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81,166 | Imagine that you're creating a presentation on an iPad. You want to create a presentation, add content to it, and rearrange it as needed. You have a catalog of content to choose from, sorted by category, accessible by left side slide out navigation. Aside from some of the obvious constraints, an important constraint to... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81166",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | This could work brilliantly with **Split Screen**!
Since the iPad has a fairly large screen, it is possible to have a Presentation on the one half and a File Manager/ Picker on the other half.
The drag and drop will be easy and intuitive to use. It's always satisfying to drag a file and drop it somewhere and receive ... | Your options seem to reduce down to the proportion of space allocated to finding and selecting the content compared to the space allocated for your presentation.
Content space :: Presentation space
A) Large content, small presentation. Would allow for more complex interaction when looking for content, and larger prev... |
81,166 | Imagine that you're creating a presentation on an iPad. You want to create a presentation, add content to it, and rearrange it as needed. You have a catalog of content to choose from, sorted by category, accessible by left side slide out navigation. Aside from some of the obvious constraints, an important constraint to... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81166",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68339/"
] | This could work brilliantly with **Split Screen**!
Since the iPad has a fairly large screen, it is possible to have a Presentation on the one half and a File Manager/ Picker on the other half.
The drag and drop will be easy and intuitive to use. It's always satisfying to drag a file and drop it somewhere and receive ... | Anything other than a file picker. Anything other than files. We have already gone down that road a billion times and it only worked for about 300 million users. And it didn’t even work well for most of them.
The most popular computer in the world is an iPhone, which outnumbers Macs and PC’s combined, and 99% of iPhon... |
81,166 | Imagine that you're creating a presentation on an iPad. You want to create a presentation, add content to it, and rearrange it as needed. You have a catalog of content to choose from, sorted by category, accessible by left side slide out navigation. Aside from some of the obvious constraints, an important constraint to... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81166",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68339/"
] | Your options seem to reduce down to the proportion of space allocated to finding and selecting the content compared to the space allocated for your presentation.
Content space :: Presentation space
A) Large content, small presentation. Would allow for more complex interaction when looking for content, and larger prev... | Great starting questions!
As with an set of specs I start with asking more questions.
* You are creating a presentation with uploaded content but what if the content has been used in a previous presentation. Now you have to think about consistency of experience. Once you map out the asset management options the inter... |
81,166 | Imagine that you're creating a presentation on an iPad. You want to create a presentation, add content to it, and rearrange it as needed. You have a catalog of content to choose from, sorted by category, accessible by left side slide out navigation. Aside from some of the obvious constraints, an important constraint to... | 2015/07/08 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/81166",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/68339/"
] | Anything other than a file picker. Anything other than files. We have already gone down that road a billion times and it only worked for about 300 million users. And it didn’t even work well for most of them.
The most popular computer in the world is an iPhone, which outnumbers Macs and PC’s combined, and 99% of iPhon... | Great starting questions!
As with an set of specs I start with asking more questions.
* You are creating a presentation with uploaded content but what if the content has been used in a previous presentation. Now you have to think about consistency of experience. Once you map out the asset management options the inter... |
20,199 | I'm heading to China next month. Any tips for exchanging dollars for yuan? Will I be able to use credit card to get yuan at an ATM? | 2013/09/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/20199",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/8218/"
] | The cheapest place to change money in China is usually the Bank of China. Typically, only one branch in each city provides such a service. You need to take your passport or similar ID with you. Often there are illegal money changers touting outside the bank - they will offer a better rate but use at your own discretion... | Yes, there are ATMs that accept credit cards, but it might be easier if you have an ATM card instead since not all ATMs accept credit cards.
You will generally be more lucky to use Credit Cards in larger cities and at international banks.
Something that you have to be even more careful is that you might get fake bank... |
20,199 | I'm heading to China next month. Any tips for exchanging dollars for yuan? Will I be able to use credit card to get yuan at an ATM? | 2013/09/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/20199",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/8218/"
] | The cheapest place to change money in China is usually the Bank of China. Typically, only one branch in each city provides such a service. You need to take your passport or similar ID with you. Often there are illegal money changers touting outside the bank - they will offer a better rate but use at your own discretion... | We went to Yunnan and Sichuan in April. It's no problem to use ATMs if you've got **Visa** card. MasterCard also works but not at all places.
I **would not** suggest American Express or Diners.
On each withdrawal simply take the maximum amount since the commission is fixed. |
75,684 | I purchased [these slide switches](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B007QAJUUS) recently because I want to use them in my project:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nq9Jz.jpg)
But I don't know what to connect up the three pins to and I can't... | 2020/05/15 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/75684",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/7619/"
] | Since it has two possible positions, and three pins, you have a connection between pin 1 and 2 when position 1 is selected, and between pin 1 and 3 when position 2 is selected.
As BSF comment below, the middle pin is common. This means it will be connected to the outside pins depending on where the switch is moved towa... | These switches are actually a lot more simple than you would think. You have two positions, but you really only care about one of them, since if it's not in that position it must be in the other.
The central pin is the common, and when slid to one side it connects that central pin to the corresponding outside pin.
So... |
27,423 | In Illustrator I can't align an object with a stroke with an object without a stroke. It keeps popping over out of alignment. How can I stop it from popping over? | 2014/02/16 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/27423",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/19912/"
] | I don't know if you can modify your stroke placement in your project but I would try aligning the stroke inside its object. The screenshot was taken in InDesign but the option looks the same in Illustrator. Hope this helps!
 | This is most likely because the non stroked item and the stroked item are slightly differently placed in the pixel grid.
One of them is probably going to half pixels. The other is not. When you try to make them align, one will always push out to a pixel position that suits itself, which will be different than the othe... |
180,132 | Is it acceptable to write "We acknowledge Dr. AAA for his useful advice" to express gratitude or appreciation? | 2014/06/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/180132",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/81821/"
] | It's very formal, but it's a valid use of "acknowledge." A warmer way to say it would be "We gratefully acknowledge Dr. AAA for his useful advice." If you prefer not to make Dr. AAA the direct object, you could say "We gratefully acknowledge Dr. AAA's useful advice." | It is not wrong, but it is more polite to "thank Dr X", or "express gratitude to Dr X.". |
18,938,254 | I am developing a server application in java (SE) + some open source libraries. This is a game, so I think it will have to be updated sometimes. As long as the app is tracking the state of the clients, using it, and also supports client sessions (in a form of dedicated threads), and singletons, which store references t... | 2013/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18938254",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1005184/"
] | Take a look at JRebel authors' nice summary on the topic:
<http://zeroturnaround.com/blog/reloading_java_classes_401_hotswap_jrebel/#!/> | First thing to note is that your current game state might be inconsistent with new version. So not all modifications could be installed like this. You can use remote caching system with master/slave configuration. So that all session is stored on remote machine and while one server is stopped, second server can continu... |
18,938,254 | I am developing a server application in java (SE) + some open source libraries. This is a game, so I think it will have to be updated sometimes. As long as the app is tracking the state of the clients, using it, and also supports client sessions (in a form of dedicated threads), and singletons, which store references t... | 2013/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/18938254",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1005184/"
] | You could look at things like OSGI and class-loading tricks and see if you can achieve what you need, however maybe there is a simpler approach which is a bit safer too.
You could have 2 servers running behind a simple load balancer and when you need to do such maintenance you start routing all new games to Server A o... | First thing to note is that your current game state might be inconsistent with new version. So not all modifications could be installed like this. You can use remote caching system with master/slave configuration. So that all session is stored on remote machine and while one server is stopped, second server can continu... |
274,024 | Is there a precise word to express following behavior?
The postman cleverly or secretly steals items in the mail before it reaches the receiver.
So for the part "cleverly/secretly stealing something", is there a precise word for it?
Thanks, Ahmed | 2021/02/01 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/274024",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/99019/"
] | I suggest [pilfer](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pilfer), a synonym of steal with a slightly different connotation:
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> especially: to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again
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It seems like a good fit because you’re describing someone who keeps on stealing from the mail, and ... | Here are some suggestions:
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> Smuggle
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> Sneak
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> Pirate (too dramatic in this case)
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You can find more of those in this [link](https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/take_secretly.html). |
10,125 | When going through one of my chemistry textbooks, I saw that the electrolysis of aqueous lead nitrate led to oxygen being formed at the anode and lead being formed at the cathode.
