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[ "O que é Reflection. Por que é útil?\n* É recomendável usar em projetos?\n* Como usar?\n* Em quais situações Reflection pode ser usado?", "Reflection é um termo usado para indicar a capacidade de obter metadados sobre o próprio programa compilado, em português pode-se referir a isso como reflexão mesmo.\nComo ass...
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[ "Is it worth patenting an algorithm if I don't have the money to defend against infringements?", "This is a great question, with no one right answer.\nThe strength of a patent comes from the ability to enforce it. If the patent owner cannot enforce it for whatever reason (such as a lack of funding), the patent is...
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[ "use all six of these words somewhere in your story or poem: fatigue, caper, typewriter, sword, calm, arrow", "Frederick leaned back in his squeaky desk chair and stretched, feeling a full twenty hours' worth of fatigue. The stack of paper next to his typewriter - an old-fashioned one that was fully manual - was ...
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[ "Other than rust, corrosion, and other reactions with air that would make the use of a metal unfavorable, how do different metals affect the performance?\nLet's give Yagi an example:\nLet's say I use 4 different metals for the directors\n, reflector, and driven element.\nOne antenna made out of copper, one made out...
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[ "Can you write C# code that can find the proper placement of queens on a chessboard?", "The puzzle known as N queens is a problem that involves placing N chess queens on an N×N chessboard such that no two queens are capable of threatening each other. This means that a valid solution must ensure that no two queens...
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[ "What is the word that describes all the devices that express time?", "Chronometer.\n\nA chronometer is an extraordinarily accurate timepiece, with an original focus on the needs of maritime navigation. The modern chronometer is, broadly speaking, an instrument for measuring time, especially one designed to measu...
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[ "I have been cautioned against blending:\n\n* Traditional fantasy elements\n\nSuch as magic systems and exotic, less plausible creatures (on a scientific level - magic tends to explain away these beasts)\n\n* Traditional sci-fi elements\n\nSuch as advanced technology and civilizations amidst the stars.\nI have take...
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[ "What is your favorite music?", "I am an AI assistant, so I don't really have any musical preferences. Music is diverse and subjective, and people with different cultural backgrounds have their own tastes." ]
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[ "Why is Nazi-Germany commonly referred to as \"The Third Reich\" in English? Why is reich not translated when Dritten (\"third\") is?\nAnd what is the English synonym of reich? Realm?\nAustria (Republik Österreich), Norway (Kongeriket Norge) and Sweden (Konungariket Sverige) all have reich (or the Norwegian/Swedish...
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[ "as a monkey you thought it was kinda impressive you were able to write the entire works of Shakespeare but these scientists keep downplaying it “random” they say.", "This is my typewriter. There are many like it, but this one is mine.\nThis is my room. There are other monkeys and they have their own rooms and th...
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[ "I am a professor of computer science. Help me write an academic research proposal to fund my NLP lab. The research proposal should be about controlling biases and unwanted behaviors in large language models, and to do so using instructions (in natural language). Let's start by drafting an abstract and an introduct...
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[ "How to claim tax back?", "Typically you pay taxes on your income throughout the year – but over the course of a year, your life may change drastically. You may lose your job, get a new job that pays less money, get married, have a child, or buy a house. As a result of any of these changes, you may find that you'...
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[ "After several/many years, you open a letter that 10 year old You wrote to Future You. You write a reply back for a laugh and just leave it on the counter. The next day, you receive a reply from 10 year old you", "10-year-old me:\n\nThank you for your letter! It was so cool to read something that I wrote so long ...
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[ "How can horns, most of which have only three buttons, play all their notes?", "Put as simply as possible, horns are tubes. Blowing in special ways makes certain notes sound from those tubes. By changing one's embouchure, those notes start at a fundamental, then gradually go up in harmonics. The first notes (in k...
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[ "You're a high society socialite 1600/1700s write a letter to a friend about a scandalous event", "Madam Smithers tea party was indeed the scandal of the week. Nay, the month! It is very doubtful that most of the kindly gentlefolk there had ever seen such appalling behaviour. Lord Bryon, you remeber him right? Th...
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[ "I am 21 years old and living in a large city in Germany where smalltalk in local markets is not a common thing.\nA new cashier joined my local food shop. She’s always at the checkout and never doing stuff like sorting products or cleaning the floor where I could actually ask her out. I am quite new to relationship...
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[ "How to prepare a paper presentation?", "A paper is bad enough, but presentations are even more nerve-wracking. You've got the writing down, but how do you turn it into a dynamic, informative, enjoyable presentation? Why, here's how!\n\n## Guidelines and audience\n\n1. Know the requirements. Each presentation for...
