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15,388 | We installed web 8 and restored DB backup from 2013 SP1.
When I try to open a component a new tab appears, the URL comes but the web 8 icon keeps spinning up and I don't see any data.
The CME also shows that the component has been checked out and after closing the tab I have to explicitly check in the component. ... | 2016/08/24 | [
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/questions/15388",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com",
"https://tridion.stackexchange.com/users/1219/"
] | Thank you for your responses. It is due to one of our custom GUI extension. I disabled the extension and I am able to open components now.
I will update more once I fix the extension issue. | You should check if you have any legacy building block like vbscript templates in your existing 2013 SP1 CMS. if this is the case, either delete them/upgrade them or install your Web 8 with legacy support.
If this is not the case, illogical solutions sometime works - Try unistalling and installing the Web 8 (don't for... |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | No you can't sample analog values with digital inputs.
You can either connect an ADC, and to do that you will have to refer to the datasheet of your chosen ADC, or use a comparator to compare the incoming voltage with a reference voltage, and output a digital HIGH / LOW signal which a digital pin can read. | No, the GPIO pins are digital. There are no onboard ADCs in the Cyclone IV series. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | If your Altera has LVDS inputs, you've got a fairly good comparator. It's possible to make a crude Sigma-Delta (or PWM) DAC and thus get a crude ADC. It's not going to be a very good ADC- noisy and the default reference is the crummy digital supply rails and range will be limited, but if all you need is a few bits it m... | No, the GPIO pins are digital. There are no onboard ADCs in the Cyclone IV series. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | As the current answers reflect, no, you can't do this directly: you need to implement an ADC that can convert the analog level from the sensor to a digital value that can be read by the digital input pins of the Altera.
However, if turning an LED on if the sensor has a value higher than some threshold is really the on... | No, the GPIO pins are digital. There are no onboard ADCs in the Cyclone IV series. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | You can use the LVDS as an analog comparator, simply by connecting positive pin to your "specific voltage value" which has to be less than 2.5 V and the negative pin to your sensor. | No, the GPIO pins are digital. There are no onboard ADCs in the Cyclone IV series. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | If your Altera has LVDS inputs, you've got a fairly good comparator. It's possible to make a crude Sigma-Delta (or PWM) DAC and thus get a crude ADC. It's not going to be a very good ADC- noisy and the default reference is the crummy digital supply rails and range will be limited, but if all you need is a few bits it m... | No you can't sample analog values with digital inputs.
You can either connect an ADC, and to do that you will have to refer to the datasheet of your chosen ADC, or use a comparator to compare the incoming voltage with a reference voltage, and output a digital HIGH / LOW signal which a digital pin can read. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | You can use the LVDS as an analog comparator, simply by connecting positive pin to your "specific voltage value" which has to be less than 2.5 V and the negative pin to your sensor. | No you can't sample analog values with digital inputs.
You can either connect an ADC, and to do that you will have to refer to the datasheet of your chosen ADC, or use a comparator to compare the incoming voltage with a reference voltage, and output a digital HIGH / LOW signal which a digital pin can read. |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | If your Altera has LVDS inputs, you've got a fairly good comparator. It's possible to make a crude Sigma-Delta (or PWM) DAC and thus get a crude ADC. It's not going to be a very good ADC- noisy and the default reference is the crummy digital supply rails and range will be limited, but if all you need is a few bits it m... | As the current answers reflect, no, you can't do this directly: you need to implement an ADC that can convert the analog level from the sensor to a digital value that can be read by the digital input pins of the Altera.
However, if turning an LED on if the sensor has a value higher than some threshold is really the on... |
140,361 | I'm starting my first PCB using Altium and I want to take advantage of small dimensions PCBs cost in order to make my PCB cheaper. As an example take the image below. On the left there's the full PCB and, on the right, I'm splitting it just to make it cheaper (that's not my design, just an example).
![enter image desc... | 2014/11/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/140361",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4624/"
] | You can use the LVDS as an analog comparator, simply by connecting positive pin to your "specific voltage value" which has to be less than 2.5 V and the negative pin to your sensor. | As the current answers reflect, no, you can't do this directly: you need to implement an ADC that can convert the analog level from the sensor to a digital value that can be read by the digital input pins of the Altera.
However, if turning an LED on if the sensor has a value higher than some threshold is really the on... |
17,283,012 | Noob here. Various similar questions on SO but still can't figure it out. I have a pair of buttons on the main view and a pair of buttons in a scroll view (embedded in the main view). Each pair of buttons are positioned on opposite ends of the display. The scroll view covers the bottom half of the display.
When I rot... | 2013/06/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/17283012",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2499182/"
] | Because when using `virtual` inheritence, the compiler will create\* a [vtable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_method_table) to point to the correct offsets for the various classes, and a pointer to that vtable is stored along with the class.
---
* "Will create" -- vtables are not dictated by the Standard, but ... | As you can see in [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4335288/virtual-inheritance-doesnt-break-static-composition), it is very clear that if the virtual inheritance is used, the compiler adds one offset pointer to point base class rather than including the base class members in its own memory. That's the reason ... |
21,589 | I'm doing downhill (alpine) skiing on the piste. The slopes I'm on range from blue (easiest) to black (hardest).
I have been taught something called "the basic position"? (described below)
How do I know if I am doing it correctly?
Are there any training exercises I can do to improve it?
---
I've been taught that ... | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/21589",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/17369/"
] | I think it is important between position and turning technique. I am going to focus on the position you want to have while going straight, without actively breaking, accelerating or turning - i.e. a "neutral" or "basic" position.
First of all I agree with @Gabriel C. that you should have an active stance. For me this ... | From what you describe as being taught, the basic position seems to align with the concept of being relaxed and in an **active stance** as opposed to being stiff and static. This makes it so you can respond to changes like bumps and ridges more adquately and in turn retain more control than if you were being jolted aro... |
21,589 | I'm doing downhill (alpine) skiing on the piste. The slopes I'm on range from blue (easiest) to black (hardest).
I have been taught something called "the basic position"? (described below)
How do I know if I am doing it correctly?
Are there any training exercises I can do to improve it?
---
I've been taught that ... | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/21589",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/17369/"
] | From what you describe as being taught, the basic position seems to align with the concept of being relaxed and in an **active stance** as opposed to being stiff and static. This makes it so you can respond to changes like bumps and ridges more adquately and in turn retain more control than if you were being jolted aro... | I don't think it is possible to explain how to do this in words. Peilonrayz makes a good crack at it, but even as a skier I get confused by this. It's like trying to tell someone how to tie their shoes.
### The following applies to any physical skill.
"Show me" is far better than "Tell me" Search for downhill skiing ... |
21,589 | I'm doing downhill (alpine) skiing on the piste. The slopes I'm on range from blue (easiest) to black (hardest).
I have been taught something called "the basic position"? (described below)
How do I know if I am doing it correctly?
Are there any training exercises I can do to improve it?
