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59,619 | I'm totally new to woodworking (cabinetry, to be specific), and need verification that I'm going about this in the correct order, from a high level.
This is what I have in mind for a general workflow. Is this what you'd recommend for a beginner?:
1. Cut/drill/etc
2. Dry fit
3. Sand
4. Glue up
5. Finish (stain/varnish... | 2015/02/16 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/59619",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes. There are books that can guide you step by step on projects while you are learning.
Normally, finish is done last because otherwise you might mar the finish while doing working on the piece. Also, finish should be on the exterior surface of the work piece only, not inside the joints. The only way to ensure this i... | Generally a good workflow, but a few tips- before gluing, stain (and possibly finish) inside areas that will be hard to reach once assembled. Tape off glue joint mating surfaces if you do this, so that stain / finish doesn't get in the joint. |
59,619 | I'm totally new to woodworking (cabinetry, to be specific), and need verification that I'm going about this in the correct order, from a high level.
This is what I have in mind for a general workflow. Is this what you'd recommend for a beginner?:
1. Cut/drill/etc
2. Dry fit
3. Sand
4. Glue up
5. Finish (stain/varnish... | 2015/02/16 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/59619",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/32792/"
] | For a beginner...nay...even a moderately experience woodworker, I'd say the workflow is more like this:
* plan cuts
* buy materials
* Cut/drill/etc
* realized you screwed up the cuts
* back to the lumber yard
* Cut/drill/etc
* realize you forgot one piece at the lumber yard
* back to the lumber yard
* Cut/drill/etc
* ... | Generally a good workflow, but a few tips- before gluing, stain (and possibly finish) inside areas that will be hard to reach once assembled. Tape off glue joint mating surfaces if you do this, so that stain / finish doesn't get in the joint. |
59,619 | I'm totally new to woodworking (cabinetry, to be specific), and need verification that I'm going about this in the correct order, from a high level.
This is what I have in mind for a general workflow. Is this what you'd recommend for a beginner?:
1. Cut/drill/etc
2. Dry fit
3. Sand
4. Glue up
5. Finish (stain/varnish... | 2015/02/16 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/59619",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/32792/"
] | Your original sequence is good, except for one step you have out of place--sanding.
You need to glue everything together after you dry fit everything. The glue will ooze out of the joints someplace- it happens. If you can force a joint flush on dry assembly, I will guarantee you that it will not be the case when you gl... | Generally a good workflow, but a few tips- before gluing, stain (and possibly finish) inside areas that will be hard to reach once assembled. Tape off glue joint mating surfaces if you do this, so that stain / finish doesn't get in the joint. |
360,522 | I have a question about "put sth at sth".
>
> An alternative way of looking at the pause’s significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a big one. Most records, including one of the best known (kept by Britain’s Meteorological Office), do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warm... | 2016/11/27 | [
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] | That's not true in the *English* language, but it could have value connotations in Chinese. To get around this, I would use a word like "prefer," which more strongly expresses a wish, and is openly "subjective."
The word I would use to translate "rather" into Chinese is, Ning ke, which has the connotations of "better,... | You are using *rather* in a specific sense of the word, which expresses a preference. This [sense of the word](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rather) is signaled by the accompaniment of *would*:
>
> I would rather eat a hamburger than eat a sandwich.
>
>
>
The sentence you gave is simply a contraction. The words... |
360,522 | I have a question about "put sth at sth".
>
> An alternative way of looking at the pause’s significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a big one. Most records, including one of the best known (kept by Britain’s Meteorological Office), do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warm... | 2016/11/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/360522",
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] | One point to make about the word *rather* is its [etymology](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rather):
the OE *hraþor* is a comparative, meaning "more quickly, earlier, sooner, more readily".
The question is about the collocation "I'd rather", the meaning of which can be rendered by "I'd sooner" (reflecting t... | You are using *rather* in a specific sense of the word, which expresses a preference. This [sense of the word](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rather) is signaled by the accompaniment of *would*:
>
> I would rather eat a hamburger than eat a sandwich.
>
>
>
The sentence you gave is simply a contraction. The words... |
360,522 | I have a question about "put sth at sth".
>
> An alternative way of looking at the pause’s significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a big one. Most records, including one of the best known (kept by Britain’s Meteorological Office), do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warm... | 2016/11/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/360522",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/142057/"
] | That's not true in the *English* language, but it could have value connotations in Chinese. To get around this, I would use a word like "prefer," which more strongly expresses a wish, and is openly "subjective."
The word I would use to translate "rather" into Chinese is, Ning ke, which has the connotations of "better,... | *Rather* in English makes no general value judgement.
The rest of the question seems to be based on a two unsupported assumptions, one or both of which might be false:
1. There exists at least one word in Chinese equivalent to *rather*.
2. The translator consulted knows at least one such word.
If both of these are f... |
360,522 | I have a question about "put sth at sth".
>
> An alternative way of looking at the pause’s significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a big one. Most records, including one of the best known (kept by Britain’s Meteorological Office), do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warm... | 2016/11/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/360522",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/142057/"
] | One point to make about the word *rather* is its [etymology](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rather):
the OE *hraþor* is a comparative, meaning "more quickly, earlier, sooner, more readily".
The question is about the collocation "I'd rather", the meaning of which can be rendered by "I'd sooner" (reflecting t... | That's not true in the *English* language, but it could have value connotations in Chinese. To get around this, I would use a word like "prefer," which more strongly expresses a wish, and is openly "subjective."
The word I would use to translate "rather" into Chinese is, Ning ke, which has the connotations of "better,... |
360,522 | I have a question about "put sth at sth".
>
> An alternative way of looking at the pause’s significance was to say that there had been a slowdown but not a big one. Most records, including one of the best known (kept by Britain’s Meteorological Office), do not include measurements from the Arctic, which has been warm... | 2016/11/27 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/360522",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/142057/"
] | One point to make about the word *rather* is its [etymology](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=rather):
the OE *hraþor* is a comparative, meaning "more quickly, earlier, sooner, more readily".
The question is about the collocation "I'd rather", the meaning of which can be rendered by "I'd sooner" (reflecting t... | *Rather* in English makes no general value judgement.
The rest of the question seems to be based on a two unsupported assumptions, one or both of which might be false:
1. There exists at least one word in Chinese equivalent to *rather*.
2. The translator consulted knows at least one such word.
If both of these are f... |
2,375 | I had a friend back in the early 90's who was going to give some kind of a talk in a church about the dangers in modern popular music. In this talk he had planned on spending some time discussing messages (backward or subliminal or something like that) embedded in the music.
**Note:** I am aware that "backward message... | 2015/10/02 | [
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/questions/2375",
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com",
"https://musicfans.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | [Sachi speculates](https://sachi13.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/83/):
>
> The first two lines probably go together in a sentence as “Fortune,
> fame mirror vain” and can translate to “both fortune and fame mirror
> what is vain.” So this basically says that **fame and fortune reflect
> false pride, or baseless pride. ... | The song is all about faded Hollywood stars who have passed their "best before" date. The most credible explanation that I could find is one by someone called FilmScorpio [here](https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/36974/?&specific_com=73014889472#comments). According to that source, then almost every single line from t... |
9,617 | The Iowa caucuses are of course different than other primaries and elections. Democratic ballots are not secret. However, the time costs are greater. A lot of research on voter participation mentions the importance of social pressure and how election design should affect voter behaviour.
Is there any existing researc... | 2015/12/28 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/9617",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/6568/"
] | Summary
-------
There is very little difference between primary and caucus voters, and also very little difference between caucus/general election voters as well. Primary/caucus voters tend to be older and a little more ideological (see quote below), and the size of the differences is almost exactly the same between c... | The media seems to [emphasize Iowa caucuses primarily because they are first](https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/articles/2016-01-21/why-the-iowa-caucuses-matter-to-the-2016-presidential-election). For this reason they may tend to weed out candidates with weak support because funding for weaker candidates drie... |
9,617 | The Iowa caucuses are of course different than other primaries and elections. Democratic ballots are not secret. However, the time costs are greater. A lot of research on voter participation mentions the importance of social pressure and how election design should affect voter behaviour.