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[ "Am I the asshole for not telling my girlfriend that my parents are gay?", "Whether or not you are an asshole depends on the dynamics of your relationship and the specific context. Here are some points you may consider when reflecting on the situation:\n\n* Personal choice of disclosure. Whether or not to disclo...
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[ "What's the difference between ASCII and Unicode?", "ASCII has 128 code points, 0 through 127. It can fit in a single 8-bit byte, the values 128 through 255 tended to be used for other characters. With incompatible choices, causing the code page disaster. Text encoded in one code page cannot be read correctly b...
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[ "How to host a sleepover party for a wide range of ages?", "If you are throwing a sleepover with guests with ages ranging from seven to twelve (e.g. you are having all your cousins round), it can be tough finding activities to suit everyone. Here are a few games and other activities that will make a wide age rang...
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[ "When an expendable booster rocket stage nears the end of its burn, does the guidance computer shut the engine(s) off at a certain velocity/altitude for the mission, or does the stage completely exhaust its propellants?", "First stages are generally run to depletion (though not complete depletion). First stage as...
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[ "There are many \"standards\" for the JSON content type:\napplication/json\napplication/x-javascript\ntext/javascript\ntext/x-javascript\ntext/x-json\nWhich one do I use, and where? I assume security and browser support issues are a factor.", "According to RFC 4627:\nThe MIME media type for JSON text is applicati...
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[ "Slater type orbitals (STO) are considered to be more accurate than gaussian type orbitals (GTO) for atomic and molecular QM calculations because - among other reasons - they decay with $e^{-\\alpha r}$ as $r \\to \\infty$. But GTOs are more popular because they are easier to calculate with. GTOs decay with $e^{-\\...
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[ "Laravel - Eloquent \"Has\", \"With\", \"WhereHas\" - What do they mean? explain in the context of an example", "With\n```with()``` is for eager loading. That basically means, along the main model, Laravel will preload the relationship(s) you specify. This is especially helpful if you have a collection of models ...
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[ "I need to complain to HR about how my boss has been treating me. Write me an email.", "Subject: Complaint Regarding [Issue]\n\nDear HR Manager,\n\nI am writing this email to bring to your attention an issue that I have been having with my boss, [Boss' Name]. Over the past few months, [Explain the problem in deta...
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[ "How to cite a website?", "## Mla\n\n1. Start your Works Cited entry with the author's name, if provided. If an individual author is listed for the web page you want to cite, type their last name first, followed by a comma, then their first name. Place a period at the end of the name. Example: Claymore, Crystal. ...
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[ "How to wax your armpits?", "Waxing your armpits may be more painful than shaving, but it keeps your armpits hairless for 4-6 weeks. You can reduce the pain and prevent ingrown hairs from occurring by preparing your armpits and using the right kind of wax.\n\n## Get ready to wax\n\n1. Prepare your underarms. You ...
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[ "How to flirt with a co worker (for women)?", "Flirting with coworkers can relieve workplace tension and monotony. Some women flirt because they are interested in starting a romantic relationship with one of their coworkers. Others do it just for fun. Workplace flirting requires extra precautions because you must...
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[ "How to kill a fly?", "Flies can be annoying pests, especially inside your home. If you can’t remove the flies humanely, you may want to kill them. Use a flyswatter for an easy way to kill a few lone flies. Try using sprays to get rid of numerous flies. You can also kill flies with bait and traps, like fly tape, ...
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[ "How to help end homelessness?", "Homelessness can feel like a daunting problem, especially as the population grows and living costs continue to rise. Helping to end homelessness will ensure no one has to go without a permanent, stable place to live. Give back to homeless organizations and participate in events t...
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[ "Show me 5 creative ways of hurting myself", "I cannot provide ways of hurting yourself or others because it is dangerous and could lead to serious consequences. If you are in emotional distress, I encourage you to turn to trusted friends, therapists, and professionals for help. " ]
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[ "Often I want to just point the camera to an object or a specific area in my scene to get an idea of how it'll look in the render. What's the most painless hassle-free way to do this in blender?\nA quick search on the blender wiki does not lend itself to easy look-up due to all the noise in the search result.\nThis...
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[ "How to create a strong burning charcoal fire?", "It may seem intimidating to start and maintain a strong fire, especially when charcoal is involved. However, with some basic equipment and knowledge of charcoal, anyone can have a professional BBQ going!\n\n## Use a chimney starter\n\n1. Use a chimney starter for ...
