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26,580 | I need help.
My portable hdd can be plugged into my new ASUS N43J laptop in WINDOWS 7 from any of the 3 USB ports.
In Ubuntu, it only works with 1 port.
using 10.04 64bit.
Please advise.
Edit:
=====
I just realised that the port is usb3.0. Sorry for my ignorance. HOw do i get my Western Digital hdd to work in usb... | 2011/02/16 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/26580",
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] | I dont have a solution to your problem, but I guess you have one usb2 port and 2 usb3 ports. So your HDD is only working with the usb2 port. I have the same problem, and are looking for a solution.
Here is one solution: <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1642641>, to upgrade the kernel, but that did not work fo... | I recall having this problem and I had to install the xhci (I belive it is called: extended host controller interface or something) driver. Sorry to not fill in the rest of this answer, but perhaps google will save you. |
54,794,160 | In java servlet, whenever we create Servlet class by extending the **GenericServlet** class then session management is not possible.
So I am interested to know the same | 2019/02/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/54794160",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5096847/"
] | [HTTP Session](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_(computer_science)) is a HTTP specific thing. The generic Servlet has no idea of HTTP concepts, only the HTTPServlet does.
As to your next question: "When do you need GenericServlet?" the answer is [never](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19254670/when-to-use-gen... | **There are no protocol-specific features in GenericServlet, which is an implementation of the basic, general purpose Servlet interface. Servlet-based Sessions are designed only for interactions using the HTTP protocol, which has two key features necessary for a Servlet Container to simulate continuous user Sessions: c... |
5,617 | I've just bought a female kitten (8.5 weeks old) and although she is litter trained (apart from a couple of accidents), whenever she is using her litter tray she chews on the litter. I presume she swallows some, although I think it is small amounts. I have tried to discourage this by carefully removing the litter from ... | 2014/06/30 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/5617",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
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] | It could be one of several things:
1) a kooky kitten phase
2) a sign of some lack of nutrients (trying to get them from clay)
I'd discuss it with your vet as different things could be going on.
You can try changing the litter to something slightly better to eat (wheat, note wheat isn't actually "good" for cats but i... | Go to vet as soon as possible. I just lost my kitten after he ate litter. It clumps up, blocks the digestive tract. He stopped eating, had diarrhea and died. You can't do anything to save them, if not treated right away. |
5,617 | I've just bought a female kitten (8.5 weeks old) and although she is litter trained (apart from a couple of accidents), whenever she is using her litter tray she chews on the litter. I presume she swallows some, although I think it is small amounts. I have tried to discourage this by carefully removing the litter from ... | 2014/06/30 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/5617",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com",
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/users/2569/"
] | Kittens are like small human children and will put everything in their mouths to learn more about the world. Unfortunately (much to our distaste), this includes litter. Your house should be kitten-proofed for her safety, to ensure that she does not eat anything harmful, especially string items (hair ribbons, electrical... | Go to vet as soon as possible. I just lost my kitten after he ate litter. It clumps up, blocks the digestive tract. He stopped eating, had diarrhea and died. You can't do anything to save them, if not treated right away. |
289,275 | Sometimes when someone calls you، you need to end the call because there are no further things to talk about. As you have not initiated the call you expect the other party to end it. But sometimes they don't. How do end the call in such a situation?
Could you provide me with some saying, expressions or common sentence... | 2021/06/18 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/289275",
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] | There's nothing wrong with using *of* twice, in nested preposition phrases.
(What does *bind the vine* mean?) | Short answer. Yes, because you are identifying the chartacteristics of two subsets.
Species and Protuberant plants. It gets repetitive if used more then twice though:
"...stalks of two species of protuberous plants of the deciduous family of the Neolithic era..."
:Prince Dudley of Whoville, Earl of Grinchland, Duke ... |
28,419 | Due to an injury to my right knee, it precludes me from activities such as running and jogging as it places considerable strain and intensity which results in pains.
Since i have gained weight since the accident, i am attempting to lose fat by increasing my heart rate using squats and walking lunges with weights foll... | 2015/12/26 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/28419",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
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] | Yes they can, I even would recommend doing them as a circle and shortening the rest period. ex. One set squat one set push ups one set lunges - rest 60secs and repeat. You might want to have a look at barbell complexes in addition for some more combination ideas... ex: <https://www.t-nation.com/training/screw-cardio-fo... | The short answer to your question is Yes. However, having said that, it's a little more complicated than just substituting an exercise. You'll need to determine your [target heart rate](http://www.hanford.gov/health/?page=112) for an effective fat burning workout. And since [muscle burns more calories than fat](http://... |
859 | What's a reasonable amount of time to expect a client to respond to an applicant before you retract an application for unresponsiveness? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/questions/859",
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com",
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] | This is effectively how an agency works. They charge an external rate to their clients, which translates into a (usually different) internal rate depending upon the salary/rate being paid to the individual(s) performing the service.
You are perfectly within your rights to charge a set fee to your clients and then sub... | I'll just provide a contracting model to this scenario. My view is my clients are paying for my time, and I don't want to add complexity to the equation, so I don't subcontract at all. I'd handle this by introducing another (perhaps junior) contractor to the client.
When I'm needed to supervise the 'subcontractor', I... |
859 | What's a reasonable amount of time to expect a client to respond to an applicant before you retract an application for unresponsiveness? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/questions/859",
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] | Well there are 2 scenarios that I am aware of.
Large companies charge support A LOT meaning that 1 annual contract allow them to cover yearly costs of the project. But those are large companies.
I personally charge my regular work hours + 50%. For example, a client and myself reach a retainer agreement where I prom... | This is effectively how an agency works. They charge an external rate to their clients, which translates into a (usually different) internal rate depending upon the salary/rate being paid to the individual(s) performing the service.
You are perfectly within your rights to charge a set fee to your clients and then sub... |
859 | What's a reasonable amount of time to expect a client to respond to an applicant before you retract an application for unresponsiveness? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/questions/859",
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] | This is effectively how an agency works. They charge an external rate to their clients, which translates into a (usually different) internal rate depending upon the salary/rate being paid to the individual(s) performing the service.
You are perfectly within your rights to charge a set fee to your clients and then sub... | Yes. If your time is worth $x per hour, that's what your time is worth.
Also makes invoicing easier.
I think if you're tempted to charge a different rate for a different service, maybe you're in the wrong business? Generally speaking, I think it's better to specialize. If you have different rates for different thing... |
859 | What's a reasonable amount of time to expect a client to respond to an applicant before you retract an application for unresponsiveness? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/questions/859",
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com",
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/users/940/"
] | Well there are 2 scenarios that I am aware of.
Large companies charge support A LOT meaning that 1 annual contract allow them to cover yearly costs of the project. But those are large companies.
I personally charge my regular work hours + 50%. For example, a client and myself reach a retainer agreement where I prom... | I'll just provide a contracting model to this scenario. My view is my clients are paying for my time, and I don't want to add complexity to the equation, so I don't subcontract at all. I'd handle this by introducing another (perhaps junior) contractor to the client.
When I'm needed to supervise the 'subcontractor', I... |
859 | What's a reasonable amount of time to expect a client to respond to an applicant before you retract an application for unresponsiveness? | 2013/10/08 | [
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/questions/859",
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com",
"https://freelancing.stackexchange.com/users/940/"
] | Well there are 2 scenarios that I am aware of.
Large companies charge support A LOT meaning that 1 annual contract allow them to cover yearly costs of the project. But those are large companies.
I personally charge my regular work hours + 50%. For example, a client and myself reach a retainer agreement where I prom... | Yes. If your time is worth $x per hour, that's what your time is worth.
Also makes invoicing easier.
I think if you're tempted to charge a different rate for a different service, maybe you're in the wrong business? Generally speaking, I think it's better to specialize. If you have different rates for different thing... |
407,245 | I don't understand this meme. What does "boi" mean in this context?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQAdg.jpg) | 2017/08/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/407245",
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] | The word "boi" is part of the modern vernacular. It can mean many things depending on the audience or speaker, but it is often accompanied by a hand gesture similar to the second image in the meme above.
The term is used as an exclamation, a term of derision, or as a variant of the word boy, adopted by a special inte... | When used it means "seriously" or "are you kidding me" people say it when someone else does something that they think is stupid |
407,245 | I don't understand this meme. What does "boi" mean in this context?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQAdg.jpg) | 2017/08/24 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/407245",
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] | The word "boi" is part of the modern vernacular. It can mean many things depending on the audience or speaker, but it is often accompanied by a hand gesture similar to the second image in the meme above.