However, in school, I was taught that only metals less reactive than hydrogen will form at the cathode. This electrolysis contradicts what ... | 2014/04/21 | [
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/10125",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com",
"https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/5251/"
] | Firstly, the reactivity being referred to is not reactivity in the sense of the reactivity series of metals, but rather in the sense of standard electrode potentials (standard reduction potentials).
This comes into play when setting up an electrolytic cell in determining the reaction that will take place at the catho... | What was stated is correct but there is an exception. For the metals, zinc to lead in the reactivity series( zn, Fe, Pb and what's in between) what is formed at the cathode can be affected by concentration. If the solution is concentrated, the metal forms at the cathode and if the solution is dilute, hydrogen forms. Ho... |
54,623 | Say we took an adult racing horse from Earth to a planet identical to Earth, but with half its gravity. Exactly how fast would it be able to run? Would the low gravity have any significant effect on the *way* it ran?
Note: I'm looking for an answer from someone with a background in physics, preferably with citeable so... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54623",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23690/"
] | The horse could not run at all. The motion would make it flounder around and not accomplish anything useful.
If you *could* train a horse to run under this condition, the greater loft and longer time between strides would not help the issue that when he does put hoof to ground it needs to move faster with his greater ... | One thing that you have to keep in mind is that it may not be able to run faster per se, but would definitely need to run differently. A horse working with half gravity would have to move more like a deer. It would have to bound and leap, not necessarily gallop. The same force that would normally push it forward would ... |
54,623 | Say we took an adult racing horse from Earth to a planet identical to Earth, but with half its gravity. Exactly how fast would it be able to run? Would the low gravity have any significant effect on the *way* it ran?
Note: I'm looking for an answer from someone with a background in physics, preferably with citeable so... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54623",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | The horse could not run at all. The motion would make it flounder around and not accomplish anything useful.
If you *could* train a horse to run under this condition, the greater loft and longer time between strides would not help the issue that when he does put hoof to ground it needs to move faster with his greater ... | It would be hard to say, but it would certainly would move slower.
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It's difficult to determinate speed, it may not variate much if the horse learns how to move in the planet, but expect slower movements as gravity also affect how fast you can move.
We... |
54,623 | Say we took an adult racing horse from Earth to a planet identical to Earth, but with half its gravity. Exactly how fast would it be able to run? Would the low gravity have any significant effect on the *way* it ran?
Note: I'm looking for an answer from someone with a background in physics, preferably with citeable so... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54623",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23690/"
] | The horse could not run at all. The motion would make it flounder around and not accomplish anything useful.
If you *could* train a horse to run under this condition, the greater loft and longer time between strides would not help the issue that when he does put hoof to ground it needs to move faster with his greater ... | I did the math several times, and I think that the horse on Earth would travel faster than the horse on the other planet. In fact, for a given distance that is the same on both planets, the Earth horse traverses it in half the time, and double the speed than the horse on the other planet.
I believe the main reason fo... |
54,623 | Say we took an adult racing horse from Earth to a planet identical to Earth, but with half its gravity. Exactly how fast would it be able to run? Would the low gravity have any significant effect on the *way* it ran?
Note: I'm looking for an answer from someone with a background in physics, preferably with citeable so... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54623",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/23690/"
] | One thing that you have to keep in mind is that it may not be able to run faster per se, but would definitely need to run differently. A horse working with half gravity would have to move more like a deer. It would have to bound and leap, not necessarily gallop. The same force that would normally push it forward would ... | It would be hard to say, but it would certainly would move slower.
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It's difficult to determinate speed, it may not variate much if the horse learns how to move in the planet, but expect slower movements as gravity also affect how fast you can move.
We... |
54,623 | Say we took an adult racing horse from Earth to a planet identical to Earth, but with half its gravity. Exactly how fast would it be able to run? Would the low gravity have any significant effect on the *way* it ran?
Note: I'm looking for an answer from someone with a background in physics, preferably with citeable so... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/54623",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | One thing that you have to keep in mind is that it may not be able to run faster per se, but would definitely need to run differently. A horse working with half gravity would have to move more like a deer. It would have to bound and leap, not necessarily gallop. The same force that would normally push it forward would ... | I did the math several times, and I think that the horse on Earth would travel faster than the horse on the other planet. In fact, for a given distance that is the same on both planets, the Earth horse traverses it in half the time, and double the speed than the horse on the other planet.
I believe the main reason fo... |
396,366 | I have a raster layer given to me by a colleague. I was able to successfully publish and view it on ArcGIS Online as a tile layer, but now I'm trying to resample it to reduce the size and am starting to see some weird behavior - not only am I not able to successfully view a resampled version, I'm unable to re-publish t... | 2021/05/11 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/396366",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/183293/"
] | In your project at QGIS Desktop, you must open the **Layer Properties** and in **Display** change you Display Name. It can be an Expression based on 2 or more fields | Did you set up the labels in your QGis project/desktop? You have the choice: no labels, simple labels, rule based labels... See printscreens. These settings are important for your QField mobile project.
As Nelson Silva said in a previous comment, it seems important for the feature list to have the display option filled... |
573,478 | How can I see or even control a client cert traffic in OpenVPN? Is it possible? I'm programming a Client Control Web App and I find nothing about it. Is there any script or commands for that? In OpenVPN Access Server I've seen such thing.
Edit: To be clear I want users traffic usage. | 2014/02/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/573478",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/207135/"
] | I would recommend using [Logmein Hamachi](https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/) and [mapped drives](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vszydE3CxqI) as this would be the simplest way to connect the machines without a lot of overhead and configuration. Hamachi also encrypts traffic so the transfers should be secure. | There is an S3 mapping application that does a good job and is fast. You can also use a VPC for your hosts and share in the VPC address range |
573,478 | How can I see or even control a client cert traffic in OpenVPN? Is it possible? I'm programming a Client Control Web App and I find nothing about it. Is there any script or commands for that? In OpenVPN Access Server I've seen such thing.
Edit: To be clear I want users traffic usage. | 2014/02/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/573478",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/207135/"
] | You can used s3 as a shared data source, although it's not a true file system.
While you can mount an s3 bucket so it looks like a disk it won't have the same performance.
Blogs, (like wordpress for instance) do have plugins where you can hook directly into an s3 bucket through their APIs.
Alternatively you can writ... | There is an S3 mapping application that does a good job and is fast. You can also use a VPC for your hosts and share in the VPC address range |
573,478 | How can I see or even control a client cert traffic in OpenVPN? Is it possible? I'm programming a Client Control Web App and I find nothing about it. Is there any script or commands for that? In OpenVPN Access Server I've seen such thing.
Edit: To be clear I want users traffic usage. | 2014/02/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/573478",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/207135/"
] | I would launch a windows server 2008 R2 instance and set it up as a file server.
You could change your security group, so only instances that are launched within your subnet can communicate with your file server. | There is an S3 mapping application that does a good job and is fast. You can also use a VPC for your hosts and share in the VPC address range |
235,381 | Treebeard is said to be;
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> 'The oldest Ent **alive**'
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This suggests that Treebeard might not have been the first Ent. If he was the first Ent, then he would be at least Three Ages old! This sounds rather unlikely unless Ents are immortal like Elves (see my other question).
So, is Treebeard the first Ent?... | 2020/08/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/235381",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes, most likely, according to Gandalf
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Gandalf does an excellent job of describing Treebeard in the chapter “The White Rider”
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> Treebeard is Fangorn, the guardian of the forest; *he is the oldest of the Ents, the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this ... | Treebeard is at least three ages old, as he relates in the chapter named for him:
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> "The trouble is that there are so few of us left... Only three remain of the first Ents that walked the woods before the Darkness: only myself Fangorn, and Finglas and Fladrif- to give them their Elvish names: you may call them Leaf... |
138,217 | Firefox's [AwesomeBar](http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/04/21/a-little-something-awesome-about-firefox-3/) searches history including the titles of pages incrementally. How can I get Chrome to also search the titles in the history?