---
I've been taught that ... | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/21589",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/17369/"
] | I think it is important between position and turning technique. I am going to focus on the position you want to have while going straight, without actively breaking, accelerating or turning - i.e. a "neutral" or "basic" position.
First of all I agree with @Gabriel C. that you should have an active stance. For me this ... | What is the basic position?
===========================
The basic position seems to be simple yet effective stance to help with various aspects of skiing. The [Mechanics of Sport stance page](http://www.mechanicsofsport.com/skiing/basic_mechanics/stance.html) explains the aspects that were described above:
"Bend knee... |
21,589 | I'm doing downhill (alpine) skiing on the piste. The slopes I'm on range from blue (easiest) to black (hardest).
I have been taught something called "the basic position"? (described below)
How do I know if I am doing it correctly?
Are there any training exercises I can do to improve it?
---
I've been taught that ... | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/21589",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/17369/"
] | What is the basic position?
===========================
The basic position seems to be simple yet effective stance to help with various aspects of skiing. The [Mechanics of Sport stance page](http://www.mechanicsofsport.com/skiing/basic_mechanics/stance.html) explains the aspects that were described above:
"Bend knee... | I don't think it is possible to explain how to do this in words. Peilonrayz makes a good crack at it, but even as a skier I get confused by this. It's like trying to tell someone how to tie their shoes.
### The following applies to any physical skill.
"Show me" is far better than "Tell me" Search for downhill skiing ... |
21,589 | I'm doing downhill (alpine) skiing on the piste. The slopes I'm on range from blue (easiest) to black (hardest).
I have been taught something called "the basic position"? (described below)
How do I know if I am doing it correctly?
Are there any training exercises I can do to improve it?
---
I've been taught that ... | 2019/02/05 | [
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/21589",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com",
"https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/users/17369/"
] | I think it is important between position and turning technique. I am going to focus on the position you want to have while going straight, without actively breaking, accelerating or turning - i.e. a "neutral" or "basic" position.
First of all I agree with @Gabriel C. that you should have an active stance. For me this ... | I don't think it is possible to explain how to do this in words. Peilonrayz makes a good crack at it, but even as a skier I get confused by this. It's like trying to tell someone how to tie their shoes.
### The following applies to any physical skill.
"Show me" is far better than "Tell me" Search for downhill skiing ... |
50,682,618 | I'm studying for an exam and are currently reading about the observer pattern. Then I was wondering what SOLID principles the observer pattern follows or violates? | 2018/06/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50682618",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8764267/"
] | Design patterns are - as their name implies - only patterns. Their actual implementation might highly differ among various applications.
In general, the most relevant SOLID principle related to Observer is the Open/Close Principle: Once you have written the code of the observed object, you need not change the code whe... | My own thoughts:
I think it follows OCP because you can extend the the code with new observers in the future rather than modifying existing code to make these new observers fit in.
It also follows ISP because the Subject and Observer interface is precise and small for the specific job that the observer/subject is mean... |
199,254 | This is, in part, a plea to the the SO team to investigate what change in activity you are seeing from high answer-rep users and see if there is a pattern of the number of answers dropping off over time. That is, are your most valuable contributors disengaging from SO? Because I know I am, from the sheer difficulty of ... | 2013/10/02 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/199254",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8946/"
] | Arguing that answers are more valuable than questions is a one-sided view of the way content is generated in my opinion.
Questions need to have incentive because they are an essential part of the content generating process. There may be some bad questions, but there are also great questions. Moreover, even bad questi... | >
> Questions are only valuable if they are answered
>
>
>
Not really. On their own merit, questions can be decent, original, well researched, thought provoking, well laid out with problematic code provided.
As such they deserve to be part of the voting system, to be voted on based on their quality as a questi... |
199,254 | This is, in part, a plea to the the SO team to investigate what change in activity you are seeing from high answer-rep users and see if there is a pattern of the number of answers dropping off over time. That is, are your most valuable contributors disengaging from SO? Because I know I am, from the sheer difficulty of ... | 2013/10/02 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/199254",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8946/"
] | Arguing that answers are more valuable than questions is a one-sided view of the way content is generated in my opinion.
Questions need to have incentive because they are an essential part of the content generating process. There may be some bad questions, but there are also great questions. Moreover, even bad questi... | A viable alternative might be to charge a certain amount to ask questions after some initial free limit. This is what the question linked in the OP asks for and which I add here to suggest that it's time to revisit that request.
Perhaps after 10 freebie questions, it might cost 10 rep to ask a question, after 100 it m... |
199,254 | This is, in part, a plea to the the SO team to investigate what change in activity you are seeing from high answer-rep users and see if there is a pattern of the number of answers dropping off over time. That is, are your most valuable contributors disengaging from SO? Because I know I am, from the sheer difficulty of ... | 2013/10/02 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/199254",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/8946/"
] | Arguing that answers are more valuable than questions is a one-sided view of the way content is generated in my opinion.
Questions need to have incentive because they are an essential part of the content generating process. There may be some bad questions, but there are also great questions. Moreover, even bad questi... | I think the best alternatives are:
1. Simply make question down-votes carry the same weight as up-votes, such that a net-zero vote equals net-zero reputation.
2. Not allow rep from questions to exceed rep from answers by more that 100 points. |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL is a language, SQL\*Plus is a tool. | SQL\*Plus is an Oracle product that you use to run SQL and PL/SQL statements. |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL is a language, SQL\*Plus is a tool. | SQL*Plus, the primary interface to the Oracle Database server, provides a powerful yet easy-to-use environment for querying, defining, and controlling data. SQL*Plus delivers a full implementation of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, along with a rich set of extensions. The exceptional scalability of the Oracle Database, coupled ... |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL is a language, SQL\*Plus is a tool. | sql\*plus is a character based interactive tool,rhat runs in a GUI invironment. It is loaded on the client machine . |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL\* Plus is a command line tool proprietary to Oracle. You can send SQL queries to the server using the tool. It can also help you format the result of a query.
You should get a good head start on SQL\*Plus here <http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ooibc/courses/sql/sqlplus.htm>
SQL is the query language that is used to co... | SQL\*Plus is an Oracle product that you use to run SQL and PL/SQL statements. |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL\*Plus is an Oracle product that you use to run SQL and PL/SQL statements. | sql\*plus is a character based interactive tool,rhat runs in a GUI invironment. It is loaded on the client machine . |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL\* Plus is a command line tool proprietary to Oracle. You can send SQL queries to the server using the tool. It can also help you format the result of a query.
You should get a good head start on SQL\*Plus here <http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ooibc/courses/sql/sqlplus.htm>
SQL is the query language that is used to co... | SQL*Plus, the primary interface to the Oracle Database server, provides a powerful yet easy-to-use environment for querying, defining, and controlling data. SQL*Plus delivers a full implementation of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, along with a rich set of extensions. The exceptional scalability of the Oracle Database, coupled ... |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL\* Plus is a command line tool proprietary to Oracle. You can send SQL queries to the server using the tool. It can also help you format the result of a query.