The term is used as an exclamation, a term of derision, or as a variant of the word boy, adopted by a special inte... | As a fan of memes, I can help.
When someone says 'boi', they usually say it instead of something like 'Fam, are you kidding me?'. It's meant to imply severe disbelief at something which someone has said and is frequently accompanied by hand gestures (as shown in the meme). |
31,255 | I just bought this plant but I don't know its name nor how to care for it.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bjFsg.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AIYO0.jpg) | 2017/03/21 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/31255",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/16887/"
] | Probably a variety of *Euphorbia milii* or [crown of thorns plant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_milii). Care is easy, just give it a little water now and again and avoid getting it wet. It is native to Madagascar, so will prefer warm conditions. The flower colour is quite variable. | Yes this is clearly the succulent **Euphorbia Milii**.
From what I know this is a strong plant. The most important thing for it to thrive is to have long hours of **direct sun**. Behind a window would be OK, and maybe even better outside during summer. |
23,763,197 | I'm writing relatively small, but not simple networking library which is going to be used at least from C,java,python,ruby and C#. Is there a way to make go bindings to the other languages the way in can be done form C? If not is there other way? | 2014/05/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/23763197",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1215031/"
] | Right now, you can't write libraries in Go that can be used in other languages. Go has a runtime environment that does a lot of things (like sheduling go-routines, collecting garbage) for you. This runtime environment is written under the assumption that it controls the whole program. This assumption does not hold if G... | I imagine that a JSON service would do what you describe.
Have a look at [the json test](http://www.jsontest.com/) for a simple example
It wouldnt matter what languages you used to set and get data from your app |
202,082 | After embracing the whole SOA thing, I've found that I'm gradually drowning in a sea of web.config and app.config files.
As an example, one system has 2 services that it interacts with. Each service has 3 config files - one for dev, one for staging and one for production. That's 6 config files. Then each application ... | 2013/06/20 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/202082",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/44081/"
] | You could put the config into code instead and set different values for the environments that depend on a registry key (or something) that is set globally on each environment's servers.
Migrating the settings from the config files to code is pretty easy (at leats I started writing WCF services using all-code configura... | I used web.config transformation feature. [More information here.][1]
[Link](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/web-deployment-web-config-transformation/)
You may also modify your settings programatically per environment after reading the settings from the config file. |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | They Do
=======
The previous answers have already pointed out that spears are indeed used in the show. The same is true of the comic books. I won't explain what's going on here, because it would be an enormous spoiler, but the image conveys all the necessary information pretty well.
.
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | They Do
=======
The previous answers have already pointed out that spears are indeed used in the show. The same is true of the comic books. I won't explain what's going on here, because it would be an enormous spoiler, but the image conveys all the necessary information pretty well.
![enter image description here](ht... | One of the reasons they don't use spears is the "what if I miss" contingency is non-existent. Imagine, if you will, that you are holding one of the poles in this fence. If you remember, this particular walker impaled itself and kept walking (only stopped by the density of other spears).
.
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | The reason is explained in the 1930 book *"All Quiet on the Western Front"*:
>
> They never taught us anything really useful... like how to light a cigarette in the wind or make a fire out of wet wood... or bayonet a man in the belly instead of the ribs where it gets jammed.
>
>
>
The 1979 movie goes even a littl... | I have asked myself over and over why they wouldn't use spears to clear walkers off the walls. One person standing in a safe location could clear hundreds of dead on their own. The horde at Alexandria should all have been dead in hours of arriving. So the only answer is that it would be too easy. If they cleared all th... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | The big problem is that you can't kill a zombie effectively with a spear. While stabbing a living creature with a spear will cause organs to rupture and the creature to bleed out, this will not kill a zombie. Sure, you can try and stab a zombie in the head, but this is rather difficult while maintaining your distance a... | This is a good question.
Spears are the weapon of choice (still) on dangerous, shifty game that lives in terrain that offers close concealment. In particular, spears are preferred with jaguars where a missed rifle shot leaves no time to line up a second shot -- even more true for a pistol of sufficient stopping power ... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | They do.
In season 4 (when they're in the prison), spears (or at least long(ish) pointy things) are used to spike walkers through the fence.
Remember, a spear doesn't need to be thrown to be an effective weapon. | This is a good question.
Spears are the weapon of choice (still) on dangerous, shifty game that lives in terrain that offers close concealment. In particular, spears are preferred with jaguars where a missed rifle shot leaves no time to line up a second shot -- even more true for a pistol of sufficient stopping power ... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | Spears, poleaxes, shields, formations! This takes time to train properly and only works against fixed formations of combatants. So if you assume that the zombies march in formation against Rick and Co problem solved. Assuming also that Rick and Co have had time to train spear & shield and formations. And assuming that ... | This is a good question.
Spears are the weapon of choice (still) on dangerous, shifty game that lives in terrain that offers close concealment. In particular, spears are preferred with jaguars where a missed rifle shot leaves no time to line up a second shot -- even more true for a pistol of sufficient stopping power ... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | The big problem is that you can't kill a zombie effectively with a spear. While stabbing a living creature with a spear will cause organs to rupture and the creature to bleed out, this will not kill a zombie. Sure, you can try and stab a zombie in the head, but this is rather difficult while maintaining your distance a... | In my opinion, the answer can be found in their psyche.
During the first years, the survivors didn't have enough experiance with spears.
Later they just started to like close and more personal dealing with "problems".
It makes them feel alive... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | There are a lot of good answers to this question already, but I'd like to add one detail: spears are NOT easy to use effectively. Assuming your only valid target is a zombie's brain (via the weak points in the skull, like the temple, eye socket or hard palate) this is very difficult to hit with a stabbing motion from 4... | In my opinion, the answer can be found in their psyche.
During the first years, the survivors didn't have enough experiance with spears.
Later they just started to like close and more personal dealing with "problems".
It makes them feel alive... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | Spears, poleaxes, shields, formations! This takes time to train properly and only works against fixed formations of combatants. So if you assume that the zombies march in formation against Rick and Co problem solved. Assuming also that Rick and Co have had time to train spear & shield and formations. And assuming that ... | I have asked myself over and over why they wouldn't use spears to clear walkers off the walls. One person standing in a safe location could clear hundreds of dead on their own. The horde at Alexandria should all have been dead in hours of arriving. So the only answer is that it would be too easy. If they cleared all th... |
93,586 | In the Walking Dead, a wide variety of both ranged and melee weapons are shown to be used. Drawbacks of either are noted and sometimes influence the plot (guns running out of bullets, risking bites when fighting walkers hand to hand).
It seems like a spear would be an ideal weapon in this universe:
* Can safely strik... | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/93586",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/21204/"
] | One of the reasons they don't use spears is the "what if I miss" contingency is non-existent. Imagine, if you will, that you are holding one of the poles in this fence. If you remember, this particular walker impaled itself and kept walking (only stopped by the density of other spears).
![Impaled Zombie](https://i.sta... | In my opinion, the answer can be found in their psyche.
During the first years, the survivors didn't have enough experiance with spears.
Later they just started to like close and more personal dealing with "problems".
It makes them feel alive... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | This is a list of some of the themes that emerged from this question and its answers. Please note that this list was compiled by Philippe, and I'm posting it so that we can pin it to the top for visibility. If you have questions or suggested additions or changes, he's the guy you want to quibble with.
Themes that emer... | I thought a bit more about it and think I have discovered another angle to look at for the whole Article idea and I think it deserves its own answer.
One could surely just downsize Articles, remove the focus on how-to-guides and knowledge articles and just let the sponsoring companies post a mix of announcements, blog... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | Your intended use cases as how-to-guide, tutorial, knowledge article, white-paper, handbook, .. do sound plausible to me if your goal was to build a library of knowledge like Wikipedia. I would say let's try it out (here or elsewhere), but:
* Don't forget that this is and has always been a collaborative effort. Theref... | Let me answer your "What have we missed" question in detail, specifically regarding the part where you want to "[allow] community members to draft and submit articles for inclusion in a collective" in a future release:
As a preface, you were not around for the SO Docs project. You probably already found this out from ... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | I'll answer your question with a question: what does Stack Overflow want articles to be?
Are they supposed to become Documentation revamped, now curated by the owner of a tech stack? Why would an organization opt to recreate their knowledge base on Stack Overflow, as opposed to, say, their own documentation site?
