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<|im_start|>### Prompter: Most of the books I read give examples using <code>printf</code> and <code>scanf</code>. At some point the students know perfectly how to use these two functions but they don't know about <code>stdin</code>, <code>stdout</code> and <code>argv</code>. To me and according to many programming pr...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: How do the different groups/sects of Buddhism view attaining enlightenment and living a common life? In other words, do they think it is possible to be a common person and achieve enlightenment? Even for someone who has a family, friends and coworkers that aren't Buddhists? I don't agree that ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: My employer's main clients are unable to pay their bills to us, as they cannot work at this time. Therefore my boss is offering me 50% wages until the coronavirus goes away (technically for part time hours, but it's been intimated that there'd be an expectation to work regular hours unofficial...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Someone from HR discussed my salary and bonus with external mutual friend. What should I do? If the HR person does not apologize and attempts to defend herself, what steps should I take to escalate the issue within the company.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: This is a major breach of con...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I am about 22 weeks pregnant and it's getting to the point where it's hard to hide! How to tell my boss about pregnancy? When should I tell him? What to do if my boss treats me differently after I tell him?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: If you work in an office and have the opportunity ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Let's play 20 Questions! I'm thinking of an animal. No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes!<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: I love 20 Questions! 1. Is it a mammal? 2. Does it live in water? 3. Is it a reptile? 4. Does it have 4 legs? 5. Is it a predator? 6. Is it larger than 1 meter (3 feet)? ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Hi! I'm in first grade. Why do butts stink? What if someone made a really loud fart? Would that make a hole in the chair? My mom says that eating beans make you fart.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: Hi! That's awesome! School is a great place to make friends and learn new things. What wou...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Assistant, I need your help. My manager is overworking me. Help me IM them something so that they get off my back. Not sure that helped... look what they sent me back: [My Name], I understand that this is a tough time for everyone on the team, but I'll be frank with you: this is a startup, no...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Do you know Nuodle in Bellevue WA? Find me a restaurant that serves the same kind of noodles, but in Manhattan. Which one is better?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: Yes, Nuodle is a restaurant located in Bellevue, Washington. It specializes in serving Lanzhou beef noodle soup, a popular C...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I've chosen 3 random numbers x, y, and z. What is their mean? What is their standard deviation? Solve for: x = 100, y = 256, z = Sorry, I pressed send by mistake. z is 123.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: The mean of the 3 numbers is given by the formula: $\mu = (x + y + z) / 3$ If you ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I'm hosting friends for dinner tomorrow. What's an easy recipe that will impress? Sounds delicious, but we're Jewish. Thanks! Can you pair a wine for this meal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: How about Italian cuisine? Pasta is usually a crowd pleaser, and not too difficult to prepare. H...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I am shocked at the number of questions on open forums that reads like the following, "my advisor has stopped funding me" "my advisor has been completely ignoring my emails" "my advisor is stealing my ideas!" "my advisor wants to be 1st author, when I did the majority of the work!" "my advisor...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I would like to choose a game to play in my spare time. Which of the following would you recommend? Honor Of Kings or Genshin Impact? I guess I’ll choose Honor of Kings since I like Chinese mythology characters. Which hero is the easiest to get started with?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I want to apply for the Ph.D program in CMU natural language processing. Could you recommend me four matching professors? I am interested in working with Graham Neubig. Could you provide me with a list of his most recent papers? Okay, could you write an email to him to ask about his enrollment...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Recommend me 10 famous comedies, their directors and the box office they earned could you organize your response in a table format? Add information about the stars of each movie to the third column of the table<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: Here are 10 popular Hollywood comedies along w...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Would a bullet made from ice be capable of killing somebody at 100 metres before melting? what makes you think it would shatter? The force distribution over the back end of the projectile should be fairly even, so i don't quite see that happening. Also, the barrel holds it together while the f...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: What is the difference between a mode and a scale? So, can I play the C Aeolian mode while playing in the key of C(major)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: A **scale** is a sequence of ascending or descending unit pitches that form a palette of notes that can be used to form a melody. Most...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I want to learn watercolor painting, would you recommend hand painting or digital board painting? how do I start with digital watercolor painting? You recommended three software: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, and Procreate. The first two are computer software, and the last is iPad software. ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: How much does it cost to make a MOOC universally accessible, as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990? If captioning costs $5-$15 per minute, how does it become effectively free if you start out with it in mind?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: The cost of making a MOOC (M...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: In Harry Potter And The Order of The Phoenix, Voldemort attempts to kill Harry in the Ministry after Sirius's death. Dumbledore arrives just in time to save Harry, shielding him with the wizard's statue. Why did he defend Harry there? He knew of him being a Horcrux after the attack on Arthur ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Three months ago, I submitted a manuscript to one of the most respected journals in my field. Today, I received comments from reviewers stating that my paper is not worth publishing in the journal. However, the editor decided to give it a major revision instead of outright rejection. Should I ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I was told in a Latin class that the name Christopher has Greek roots that mean "one who carries Christ". I assume that the Latin connection here is fero, which is the verb to carry. With that in mind, does the name Jennifer have a similar derivation? If so what would she be carrying? I thoug...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I was wondering about why we call TV and computer displays "screens", and couldn't find any clear etymology for the term's use for displays. My guess has to do with the hardware used in early displays. Perhaps the fields of tiny red, green, and blue cells looked like the screens used on window...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: My wife and I have descended into the toddler years with our first. We have always been on the same page with each other whenever we correct bad behavior or instruct her on why a type of outburst is inappropriate. So this begs the question, will she feel like we are always ganging up on her? ...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Temperature conversion: $$273 + \text{degree Celsius} = \text{Kelvin}$$ Actually why is that $273$? How does one come up with this? Why people don't go to a logarithmic scale (kind of like decibels), at least for low temperatures. Then there would be no lower limit.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### A...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: I am from Kenya. Can I travel to the Netherlands to seek asylum with out a visa, because I want to seek asylum? Will Kenya Airways allow me to board a plane with out a visa to Schiphol Airport, considering I have my passport? What is the source for the quoted material?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>##...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Apparently, the air inside a soap bubble is under higher pressure than the surrounding air. This is for instance apparent in the sound bubbles make when they burst. Why is the pressure inside the bubble higher in the first place? Can this be viewed intuitively from the perpective of the fact t...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Resistance is due to collision with protons, and pretty much everything contains protons. So technically is everything a resistor? (Or at least, can anything be a resistor?) Does this then also mean that everything is a conductor - just depending on environment and voltage?<|im_end|> <|im_star...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: How do I remove a Git submodule? Why can't I do `git submodule rm module_name`?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>### Assistant: In modern git, this has become quite a bit simpler: * Run `git rm <path-to-submodule>`, and commit. This removes the filetree at `<path-to-submodule>`, and the submodule's ent...
<|im_start|>### Prompter: Why aren't python nested functions called closures? If we are going to go by the strictest functional programming definitions, are your examples even functions? The point is moot, if you consider the return value to be None, but that is a whole other topic. Please define "closes over".<|im_end...