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199,479 | I'm thinking something like 'pedantic' but I just can't think of it. | 2014/10/02 | [
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] | How about a [vocabularian](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/vocabularian):
>
> *noun*
>
>
> a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
>
>
>
or a [logophile](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/logophile):
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> *noun*
>
>
> a person who loves words
>
>
> | One who disapproves of too many buzzwords is called plain-speaking, or is a plain-spoken individual.
Doubtless of what single word you find to describe him he will disapprove of it. |
199,479 | I'm thinking something like 'pedantic' but I just can't think of it. | 2014/10/02 | [
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] | How about a [vocabularian](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/vocabularian):
>
> *noun*
>
>
> a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
>
>
>
or a [logophile](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/logophile):
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> *noun*
>
>
> a person who loves words
>
>
> | ***Fuddy-duddy*** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuddy-duddy) says:
>
> A fuddy-duddy (or fuddy duddy or fuddy-dud)[1] is a person who is
> fussy while old-fashioned, traditionalist, conformist, or
> conservative, sometimes almost to the point of eccentricity or
> geekiness. It is a slang term, mildly d... |
200,303 | Florence Nightingale noted,
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> It may seem a strange principle to enunciate *as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm*.
>
>
>
At the beginning of the 20th century, Dr Harvey Cushing, a pioneer in surgery and neurosurgery, published detailed descriptions of harm caused to hi... | 2014/10/07 | [
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] | I have checked the statement in several sources. Several (older) sources has it varying from yours:
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> It may seem a strange principle to enunciate, as the very first requirement in a hospital, that it should do the sick no harm.
>
>
>
The sentence without the parenthetical, and substituting *a hospital* for *i... | *the very first requirement* means *the most important requirement*.
*in a hospital* means that the requirement applies to hospitals.
*that it should do the sick no harm* means that hospitals shouldn't make sick people even sicker (or kill them). *it* refers to the hospitals mentioned in the previous phrase.
The quo... |
200,303 | Florence Nightingale noted,
>
> It may seem a strange principle to enunciate *as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm*.
>
>
>
At the beginning of the 20th century, Dr Harvey Cushing, a pioneer in surgery and neurosurgery, published detailed descriptions of harm caused to hi... | 2014/10/07 | [
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] | I have checked the statement in several sources. Several (older) sources has it varying from yours:
>
> It may seem a strange principle to enunciate, as the very first requirement in a hospital, that it should do the sick no harm.
>
>
>
The sentence without the parenthetical, and substituting *a hospital* for *i... | >
> It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
>
>
>
Let's simplify things a bit:
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> Maybe it is strange (to define as the very first requirement in a hospital) that it should do the sick no harm.
>
>
>
Now let's remove the pa... |
5,584,098 | I have little real Rails experiences. I want to know what's the best way to start to write a complex Rails application. For example, you just create all models first, then controllers, views last? Or something else?
Thanks. | 2011/04/07 | [
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] | I would tend to work vertically and top down - ie. you're probably going to need a way to authenticate a user, so figure out the requirements for that and then start with the view, then the controller, and then the model.
Once you can authenticate someone, start adding the other features in. I like to work top down (v... | I usually start with a pencil and paper, draw up the models (tables) you need or think you need and then refine from there before even starting the app. |
5,584,098 | I have little real Rails experiences. I want to know what's the best way to start to write a complex Rails application. For example, you just create all models first, then controllers, views last? Or something else?
Thanks. | 2011/04/07 | [
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] | I have a tendency to take some scale in to account. If you're just working within Rails and you don't have to think of anything beyond that, such as if you want to use NoSQL versus Relational databases, or whether a service oriented design is right for you, then personally I tend to do functional "feature driven" desig... | I usually start with a pencil and paper, draw up the models (tables) you need or think you need and then refine from there before even starting the app. |
28,343 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [How to distinguish can & can't from pronunciation?](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/13189/how-to-distinguish-can-cant-from-pronunciation)
>
>
>
How do native American English speakers pronounce "can" and "can't" so that these two very similarly sounding words would ... | 2011/06/03 | [
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] | I sometimes have to ask for clarification. More conscientious communicators frequently use "cannot", or preface the response with "yes" or "no". For others, white, background noise or plain laziness too frequently obscure the "t" stop. | Regarding the second part of the question:
From my experience as a native American English speaker, I would say that we virtually never ask for clarification between *can* and *can't*. While the words admittedly sound identical in most situations, the context in which they're used makes it clear (to us at least) which ... |
126,276 | Sorry I'm sure this is a very simple answer but I know very little about how it works beyond serial ports and USB adapters for interacting with PCB circuits.
I've taken apart an old junk flip camcorder, which runs various programs etc. and would like to program it to display whatever such as C code or reconfigure wha... | 2014/08/23 | [
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] | There is no guarantee that the manufacturer put any way to program the MCU onto the PCB.
MCU's could be programmed before assembly.
It may be infeasible to program the MCU even if you could get at the right pins. Most MCU's have built-in mechanisms to allow a user (in this case camera manufacturer) to prevent a chip... | You will have to find a JTAG adapter suitable for this MCU, and, obviously, the relevant JTAG connection on the PCB. Most consumer products cannot be programmed or debugged through the USB connection. |
126,276 | Sorry I'm sure this is a very simple answer but I know very little about how it works beyond serial ports and USB adapters for interacting with PCB circuits.
I've taken apart an old junk flip camcorder, which runs various programs etc. and would like to program it to display whatever such as C code or reconfigure wha... | 2014/08/23 | [
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] | There is no guarantee that the manufacturer put any way to program the MCU onto the PCB.
MCU's could be programmed before assembly.
It may be infeasible to program the MCU even if you could get at the right pins. Most MCU's have built-in mechanisms to allow a user (in this case camera manufacturer) to prevent a chip... | I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect that your better use of the device is as a parts supply - scavenge the display & learn how to hardware-hack it, scavenge the button switches, maybe grab a few other internal parts if they look handy. |
8,762 | In this [post](https://superuser.com/questions/835611/my-computer-doesnt-find-the-bootable-device) already a user with 1 reputation(at the time of asking this question) has commented but when I tried to add comment, its showing "**You must have 50 reputation to comment**". Why am I not able to comment with 13 reputatio... | 2014/11/04 | [
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] | The comment you see was actually an answer post converted to a comment by a moderator. ♦Moderators can convert answers to comments provided they are no more than 600 characters long. (Perks of being a 10k user—I can see deleted answers most users cannot.)
This typically happens when a user intends to post a comment an... | I'm the moderator that converted that, and your mileage, as far as comment conversions may vary.
*In general* we prefer that users *not* post answers for conversion, but rather get the necessary reputation to do so. We may, however see a comment that is useful, and rather than outright deletion, choose to convert it.... |
116,878 | In the city XYZ, P is a water source from where water flows into the tanks – Q, R, S, T and U. The following diagram shows the network of the source and all the five tanks connected with pipes through which water flows.
[](https://i.stac... | 2022/06/30 | [
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] | Given the conditions (assuming tank capacity is unique, which is not actually specified, now that I go back and look), the only tank capacities available totalling 17 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 1, 2, 3, 5, 6.
Given that Q has a higher capacity than exactly 2 other tanks, Q has a capacity of 3. The difference in capacity be... | Here is the solution I found with the following assumptions:
* The sizes of the tanks are all different
* sum(flow in) = sum(flow out)
The idea is that the flow is permanent. In the long term the tank capacity shouldn't matter. It would be different with a water consumer.
In my interpretation the tank capacities are... |
360 | In Greek mythology, there is [Chiron](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiron), a centaur, and [Charon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_%28mythology%29), the ferryman of the Underworld. They couldn't be more different, yet they have such similar names.