I m... | Before drafting guidelines for articles... we kind of need to know where they fit within the Q&A structure. Why do they exist, what problem are they meant to solve, who are they meant to help, and if they *don't* fit within the Q&A structure, maybe the guidelines shouldn't pigeonhole it into being solutions in search o... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | As a veteran of the [Documentation debacle](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/354217/2370483), I'm not sure SO ever solved one of the key problems that plagued that project: minimal standards.
We struggle with that in Q&A enough as it is. Some folks see some topics as "too simple" and prefer only "advanced" or practica... | My big question is what content articles should contain (since many companies already have official documentation pages and/or company blogs and there's already a lot of content on the main Q&A site).
One part of this is that we need to decide what topics are acceptable to post about. I already [proposed](https://meta... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | I'm a bit outside the SOverse - but I think the core problem here is something that plagues tech generally - we have great solutions, that sometimes look for a problem.
So for articles - I'd ask myself two things, when and how they can do 'better' than conventional Q&A and how *best* to have the strengths of the two m... | I thought a bit more about it and think I have discovered another angle to look at for the whole Article idea and I think it deserves its own answer.
One could surely just downsize Articles, remove the focus on how-to-guides and knowledge articles and just let the sponsoring companies post a mix of announcements, blog... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | I'll answer your question with a question: what does Stack Overflow want articles to be?
Are they supposed to become Documentation revamped, now curated by the owner of a tech stack? Why would an organization opt to recreate their knowledge base on Stack Overflow, as opposed to, say, their own documentation site?
I m... | ### Owned content versus community moderation?!
Community contributions was mention the question, and this got me thinking about the broader topic or problem of owned content versus community moderation (or community ownership).
Stack Overflow is built on community moderation. The community writes posts, edits posts,... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | I'll answer your question with a question: what does Stack Overflow want articles to be?
Are they supposed to become Documentation revamped, now curated by the owner of a tech stack? Why would an organization opt to recreate their knowledge base on Stack Overflow, as opposed to, say, their own documentation site?
I m... | My big question is what content articles should contain (since many companies already have official documentation pages and/or company blogs and there's already a lot of content on the main Q&A site).
One part of this is that we need to decide what topics are acceptable to post about. I already [proposed](https://meta... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | Your intended use cases as how-to-guide, tutorial, knowledge article, white-paper, handbook, .. do sound plausible to me if your goal was to build a library of knowledge like Wikipedia. I would say let's try it out (here or elsewhere), but:
* Don't forget that this is and has always been a collaborative effort. Theref... | I thought a bit more about it and think I have discovered another angle to look at for the whole Article idea and I think it deserves its own answer.
One could surely just downsize Articles, remove the focus on how-to-guides and knowledge articles and just let the sponsoring companies post a mix of announcements, blog... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | I'll answer your question with a question: what does Stack Overflow want articles to be?
Are they supposed to become Documentation revamped, now curated by the owner of a tech stack? Why would an organization opt to recreate their knowledge base on Stack Overflow, as opposed to, say, their own documentation site?
I m... | I'm a bit outside the SOverse - but I think the core problem here is something that plagues tech generally - we have great solutions, that sometimes look for a problem.
So for articles - I'd ask myself two things, when and how they can do 'better' than conventional Q&A and how *best* to have the strengths of the two m... |
412,005 | *Note: This is the first in a series of questions about Articles in Collectives.*
About Articles on Collectives
-----------------------------
When we introduced Collectives on Stack Overflow, we also introduced a new content type: Articles. At the time, we made a calculated decision to not drop a set of guidelines fo... | 2021/10/05 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/412005",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/15111177/"
] | >
> What have we missed?
>
>
>
An answer to this question: **why are we doing this?**
Stack Exchange in scope and in context, is a Q&A platform. The platform's bread and butter has always been Q&A. Adding this to a platform that is traditionally Q&A should also mean that there are some strong and easily identifia... | Your intended use cases as how-to-guide, tutorial, knowledge article, white-paper, handbook, .. do sound plausible to me if your goal was to build a library of knowledge like Wikipedia. I would say let's try it out (here or elsewhere), but:
* Don't forget that this is and has always been a collaborative effort. Theref... |
32,035 | Are there any instances of Lord Vishnu or any of his avatars speaking in favour of either conduct-based or birth-based varna? | 2019/01/20 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/32035",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/14903/"
] | Lord Vishnu in the form of Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita:
>
> मां हि पार्थ ब्यापाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः।स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रासतेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम्॥
>
>
> **English Translation**: For finding refuge in Me, O Arjuna, even those who maybe of sinful birth, women, Vaishyas and similarly Shudras, even ... | Yes, according to the *Vishnu Smriti*:
>
> Viṣṇu (16.1).—‘On women equal in caste to their husbands, sons are
> begotten who are equal in caste to their fathers.’
>
>
> |
415,452 | What would be a set of nifty preprocessor hacks (ANSI C89/ISO C90 compatible) which enable some kind of ugly (but usable) object-orientation in C?
I am familiar with a few different object-oriented languages, so please don't respond with answers like "Learn C++!". I have read "[Object-Oriented Programming With ANSI C]... | 2009/01/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/415452",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Slightly off-topic, but the original C++ compiler, [Cfront](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfront), compiled C++ to C and then to assembler.
Preserved [here](http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/c_plus_plus/cfront). | You can try out [COOP](https://github.com/ShmuelFine/COOP), a programmer-friendly framework for OOP in C, features Classes, Exceptions, Polymorphism, and Memory Management (important for Embedded code). It's a relatively lightweight syntax, see the [tutorial in the Wiki](https://github.com/ShmuelFine/COOP/wiki) there. |
23,690 | Basically, I'm doing some recording in sound forge pro 10. I have 4 channels, 2 of which have the backing track on and the other 2 are to be recorded on. Is there any way that I can play the backing track whilst I am recording to the other 2 channels? I can select play, but then the record button becomes deactivated.
... | 2012/06/29 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/23690",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Sound Forge doesn't have that option, as I recall. You should use an application designed for multitrack recording, rather than a wave editor. My advice is to use, if you are amateur in audio production, [Cockos Reaper](http://reaper.fm). Very small by size but it's very effective. If you have some experience in audio ... | If you do 5.1 channel audio in sound forge instead of 2 channel, you can use each channel as a multitrack recorder of sorts. |
161,487 | Spoiler kinda....a few months ago we got season plot leak:
>
> A dragon gets turned by the nights king.
>
>
>
We also have the prophecy that the dragon has three heads, which to some are Dany, Jon and Tyrion..... So wouldn't that change to Dany Jon and NIGHTS KING. But if the NK controls the dragon wouldn't that... | 2017/06/11 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/161487",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84668/"
] | ### Official Stance
As already mentioned, the official and canon answer to this is, "*We do not know yet*". However, it can be speculated that the NK is not a Targaryen.
### Flawed Premsie: Targaryen identity
Controlling a dragon doesn't make you a Targaryen. There are non-Targaryen dragonriders historically such as... | No on both counts. In the show, they show how he was made and he was of the First Men, pre-dating the Targaryens by thousands of years.
In the books, he's rumored (by Old Nan) to be a Stark.
Sorry, I don't have quotes handy, I'll try and add them later except I imagine @Aegon will be along shortly to provide a full... |
161,487 | Spoiler kinda....a few months ago we got season plot leak:
>
> A dragon gets turned by the nights king.
>
>
>
We also have the prophecy that the dragon has three heads, which to some are Dany, Jon and Tyrion..... So wouldn't that change to Dany Jon and NIGHTS KING. But if the NK controls the dragon wouldn't that... | 2017/06/11 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/161487",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/84668/"
] | ### Official Stance
As already mentioned, the official and canon answer to this is, "*We do not know yet*". However, it can be speculated that the NK is not a Targaryen.
### Flawed Premsie: Targaryen identity
Controlling a dragon doesn't make you a Targaryen. There are non-Targaryen dragonriders historically such as... | I actually think Pauls answer is most likely, but the correct answer has to be we don't know and Martin isn't [telling](http://observationdeck.kinja.com/ser-george-rr-martin-makes-a-ruling-on-the-nights-king-1710151932)
Martin hints the Night's King died long ago (but he doesn't say that, just that it's likely)
It's ... |
1,066,243 | Is there a way to install Ubuntu on laptop equipped only With DOS without the aid of a bootable drive, or CD ? (I already have the ISO file on my other laptop) | 2018/08/17 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1066243",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/861213/"
] | Installing Ubuntu on a laptop is independent of what is installed in its internal drive. The internal drive can be completely empty.