Is there any existing researc... | 2015/12/28 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/9617",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/6568/"
] | I offer this only as a partial answer. One defining characteristic of the Iowa caucus in recent decades is the overwhelming relevance of the ethanol issue. Iowa's economy is largely based around corn, and corn can be used to make ethanol as a fuel additive for gasoline. Therefore, federal subsidies for ethanol producti... | The media seems to [emphasize Iowa caucuses primarily because they are first](https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/articles/2016-01-21/why-the-iowa-caucuses-matter-to-the-2016-presidential-election). For this reason they may tend to weed out candidates with weak support because funding for weaker candidates drie... |
566,104 | The title pretty much says it all, but to elaborate: If I build a mySQL database on my local dev machine, populate it with data, and subsequently want to migrate the database to a shared host (in this case, Siteground,) how do I do so in a way that keeps structure and data intact?
In this case, I don't have file acces... | 2009/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/566104",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5287/"
] | use **mysqldump** ([doc](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html)) and dump your database (mysqldump [databasename] for a simple configuration) on your development machine to a dump (*a file containing sql statements needed to recover both schema and data*). Now insert the dump on your shared-host using t... | In addition to the response made by theomega (namely, do a dump of your development database and then insert the dump into your production database), be aware that you may need to enable large SQL insert statements if you have a lot of data. I would recommend you first FTP the file to the host, and then do the insert f... |
566,104 | The title pretty much says it all, but to elaborate: If I build a mySQL database on my local dev machine, populate it with data, and subsequently want to migrate the database to a shared host (in this case, Siteground,) how do I do so in a way that keeps structure and data intact?
In this case, I don't have file acces... | 2009/02/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/566104",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5287/"
] | use **mysqldump** ([doc](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html)) and dump your database (mysqldump [databasename] for a simple configuration) on your development machine to a dump (*a file containing sql statements needed to recover both schema and data*). Now insert the dump on your shared-host using t... | also in addition to theomega: most tools for mysql has dump / execute functions for sql files.
if you're using [navicat](http://www.navicat.com/), for an example, you're just a right-click away:
right-click on the database you want to export, and choose "dump sql file". this will allow you to save the .sql file on ... |
34,053,833 | I have every stream type [enabled](http://i.stack.imgur.com/wXGDm.png) on my wowza server.
a week ago i had it working in the wowza [test players](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1347q.jpg)
now the only one that works is the RTSP in VLC
now every stream just shows a black screen.
If i try to access the m3u8 via Safari brows... | 2015/12/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34053833",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2245549/"
] | this is due to incompatible video, audio codec. you need to user right encoder or you can use wowza transcoder to transcode your stream (h.264 , AAC) . it will resolve your playback problem. if you are using flash media live encoder you can select h.264 encoding method, and audio codec should be aac or mp3. | Some quick troubleshooting steps:
1. What source encoder are you using? Can you playback the source URL on VLC as well? What codec info is displayed in VLC for the source stream? It should be one of the [supported codecs for Wowza](http://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine/specifications).
2. What codec info is d... |
14,482,685 | My client is using IIS 5.0 and .NET 1.1 on their Windows Server which is reaaally old!
Just wondering what are the risks of upgrading the server from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0? and would IIS 5.0 support .NET 2.0? | 2013/01/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14482685",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/133212/"
] | Technically, this is *not supported*. The reason it is not supported is that IIS 5 runs on Windows Server 2000, and [Microsoft no longer supports Windows Server 2000](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2010/01/14/windows-2000-server-approaching-end-of-life.aspx)... at all. New security patches are not rel... | Easy answer first: Yes. IIS 5 will support .NET 2.
Hard answer second: The level of effort to upgrade a .NET 1.1 site to a .NET 2.0 site really depends on your site: the libraries referenced, the patterns used, etc so no one here can give you a good answer to that question. What I can say is that the upgrade to the .N... |
17,563 | In correspondence this morning, I found myself using a very verbal construction:
>
> Your Recommendation is entirely up to you in terms of the who and why.
>
>
>
With due respect to [the he:him::who:whom rule here](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56/using-who-and-whom/83#83), how should I have constru... | 2011/03/23 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17563",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | It works like this. You take a phrase, like *who would be the best man for the job?*. You reduce it to one word, *who?*. You do the same for *when should this job be done?*. You then use these phrases as nouns: *what matters most is the who, not the when*. Sentences like *His no really shattered my dreams* and *I want ... | It depends whether the person (the *who*) would be a subject or not.
* If you mean “you can decide freely who should write it”, then it's “in terms of the who [will write it] and why”
* If you mean “you can decide whom it should be sent to”, then it's “in terms of the whom [it will be sent to] and why”
All in all, it... |
9,806 | Please evaluate this sentence for its correctness. I'm concerned about the use of *of* in front of *falling*.
>
> However, you're utterly off in your assessment about failing in love for someone else. I haven't **found anyone worthy of falling for**, and I will not compromise my feelings to just try.
>
>
> | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1446/"
] | You can "fall for someone", but the parallel phrase is not "fall in love for someone", it is "fall in love *with* someone". The text "haven't found anyone worthy of falling for" is awkward, but acceptable English. The text "you're utterly off in your assessment about falling in love for someone else" is incorrect in co... | Other than the couple quibbles I had with the preamble, noted in my comment, I believe the phrase **found anyone worthy of falling for** sounds fine in the context presented.
You wrote about *falling in love* in your first sentence, so the phrase seems unambiguous and understandable to me. |
9,806 | Please evaluate this sentence for its correctness. I'm concerned about the use of *of* in front of *falling*.
>
> However, you're utterly off in your assessment about failing in love for someone else. I haven't **found anyone worthy of falling for**, and I will not compromise my feelings to just try.
>
>
> | 2011/01/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/9806",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1446/"
] | You can "fall for someone", but the parallel phrase is not "fall in love for someone", it is "fall in love *with* someone". The text "haven't found anyone worthy of falling for" is awkward, but acceptable English. The text "you're utterly off in your assessment about falling in love for someone else" is incorrect in co... | How about
>
> I haven't found anyone **worth falling
> for**, and I will not compromise my
> feelings to just try.
>
>
>
or
>
> I haven't found anyone **worthy of my
> affection**, and I will not compromise
> my feelings to just try.
>
>
> |
141,920 | I have a dedicated server on 1&1 and I manage it with Plesk. The problem is that if I try to send a mail outside the server, I must to authenticate with the email and the password, but if I send an email to a address inside of my server I don't need neither email or password. This is a problem because the spammers are ... | 2010/05/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/141920",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15231/"
] | If no one is listed when doing a reverse lookup on the domain name, I'd call them and ask to speak to their information technology department. Introduce yourself as an IT administrator for your company and inform her that you have reason to believe there is a network issue where someone at their company is having issue... | Not really an answer..but:
The first thing to do is to make sure that you have covered all your bases. Jeff Atwood wrote a good article about this [here](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2010/04/so-youd-like-to-send-some-email-through-code.html). I would at least make sure you have the ptr record and spf entry befor... |
141,920 | I have a dedicated server on 1&1 and I manage it with Plesk. The problem is that if I try to send a mail outside the server, I must to authenticate with the email and the password, but if I send an email to a address inside of my server I don't need neither email or password. This is a problem because the spammers are ... | 2010/05/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/141920",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15231/"
] | If no one is listed when doing a reverse lookup on the domain name, I'd call them and ask to speak to their information technology department. Introduce yourself as an IT administrator for your company and inform her that you have reason to believe there is a network issue where someone at their company is having issue... | Usually emailing postmaster@example.com or abuse@example.com or whatever contact appears in the other company's DNS records is a good place to start. |
141,920 | I have a dedicated server on 1&1 and I manage it with Plesk. The problem is that if I try to send a mail outside the server, I must to authenticate with the email and the password, but if I send an email to a address inside of my server I don't need neither email or password. This is a problem because the spammers are ... | 2010/05/14 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/141920",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/15231/"
] | If no one is listed when doing a reverse lookup on the domain name, I'd call them and ask to speak to their information technology department. Introduce yourself as an IT administrator for your company and inform her that you have reason to believe there is a network issue where someone at their company is having issue... | I would call the main line and ask for someone in IT security. That usually will get you someone that the receptionist probably won't want to block and is hopefully somewhat technical. Once you explain your issue they should be able to help you get to the email admin. |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | While obviously it's no substitute for getting the offer you were hoping for it is reasonably encouraging - they certainly wouldn't bother going to the effort of organising a lunch meeting if there wasn't something in the works and you've got nothing to lose by engaging with them in this and seeing where it goes.