For example, for this very page, in Firefox, I can search "Firefox Lik" and this page'... | 2010/05/06 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/138217",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1592/"
] | Here's a [plugin](http://www.howtogeek.com/news/add-firefoxs-awesome-bar-bookmark-search-function-to-chrome-and-iron/3958/)
Update: in my experience, chrome has gotten a lot better at this in the past year or so. Now it is as good as firefox for most use cases. | I don’t know exactly what version is required, but newer version of Chrome do indeed include items from the history (at least recent history, though I haven’t tested the extent) in the suggestions for the Omnibox drop-down. The catch is that if you have a large history, it may take a few seconds for Chrome to retrieve ... |
4,165,311 | I'm trying to use a local .html file that has some javascript/jquery (used for a typing text effect), as my desktop wallpaper in either windows7 Home Premium or Linux mint8, and was wondering if anyone could help here with the info on how to do so?
I'v seen this about:
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If you know how to create HTML documents th... | 2010/11/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4165311",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/980264/"
] | Look at something call Snippage for windows vista and 7 | You mean like Active Desktop? I believe it hasn't been natively supported since WinXP64. But there'a a third party utility called Snippage (<http://snippage.gabocorp.com/>) that creates widgets out of web pages. |
65,607,259 | I seem to only be able to access physical ports. I do want to access virtual ones like ones created with virtual null modem or virtual serial port driver.
Does anyone know if this is possible. | 2021/01/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/65607259",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11240028/"
] | Chrome enumerates serial ports by calling [SetupDiGetClassDevs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/setupapi/nf-setupapi-setupdigetclassdevsw) with [GUID\_DEVINTERFACE\_SERENUM\_BUS\_ENUMERATOR](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/guid-devinterface-serenum-bus-enumerator).... | I managed to get Chrome to see the virtual serial ports using [com0com](https://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com) on Windows 10 21H1 (OS Build 19043.1110). Chrome connects to the port successfully and it works as expected:
[![Chrome connects to com0com virtual serial port on Windows 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/be1Qa... |
1,354,096 | I moved into a home that has Ethernet cables in the walls and all my computer's are gigabyte Ethernet ports, same as my router and the cables I use to connect my PC to the Ethernet ports in the wall, however the Ethernet cables used to wire the home are not accessible from the home
How do I run a test of some kind, o... | 2018/08/31 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1354096",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/939391/"
] | Here are some physical differences :
* The cable type is usually printed very small all along its length, so you might try
pulling them out if there is slack, unscrewing the jack if possible.
* Cat6 is 24 gauge instead of 22 so will look larger.
* RJ45 connectors on Cat6 are shielded with metal while Cat5 are transpar... | If the cable runs 100BASE-TX it'll most likely run 1000BASE-T as well.
The cable requirements for both are the same - Cat-5e. However, 1000BASE-T requires all four pairs to work while 100BASE-TX uses just two - so if there's "economy" cabling you're out of luck. Additionally, if the cable's barely working with 100BASE... |
26,938 | >
> I don't mind which one we have – you choose.
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Can I use "select" instead of "choose" in that sentence?
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> You can elect to delete the message or save it.
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Can I use "select" instead of "elect" in that sentence?
Are they synonyms? Which one is stronger than the other? | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/26938",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In the first and second sentence, it would not be wrong to use select but it would be uncommon. Select is rarely used as a verb. Most of the time you see "Select" you see it in its noun form "Selection."
The times when it is acceptable to use "Select" as a verb are when the options are part of a defined set. You can ... | For #1, rather than changing the word to "select," I'd recommend "pick":
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> *I don't mind which movie we watch – you pick.*
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For the second one, I'd probably use "opt" before I used "select":
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> *You can opt to delete the message or save it.*
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I don't think *select* is any **stronger**, but I ... |
26,938 | >
> I don't mind which one we have – you choose.
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Can I use "select" instead of "choose" in that sentence?
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> You can elect to delete the message or save it.
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Can I use "select" instead of "elect" in that sentence?
Are they synonyms? Which one is stronger than the other? | 2014/06/25 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/26938",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | In the first and second sentence, it would not be wrong to use select but it would be uncommon. Select is rarely used as a verb. Most of the time you see "Select" you see it in its noun form "Selection."
The times when it is acceptable to use "Select" as a verb are when the options are part of a defined set. You can ... | In Technical Documentation, I would prefer to differentiate the word - Select and Choose based on the following contexts:
I will use Select when I'm directing the user to select from a list available.
For example: Select the option from the drop-down list.
I will use Choose when I'm directing the user to choose an op... |
26,938 | >
> I don't mind which one we have – you choose.
>
>
>
Can I use "select" instead of "choose" in that sentence?
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> You can elect to delete the message or save it.
>
>
>
Can I use "select" instead of "elect" in that sentence?
Are they synonyms? Which one is stronger than the other? | 2014/06/25 | [
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] | For #1, rather than changing the word to "select," I'd recommend "pick":
>
> *I don't mind which movie we watch – you pick.*
>
>
>
For the second one, I'd probably use "opt" before I used "select":
>
> *You can opt to delete the message or save it.*
>
>
>
I don't think *select* is any **stronger**, but I ... | In Technical Documentation, I would prefer to differentiate the word - Select and Choose based on the following contexts:
I will use Select when I'm directing the user to select from a list available.
For example: Select the option from the drop-down list.
I will use Choose when I'm directing the user to choose an op... |
9,346 | I'm curious how these beasts got down to the surface of Hoth.
Did the Galactic Empire land them in big ships, if so which ones? | 2012/01/19 | [
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>
> AT-ATs were typically deployed for ground assault from orbit by large [dropships](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dropship).
>
>
> Walkers stationed within larger warships, such as the Executor-class Star Dreadnough... | They landed outside the shield then walked through. Once they destroyed the generator the general told Darth Vader that he could land. |
9,346 | I'm curious how these beasts got down to the surface of Hoth.
Did the Galactic Empire land them in big ships, if so which ones? | 2012/01/19 | [
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>
> AT-ATs were typically deployed for ground assault from orbit by large [dropships](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dropship).
>
>
> Walkers stationed within larger warships, such as the Executor-class Star Dreadnough... | The Rebels had to deactivate their shields so they could use ion-cannon to neutralize threatening Star Destroyers until shield would closed and transport would get rendezvous point.
Meanwhile Empire landed its AT-AT Walkers because they knew that shield was soon to be closed again and they could destroy the generator ... |
9,346 | I'm curious how these beasts got down to the surface of Hoth.
Did the Galactic Empire land them in big ships, if so which ones? | 2012/01/19 | [
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] | [Star Wars Wikia AT-AT article](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/All_Terrain_Armored_Transport)
>
> AT-ATs were typically deployed for ground assault from orbit by large [dropships](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dropship).
>
>
> Walkers stationed within larger warships, such as the Executor-class Star Dreadnough... | The canon answer, out of the book *Battlefront: Twilight Company*, is that *Gozanti*-class cruisers. The ship was introduced in *The Phantom Menace*, and has been shown to have been used by the Empire for carrying AT-ATs and TIE fighters.[](https://i.s... |
9,346 | I'm curious how these beasts got down to the surface of Hoth.
Did the Galactic Empire land them in big ships, if so which ones? | 2012/01/19 | [
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] | They landed outside the shield then walked through. Once they destroyed the generator the general told Darth Vader that he could land. | The Rebels had to deactivate their shields so they could use ion-cannon to neutralize threatening Star Destroyers until shield would closed and transport would get rendezvous point.
Meanwhile Empire landed its AT-AT Walkers because they knew that shield was soon to be closed again and they could destroy the generator ... |
9,346 | I'm curious how these beasts got down to the surface of Hoth.
Did the Galactic Empire land them in big ships, if so which ones? | 2012/01/19 | [
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Meanwhile Empire landed its AT-AT Walkers because they knew that shield was soon to be closed again and they could destroy the generator ... |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Perhaps you could use one of these words? I found them with a Google search of [define determined](http://google.com/search?q=define+determined), because "determined" was the first word that came to mind.
**determined**, **resolute**, purposeful, purposive, **adamant**, single-minded, unswerving, **unwavering**, **und... | I think the best word is actually three words, but often hyphenated - 'never-say-die'. Such a person is said to have a never-say-die attitude. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Not yet mentioned, how about ***"[brave](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/brave)"***:
>
> ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage
>
>
>
In news and media, boxers' performances are often described as brave when they get up from being knocked down.