You should get a good head start on SQL\*Plus here <http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~ooibc/courses/sql/sqlplus.htm>
SQL is the query language that is used to co... | sql\*plus is a character based interactive tool,rhat runs in a GUI invironment. It is loaded on the client machine . |
1,079,889 | What is the Difference between SQL and SQL\*Plus? | 2009/07/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1079889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | SQL*Plus, the primary interface to the Oracle Database server, provides a powerful yet easy-to-use environment for querying, defining, and controlling data. SQL*Plus delivers a full implementation of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, along with a rich set of extensions. The exceptional scalability of the Oracle Database, coupled ... | sql\*plus is a character based interactive tool,rhat runs in a GUI invironment. It is loaded on the client machine . |
1,197,403 | I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS on a high end Lenovo Thinkpad which I intend to use for development due to it's GPUs.
First attempt was to install on a HyperVisor VM. I briefly saw a some sort of boot error message the first time I connected to it, but it worked for about 10 minutes. After that I lost connect... | 2019/12/20 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1197403",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/1026898/"
] | The problem turns out to be the gpu. I can now boot from a USB and do an installation thanks to the suggestions listed below. The installation doesn't work, but at least I can do an installation.
[Errors from nouveau when installing or booting from live usb](https://askubuntu.com/questions/947830/errors-from-nouveau-w... | On which OS have you created the bootable USB? Lenovo laptops especially thinkpads have an issue with interacting with a bootable usb made on linux especially if it was not in FAT32 format.
Try to follow these steps:
1. Format the USB with FAT32 format.
2. Make a new bootable USB from a windows computer.
If you don... |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | Cryptography
------------
There are a number of excellent lecture notes on the subject, all by famous people in the field. You can choose one (or two) of the following to study; it all depends on your environment, background, and requirements:
* [Lecture Notes on Cryptography](http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/mihir/paper... | The course "Pearls of Algorithms". [Part 3](http://www.roeglin.org/teaching/WS2010/Pearls.html): Probabilistic Analysis and Randomized Algorithms. The [lectures notes](http://www.roeglin.org/teaching/WS2010/Pearls/LectureNotes.pdf) are on [smoothed analysis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothed_analysis). I especially... |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | **Information Theory**
----------------------
* [Anup Rao](http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/anuprao/)'s [Information Theory lecture notes](https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/anuprao/15415/86751) give a detailed description of the cutting-edge tools and how they are applied in recent research, including work from 2010... | **Spectral Graph Theory**
* [Spielman](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/561/) (Yale, 2009)
* [Chung](http://math.ucsd.edu/~jthughes/Math261C/Math261C.html) (UCSD, 2010) |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | Probability Theory And Randomized Algorithms
--------------------------------------------
* Lecture notes from [Ryan O'Donnell](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Eodonnell/)'s course [Probability and Computing](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7E15359/) is pretty neat.
* Lecture notes from [Amit Chakrabarti](http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%... | PCP & Hardness of Approximation
-------------------------------
* The course offered by [Uri Feige](http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~feige/pcp.html) is very good.
* Another excellent course is offered by [Luca Trevisan](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~luca/pcp/).
* Yet another course is offered by [Irit Dinur and Dana Mo... |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
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] | Computational Complexity
------------------------
There are many excellent courses on this topic. The following is merely the tip of the iceberg. To choose one, I suggest taking a look at the material covered in each course, as well as the level it is offered:
* [Introduction to Complexity Theory](http://www.eccc.uni... | **Spectral Graph Theory**
* [Spielman](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/561/) (Yale, 2009)
* [Chung](http://math.ucsd.edu/~jthughes/Math261C/Math261C.html) (UCSD, 2010) |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
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] | Expander Graphs
---------------
The authoritative course is offered by [Nati Linial and Avi Wigderson](http://www.math.ias.edu/~boaz/ExpanderCourse/index.html). See [this topic](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3586/873) for more information, | **Spectral Graph Theory**
* [Spielman](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/561/) (Yale, 2009)
* [Chung](http://math.ucsd.edu/~jthughes/Math261C/Math261C.html) (UCSD, 2010) |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
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"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | Computational Complexity
------------------------
There are many excellent courses on this topic. The following is merely the tip of the iceberg. To choose one, I suggest taking a look at the material covered in each course, as well as the level it is offered:
* [Introduction to Complexity Theory](http://www.eccc.uni... | Discrete math
-------------
[Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.042/fall10/mcs-ftl.pdf) by Lehman, Leighton, and Meyer ([older version](http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos341/handouts/mathcs.pdf)) |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
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] | Quantum computation and information
-----------------------------------
Some excellent lecture notes from this field:
* [John Preskill's lecture notes](http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229/#lecture) on Quantum Computation.
An introductory course on quantum computing. Good enough to be made into a book... | Combinatorial Optimization
--------------------------
* Chandra Chekuri's *[Topics in Combinatorial Optimization](http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs598csc/sp2010/)*
* Michel Goemans' *[Topics in Combinatorial Optimization](http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-997-topics-in-combinatorial-optimization-spring-2004/... |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
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] | A [Theorist's Toolkit](http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall02/cs597D/) by Sanjeev Arora.
I love these notes because it gives you a rather complete set of tools for attacking problems in complexity theory. For example, VC-dimension is used widely for proving lower bounds in the communication model, and thes... | **Spectral Graph Theory**
* [Spielman](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/561/) (Yale, 2009)
* [Chung](http://math.ucsd.edu/~jthughes/Math261C/Math261C.html) (UCSD, 2010) |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | Quantum computation and information
-----------------------------------
Some excellent lecture notes from this field:
* [John Preskill's lecture notes](http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229/#lecture) on Quantum Computation.
An introductory course on quantum computing. Good enough to be made into a book... | Expander Graphs
---------------
The authoritative course is offered by [Nati Linial and Avi Wigderson](http://www.math.ias.edu/~boaz/ExpanderCourse/index.html). See [this topic](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3586/873) for more information, |
4,074 | There has been several questions with the same scheme as this one:
* [What papers should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/1168/873)
* [What books should everyone read](https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/q/3253/873)
* [What are the recent TCS books whose drafts are available online](https://cstheory.... | 2011/01/04 | [
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/4074",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com",
"https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/users/873/"
] | Combinatorial Optimization
--------------------------
* Chandra Chekuri's *[Topics in Combinatorial Optimization](http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs598csc/sp2010/)*
* Michel Goemans' *[Topics in Combinatorial Optimization](http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-997-topics-in-combinatorial-optimization-spring-2004/... | **Spectral Graph Theory**
* [Spielman](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/spielman/561/) (Yale, 2009)
* [Chung](http://math.ucsd.edu/~jthughes/Math261C/Math261C.html) (UCSD, 2010) |
12,800,117 | I have a problem Dev-C++ and CodeBlocks on Windows 8. Actually, I have a problem g++. So, which IDE for C++ Development on Windows 8 should I use? (64 bit) | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12800117",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | [Visual Studio](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/60k1461a.aspx) is the best IDE to use for C++. | You could use [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/).
