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199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | In a single fight, you'll run out of HP before spell slots
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If two high level spellcasters get into a fight with each other and start slinging high level spells at each other, one of them is almost guaranteed to drop to zero HP or otherwise lose the fight long ... | An Ounce of Prevention
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If your archmage is a high-level caster with time and resources at their disposal, they may already have permanent spell effects in place to save them having to burn spell slots during their day-to-day routine. Several spells have an option to make them permanent by castin... |
199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | There are passive ways to protect yourself and convenience yourself in your own 'lair'.
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Unlike many PCs, NPCs are not continuously on the move. NPC wizards within their famous towers will have the opportunity to set traps or other ... | I hope for this partly soft/vague question it might be helpful to get some perspective from a non-5E version of the game. I had basically this same question that I researched in the context of the 1E game and wrote up some findings [on my blog](https://deltasdnd.blogspot.com/2018/12/gygaxian-magic-user-spell-usage.html... |
199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | There are passive ways to protect yourself and convenience yourself in your own 'lair'.
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Unlike many PCs, NPCs are not continuously on the move. NPC wizards within their famous towers will have the opportunity to set traps or other ... | In a single fight, you'll run out of HP before spell slots
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If two high level spellcasters get into a fight with each other and start slinging high level spells at each other, one of them is almost guaranteed to drop to zero HP or otherwise lose the fight long ... |
199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | ### This may matter less than you should think
First, I think in a typical day, **there is no need for a wizard to cast a lot of spells**. I know that the most my wizard typically casts on downtime days is rituals1, Mage Armor, an Arcane Sanctum2, maybe a Sending, and a couple of Scrying. Not to conserve capacity (alt... | Battles just *don’t last that long*
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You can only cast one (non-cantrip) spell per turn. That means you simply aren’t going to get a lot of chances to cast a spell if you’re attacked, so you won’t blow through all your spell slots in a single fight even if you might want/need to in o... |
199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | There are passive ways to protect yourself and convenience yourself in your own 'lair'.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unlike many PCs, NPCs are not continuously on the move. NPC wizards within their famous towers will have the opportunity to set traps or other ... | Battles just *don’t last that long*
-----------------------------------
You can only cast one (non-cantrip) spell per turn. That means you simply aren’t going to get a lot of chances to cast a spell if you’re attacked, so you won’t blow through all your spell slots in a single fight even if you might want/need to in o... |
199,271 | So the common consensus seems to be that spell slots and the restrictions that come with them are an in-universe truth that characters are aware of, to varying degrees. But that implies a few strange things about wizards, right?
If I'm an archmage, a high-level evil wizard or something along those lines, there's no wa... | 2022/06/18 | [
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] | There are passive ways to protect yourself and convenience yourself in your own 'lair'.
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Unlike many PCs, NPCs are not continuously on the move. NPC wizards within their famous towers will have the opportunity to set traps or other ... | An Ounce of Prevention
======================
If your archmage is a high-level caster with time and resources at their disposal, they may already have permanent spell effects in place to save them having to burn spell slots during their day-to-day routine. Several spells have an option to make them permanent by castin... |
219 | I've got a customer who came in complaining that the clutch pedal had gone 'funny': it wasn't 'coming back up' like it used to. As he was in for service anyway, we replaced the clutch fluid, and it 'seemed ok' afterwards.
He came back a few weeks later saying that he was having problems with the clutch being 'random'.... | 2011/03/09 | [
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] | Sounds like the clutch master cylinder is leaking. If you pump up the pedal with your foot, it might retain pressure for you to drive for a while, but after it sits, the symptoms will return.
Time to replace the clutch master cylinder or check for brake line leaks. | Apart from NoCarrier's good point about the master cylinder, the other side might also be a problem: the slave cylinder. I had an older Triumph that needed both ends fixed to finally fix the clutch.
It turned out the slave cylinder walls had developed rust, which gradually wore down the seals. Having the slave re-sle... |
219 | I've got a customer who came in complaining that the clutch pedal had gone 'funny': it wasn't 'coming back up' like it used to. As he was in for service anyway, we replaced the clutch fluid, and it 'seemed ok' afterwards.
He came back a few weeks later saying that he was having problems with the clutch being 'random'.... | 2011/03/09 | [
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] | Sounds like the clutch master cylinder is leaking. If you pump up the pedal with your foot, it might retain pressure for you to drive for a while, but after it sits, the symptoms will return.