In fact you could indeed use ... | **Perseverance** n. def: steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
Also, this is not a copy of any answer posted because people have only used persevere so far, but I feel perseverance works better given the context of the que... |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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**determined**, **resolute**, purposeful, purposive, **adamant**, single-minded, unswerving, **unwavering**, **und... | I don't think there is one word to describe the totality of the interaction you were describing; but if I were to try to apply one verb to describe just the imagery, I might use: stagger, falter, or just pause. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | **Resilient** *able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions*
>
> At the heart of resilience is a belief in oneself—yet also a belief
> in something larger than oneself.
>
>
> Resilient people do not let adversity define them. They find
> resilience by moving towards a goal beyond themselves, tra... | How about "relentless" or "uncompromising"? But I would go with the first one. The definition of "relent" is the following:
"to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving." so relentless would be the opposite. For me it matches your description. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Perhaps you could use one of these words? I found them with a Google search of [define determined](http://google.com/search?q=define+determined), because "determined" was the first word that came to mind.
**determined**, **resolute**, purposeful, purposive, **adamant**, single-minded, unswerving, **unwavering**, **und... | How about "relentless" or "uncompromising"? But I would go with the first one. The definition of "relent" is the following:
"to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving." so relentless would be the opposite. For me it matches your description. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | [bouncebackability](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bouncebackability), as coined by [a soccer pundit](http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2004/12/10/stevenage_exeter_111204_result.shtml). | I don't think there is one word to describe the totality of the interaction you were describing; but if I were to try to apply one verb to describe just the imagery, I might use: stagger, falter, or just pause. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Depending on the kind of point you are trying to make, you could call such a person [*indomitable*](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indomitable) to emphasize that nothing will bring them down.
You could use [*indefatigable*](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indefatigable) to say that they never tire and ... | Not yet mentioned, how about ***"[brave](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/brave)"***:
>
> ready to face and endure danger or pain; showing courage
>
>
>
In news and media, boxers' performances are often described as brave when they get up from being knocked down.
In fact you could indeed use ... |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | [bouncebackability](http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bouncebackability), as coined by [a soccer pundit](http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2004/12/10/stevenage_exeter_111204_result.shtml). | I think he is called *adventuresome*. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Depending on the kind of point you are trying to make, you could call such a person [*indomitable*](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indomitable) to emphasize that nothing will bring them down.
You could use [*indefatigable*](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indefatigable) to say that they never tire and ... | How about "relentless" or "uncompromising"? But I would go with the first one. The definition of "relent" is the following:
"to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving." so relentless would be the opposite. For me it matches your description. |
138,366 | In movies we see the protagonist character fight but sometimes our hero can't... he falls down every time... but never loses hope.. and tries to stand up again...
In one word what it's called? | 2013/11/19 | [
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] | Well, to those who catch the [reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikssfUhAlgg), there's:
* *But a scratch*...
* *I've had worse!*
* ***Just a flesh wound***
and:
* *I'm invincible!*
I realize it's not one word, but sometimes a short phrase will suffice.
(from *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*) | I think he is called *adventuresome*. |
47,221,689 | XOR encryption/decryption is very basic mechanism where one does not need any keys to encrypt.
I have used this for file encrypt/decrypt in C++. The file contains secure data. The file is divided into many fixed sized chunks and different characters are used to encrypt different chunks getting me a encrypted file.
I... | 2017/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47221689",
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] | You've somewhat answered your own question. XOR "encryption", if you can call it that, should **never** be used in production code. At an academic level, it provides an excellent example of a broken encryption scheme that inexperienced cryptographers can perform cryptanalysis on. Past that, it is useless. Contrary to w... | XOR encryption is not secure at all. It is trivial to break and can be done on pretty much any device.
It is not suitable for PCI compliance. OWASP provides some guidance here:
<https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cryptographic_Storage_Cheat_Sheet#Rule_-_Use_strong_approved_cryptographic_algorithms>
For C++ there are a n... |
47,221,689 | XOR encryption/decryption is very basic mechanism where one does not need any keys to encrypt.
I have used this for file encrypt/decrypt in C++. The file contains secure data. The file is divided into many fixed sized chunks and different characters are used to encrypt different chunks getting me a encrypted file.
I... | 2017/11/10 | [
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] | 1. Yes there is a more secure way to encrypt a file: AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).
2. Since there is no secret key this is not encryption, it is obfuscation. There is little to no security, security is not obtained by using a secret method.
3. This is not PCI compliant, see [PCI Security Standards](https://www.p... | XOR encryption is not secure at all. It is trivial to break and can be done on pretty much any device.
It is not suitable for PCI compliance. OWASP provides some guidance here:
<https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cryptographic_Storage_Cheat_Sheet#Rule_-_Use_strong_approved_cryptographic_algorithms>
For C++ there are a n... |
47,221,689 | XOR encryption/decryption is very basic mechanism where one does not need any keys to encrypt.
I have used this for file encrypt/decrypt in C++. The file contains secure data. The file is divided into many fixed sized chunks and different characters are used to encrypt different chunks getting me a encrypted file.
I... | 2017/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/47221689",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6768543/"
] | You've somewhat answered your own question. XOR "encryption", if you can call it that, should **never** be used in production code. At an academic level, it provides an excellent example of a broken encryption scheme that inexperienced cryptographers can perform cryptanalysis on. Past that, it is useless. Contrary to w... | 1. Yes there is a more secure way to encrypt a file: AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).
2. Since there is no secret key this is not encryption, it is obfuscation. There is little to no security, security is not obtained by using a secret method.
3. This is not PCI compliant, see [PCI Security Standards](https://www.p... |
29,474 | I recently have gained a lot of interest in philosophy and have especially taken to Nietzsche's work and ideas. I am reading philosophy to understand on a more personal level to lead a more fulfilled life.
Does anybody have any recommendations for philosophical works that are concerned with staving off nihilism(beside... | 2015/11/09 | [
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] | Unfortunately, I haven't found too many existentialist works with a nuts-and-bolts focus, so my recommended reading list is really short -- two books in fact.
* [Man's Search for Meaning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_Meaning) by Viktor Frankl. Here, Frankl writes
about finding our own meaning, and ... | [Søren Kierkegaard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard) is considered the godfather of existentialism. His radical take on Christianity directly confronted issues of meaning and meaninglessness, as well as how to act in a world where no external constraints of law or morality can be held as absolutely... |
29,474 | I recently have gained a lot of interest in philosophy and have especially taken to Nietzsche's work and ideas. I am reading philosophy to understand on a more personal level to lead a more fulfilled life.
Does anybody have any recommendations for philosophical works that are concerned with staving off nihilism(beside... | 2015/11/09 | [
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] | [Søren Kierkegaard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard) is considered the godfather of existentialism. His radical take on Christianity directly confronted issues of meaning and meaninglessness, as well as how to act in a world where no external constraints of law or morality can be held as absolutely... | The answer is contingent (no pun intended) on your familiarity with the field. For instance, is the use of "contingent" remotely a pun to you (however a bad one)?
If no, then start with Tom Flynn's "Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction" to get the general horizon in place and then zoom in from there. |
29,474 | I recently have gained a lot of interest in philosophy and have especially taken to Nietzsche's work and ideas. I am reading philosophy to understand on a more personal level to lead a more fulfilled life.
Does anybody have any recommendations for philosophical works that are concerned with staving off nihilism(beside... | 2015/11/09 | [
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] | Unfortunately, I haven't found too many existentialist works with a nuts-and-bolts focus, so my recommended reading list is really short -- two books in fact.
* [Man's Search for Meaning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_Meaning) by Viktor Frankl. Here, Frankl writes
about finding our own meaning, and ... | The answer is contingent (no pun intended) on your familiarity with the field. For instance, is the use of "contingent" remotely a pun to you (however a bad one)?
If no, then start with Tom Flynn's "Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction" to get the general horizon in place and then zoom in from there. |
124,477 | I read this book when I was a teenager (late 70's early 80's) and cannot remember its name or author.
An alien race is discovered, their planet is metal poor so their technology is glass based, they also surgically implant an organ that gives them telepathic ability.
Ring any bells to anyone, what was it called?
Edi... | 2016/04/08 | [
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] | It sounds like you're referring to the Tanu from the "[Saga of the Pliocene Exiles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_of_Pliocene_Exile)".
* **Their planet is metal poor so their technology is glass based**
Their tech (and weaponry and armour) is largely based on glass and ceramics as a result of certain metals bei... | This sounds like [Ringworld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld). I don't know about their planet, but their spaceship that they travel in has a transparent glass hull that can dim in sunlight, and it has a stasis field that protects occupants.