**Is there a reason for this?**
**EDIT:**
As said in the commen... | 2015/05/03 | [
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] | Centaur Chiron (Χείρων) is not as similar as it sounds with Charon (Χάρων) as you can see it written in Greek. If you can not see the fonts, try to set encoding to utf-8 on your browser. There is no connection to these two words as you can see, so there you go. | They share one powerful similarity. Charon is a spirit of the underworld and Chiron forsook his immortality and died, ending up in the underworld (unless you accept his transformation into a constellation). Therefore both function as less powerful representatives of death/hades. The similarity in names may well be a co... |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | There are many possible reasons. Perhaps the author(s) withdrew it. Perhaps the editor made a decision somehow, though given the time, probably a reject.
Of course, you can ask the editor, and you may or may not get a real reason. | The most likely explanation: The editor invited too many reviewers, with the expectation that most of them would decline. Other reviewers submitted their review before you, so your review was no longer needed.
It is like an overbooked flight. |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | There are many possible reasons. Perhaps the author(s) withdrew it. Perhaps the editor made a decision somehow, though given the time, probably a reject.
Of course, you can ask the editor, and you may or may not get a real reason. | The editor hastily selected reviewers, and after the fact encountered information or 'came to a realization' that having you review the article would constitute a conflict of interest. This may be real or perceived. I believe, however, this would be a less likely scenario than those suggested in the other answers above... |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | There are many possible reasons. Perhaps the author(s) withdrew it. Perhaps the editor made a decision somehow, though given the time, probably a reject.
Of course, you can ask the editor, and you may or may not get a real reason. | Another explanation: The editor forgot that they had already asked you for a review a short while ago. Realizing this and not wanting to burden you twice in a short time, they paddled back. |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | There are many possible reasons. Perhaps the author(s) withdrew it. Perhaps the editor made a decision somehow, though given the time, probably a reject.
Of course, you can ask the editor, and you may or may not get a real reason. | Another review was submitted that left the editor in no doubt that the paper should be rejected (typically for reasons where there is no room for a different opinion, e.g. incontrovertible evidence of plagiarism, duplicate submission, a fatal flaw in the problem definition, etc). |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | The most likely explanation: The editor invited too many reviewers, with the expectation that most of them would decline. Other reviewers submitted their review before you, so your review was no longer needed.
It is like an overbooked flight. | The editor hastily selected reviewers, and after the fact encountered information or 'came to a realization' that having you review the article would constitute a conflict of interest. This may be real or perceived. I believe, however, this would be a less likely scenario than those suggested in the other answers above... |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | Another explanation: The editor forgot that they had already asked you for a review a short while ago. Realizing this and not wanting to burden you twice in a short time, they paddled back. | The editor hastily selected reviewers, and after the fact encountered information or 'came to a realization' that having you review the article would constitute a conflict of interest. This may be real or perceived. I believe, however, this would be a less likely scenario than those suggested in the other answers above... |
151,983 | Recently I have been asked by a journal to review an article as a referee. I did it within 3 days, and the very next day another mail came asking me to review another article. I was reviewing it when, aft after 2 days, the editor sent me an email saying I don't need to review it anymore. What might be the reasons behin... | 2020/07/20 | [
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] | Another review was submitted that left the editor in no doubt that the paper should be rejected (typically for reasons where there is no room for a different opinion, e.g. incontrovertible evidence of plagiarism, duplicate submission, a fatal flaw in the problem definition, etc). | The editor hastily selected reviewers, and after the fact encountered information or 'came to a realization' that having you review the article would constitute a conflict of interest. This may be real or perceived. I believe, however, this would be a less likely scenario than those suggested in the other answers above... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | It is getting there, but not quite yet, IMO. The rule I have seen so often applies here - show don't tell - and you are still telling too much.
If you can remove description and replace it with emotional response, while still telling the same information, then you will have it. That is a real challenge, but you are pa... | Try putting the entire thing in present tense, unfolding in real time. That tends to elicit emotion better than a chronolog.
You start with present tense: "I wake up screaming," but then dropped the ball -- why? To keep us on the edge of our seats, we need to think something is about to happen, not that it has already... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | Don't overreach. Phrases such as "I did. Not. Move." come off as a bit much, a bit dramatic. And I agree w/ the top answer, it does get a bit didactic towards the end. Illustrate inner conflict with outer actions; as a general rule, tend away from explicitly indicating the character's mindset. Of course there are cases... | Try putting the entire thing in present tense, unfolding in real time. That tends to elicit emotion better than a chronolog.
You start with present tense: "I wake up screaming," but then dropped the ball -- why? To keep us on the edge of our seats, we need to think something is about to happen, not that it has already... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | The other answers are great. When you wax analytical/philosophical, you are naturally distancing yourself (and your readers) from emotion. Emotion can't look forward or back in time, it is all about now. Even if you're focused on an event in the future or past, the feelings about it are happening now. That's one of the... | A few things I notice are your change of tense and POV. It is not consistent. You switch at the end from "I" to "you" and feels like your preaching to your reader.
You have a lot of Filter Words. Saw, felt,feel, realized, watch, etc... These words naturally put up another layer between the character and the reader. Tr... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | It is getting there, but not quite yet, IMO. The rule I have seen so often applies here - show don't tell - and you are still telling too much.
If you can remove description and replace it with emotional response, while still telling the same information, then you will have it. That is a real challenge, but you are pa... | Don't overreach. Phrases such as "I did. Not. Move." come off as a bit much, a bit dramatic. And I agree w/ the top answer, it does get a bit didactic towards the end. Illustrate inner conflict with outer actions; as a general rule, tend away from explicitly indicating the character's mindset. Of course there are cases... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | It is getting there, but not quite yet, IMO. The rule I have seen so often applies here - show don't tell - and you are still telling too much.
If you can remove description and replace it with emotional response, while still telling the same information, then you will have it. That is a real challenge, but you are pa... | Remember, the goal is not to feel emotion, and not to write emotion. The goal is to write so *the reader* feels emotion.
At the risk of being terminally cheesy, consider these lyrics from 90's pop group Roxette (reformatted as prose):
>
> What's the time? Seems it's already morning. I see the sky, it's so beautiful ... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | The other answers are great. When you wax analytical/philosophical, you are naturally distancing yourself (and your readers) from emotion. Emotion can't look forward or back in time, it is all about now. Even if you're focused on an event in the future or past, the feelings about it are happening now. That's one of the... | As answer to your question: it did for me. You can slightly get a feeling of the story behind, and I think that makes it strong.
I do have 2 small notes:
". I did. not. move.": This reads a bit annoying
"But...we both also": I think "..." isn't stronger than just a regular comma and should only be used in comics ;).
... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/5761",
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] | It is getting there, but not quite yet, IMO. The rule I have seen so often applies here - show don't tell - and you are still telling too much.
If you can remove description and replace it with emotional response, while still telling the same information, then you will have it. That is a real challenge, but you are pa... | As answer to your question: it did for me. You can slightly get a feeling of the story behind, and I think that makes it strong.
I do have 2 small notes:
". I did. not. move.": This reads a bit annoying
"But...we both also": I think "..." isn't stronger than just a regular comma and should only be used in comics ;).
... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/5761",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/3670/"
] | Remember, the goal is not to feel emotion, and not to write emotion. The goal is to write so *the reader* feels emotion.
At the risk of being terminally cheesy, consider these lyrics from 90's pop group Roxette (reformatted as prose):
>
> What's the time? Seems it's already morning. I see the sky, it's so beautiful ... | As answer to your question: it did for me. You can slightly get a feeling of the story behind, and I think that makes it strong.
I do have 2 small notes:
". I did. not. move.": This reads a bit annoying
"But...we both also": I think "..." isn't stronger than just a regular comma and should only be used in comics ;).
... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/5761",
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] | Don't overreach. Phrases such as "I did. Not. Move." come off as a bit much, a bit dramatic. And I agree w/ the top answer, it does get a bit didactic towards the end. Illustrate inner conflict with outer actions; as a general rule, tend away from explicitly indicating the character's mindset. Of course there are cases... | As answer to your question: it did for me. You can slightly get a feeling of the story behind, and I think that makes it strong.
I do have 2 small notes:
". I did. not. move.": This reads a bit annoying
"But...we both also": I think "..." isn't stronger than just a regular comma and should only be used in comics ;).
... |
5,761 | The thing I hear most often about my writing is, "It's too dry." I'm sure this happens to other people too. I'm working on eliciting emotion through writing, and I'd like a critique on some of my first bits.
>
> “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
>
>
> I wake up screaming - again.
>
>
> I’ve woken up screaming at... | 2012/05/25 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/5761",
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] | The other answers are great. When you wax analytical/philosophical, you are naturally distancing yourself (and your readers) from emotion. Emotion can't look forward or back in time, it is all about now. Even if you're focused on an event in the future or past, the feelings about it are happening now. That's one of the... | Try putting the entire thing in present tense, unfolding in real time. That tends to elicit emotion better than a chronolog.
You start with present tense: "I wake up screaming," but then dropped the ball -- why? To keep us on the edge of our seats, we need to think something is about to happen, not that it has already... |
538,818 | The circuit I'm designing uses external capacitor to measure its ESR. I use MSP430 as a controller, capacitance of the external capacitor can vary between 100n and 10uF. The problem is I should somehow detect the moment when someone installs the external capacitor, so the MSP would turn off the sleep mode and start mea... | 2020/12/23 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/538818",
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] | Use a circuit like this the cap should be discharged on insertion which will pull down the input to the buffer creating a wake up signal.
If the resistor will interfere with your measurement you can compensate for its presence in the software.
[simulate this circuit]... | Use a ZIF socket for the capacitor connection and put a tactile button under the lever, or 90 degree tactile button at the end of the sled. |
163,034 | To be able to schedule my activities, I sometimes would like to approximate ahead of time the wifi speed and robustness of some onboard wifi to know what kind of work I can do on the plane. Given a flight, how can I approximate ahead of time the speed and robustness of the onboard wifi? | 2021/03/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/163034",
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] | Easy: it will NOT be robust and it will be slow!
I don't think I've ever had a flight without interruptions and/or occasional sluggishness. It varies a lot day to day even on the same exact route.
For US domestic you have a good chance of getting at decent WIFI for at least 50% percent of the flight. Anything else is... | I would say that not only is this information not well defined, I would also posit that this information is fundementally unknowable ahead of time by a passenger.
in the very least the following are critical factors:
1. In-flight passenger services are not a part of the planes MEL (Minimum Equipment List), so a plane... |
163,034 | To be able to schedule my activities, I sometimes would like to approximate ahead of time the wifi speed and robustness of some onboard wifi to know what kind of work I can do on the plane. Given a flight, how can I approximate ahead of time the speed and robustness of the onboard wifi? | 2021/03/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/163034",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
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] | Easy: it will NOT be robust and it will be slow!
I don't think I've ever had a flight without interruptions and/or occasional sluggishness. It varies a lot day to day even on the same exact route.
For US domestic you have a good chance of getting at decent WIFI for at least 50% percent of the flight. Anything else is... | While other focus on what may be wrong with the connection, I would take the opposite approach. Assume the best case scenario (given the parameters of your trip) and then try to figure out what that scenario looks like. Needless to say that you can follow these steps when you are still considering different airlines an... |
163,034 | To be able to schedule my activities, I sometimes would like to approximate ahead of time the wifi speed and robustness of some onboard wifi to know what kind of work I can do on the plane. Given a flight, how can I approximate ahead of time the speed and robustness of the onboard wifi? | 2021/03/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/163034",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/1810/"
] | Easy: it will NOT be robust and it will be slow!
I don't think I've ever had a flight without interruptions and/or occasional sluggishness. It varies a lot day to day even on the same exact route.
For US domestic you have a good chance of getting at decent WIFI for at least 50% percent of the flight. Anything else is... | While this only applies to browser activities, one way to find out what in-flight internet will *feel* like is to simulate it with Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.
If you hit F12 in Chrome or a related browser, you'll get the Developer Tools. These include a Network tab. On that tab, there's a dropdown that ... |
163,034 | To be able to schedule my activities, I sometimes would like to approximate ahead of time the wifi speed and robustness of some onboard wifi to know what kind of work I can do on the plane. Given a flight, how can I approximate ahead of time the speed and robustness of the onboard wifi? | 2021/03/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/163034",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/1810/"
] | I would say that not only is this information not well defined, I would also posit that this information is fundementally unknowable ahead of time by a passenger.
in the very least the following are critical factors:
1. In-flight passenger services are not a part of the planes MEL (Minimum Equipment List), so a plane... | While this only applies to browser activities, one way to find out what in-flight internet will *feel* like is to simulate it with Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.
If you hit F12 in Chrome or a related browser, you'll get the Developer Tools. These include a Network tab. On that tab, there's a dropdown that ... |
163,034 | To be able to schedule my activities, I sometimes would like to approximate ahead of time the wifi speed and robustness of some onboard wifi to know what kind of work I can do on the plane. Given a flight, how can I approximate ahead of time the speed and robustness of the onboard wifi? | 2021/03/25 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/163034",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/1810/"
] | While other focus on what may be wrong with the connection, I would take the opposite approach. Assume the best case scenario (given the parameters of your trip) and then try to figure out what that scenario looks like. Needless to say that you can follow these steps when you are still considering different airlines an... | While this only applies to browser activities, one way to find out what in-flight internet will *feel* like is to simulate it with Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser.
If you hit F12 in Chrome or a related browser, you'll get the Developer Tools. These include a Network tab. On that tab, there's a dropdown that ... |
302,429 | I want to use my SATA HDD with my very old ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard (made in 2003). I intend to buy a cheap adapter for this, something similar to this one:
>
> <http://www.cooldrives.com/satoidecofor.html>
>
>
>
Would there be any issues if I want to boot from this SATA drive? My impression is that these kind of... | 2011/06/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/302429",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/72478/"
] | Yes the adapters do work, I have used other brands in the past. | I had a similar ASUS motherboard from 2002 and I used a PCI raid controller, it booted of a 1tb sata. Also they are cheap on Ebay. Finally, you should purchase a better motherboard I got a Asus p4g41-m LE for 60$ at my local computer store. |
302,429 | I want to use my SATA HDD with my very old ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard (made in 2003). I intend to buy a cheap adapter for this, something similar to this one:
>
> <http://www.cooldrives.com/satoidecofor.html>
>
>
>
Would there be any issues if I want to boot from this SATA drive? My impression is that these kind of... | 2011/06/26 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/302429",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/72478/"
] | Yes the adapters do work, I have used other brands in the past. | Just reading the page you linked, in particular, the part labeled "About The Chip, I would think that it translates in into a form that can be used by older boards. Common sense also dictates that if it didn't they wold almost certainly say something about incompatibility, but it says "Compatible with Ultra ATA 133 spe... |
374,288 | I have a couple more questions about power to homes in Europe.
Our device draws between 12A and 45A (at 230vac) depending on its configuration. It appears that at the high end of the scale that will be a problem in the UK or France or Germany, where the domestic distribution panel is a single phase. (protected by a mai... | 2018/05/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/374288",
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"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/188214/"
] | I'm in the UK, and my 45A device (instant heat electric shower) has its own 63A RCD/breaker wired directly from the company master fuse. This fuse also supplies my distribution panel, with its array of smaller breakers for the 'conventional' circuits. | I’m in Switzerland and circuits are spread between the 3 phases, 10A and 16A breakers.
