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | I think what the author means is that it is impossible to prove that a software "will never work": you can observe it isn't working by now. But does that mean it will ever work? (excluding trivial scenarios in which the software cease to exist, etc). I think he kind of wants to get in the impossibility of proving absol... | To put it simply, it is considered illogical to say that something will *never* happen. |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | It's a paradox: by saying "it's not logically possible to do X", Asok is, in effect, claiming that there must exist a *proof* that X is impossible. Which is impossible, if Asok is right.
Hence Asok must be wrong! | To put it simply, it is considered illogical to say that something will *never* happen. |
945,048 | A friend of mine asked me if I could explain this statement: "It's not logically possible to prove that something can't be done". The actual reason is the understanding of this strip:
Since I'm not an expert on logic, but at least know the basics, ... | 2014/09/25 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/945048",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/178600/"
] | Scott Adams may have intended something different, but in the given context and with the given wording, Dan is right and Asok is wrong.
Imagine Asok writing a piece of software that crucially depends on deciding the [halting problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem) (or any other property covered by [Rice... | By Godel's theorem maths is incomplete or inconsistent, logically. Since we can't accept proofs that are inconsistent we must accept that maths cannot be proven, logically. We need more axioms. If we can't prove maths we certainly can't prove programming.
The halting problem is algorithmic and so has more implicit axi... |
564,836 | When I expose a service using NetTcpBinding, is .Net remoting used under the surface? Could I consume this service using .Net remoting on the client side?
I ask this because I always thought that WCF was just a wrapper for underlying protocols such as WS\*, Remoting, COM+, and MSMQ. And while I know that exposing WS\*... | 2009/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/564836",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7705/"
] | WCF is more than "just" a wrapper. It's a pseudo-magic layer that handles a ton of stuff for component developers according to configuration information. With WCF you can create a service contract and an implementation and then use them across multiple machines via HTTP, HTTPS, NET-TCP, on a single machine via named pi... | WCF/NetTcpBinding is not the same as remoting. WCF is a message-based API; remoting is an activation/proxy framework (essentially) ([see also](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730857(VS.80).aspx)).
I very much doubt you could consume a WCF/NetTcpBinding service via a remoting client; they are just too differe... |
3,170 | The three Warhammer 40k RPGs (Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Deathwatch) share a somewhat common ruleset, and I believe this question applies to all three.
Can I move through an ally in combat? | 2010/10/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/3170",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/18/"
] | The following response was from Mack Martin of Fantasy Flight Games:
>
> This is a tricky question to answer,
> as the game isn't distinctly designed
> with battle mat play in mind. While a
> grid can certainly be useful in a game
> (and add some fun strategizing into
> combat) it would really depend on how
> m... | I'd just treat it as a dodge roll to get by, at the better character's dodge, and count it as 2 squares instead of 1.
Looking in Deathwatch, I can find nothing to indicate otherwise.
However, if one wanted to be thoroughly pedantic, one could declare engagement on the friend, and then disengage, making it a half-move ... |
1,450,851 | I have a column of student final marks (e.g. A1 to A80). In the neighbouring cell (e.g. B1 to B80) I want to create a formula that allows me to do the following:
If below 40% the response should be 988
If between 40 and 50% the response should be 999
If above 50% the result should be pass
I am not sure what formula ... | 2019/06/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1450851",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1052320/"
] | As far as I know, this would not be possible with a 'Vanilla' PS4.
You might have some luck with a Jailbreak, but I don't think you will get advice on that here due to the legal issues associated with that. | You definitely need a jailbreak for this, for security reasons. SSH would basically allow an exploitation vector which Sony does not want. The system behind PS4 is actually FreeBSD-based, it's called Orbis OS.