>
> The Puppeteers' General Products hulls, which are impervious to... |
124,477 | I read this book when I was a teenager (late 70's early 80's) and cannot remember its name or author.
An alien race is discovered, their planet is metal poor so their technology is glass based, they also surgically implant an organ that gives them telepathic ability.
Ring any bells to anyone, what was it called?
Edi... | 2016/04/08 | [
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] | This could be Alan Dean Foster's [Sentenced to Prism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentenced_to_Prism).
* Most things on the planet are glass or crystal, and the significant population is made of the stuff.
* The locals are telepathic, and they surgically implant an organ into the human protagonist's brain to allow h... | This sounds like [Ringworld](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld). I don't know about their planet, but their spaceship that they travel in has a transparent glass hull that can dim in sunlight, and it has a stasis field that protects occupants.
>
> The Puppeteers' General Products hulls, which are impervious to... |
3,554,412 | Apple's Image I/O programming guide says:
>
> Image I/O resides in the Application
> Services framework in Mac OS X, and in
> the Image I/O framework in iOS. After
> adding the framework to your
> application, import the header file by
> including this statement:
>
>
> #import <ImageIO/ImageIO.h>
>
>
>
I m... | 2010/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3554412",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | You've added the framework correctly. What's causing your problem is that you shouldn't import ImageIO's header specifically; you should import the ApplicationServices header.
You may want to file a bug against the documentation. | I had a similiar experience, as I am still on XCode 3.2, in addition to what is said above, I had to use the Foundation tool template when creating a new project, so I suspect everything would have been good if I had added the Foundation framework to the make file.
But when stuff like this happens, then I drop into XC... |
21,235 | In Bikes, major part plays by 4 stroke petrol engine, then why did they named as motor bike or cycle instead of engine bike? | 2015/09/20 | [
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] | According to [Etymology.com](http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=motorcycle&allowed_in_frame=0):
>
> motorcycle (n.) Look up motorcycle at Dictionary.com
> 1895, a hybrid from motor + -cycle, from bicycle. Motocycle also was used late 19c.
>
>
> The horse follows the crooks of a country road, but then the tra... | According to <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/engine> "engine" can only be a noun. The adjective is "engined," (as in "a twin-engined aircraft") but nobody uses the term "an engined bike".
On the other hand "motor" can be an adjective as well as a noun: <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definiti... |
21,235 | In Bikes, major part plays by 4 stroke petrol engine, then why did they named as motor bike or cycle instead of engine bike? | 2015/09/20 | [
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] | The specific, historically recent meanings we have are these:
'motor' - made of wires and magnets and a core, an electric moving-thing
'engine' - made of an engine block with pistons and a cam shaft etc, running on liquid fuel
But 'motor' has the same root as 'move' from ancient times, before electricity was discov... | According to <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/engine> "engine" can only be a noun. The adjective is "engined," (as in "a twin-engined aircraft") but nobody uses the term "an engined bike".
On the other hand "motor" can be an adjective as well as a noun: <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definiti... |
21,235 | In Bikes, major part plays by 4 stroke petrol engine, then why did they named as motor bike or cycle instead of engine bike? | 2015/09/20 | [
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] | An internal combustion engine is a motor in the literal sense
-------------------------------------------------------------
Consider the following examples:
* A ***rotor*** is an object that undergoes ***rotation*** via an external energy source.
Examples of rotors include brake discs and the vanes in a turbocharger... | According to <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/engine> "engine" can only be a noun. The adjective is "engined," (as in "a twin-engined aircraft") but nobody uses the term "an engined bike".
On the other hand "motor" can be an adjective as well as a noun: <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definiti... |
21,235 | In Bikes, major part plays by 4 stroke petrol engine, then why did they named as motor bike or cycle instead of engine bike? | 2015/09/20 | [
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] | I believe you'll find that "engine" isn't used to modify another noun except self-referentially. It can be used self-referentially, as in "engine speed" (where the idea could be phrased "speed of the engine"), but not otherwise.
"Engine [bi]cycle" can't be rephrased as "[bi]cycle of the engine", so it would sound odd... | According to <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/engine> "engine" can only be a noun. The adjective is "engined," (as in "a twin-engined aircraft") but nobody uses the term "an engined bike".
On the other hand "motor" can be an adjective as well as a noun: <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definiti... |
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] | Most of the world uses the word *motor* for what *engine* is in current English (although note that *engine* also has different meanings, for instance, *locomotive)*. This means that although *engine* is what you normally use to describe what's under your hood or bonnet, compound words that entered English as already c... | According to <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/engine> "engine" can only be a noun. The adjective is "engined," (as in "a twin-engined aircraft") but nobody uses the term "an engined bike".
On the other hand "motor" can be an adjective as well as a noun: <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definiti... |
40,525,626 | I want to know that many developers do the same thing as to decrease the size of long method , they create so many small sized methods from it for the same task. I want to know that does it affects the performance of an application or not? | 2016/11/10 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40525626",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7005910/"
] | Functions should normally be short, between 5-15 lines is my personal "rule of thumb" when coding in Java or C#. This is a good size for several reasons:
* It fits easily on your screen without scrolling
* It's about the conceptual size that you can hold in your head
* It's meaningful enough to require a function in i... | It's impossible to say in the general case, but no, probably not.
For one thing: Method calls are *really, really fast*.
For another, the JVM monitors the work done by your code and when it sees a "hot spot" (a part of the code that gets run a lot), it aggressively optimizes that part of the code. One of the ways it ... |
105,549 | I'm aware of the DOS utility to "Reset" an Intel SSD to factory settings, but I'd rather not shut down my system to do this to my SSDs.
Supposedly newer kernels support TRIM, but I haven't found any utilities to actually run TRIM.
Has anyone found a way to do this? | 2010/01/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/105549",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5893/"
] | There isn't just a 'wear leveling table' that you can wipe and be merrily on your way.
Without an OS that supports the TRIM command the drive does not know which subblocks are empty and so the data on the SSD becomes fragmented below the level that the OS sees. The only way to 'reset' it involves clearing all the data... | From what I've been able to gather...
TRIM is an OS command, you don't call it, the OS does. So there's no 'TRIM' utility.
It's called (by a compatible OS) when you delete a file from an SSD drive. See [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_(SSD_command)) and [Here](http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101966/... |
105,549 | I'm aware of the DOS utility to "Reset" an Intel SSD to factory settings, but I'd rather not shut down my system to do this to my SSDs.
Supposedly newer kernels support TRIM, but I haven't found any utilities to actually run TRIM.
Has anyone found a way to do this? | 2010/01/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/105549",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5893/"
] | From what I've been able to gather...
TRIM is an OS command, you don't call it, the OS does. So there's no 'TRIM' utility.
It's called (by a compatible OS) when you delete a file from an SSD drive. See [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_(SSD_command)) and [Here](http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101966/... | This is not the whole story.
For the X25 there is a toolbox, working under XP and Vista. You can activate it as a job. Intel says you should set it to an auto job for every week. There are some problems to get the thing working allright. Read Intel communities very carefull.
My 160G X25 works like a charm, (I had to... |
105,549 | I'm aware of the DOS utility to "Reset" an Intel SSD to factory settings, but I'd rather not shut down my system to do this to my SSDs.
Supposedly newer kernels support TRIM, but I haven't found any utilities to actually run TRIM.
Has anyone found a way to do this? | 2010/01/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/105549",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5893/"
] | I found instructions for running an ATA security erase command here:
<https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase>
I intend to try it myself, since I have been naively running my X25-M SSD on a laptop with suboptimal settings and I think the performance is falling. | From what I've been able to gather...
TRIM is an OS command, you don't call it, the OS does. So there's no 'TRIM' utility.
It's called (by a compatible OS) when you delete a file from an SSD drive. See [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM_(SSD_command)) and [Here](http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101966/... |
105,549 | I'm aware of the DOS utility to "Reset" an Intel SSD to factory settings, but I'd rather not shut down my system to do this to my SSDs.
Supposedly newer kernels support TRIM, but I haven't found any utilities to actually run TRIM.
Has anyone found a way to do this? | 2010/01/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/105549",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5893/"
] | There isn't just a 'wear leveling table' that you can wipe and be merrily on your way.