That... | I've never heard of this happening before, but you should feel very good about this; the company liked you so much that they are bending their staffing quota especially to bring you on. Congratulations!
I would definitely go for lunch with them to discuss whatever there is to discuss. The one thing I might be concerne... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | This is a good thing, I'm not sure why you are concerned. Big companies hire often, they just need the approval to do so before they can extend the offer. In this case, it sounds like they were really interested in both of you, but could only hire one person this time due to budget and/or timing. They want to keep you ... | While obviously it's no substitute for getting the offer you were hoping for it is reasonably encouraging - they certainly wouldn't bother going to the effort of organising a lunch meeting if there wasn't something in the works and you've got nothing to lose by engaging with them in this and seeing where it goes.
That... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | While obviously it's no substitute for getting the offer you were hoping for it is reasonably encouraging - they certainly wouldn't bother going to the effort of organising a lunch meeting if there wasn't something in the works and you've got nothing to lose by engaging with them in this and seeing where it goes.
That... | I was at one time in position, where I was looking for new work and so I send my CV to where I think it could be interesting. In companies anything take time and results are not immediate.
In the end I had proposals (and interview) from 5 companies at the same time (spread over two weeks), I aced all of them, all sai... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | To add to some other good answers:
The last 2 jobs I've gotten were where I was told they were going with a different person for the position. For whatever reason, that person backed out and they came back to me to offer the position. Both times, I felt better as a 2nd pick than not picked at all.
Just because you ar... | I've never heard of this happening before, but you should feel very good about this; the company liked you so much that they are bending their staffing quota especially to bring you on. Congratulations!
I would definitely go for lunch with them to discuss whatever there is to discuss. The one thing I might be concerne... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | You definitely want to follow up on this.
Anecdote time: I have a cousin who is a Professional Engineer (PE) (US Designation), and she specializes in EPA compliance.
She interviewed for a job where there was an internal candidate who was already "slated" to get the job, but company policy demanded that they advertise... | This could be a bait-and-switch. They could be saying "You aren't good enough for the 100k position, but why don't you take this 60k position". The 100k position might not exist at all. |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | I've never heard of this happening before, but you should feel very good about this; the company liked you so much that they are bending their staffing quota especially to bring you on. Congratulations!
I would definitely go for lunch with them to discuss whatever there is to discuss. The one thing I might be concerne... | I have no idea how common this practice is. We know that they really liked you and want to utilize your skills, but it's just
that they had a pressing need for which they needed to address ASAP
and your availability didn't match. However I can see two possible interpretations of your situation:
1. Sit back and chil... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
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] | To add to some other good answers:
The last 2 jobs I've gotten were where I was told they were going with a different person for the position. For whatever reason, that person backed out and they came back to me to offer the position. Both times, I felt better as a 2nd pick than not picked at all.
Just because you ar... | This could be a bait-and-switch. They could be saying "You aren't good enough for the 100k position, but why don't you take this 60k position". The 100k position might not exist at all. |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/119547",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/92407/"
] | To add to some other good answers:
The last 2 jobs I've gotten were where I was told they were going with a different person for the position. For whatever reason, that person backed out and they came back to me to offer the position. Both times, I felt better as a 2nd pick than not picked at all.
Just because you ar... | I have no idea how common this practice is. We know that they really liked you and want to utilize your skills, but it's just
that they had a pressing need for which they needed to address ASAP
and your availability didn't match. However I can see two possible interpretations of your situation:
1. Sit back and chil... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
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] | You definitely want to follow up on this.
Anecdote time: I have a cousin who is a Professional Engineer (PE) (US Designation), and she specializes in EPA compliance.
She interviewed for a job where there was an internal candidate who was already "slated" to get the job, but company policy demanded that they advertise... | I was at one time in position, where I was looking for new work and so I send my CV to where I think it could be interesting. In companies anything take time and results are not immediate.
In the end I had proposals (and interview) from 5 companies at the same time (spread over two weeks), I aced all of them, all sai... |
119,547 | I recently interviewed with a major tech company (Top 3 in my country) with one phone interview, one Skype, and lastly a five hour on-site interview with five different members of the organization.
I felt it went pretty well and I was hoping to receive an offer for the position, until I got a phone call saying I was u... | 2018/09/20 | [
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] | This is a good thing, I'm not sure why you are concerned. Big companies hire often, they just need the approval to do so before they can extend the offer. In this case, it sounds like they were really interested in both of you, but could only hire one person this time due to budget and/or timing. They want to keep you ... | To add to some other good answers:
The last 2 jobs I've gotten were where I was told they were going with a different person for the position. For whatever reason, that person backed out and they came back to me to offer the position. Both times, I felt better as a 2nd pick than not picked at all.
Just because you ar... |
233,264 | I am a 4th year psychology student. I need some help in understanding the coefficients in ORDINAL logistic regression. According to Williams (2009) "Using Heterogeneous Choice Models To Compare Logit and Probit Coefficients Across Groups", the predictor variables and residuals are already standardized to the logit dist... | 2016/09/04 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/233264",
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] | In general, if your predictors are on different metrics, then the subjective assessment of variable importance can not be easily made by simply comparing the raw sizes of the odds ratios.
If all your predictors are continuous, then I think converting the variables to z-scores would be useful for getting a sense of the... | If i understand you correctly, and if you have two models to choose from with relatively different Betas, the important is too choose the model based on its accuracy rather than merely strength of Betas... I suggest you compare the models based on other fit indicators such as AIC, BIC as well as the classification accu... |
35,408 | When the Goths became Roman Mercenaries, who were they tasked to fight, if not the Huns? | 2017/02/08 | [
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] | Since your father was a member of the 44th Division Artillery, he would be part of the [44th Infantry Division](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)), you can follow its [combat activities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#Combat_chronicle) after it la... | Knowing he was with the 44th Division tells us something and gives clues for getting more information. Wikipedia has a page for the [44th Infantry Division](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)), which was originally known simply as the "44th Division" and was made up of East Coast Natio... |
69,875 | As the title states, what are the conditions that need to be met for the Quality Well in Old Tristram (Act 1) to become available? For those who do not know what I'm referring to, there is a well that looks like a standard sprite in Old Tristram and sometimes this sprite will fill up with water and you can battle the z... | 2012/05/25 | [
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] | The only condition or requirement is that you must have completed the game on normal difficulty and be playing on at least nightmare, other than that, it is simply chance. If you keep reloading the area(by exiting and reentering the game), you should eventually come across it.
Please note that given the lack of infor... | You need to complete normal mode, but from there onwards it is purely RNG.
**Quality Well**
I have been farming gold in Act 1 and have seen and entered the 'Quality Well' many times, there appears to be no contributing factor to the well being active, it's always in the same place. There are multiple well spawn poin... |
408,593 | I recently posted a post on Reddit about my app for people with autism, cerebral palsy and other *diseases*. Someone pointed out usage of "mental handicap" as offensive, but the comment has disappeared before I read it. Are these considered offensive?
* Mental handicap
* Mental disorder
* Mental disease
* Mentally dis... | 2017/09/04 | [
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"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Mental handicap** - offensive. (period)
**Mental disorder** - not true of Cerebral Palsy (it affects physical movement only in a majority of cases) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy>. Not universally accepted as true of all autism. <https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/conditions/autis... | A few decades ago, the terms mental handicap or mentally handicapped were standard ways of describing mental disability. But they are now likely to cause offence and you should avoid using them. They've been replaced in all official contexts by the less negative term learning difficulties. |
408,593 | I recently posted a post on Reddit about my app for people with autism, cerebral palsy and other *diseases*. Someone pointed out usage of "mental handicap" as offensive, but the comment has disappeared before I read it. Are these considered offensive?