So naturally, if you were to find a jailbreak working for your version, you could just use OpenSSH or DropBea... |
273,539 | I am looking to learn about manifolds for use in signal processing. I have a engineering degree where I have covered calculus and basic linear algebra, with this background in mind, does anyone have a good recommendations for a introductory textbook on manifolds? | 2013/01/09 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/273539",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/55694/"
] | If you want an elementary introduction to manifolds, assuming very little background, I'd suggest you start with
* [***Differential Geometry: Curves - Surfaces - Manifolds, Second Edition***](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0821839888) by Wolfgang Kühnel.
---
***Then (or else)***
You might want to look ... | Calculus on Manifolds by Spivak is a quality introduction if you haven't seen a lot of Analysis. |
273,539 | I am looking to learn about manifolds for use in signal processing. I have a engineering degree where I have covered calculus and basic linear algebra, with this background in mind, does anyone have a good recommendations for a introductory textbook on manifolds? | 2013/01/09 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/273539",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/55694/"
] | If you want an elementary introduction to manifolds, assuming very little background, I'd suggest you start with
* [***Differential Geometry: Curves - Surfaces - Manifolds, Second Edition***](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0821839888) by Wolfgang Kühnel.
---
***Then (or else)***
You might want to look ... | Beware - Spivak is very pretty but very concise; skimming Munkres' Analysis on Manifolds suggests it covers much of the same material but in a much more user-friendly way. |
51,976 | I am quite amazed by the verdict from the jury on Philando Castile's case where the cop was acquitted of any charges despite the graphic [video evidence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Y_yOm9IhA).
**Question:** Are jury selected from the same community the crime is committed (in random) or they are based on educat... | 2020/06/01 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/51976",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/31799/"
] | [Specifically in Minnesota](http://www.mncourts.gov/Jurors.aspx),
>
> the Minnesota Judicial Branch obtains names from a list of licensed
> drivers, state identification card holders, and registered voters
> residing in your county and compiles that information into a source
> list. The names of deceased persons,... | The jury is selected (semi-randomly\*) from members of "the state and district where the crime shall have been committed", per the Sixth Admendment; as a practical matter, they are pulled from the prosecuting county\*\*.
\*The initial selection is done at random; however, lawyers from both sides will eliminate prospec... |
57,034 | I'm currently working on creating UX for online food ordering service and I'm stuck at one point.
The service provides 2 kinds of order processing: the user can order food for delivery or for pickup (this depends on restaurants abilities).
The question is how to combine these two flows (delivery and pickup) or it wou... | 2014/05/09 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/32302/"
] | You may want to look at this site again and perhaps make a minor change that could make all the difference. Instead of prompting them during the checkout for whether or not the want **delivery or pick-up** ask them at the beginning of the ordering process. When they navigate to **start ordering have the site ask whethe... | Technically this is more a type of fulfillment for the customer which entails specific system side processing. You'll get higher conversion by providing an item level choice of fulfillment rather than an order level method of fulfillment. With the requisite fulfillment options or specifications determined in the checko... |
57,034 | I'm currently working on creating UX for online food ordering service and I'm stuck at one point.
The service provides 2 kinds of order processing: the user can order food for delivery or for pickup (this depends on restaurants abilities).
The question is how to combine these two flows (delivery and pickup) or it wou... | 2014/05/09 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/32302/"
] | You may want to look at this site again and perhaps make a minor change that could make all the difference. Instead of prompting them during the checkout for whether or not the want **delivery or pick-up** ask them at the beginning of the ordering process. When they navigate to **start ordering have the site ask whethe... | Having done a few of these the standard approach is to **split the flow** at the pick up / delivery point. You can use various techniques like progressive display if you're doing things on one page but essentially it's simpler to just show what the user wants.
If there are standard delivery options for all items its n... |
57,034 | I'm currently working on creating UX for online food ordering service and I'm stuck at one point.
The service provides 2 kinds of order processing: the user can order food for delivery or for pickup (this depends on restaurants abilities).