Some are « linked » as 3 together for the oven for example.
Note in the UK some power circuits are rated as 32A and this depends on the number of sockets they feed and spurs etc.
You would do well to purchase the wiring regs from ... |
374,288 | I have a couple more questions about power to homes in Europe.
Our device draws between 12A and 45A (at 230vac) depending on its configuration. It appears that at the high end of the scale that will be a problem in the UK or France or Germany, where the domestic distribution panel is a single phase. (protected by a mai... | 2018/05/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/374288",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/188214/"
] | I'm in the UK, and my 45A device (instant heat electric shower) has its own 63A RCD/breaker wired directly from the company master fuse. This fuse also supplies my distribution panel, with its array of smaller breakers for the 'conventional' circuits. | Euro circuits are generally 13 or 16A. Don't expect to use the full capacity, there will be de-rates required on a plug-connected device, or on a hardwired device which shares a circuit with receptacles.
Even on a dedicated circuit, expect de-rating to be required. Any large draw device will need a dedicated circuit.... |
10,344 | Working with our boss has always been difficult but it's been getting worse in the last few weeks.
It seems like he is not paying attention to anything we do or say.
Here is just one example. A few days ago a colleague wrote him an email like this:
>
> At customer John Smith we set up a server and installed our soft... | 2013/03/18 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/10344",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
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] | Things like this happen in small companies. People have stuff going on in their lives that makes them bad bosses for a while. One of my clients had a very bad year while his wife died of cancer, for example. There was no-one else to carry the weight for him as there might be at a large company.
What can you do? If you... | Sometimes when people are going through a tough patch at home (illness, divorce, death in the family, etc), they get distracted at work and don't even realize it. In my observation, this is especially true of those people who are trying to keep the issue private (or who are in denial about the issue). It can help if yo... |
12,438 | I'm building a new computer over the summer. I'm fairly competent in computer hardware, and am thus building the computer from scratch. I have everything planned out, but I was wondering about a backup drive.
I was thinking about having my main OS on a 300 GB WD Velociraptor (10K rpm) and my storage on a 1 TB WD Cavia... | 2009/07/24 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/12438",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/3236/"
] | It doesn't really matter, especially if you're doing incremental backups. Though, looking on newegg it appears the 7200RPM Barracuda is $10 more...
Anyway, I strongly encourage getting either two backup devices and rotating them from home->work/safe deposit box or backing up offsite using JungleDisk+AmazonS3, Mozy, Dr... | The best thing to do would be to buy two of the same drive and set up a RAID 1. RAID 1 is a mirrored RAID. That means that both drives will contain an exact copy of the other. If one crashes, your computer will continue to operate just fine with the other drive. |
95,222 | This is the poster in question:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qKkCOm.jpg)
And here is a close-up of the font I'd like to know:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dIDO.jpg)
I would like... | 2017/07/19 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/95222",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/99950/"
] | This probably is a custom type based on some different fonts. The basis seems to be [Neutraface N°2 Medium](https://houseind.com/hi/neutraface_no2) and/or [Aramis Light or SemiLight](http://www.fontbros.com/families/aramis/styles/bold?u=whatfontis).
Inspiration also seems to be taken from [Revival](http://www.revivalt... | Whilst the typeface *Revival* (<http://www.revivaltype.com/>) is not the font used (the G is quite different) it is certainly similar enough (including the very unusual "A" and "E") that it might well be of interest to you.
In my opinion the title here is modified Futura, this image :[http://imgur.com/a/HQWgy](https:/... |
95,222 | This is the poster in question:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qKkCOm.jpg)
And here is a close-up of the font I'd like to know:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dIDO.jpg)
I would like... | 2017/07/19 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/95222",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/99950/"
] | This probably is a custom type based on some different fonts. The basis seems to be [Neutraface N°2 Medium](https://houseind.com/hi/neutraface_no2) and/or [Aramis Light or SemiLight](http://www.fontbros.com/families/aramis/styles/bold?u=whatfontis).
Inspiration also seems to be taken from [Revival](http://www.revivalt... | You can get a similar effect with most fonts by using a Greek capital lambda and xi, as in:
PΛSSΞNGΞRS
I know it's not entirely what you're asking for but you might be able to get a similar effect, if it's the effect rather than the typeface itself you want. |
95,222 | This is the poster in question:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qKkCOm.jpg)
And here is a close-up of the font I'd like to know:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4dIDO.jpg)
I would like... | 2017/07/19 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/95222",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/99950/"
] | You can get a similar effect with most fonts by using a Greek capital lambda and xi, as in:
PΛSSΞNGΞRS
I know it's not entirely what you're asking for but you might be able to get a similar effect, if it's the effect rather than the typeface itself you want. | Whilst the typeface *Revival* (<http://www.revivaltype.com/>) is not the font used (the G is quite different) it is certainly similar enough (including the very unusual "A" and "E") that it might well be of interest to you.
In my opinion the title here is modified Futura, this image :[http://imgur.com/a/HQWgy](https:/... |
171,253 | Part 1
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Clearly Immutability *minimizes* the need for locks in multi-processor programming, but does it eliminate that need, or are there instances where immutability alone is not enough? It seems to me that you can only defer processing and encapsulate state so long before most programs have to actually DO some... | 2012/10/24 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171253",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/62323/"
] | This is an oddly phrased question that is really, really broad if answered fully. I'm going to focus on clearing up some of the specifics that you're asking about.
Immutability is a design trade off. It makes some operations harder (modifying state in large objects quickly, building objects piecemeal, keeping a runnin... | I'm unsure if I understood your questions.
IMHO the answer is yes. If all your objects are immutable, then you don't need any locks. But if you need to preserve a state (e.g. you implement a database or you need to aggregate the results from multiple threads) then you need to use mutability and therefore also locks. ... |
171,253 | Part 1
======
Clearly Immutability *minimizes* the need for locks in multi-processor programming, but does it eliminate that need, or are there instances where immutability alone is not enough? It seems to me that you can only defer processing and encapsulate state so long before most programs have to actually DO some... | 2012/10/24 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/171253",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/62323/"
] | This is an oddly phrased question that is really, really broad if answered fully. I'm going to focus on clearing up some of the specifics that you're asking about.
Immutability is a design trade off. It makes some operations harder (modifying state in large objects quickly, building objects piecemeal, keeping a runnin... | You start with
*Clearly Immutability minimizes the need for locks in multi-processor programming*
Wrong. You need to carefully read the documentation for every class that you use. For example, const std::string in C++ is *not* thread safe. Immutable objects can have internal state that changes when accessing them.
... |
135,212 | An idea came to mind while playing a game that involved vampires to create an illusionary sun or something that creates sunlight so that they fight while in sunlight. So if a 14th-level wizard were to create this illusion then make it real using Illusory Reality would it work?
The [School of Illusion wizard](https://w... | 2018/11/09 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/135212",
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] | No (probably)
-------------
"Sunlight" is **not** an object "For the purpose of these rules, an object is a discrete, inanimate item like a window, door, sword, book, table, chair, or stone, not a building or a vehicle that is composed of many other objects."
Assuming that the sun in your fantasy world is like our su... | You can create illusion of anything,
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within the boundaries of the spell you use to create the illusion, mainly
* Where you place the illusion
* How big is the illusion
If you create an illusion of the sun, inanimate, and the mini version of it (*major illusion* can only create a ... |
30,560 | A Baptist website explains: "The Bible tells that there is one way to be saved and it is through believing Jesus died for your sins and asking Him to be your Savior."