Time to replace the clutch master cylinder or check for brake line leaks. | OK, gotta come clean on this one.
The "customer" was me.
In the end, I drove for so long with a 'dicky' clutch that it wore out, and they ended up replacing the clutch (and you all know how much *that* costs).
Not long after, the problem started again.
Thinking it over with a friend, we worked out that the pedal "... |
83,126 | Is there any in universe explanation as to why the Enterprise always gets to keep its 1701 registry number?
Also I don't recall any other starships from the *TNG, DS9, Voyager* time period that had this honor bestowed on it. Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it. | 2015/03/05 | [
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> Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it.
>
>
>
In fact, it was. Sort of. As always, budget concerns.
The original Defiant Class USS Defiant was a Prototype ship bearing the NX registry class, full registry number NX-74205. Production models of the Defiant Class ship bear the ... | I don't have a canon reference, but as that's a practice some real-world navies indulge in, it's not unreasonable to assume it's just an acceptable practice for ships of some distinction in-universe:
>
> It should be noted that European navies reuse pennant numbers, so
> ships of the same name may have the same penn... |
83,126 | Is there any in universe explanation as to why the Enterprise always gets to keep its 1701 registry number?
Also I don't recall any other starships from the *TNG, DS9, Voyager* time period that had this honor bestowed on it. Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it. | 2015/03/05 | [
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] | I don't have a canon reference, but as that's a practice some real-world navies indulge in, it's not unreasonable to assume it's just an acceptable practice for ships of some distinction in-universe:
>
> It should be noted that European navies reuse pennant numbers, so
> ships of the same name may have the same penn... | From *[Star Trek TNG: Technical Manual](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Technical_Manual)* (bold by me):
>
> The *Galaxy*-class *Enterprise* maintains Starfleet's tradition of honoring the original starship *Enterprise*. Like her predecessors, this ship bears the original Starfleet... |
83,126 | Is there any in universe explanation as to why the Enterprise always gets to keep its 1701 registry number?
Also I don't recall any other starships from the *TNG, DS9, Voyager* time period that had this honor bestowed on it. Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it. | 2015/03/05 | [
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> Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it.
>
>
>
In fact, it was. Sort of. As always, budget concerns.
The original Defiant Class USS Defiant was a Prototype ship bearing the NX registry class, full registry number NX-74205. Production models of the Defiant Class ship bear the ... | The reason for the Enterprise always having the same registration number with only an A, B,... added to it can be said in one word: Kirk.
To go into more details it was mentioned in the star trek films in passing. The original Enterprise 1701 had been destroyed in star trek 3. After kirk saved the earth again in star ... |
83,126 | Is there any in universe explanation as to why the Enterprise always gets to keep its 1701 registry number?
Also I don't recall any other starships from the *TNG, DS9, Voyager* time period that had this honor bestowed on it. Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it. | 2015/03/05 | [
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] | The reason for the Enterprise always having the same registration number with only an A, B,... added to it can be said in one word: Kirk.
To go into more details it was mentioned in the star trek films in passing. The original Enterprise 1701 had been destroyed in star trek 3. After kirk saved the earth again in star ... | From *[Star Trek TNG: Technical Manual](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Technical_Manual)* (bold by me):
>
> The *Galaxy*-class *Enterprise* maintains Starfleet's tradition of honoring the original starship *Enterprise*. Like her predecessors, this ship bears the original Starfleet... |
83,126 | Is there any in universe explanation as to why the Enterprise always gets to keep its 1701 registry number?
Also I don't recall any other starships from the *TNG, DS9, Voyager* time period that had this honor bestowed on it. Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it. | 2015/03/05 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/83126",
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] | >
> Certainly Captain Sisko's second USS Defiant would have been worthy of it.
>
>
>
In fact, it was. Sort of. As always, budget concerns.
The original Defiant Class USS Defiant was a Prototype ship bearing the NX registry class, full registry number NX-74205. Production models of the Defiant Class ship bear the ... | From *[Star Trek TNG: Technical Manual](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_Technical_Manual)* (bold by me):
>
> The *Galaxy*-class *Enterprise* maintains Starfleet's tradition of honoring the original starship *Enterprise*. Like her predecessors, this ship bears the original Starfleet... |
52,579 | The Unbreakable Vow seems ripe for scenarios where it could be contradicted by circumstances that would be common in the wizarding world. For instance:
* Is it possible to swear an Unbreakable Vow with immortal beings such as Poltergeists and Dementors?