The question is how to combine these two flows (delivery and pickup) or it wou... | 2014/05/09 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57034",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/32302/"
] | You may want to look at this site again and perhaps make a minor change that could make all the difference. Instead of prompting them during the checkout for whether or not the want **delivery or pick-up** ask them at the beginning of the ordering process. When they navigate to **start ordering have the site ask whethe... | Here my two cents:
* I think that the horizontal alignment of the elements on the page is good. The items summaries are registered and scannable
* Vertical alignment and logical grouping of the information is ambiguous mostly because of proximity.
* I think that the break line used to separate the elements on the page... |
47,021 | In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?) | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47021",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/12871/"
] | Just write the student an email and express your appreciation. Don't overthink this. Then again, don't go over the top ("you are the best student I *ever* had") - you never know how he will take this.
Depending on how well you know the student and on whether you would actually be willing to do so, inform him that you ... | Well, as a student, I will be glad if my work gets appreciated. Recognition like these act as confidence booster. But, don't overdo it, as it may make student think too high of himself.
Assuming that the final exam sheets are returned to the students, you can attach a (very) short note appreciating his ingenuity. Tru... |
47,021 | In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?) | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47021",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/12871/"
] | Just write the student an email and express your appreciation. Don't overthink this. Then again, don't go over the top ("you are the best student I *ever* had") - you never know how he will take this.
Depending on how well you know the student and on whether you would actually be willing to do so, inform him that you ... | You already did: you gave him a perfect score. |
47,021 | In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?) | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47021",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/12871/"
] | Just write the student an email and express your appreciation. Don't overthink this. Then again, don't go over the top ("you are the best student I *ever* had") - you never know how he will take this.
Depending on how well you know the student and on whether you would actually be willing to do so, inform him that you ... | I know a professor who writes a special note to top 5 students in his class. Something along the line of :
>
> "congratulations on a great job in my class ABD255 ... specially I appreciate the way you handled assignment 5.".
>
>
>
He also offers any recommendation letters that the student might need in the futur... |
47,021 | In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?) | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47021",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/12871/"
] | Well, as a student, I will be glad if my work gets appreciated. Recognition like these act as confidence booster. But, don't overdo it, as it may make student think too high of himself.
Assuming that the final exam sheets are returned to the students, you can attach a (very) short note appreciating his ingenuity. Tru... | You already did: you gave him a perfect score. |
47,021 | In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?) | 2015/06/11 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47021",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/12871/"
] | I know a professor who writes a special note to top 5 students in his class. Something along the line of :
>
> "congratulations on a great job in my class ABD255 ... specially I appreciate the way you handled assignment 5.".
>
>
>
He also offers any recommendation letters that the student might need in the futur... | You already did: you gave him a perfect score. |
19,356 | There are many versions of Vedanta available and most of them have drastic differences and contradictions.
**So is Vedanta is a loosely coined term or does it have a concrete definition?**
**What is its relation to the philosophy?**
If veda-anta is something **beyond/other** than the Vedas then it cannot be calle... | 2017/07/04 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/19356",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/7853/"
] | You can get unabridged Devi Bhagavata Purana and Markandeya Purana in Sanskrit and English with verse by verse translation from [IndianScriptures site](http://www.hinduscriptures.in/). Here are links for them.
* [Devibhagavata Purana](http://www.hinduscriptures.in/scriptures/upa-purana/srimad-devibhagavatam)
* [Markan... | Gita Press Gorakhpur is an online site that offers books on Indian Religion and Mythology at unbelievable prices. You should check that out. |
19,356 | There are many versions of Vedanta available and most of them have drastic differences and contradictions.
**So is Vedanta is a loosely coined term or does it have a concrete definition?**
**What is its relation to the philosophy?**
If veda-anta is something **beyond/other** than the Vedas then it cannot be calle... | 2017/07/04 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/19356",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/7853/"
] | **Markandeya Purana;**
[Here](http://www.pushpak.de/markandeya/markandeya_en.pdf) is Markandeya Purana unabridged in English.