Now if this is a true statement that "there is one way to be saved" how does the Centurion receive salvation before Jesus died for all those sins?
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>... | 2014/07/03 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/30560",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/9253/"
] | Faith = Belief/Trust in Jesus as the Son of God
===============================================
The problem with your question is that you’re assuming that “faith” is “faith in Jesus dying on the cross,” but that is neither explicitly said, nor does it make sense in the context of the passage or in the context of the ... | The centurion showed his faith by believing that Jesus has the power to *heal* and that He has *authority* over all things, including himself.
Notice the word **authority**, which is a prominent theme in this passage. Jesus is King. But His kingship had not been made fully manifest before His death and subsequent res... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Your parents are thoroughly incorrect when they say that there is no career opportunities in mathematics.
Further to Dave Clarke's answer, many (applied) mathematicians find work in the City (as in the financial services sector of London) running risk analyses, for instance.
If however, you are looking at finding w... | The answer very much depends on what kind of mathematics you study. Some purely theoretical topics may lead only to academic positions, whereas other areas could lead to positions in finance, data science, statistics. |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
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] | I can understand your situation since I come as well from a country where parents convince their offspring to join either: medicine, engineering or pharmacy. Because they think these are the "secure" jobs. Although the following might sound intuitive to many readers, I expect that people coming from developing countrie... | 1. If you have good grounding in math, this opens you up to well placed career in anything computer related (software development, research, all sorts of finance-related positions). Obviously, that's a pretty good career path these days. You'd be surprised and how varied computer-related positions involving heavy math ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | I can understand your situation since I come as well from a country where parents convince their offspring to join either: medicine, engineering or pharmacy. Because they think these are the "secure" jobs. Although the following might sound intuitive to many readers, I expect that people coming from developing countrie... | I would advise that you go for your passion which is mathematics. If you do change your mind after obtaining a degree in mathematics, you can always apply to medical school as a graduate and by this time, your decision will be well informed. Perhaps explaining this to your parents might help ease their anxieties about ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
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] | The answer very much depends on what kind of mathematics you study. Some purely theoretical topics may lead only to academic positions, whereas other areas could lead to positions in finance, data science, statistics. | 1. If you have good grounding in math, this opens you up to well placed career in anything computer related (software development, research, all sorts of finance-related positions). Obviously, that's a pretty good career path these days. You'd be surprised and how varied computer-related positions involving heavy math ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | Your parents are thoroughly incorrect when they say that there is no career opportunities in mathematics.
Further to Dave Clarke's answer, many (applied) mathematicians find work in the City (as in the financial services sector of London) running risk analyses, for instance.
If however, you are looking at finding w... | Quite simply, you're not going to be happy if you (for example) become a medical doctor and you hate the job. This is *your* life and you need to do what you want to do, regardless of whether or not it pleases your parents.
You clearly have a deep understanding and passion for maths, and if you follow it as a career ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Your parents are thoroughly incorrect when they say that there is no career opportunities in mathematics.
Further to Dave Clarke's answer, many (applied) mathematicians find work in the City (as in the financial services sector of London) running risk analyses, for instance.
If however, you are looking at finding w... | I can understand your situation since I come as well from a country where parents convince their offspring to join either: medicine, engineering or pharmacy. Because they think these are the "secure" jobs. Although the following might sound intuitive to many readers, I expect that people coming from developing countrie... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
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] | Mathematician was the top-rated job according to a study [discussed in the Wall Street Journal in 2009](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123119236117055127). Number 2 was Actuary and Number 3 was Statistician. Income for mathematicians was a bit higher than either of those (it surprised me how well-paid "mathematicians" a... | The answer very much depends on what kind of mathematics you study. Some purely theoretical topics may lead only to academic positions, whereas other areas could lead to positions in finance, data science, statistics. |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Mathematician was the top-rated job according to a study [discussed in the Wall Street Journal in 2009](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123119236117055127). Number 2 was Actuary and Number 3 was Statistician. Income for mathematicians was a bit higher than either of those (it surprised me how well-paid "mathematicians" a... | 1. If you have good grounding in math, this opens you up to well placed career in anything computer related (software development, research, all sorts of finance-related positions). Obviously, that's a pretty good career path these days. You'd be surprised and how varied computer-related positions involving heavy math ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Your parents are thoroughly incorrect when they say that there is no career opportunities in mathematics.
Further to Dave Clarke's answer, many (applied) mathematicians find work in the City (as in the financial services sector of London) running risk analyses, for instance.
If however, you are looking at finding w... | I would advise that you go for your passion which is mathematics. If you do change your mind after obtaining a degree in mathematics, you can always apply to medical school as a graduate and by this time, your decision will be well informed. Perhaps explaining this to your parents might help ease their anxieties about ... |
46,350 | I am an 11th grader and studying undergraduate mathematics and living in India.
I want to become a mathematician, but there is one problem in this path. My parents want me to become a medical doctor, but I have no interest in biology. My parents say there is no career in mathematics and it is a total passion job, you c... | 2015/05/31 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46350",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Mathematician was the top-rated job according to a study [discussed in the Wall Street Journal in 2009](http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123119236117055127). Number 2 was Actuary and Number 3 was Statistician. Income for mathematicians was a bit higher than either of those (it surprised me how well-paid "mathematicians" a... | I can understand your situation since I come as well from a country where parents convince their offspring to join either: medicine, engineering or pharmacy. Because they think these are the "secure" jobs. Although the following might sound intuitive to many readers, I expect that people coming from developing countrie... |
35,276,538 | I need filters to improve text visibility on photo, since it has some noise. Which filters (algorithms) do you know for this purpose?
Now, I use monochrome filter but it doesn't improve image quality. I need to filter can determine medium background of little area and make image monochrome depending on medium backgrou... | 2016/02/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35276538",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3253896/"
] | Unfortunately I'm not able to provide an accurate and fast answer using an image processing package in code, but I can provide some hints based on some really quick tests done in Photoshop(sorry, visual thinker, slow typist). Worst case scenario, you can run [Photoshop filters from Matlab](https://helpx.adobe.com/photo... | You could provide an example image.
If you want to make an image black and white you can use a threshold operation as long as your text is darker than the darkest background value.
Compare every pixel vs the global threshold. If higher set it to new value a, if lower set it to new value b. For equals you have to choo... |
5,835,898 | I am trying to learn an open source software developed using Java. The software itself is complicated, consisting of multiple packages. I would like to know how to understand the inter-relationships or dependences of these packages under Eclipse developement environment. Thanks. | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5835898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285109/"
] | Visualization of the dependencies will help. A nice free Eclipse plug-in that supports this is Google's [CodePro Analytix](http://code.google.com/javadevtools/codepro/doc/features/dependencies/dependencies.html), acquired from their purchase of Instantiations.
Among other features, it provides a [graphic display of th... | You could use [SonarJ](http://www.hello2morrow.com/products/sonarj) or the [Sotograph](https://www.hello2morrow.com/products/sotograph) to analyze and visualize the dependencies in your code base. However, it seems to be a commercial product and I'm not sure about their licensing policies but at least at a first glance... |
5,835,898 | I am trying to learn an open source software developed using Java. The software itself is complicated, consisting of multiple packages. I would like to know how to understand the inter-relationships or dependences of these packages under Eclipse developement environment. Thanks. | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5835898",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/285109/"
] | Visualization of the dependencies will help. A nice free Eclipse plug-in that supports this is Google's [CodePro Analytix](http://code.google.com/javadevtools/codepro/doc/features/dependencies/dependencies.html), acquired from their purchase of Instantiations.
Among other features, it provides a [graphic display of th... | Eclipse has some build in capabilities like the caller hierarchy or type hierarchy (F4).