Or a lighter Version of it: [Netbeans](http://netbeans.org/features/cpp/).
For MFC Programming use [Visual Studio](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/).
Note that MFC is Windows only, so if you want to develop full compatible applications: don't use it, instea... |
12,800,117 | I have a problem Dev-C++ and CodeBlocks on Windows 8. Actually, I have a problem g++. So, which IDE for C++ Development on Windows 8 should I use? (64 bit) | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12800117",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1491052/"
] | [Visual Studio](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/60k1461a.aspx) is the best IDE to use for C++. | If you want to write win 8 applications that are going to be distributed with Windows Store (namely WinRT applications), you can do it only with Visual Studio.
And if you want to write regular old style native applications, you can use any IDE of your choice, CodeBlocks, Eclipse, Visual Studio or anything else you like... |
12,800,117 | I have a problem Dev-C++ and CodeBlocks on Windows 8. Actually, I have a problem g++. So, which IDE for C++ Development on Windows 8 should I use? (64 bit) | 2012/10/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12800117",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1491052/"
] | You could use [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/).
Or a lighter Version of it: [Netbeans](http://netbeans.org/features/cpp/).
For MFC Programming use [Visual Studio](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/).
Note that MFC is Windows only, so if you want to develop full compatible applications: don't use it, instea... | If you want to write win 8 applications that are going to be distributed with Windows Store (namely WinRT applications), you can do it only with Visual Studio.
And if you want to write regular old style native applications, you can use any IDE of your choice, CodeBlocks, Eclipse, Visual Studio or anything else you like... |
20,781 | The gospel of John says that the cleansing of the temple was early in Jesus's ministry (John 2:14-21). The other gospels put this event after Jesus enters Jerusalem, near the time he was crucified. So when did it happen? | 2015/11/26 | [
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] | In answer to the question, when did Jesus cleanse the Temple, I would suggest we consider to two Old Testament contexts, first from Lev 14:34-45 concerning the investigation of corruption in a house (leprous plague) and second from the command in Exo 12:15 to have all leaven removed from your house prior to Passover/Fe... | First of all, there can only have been one cleansing of the Temple. If *John* is correct, then after the havoc that Jesus caused in the first year of his ministry, the traders and moneychangers would have been aware of Jesus and ready to apprehend him. When Jesus came into the Temple in his final visit to Jerusalem, he... |
20,781 | The gospel of John says that the cleansing of the temple was early in Jesus's ministry (John 2:14-21). The other gospels put this event after Jesus enters Jerusalem, near the time he was crucified. So when did it happen? | 2015/11/26 | [
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] | There are two possible explanations.
One is that the individual Gospel writers did not arrange events in a chronologic order; each one organized the events in a way that made the most sense to their audience or to best fit their theological emphasis.
The second is that Jesus did this on more than one occasion and Joh... | First of all, there can only have been one cleansing of the Temple. If *John* is correct, then after the havoc that Jesus caused in the first year of his ministry, the traders and moneychangers would have been aware of Jesus and ready to apprehend him. When Jesus came into the Temple in his final visit to Jerusalem, he... |
130,234 | If someone writes a letter to the editor and I write a response, how should I list the response this in my CV?
It *is* peer reviewed but is only a 300 words, so it doesn't seem right to put this under 'journal articles' (though the title starts with "Reply To: ... ", which makes it clear). | 2019/05/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/130234",
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] | I put these on my CV as peer-reviewed publications and label them as 'commentary'. I also label other works 'review', 'empirical', etc. as appropriate. The title can also be used to signal the type of work, like "[Title]: Commentary on Zeller et al., 2018". | Rename your "Journal Articles" section to "Publications". Put under "Publications".
Optionally you can have an "Other Work" section where you list less-important stuff. Throw it under there. |
212,618 | So after you get a fishing pole you no longer *need* to go diving in the river like a maniac, or so I thought.
It seems like both methods get pretty much the same "loot table" with slight variants (fishing seems to be able to get larger fish), but it also takes longer than diving.
Which method is better, as in more r... | 2015/04/04 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/212618",
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] | Fishing by diving will only give 1/2 - 1 star fish, it can also only be done a few times per area. It does seem to get slightly more objects, though.
Fishing while using the rod can acquire fish/objects in the same spot indefinitely (well as long as you have stamina/time) and can get all star qualities (improved with ... | I don't really know much about fishing, but I know that certain types of fish can only be caught while fishing. Another thing to remember is that the bait that you use affects your fish bite rate, star quality, and size.
Also, does anyone have any Or call it come, that mineral I need eight |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
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] | There is a possible alternative explanation, to expand on @ChetterHummin's comment, but it assumes that the physiology of the people on that planet was similar to humans: Hormones.
Early in the episode, just after the Red Hour starts, the Enterprise crew find Reger's place and rent a room for the night. During that ex... | Obviously the real reason for the festival was to have a little excitement in the show.
But of conjecture, (which apparently is something to avoid here,) I can see 2 reasons. The first being a way to free the pent up emotions from the subconscious. (Based on certain ideas of the mind.)
But with a computer running 24/7,... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
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] | I have to confess I'm surprised that none of the answers here addresses a rather obvious point. If you watch the Red Hour sequence, a large part of the mayhem is sexual. A frenzied woman jumps onto Kirk. Men rush off with women over their shoulders. Others are clearly clutching at and pulling women violently to themsel... | Obviously the real reason for the festival was to have a little excitement in the show.
But of conjecture, (which apparently is something to avoid here,) I can see 2 reasons. The first being a way to free the pent up emotions from the subconscious. (Based on certain ideas of the mind.)
But with a computer running 24/7,... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | The Memory Alpha's article on [Festival](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Festival) makes reference to the Red Hour being a form of population control, citing the text below from the [James Blish novelisation](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76754.Star_Trek_9) of the episode.
>
> “One question, Mr. Lindstrom: Landr... | I have to confess I'm surprised that none of the answers here addresses a rather obvious point. If you watch the Red Hour sequence, a large part of the mayhem is sexual. A frenzied woman jumps onto Kirk. Men rush off with women over their shoulders. Others are clearly clutching at and pulling women violently to themsel... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | There is a possible alternative explanation, to expand on @ChetterHummin's comment, but it assumes that the physiology of the people on that planet was similar to humans: Hormones.
Early in the episode, just after the Red Hour starts, the Enterprise crew find Reger's place and rent a room for the night. During that ex... | In addition to the theories regarding population, I'd like to add that Landru takes the opportunity to go into maintenance mode, whereby he temporarily releases control of the people and recharges his energy piles and performs other internal programming housekeeping. This could explain why Kirk and party were taken to ... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | There is a possible alternative explanation, to expand on @ChetterHummin's comment, but it assumes that the physiology of the people on that planet was similar to humans: Hormones.