* What if you swear to stay alive and you break the Unbreakable V... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | I think emotion and intent are important factors with the magic in the Harry Potter universe. We know they're definitely important for the Unforgivable Curses, from what Bellatrix Lestrange says in Order of the Phoenix:
>
> Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? You need to mean them Potter! You need... | Rather than debating the nature of [unbreakable vows](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Unbreakable_Vow) (which seem ill-defined at best), it might simply be easier to use logic to identify what would happen in the circumstances you've mentioned;
Is it possible to swear an Unbreakable Vow with immortal beings such as ... |
52,579 | The Unbreakable Vow seems ripe for scenarios where it could be contradicted by circumstances that would be common in the wizarding world. For instance:
* Is it possible to swear an Unbreakable Vow with immortal beings such as Poltergeists and Dementors?
* What if you swear to stay alive and you break the Unbreakable V... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | Rather than debating the nature of [unbreakable vows](http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Unbreakable_Vow) (which seem ill-defined at best), it might simply be easier to use logic to identify what would happen in the circumstances you've mentioned;
Is it possible to swear an Unbreakable Vow with immortal beings such as ... | Contradiction
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If you eg. swore to protect someone as well as kill them, you'd die in any case - but if you didn't say *when* you could probably still live a while, since none of the vows would have taken effect.
Also, you might be able to find a flaw in the paradox - for example protecting that person... |
52,579 | The Unbreakable Vow seems ripe for scenarios where it could be contradicted by circumstances that would be common in the wizarding world. For instance:
* Is it possible to swear an Unbreakable Vow with immortal beings such as Poltergeists and Dementors?
* What if you swear to stay alive and you break the Unbreakable V... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | I think emotion and intent are important factors with the magic in the Harry Potter universe. We know they're definitely important for the Unforgivable Curses, from what Bellatrix Lestrange says in Order of the Phoenix:
>
> Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? You need to mean them Potter! You need... | Contradiction
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If you eg. swore to protect someone as well as kill them, you'd die in any case - but if you didn't say *when* you could probably still live a while, since none of the vows would have taken effect.
Also, you might be able to find a flaw in the paradox - for example protecting that person... |
448,602 | I am looking to reduce the voltage ripple on a DC/DC converter operating at 5kV.
I have looked extensively on the internet and have found multiple ways to reduce output voltage ripple, an interesting reference is by [EEVBlog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopmEyZKnYo&t=275s) which uses capacitance multipliers with ... | 2019/07/16 | [
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] | There are 100 V 5 W Zener diodes on market. You can construct a voltage limiter circuit. All you need to do is building the limiter circuit with less voltage level. For example consider a 5 kV DC with +250 V peak to peak ripples, a voltage limiter with 4.9 kV will kill all the ripples. This solution is likely cost you ... | You did not state the power or current output nor the frequency so it is difficult to understand best approach. However, one approach is to have 2 converter stages operating 180 degrees out of phase to help cancel the ripple.
If you can't use an inductor in your output how did generate the 5kV - without an inductor?... |
448,602 | I am looking to reduce the voltage ripple on a DC/DC converter operating at 5kV.
I have looked extensively on the internet and have found multiple ways to reduce output voltage ripple, an interesting reference is by [EEVBlog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopmEyZKnYo&t=275s) which uses capacitance multipliers with ... | 2019/07/16 | [
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] | You should consider higher frequency switching operations and a means to minimize filtering needs. Look into interleaving options (running n converters shifted by 360/n electrical degrees for their PWM periods) as well - this will have a similar effect as a single converter running at n\*f frequency and can provide a m... | There are 100 V 5 W Zener diodes on market. You can construct a voltage limiter circuit. All you need to do is building the limiter circuit with less voltage level. For example consider a 5 kV DC with +250 V peak to peak ripples, a voltage limiter with 4.9 kV will kill all the ripples. This solution is likely cost you ... |
448,602 | I am looking to reduce the voltage ripple on a DC/DC converter operating at 5kV.