But for reverse engineering your better done with good plugins.
Some UML Plugins allow to reverse engineer java code. Example is ObjectAID, ModelGoon, many commercial ones... Best place to find some is on Eclipse Marketplace sear... |
13,896,413 | There is a way to catch incoming call on iPhone and send it to any server, I don't know,
like notification or something like that? I just need that state to be notified to any
server that I will create, to collect data about in/out calls from this iPhone and when it ends (like true or false - in call or ended call).
Th... | 2012/12/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13896413",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1906889/"
] | The only notification you get is that your application is being suspended (or put into the background).
You can't get any other notifications regarding phone call characteristics because Apple would consider that a privacy risk, and some governments are hyper-sensitive about this. | Check out the Core Telephony framework reference. Those are all the infos that we can get via public APIs: <http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/NetworkingInternet/Reference/CoreTelephonyFrameworkReference/_index.html> |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | I'm not sure your application would be rejected by the Store.
For my employer, I developed a client side application that uses an appliance (server side) that my employer sells.
We provided a public appliance (with a public IP) to Apple in order to enable them to test our client application by entering the public IP o... | The only option you have is ad hoc distribution, as you mentioned, which will allow you to provision up to 100 devices that can install the application.
As for updating, there is no automated way for you to do this. A new version of the app will nee to be emailed to each device owner and installed manually via iTunes ... |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | The only option you have is ad hoc distribution, as you mentioned, which will allow you to provision up to 100 devices that can install the application.
As for updating, there is no automated way for you to do this. A new version of the app will nee to be emailed to each device owner and installed manually via iTunes ... | Maybe you should try this:
<http://www.fancyfon.com/index.php/famoc.html> |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | The only option you have is ad hoc distribution, as you mentioned, which will allow you to provision up to 100 devices that can install the application.
As for updating, there is no automated way for you to do this. A new version of the app will nee to be emailed to each device owner and installed manually via iTunes ... | Ciao Grassino87,
there's a formal way created by Apple: your client must register as a enterprise company.
They will not able to sell application to AppStore, but they can deploy their application to their employees: it's called "In-House Distribution".
You can find more details here: <http://developer.apple.com/prog... |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | The only option you have is ad hoc distribution, as you mentioned, which will allow you to provision up to 100 devices that can install the application.
As for updating, there is no automated way for you to do this. A new version of the app will nee to be emailed to each device owner and installed manually via iTunes ... | May be it's not the true way, but you can use [testflight](http://testflightapp.com "testflight"). There you could target your sales persons as testers and provide new update via weblink-shortener. For us it work seamlessly. Plus there's a nice API to find problems in your app. |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | I'm not sure your application would be rejected by the Store.
For my employer, I developed a client side application that uses an appliance (server side) that my employer sells.
We provided a public appliance (with a public IP) to Apple in order to enable them to test our client application by entering the public IP o... | Maybe you should try this:
<http://www.fancyfon.com/index.php/famoc.html> |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | I'm not sure your application would be rejected by the Store.
For my employer, I developed a client side application that uses an appliance (server side) that my employer sells.
We provided a public appliance (with a public IP) to Apple in order to enable them to test our client application by entering the public IP o... | Ciao Grassino87,
there's a formal way created by Apple: your client must register as a enterprise company.
They will not able to sell application to AppStore, but they can deploy their application to their employees: it's called "In-House Distribution".
You can find more details here: <http://developer.apple.com/prog... |
2,446,629 | i need to develop an iPhone application that is a Client of serverside application. This application is not for customer but for sell agents. I know that if i try to send to Apple to put on Apple Store they reject it because the application have no sense for Apple Store. The company is small so i can't use the Enterpri... | 2010/03/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2446629",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/253165/"
] | I'm not sure your application would be rejected by the Store.
For my employer, I developed a client side application that uses an appliance (server side) that my employer sells.
We provided a public appliance (with a public IP) to Apple in order to enable them to test our client application by entering the public IP o... | May be it's not the true way, but you can use [testflight](http://testflightapp.com "testflight"). There you could target your sales persons as testers and provide new update via weblink-shortener. For us it work seamlessly. Plus there's a nice API to find problems in your app. |
33,967,375 | How are user interfaces developed from the ground up in low level languages like C or C++? We usually make GUIs using libraries or APIs. But I'm interested in understanding the fundamentals of how these libraries are implemented and how they create a Window from just coding only. | 2015/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33967375",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4059152/"
] | There is a surprising amount of stuff to make a simple GUI control like a button work.
Quite a few years ago I was on a project developing a Pacemaker Programmer (custom computer) where we needed to write a GUI application but the OS we were using only had text-based output support. We purchased a product called the ... | One of interesting readings on this topic i read was document of wayland <http://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/ch01.html>. It explains on X Window System and wayland architecture. To begin with, may be interested. |
325,223 | I'm looking to use procedurally-generated sound and music in a Flash program I'm writing. I haven't found anything in the ActionScript 3.0 reference manual that shows how to do this. Is this possible? Have any third-party tools been developed that can do this? Or can Flash/ActionScript communicate with external program... | 2008/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/325223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41538/"
] | The ability to play dynamically generated/modified sound is new to Flash 10, so make sure you're using the newest version of the AS3 reference, or you won't see the necessary APIs.
As for examples, check the docs on [SampleDataEvent](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/flash/media/Sound.html#event:sampleData... | I found this article on the Adobe Developer Connection site: [Generating sounds dynamically in Flash Player 10](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/dynamic_sound_generation.html). I just skimmed it, but it looks like it's based on ways you can tweak a sample.
And [here's another one](http://www.kaourantin.net/2... |
325,223 | I'm looking to use procedurally-generated sound and music in a Flash program I'm writing. I haven't found anything in the ActionScript 3.0 reference manual that shows how to do this. Is this possible? Have any third-party tools been developed that can do this? Or can Flash/ActionScript communicate with external program... | 2008/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/325223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41538/"
] | This questions is quite old, but I thought I'd post a link to some AS3 audio experiments I've been working on. Source code is available for nearly all of them. <http://labs.makemachine.net/> | I found this article on the Adobe Developer Connection site: [Generating sounds dynamically in Flash Player 10](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/dynamic_sound_generation.html). I just skimmed it, but it looks like it's based on ways you can tweak a sample.
And [here's another one](http://www.kaourantin.net/2... |
325,223 | I'm looking to use procedurally-generated sound and music in a Flash program I'm writing. I haven't found anything in the ActionScript 3.0 reference manual that shows how to do this. Is this possible? Have any third-party tools been developed that can do this? Or can Flash/ActionScript communicate with external program... | 2008/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/325223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41538/"
] | The ability to play dynamically generated/modified sound is new to Flash 10, so make sure you're using the newest version of the AS3 reference, or you won't see the necessary APIs.
As for examples, check the docs on [SampleDataEvent](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/flash/media/Sound.html#event:sampleData... | Flash 9 has no support for dynamically generated sound, but (I can confirm) it's possible to hack around that limitation:
[linky](http://www.flashbrighton.org/wordpress/?p=9) |
325,223 | I'm looking to use procedurally-generated sound and music in a Flash program I'm writing. I haven't found anything in the ActionScript 3.0 reference manual that shows how to do this. Is this possible? Have any third-party tools been developed that can do this? Or can Flash/ActionScript communicate with external program... | 2008/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/325223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41538/"
] | The ability to play dynamically generated/modified sound is new to Flash 10, so make sure you're using the newest version of the AS3 reference, or you won't see the necessary APIs.