Early in the episode, just after the Red Hour starts, the Enterprise crew find Reger's place and rent a room for the night. During that ex... | With so much of Landru's exposition worded in terms of "the body", and the Enterprise landing party being an "infection", I always assumed Festival to be a sort of "fever". Although it appeared to happen on a schedule, one might assume this to be due to the rigid pattern of a computer. |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
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] | With so much of Landru's exposition worded in terms of "the body", and the Enterprise landing party being an "infection", I always assumed Festival to be a sort of "fever". Although it appeared to happen on a schedule, one might assume this to be due to the rigid pattern of a computer. | Obviously the real reason for the festival was to have a little excitement in the show.
But of conjecture, (which apparently is something to avoid here,) I can see 2 reasons. The first being a way to free the pent up emotions from the subconscious. (Based on certain ideas of the mind.)
But with a computer running 24/7,... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | As someone said above, I always thought it was Landrus way to get the people to procreate. You all look for some deep meaning to it all. It's basic, children are needed to carry on the civilization. You see absolutely no children in the entire episode which actually makes no sense. It seems the old men regard the festi... | Obviously the real reason for the festival was to have a little excitement in the show.
But of conjecture, (which apparently is something to avoid here,) I can see 2 reasons. The first being a way to free the pent up emotions from the subconscious. (Based on certain ideas of the mind.)
But with a computer running 24/7,... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | There is a possible alternative explanation, to expand on @ChetterHummin's comment, but it assumes that the physiology of the people on that planet was similar to humans: Hormones.
Early in the episode, just after the Red Hour starts, the Enterprise crew find Reger's place and rent a room for the night. During that ex... | I generally concluded that "Festival" served as an annual venting of the placid people's primal emotions, but that is only a guess. It always seemed to me that the script may have been begun with the sensational Festival vignette alone, with the plot of the final version crafted to fit around it.
The lack of explicit ... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | There is a possible alternative explanation, to expand on @ChetterHummin's comment, but it assumes that the physiology of the people on that planet was similar to humans: Hormones.
Early in the episode, just after the Red Hour starts, the Enterprise crew find Reger's place and rent a room for the night. During that ex... | The red hour could represent a type of natural selection method that would otherwise be missing in a "perfect" society. Further evidence of this is apparent in the elder man's anger that the landing crew was not participating in the activity. By allowing the people to run rampant on their own accord, Landru could effic... |
21,246 | In Season 1, Episode 21 of Star Trek (The Original Series), the landing party observes an apparently peaceful society become suddenly berserk and chaotic at 6pm. As the story develops, it becomes less and less clear why *Landru*, the reigning power, would allow this *Festival/Red Hour* to happen. In fact, much of Landr... | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21246",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/1000/"
] | The Memory Alpha's article on [Festival](http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Festival) makes reference to the Red Hour being a form of population control, citing the text below from the [James Blish novelisation](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76754.Star_Trek_9) of the episode.
>
> “One question, Mr. Lindstrom: Landr... | I generally concluded that "Festival" served as an annual venting of the placid people's primal emotions, but that is only a guess. It always seemed to me that the script may have been begun with the sensational Festival vignette alone, with the plot of the final version crafted to fit around it.
The lack of explicit ... |
20,106 | I'm preparing my application for a master degree scholarship, would it help to put the MOOC's I took in the application, I earned five MOOC certificates and expecting another two in the near future. | 2014/05/01 | [
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] | Yes! Why not? It shows that you go beyond what is required of you, and you have a genuine interest in learning. I always list certificates from MOOCs. | FWIW, I put the MOOCs I've completed in my tenure portfolio as a professor and it actually went over really well. So yeah, go for it. |
20,106 | I'm preparing my application for a master degree scholarship, would it help to put the MOOC's I took in the application, I earned five MOOC certificates and expecting another two in the near future. | 2014/05/01 | [
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] | Yes! Why not? It shows that you go beyond what is required of you, and you have a genuine interest in learning. I always list certificates from MOOCs. | Maybe mention a brief comment about what the MOOC means (and means to you and what you liked about that college that offered the MOOC) in your letter of application.
I bet, the older you get, recent MOOC completion statements will be getting more informative to any reader/recipient of your application than grades from... |
20,106 | I'm preparing my application for a master degree scholarship, would it help to put the MOOC's I took in the application, I earned five MOOC certificates and expecting another two in the near future. | 2014/05/01 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/20106",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/11754/"
] | FWIW, I put the MOOCs I've completed in my tenure portfolio as a professor and it actually went over really well. So yeah, go for it. | Maybe mention a brief comment about what the MOOC means (and means to you and what you liked about that college that offered the MOOC) in your letter of application.
I bet, the older you get, recent MOOC completion statements will be getting more informative to any reader/recipient of your application than grades from... |
287,087 | Based on the circuit from this page called [transconductance amplifier](http://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/articles/current-output-circuit-techniques-add-versatility.html), I decided to build an adjstable constant current source for up to 1.6A:[](https://i.stack.i... | 2017/02/17 | [
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] | This won't work with the TL082 due to (a) not having enough power supply voltage and (b) the inputs don't like to work down towards the negative power rail (0 volts on your diagram).
10 volts is the recommended minimum supply voltage and the input common mode range doesn't cover the range 0 volts to 2 volts. Try picki... | >
> in real life the current keeps drifting from this value, and the 5k pot does nothing.
>
>
>
check out the common mode input voltage spec in the datasheet.
in short, the input voltage has to be sufficiently high from the negative rail (=ground in this case) or sufficiently low from the positive rail for the ou... |
39,187 | Many pastors in today Christian world have strict rules for intimacy before marriage. Although I'm not against it, I prefer strong biblical references for any Christian principle that Christians should follow.
Many people provide various verses such as 1 Corinthians 6:18, Ephesians 5:3, Hebrews 13:4 and etc. to suppor... | 2019/02/26 | [
"https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/39187",
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] | There is a difference between fornication and adultery. You can fornicate inside and outside of marriage, you can only commit adultery inside of marriage (put differently you can fornicate inside of marriage).
*taznûth and nâ'aph*
Adultery requires that you be married. You cannot commit adultery if you are not mar... | I think this will help you on this:-
>
> How Is Porneia Used In the New Testament
> 1 Corinthians 7:2 makes it clear that porneia refers to sexual intercourse and sexual activity.
>
>
> But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband. 1 Corinthians ... |
134,907 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6k8aC.png)
Hello,
Id like to make groups for the different faces of this structure you can see above, and then assign different colours to the faces. Would appreciate any help on how to group them and colour them efficien... | 2019/03/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/134907",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
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] | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDs9w.gif)
If you don't need a physically accurate simulation or continuity with the water coming out of the pipe you could fake it with particles instead.
Use a particle system on an emitter placed at the end of the tube... | **Use more irregular mesh for your particles to increase the variety and increase spray like effect**
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8DCkw.png)
* The emitter mesh has multiple islands. Portions of a UV Sphere. Normals are displayed in edit mode.
* Use ... |
255,540 | I'm developing a module with integrated battery, where the power supply will came from a solar panel.