If the internal drive is empty or DOS is installed you need another computer to make a DVD disk, USB pendrive or memory card bootable with a live Ubuntu system.
Most tools to make a liv... | There are a couple ways that you can accomplish this **without the aid of a bootable drive, or CD in your laptop**, all of which require you to have access to another more current system. If the system you have has USB ports and the ability to boot from them via BIOS setting or has an optical drive you can use one of t... |
14,548,810 | I would like to have students send me some Stata (`.do`) code by sharing it with me on Google Docs.
**Is it possible to replace the shared with an updated version?**
I don't see any option to do that in the File menu, just renaming and editing the file description.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.img... | 2013/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14548810",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/635806/"
] | You can upload multiple versions of the same file. All the versions will be available for review later. To upload a new version, Just click on manage revisions (from where you are in your image) and a dialog will appear. Click on "upload new revision" and navigate to your updated file. | I believe gmail now let's you attach/share updated files to email via Google Drive, and it always keeps the most up-to-date version available. So you can simply update your .do file on your desktop, keep the updated version on your Google Drive, and your students should get them.
<http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/11... |
14,548,810 | I would like to have students send me some Stata (`.do`) code by sharing it with me on Google Docs.
**Is it possible to replace the shared with an updated version?**
I don't see any option to do that in the File menu, just renaming and editing the file description.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.img... | 2013/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14548810",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/635806/"
] | I believe gmail now let's you attach/share updated files to email via Google Drive, and it always keeps the most up-to-date version available. So you can simply update your .do file on your desktop, keep the updated version on your Google Drive, and your students should get them.
<http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2012/11... | You can also consider Google Code (<http://code.google.com>; if you have a gmail account, you also have the Code account, or at least you can transparently create one from the main Google account), and work with your code using the standard code sharing, development and maintenance tools like Mercurial and its various ... |
14,548,810 | I would like to have students send me some Stata (`.do`) code by sharing it with me on Google Docs.
**Is it possible to replace the shared with an updated version?**
I don't see any option to do that in the File menu, just renaming and editing the file description.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.img... | 2013/01/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14548810",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/635806/"
] | You can upload multiple versions of the same file. All the versions will be available for review later. To upload a new version, Just click on manage revisions (from where you are in your image) and a dialog will appear. Click on "upload new revision" and navigate to your updated file. | You can also consider Google Code (<http://code.google.com>; if you have a gmail account, you also have the Code account, or at least you can transparently create one from the main Google account), and work with your code using the standard code sharing, development and maintenance tools like Mercurial and its various ... |
29,760 | Vishnu as Shri Krishna, delivered Gita as the most hidden knowledge where the soul leaves the body & takes rebirth in a new body. On the other hand Buddha said, there is no soul, it's when the karma is exhausted, the living being is liberated from Samsara. Shri Krishna said only through bhakti one can be delivered and ... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/29760",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/13391/"
] | Well in Vedas, animal sacrifices are prescribed. But there came a time, when real purposes behind the sacrifices probably got forgotten and people started doing the rituals wrongly and were merely slaughtering animals for their own sake but the excuse was that since it is allowed in scriptures, so nothing wrong.
But i... | Actually there is no proper authoritative text which confirms that Budha is the incarnation of Vishnu. All re incarnation of Vishnu's have been to remove certain kingdom, group or persons (raxasas). swamis, sages and rushis should not be confused. The things written by rushis are authentic since one attains that title ... |
29,760 | Vishnu as Shri Krishna, delivered Gita as the most hidden knowledge where the soul leaves the body & takes rebirth in a new body. On the other hand Buddha said, there is no soul, it's when the karma is exhausted, the living being is liberated from Samsara. Shri Krishna said only through bhakti one can be delivered and ... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/29760",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/13391/"
] | Well in Vedas, animal sacrifices are prescribed. But there came a time, when real purposes behind the sacrifices probably got forgotten and people started doing the rituals wrongly and were merely slaughtering animals for their own sake but the excuse was that since it is allowed in scriptures, so nothing wrong.
But i... | [This page](http://www.harekrsna.com/philosophy/gss/sadhu/religions/buddhism.htm) attributed to ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada, explains why Vishnu reincarnated as Buddha, based on the Srimad Bhagavatham.
TL;DR version:
Vishnu reincarnated as Buddha to transcendentally cheat atheists into living a moral life and s... |
29,760 | Vishnu as Shri Krishna, delivered Gita as the most hidden knowledge where the soul leaves the body & takes rebirth in a new body. On the other hand Buddha said, there is no soul, it's when the karma is exhausted, the living being is liberated from Samsara. Shri Krishna said only through bhakti one can be delivered and ... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/29760",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/13391/"
] | Well in Vedas, animal sacrifices are prescribed. But there came a time, when real purposes behind the sacrifices probably got forgotten and people started doing the rituals wrongly and were merely slaughtering animals for their own sake but the excuse was that since it is allowed in scriptures, so nothing wrong.
But i... | Some claims particular incarnations of God appeared for deluding people! but I think the realized souls were all very respectful to Buddha--be it Ramakrishna, Ramana, Vivekananda or any other respected saint. i did not find a single word in any biography of our great saints condemning Buddha! As Rickross points out ver... |
29,760 | Vishnu as Shri Krishna, delivered Gita as the most hidden knowledge where the soul leaves the body & takes rebirth in a new body. On the other hand Buddha said, there is no soul, it's when the karma is exhausted, the living being is liberated from Samsara. Shri Krishna said only through bhakti one can be delivered and ... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/29760",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/13391/"
] | Some claims particular incarnations of God appeared for deluding people! but I think the realized souls were all very respectful to Buddha--be it Ramakrishna, Ramana, Vivekananda or any other respected saint. i did not find a single word in any biography of our great saints condemning Buddha! As Rickross points out ver... | Actually there is no proper authoritative text which confirms that Budha is the incarnation of Vishnu. All re incarnation of Vishnu's have been to remove certain kingdom, group or persons (raxasas). swamis, sages and rushis should not be confused. The things written by rushis are authentic since one attains that title ... |
29,760 | Vishnu as Shri Krishna, delivered Gita as the most hidden knowledge where the soul leaves the body & takes rebirth in a new body. On the other hand Buddha said, there is no soul, it's when the karma is exhausted, the living being is liberated from Samsara. Shri Krishna said only through bhakti one can be delivered and ... | 2018/11/02 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/29760",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/13391/"
] | Some claims particular incarnations of God appeared for deluding people! but I think the realized souls were all very respectful to Buddha--be it Ramakrishna, Ramana, Vivekananda or any other respected saint. i did not find a single word in any biography of our great saints condemning Buddha! As Rickross points out ver... | [This page](http://www.harekrsna.com/philosophy/gss/sadhu/religions/buddhism.htm) attributed to ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada, explains why Vishnu reincarnated as Buddha, based on the Srimad Bhagavatham.
TL;DR version:
Vishnu reincarnated as Buddha to transcendentally cheat atheists into living a moral life and s... |
52,451 | >
> One of the core beliefs of Judaism and Christianity is that God is
> omnipotent, able to do anything that is logically possible. But
> surprisingly, the Bible does not consistently support this idea ...
> there’s the following little-known Bible verse: *“And the Lord was with
> Judah; and he drave out the inha... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/52451",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/30387/"
] | >
> 1. וַיְהִי יְהוָה אֶתּ־יְהוּדָה
>
> And the LORD was with Judah
> 2. וַיֹרֶשׁ אֶת־הָהָר
>
> and he took possession of the hill [country]
> 3. ...כִּ֣י לֹא לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעֵמֶק
>
> but **he** could not drive out those living in the valley...
>
>
>
The pronoun "he" in the final line is of ... | I believe the English Expositor Adam Clarke clarifies this matter:
**[And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the
inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the
inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.]**
>
> "*Strange! were the iron chariots too strong for Omnipotence? The
> who... |
52,451 | >
> One of the core beliefs of Judaism and Christianity is that God is
> omnipotent, able to do anything that is logically possible. But
> surprisingly, the Bible does not consistently support this idea ...