* Mental handicap
* Mental disorder
* Mental disease
* Mentally dis... | 2017/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/408593",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | **Mental handicap** - offensive. (period)
**Mental disorder** - not true of Cerebral Palsy (it affects physical movement only in a majority of cases) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy>. Not universally accepted as true of all autism. <https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/conditions/autis... | Autism is a complex sensory integration disorder which remains lifelong and nobody likes to being referred with a tag or a name. People with autism require special attention as they tend to shy for any kind of social interactions.
Writing or asking questions about disability needs sensitivity while referring to a thir... |
408,593 | I recently posted a post on Reddit about my app for people with autism, cerebral palsy and other *diseases*. Someone pointed out usage of "mental handicap" as offensive, but the comment has disappeared before I read it. Are these considered offensive?
* Mental handicap
* Mental disorder
* Mental disease
* Mentally dis... | 2017/09/04 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/408593",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/243707/"
] | **Mental handicap** - offensive. (period)
**Mental disorder** - not true of Cerebral Palsy (it affects physical movement only in a majority of cases) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy>. Not universally accepted as true of all autism. <https://www.mencap.org.uk/learning-disability-explained/conditions/autis... | interestingly; many autistic idividual themselves prefer "autistic person" over "persons with autism". in other words, when it comes about medical diagnosis, many of the autistics tend to use ["**identity-first" language** than the "**person-first language**"](https://wibblywobblyneurounlogicalstuff.com/2017/10/06/pers... |
530,168 | I am not an expert in this, but I have built some basic BLDC motors. I was recently reading up on induction motors. While I understand the idea of the AC causing a rotating magnetic field, the part I don't understand is how the speed is controlled precisely in induction motors.
I know BLDC motors are controlled by an ... | 2020/11/01 | [
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] | The chip you are using has an output enable pin that allow you to keep the shift register outputs in a high impedance state until you shift in known data. You would probably want to use a microcontroller for this.
From NXP Datasheet:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2t... | You will need to combine three general concepts to obtain what you want in this particular case.
1. A **power-on reset** function: This circuit element senses the power supply voltage, compares it to an internal threshold, and supplies an output (call it PowerOK) that indicates whether the supply has exceeded the thre... |
530,168 | I am not an expert in this, but I have built some basic BLDC motors. I was recently reading up on induction motors. While I understand the idea of the AC causing a rotating magnetic field, the part I don't understand is how the speed is controlled precisely in induction motors.
I know BLDC motors are controlled by an ... | 2020/11/01 | [
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] | The chip you are using has an output enable pin that allow you to keep the shift register outputs in a high impedance state until you shift in known data. You would probably want to use a microcontroller for this.
From NXP Datasheet:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2t... | The easiest way that requires very little additional hardware is to drive the OE of the shift register from another GPIO line from the processor.
This GPIO line should be pulled high with a resistor sp that at power-on it is guaranteed to be in the high-state. This will ensure that the output of the shift register is ... |
247,973 | How you can express that you felt stupid for a thing you told but without using the term "stupid", like in a nicer manner?
For example:
She felt "stupid" for the things she told to her friend. | 2020/05/20 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/247973",
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] | As per the comments, I feel “silly” is a bit lighter.
You could try something more emotionally specific/descriptive, such as “embarrassed” or “guilty”.
You could also prefix anything you say with “a bit” or “a little” to tone it down and make it sound less harsh.
>
> She felt a bit stupid/silly.
>
>
> | "Foolish" would be a slightly more sophisticated word to use. |
12,724,102 | I have a disposable class which implements IDisposalbe interface with disposable pattern. To maintain the constrains, I need to make sure that when the object has been disposed, any subsequent call to any public method throws ObjectDisposedException. The obvious solution is to check a bool value isDisposed and throw an... | 2012/10/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12724102",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/215336/"
] | Imo, you have 2 solutions here:
* or call them manually, so code actually, that for every `public` method the check is executed.
* or can use [Aspect Oriented Programming](http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/337564/Aspect-Oriented-Programming-Using-Csharp-and-PostS) to *inject* the function call into the begining of ... | Have you thought about simply performing a null check prior to using the code?
ie. if(null!=object)
{
do operations
}
Or are you looking for some kind of object wrapper instead using the virtual keyword? ie use Aspects using unity for example or spring. These allow you to Dependency Inject code into your application... |
49,508 | I want to record my screen, and clearly show what is being clicked. You can configure the mouse to show the location when CTRL key is clicked. I want exactly that kind of behaviour, but only when the left mouse button is clicked instead of CTRL key.
Is there a way to configure this? | 2011/06/19 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/49508",
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] | Have a look at this handy tool: [Key-Mon](http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/)
If this is too small or not visible enough and you are not a programmer, ask the author or someone else to change the code here: <http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/source/browse/src/keymon/lazy_pixbuf_creator.py>
In [this similar question](ht... | AFAIK there is no way to do this using the mouse options perhaps you will have to find some other. |
290,804 | I think this question is fairly straight-forward: is there any way to get Pages 6.x (I have 6.2) to have facing pages? I typically word-process in Pages '09, however that doesn't have right-to-left support and I don't need Adobe InDesign for this project. | 2017/07/13 | [
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] | It's not possible, this question comes up frequently in the Apple forums, e.g. [here](https://discussions.apple.com/message/31958693#31958693).
Word Mac 2016 is supposed to be able to do mirrored margins and RTL.
Also I think Nisus Writer. | I have tried to resolve this issue by opening the Pages document in OOD and there it can be formatted with mirror margins. It worked. Negatively this process changed some fonts (from italic to normal) issues. So, if you are aware of the pitfalls you can produce a document for printing (OOD is free)
Now I am back to squ... |
290,804 | I think this question is fairly straight-forward: is there any way to get Pages 6.x (I have 6.2) to have facing pages? I typically word-process in Pages '09, however that doesn't have right-to-left support and I don't need Adobe InDesign for this project. | 2017/07/13 | [
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] | Facing pages are available in **Pages 7.0**.
>
> Turn on facing pages to format your document as two-page spreads.
>
>
>
This can be enabled as per the instructions in [Set up your document in Pages](https://support.apple.com/kb/HT206184#facing_mac)
>
> ### Use facing p... | I have tried to resolve this issue by opening the Pages document in OOD and there it can be formatted with mirror margins. It worked. Negatively this process changed some fonts (from italic to normal) issues. So, if you are aware of the pitfalls you can produce a document for printing (OOD is free)
Now I am back to squ... |
195,335 | Related: ["Whereäs" as an alternative spelling of "whereas"](https://english.stackexchange.com/q/5603/73553)
Does anyone write "no-one" as "noöne", with the diaeresis (double-dot) serving to separate the syllables? | 2014/09/07 | [
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] | Whenever you find a computer spell-checking program does not know how to spell something, your best first assumption is that the program is an idiot. You will usually be right this way.
Including in this case: [Wiktionary lists *noöne*](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/no%C3%B6ne) as an “obsolete” spelling of *no one*.
... | The fiercest defender of diereses I know of in the professional world is The New Yorker magazine, which still spells it "coöperate," and even they don't spell it "noöne." |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | The gui in a game is pretty much everything gets displayed on the screen except for the game world,such as the player, the gun, the game world etc.. the hud is everything used to show information like the players health, the bullets count etc | The GUI is what the user *interacts* with.
The HUD is what the game is *displaying* to the player.
I'd say everything in the image is the HUD. If you open the menu, that would be
the GUI. |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | >
> Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information?
>
>
>
Yes. Head Up Display (as the name suggests) is just to display information while you are in-game. However in some scenarios HUD may be intractable.
For example in a mobile based game there are on screen buttons to perform different actions while y... | The term HUD comes from fighter planes where information to be relayed to the pilot is projected onto the cockpit screen rather than displayed on instruments within the cockpit. The point being that the pilot does not need to look away from the world outside to gather relevant information. It is used by analogy in comp... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | >
> Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information?