* Solar panel is this [one](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-6W-5-5V-90mA-Mini-polycrystalline-Solar-Panel-0-5watt-5V-Sall-Resin-Solar-Cell/1627436703.html) -- 5.5V - 90mA
* Battery is [this](https://www.alibaba.com/... | 2016/09/01 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/255540",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/111426/"
] | Could you? Sure. Is it recommended? Not at all. Slight risk of explosion. The battery's protection circuit will help with that, but without specifics of the IC and schematic used, we can't tell.
Many cheap solar powered lights do this very thing, directly charging a battery from a solar panel with no regulation. It's ... | At an abolute minimum, put a diode between the solar panel and the rest of the circuit, discharging into the solar panel will damage it. Because the maximum output of the solar cell is just 90mA (0.075 C), there is no risk of charging the battery at too high a current, though there is a risk of bringing the voltage too... |
141,114 | I am a PhD in computational materials science, and I have been offered a stop gap postdoc position (at the moment for 6 months) by my PhD supervisor which I will be starting a month after my defense. Now, I have many manuscripts pending for submission and getting them out will be the highest priority for the next coupl... | 2019/12/05 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/141114",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/117042/"
] | Your #1 goal is to find a real post-doc position, so think of why that hasn't happened yet if you have been out trying for a while.
Next is finishing up those papers, since that may help with the #1 goal. Further, once you do get another position where you want to chase after new things, you will find that time slips... | Your career isn't going to depend on Python. I love the language but it would be poor use of your time. The [answer of Jon Custer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/141116/75368) is the core of it, but I would also suggest that you spend time building a circle of collaborators and professional contacts. Use your adv... |
35,463,938 | I am new to Unreal Engine and was trying to customize my own blueprint according to some tutorial online. However, I did not know which function to call when trying to extend a node and a pin. What I am trying to achieve is as below:
[](https://i.sta... | 2016/02/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/35463938",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4440213/"
] | Sprite Kit scenes are presented by a special kind of UIView, [SKView](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/SpriteKit/Reference/SKView/), and do not use Auto Layout. Only UIKit does - Auto Layout handles the arrangement of UIViews. | Basically setting the Main.storyboard as lunchscreen in the project's target did the trick,Found the correct answer, it's a bug in ios9 with spritekit and can be solved this way [iOS9 App has black bars on top and bottom](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32312906/ios9-app-has-black-bars-on-top-and-bottom) |
159,982 | This request comes from a friend of mine. She heard about a movie where a person could flip a switch on a box, wait a few hours, then get inside the box to travel back to the moment when they switched the box on. This means that when a man turns the box on, he would immediately see a slightly older version of himself l... | 2017/05/21 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/159982",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/63201/"
] | This sounds an awful lot like [Primer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/). The protagonists of the film invent a box-like time machine. When turned on, it allows the user to return to the moment that the box was activated.
On several occasions a user sees themselves leaving the facility where the box is stored.
Y... | The movie is [*Source Code*, the 2011 movie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_(film)).
 |
14,057 | I have been looking for 2 years for the parents of:
James Henry Posey
Birth: 12 Sept 1831 St. Mary's Maryland, United States
Death: 24 April 1914 Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
I have found several sources for him, but no birth records. My grandmother told me that he was raised in an orphanage. I also s... | 2018/03/23 | [
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/14057",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com",
"https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/users/7827/"
] | The courthouse was burned down by John Price Posey after he escaped from jail on July 12, 1787, On July 15, 1787, he and an accomplice, Thomas Green, returned to the jail with two slaves called Sawney and Hercules. The four men set fire to the jail, went two miles up the road and then set the county clerk's office on f... | The death record from Ancestry (1) gives his father's name as Richard Posey of Maryland.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sgWwY.jpg)
(1) <https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9278/images/43004_162028006073_0037-00116?treeid=&personid=&hintid=... |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | The whole purpose of J# is to ease the transition of Java developers to the .NET environment which didn't work so well (I guessing here) so Microsoft dropped J# from Visual Studio 2008.
For your question, "Is there a real benefit of using J#?"..
in a nutshell... No.. | Instead of J#, I would rather prefer IKVM (<http://www.ikvm.net/>) to convert my JARs to .NET assemblies as well as access Java APIs in C#. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | Instead of J#, I would rather prefer IKVM (<http://www.ikvm.net/>) to convert my JARs to .NET assemblies as well as access Java APIs in C#. | C# syntax is so close to Java (and better in some ways) that you might as well learn C# instead of J#. And since C# is more widely used, you can easily find Java --> C# tutorials on google or check out <http://www.asp.net/learn> and watch some videos. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | Instead of J#, I would rather prefer IKVM (<http://www.ikvm.net/>) to convert my JARs to .NET assemblies as well as access Java APIs in C#. | Strongly agree that syntactically C# beats Java hands down, so there is really no reason to lament the demise of j#. Now trying to get c# compiling to Java bytecode might be an interesting move as Sun's hotspot jvm is great software.
Or, for a bit of fun with what might well become the next generation of Java, how abo... |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | Instead of J#, I would rather prefer IKVM (<http://www.ikvm.net/>) to convert my JARs to .NET assemblies as well as access Java APIs in C#. | One of the killers I've found with J# in the past is that there is no built in support for referencing web services. That alone has been enough to deter me from it ever since. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | I have used J# as an easy interim step to port a java library into C#. It made for a good way to port code I don't plan to maintain from Java to .Net. However, all new development is being done in C#. | Strongly agree that syntactically C# beats Java hands down, so there is really no reason to lament the demise of j#. Now trying to get c# compiling to Java bytecode might be an interesting move as Sun's hotspot jvm is great software.
Or, for a bit of fun with what might well become the next generation of Java, how abo... |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | The whole purpose of J# is to ease the transition of Java developers to the .NET environment which didn't work so well (I guessing here) so Microsoft dropped J# from Visual Studio 2008.
For your question, "Is there a real benefit of using J#?"..
in a nutshell... No.. | I don't think it's a matter of which language is better. In the .NET world there are some inconsistencies between the libraries different languages provide. There are certain functionality that is available in VB.NET that you might like to use from C# but can't. I remember I had to use J# to use some ZIP libraries that... |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | The whole purpose of J# is to ease the transition of Java developers to the .NET environment which didn't work so well (I guessing here) so Microsoft dropped J# from Visual Studio 2008.
For your question, "Is there a real benefit of using J#?"..
in a nutshell... No.. | C# syntax is so close to Java (and better in some ways) that you might as well learn C# instead of J#. And since C# is more widely used, you can easily find Java --> C# tutorials on google or check out <http://www.asp.net/learn> and watch some videos. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | J# is no longer included in VS2008. Unless you already have J# code, you should probably stay away.
From [j# product page:](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vjsharp/default.aspx)
>
> Since customers have told us that the
> existing J# feature set largely meets
> their needs and usage of J# is
> declining, Microsof... | The whole purpose of J# is to ease the transition of Java developers to the .NET environment which didn't work so well (I guessing here) so Microsoft dropped J# from Visual Studio 2008.