> there’s the following little-known Bible verse: *“And the Lord was with
> Judah; and he drave out the inha... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/52451",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/30387/"
] | >
> 1. וַיְהִי יְהוָה אֶתּ־יְהוּדָה
>
> And the LORD was with Judah
> 2. וַיֹרֶשׁ אֶת־הָהָר
>
> and he took possession of the hill [country]
> 3. ...כִּ֣י לֹא לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי הָעֵמֶק
>
> but **he** could not drive out those living in the valley...
>
>
>
The pronoun "he" in the final line is of ... | Every translation I checked, like the top 30 or so say nothing like what the poster as stated here. Seems like a straw man.
"Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots." - Judges 1:19 |
52,451 | >
> One of the core beliefs of Judaism and Christianity is that God is
> omnipotent, able to do anything that is logically possible. But
> surprisingly, the Bible does not consistently support this idea ...
> there’s the following little-known Bible verse: *“And the Lord was with
> Judah; and he drave out the inha... | 2016/08/29 | [
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/52451",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com",
"https://christianity.stackexchange.com/users/30387/"
] | I believe the English Expositor Adam Clarke clarifies this matter:
**[And the Lord was with Judah, and he drave out the
inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the
inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.]**
>
> "*Strange! were the iron chariots too strong for Omnipotence? The
> who... | Every translation I checked, like the top 30 or so say nothing like what the poster as stated here. Seems like a straw man.
"Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots." - Judges 1:19 |
102,684 | Background :
I want to buy the full version of Cytus and Deemo games using my friend's credit card, so what I thought is he have to login using his google account and then after purchasing is complete, he logged out his account.
My question :
Is the purchase still saved on my device even if my friend account alread... | 2015/03/16 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/102684",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/98320/"
] | It seems the only option are third party apps. I found Informant, which is sort of like Pocket Informant (same dev), I used on my blackberry. It seems that stock apps for Android are becoming more and more featureless. I guess "they're" trying to promote using third party apps, I guess, I don't know. | * Open Calendar
* Click on List tab
* Find Event to copy, then press on it and hold until a popup window appears
* Choose Copy
Something similar can be done from the Month tab...
* Select the day of the event
* Find Event to copy just below the month calendar
* Press and hold until a popup window appears
* Choose Cop... |
1,030,227 | I want to show battery percentage on battery icon in the task bar.
Currently it appears this way.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EJsOw.png)
I cannot see charge left percentage unless I click or hover over the icon.
[![Hover over Battery icon in task bar]... | 2016/01/23 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1030227",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/42415/"
] | I developed a simple open-source alternative to solve this exact problem.
Percentage is downloadable from the GitHub repository at <https://github.com/kas/percentage>.
You can compile the application with Visual Studio or download the executable file from the releases tab in the GitHub repository page.
Here is what ... | This is not possible with the onboard tool in Windows10. But there is a 3rd party tool called [BatteryBar Pro](https://batterybarpro.com/) which displays an battery icon in the taskbar.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z4VjS.jpg) |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | In my experience, unsweetened baking chocolate can replace cocoa + oil at a ratio of 1 oz baking chocolate = 3 T cocoa powder + 1 T oil. I don't think this makes the result more brownie-like, but you do need to reduce the oil (or butter) in the cake to make up for the added oil from the baking chocolate.
If you use da... | Try using baking powder, baking soda, and buttermilk. The buttermilk's acidity along with its liquidity will enhance the reaction process with the rising agents producing the appropriate aeration for the cake. |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | Adding too much chocolate might be the cause....do use cocoa and chocolates at a balancing amount...(half of the chocolates and half of the cocoa)this works!!
And do not forget to use milk....this makes the cake moist...
And if you want it to be fluffy enough you might use bicarbonated soda!! This'll give good result!... | Try using baking powder, baking soda, and buttermilk. The buttermilk's acidity along with its liquidity will enhance the reaction process with the rising agents producing the appropriate aeration for the cake. |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | In my experience, unsweetened baking chocolate can replace cocoa + oil at a ratio of 1 oz baking chocolate = 3 T cocoa powder + 1 T oil. I don't think this makes the result more brownie-like, but you do need to reduce the oil (or butter) in the cake to make up for the added oil from the baking chocolate.
If you use da... | If you use cake flour and cocoa and cut down on the fats, the cake will be cakey instead of fudgy. If you wanted to make it have more chocolate flavor, there's actually something called chocolate extract which can enhance the chocolaty-ness (lol yeah huh) of the cake. |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | In my experience, unsweetened baking chocolate can replace cocoa + oil at a ratio of 1 oz baking chocolate = 3 T cocoa powder + 1 T oil. I don't think this makes the result more brownie-like, but you do need to reduce the oil (or butter) in the cake to make up for the added oil from the baking chocolate.
If you use da... | Try a recipe with cake flour and cocoa - if you want strong chocolate taste, try the Valrhona brand of cocoa. It is very aromatic and dark. |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | Adding too much chocolate might be the cause....do use cocoa and chocolates at a balancing amount...(half of the chocolates and half of the cocoa)this works!!
And do not forget to use milk....this makes the cake moist...
And if you want it to be fluffy enough you might use bicarbonated soda!! This'll give good result!... | If you use cake flour and cocoa and cut down on the fats, the cake will be cakey instead of fudgy. If you wanted to make it have more chocolate flavor, there's actually something called chocolate extract which can enhance the chocolaty-ness (lol yeah huh) of the cake. |
54,250 | I've been testing out cake recipes, and I'm having a bit of difficulty creating a chocolate cake that doesn't taste like a brownie.
What I want is a light, moist chocolate cake (doesn't everyone?), but the cake currently has the same texture and taste as a cakey brownie. I've tried aerating it more by beating the egg... | 2015/02/01 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/54250",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/28758/"
] | Adding too much chocolate might be the cause....do use cocoa and chocolates at a balancing amount...(half of the chocolates and half of the cocoa)this works!!
And do not forget to use milk....this makes the cake moist...
And if you want it to be fluffy enough you might use bicarbonated soda!! This'll give good result!... | Try a recipe with cake flour and cocoa - if you want strong chocolate taste, try the Valrhona brand of cocoa. It is very aromatic and dark. |
718 | Until recently, I had a late 80's Schwinn aluminum frame bike (now a thief has a 80's Schwinn aluminum frame bike, but that's another story). I had heard a number of horror stories about early aluminum frames--that the welds weren't properly done, or that the technology hadn't been perfected yet, that one should expect... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/718",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/311/"
] | I ride aluminum frames almost exclusively and have had no problem with them.
The welds are what tend to break first on most bike you hear these horror stories about, but this can happen with any sort of weld (though some forms of welding are more effective than others), so if a bike seems to be too good of a deal to h... | I know in BMX, aluminium frames are too soft. I had a frame and it was designed for racing but I used it for dirt. Did not take too long for the headset (was not setup loose) to ovalise due to it being not hard enough. I did bodge this with shimmys from coke cans for awhile.
It's also not a wise idea to put pegs on an ... |
718 | Until recently, I had a late 80's Schwinn aluminum frame bike (now a thief has a 80's Schwinn aluminum frame bike, but that's another story). I had heard a number of horror stories about early aluminum frames--that the welds weren't properly done, or that the technology hadn't been perfected yet, that one should expect... | 2010/09/06 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/718",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/311/"
] | I ride aluminum frames almost exclusively and have had no problem with them.
The welds are what tend to break first on most bike you hear these horror stories about, but this can happen with any sort of weld (though some forms of welding are more effective than others), so if a bike seems to be too good of a deal to h... | I ride a 1999 Specialized Allez Pro with an M4 aluminum frame. It's a great frame - light and extremely stiff. Apparently it's had some problems with cracks around the dropouts, but I've had zero problems with mine. I weigh 160 lbs FWIW.
You can see others' opinions on this bike over at roadbikereview: <http://www.roa... |
19,934,307 | I'm new to machine learning and want to implement the distance dependent Chinese Restaurant process in MATLAB for the clustering of audio tracks.
I'm looking to use the dd-CRP on 26 features. I'm guessing the process might go like this
* Read in 1st feature vector and assign it a "table"
* Read in 2nd feature vector ... | 2013/11/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19934307",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2984023/"
] | This is not a Chinese Restaurant Process. This is a heuristic algorithm which has some similarity to a Chinese Restaurant Process. In a CRP everything is phrased in terms of priors over the assignments of items to clusters (the tables analogy), and these are combined with a likelihood function for each cluster (which f... | You can use the `X-means` algorithm, which automatically determines the optimal number of centroids (and hence number of clusters) based on the Bayesian Information Criterion (or BIC). In short, the algorithm looks for how dense each cluster is, and how far is each cluster from the other. |
3,745,652 | what are the first steps for designing a database system for cms? can u please help me with it? i dont know how to start it. what should i do for the begining? | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3745652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/451907/"
] | Gather requirements. Write them down in plain English (or whatever human language you prefer). Be sure you have a clear understanding and definition of every item and action you write down.