[And from here](https://ia801000.us.archive.org/2/items/markandeyapurana/markandeya_purana_hindi.pdf) you can get it in Sanskrit-Hindi (Sanskrit original slokas with their Hindi translations).... | Gita Press Gorakhpur is an online site that offers books on Indian Religion and Mythology at unbelievable prices. You should check that out. |
28,584 | The Nintendo 64 controller's Control Stick seems to have paved the way for the analog sticks adopted by all major game consoles ever since. You can tell, too, because it really rather sucked compared to the others.
It wore out quickly, acquiring a large zone\* where it could wiggle freely, usually within the stick's u... | 2011/08/24 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/28584",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/10921/"
] | The N64 analog stick is extremely unusual. It does not use [potentiometers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentiometer), as most other platforms (i.e. playstation controller), but instead used a geared-up digital [incremental rotary encoders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_encoder#Incremental_rotary_encoder).
Th... | I'm not sure how the old N64 analog joysticks worked, but the newer ones are often built using two potentiometers at right-angles with one-another, where the joystick is constrained by two guides that are actually connected to the wiper. Perhaps they use a part like in the following image, which even includes a switch ... |
20,083 | What are the general rules relating to address fields and others. I only store password in encrypted form, the rest are not. Email is also used during login. Can someone give me a suggestion related to
* email
* address
* city
* zip codes
and others you may thing of. I am the only admin at this point and no one else i... | 2011/09/24 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/20083",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/9252/"
] | Assuming you're dealing with the US, addresses are fairly public. The only real privacy concern is matching addresses to individuals -- and I don't think that an email address alone (at least, from what you've shared with us of your schema) is enough to present that risk. I work for SmartyStreets where we handle a *lot... | I would not encrypt any of that data from the application, which is what I expect you are talking about. Encrypting data like that slows things down and makes some tasks *very* difficult (like doing a query to search or sort on any of hat data).
Instead I would look at encrypting at the database level. Let the DBMS h... |
70,571,654 | Using a neural network (LSTM) I'm making an objective features prediction (I have multiple features). Good accuracy is observed during operation. But can I show the effect of any feature on the target feature?
For example, I am predicting a user purchase on a site and want to estimate the impact of a discount on a pur... | 2022/01/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/70571654",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17366755/"
] | Neural Networks are **black box** models, they do not provide explanation for their decisions. Answer to such a question is essentially a whole research area. | There are indeed techniques to get insights like that for a already **trained** model.
You can start with
* **Partial Dependence Plots** (will show you how a change in your feature's value will effect the target variable). A great explanation can be found here: <https://www.kaggle.com/dansbecker/partial-dependence-pl... |
6,568 | I have painted my object with vertex-color on vertex-paint. How can I make the color visible in object-mode or edit-mode.
Meaning, how do I implement the vertex-color onto my faces so that I can see them on object-mode or edit-mode? | 2014/01/27 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/6568",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/2248/"
] | In 3D View, hit `N` to bring up the right panel, then enale Textured Solid.
Now in Object Mode and Edit Mode, you will see the vertex colors.
EDIT: This appears to only work with Blender Rende... | The vertex color is show in **3D View** depending of your **Viewport Shading**
One menu next to where you choose *Edit Mode*, *Object Mode*, *Vertex Paint*, etc., the icons look like spheres showing different textures. You can switch between them. To see your vertex paint, **Texture** is needed.
If you need vertex pa... |
328,642 | >
> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KV4hn.png)
>
>
>
I woke up this morning to find that I suffered a massive drop in reputation points across the network because lots of users had been removed.
What happened to those users? Was there a database cleanup? | 2019/05/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/328642",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3834/"
] | There's no such thing as a database cleanup that would affect reputation, because we don't automatically delete profiles that have voted.
One or more users deleted their profiles, and there's really not anything further we can discuss about the topic for privacy reasons. | I've checked the reputation of many users on ***Super User***. Even the Top three of this month have gone through a negative reputation change on account of user removal.
So, as @animuson stated, probably a user or more having accounts in your and Evan's Stack Exchange sites might have got removed.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KV4hn.png)
>
>
>
I woke up this morning to find that I suffered a massive drop in reputation points across the network because lots of users had been removed.