For your question, "Is there a real benefit of using J#?"..
in a nutshell... No.. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | Instead of J#, I would rather prefer IKVM (<http://www.ikvm.net/>) to convert my JARs to .NET assemblies as well as access Java APIs in C#. | I have used J# as an easy interim step to port a java library into C#. It made for a good way to port code I don't plan to maintain from Java to .Net. However, all new development is being done in C#. |
5,527 | I just saw a [comment of suggesting J#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5516/what-happened-to-all-of-the-java-developers-how-can-i-get-started-in-net#5522), and it made me wonder... is there a real, beneficial use of J# over Java? So, my feeling is that the only reason you would even consider using J# is that manag... | 2008/08/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5527",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/122/"
] | I don't think it's a matter of which language is better. In the .NET world there are some inconsistencies between the libraries different languages provide. There are certain functionality that is available in VB.NET that you might like to use from C# but can't. I remember I had to use J# to use some ZIP libraries that... | Strongly agree that syntactically C# beats Java hands down, so there is really no reason to lament the demise of j#. Now trying to get c# compiling to Java bytecode might be an interesting move as Sun's hotspot jvm is great software.
Or, for a bit of fun with what might well become the next generation of Java, how abo... |
477,217 | If you were to put both leads on negative and positive terminals on car battery while connected and have the meter on continuity (the one which beeps), what happens and can it fry/ruin the electronics in a car? | 2020/01/21 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/477217",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/197214/"
] | It's unlikely to do the car electronics any harm at all. The car battery can put out hundreds of amps at 12V if it needs to. A weedy little continuity meter will have little effect on it.
But it could well fry the continuity meter if it's poorly designed. A better designed one will just go into overload mode. | No decent multimeter should be damaged by a reasonable amount of voltage (ie, not 10kV) on the leads in continuity mode.
When in doubt, you can always check the multimeter manual. Here's a sample manual page, it mentions the maximum allowed voltage in all modes.
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.... |
8,877 | Was just wondering how this phrase came into being? Was it inspired from some natural or astronomical observation? or is it the result of poetic imagination? | 2011/01/15 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/8877",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/1084/"
] | A Blue moon is the second full moon in the same month.
As a full moon appears every 28 days the chances of a full moon happening twice in the same month are very rare.
This brings us to the common expression:
>
> Once in a blue moon.
>
>
>
Meaning it happens very rarely.
Though [Dr Hiscock](http://www.mun.ca/f... | Usually, *blue moon* appears in the phrase, *once in a blue moon*. An alternative is *once in a while*. |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | Even a massive EMP won't fry everything - electronics in Faraday cages will survive. That is everything with metal covering. I am not sure about microwave ovens, but they seem to be fairly well covered.
Anyway, hunt for older equipment (without electronics), and some aspects have been covered already. However, there a... | You have to look at the timeframe and the required power.
* I find it hard to imagine an EMP that kills **all** technology yet leaves even one human alive. What about components in metal shipping containers (Faraday cages)? Components in military storage bunkers? So assume that any desired parts can be found, they are... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | You have to look at the timeframe and the required power.
* I find it hard to imagine an EMP that kills **all** technology yet leaves even one human alive. What about components in metal shipping containers (Faraday cages)? Components in military storage bunkers? So assume that any desired parts can be found, they are... | **You can't 'salvage' complex electrons after a major EMP event**
Modern electrical appliances (anything with a chip) wont survive such an event anymore than they'd survive a flood or house fire. To begin with any devices you want to save would have to be off line (disconnected from the power grid) at the time of the ... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | ### It's plausible to get a nice life.
**First: Wind Turbine**
Don't bother, unless you can raid an electrical parts store and know how to build the complex circuit from memory. You'll need a [bridge rectifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_bridge) and a [boost converter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_c... | ***Camper Time!***
Your heroine might want to consider investing in a nice recreational vehicle or camper. All this assumes you are able to obtain working [motor vehicles](https://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html) after the events of your story. The heroine in the book [Emergence](https://www.fantasticfiction.c... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | ***Camper Time!***
Your heroine might want to consider investing in a nice recreational vehicle or camper. All this assumes you are able to obtain working [motor vehicles](https://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html) after the events of your story. The heroine in the book [Emergence](https://www.fantasticfiction.c... | **You can't 'salvage' complex electrons after a major EMP event**
Modern electrical appliances (anything with a chip) wont survive such an event anymore than they'd survive a flood or house fire. To begin with any devices you want to save would have to be off line (disconnected from the power grid) at the time of the ... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | First of all, generators are not out of question. Running some lights, a wash machine, a fridge and a boiler to have hot water doesn't require that much power, and doesn't requires it continuously, apart maybe for the fridge.
So, a tank station can supply fuel for quite sometime when it comes to run a small power gene... | I believe others have answered sufficiently that yes, electricity is possible - and also have given conditions.
Your story's premise is of course very interesting in the sense that a lot of the conventions, limitations, values, laws, taboos, etc. of our current world fall away (which gives a lot of room to explore ass... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | ### It's plausible to get a nice life.
**First: Wind Turbine**
Don't bother, unless you can raid an electrical parts store and know how to build the complex circuit from memory. You'll need a [bridge rectifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_bridge) and a [boost converter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_c... | Even a massive EMP won't fry everything - electronics in Faraday cages will survive. That is everything with metal covering. I am not sure about microwave ovens, but they seem to be fairly well covered.
Anyway, hunt for older equipment (without electronics), and some aspects have been covered already. However, there a... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | I believe others have answered sufficiently that yes, electricity is possible - and also have given conditions.
Your story's premise is of course very interesting in the sense that a lot of the conventions, limitations, values, laws, taboos, etc. of our current world fall away (which gives a lot of room to explore ass... | **You can't 'salvage' complex electrons after a major EMP event**
Modern electrical appliances (anything with a chip) wont survive such an event anymore than they'd survive a flood or house fire. To begin with any devices you want to save would have to be off line (disconnected from the power grid) at the time of the ... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | First of all, generators are not out of question. Running some lights, a wash machine, a fridge and a boiler to have hot water doesn't require that much power, and doesn't requires it continuously, apart maybe for the fridge.
So, a tank station can supply fuel for quite sometime when it comes to run a small power gene... | You have to look at the timeframe and the required power.
* I find it hard to imagine an EMP that kills **all** technology yet leaves even one human alive. What about components in metal shipping containers (Faraday cages)? Components in military storage bunkers? So assume that any desired parts can be found, they are... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/186277",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/79624/"
] | ***Camper Time!***
Your heroine might want to consider investing in a nice recreational vehicle or camper. All this assumes you are able to obtain working [motor vehicles](https://www.futurescience.com/emp/vehicles.html) after the events of your story. The heroine in the book [Emergence](https://www.fantasticfiction.c... | You have to look at the timeframe and the required power.