Then identify data entities, relations between them, and processes that modify them.
Data entities become tables (with each row ... | Your best bet would be to download one of the FOSS CMSes out there, install it locally and analyze the database structure. I'm sure there are plenty of solutions out there, I'd use [Drupal](http://drupal.org) or [Joomla](http://www.joomla.org). These two will give you nice ideas. |
49,834,792 | I'm developing a **Client/Server applications** (C#, Winforms for GUI).
We have a module to perform tasks to import / export data from the database to other external sources. Activities are managed by users using any client station. The next step will be to allow the schedule to automatically execute tasks (eg, X start... | 2018/04/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/49834792",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7219468/"
] | You will need to compare between WCF and Web API and [Choosing which technology to use](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wcf/wcf-and-aspnet-web-api) according to your requirements.
If you just need HTTP only as transport protocols and Lightweight web-hosted services go with Web API.
And I will reco... | if this is an internal application and clients are using winforms, behind the scenes you can make gets/posts to web api endpoints -- this allows users to retrieve/export data without having to install database drivers
web api driven imo, not very familiar with windows services, but one of the benefits i'm seeing is th... |
1,561,486 | I want to upgrade my system from Windows 7 to Windows 8. However, I am currently using more than half of my disk space. I read that Windows will create a "Windows.old" folder with a full copy of your previous Windows installation. However, I am now already using at least 80% of my disk. Does the Windows.old folder copy... | 2020/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1561486",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1151610/"
] | Please read this: <https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-hearts-wsl-2/>
>
> We will replace the Hyper-V VM we currently use by a WSL 2 integration package. This package will provide the same features as the current Docker Desktop VM: Kubernetes 1-click setup, automatic updates, transparent HTTP proxy configuration, acce... | Windows subsystem for linux 2 is a virtual machine for operating Linux. It initiallizes minimal hyper-v toolkit for booting Linux kernel. And hyper-v is virtualization software that can be used to virtualize other operating systems as well as Linux distros. The file sharing, command line, and networking between your Wi... |
1,561,486 | I want to upgrade my system from Windows 7 to Windows 8. However, I am currently using more than half of my disk space. I read that Windows will create a "Windows.old" folder with a full copy of your previous Windows installation. However, I am now already using at least 80% of my disk. Does the Windows.old folder copy... | 2020/06/17 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1561486",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/1151610/"
] | Hyper-V and WSL2 (WSL2 runs on Virtual Machine Platform, the name of Hyper-V's architecture packaged separately and made available to all SKUs) could have negative interactions with other VM solutions, for example **VirtualBox v5 and under** will not coexist with Hyper-V. As of VirtualBox v6+ there is support to run Vi... | Windows subsystem for linux 2 is a virtual machine for operating Linux. It initiallizes minimal hyper-v toolkit for booting Linux kernel. And hyper-v is virtualization software that can be used to virtualize other operating systems as well as Linux distros. The file sharing, command line, and networking between your Wi... |
14,058,977 | The following graph shows a comparison between Sublime Text 2 (left) and Emacs 24 (right, installed from homebrew) on how they render texts on my Mac. They all use Monaco with normal weight, but as you can see, Emacs renders text in a somewhat aliased way. The problem didn't show up when I was using Emacs 23 on my Mac.... | 2012/12/27 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/14058977",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111896/"
] | I fix the problem by using compiled [Emacs For Mac OS X](http://emacsformacosx.com/) instead, and it renders texts well. The Emacs version I mentioned in the question was built from git repository, I guess that was the problem since it was too cutting edge.
### Update:
The bug seems to be introduced in the latest Ema... | Just upgrade to Emacs 24.3, they fixed this bug. |
221,026 | I have a smoke alarm (Kiddie) that is beeping regularly (every 30 seconds or so), what I would typically associate with a low battery. The strange thing is that the beeping is only happening between 5 and 8 in the morning, and I'd like to understand why.
It starts beeping when there's nobody downstairs, and it's in a ... | 2021/03/30 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/221026",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/6935/"
] | I have noticed this same phenomenon before, and the only explanation I can think of is that early morning hours are typically the coldest hours of the day in a house.
Smoke alarms operate with a battery (sometimes only battery, sometimes the battery acts as a backup for a hardwired power source). The battery voltage i... | Check the date code on the back to see how old it is. All these units have a "length of service" which is about 8 years. after that date they will beep so show that they have come to their end of life and need to be replaced. There should also be a phone number that you can call for information. |
221,026 | I have a smoke alarm (Kiddie) that is beeping regularly (every 30 seconds or so), what I would typically associate with a low battery. The strange thing is that the beeping is only happening between 5 and 8 in the morning, and I'd like to understand why.
It starts beeping when there's nobody downstairs, and it's in a ... | 2021/03/30 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/221026",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/6935/"
] | I have noticed this same phenomenon before, and the only explanation I can think of is that early morning hours are typically the coldest hours of the day in a house.
Smoke alarms operate with a battery (sometimes only battery, sometimes the battery acts as a backup for a hardwired power source). The battery voltage i... | Try process of elimination. Move that smoke alarm to a different parts of the house. Or buy new one (they can be cheap or go with what you like) and see if that changes situation. |
221,026 | I have a smoke alarm (Kiddie) that is beeping regularly (every 30 seconds or so), what I would typically associate with a low battery. The strange thing is that the beeping is only happening between 5 and 8 in the morning, and I'd like to understand why.
It starts beeping when there's nobody downstairs, and it's in a ... | 2021/03/30 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/221026",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/6935/"
] | I have noticed this same phenomenon before, and the only explanation I can think of is that early morning hours are typically the coldest hours of the day in a house.
Smoke alarms operate with a battery (sometimes only battery, sometimes the battery acts as a backup for a hardwired power source). The battery voltage i... | Reading online it also suggests that holding down the test button for 15 secs resets the alarm. Worth a try. |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | At least 2nd level, probably much much higher
=============================================
For a baseline, compare the Pearl of Power. This uncommon magic item, requiring attunement, can restore one spell slot, of low level, for one character. It is clearly much less powerful than the spell you describe.
The DMG (p.... | This spell has many issues. If you want a more powerful game it's a good way to get one, still needs rewriting. Like so.
>
> **Brew of the Boosted Brain**
>
>
> Casting Time: 1 minute
>
>
> Range: Touch
>
>
> Components: S M (costly, rare) (Powdered illithid brain, green dragon horn, fire newt mucus, and the ha... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | At least 2nd level, probably much much higher
=============================================
For a baseline, compare the Pearl of Power. This uncommon magic item, requiring attunement, can restore one spell slot, of low level, for one character. It is clearly much less powerful than the spell you describe.
The DMG (p.... | My bad, I removed my previous post as this paragraph from the PHP had slipped my mind:
>
> A character can't benefit from more than one long rest in a 24-hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.
>
>
> (PHB p.186)
>
>
>
I really like the spell and... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | At least 2nd level, probably much much higher
=============================================
For a baseline, compare the Pearl of Power. This uncommon magic item, requiring attunement, can restore one spell slot, of low level, for one character. It is clearly much less powerful than the spell you describe.
The DMG (p.... | Change the duration of long and short rests
===========================================
The problem you are having is that the players do not enjoy the idea of long rests taking so long. Would forcing them to use this spell constantly actually help? If you do force them to use this spell constantly, does balance matte... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | Level 3 or 4 would be enough with a small tweak to the wording and usage.
=========================================================================
If you treated the spell like a Long rest shortener, rather than a Short rest booster, you could make it a low level spell without ruining too much balance. You consume th... | This spell has many issues. If you want a more powerful game it's a good way to get one, still needs rewriting. Like so.
>
> **Brew of the Boosted Brain**
>
>
> Casting Time: 1 minute
>
>
> Range: Touch
>
>
> Components: S M (costly, rare) (Powdered illithid brain, green dragon horn, fire newt mucus, and the ha... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | My bad, I removed my previous post as this paragraph from the PHP had slipped my mind:
>
> A character can't benefit from more than one long rest in a 24-hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.