I have looked extensively on the internet and have found multiple ways to reduce output voltage ripple, an interesting reference is by [EEVBlog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopmEyZKnYo&t=275s) which uses capacitance multipliers with ... | 2019/07/16 | [
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] | You should consider higher frequency switching operations and a means to minimize filtering needs. Look into interleaving options (running n converters shifted by 360/n electrical degrees for their PWM periods) as well - this will have a similar effect as a single converter running at n\*f frequency and can provide a m... | You did not state the power or current output nor the frequency so it is difficult to understand best approach. However, one approach is to have 2 converter stages operating 180 degrees out of phase to help cancel the ripple.
If you can't use an inductor in your output how did generate the 5kV - without an inductor?... |
448,602 | I am looking to reduce the voltage ripple on a DC/DC converter operating at 5kV.
I have looked extensively on the internet and have found multiple ways to reduce output voltage ripple, an interesting reference is by [EEVBlog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopmEyZKnYo&t=275s) which uses capacitance multipliers with ... | 2019/07/16 | [
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] | You are concerned about bulky capacitors but can trade a little loss for the benefit of lower ripple, so have you considered using a MOSFET gate follower after the RC filter? A capacitance multiplier?
The capacitance at output will be amplifier gain x C4.
You'll need ... | You did not state the power or current output nor the frequency so it is difficult to understand best approach. However, one approach is to have 2 converter stages operating 180 degrees out of phase to help cancel the ripple.
If you can't use an inductor in your output how did generate the 5kV - without an inductor?... |
448,602 | I am looking to reduce the voltage ripple on a DC/DC converter operating at 5kV.
I have looked extensively on the internet and have found multiple ways to reduce output voltage ripple, an interesting reference is by [EEVBlog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wopmEyZKnYo&t=275s) which uses capacitance multipliers with ... | 2019/07/16 | [
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] | You should consider higher frequency switching operations and a means to minimize filtering needs. Look into interleaving options (running n converters shifted by 360/n electrical degrees for their PWM periods) as well - this will have a similar effect as a single converter running at n\*f frequency and can provide a m... | You are concerned about bulky capacitors but can trade a little loss for the benefit of lower ripple, so have you considered using a MOSFET gate follower after the RC filter? A capacitance multiplier?
The capacitance at output will be amplifier gain x C4.
You'll need ... |
158,487 | My iPhone was stolen and I made the mistake of choosing erase my iPhone in iCloud.
Is there any way to un-erase my iPhone from iCloud?
If not, is there any way to track my phone?? | 2014/11/28 | [
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] | This is the link to the find feature in iCloud <https://www.icloud.com/#find>
Check out this forum <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4370979> (a user declared that it helped).
>
> Sorry, there is no way for you to reverse the Erase command. AppleCare
> "may" be able to, you can try calling them, but there is no... | Go to iColud.com and call Apple Care, they will walk you through how to get it back. |
7,864,379 | This is about adding devices to the provisioning portal for ad-hoc testing. A client sent me a UDID with upper-case characters which I foolishly added without checking. Wireless deployment isn't working and I'm wondering whether this could be the cause, but I would like to check first before using up one of my 100 allo... | 2011/10/23 | [
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] | Yes, *UDIDs* are case sensitive.
You can go through all characters and turn them to a lower case character, if it's not a number. | It is correct that iTunes lists the UDID in uppercase.
Be aware that in the 'Member center' you'll have to register the UDID in lowercase, otherwise the device will not be recognised. So copy-paste is not working for this!
When the device is recognized the model and type will be listed. When that is not the case the ... |
150,456 | What are the cloths that gonna be washed or just right after washing called?
Based on my naive dictionary there are 2 terms: "**laundry**" and "**washing**".
But I would like to know if they are synonyms or matter of differences between the UK English and the US English, or maybe one of them is less common. | 2017/12/16 | [
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] | In the US, I've only ever heard "laundry," never "the washing." (Although I have heard "the wash," but "laundry" is most common in the US.) | Both words are used - although "laundry" is more specific to clothes (and towels, bedsheets etc).
You use the washing machine to do the laundry. You can also "put a wash through the machine".
In context, you can "do the washing" - if the listener knows you're already talking about clothes. But if you're not already t... |
37,371 | I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, **I assume that the top and left side of full screen represents the most valuable "real estate".** in this case, the postcard title.
Th... | 2013/03/31 | [
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] | As most users are right-handed, placing he panel on the right side seems to be a good choice, because they will not need to **move their hand to the far side** of the screen (**covering the canvas**, by the way). Instead, they will have the controls **just below their right thumb**.