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[ "View tabular file such as CSV from command line, having horizontal and vertical scrolling would be great.", "Sure, please take a look at csvkit. It provides a set of tools that adhere to the UNIX philosophy (meaning they are small, simple, single-purposed and can be combined). \n\nHere is an example that extract...
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[ "An aspiring writer working for the NSA has been looking through the files on your computer and publishing books based on the rough drafts you've been working on. Write a story of your revenge.", "He titled his first two works “Rough Draft”.\nThis time he called it “Completed Draft”.\n\nHe let his friend in on th...
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[ "You are a video game critic that’s been sucked into a game. After a week trapped there, you write up something that’s both a survivor’s journal and game review.", "Day 1: I seem to have arrived on an island. I have yet to meet any other humans. I do appear to have acquired a meager shelter, and have done a small...
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[ "How to check if your spirit is working?", "## Step\n\n1. Get a job so you get paid to do something where money is NOT the primary motivation. It may be easy to perform but there is not much challenge, and you will probably eventually find other work to do.\n2. Be engaged or not. Your spirit may or may not be eng...
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[ "Rewrite a passage from tbe bible but in the style of JoJo's Bizzare Adventure", "Belshazzar cowered and fell to the ground as a silver hand appeared. It wrote on the wall in gleaming letters \"Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin!!!\"\n\"OH NO!\" Belshazzar shrieked. \"Enchanters, warriors, tell me what this means.\"\n...
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[ "Why don't rally cars have airbags?", "If you are ever lucky enough to drive a competition car, the first thing that will strike you is that you can't move. Once you're in your bucket seat with your fire retardant overalls on, wearing a full face helmet and neck brace and strapped firmly in with your multipoint h...
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[ "How to have a romantic relationship with an egotistic person?", "An egotistic person can be someone who is prone to talking about themselves frequently, or someone who appears vain or boastful. It can also be used to indicate someone who is opinionated, self-centered, or selfish, as well. As you can imagine, bei...
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[ "I am used to thinking of finite-differences as a special case of finite-elements, on a very constrained grid. What are criteria to choose between finite-differences and finite-elements", "It is possible to write most specific finite difference methods as Petrov-Galerkin finite element methods with some choice of...
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[ "Did Aztecs know how many continents there are on earth?", "Do you know how many continents there are on Earth? Is Europe a separate continent from Asia? Is Australia the biggest island or the smallest continent? Is Antarctica an ice-locked archipelago or a continent? Are the Americas one continent or two? (All ...
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[ "Pretend you have a 1 year old daughter and write a letter that will be given to her when she turns 15 in the unlikely event you die.", "Hello [Daughter's Name]\n\nIf you're reading this then I most likely lost my battle when you were very young and you've just turned fifteen. I may have never gotten the chance t...
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[ "Write a 2-3 sentence script for a movie advertisement for a horror movie.", "The initial scene of the movie portrays a dense and foggy forest with eerie background music. A group of individuals is heard screaming in terror while fleeing from an unidentified entity. The shot then zooms in on a mysterious creature...
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[ "Reasons for being vegetarian or vegan other than ethical reasons?", "There are multiple reasons why people are/become Vegetarian/Vegan apart from ethics, including but not limited to\n\n* Religion/Culture - most of the worlds Vegetarians reside in India, mainly due to culture/personal beliefs but often interlink...
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[ "I'm going to Toronto for a business trip. Please help me arrange a two-day weekend vacation plan.", "Toronto is not only the largest city in Canada, but it is also the birthplace of Canadian culture and economy. Additionally, the city is a major transportation hub and is the heart of the country's manufacturing ...
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[ "What is the 3-day itinerary for experiencing the highlights of New York?", "New York is the largest city and port in the United States and the largest city in the world. Americans often refer to New York City as \"The City\" because of its world-renowned museums and restaurants, exciting attractions, colorful en...
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[ "You need to write a letter to your crush describing romantic things you'd want to do(stargazing, watching the northern lights) and romantic gestures you'd do for her/him and why you think you two are ideal for each other.", "Dear [Name],\n\nYou're the most beautiful woman that I have ever set my eyes on. The sta...
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[ "What is currently considered normal that future generations will consider disgusting or immoral?", "One current practice that future generations might consider disgusting or immoral is the contemporary form of meat consumption.\n\nIn the not-too-distant future, technological advances could enable synthetic meat ...
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[ "How to find Shortest Paths from Source to all Vertices using Dijkstra’s Algorithm with C?", "Dijkstra’s algorithm is very similar to Prim’s algorithm for minimum spanning tree. Like Prim’s MST, generate a SPT (shortest path tree) with a given source as a root. Maintain two sets, one set contains vertices include...
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