>
>
> (PHB p.186)
>
>
>
I really like the spell and... | This spell has many issues. If you want a more powerful game it's a good way to get one, still needs rewriting. Like so.
>
> **Brew of the Boosted Brain**
>
>
> Casting Time: 1 minute
>
>
> Range: Touch
>
>
> Components: S M (costly, rare) (Powdered illithid brain, green dragon horn, fire newt mucus, and the ha... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | Level 3 or 4 would be enough with a small tweak to the wording and usage.
=========================================================================
If you treated the spell like a Long rest shortener, rather than a Short rest booster, you could make it a low level spell without ruining too much balance. You consume th... | My bad, I removed my previous post as this paragraph from the PHP had slipped my mind:
>
> A character can't benefit from more than one long rest in a 24-hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.
>
>
> (PHB p.186)
>
>
>
I really like the spell and... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | Level 3 or 4 would be enough with a small tweak to the wording and usage.
=========================================================================
If you treated the spell like a Long rest shortener, rather than a Short rest booster, you could make it a low level spell without ruining too much balance. You consume th... | Change the duration of long and short rests
===========================================
The problem you are having is that the players do not enjoy the idea of long rests taking so long. Would forcing them to use this spell constantly actually help? If you do force them to use this spell constantly, does balance matte... |
164,254 | I'm running a game for a group entirely made of engineers and programmers.
One of them approached me with this custom spell, and asked me to include it into the game.
>
> ### Brew of the Boosted Brain
>
>
> **Casting Time:** 1 minute
>
> **Range:** Touch
>
> **Components:** S, M (a few spoons of coffee powde... | 2020/02/04 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/164254",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/11162/"
] | My bad, I removed my previous post as this paragraph from the PHP had slipped my mind:
>
> A character can't benefit from more than one long rest in a 24-hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.
>
>
> (PHB p.186)
>
>
>
I really like the spell and... | Change the duration of long and short rests
===========================================
The problem you are having is that the players do not enjoy the idea of long rests taking so long. Would forcing them to use this spell constantly actually help? If you do force them to use this spell constantly, does balance matte... |
34,163,034 | I'm working on project for two different environment which are iOS and Android, and it's so hared for me to design one class diagram for two different systems, so can I use two class diagrams, one for android and the other for iOS ?
I mean it doesn't make any sense to use the same class diagram for two environments wh... | 2015/12/08 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/34163034",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5499911/"
] | It doesn't matter how many diagrams you make. In general it is considered a best practice not to overload your diagram with too much classes, so you **should** have multiple class diagrams for anything but a trivial model.
But I'm guessing the real question is whether or not you want to use the same classes when targe... | UML diagrams weren't made for specific languages or APIs. If both languages are object oriented, I don't see any why you would need two different class diagrams.
The problem I think is that you are putting in "too much" details in the UML, which should not be the case. Let the UML communicate the structure, behavior o... |
4,837 | We currently have tags for:
* [large-datasets](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/large-datasets "show questions tagged 'large-datasets'") with 73 questions
>
> difficult to process and manage because the size is usually bigger
> than the limits software can normally deal with.
>
>
>
* [big-data](ht... | 2018/03/15 | [
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4837",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/users/115/"
] | [Big Data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data) is a recognised technical term and analytical field.
A large dataset is just a large dataset.
I do not think they should be combined, however I believe that if they are combined, [big-data](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/big-data "show questions tagge... | I agree with [@Midavalo's answer](https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4838/115) that:
>
> [Big Data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data) is a recognised technical term and analytical field.
>
>
> A large dataset is just a large dataset.
>
>
> ... and that if they are combined, [big-data](https://gis.stackexc... |
4,837 | We currently have tags for:
* [large-datasets](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/large-datasets "show questions tagged 'large-datasets'") with 73 questions
>
> difficult to process and manage because the size is usually bigger
> than the limits software can normally deal with.
>
>
>
* [big-data](ht... | 2018/03/15 | [
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4837",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/users/115/"
] | [Big Data](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data) is a recognised technical term and analytical field.
A large dataset is just a large dataset.
I do not think they should be combined, however I believe that if they are combined, [big-data](https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/big-data "show questions tagge... | While 'big-data' and 'large-datasets' are different things/concepts as mentioned in [Midavalo's answer](https://gis.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4837/using-tags-for-large-datasets-and-big-data/4838#4838), I think such differences are not reflected in the current way questions are tagged [big-data](https://gis.stack... |
4,690 | I have a content type (Question of the Week)... with a Date field (Used for "Publish Date". Questions won't be published until that date).
I am trying to custom format the Title for it without changing the default (Long, Medium, Short) date formats.
For "Pattern for the title"...
If I [node:field-jcqotw-date:custo... | 2011/06/05 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/4690",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/373/"
] | In [this commit](http://drupalcode.org/project/date.git/commit/05060c8) to Date module, token integration was removed, because [field tokens aren't working yet](http://drupal.org/node/691078).
The error you got it reproducible with an older copy of Date module, but doesn't seem to be related at all to Automatic Nodeti... | This is actually a core bug that spaces cannot be used in 'dynamic' tokens. You may want to try the patches available in <http://drupal.org/node/1035292>. |
38,320 | I get so many resumes from people stating they know Selenium, while in practice, they cannot do more than a macro - most not even that.
These test candidates typically seem to be housewives looking for a first job. It's frustrating and a waste of time and money. | 2019/03/19 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/38320",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com",
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/37687/"
] | HR personnel are not skilled at testing the skills you need. You need to partner with them and jointly develop skills and techniques and processes to screen candidates. This takes time and dedication - think days and weeks, not minutes and hours.
The demand for these skills is huge. However as will all tech jobs today... | There's a lot more to working in QA than having QA experience. When I came to my current position, I had zero QA experience and never even heard of Selenium.
Now, three years later, I am the local Senior Automation Test Lead. I teach the new hires. Why did they hire someone to fill a position that had zero experience ... |
16,162,577 | I am a newbie in Netbeans. So forgive me for trivial questions and if the question's title is misleading.
I am using Netbeans for PHP development.
Netbeans version 7.1
OS Windows XP
In my project directory structure we are having library/Zend and library/Zend\_old two folders. Now when I Ctrl + Click on any met... | 2013/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16162577",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236639/"
] | Unfortunately, there is no option to remove it.Here is a bug report <https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214239> and answer from netbeans forum <http://forums.netbeans.org/topic70> | Search libraries in the search field (cmd + i) this will show you all libraries in your gobal libraries, select your librarie that you need to remove, then remove and then ok. |
16,162,577 | I am a newbie in Netbeans. So forgive me for trivial questions and if the question's title is misleading.
I am using Netbeans for PHP development.
Netbeans version 7.1
OS Windows XP
In my project directory structure we are having library/Zend and library/Zend\_old two folders. Now when I Ctrl + Click on any met... | 2013/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16162577",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/236639/"
] | It depends on how you added the libraries. Go to Project Properties -> Libraries. Look at the libraries listed there (click edit to see the specific paths used by each library). Remove the one for Zend\_old.
If that doesn't do the trick, go to Tools -> Libraries. If you setup a library folder for your project, you wi... | Search libraries in the search field (cmd + i) this will show you all libraries in your gobal libraries, select your librarie that you need to remove, then remove and then ok. |
12,661,904 | I cannot edit the buttons label in glade. They are disabled. How can i fix this? Here is the screen shot;
 | 2012/09/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12661904",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/653437/"
] | This has been answered [here](https://askubuntu.com/a/201251/9781). In summary, you now need to add a *Related Action* and disable *Use Action Appearance* to be able to edit a button's label in Glade. | In addition to what [David Planella](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1049318/david-planella) added above, you can also open the .glade file using a text editor and manually edit the label text. I just tried it and it works. |
150,897 | Our DM cast *web* on us, and we were all asked to make saving throws immediately. He said, "Otherwise you’re all like Schroedinger's Cats waiting to see if you’ve been caught or not" (which affects attacks on us).
However, those that weren't restrained had to make saving throws again at the start of our turns (no prob... | 2019/07/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/150897",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/50942/"
] | At the start of your turn
=========================
According to the official spell description for [*web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web):
>
> Each creature that **starts its turn in the webs** or that **enters them during its turn** must make a Dexterity saving throw.
>
>
>
(**Emphasis Mine**)
The spel... | Your saving-throw against [*Web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web) occurs on your turn. You should not have made a roll when the [*Web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web) was released.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... |
150,897 | Our DM cast *web* on us, and we were all asked to make saving throws immediately. He said, "Otherwise you’re all like Schroedinger's Cats waiting to see if you’ve been caught or not" (which affects attacks on us).