By the way, the F pattern is more v... | Unlike when designing for a pc, you have to also take a person's hand into account when designing for a touch device.
If you have to choose a single position, given that most people are right handed, and are more than likely going to be using their right hand more than their left, you should **place panels on the righ... |
37,371 | I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, **I assume that the top and left side of full screen represents the most valuable "real estate".** in this case, the postcard title.
Th... | 2013/03/31 | [
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] | Unlike when designing for a pc, you have to also take a person's hand into account when designing for a touch device.
If you have to choose a single position, given that most people are right handed, and are more than likely going to be using their right hand more than their left, you should **place panels on the righ... | On a desktop, a user can reach anywhere on the screen with his or her mouse pretty easily. This means the value of real estate is almost entirely based on where the user's eyes are most likely to want to go.
However, on mobile devices, the physical aspect of navigating the page, or interacting with the device in any w... |
37,371 | I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, **I assume that the top and left side of full screen represents the most valuable "real estate".** in this case, the postcard title.
Th... | 2013/03/31 | [
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] | As most users are right-handed, placing he panel on the right side seems to be a good choice, because they will not need to **move their hand to the far side** of the screen (**covering the canvas**, by the way). Instead, they will have the controls **just below their right thumb**.
By the way, the F pattern is more v... | On a desktop, a user can reach anywhere on the screen with his or her mouse pretty easily. This means the value of real estate is almost entirely based on where the user's eyes are most likely to want to go.
However, on mobile devices, the physical aspect of navigating the page, or interacting with the device in any w... |
37,371 | I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, **I assume that the top and left side of full screen represents the most valuable "real estate".** in this case, the postcard title.
Th... | 2013/03/31 | [
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] | As most users are right-handed, placing he panel on the right side seems to be a good choice, because they will not need to **move their hand to the far side** of the screen (**covering the canvas**, by the way). Instead, they will have the controls **just below their right thumb**.
By the way, the F pattern is more v... | Consider the following usage styles of the iPad:
* One hand interaction (holding in left/right hand and using other to perform actions)
* Two hand interactions (placing the ipad down on a surface and using both hands to work).
* You can also have something like, holding with both hands and using thumbs to flick, etc.
... |
37,371 | I have an app which helps the user to design a full screen sized postcard. The result is exactly what the user sees on the screen.
Because a lot of users scan things in an F pattern, **I assume that the top and left side of full screen represents the most valuable "real estate".** in this case, the postcard title.
Th... | 2013/03/31 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/37371",
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] | Consider the following usage styles of the iPad:
* One hand interaction (holding in left/right hand and using other to perform actions)
* Two hand interactions (placing the ipad down on a surface and using both hands to work).
* You can also have something like, holding with both hands and using thumbs to flick, etc.
... | On a desktop, a user can reach anywhere on the screen with his or her mouse pretty easily. This means the value of real estate is almost entirely based on where the user's eyes are most likely to want to go.
However, on mobile devices, the physical aspect of navigating the page, or interacting with the device in any w... |
651,777 | Using a textbook slinky as an example, if the disturbance propagates through the slinky from left to right and the particles of the slinky vibrate up and down, does that mean 'wave motion' is also associated with the medium? Since the motion of the wave that we perceive is the combined motion of the disturbance and the... | 2021/07/17 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/651777",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | This answer is maybe not the most straightforward satisfactory answer to your stated question, but I think it anticipates ways of thinking that are used in more advanced areas of physics.
There are two pictures of what a wave *is*.
1. A wave *is* coherent motion in a medium; as time progresses energy moves through th... | For a wave moving through a medium, such as a slinky wave, the motion of the “disturbance” is the motion of the “medium”. Specifically the coordinated local motions of the medium that propagate through the material at the wave speed constitute the disturbance/wave. For a transverse wave on a slinky, it is the transvers... |
20,702 | I would like to know some reference (articles, books...) about any kind of moduli spaces of any of the following objects:
* vector bundles
* torsion-free sheaves
* principal bundles
* parabolic bundles
over *singular* algebraic curves (reducible or not), in any of the following frameworks:
* algebraic geometry (in c... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/20702",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4721/"
] | I might as well mention my [paper](http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4834) with Frenkel & Teleman, which describes a moduli stack of GL(1)-bundles on semistable marked curves which generalizes many of the existing moduli spaces. | Carlos Simpson has [written](http://math.unice.fr/~carlos/) a lot on this.