>
>
>
Yes. Head Up Display (as the name suggests) is just to display information while you are in-game. However in some scenarios HUD may be intractable.
For example in a mobile based game there are on screen buttons to perform different actions while y... | The gui in a game is pretty much everything gets displayed on the screen except for the game world,such as the player, the gun, the game world etc.. the hud is everything used to show information like the players health, the bullets count etc |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | The GUI is what the user *interacts* with.
The HUD is what the game is *displaying* to the player.
I'd say everything in the image is the HUD. If you open the menu, that would be
the GUI. | I look at it this way: an HUD displays ongoing information to the user during the game, while a GUI appears in response to certain events and allows the user to *control* some aspect of the game. Usually the user cannot interact with other parts of the game while the GUI is open.
So for example in Minecraft, the healt... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | GUI and HUD are **inexact terms**, meaning people will know what they mean, *unless they require specifics*. The specific meanings attached to the terms depend on subculture, company, the current project, or the team within that project you're working on. Proof: divergent answers on this very question.
The term HUD in... | The term HUD comes from fighter planes where information to be relayed to the pilot is projected onto the cockpit screen rather than displayed on instruments within the cockpit. The point being that the pilot does not need to look away from the world outside to gather relevant information. It is used by analogy in comp... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | I'd argue that HUDs *are* graphical user interfaces: they're ways to present information back to the user graphically.
In contrast to what some other answers say, the term GUI doesn't require that every element be directly interactive - the label next to a control on a form is still part of the GUI, guiding the player... | >
> Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information?
>
>
>
Yes. Head Up Display (as the name suggests) is just to display information while you are in-game. However in some scenarios HUD may be intractable.
For example in a mobile based game there are on screen buttons to perform different actions while y... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
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] | GUI and HUD are **inexact terms**, meaning people will know what they mean, *unless they require specifics*. The specific meanings attached to the terms depend on subculture, company, the current project, or the team within that project you're working on. Proof: divergent answers on this very question.
The term HUD in... | GUI is a poor term to use in game dev
-------------------------------------
Classically, GUI meant any visual element that either provided information to the user or could be interacted with in some way.
In (most) games, that means EVERYTHING on the screen falls under this classic description of GUI.
The term HUD ex... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | I'd argue that HUDs *are* graphical user interfaces: they're ways to present information back to the user graphically.
In contrast to what some other answers say, the term GUI doesn't require that every element be directly interactive - the label next to a control on a form is still part of the GUI, guiding the player... | The GUI is what the user *interacts* with.
The HUD is what the game is *displaying* to the player.
I'd say everything in the image is the HUD. If you open the menu, that would be
the GUI. |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | The gui in a game is pretty much everything gets displayed on the screen except for the game world,such as the player, the gun, the game world etc.. the hud is everything used to show information like the players health, the bullets count etc | GUI is a poor term to use in game dev
-------------------------------------
Classically, GUI meant any visual element that either provided information to the user or could be interacted with in some way.
In (most) games, that means EVERYTHING on the screen falls under this classic description of GUI.
The term HUD ex... |
150,987 | Does anyone know the difference between a graphical HUD (head-up display) and a GUI (graphical user interface) in a game? Is a HUD part of the GUI and just displaying information? That would mean that I can not technically interact with a HUD while I could with the GUI (e.g. clicking a button)? Or are both terms basica... | 2017/11/16 | [
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] | I'd argue that HUDs *are* graphical user interfaces: they're ways to present information back to the user graphically.
In contrast to what some other answers say, the term GUI doesn't require that every element be directly interactive - the label next to a control on a form is still part of the GUI, guiding the player... | The gui in a game is pretty much everything gets displayed on the screen except for the game world,such as the player, the gun, the game world etc.. the hud is everything used to show information like the players health, the bullets count etc |
42,760 | Many people get shoulder or chest pain when doing dips without experience.
*Are bench dips a good preparation exercise for beginners? Do they help reduce injuries and discomfort when doing dips? Alternatively would half range of motion dips be better as a preparation?* | 2020/08/17 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/42760",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Any assessment of the ‘best’ exercise for a purpose intrinsically contains some level of subjectivity, but your two criteria shorten the list of of exercises that we might consider. Body-weighted exercises, by definition, limit our working load, and thereby present challenges to their physical difficulty and the degree... | This is very broad as there are probably a thousand exercises to compare..and you cannot scientifically compare the hypertrophy gain in terms of "the greatest number of muscles".. for example, your back has several muscles.. so simply pulling on a doorknob activates 3 times as many muscles as pushing a door closed.. do... |
834,553 | I bought a new computer (ASUS G551JM) with a hard disk drive (1TB 7200 RPM), but I want to transfer the OS (and everything else) onto my Samsung EVO 840 (500GB). However, when I purchased the SSD from Samsung, I did not purchase the laptop kit.
**I'm wondering whether I can clone the OS from the hard disk drive onto m... | 2014/11/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/834553",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385765/"
] | I began uninstalling/re-installing everything i have installed in the past week a few at a time in hopes of it being one of those, the last two things I have uninstalled were Razer Surround Sound and Intel 3.0 Drivers, one of these two was causing the leak as the leak has now stopped.
I'm leaning towards Razer Surrou... | I dont think its an memory leak, seems your system got infected by a virus which is creating dump pages . And also it is from an unknown process which implicitly notifying that it might be a virus. Download and install antivirus and malware detector tool and scan it once. |
834,553 | I bought a new computer (ASUS G551JM) with a hard disk drive (1TB 7200 RPM), but I want to transfer the OS (and everything else) onto my Samsung EVO 840 (500GB). However, when I purchased the SSD from Samsung, I did not purchase the laptop kit.
**I'm wondering whether I can clone the OS from the hard disk drive onto m... | 2014/11/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/834553",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385765/"
] | I began uninstalling/re-installing everything i have installed in the past week a few at a time in hopes of it being one of those, the last two things I have uninstalled were Razer Surround Sound and Intel 3.0 Drivers, one of these two was causing the leak as the leak has now stopped.
I'm leaning towards Razer Surrou... | i think you should read this:
Identify the processes with the largest usage. You might see N/A and “Unknown (-1)” as process names.
N/A contains pages not associated to any processes such as driver pool memory.
“Unknown (-1)” contains shareable pages.
<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/wpt/memory... |
834,553 | I bought a new computer (ASUS G551JM) with a hard disk drive (1TB 7200 RPM), but I want to transfer the OS (and everything else) onto my Samsung EVO 840 (500GB). However, when I purchased the SSD from Samsung, I did not purchase the laptop kit.
**I'm wondering whether I can clone the OS from the hard disk drive onto m... | 2014/11/01 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/834553",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/385765/"
] | I began uninstalling/re-installing everything i have installed in the past week a few at a time in hopes of it being one of those, the last two things I have uninstalled were Razer Surround Sound and Intel 3.0 Drivers, one of these two was causing the leak as the leak has now stopped.
I'm leaning towards Razer Surrou... | I know this is super old but I'll post what was causing my issue in case it benefits someone else.
In my case, the memory "leak" was caused by a program "synTPenh.exe" (Synaptics driver) because I added it to run at startup using the Task Scheduler, but it caused it to start twice since I didn't remove the default sta... |
254,974 | I am truly lost. I need some help and a redirection. I am trying to make a chromatic tuner using AT89C2051. My project would only be from C1 until B5.
The signal would be from a cable or stereo jack.
I will be using the ADC0848 for the conversion.
I've been reading up on how frequency works but I can't seem to under... | 2016/08/30 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/254974",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/118052/"
] | A GFCI is basically a current transformer and an electronically triggered shutoff switch. The hot and neutral wires pass through a magnetic ring. Current in the wires induces a magnetic field in the ring. However, since both the hot and neutral wires pass through the ring in the same direction, the magnetic field is pr... | >
> How exactly does a GFCI use induction to prevent electric shock?