However, those that weren't restrained had to make saving throws again at the start of our turns (no prob... | 2019/07/01 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/150897",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/50942/"
] | On your turn
============
The spell [*web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web) states (emphasis mine):
>
> Each creature that **starts its turn** in the webs or that enters them **during its turn** must make a Dexterity saving throw.
>
>
>
Let's assume a wizard "Caster" and another creature "Target". Under ty... | Your saving-throw against [*Web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web) occurs on your turn. You should not have made a roll when the [*Web*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/web) was released.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------... |
16,974 | I am developing a web part and suddenly receive this error when activating it from site settings.
System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolution' to type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFeatureDefinition'.
I cannot get this cleared up even after retr... | 2011/07/28 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/16974",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/908/"
] | It sounds like SharePoint is trying to activate your feature using a SolutionID instead of a FeatureID. Make sure you did not use the same guid as both a FeatureID and a SolutionID. | The problem was that I added the solution ID to the Activation Dependency list instead of the Feature ID. |
11,052,854 | I need to give business analysts a web tool to query row data in a SQL Server production DB (I know it's not a good idea, but big boss said so ...). How do I make sure they can only run SQL SELECTs or LINQ Selects, but not modify anything? My plan initially was to create a user with read-only permission, but it turns o... | 2012/06/15 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/11052854",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1011864/"
] | * Build the queries on the webserver.
* Create a new sql instance and copy the data across.
* export the data to something else.
there are probably a lot more options, a new sql instance with a copy of the live data is going to be your best bet.
If it was me though I'd just tell "Big Boss" the dba is on holiday and y... | Seems like you are looking for ASP.NET Dynamic Data web site [with read only access](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc837196%28v=vs.90%29.aspx). |
8,481,913 | I have a PERSON table in 5 different schema namely : A, B, C, D and E. It has exact sme structure.
In OWB target schema, a mapping PERSON\_MAP is defined, which uses A.PERSON table.
I want to reuse this mapping PERSON\_MAP, to use with different source schema (B, C, D and E)
How can I do this in OWB UI and with OM... | 2011/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8481913",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1094664/"
] | I will describe in steps what you should do:
1. Define a synonym PERSON which points to the A.PERSON table
CREATE SYNONYM PERSON FOR A.PERSON;
2. Open the database metadata import wizard, check *Use a synonym to look up objects* option and import PERSON synonym.
3. Now when you generate intermediate script from your ... | In Design Center;
You can create copies of PERSON\_MAP as PERSON\_MAP\_B and PERSON\_MAP\_C and so on.
Take one copy for example PERSON\_MAP\_B.
Right-click the mapping and select "Configure".
In the Configuration view;
Go to "Table Operators";
Expand the source table; "B";
Change the "Location" to source of B... |
56,907,349 | I have a dataset with 200+ categorical variables (non-ordinal) and just a few continuous variables. I have tried to use one-hot encoding but that increases the dimensions by a lot and results in a poor score.
It seems like the regular scikit-learn tree can only be used with categorical variables that has been transf... | 2019/07/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/56907349",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11699693/"
] | you can install the h2o-3 package for python, for example, from h2o.ai/downloads or from pypi.
the h2o package handles categorical values automatically efficiently. it is recommended to not one-hot-encode them first.
you can find lots of documentation at docs.h2o.ai. | As per, <https://datascience.stackexchange.com/a/32623/51879>
You can use other encoding techniques using this wrapper for *scikit-learn* <http://contrib.scikit-learn.org/categorical-encoding/>
Also check out this great article for more details <https://medium.com/data-design/visiting-categorical-features-and-encodin... |
5,331,003 | I'd like to begin learning CUDA but I'm confused about the versions. The latest release of CUDA is 3 and I have the CUDA 3.0.1 driver on my system but in theory my graphics card only supports 1.0. Can I use the features of the later versions or I need to stick to the 1.0? | 2011/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5331003",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/399107/"
] | The latest public release is 3.2 but 4.0 is out in beta to registered developers. Compatibility is based on the features that the hardware supports. You can use the latest version of the SDK but will need to compile for the feature set supported by your card and not attempt to use SDK features that are not supported. Y... | CUDA toolkit versions (3.1, 3.2, 4.0) are different from the graphics card compute capability (1.0 / 1.1 for older geforce cards, 1.2 for many mobile cards, 1.3 for slightly old geforce, 2.0+ for the latest fermi architecture). All the toolkits work with all cuda capable graphics cards. Although the complete functional... |
2,042 | A piece of fabric shaped like a regular hexagon with unit-length sides is given, with vertices A...F and center O. Let a *fold* correspond to folding some fabric along a straight line, without stretching. For example, bringing A to E and B to D by folding along line FC is a fold. Let a *uniform folding* be a series of ... | 2014/08/07 | [
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/2042",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com",
"https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/2004/"
] | Here's a four fold uniform folding giving a ~~square~~ rectangle that is slightly wider than it is tall:
* fold AB so that they lie on the line FC
* fold ED so that they lie on the line FC
After doing that, A and E are in the same position, and B and D are also in the same position.
Next:
* fold so that F lies on t... | To get a triangle from a three-fold uniform folding, do the following:
1. Bring A to E and B to D by folding along FC.
2. Bring F to D by folding along EO.
3. Bring C to E by folding along DO.
Now we have the triangle OED which is 6 layers thick everywhere.
I haven't found solutions to the other problems yet. |
55,058 | Assalamualaikum everyone!
I’ve been doing some facial exercises lately: I don’t naturally have dimples but because of those exercises I’m getting dimples.
Is this considered changing the creation of Allah? | 2019/05/15 | [
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/55058",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com",
"https://islam.stackexchange.com/users/33977/"
] | Walikumsalam, Exercising is not changing the creation of Allah, he has given you ability to exercise there is nothing wrong with it, unless you give all your focus to your appearance and forget about what's really important in your life !
Allah knows the best ! | Whatever **direct** or **indirect** way you do to get to the same end/result which is changing the original creation of Allah of your figure (face and body) is **Haram** if it is for increasing your beauty and/or improving your looks, not *for example* treating an illness or fixing a deformation.
The facial exercises ... |
52,302,780 | It is said that IOS 11.4 will support the PWA, but it doesn't.
**Question:** Today IOS 12 released, does Apple support PWA in the 12th version of IOS? (Like add to home screen) | 2018/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52302780",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7310077/"
] | PWAs are a complex collection of features and functionalities. Apple added an initial support for some PWA characteristics in iOS 11.3 in march 2018. You can read a really good explanation here, with their significant limitations:
Progressive Web Apps on iOS are here
<https://medium.com/@firt/progressive-web-apps-on-i... | Apple has supported an Add to Homescreen experience since the first iPhone was released. It does not automatically prompt the user like Chrome on Android and desktop does. You will need to handle the prompt yourself. But Chrome is drifting that way too. |
52,302,780 | It is said that IOS 11.4 will support the PWA, but it doesn't.
**Question:** Today IOS 12 released, does Apple support PWA in the 12th version of IOS? (Like add to home screen) | 2018/09/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52302780",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7310077/"
] | PWAs are a complex collection of features and functionalities. Apple added an initial support for some PWA characteristics in iOS 11.3 in march 2018. You can read a really good explanation here, with their significant limitations:
Progressive Web Apps on iOS are here
<https://medium.com/@firt/progressive-web-apps-on-i... | Manifest is noticed as "in development" so I think a new version could add the automatic prompt add to home screen. I hope.
<https://webkit.org/status/#?search=manifest> |
4,492,169 | I know there are already many questions here on this topic, but I've had trouble finding exactly what I need.
We're a small team of developers currently using SVN but soon to be making a switch to Git. We are used to checking in changes and pushing to the live website throughout the day but currently lack any formal ... | 2010/12/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/4492169",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/87565/"
] | Do you really need a separate repository? Your live code is only a single branch; you can use other branches for "deploy candidates" under testing.
You don't necessarily need a script to pull the changes - developers could just push them to a separate branch, then invoke a script to test that branch. | Have you considered code review? [Gerrit](http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/) might help.
(See [Android's Gerrit instance](https://review.source.android.com/) for an idea of the functionality you get.)
You could then set up a testing environment that would pull a change or set of changes from refs/for/master to the t... |
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