As for examples, check the docs on [SampleDataEvent](http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/flash/media/Sound.html#event:sampleData... | This questions is quite old, but I thought I'd post a link to some AS3 audio experiments I've been working on. Source code is available for nearly all of them. <http://labs.makemachine.net/> |
325,223 | I'm looking to use procedurally-generated sound and music in a Flash program I'm writing. I haven't found anything in the ActionScript 3.0 reference manual that shows how to do this. Is this possible? Have any third-party tools been developed that can do this? Or can Flash/ActionScript communicate with external program... | 2008/11/28 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/325223",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/41538/"
] | This questions is quite old, but I thought I'd post a link to some AS3 audio experiments I've been working on. Source code is available for nearly all of them. <http://labs.makemachine.net/> | Flash 9 has no support for dynamically generated sound, but (I can confirm) it's possible to hack around that limitation:
[linky](http://www.flashbrighton.org/wordpress/?p=9) |
160,500 | Can anyone suggest a webmail provider (like gmail, Yahoo mail, hotmail, etc.) that supports S/MIME encrypted email well? Both sending and receiving email and obviously keeping track of the encryption keys for contacts.
I haven't found one yet that appears to support S/MIME and I'm thinking a hosted Exchange account mi... | 2010/07/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/160500",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/4578/"
] | I've found the [Gmail S/MIME](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/592/) plugin to work just great. Yes, it requires you to use Firefox with a plugin, but if that's not a big deal, it should work fine for you.
Additionally, S/MIME is really a client-side thing. You could use Thunderbird (or any other decent ... | I'm not sure you'll find any public ones, since decryption/encryption uses too much CPU and storing private keys in a public service isn't good thing to do. Hosted Exchange will be the best. |
46,541 | Name the design considerations in deciding between use of a [singleton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern) versus a static class. In doing this, you're kind of forced to contrast the two, so whatever contrasts you can come up with are also useful in showing your thought process! Also, every interviewer lik... | 2008/09/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46541",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3594/"
] | One of my favorite discussions about this issue is [here](http://web.archive.org/web/20080118174633/http://www.bitchwhocodes.com/archives/2006/04/singleton_vs_st.html) (original site down, now linked to [Internet Archive Wayback Machine](http://www.archive.org/web/web.php).)
To summarize the flexibility advantages of ... | Singleton pattern is generally used to service instance independent or static data where multiple threads can access data at same time. One example can be state codes. |
53,123 | "Thou hast cleft my heart in twain" says Gertrude to Hamlet. 'Cleft' is from 'cleave' meaning divide or split. Yet, I often meet constructions such as 'clefts' 'clefted' or 'clefting' in the writings of English native speakers.
Has 'cleft' shifted to an infinitive in the modern usage? Or is it likely to?
Believe it or ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/53123",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In linguistics, there is a construction called a cleft sentence (e.g., *It is grammar that is at question.*) The transformation between the more standard structure and this is called *[clefting](https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/?c=coca&q=13777323)*, which I believe is a back formation. Outside that, I would guess i... | The line "Thou has cleft my heart in twain," as written in the Shakespearean play Hamlet, basically means "You have broken my heart." Many words used by Shakespeare are no longer commonly used in modern English in the same context if they are used at all. Therefore, if you are looking to find a comparable word for clef... |
53,123 | "Thou hast cleft my heart in twain" says Gertrude to Hamlet. 'Cleft' is from 'cleave' meaning divide or split. Yet, I often meet constructions such as 'clefts' 'clefted' or 'clefting' in the writings of English native speakers.
Has 'cleft' shifted to an infinitive in the modern usage? Or is it likely to?
Believe it or ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/53123",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In linguistics, there is a construction called a cleft sentence (e.g., *It is grammar that is at question.*) The transformation between the more standard structure and this is called *[clefting](https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/?c=coca&q=13777323)*, which I believe is a back formation. Outside that, I would guess i... | The conjugation is to cleave, cleft, cloven. The simple past tense is cleft. The past participle is cloven. |
53,123 | "Thou hast cleft my heart in twain" says Gertrude to Hamlet. 'Cleft' is from 'cleave' meaning divide or split. Yet, I often meet constructions such as 'clefts' 'clefted' or 'clefting' in the writings of English native speakers.
Has 'cleft' shifted to an infinitive in the modern usage? Or is it likely to?
Believe it or ... | 2011/12/30 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/53123",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The conjugation is to cleave, cleft, cloven. The simple past tense is cleft. The past participle is cloven. | The line "Thou has cleft my heart in twain," as written in the Shakespearean play Hamlet, basically means "You have broken my heart." Many words used by Shakespeare are no longer commonly used in modern English in the same context if they are used at all. Therefore, if you are looking to find a comparable word for clef... |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | And for the 8% of mostly male customers who have some form of colour blindness... they're different? | I **love** Super User's site and design; that is the best. The colors match well, and the logo is awesome. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I really like grayscale and bleak, sad themes, so for me, it's meta. | And for the 8% of mostly male customers who have some form of colour blindness... they're different? |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | The *best* is Stack Overflow.
* Meta is too sad.
* Super User is too blue.
* Server Fault have good look, but I like orange. :)
---
Color schema at Meta has lot of common with Jeff's opinion on meta discussion, I think. :)
[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001282.html](https://web.archive.org/web/2010012602... | It's got to be SO.
The easiest on the eye. Clearly differentiated new, answered and accepted questions. I feel like other are missing this with SU's blue being too bright and hard to read. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I really like grayscale and bleak, sad themes, so for me, it's meta. | I think Super User has the nicest general appearance. Unfortunately, it falls down in a few edge cases and where it fails, it fails spectacularly.
So at the moment I have to vote the original Stack Overflow. But maybe by the end of the week Super User will have it. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | The *best* is Stack Overflow.
* Meta is too sad.
* Super User is too blue.
* Server Fault have good look, but I like orange. :)
---
Color schema at Meta has lot of common with Jeff's opinion on meta discussion, I think. :)
[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001282.html](https://web.archive.org/web/2010012602... | I really like grayscale and bleak, sad themes, so for me, it's meta. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I like the vibrant colors of Super User. | I **love** Super User's site and design; that is the best. The colors match well, and the logo is awesome. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | The *best* is Stack Overflow.
* Meta is too sad.
* Super User is too blue.
* Server Fault have good look, but I like orange. :)
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Color schema at Meta has lot of common with Jeff's opinion on meta discussion, I think. :)
[http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001282.html](https://web.archive.org/web/2010012602... | I **love** Super User's site and design; that is the best. The colors match well, and the logo is awesome. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I like the vibrant colors of Super User. | It's got to be SO.
The easiest on the eye. Clearly differentiated new, answered and accepted questions. I feel like other are missing this with SU's blue being too bright and hard to read. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I really like grayscale and bleak, sad themes, so for me, it's meta. | I like the dashed (should that be dashing?) Server Fault boxes. |
6,165 | So I've just visited the superuser.com beta site and I must say I really like the color schemes and the way everything is so light and bright and just get out of the way for most things.
I feel like, why didn't Stack Overflow use *that* scheme?
Which site, in the SO trilogy, do you like best design-wise? | 2009/07/16 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6165",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/3055/"
] | I really like grayscale and bleak, sad themes, so for me, it's meta. | It's got to be SO.
The easiest on the eye. Clearly differentiated new, answered and accepted questions. I feel like other are missing this with SU's blue being too bright and hard to read. |
55,338 | I'm interviewing for some quantitative researcher positions at some hedge funds, and I've been told that there will be one interview session focused on stats, and one focused on ML, among others. This made me realize that I have a hard time distinguishing between stats and ML because there's such a great deal of overla... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/55338",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/47876/"
] | To be honest this question isn't really within scope of QuantFinance because it is borderline opinion based but I will contribute an answer to the community regardless.