>
>
>
A GFCI doesn't prevent electric shock it just curtails the event to several milli seconds. Here's a brief schematic: -
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uBjLA.png)
If live and... |
234,684 | I have a hive-based, man-sized creature based on a honeybee. It still builds combs and produces/consumes honey, but (I think) honey wax isn’t strong enough to support the massive increase in hive size, necessitating an alternative building material.
The hives are built around the trunks of massive conifers, which are ... | 2022/08/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234684",
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] | **Resin**
If the bees harvest wood from the bark in great quantities for these meganests they will open wounds in the tree which would let in other pathogens. If the bees harvest needles that does trivial damage to the tree which can easily regrow needles. The needles contain resin but also some cellulose and would be... | Soil and saliva, like termites
==============================
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ph1hs.jpg)
The closest real example of hives like you describe are termite mounds, which are often [built around trees](https://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/termiteP... |
234,684 | I have a hive-based, man-sized creature based on a honeybee. It still builds combs and produces/consumes honey, but (I think) honey wax isn’t strong enough to support the massive increase in hive size, necessitating an alternative building material.
The hives are built around the trunks of massive conifers, which are ... | 2022/08/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234684",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/93150/"
] | **Resin**
If the bees harvest wood from the bark in great quantities for these meganests they will open wounds in the tree which would let in other pathogens. If the bees harvest needles that does trivial damage to the tree which can easily regrow needles. The needles contain resin but also some cellulose and would be... | Consider the Square Cube Law first (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law>).
### The issue
Bee-like creatures with a height of maybe 2m or 6ft (when standing erect) need to be constructed differently than a regular bee, and will probably need way more ventilation to keep cool (apparently, regular bee... |
234,684 | I have a hive-based, man-sized creature based on a honeybee. It still builds combs and produces/consumes honey, but (I think) honey wax isn’t strong enough to support the massive increase in hive size, necessitating an alternative building material.
The hives are built around the trunks of massive conifers, which are ... | 2022/08/22 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/234684",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/93150/"
] | Soil and saliva, like termites
==============================
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ph1hs.jpg)
The closest real example of hives like you describe are termite mounds, which are often [built around trees](https://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/termiteP... | Consider the Square Cube Law first (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%E2%80%93cube_law>).
### The issue
Bee-like creatures with a height of maybe 2m or 6ft (when standing erect) need to be constructed differently than a regular bee, and will probably need way more ventilation to keep cool (apparently, regular bee... |
53,691 | I have designed and 3D printed a gear system with three gears. Two identical gears at each end with a smaller gear in the center. One of the larger end gears is to be rotated by a stepper motor, the middle gear transfers the motion to the other gear that carries a device.
The issue is that there is a wiggle in the end... | 2022/12/28 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/53691",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Depends on what you count as automation additionally it depends on what part you mean. There is a big amounts of things that fall within scope of automated between fully manual and a fully roboticized lights out operation.
So most likely its still quite automated. Many or most pars are probably machined in cnc machine... | Not likely, military spec vehicles have so many special options that they will need to be done by hand.
Even Landrover produce so many variants of their landrover for the military that some of the options are complicated like the radio vehicles with two alternators, 12v and 24v plus extra batteries and framing to hold... |
232,328 | When on all fours (hands and knees): If the verb to bend the back upwards (forming an arch shape) is "arch", what is the verb to bend the back down (forming a valley)?
Or is there a short phrase that does the job? I have only thought up "curve the back down" or "bend the back down".
This is for a yoga exercise called... | 2015/03/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/232328",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/112926/"
] | An **inverted arch** is an arch 'the other way up'. Both the technical and everyday usages of this compound / collocation are shown in [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_arch), which is matter-of-fact to the point of being platitudinous:
>
> An inverted arch is a civil engineering structur... | As another user commented, both the Cat and Cow positions are "arch" positions; each an inversion of the other.
But it's also true that we normally think of the shape in 'Cow' when someone says "arch your back." So, if we're looking for a verb that makes people think right away of the opposite posture (say, while rece... |
232,328 | When on all fours (hands and knees): If the verb to bend the back upwards (forming an arch shape) is "arch", what is the verb to bend the back down (forming a valley)?
Or is there a short phrase that does the job? I have only thought up "curve the back down" or "bend the back down".
This is for a yoga exercise called... | 2015/03/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/232328",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/112926/"
] | An **inverted arch** is an arch 'the other way up'. Both the technical and everyday usages of this compound / collocation are shown in [this Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_arch), which is matter-of-fact to the point of being platitudinous:
>
> An inverted arch is a civil engineering structur... | >
> *All four hooves left the ground as the horse [**bowed** its back](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bowed%20its%20back%22&btnG=Search%20Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1&gws_rd=ssl)*.
>
>
>
To me that conjures up an image of the horse bending its back *downwards* (opposite to *bucking*, or *arching the back **upwards***).... |
232,328 | When on all fours (hands and knees): If the verb to bend the back upwards (forming an arch shape) is "arch", what is the verb to bend the back down (forming a valley)?
Or is there a short phrase that does the job? I have only thought up "curve the back down" or "bend the back down".
This is for a yoga exercise called... | 2015/03/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/232328",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/112926/"
] | While it is commonly used in horses, **swaybacked** is exactly the term you're looking for, at least in extreme cases. The term is also applied to people who suffer from lordosis.
"having an abnormally hollow or sagging back :'a swaybacked mare'"
 | As another user commented, both the Cat and Cow positions are "arch" positions; each an inversion of the other.
But it's also true that we normally think of the shape in 'Cow' when someone says "arch your back." So, if we're looking for a verb that makes people think right away of the opposite posture (say, while rece... |
232,328 | When on all fours (hands and knees): If the verb to bend the back upwards (forming an arch shape) is "arch", what is the verb to bend the back down (forming a valley)?
Or is there a short phrase that does the job? I have only thought up "curve the back down" or "bend the back down".
This is for a yoga exercise called... | 2015/03/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/232328",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/112926/"
] | While it is commonly used in horses, **swaybacked** is exactly the term you're looking for, at least in extreme cases. The term is also applied to people who suffer from lordosis.
"having an abnormally hollow or sagging back :'a swaybacked mare'"
 | >
> *All four hooves left the ground as the horse [**bowed** its back](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bowed%20its%20back%22&btnG=Search%20Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1&gws_rd=ssl)*.
>
>
>
To me that conjures up an image of the horse bending its back *downwards* (opposite to *bucking*, or *arching the back **upwards***).... |
232,328 | When on all fours (hands and knees): If the verb to bend the back upwards (forming an arch shape) is "arch", what is the verb to bend the back down (forming a valley)?
Or is there a short phrase that does the job? I have only thought up "curve the back down" or "bend the back down".
This is for a yoga exercise called... | 2015/03/07 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/232328",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/112926/"
] | >
> *All four hooves left the ground as the horse [**bowed** its back](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bowed%20its%20back%22&btnG=Search%20Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1&gws_rd=ssl)*.
>
>
>
To me that conjures up an image of the horse bending its back *downwards* (opposite to *bucking*, or *arching the back **upwards***).... | As another user commented, both the Cat and Cow positions are "arch" positions; each an inversion of the other.
But it's also true that we normally think of the shape in 'Cow' when someone says "arch your back." So, if we're looking for a verb that makes people think right away of the opposite posture (say, while rece... |
1,510,961 | I'm considering hosting MP4s using Azure Blob storage. When azure returns a blob using a url does it include the accept-range header. Will silverlight be able to seek ahead using byte range requests on the Azure storage? | 2009/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1510961",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182717/"
] | Yes, range requests work against blob storage. I've seen this scenario done (with wmv files), and things seem to work fine. | Instead of using Azure stroage you could use Microsofts Silverlight Streaming hosting.