Without an OS that supports the TRIM command the drive does not know which subblocks are empty and so the data on the SSD becomes fragmented below the level that the OS sees. The only way to 'reset' it involves clearing all the data... | This is not the whole story.
For the X25 there is a toolbox, working under XP and Vista. You can activate it as a job. Intel says you should set it to an auto job for every week. There are some problems to get the thing working allright. Read Intel communities very carefull.
My 160G X25 works like a charm, (I had to... |
105,549 | I'm aware of the DOS utility to "Reset" an Intel SSD to factory settings, but I'd rather not shut down my system to do this to my SSDs.
Supposedly newer kernels support TRIM, but I haven't found any utilities to actually run TRIM.
Has anyone found a way to do this? | 2010/01/22 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/105549",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5893/"
] | I found instructions for running an ATA security erase command here:
<https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase>
I intend to try it myself, since I have been naively running my X25-M SSD on a laptop with suboptimal settings and I think the performance is falling. | This is not the whole story.
For the X25 there is a toolbox, working under XP and Vista. You can activate it as a job. Intel says you should set it to an auto job for every week. There are some problems to get the thing working allright. Read Intel communities very carefull.
My 160G X25 works like a charm, (I had to... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I agree with the sentiment that the SE software is not a great place for these lists. In addition to the other reasons given, I'd add that the lists so compiled are never complete. They attract a lot of answers when they first appear, but then very few people go through and answer them later on, meaning also that they ... | Over at Chiphacker.com, we [have](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/966/which-electronics-components-should-i-always-have-on-hand) [a](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3161/long-lasting-electronics-items) [number](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3501/what-is-a-general-set-of... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I'm in general alignment with much of the spirit of the question. I do, however, bristle a bit at "should we allow". I vote for "allow, but use the voting mechanism, and comments to strongly discourage."
If not allowing would involve deleting, I'm strongly opposed. Since there is a clear constituency for such "list a... | I find it a really bad sign that we didn't even make it a day into the beta before the [[subjective]](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/subjective) tag was created. We should try to decide earlier rather than later what the stance should be on compilation questions like this; they were popular in SO's earl... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I'm fine with "lists of somethings" as long as they are CW and the "somethings" is somewhat specific: e.g. graphic packages, or sites with BibTeX citations. However asking for a list of *external tools*? *Anything* could fit in there!
In some list-of questions it might also be useful to revise the answers from time to... | Over at Chiphacker.com, we [have](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/966/which-electronics-components-should-i-always-have-on-hand) [a](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3161/long-lasting-electronics-items) [number](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3501/what-is-a-general-set-of... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | We could copy the [big-list] tag from Math Overflow; [my summary](http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/143/about-the-soft-question-and-big-list-tags) from math.SE:
1. Questions that don't look like they will have a single, correct answer should be tagged either [soft-question] if that's because the question is... | Over at Chiphacker.com, we [have](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/966/which-electronics-components-should-i-always-have-on-hand) [a](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3161/long-lasting-electronics-items) [number](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3501/what-is-a-general-set-of... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I'm fine with "lists of somethings" as long as they are CW and the "somethings" is somewhat specific: e.g. graphic packages, or sites with BibTeX citations. However asking for a list of *external tools*? *Anything* could fit in there!
In some list-of questions it might also be useful to revise the answers from time to... | I'm in general alignment with much of the spirit of the question. I do, however, bristle a bit at "should we allow". I vote for "allow, but use the voting mechanism, and comments to strongly discourage."
If not allowing would involve deleting, I'm strongly opposed. Since there is a clear constituency for such "list a... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | Over at Chiphacker.com, we [have](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/966/which-electronics-components-should-i-always-have-on-hand) [a](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3161/long-lasting-electronics-items) [number](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/3501/what-is-a-general-set-of... | I find it a really bad sign that we didn't even make it a day into the beta before the [[subjective]](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/subjective) tag was created. We should try to decide earlier rather than later what the stance should be on compilation questions like this; they were popular in SO's earl... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | We could copy the [big-list] tag from Math Overflow; [my summary](http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/143/about-the-soft-question-and-big-list-tags) from math.SE:
1. Questions that don't look like they will have a single, correct answer should be tagged either [soft-question] if that's because the question is... | I find it a really bad sign that we didn't even make it a day into the beta before the [[subjective]](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/subjective) tag was created. We should try to decide earlier rather than later what the stance should be on compilation questions like this; they were popular in SO's earl... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I agree with the sentiment that the SE software is not a great place for these lists. In addition to the other reasons given, I'd add that the lists so compiled are never complete. They attract a lot of answers when they first appear, but then very few people go through and answer them later on, meaning also that they ... | I don't see what is wrong with questions which are attempting to get a list of tools/packages, as long as they're classified as community wiki. I have learned a fair amount from such questions being posted on StackOverflow and gauging what people think based on the up-votes of the answers.
I recently asked [what graph... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | We could copy the [big-list] tag from Math Overflow; [my summary](http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/143/about-the-soft-question-and-big-list-tags) from math.SE:
1. Questions that don't look like they will have a single, correct answer should be tagged either [soft-question] if that's because the question is... | I'm in general alignment with much of the spirit of the question. I do, however, bristle a bit at "should we allow". I vote for "allow, but use the voting mechanism, and comments to strongly discourage."
If not allowing would involve deleting, I'm strongly opposed. Since there is a clear constituency for such "list a... |
38 | The question [List of useful external tools](https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238/list-of-useful-external-tools) has triggered a discussion about the kinds of questions that should be allowed on the site. Specifically, how do we handle questions that are intended to just accumulate a list of tool/editors/command... | 2010/07/27 | [
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/users/125/"
] | I agree with the sentiment that the SE software is not a great place for these lists. In addition to the other reasons given, I'd add that the lists so compiled are never complete. They attract a lot of answers when they first appear, but then very few people go through and answer them later on, meaning also that they ... | I'm in general alignment with much of the spirit of the question. I do, however, bristle a bit at "should we allow". I vote for "allow, but use the voting mechanism, and comments to strongly discourage."
If not allowing would involve deleting, I'm strongly opposed. Since there is a clear constituency for such "list a... |
1,300,726 | Last year, I nearly lost my computer. So I do have a physical back up, but I also have a lot of free space on onedrive. I was wondering if it is possible to automatically back up your entire personal user directory from one's computer to onedrive. It does give me options to automatically save documents, images and my d... | 2018/03/05 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1300726",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/879193/"
] | [CloudBerry Backup](https://www.cloudberrylab.com/backup.aspx) allows you to set up backup of any directories to your choice of many online cloud storage providers.
You need to make an account with the relevant cloud storage provider and give the details to the CloudBerry software, which then logs in and stores the d... | You should be able to specify which folders to sync in OneDrive settings. I'm using version 2018 (build 17.005.0107.0008). If I right click the onedrive icon and select settings and select choose folders under the Account tab, I can select which folders I want to sync (see the screenshot below). For my personal account... |
107,192 | In the TV Series "The Blacklist" starring James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, he tells Elizabeth Keen that he is not her father when she asks him. It was made to appear as that were true, however, it seems like we forget about one detail.
The way Liz finds out that he is her father is by a DNA test that Mr Coope... | 2020/03/11 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/107192",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/79477/"
] | As far as I have seen (Just started S07), no one has bothered to do a DNA comparison between Jennifer and Elizabeth, which would be an easy way to confirm blood relation. If they aren't related (Reddington isn't the father of both) then it could be inferred that Koslov assumed Reddington's Identity and fathered Jennife... | I believe that red the imposter red is her father, because he was the one that saved liz from the fire, remember liz has that burn on her hand, and red has his body burned from saving her, remember..he might not be the real reddington but he is liz father. |
107,192 | In the TV Series "The Blacklist" starring James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, he tells Elizabeth Keen that he is not her father when she asks him. It was made to appear as that were true, however, it seems like we forget about one detail.
The way Liz finds out that he is her father is by a DNA test that Mr Coope... | 2020/03/11 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/107192",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/79477/"
] | I believe that Raymond is Katarina Rostova, Liz's mother. I don't want it to be true, but the following points support this theory:
* He is not the real Raymond as seen in the show.
* Raymond changed his identity using the surgent show in the previous seasons.
* Katarina is still a mystery.