If you cannot determine the difference between stats and ML then you might consider that you do not understand the uses and methods used within each r... | In broad, ML and statistics belong to data science. In a mean way, ML can be considered to be statistical models for prediction/classification problems.
In machine learning, you will learn to deal with models like decision tree, svm, neural network, etc. When you apply these models to a particular problem, you will use... |
2,343 | I own two cars: a 2003 Acura TL and a 2005 Volvo S60.
I've been told that depending on what car you drive, a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage.
I would like to know (not just about my two cars, but in general) how I can know if a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage for a pa... | 2011/11/15 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2343",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1095/"
] | Check with the manufacturer to see if it's an interference engine or not. Even so, that's not an absolute guarantee. Occasionally someone with an interference engine will get lucky and not have the valves and pistons attempt to occupy the same space at the same time. I've also heard anecdotal reports of non-interferenc... | **tl;dr:** a broken timing belt always means some sort of damage.
Like Brian says, interference engines are obviously at risk of the most straightforward damage: pistons hitting valves with great energy, causing ma$$ive destruction.
[Here is a cautionary video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyB6syDyP0o) illustratin... |
2,343 | I own two cars: a 2003 Acura TL and a 2005 Volvo S60.
I've been told that depending on what car you drive, a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage.
I would like to know (not just about my two cars, but in general) how I can know if a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage for a pa... | 2011/11/15 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2343",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1095/"
] | Check with the manufacturer to see if it's an interference engine or not. Even so, that's not an absolute guarantee. Occasionally someone with an interference engine will get lucky and not have the valves and pistons attempt to occupy the same space at the same time. I've also heard anecdotal reports of non-interferenc... | Short of tearing apart the engine, there's really no way to tell externally. The manufacturer knows, and sometimes it'll be listed in the owner's or service manual. Otherwise, using something like [Gates lookup](http://www.gates.com/part_locator/index.cfm?location_id=3598) will usually get you the right answer.
FWIW, ... |
2,343 | I own two cars: a 2003 Acura TL and a 2005 Volvo S60.
I've been told that depending on what car you drive, a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage.
I would like to know (not just about my two cars, but in general) how I can know if a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage for a pa... | 2011/11/15 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2343",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1095/"
] | Check with the manufacturer to see if it's an interference engine or not. Even so, that's not an absolute guarantee. Occasionally someone with an interference engine will get lucky and not have the valves and pistons attempt to occupy the same space at the same time. I've also heard anecdotal reports of non-interferenc... | My belt just broke on my vw 1.8t and it bent valves, Most of the time your just going to need a valve job and timing belt, in other cases, the head can crack, valves blown through top of motor, pistons split or crack, etc. All depends, nothing always breaks the same, theirs always some difference in failure. |
2,343 | I own two cars: a 2003 Acura TL and a 2005 Volvo S60.
I've been told that depending on what car you drive, a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage.
I would like to know (not just about my two cars, but in general) how I can know if a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage for a pa... | 2011/11/15 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2343",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1095/"
] | **tl;dr:** a broken timing belt always means some sort of damage.
Like Brian says, interference engines are obviously at risk of the most straightforward damage: pistons hitting valves with great energy, causing ma$$ive destruction.
[Here is a cautionary video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyB6syDyP0o) illustratin... | Short of tearing apart the engine, there's really no way to tell externally. The manufacturer knows, and sometimes it'll be listed in the owner's or service manual. Otherwise, using something like [Gates lookup](http://www.gates.com/part_locator/index.cfm?location_id=3598) will usually get you the right answer.
FWIW, ... |
2,343 | I own two cars: a 2003 Acura TL and a 2005 Volvo S60.
I've been told that depending on what car you drive, a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage.
I would like to know (not just about my two cars, but in general) how I can know if a failed timing belt can result in immediate engine damage for a pa... | 2011/11/15 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/2343",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/1095/"
] | **tl;dr:** a broken timing belt always means some sort of damage.
Like Brian says, interference engines are obviously at risk of the most straightforward damage: pistons hitting valves with great energy, causing ma$$ive destruction.
[Here is a cautionary video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyB6syDyP0o) illustratin... | My belt just broke on my vw 1.8t and it bent valves, Most of the time your just going to need a valve job and timing belt, in other cases, the head can crack, valves blown through top of motor, pistons split or crack, etc. All depends, nothing always breaks the same, theirs always some difference in failure. |
357,542 | Today a brand new user to the SE community, asked a question about graph theory. This is the full text of their question
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> Let G be a bipartite graph with 2n vertices exactly one perfect matching. Show that |E(G)| ≤(n+1). 2 Show that this bound is best possible for all n ∈ N≥1.
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Moments later, an establish... | 2020/12/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/357542",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | >
> they are being accused of violating academic integrity rules
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It takes a lot more to accuse someone. The specific quote here is:
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> It appears that you are pasting your homework questions exactly, hoping to get someone here to provide you with the solution. If that is what you're doing, it is probably ... | To some extent, we kind of expect a minimum level of effort from users
>
> Let G be a bipartite graph with 2n vertices exactly one perfect matching. Show that |E(G)| ≤(n+1). 2 Show that this bound is best possible for all n ∈ N≥1.
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is *exactly* how it would be worded in a textbook. What OP has attempted isn'... |
80,777 | [The Wikipedia article about *adaptation*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation#What_adaptation_is_not) states:
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> Adaptation differs from flexibility, acclimatization, and learning.
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What is a more general term than *adaptation*? For example, is there an umbrella term for adaptation and learning (and o... | 2019/01/25 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/80777",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/24178/"
] | **Adjustment** = a small alteration or movement made to achieve a desired fit, appearance, or result; the process of adapting or becoming used to a new situation ([Google Dictionary](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&ei=UVATXejyFMHUwQKXgrSYDA&q=Adjustment&oq=Adjustment&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l10.2513443.2513443..25138... | **Factors or variable**
Variable is probably your best bet, since it literally can cover anything that varies or can vary.
Factors can also be used but has specific meaning when dealing with experimental design so it may not be as good, on the other hand it is used less outside that so if you preface its usage with a... |
41,365 | Using Audacity, I can highlight a section of an audio file, select Effects > Noise Reduction > Get Noise Profile, then Select All, and then again Effects > Noise Reduction, and this time "OK" to greatly reduce the volume of the sound captured via that first Effects > Noise Reduction > Get Noise Profile.
However, I hav... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/41365",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/18927/"
] | I doubt you will get an acceptable result with a simple gate setup: while you may get rid of low volume breathing sounds, it will also chop away natural endings.
Noise reduction plugins with noise profile capture functionality tend to distort the audible material too - making it sound cheap and wobbly.
I can strongly... | It really depends on the material; are these sounds that you want to remove truly peaking at a lower level than every bit of the speech? How about in loudness or 'energy'?
You need to look into the kind of sounds you want to remove and see how they differ from the ones you want to keep. This is key to being able to se... |
41,365 | Using Audacity, I can highlight a section of an audio file, select Effects > Noise Reduction > Get Noise Profile, then Select All, and then again Effects > Noise Reduction, and this time "OK" to greatly reduce the volume of the sound captured via that first Effects > Noise Reduction > Get Noise Profile.
However, I hav... | 2017/05/07 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/41365",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/18927/"
] | It really depends on the material; are these sounds that you want to remove truly peaking at a lower level than every bit of the speech? How about in loudness or 'energy'?
You need to look into the kind of sounds you want to remove and see how they differ from the ones you want to keep. This is key to being able to se... | Yes sortof maybe.
Special plug ins can help a lot depending on the exact problem.
The only correct thing to do is to get a better recording.
Teach the speaker/vocalist how to use the mike to avoid breath sounds.
Use a quiet room to avoid ancillary sounds.
Noise reduction works quite well to remove hissy type nois... |
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