[Nasatyr & Steer](http://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9504015).
[Biquard](http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~biquard/)
[Konno](http://en.scientificcommons.org/918305)
All on basic constructions. Verlinde, Thaddeus and others on structural considerations.
An... |
20,702 | I would like to know some reference (articles, books...) about any kind of moduli spaces of any of the following objects:
* vector bundles
* torsion-free sheaves
* principal bundles
* parabolic bundles
over *singular* algebraic curves (reducible or not), in any of the following frameworks:
* algebraic geometry (in c... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/20702",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4721/"
] | I might as well mention my [paper](http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4834) with Frenkel & Teleman, which describes a moduli stack of GL(1)-bundles on semistable marked curves which generalizes many of the existing moduli spaces. | Few days ago I started a $n$lab page [moduli space of bundles](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/moduli+space+of+bundles) which has almost no real content so far, but has a number of references, mainly about the moduli of stable vector or principal bundles on curves. People are welcome to improve the page with some explanat... |
20,702 | I would like to know some reference (articles, books...) about any kind of moduli spaces of any of the following objects:
* vector bundles
* torsion-free sheaves
* principal bundles
* parabolic bundles
over *singular* algebraic curves (reducible or not), in any of the following frameworks:
* algebraic geometry (in c... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/20702",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4721/"
] | Reference:
Cyril D'souza PHD thesis.(1974).
Tata Institute of fundamental research,Mumbai.
This thesis is concerned with constructing a "natural compactifiction" for the generalised jacobian of a singular curve.
can also see Newstead notes. | Few days ago I started a $n$lab page [moduli space of bundles](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/moduli+space+of+bundles) which has almost no real content so far, but has a number of references, mainly about the moduli of stable vector or principal bundles on curves. People are welcome to improve the page with some explanat... |
20,702 | I would like to know some reference (articles, books...) about any kind of moduli spaces of any of the following objects:
* vector bundles
* torsion-free sheaves
* principal bundles
* parabolic bundles
over *singular* algebraic curves (reducible or not), in any of the following frameworks:
* algebraic geometry (in c... | 2010/04/08 | [
"https://mathoverflow.net/questions/20702",
"https://mathoverflow.net",
"https://mathoverflow.net/users/4721/"
] | I might as well mention my [paper](http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4834) with Frenkel & Teleman, which describes a moduli stack of GL(1)-bundles on semistable marked curves which generalizes many of the existing moduli spaces. | Reference:
Cyril D'souza PHD thesis.(1974).
Tata Institute of fundamental research,Mumbai.
This thesis is concerned with constructing a "natural compactifiction" for the generalised jacobian of a singular curve.
can also see Newstead notes. |
118,434 | Let's say I'm discussing something in meta and I want to link to a question or answer to support my point:
>
> It is [considered acceptable](//meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999) to remind a user to mark your answer
> as the solution.
>
>
>
What's the standard way on SO to handle linking to multiple URLs instead of... | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/118434",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/176312/"
] | My preferred way is to linkify each word like this:
>
> It is [considered](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999/176312) [acceptable](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/65034/176312) to [remind](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/15009/176312) a user to mark your answer as the solution.
>
>
> | There appears to be some interest in the [citation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation) style, so I have added this answer judge interest in it:
>
> It is considered acceptable[[1]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999/176312) [[2]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/65034/176312) [[3]](https://meta.stackexchange.... |
118,434 | Let's say I'm discussing something in meta and I want to link to a question or answer to support my point:
>
> It is [considered acceptable](//meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999) to remind a user to mark your answer
> as the solution.
>
>
>
What's the standard way on SO to handle linking to multiple URLs instead of... | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/118434",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/176312/"
] | "Best"?
I don't know about "best", but this seems like a good way:
>
> It is [considered acceptable](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999/176312) to remind a user to mark your answer
> as the solution. (See also: this [answer from Steve](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/65034/176312) and this [other answer with a... | There appears to be some interest in the [citation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation) style, so I have added this answer judge interest in it:
>
> It is considered acceptable[[1]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999/176312) [[2]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/65034/176312) [[3]](https://meta.stackexchange.... |
118,434 | Let's say I'm discussing something in meta and I want to link to a question or answer to support my point:
>
> It is [considered acceptable](//meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999) to remind a user to mark your answer
> as the solution.