* It makes sense that Raymo... | I believe that red the imposter red is her father, because he was the one that saved liz from the fire, remember liz has that burn on her hand, and red has his body burned from saving her, remember..he might not be the real reddington but he is liz father. |
107,192 | In the TV Series "The Blacklist" starring James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, he tells Elizabeth Keen that he is not her father when she asks him. It was made to appear as that were true, however, it seems like we forget about one detail.
The way Liz finds out that he is her father is by a DNA test that Mr Coope... | 2020/03/11 | [
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/107192",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com",
"https://movies.stackexchange.com/users/79477/"
] | I believe that Raymond is Katarina Rostova, Liz's mother. I don't want it to be true, but the following points support this theory:
* He is not the real Raymond as seen in the show.
* Raymond changed his identity using the surgent show in the previous seasons.
* Katarina is still a mystery.
* It makes sense that Raymo... | As far as I have seen (Just started S07), no one has bothered to do a DNA comparison between Jennifer and Elizabeth, which would be an easy way to confirm blood relation. If they aren't related (Reddington isn't the father of both) then it could be inferred that Koslov assumed Reddington's Identity and fathered Jennife... |
89,179 | I am a grown-up man who has developed an interest in the art of cooking. I have been spending time in the kitchen with my wife and mother-in-law to learn their ways of cooking. Here are the questions I don't seem to be able to get definite answers from them.
**1. How do I ensure that a dish has the same consistent tas... | 2018/04/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/89179",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/66634/"
] | Perhaps you couldn't get definite answers because there aren't any...
1. You can't get a consistent taste every time: your basic ingredients won't be the same (different stage of development for vegetables, possibly different varieties, not always the same freshness, etc.), and neither will the fresh spices like ginge... | It's all a question of experience; you can't do a recipe for the first time and have it taste the same as someone who's done it hundred of times, especially if there are no written recipes.
I suggest 2 things:
1. Get a proper simple recipe with a good ingredients (spices) list; try it as is; taste it, try to describ... |
89,179 | I am a grown-up man who has developed an interest in the art of cooking. I have been spending time in the kitchen with my wife and mother-in-law to learn their ways of cooking. Here are the questions I don't seem to be able to get definite answers from them.
**1. How do I ensure that a dish has the same consistent tas... | 2018/04/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/89179",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/66634/"
] | Perhaps you couldn't get definite answers because there aren't any...
1. You can't get a consistent taste every time: your basic ingredients won't be the same (different stage of development for vegetables, possibly different varieties, not always the same freshness, etc.), and neither will the fresh spices like ginge... | (perspective of a non-indian indian cooking enthusiast)
"Adding everything from the dabba" makes more sense than it appears to make, unless we are looking at a large dabba with many optional things that are really specific to some preparations (eg black pepper, kasoori methi, methi seeds, very mild or hot additional p... |
89,179 | I am a grown-up man who has developed an interest in the art of cooking. I have been spending time in the kitchen with my wife and mother-in-law to learn their ways of cooking. Here are the questions I don't seem to be able to get definite answers from them.
**1. How do I ensure that a dish has the same consistent tas... | 2018/04/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/89179",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/66634/"
] | Perhaps you couldn't get definite answers because there aren't any...
1. You can't get a consistent taste every time: your basic ingredients won't be the same (different stage of development for vegetables, possibly different varieties, not always the same freshness, etc.), and neither will the fresh spices like ginge... | Almost all food, especially Indian food are different. You're correct in saying "it's an art not a science" Try to get the basics of Indian food and try more simple recipes and build up to how she cooks because she's more comfortable with the ingredients. |
89,179 | I am a grown-up man who has developed an interest in the art of cooking. I have been spending time in the kitchen with my wife and mother-in-law to learn their ways of cooking. Here are the questions I don't seem to be able to get definite answers from them.
**1. How do I ensure that a dish has the same consistent tas... | 2018/04/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/89179",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/66634/"
] | Perhaps you couldn't get definite answers because there aren't any...
1. You can't get a consistent taste every time: your basic ingredients won't be the same (different stage of development for vegetables, possibly different varieties, not always the same freshness, etc.), and neither will the fresh spices like ginge... | Welcome to the world of cooking.
First of all, cooking is both a science and an art.
Secondly, as others have said, try some simple dishes before you jump in at the deep end, to really learn and understand how food behaves when it is being cooked.
And lastly, if you want to have a go at the food your wife & MIL make... |
1,156,330 | I am using LibreOffice Impress version 6.0.7.3. I can't find the setting for changing the aspect ratio.
---
I did find [an answer](https://askubuntu.com/questions/139053/how-to-change-a-libreoffice-impress-presentation-from-43-to-169-ratio) but the answers only address previous versions. It appears it was already cha... | 2019/07/06 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1156330",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/775505/"
] | You can find that dialog box under Slide-->Properties-->Page. | I found a **workaround** for now: You can manually add the corresponding dialog to the menu.
1. Open *Tools* > *Customize*
2. Stay in default tab "*Menus*", type in *Search*: format
3. Select *Format Page* in search result list and press Arrow right →
4. *Page Properties* will now appear in menu list on right (by defa... |
24,923 | The clutch of our 124 Scania stopped working properly with the "14 speed" syncromesh gearbox. The first time it happened, it ground instead of smoothly going into reverse (a non-syncro gear), to back out of the shed. When this happens, it's also hard to select a forward (syncro) gear. Pumping the clutch a few times see... | 2016/01/18 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/24923",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/14417/"
] | G'Day,
The fact that you HAVE to pump the pedal a few times makes me ALMOST certain that the 'ServoMaster' unit INSIDE of the Bell Housing is knackered.
At the release of the 4 Series in AUSTRALIA with our 'rather warm' climate, these units used to shit themselves even at as low as 20,000km.
The gearbox needs removal ... | Firstly, check for any signs of fluid leak (if you've not done so already) - has the level in the reservoir changed? (fluid leaks aren't always obvious, the level changing is the best indication)
How old is the truck, and when was the fluid last changed? It might be worth changing it anyway... The fact that you can c... |
4,057 | As a part of a discussion with my 'classical' friend, he insisted that making a a state machine for calculating the outcome of quantum computer is possible; so, simply calculate the outcomes of (known) algorithms on supercomputers and store their results in a Look-up table. (Something like storing the truth table).
... | 2018/08/20 | [
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] | Suppose that you have a quantum algorithm with $2^{60}$ possible inputs. Suppose also that it would take 1 nanosecond to run this on a supercomputer (which is unrealistically optimistic!). The total time required to run through all possible inputs would be 36.5 years.
Clearly it would be much better to just run the in... | For a specific quantum algorithm that uses 40 qubits, your friend makes a good point. One can just calculate the truth table (one might find this hard, but assume that one can) and use it as reference. Of course this starts to get ridiculous as you increase the number of qubits, not just because of the number of inputs... |
33,880 | gDEbugger states that OpenGL's program objects only occupy an insignificant amount of memory. How much is this actually? I don't know if the stuff I looked up in mesa is actually that I was looking for but it requires 16KB [Edit: false, confusing struct names, less than 1KB immediate, some further behind pointers] per ... | 2012/08/08 | [
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] | I'm new to this, but it would seem to me that if things aren't working, you should try something else. So maybe try a fewer colliders?
EDIT: You also might try using a fixed frame rate, like described here: <http://obviam.net/index.php/the-android-game-loop/> Maybe you can fix the framerate so it stays high
EDIT2: Ma... | I think Unity uses Box2d? IIRC from an old read box2d uses some sort of spatial trees so that inactive colliders should not consume much CPU power.
My guess is, check your draw calls which are very often the cause for lags on mobile, make the colliders invisible and see if it helps in your frame rate, good luck. |
33,880 | gDEbugger states that OpenGL's program objects only occupy an insignificant amount of memory. How much is this actually? I don't know if the stuff I looked up in mesa is actually that I was looking for but it requires 16KB [Edit: false, confusing struct names, less than 1KB immediate, some further behind pointers] per ... | 2012/08/08 | [
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] | Any time slowdown is an issue, the important thing to do is test and measure. There are a variety of tools available to do so, but even without a profiler you can do this simply by measuring the time different sections take via things like System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch (if using C#) or even the base unity Time informati... | I think Unity uses Box2d? IIRC from an old read box2d uses some sort of spatial trees so that inactive colliders should not consume much CPU power.
My guess is, check your draw calls which are very often the cause for lags on mobile, make the colliders invisible and see if it helps in your frame rate, good luck. |
75,774 | I'm currently learning Unity and working my way through a video game maths primer text book.