* I find it hard to imagine an EMP that kills **all** technology yet leaves even one human alive. What about components in metal shipping containers (Faraday cages)? Components in military storage bunkers? So assume that any desired parts can be found, they are... |
186,277 | EMP has wiped out every electrical circuit on the planet (Carrington event level). At the same time some unspecified non-persistent major disaster has wiped out everyone on Earth except her. There's no major threats to her, she's just living her life in solitude raiding supermarkets for canned foods, toiletries, and ca... | 2020/09/26 | [
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] | Even a massive EMP won't fry everything - electronics in Faraday cages will survive. That is everything with metal covering. I am not sure about microwave ovens, but they seem to be fairly well covered.
Anyway, hunt for older equipment (without electronics), and some aspects have been covered already. However, there a... | I believe others have answered sufficiently that yes, electricity is possible - and also have given conditions.
Your story's premise is of course very interesting in the sense that a lot of the conventions, limitations, values, laws, taboos, etc. of our current world fall away (which gives a lot of room to explore ass... |
107,795 | I'm French and I'd like to be precise on the conjugation of the verb "open".
On this picture, I'd write "opened" instead of "open". Could you tell me more about why they have written "open"?
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] | Because "open" is the simplest form of the word as adjective. "Opened" is more often used as a verb. So we say "Is the door open or is it closed? | "Open" is correct because it's an adjective.
*An open world* is a world with fewer closed doors (barriers), presumably.
But I wouldn't trust anything that guys says about his company's "mission." |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
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] | Heard of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, although I don't use them myself.
I can't help posting a link to the rejection letter that Nassi and Shneiderman received from Communications of the ACM when they first proposed the diagram:
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/members/bshneiderman/nsd/rejection_letter.html> | We've never used them.
**Edit**
Yes, I (we) have heard of them. Thanks for asking! :-)
Seriously, we just don't use them. We ususally keep the diagraming to simple flow diagrams which are generally easier to read and understand. |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
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] | I've heard of them and read a few books that used them extensively. I quickly concluded that even assembly language (e.g., MIXAL in Knuth's books) was more understandable. I never had even the slightest urge to draw one (and can't recall anybody's ever having asked me to either). | When I was first in college, one lesson we had this compare-and-constrast-various-methods-and-diagrams thing. Nassi-Schneiderman was a winner but with certain issues highlighted. Conditionals subdividing the width of the page quickly became impractical, so it was proposed we might use a representation more like that fo... |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
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] | I have used them. But more often I use some kind of pseudocode when designing an algorithm.
You can write pseudocode with any editor and pen/paper combination. Diagrams are often harder to edit and tend to get messy.
I still use UML diagrams for OO design. Mostly class, but sometimes state transition diagrams for cla... | Many years ago, when I worked for the US DOT's Transportation System Center, I was given the task of developing a Nassi-Shneiderman editor which was then used to document software designs within the department.
Personally, I never used them. I prefer to look at code. |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
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] | We've never used them.
**Edit**
Yes, I (we) have heard of them. Thanks for asking! :-)
Seriously, we just don't use them. We ususally keep the diagraming to simple flow diagrams which are generally easier to read and understand. | Many years ago, when I worked for the US DOT's Transportation System Center, I was given the task of developing a Nassi-Shneiderman editor which was then used to document software designs within the department.
Personally, I never used them. I prefer to look at code. |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
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"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Heard of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, although I don't use them myself.
I can't help posting a link to the rejection letter that Nassi and Shneiderman received from Communications of the ACM when they first proposed the diagram:
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/members/bshneiderman/nsd/rejection_letter.html> | I thought they were cool when I came across the notation in the early 80s. But it's so close to normal code, and cumbersome to maintain both the diagrams and the code that I decided just using indented code was close enough for my taste. |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3884",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | We've never used them.
**Edit**
Yes, I (we) have heard of them. Thanks for asking! :-)
Seriously, we just don't use them. We ususally keep the diagraming to simple flow diagrams which are generally easier to read and understand. | Yes, I used them some years ago, but in times of UML they appear a little bit old fashioned. In my opinion the Nassi-Shneiderman-Diagram is still a good diagram type to visualize a structured code block, far better than an UML-Activity-Diagram.
On the other side it might be easier to simply have a direct look into the... |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3884",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | We've never used them.
**Edit**
Yes, I (we) have heard of them. Thanks for asking! :-)
Seriously, we just don't use them. We ususally keep the diagraming to simple flow diagrams which are generally easier to read and understand. | When I was first in college, one lesson we had this compare-and-constrast-various-methods-and-diagrams thing. Nassi-Schneiderman was a winner but with certain issues highlighted. Conditionals subdividing the width of the page quickly became impractical, so it was proposed we might use a representation more like that fo... |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3884",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1887/"
] | I have used them. But more often I use some kind of pseudocode when designing an algorithm.
You can write pseudocode with any editor and pen/paper combination. Diagrams are often harder to edit and tend to get messy.
I still use UML diagrams for OO design. Mostly class, but sometimes state transition diagrams for cla... | Yes, I used them some years ago, but in times of UML they appear a little bit old fashioned. In my opinion the Nassi-Shneiderman-Diagram is still a good diagram type to visualize a structured code block, far better than an UML-Activity-Diagram.
On the other side it might be easier to simply have a direct look into the... |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3884",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1887/"
] | Heard of Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams, although I don't use them myself.
I can't help posting a link to the rejection letter that Nassi and Shneiderman received from Communications of the ACM when they first proposed the diagram:
<http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/members/bshneiderman/nsd/rejection_letter.html> | I have used them. But more often I use some kind of pseudocode when designing an algorithm.
You can write pseudocode with any editor and pen/paper combination. Diagrams are often harder to edit and tend to get messy.
I still use UML diagrams for OO design. Mostly class, but sometimes state transition diagrams for cla... |
3,884 | I learned about them in a Structured Programming course, but never saw them used thereafter either at the analysis phase or for documentation purposes. Not even for highly structured languages like Pascal (Delphi).
Does any of you actually use Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams? If yes, what tools do you use to create/maint... | 2010/09/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/3884",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1887/"
] | I've heard of them and read a few books that used them extensively. I quickly concluded that even assembly language (e.g., MIXAL in Knuth's books) was more understandable. I never had even the slightest urge to draw one (and can't recall anybody's ever having asked me to either). | Many years ago, when I worked for the US DOT's Transportation System Center, I was given the task of developing a Nassi-Shneiderman editor which was then used to document software designs within the department.
Personally, I never used them. I prefer to look at code. |
135,400 | This isn't a case of workplace aggression, just some guy I work with who only yells to communicate. He's not mad ever, he just only talks in a super loud voice. Everyone tells him to talk quieter and he doesn't. It gives me a headache when he comes over to my desk and starts yelling at me.
*What are some things I can... | 2019/04/24 | [
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] | "Inside voice, please".
Or pull him aside and have an honest discussion. Say "You know....seriously...you really don't have to use that much volume".
Or, start talking about a private conversation you overheard him have with a co-worker from across the room. | You're too loud. You're giving me a headache. Talk quieter or get or go somewhere else.
No reason to sugar coat. If others have been telling your coworker this and they're still too loud then they probably don't realize it's serious. Being rude will help them understand it's a real serious problem. Also, the responses... |
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