It gives you 10 GB for free, see:
<http://silverlight.live.com/> |
1,510,961 | I'm considering hosting MP4s using Azure Blob storage. When azure returns a blob using a url does it include the accept-range header. Will silverlight be able to seek ahead using byte range requests on the Azure storage? | 2009/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1510961",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182717/"
] | Yes, range requests work against blob storage. I've seen this scenario done (with wmv files), and things seem to work fine. | Beware of cross-site scripting problems in (current) Azure Blob storage - you can call any media file from the native Silverlight media control, but I've seen a problem using (I think) the HttpRequest object - the developer wanted to have a look at the media file in order to see how big it was (they were doing somethin... |
1,510,961 | I'm considering hosting MP4s using Azure Blob storage. When azure returns a blob using a url does it include the accept-range header. Will silverlight be able to seek ahead using byte range requests on the Azure storage? | 2009/10/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1510961",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/182717/"
] | Yes, range requests work against blob storage. I've seen this scenario done (with wmv files), and things seem to work fine. | I don't think we got an answer for the first question: "When azure returns a blob using a url does it include the accept-range header?"
I think the answer is no. My question is why not and is there a way to add it? It seems that some apps -- Adobe Reader for example -- won't use ranges unless the original GET returns... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [As TechImp points out](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/48646/10979), one increase can be gained via (permanencied) [*enlarge person*](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/enlarge-person). This leads to the problem that the spell states:
>
> Multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.
>
>
>
Me... | [Expansion](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/psionics-unleashed/psionic-powers/e/expansion), the psionic counterpart to Enlarge Person, can be augmented to increase size by two categories instead of one. Starting with a Medium-size character, this will get you to Huge. |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [As TechImp points out](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/48646/10979), one increase can be gained via (permanencied) [*enlarge person*](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/enlarge-person). This leads to the problem that the spell states:
>
> Multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.
>
>
>
Me... | The [Boots of the Winter Jarl](http://www.archivesofnethys.com/MagicWondrousDisplay.aspx?FinalName=Boots%20of%20the%20Winter%20Jarl) from Reign of Winter Pathfinder Adventure Path Book 3 "enable their wearer to take the form of a frost giant", which *does* change your form, but it also makes you huge for 10 min per day... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [As TechImp points out](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/48646/10979), one increase can be gained via (permanencied) [*enlarge person*](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/enlarge-person). This leads to the problem that the spell states:
>
> Multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.
>
>
>
Me... | If you play as the 3rd party [awakened gargoyle](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/total-party-kill-games/awakened-gargoyle), you can say that the person who made you set your size to large (technically any size, but I wouldn't push any further than large or the GM probably won't allow it) and become a [psy... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [As TechImp points out](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/48646/10979), one increase can be gained via (permanencied) [*enlarge person*](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/e/enlarge-person). This leads to the problem that the spell states:
>
> Multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.
>
>
>
Me... | I know it's late, but for reference for others curious, the Advanced Races Compendium's Were-lion race can take feats at level 5 and 9 to make their Hybrid and full lion forms able to be large, then huge. They work as a Polymorph, so sadly no stacking RAW, though some DMs may override it. It seems that gives you +6 Str... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [Expansion](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/psionics-unleashed/psionic-powers/e/expansion), the psionic counterpart to Enlarge Person, can be augmented to increase size by two categories instead of one. Starting with a Medium-size character, this will get you to Huge. | The [Boots of the Winter Jarl](http://www.archivesofnethys.com/MagicWondrousDisplay.aspx?FinalName=Boots%20of%20the%20Winter%20Jarl) from Reign of Winter Pathfinder Adventure Path Book 3 "enable their wearer to take the form of a frost giant", which *does* change your form, but it also makes you huge for 10 min per day... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [Expansion](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/psionics-unleashed/psionic-powers/e/expansion), the psionic counterpart to Enlarge Person, can be augmented to increase size by two categories instead of one. Starting with a Medium-size character, this will get you to Huge. | If you play as the 3rd party [awakened gargoyle](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/total-party-kill-games/awakened-gargoyle), you can say that the person who made you set your size to large (technically any size, but I wouldn't push any further than large or the GM probably won't allow it) and become a [psy... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | [Expansion](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/psionics-unleashed/psionic-powers/e/expansion), the psionic counterpart to Enlarge Person, can be augmented to increase size by two categories instead of one. Starting with a Medium-size character, this will get you to Huge. | I know it's late, but for reference for others curious, the Advanced Races Compendium's Were-lion race can take feats at level 5 and 9 to make their Hybrid and full lion forms able to be large, then huge. They work as a Polymorph, so sadly no stacking RAW, though some DMs may override it. It seems that gives you +6 Str... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | I know it's late, but for reference for others curious, the Advanced Races Compendium's Were-lion race can take feats at level 5 and 9 to make their Hybrid and full lion forms able to be large, then huge. They work as a Polymorph, so sadly no stacking RAW, though some DMs may override it. It seems that gives you +6 Str... | The [Boots of the Winter Jarl](http://www.archivesofnethys.com/MagicWondrousDisplay.aspx?FinalName=Boots%20of%20the%20Winter%20Jarl) from Reign of Winter Pathfinder Adventure Path Book 3 "enable their wearer to take the form of a frost giant", which *does* change your form, but it also makes you huge for 10 min per day... |
48,641 | I want to make the largest character that I can without changing into another form. What spells, powers, items, or otherwise can I utilize in order to achieve this goal? Mention of size increases that can stack with other methods of increasing size would be most appreciated. Third-party material is allowed. | 2014/09/29 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/48641",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/14987/"
] | I know it's late, but for reference for others curious, the Advanced Races Compendium's Were-lion race can take feats at level 5 and 9 to make their Hybrid and full lion forms able to be large, then huge. They work as a Polymorph, so sadly no stacking RAW, though some DMs may override it. It seems that gives you +6 Str... | If you play as the 3rd party [awakened gargoyle](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/total-party-kill-games/awakened-gargoyle), you can say that the person who made you set your size to large (technically any size, but I wouldn't push any further than large or the GM probably won't allow it) and become a [psy... |
56,605 | I currently have a signup form that has a username and an optional email field.
I want to make this form appear simpler by getting rid of a field. What has been your users' experience with only using email for username? (Email would then become non-optional). Personally, I don't like this because my email is longer to... | 2014/05/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/56605",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | Email might be longer to type but it has other benefits:
* It is much easier for me to remember when I go to log back into the site
* I am very unlikely to run into the problem that the username I want is already taken (it is frustrating to have to do several tries at signing up to a service because of this). | I think the foremost reason why you should not choose to use an email address an username, is because your email isn't a username, it's an email address. Don't confuse your users, be clear. |
56,605 | I currently have a signup form that has a username and an optional email field.
I want to make this form appear simpler by getting rid of a field. What has been your users' experience with only using email for username? (Email would then become non-optional). Personally, I don't like this because my email is longer to... | 2014/05/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/56605",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | Email might be longer to type but it has other benefits:
* It is much easier for me to remember when I go to log back into the site
* I am very unlikely to run into the problem that the username I want is already taken (it is frustrating to have to do several tries at signing up to a service because of this). | Using the user's e-mail address as their account identifier has several advantages:
* It's easy for most users to remember
* It's reasonably (but not completely) guaranteed to be unique on the site
* If multiple sites adopt the scheme, the user has a few fewer usernames to remember
It also has a number of drawbacks:
... |
56,605 | I currently have a signup form that has a username and an optional email field.
I want to make this form appear simpler by getting rid of a field. What has been your users' experience with only using email for username? (Email would then become non-optional). Personally, I don't like this because my email is longer to... | 2014/05/01 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/56605",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | Email might be longer to type but it has other benefits:
* It is much easier for me to remember when I go to log back into the site
* I am very unlikely to run into the problem that the username I want is already taken (it is frustrating to have to do several tries at signing up to a service because of this). | Finally, allow email AND username feels like a good thing. Complexity of UI does not increase.
For example : Twitter do that.
Most of users should found the login method they want :
- by username
- by email
- by a simple click |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
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] | There are some commercial Ray Tracing systems that implement **Metropolis Light Transport** (invented by Eric Veach, basically he applied metropolis hastings to ray tracing), and also **Bi-Directional-** and **Importance-Sampling-** **Path Tracers** use Markov-Chains.