My goal is to create a racing game for WebGL (using Three.js and maybe Physic.js).
I'm well aware that the Unity program shields you from a lot of what's going on and a lot of the grunt work attached to developing even a simp... | 2014/05/29 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/75774",
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] | Speaking very broadly, there are two sorts of skills:
1. **"I can make this thing shiny by clicking that button."** This is Unity-domain knowledge; it's something you've learned about how to use Unity, and probably won't help you much when learning another system's interface. (While that other system is likely to have... | Yes. Learning algorithms is learning algorithms. Implementations may change, but you'll still understand the overall strategy.
However, it's also true that you'll be learning at a high level of abstraction. That means that moving around to other engines, or no engine, may require you to learn the finer details of the ... |
75,774 | I'm currently learning Unity and working my way through a video game maths primer text book.
My goal is to create a racing game for WebGL (using Three.js and maybe Physic.js).
I'm well aware that the Unity program shields you from a lot of what's going on and a lot of the grunt work attached to developing even a simp... | 2014/05/29 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/75774",
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] | Yes. Learning algorithms is learning algorithms. Implementations may change, but you'll still understand the overall strategy.
However, it's also true that you'll be learning at a high level of abstraction. That means that moving around to other engines, or no engine, may require you to learn the finer details of the ... | **It depends.**
There are aspects some aspects that can carry over, like the ability to design a coherent game that works. But that comes from learning to use any game engine/SDK.
But it all depends on:
-Your level of use
If you're borrowing scripts and only know for the most part things that are visual, its likel... |
75,774 | I'm currently learning Unity and working my way through a video game maths primer text book.
My goal is to create a racing game for WebGL (using Three.js and maybe Physic.js).
I'm well aware that the Unity program shields you from a lot of what's going on and a lot of the grunt work attached to developing even a simp... | 2014/05/29 | [
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/75774",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/users/26450/"
] | Speaking very broadly, there are two sorts of skills:
1. **"I can make this thing shiny by clicking that button."** This is Unity-domain knowledge; it's something you've learned about how to use Unity, and probably won't help you much when learning another system's interface. (While that other system is likely to have... | **It depends.**
There are aspects some aspects that can carry over, like the ability to design a coherent game that works. But that comes from learning to use any game engine/SDK.
But it all depends on:
-Your level of use
If you're borrowing scripts and only know for the most part things that are visual, its likel... |
173,191 | I am a newly joined intern at a company. Recently, I was tasked by my supervisor to discuss a matter with supervisors A,B, C and D from another department and get their opinions about it. I have not talked to supervisors A,B, C and D before.
I have 2 ways to deal with it, seeking your opinions on which approach is fea... | 2021/06/05 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/173191",
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] | I will base my answer on the assumption that your supervisor is preparing to do something later that will impact the work of A, B, C, and D, and is seeking for feedback in order to accommodate their needs in this upcoming solution.
Matching inputs with others'
============================
**allows for superior — and ... | 1. email the four of them individually. *Never* create email-group-threads, and never-ever if you are a junior.
2. Be absolutely specific. Hence, do not say
>
> Dear Steve, Bill has asked me to talk to you about the database. When do you have time?
>
>
>
say
>
> Dear Steve, Bill has asked me to talk to you abou... |
1,468,660 | I'm a math beginner. I am a self-learner. A while ago, I finished reading “How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition” by Daniel J. Velleman.
Now, I want to learn Gödel's incompleteness theorem to avoid making the same mistakes made in the past by others.
Where do I find the best learning material for Gödel'... | 2015/10/07 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1468660",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You can see [Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems](http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/).
Two good books are :
* Torkel Franzén, [Gödel's theorem : An incomplete guide to its use and abuse](https://books.google.it/books?id=71pK8Zz9Dd8C) (2005)
* Peter Smith, [An Introduction to Gödel's Theorems](https:... | I learned Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem in high school in the 1980's from two books,
*The Lady or the Tiger* by Raymond Smullyan [http://www.amazon.com/THE-LADY-OR-TIGER/dp/0394514661](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0394514661) and
*Gödel, Escher, and Bach* by Douglas Hofstadter [http://www.amazon.com/G%... |
3,704,980 | I have written an artifical neural network (ANN) implementation for myself (it was fun). I am thinking now about where can I use it.
What are the key areas in the real world, where ANN is being used? | 2010/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3704980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | ANNs are an example of a "learning" system, one that "trains" on input data (in some domain) in order to effectively classify (unseen) data in that domain. They've been used for everything from character recognition to computer games and beyond.
If you're trying to find a domain, pick some topic or field that interest... | Most often for classifying noisy inputs into fixed categories, like handwritten letters into their equivalent character, spoken voice into phonemes, or noisy sensor readings into a set of fixed values. Usually, the set of categories is small (23 letters, couple of dozen phonemes, etc.)
Others will point out how all th... |
3,704,980 | I have written an artifical neural network (ANN) implementation for myself (it was fun). I am thinking now about where can I use it.
What are the key areas in the real world, where ANN is being used? | 2010/09/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3704980",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/341275/"
] | ANNs are an example of a "learning" system, one that "trains" on input data (in some domain) in order to effectively classify (unseen) data in that domain. They've been used for everything from character recognition to computer games and beyond.
If you're trying to find a domain, pick some topic or field that interest... | I once wrote an ANN to predict the stock market. It succeeded with about 80% accuracy.
The cue here was to first get hold of a couple of million rows of real stock data. I used this data to train the network and prime it for real data. There were about 8-10 input variables and a single output value that would indicat... |
34,485 | I've seen on the iPhone version of Coin Dozer, it is possible to change the 4 stars into 5 stars (meaning you can use coins quicker).
Is this possible on Android? And if so how do I unlock it? | 2011/11/08 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/34485",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6738/"
] | I think you can safely say the answer is no. There is no information on the internet to support an increase in stars at any level.
From personal experience, I have played the game to a near 100 level and have had thousands of coins and the number of coins available to drop at one time has not changed. | I'm at 8000 coins on android and level 192, so no. |
34,485 | I've seen on the iPhone version of Coin Dozer, it is possible to change the 4 stars into 5 stars (meaning you can use coins quicker).
Is this possible on Android? And if so how do I unlock it? | 2011/11/08 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/34485",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/6738/"
] | It is possible on Android. These screenshots were taken this morning from my S3.
When below 50 coins, only 4 stars are available:
But when you have 50 or more coins, 5 stars are available:. The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
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] | The [*flesh to stone*](http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/fleshToStone.html) spell notes that: "If the statue resulting from this spell is broken or damaged, the subject (if ever returned to its original state) has similar damage or deformities." So breaking your hydra statue into a flower bed will certainly kil... | The Flower Hydra Stone would turn into a horrible mess of meat and blood, and **very** likely **dead** once you cast *stone to flesh* again.
So, **no regeneration possible** once you are dead. |
73,414 | So, I'm trying to make a fast food/business wizard (McCaster's Burgers). The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | The Flower Hydra Stone would turn into a horrible mess of meat and blood, and **very** likely **dead** once you cast *stone to flesh* again.
So, **no regeneration possible** once you are dead. | **This is using D&D 3.5 as the reference**
It also isn't clear how you would transmute the stone hydra into a flower bed. You may intend to use [Polymorph Any Object](http://tabletopsrd.com/dnd3.5/spells/polymorph-any-object), but that has a duration and high difficult attached to it. Furthermore, cutting a flower wou... |
73,414 | So, I'm trying to make a fast food/business wizard (McCaster's Burgers). The idea being that I capture a Hydra and preserve it with *flesh to stone*. Whenever I need more meat for the Big Cast Burger, I would cast *stone to flesh* on the Hydra, cut off a head, let it regrow and then re-stone it to preserve the freshnes... | 2016/01/19 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/73414",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/21341/"
] | The Flower Hydra Stone would turn into a horrible mess of meat and blood, and **very** likely **dead** once you cast *stone to flesh* again.
So, **no regeneration possible** once you are dead. | This should work fine in both 3.5 and Pathfinder (the spells are functionally the same and there's no polymorph subschool stuff going on), as long as you use the second listed power of the *Stone to Flesh* spell. The key issue there is to track the location of the hydra's soul, as
>
> Such flesh is inert and lacking... |
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