What happened to those users? Was there a database cleanup? | 2019/05/25 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/328642",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3834/"
] | The votes may have been reversed because the user was determined to have been engaging in voting fraud.
According to the [latest documentation on how the decision is made to preserve votes for deleted users](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/268608/377214), reputation is *not* checked when the system decides to field a... | I've checked the reputation of many users on ***Super User***. Even the Top three of this month have gone through a negative reputation change on account of user removal.
So, as @animuson stated, probably a user or more having accounts in your and Evan's Stack Exchange sites might have got removed.
[![enter image des... |
38,090 | I'm building a website in which the people upload videos and photos. It is more about people's life than fine art photography, kind of an electronic album. I have to design my logo. How can I represent this idea as an iconic logo? I know it is very important to capture the meaning of the company / website into the logo... | 2014/09/02 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/38090",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/29299/"
] | >
> I know it is very important to capture the meaning of the company / website into the logo.
>
>
>
This is false. A logo doesn't have to do any of that. In fact, it's usually not fair that it carry that burden.
Rather, a logo is simply a way to uniquely identify your company or product. What your company or pro... | To me, if it's about someone's life, people should play a larger role if the icon is to be about photography
Mountains and a sun don't convey "life" to me at all. They convey "landscape" photo.
Use of a camera or aperture would convey photography - not the person behind the camera.
While a camera is certainly in use... |
27,927 | I am currently announcing 8 /24 Subnets over BGP. I am planning to move our servers to a other datacenter, but i want to keep all IPs.
Is it possible that i announce the prefixes on 2 locations and tell that traffic from IP 1.1.1.1 should go to location A and traffic from IP 1.1.1.2 should go to location B?
There is ... | 2016/02/18 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/27927",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/23010/"
] | Possible script:
1. Move every /24 prefix in BGP one at a time.
2. Before moving the first /24 prefix, establish an IP tunnel between the two locations.
3. When you need to move one IP of a given /24 prefix, make location A to forward that address (a /32 route) thru the tunnel to location B.
4. As soon as every addres... | What you can do is advertise the prefix to a second ISP and then monitor if the prefix propagates to at least part of the rest of the world. (Some networks will prefer the path over your first ISP; this is normal.) Then ask your first ISP to stop advertising the prefix, and make sure that they propagate your own advert... |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | >
> Matthew
>
> German -> Serman -> Sermon -> Sermon on the Mount
>
>
> | Is the answer:
>
> Snow
>
>
>
So the body of the person on the picture is clearly a German flag.
Thus, I took the G of the eye to mean Germany.
Here's a map of the area around Germany:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/H6OhQ.gif)
As you can see, the near... |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | The colour implies he's German, and he's standing on top of a mountain.
The German word for "mountaineer" is "bergsteiger", but you've moved the "s" away from the "g".
>
> His name is Berg Steiger.
>
>
> | Is the answer:
>
> Snow
>
>
>
So the body of the person on the picture is clearly a German flag.
Thus, I took the G of the eye to mean Germany.
Here's a map of the area around Germany:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/H6OhQ.gif)
As you can see, the near... |
36,988 | I have recently acquired a small child. I need to name them. Actually, I already have. I need you to remember it. But how memorable would it be if I just *told* you the name? Not very. Therefore, I have devised a picture from which you must derive their name!
disclaimer: none of this intro is real and is just padding
... | 2016/07/04 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/36988",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/7307/"
] | Is the answer:
>
> Snow
>
>
>
So the body of the person on the picture is clearly a German flag.
Thus, I took the G of the eye to mean Germany.
Here's a map of the area around Germany:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/H6OhQ.gif)
As you can see, the near... | >
> **G**ipfel**S**türmer
>
>
>
> Gip•fel•stür•mer
>
> **Definition:** Conquerer of a/the peak
> **Origin:** German
>
>
> |
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