The bold texts are googlable, I omitted further ex... | IBM has CELM. Check out this link:
<http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/513/labbi.pdf> |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | There are some commercial Ray Tracing systems that implement **Metropolis Light Transport** (invented by Eric Veach, basically he applied metropolis hastings to ray tracing), and also **Bi-Directional-** and **Importance-Sampling-** **Path Tracers** use Markov-Chains.
The bold texts are googlable, I omitted further ex... | We plan to use it for predictive text entry on a handheld device for data entry in an industrial environment. In a situation with a reasonable vocabulary size, transitions to the next word can be suggested based on frequency. Our initial testing suggests that this will work well for our needs. |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | [Hidden Markov models](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Markov_models) are based on a Markov chain and extensively used in speech recognition and especially bioinformatics. | I recently stumbled on a blog example of using markov chains for creating test data...
<http://github.com/emelski/code.melski.net/blob/master/markov/main.cpp> |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | There is a class of optimization methods based on [Markov Chain Monte Carlo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain_Monte_Carlo) (MCMC) methods. These have been applied to a wide variety of practical problems, for example signal & image processing applications to data segmentation and classification. Speech & image ... | I've seen spam email that was clearly generated using a Markov chain -- certainly that qualifies as a "business use". :) |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | [Hidden Markov models](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Markov_models) are based on a Markov chain and extensively used in speech recognition and especially bioinformatics. | We plan to use it for predictive text entry on a handheld device for data entry in an industrial environment. In a situation with a reasonable vocabulary size, transitions to the next word can be suggested based on frequency. Our initial testing suggests that this will work well for our needs. |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | Markov model is a way of describing a process that goes through a series of states.
HMMs can be applied in many fields where the goal is to recover a data sequence that is not immediately observable (but depends on some other data on that sequence).
Common applications include:
*Crypt-analysis, Speech recognition,... | Markov Chains can be used to simulate user interaction, f.g. when browsing service.
My friend was writing as diplom work plagiat recognision using Markov Chains (he said the input data must be whole books to succeed).
It may not be very 'business' but Markov Chains can be used to generate fictitious geographical and ... |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | Markov model is a way of describing a process that goes through a series of states.
HMMs can be applied in many fields where the goal is to recover a data sequence that is not immediately observable (but depends on some other data on that sequence).
Common applications include:
*Crypt-analysis, Speech recognition,... | Markov Chains are used in life insurance, particularly in the permanent disability model. There are 3 states
* 0 - The life is healthy
* 1 - The life becomes disabled
* 2 - The life dies
In a permanent disability model the insurer may pay some sort of benefit if the insured becomes disabled and/or the life insurance ... |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | The obvious one: Google's PageRank. | Markov chains are used by search companies like bing to infer the relevance of documents from the sequence of clicks made by users on the results page. The underlying user behaviour in a typical query session is modeled as a markov chain , with particular behaviours as state transitions...
for example if the document ... |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | I know AccessData uses them in their [forensic password-cracking tools](http://accessdata.com/decryptionTool.html). It lets you explore the more likely password phrases first, resulting in faster password recovery (on average). | I recently stumbled on a blog example of using markov chains for creating test data...
<http://github.com/emelski/code.melski.net/blob/master/markov/main.cpp> |
128,517 | What business cases are there for using Markov chains? I've seen the sort of play area of a markov chain applied to someone's blog to write a fake post. I'd like some practical examples though? E.g. useful in business or prediction of stock market, or the like...
**Edit**: Thanks to all who gave examples, I upvoted ea... | 2008/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/128517",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/13990/"
] | I know AccessData uses them in their [forensic password-cracking tools](http://accessdata.com/decryptionTool.html). It lets you explore the more likely password phrases first, resulting in faster password recovery (on average). | Markov model is a way of describing a process that goes through a series of states.
HMMs can be applied in many fields where the goal is to recover a data sequence that is not immediately observable (but depends on some other data on that sequence).
Common applications include:
*Crypt-analysis, Speech recognition,... |
47,156 | I understand that something that is necessary must exist. However, what is the exact definition of necessity?
Thank you. | 2017/11/13 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/47156",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Necessity means that the truth of a proposition follows in **ALL** possible worlds consequent to that proposition.
This is contrasted with Possibility which means that the truth of a proposition follows in **SOME** world consequent to the initial frame of reference.
---
As MarkOxford linked above, please see this ... | It seems that what you are asking for is a *reductive* analysis of necessity -- one that doesn't use cognate notions such as possibility or possible worlds in its analysis.
One way to go about seeking such an analysis is by accepting the definition in terms of possible worlds that others have mentioned, but then proce... |
47,156 | I understand that something that is necessary must exist. However, what is the exact definition of necessity?
Thank you. | 2017/11/13 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/47156",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | Necessity means that the truth of a proposition follows in **ALL** possible worlds consequent to that proposition.
This is contrasted with Possibility which means that the truth of a proposition follows in **SOME** world consequent to the initial frame of reference.
---
As MarkOxford linked above, please see this ... | Saul Kripke provides a straightforward mathematical definition of necessity and possibility:
There is a set of (mathematical) objects called "[possible worlds](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/possible-worlds/)." Each world assigns[1] truth values to all statements of first-order logic [whose predicates and operands... |
7,306,488 | I realized that people have been implementing their own UIButton derivates to create radio buttons on iPhone, as [this blog post](http://www.mobisoftinfotech.com/blog/iphone/iphone-uibutton-tutorial-radio-buttons/) shows.
This [question's accepted answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/662646/radio-button-in-ipho... | 2011/09/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7306488",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | Actually seeing it with a different angle, Apple has neither provided Radio buttons or even Check Box and maybe not because they think that it is a bad UI solution. But instead they've empowered the UIButton control very much that we can configure it as a Radio button or a check box or a switch or anything else with fe... | Radio buttons are a bad UI solution if they are poorly implemented. i.e. too small to reliably work with touches - which is why it's usually better to either use a toolbar or segmented control of options or a tableview of options. |
102,999 | Upgraded my iPhone 4s to iOS 7; now my calendar appointments are completely missing from the phone. And it will not add a new appointment - I enter the data and hit "Done" but when I go to view, it's not there.
To clarify, I use a Google calendar on Outlook on my PC and sync THAT calendar to the iPhone and iPad calend... | 2013/09/23 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/102999",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
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] | You can add your Google calendar to your iPhone 4s directly: Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Google > Sign in and select to sync the calendar. | This is what worked for me:
1. Go to Settings -> Mail -> Default Calendar
2. Make sure "HOME" calendar is checked.
All my appointments reappeared and I am now able to add appointments. Hope it works for all of you. |
101,607 | So, why do websites have to ask (spoken) language and country when the browser can tell them that?
Edit:
Specifically, I mean why not use the accept-language section in the http header, set by the language settings in the browser, not based on the IP address. This question focuses the websites that put up a wall, forc... | 2011/08/16 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/101607",
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] | Im sorry but I need to completely disagree with almost all of the answers to this question. Some of them present perfectly good situations where you may not wish to use the default language, but these situations account for less than 5% of use cases. Why bother the 95% of cases where the default is acceptable?
Imagine... | The bottom line in all of this is: Computers are dumb. Despite all the major advances that have taken place, there are some things where a computer's ability to adequately judge a situation and make the proper decision is limited because of numerous obstacles. Personally I find that applications and websites which take... |
101,607 | So, why do websites have to ask (spoken) language and country when the browser can tell them that?
Edit:
Specifically, I mean why not use the accept-language section in the http header, set by the language settings in the browser, not based on the IP address. This question focuses the websites that put up a wall, forc... | 2011/08/16 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/101607",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/17015/"
] | Im sorry but I need to completely disagree with almost all of the answers to this question. Some of them present perfectly good situations where you may not wish to use the default language, but these situations account for less than 5% of use cases. Why bother the 95% of cases where the default is acceptable?
Imagine... | Personally, I like that websites explicitly ask me what language I want their content to be displayed in. Even though I am a native Spanish speaker, I find Spanish grammar and syntax unsuitable for technical communication because of its excessive rigidity. It also does not help that the Spanish Royal Academy still beli... |
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