>
>
>
What's the standard way on SO to handle linking to multiple URLs instead of... | 2012/01/09 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/118434",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/176312/"
] | I would always qualify the link with something useful, not just a random word or a number (I went into detail in a recent post: [Link formatting in posts of established users](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/118260/172756)). For an answer, the useful piece of data is the question title and/or the answerer's name.
>
... | There appears to be some interest in the [citation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation) style, so I have added this answer judge interest in it:
>
> It is considered acceptable[[1]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14999/176312) [[2]](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/65034/176312) [[3]](https://meta.stackexchange.... |
1,204 | When a geosynchronous/geostationary satellite is launched, how do its designers calculate its life expectancy? A random sampling of some communication satellites suggest that ~ten years might be the norm. How is this figure arrived at? Is it simply a question of propellant required for orbital corrections and eventual ... | 2013/08/13 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/1204",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/80/"
] | Propellant
----------
Typically propellant consumables for station keeping were the limiting factor. Once a Geosat reaches near the end of its propellant life, they need to maneuver it out of GEO so as to free up the slot for its replacement.
This has been mitigated somewhat by the use of electric propulsion, where X... | To calculate life expectancy, there are a few things to consider. The first is to determine how long we want it to last, as this is going to drive other considerations. As the launch cost is a considerable part of the investment, one aims to maximize the lifetime, taking all other considerations into account. To be sur... |
95,288 | Looking at a lead sheet (Scarborough Fair), it is noted that the key signature is D major. On closer inspection the song appears to be in Dorian mode. I am guessing that the better approach when e.g. referencing the chords in this case, by Roman numerals would be to refer to them as per the key signature, that is to sa... | 2020/02/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/95288",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
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] | Roman-numeral notation is relatively standard, and to determine any given Roman numeral you need two things:
1. The scale degree of the root of the chord. (This demands knowing what tonic is.)
2. The quality of that chord.
Thus it doesn't matter what mode you're in, only *what tonic is*. If you're in E Dorian, E is t... | The key signature here seems to be a red herring - and inaccurate. If the *tonic* is indeed D, then it may well be that the key sig. ought to be that of the parent key - C (No ♯/♭). And that *doesn't* dictate the tonic is C. The tonic is the note/chord where a piece appears to be at rest, at home. So, in this case, **D... |
95,288 | Looking at a lead sheet (Scarborough Fair), it is noted that the key signature is D major. On closer inspection the song appears to be in Dorian mode. I am guessing that the better approach when e.g. referencing the chords in this case, by Roman numerals would be to refer to them as per the key signature, that is to sa... | 2020/02/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/95288",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/62497/"
] | Roman-numeral notation is relatively standard, and to determine any given Roman numeral you need two things:
1. The scale degree of the root of the chord. (This demands knowing what tonic is.)
2. The quality of that chord.
Thus it doesn't matter what mode you're in, only *what tonic is*. If you're in E Dorian, E is t... | You can use them exactly how you would use them in a major or a minor key. Your starting point (degree 1) is going to be different and will be the tonic of your mode. Aside from that, the only things that change are the numerals' case and the application of diminished or augmentations marks where appropriate.
So, if ... |
95,288 | Looking at a lead sheet (Scarborough Fair), it is noted that the key signature is D major. On closer inspection the song appears to be in Dorian mode. I am guessing that the better approach when e.g. referencing the chords in this case, by Roman numerals would be to refer to them as per the key signature, that is to sa... | 2020/02/12 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/95288",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/62497/"
] | Roman-numeral notation is relatively standard, and to determine any given Roman numeral you need two things:
1. The scale degree of the root of the chord. (This demands knowing what tonic is.)
2. The quality of that chord.
Thus it doesn't matter what mode you're in, only *what tonic is*. If you're in E Dorian, E is t... | >
> it is noted that the key signature is D major
>
>
>
If you mean the song by Simon and Garfunkel the signature of D major would be 2 sharps (F#,C#) and it must be in E-dorian, and the C# would be the major 6th of dorian. That means we have a major IV (A) like Richard says.
Most images (sheet music) I found are... |
26,806 | When the wife and I bought our house a few years ago, the garden was an over grown mess. We hacked it down to make it presentable short term. When we came to sort it properly last autumn, budgets were tight and we probably didn't do what was best.
We had a handyman use a machine (a verticut?) to rip up the old turf (a... | 2016/06/23 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/26806",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/15137/"
] | I think that the problem is that you don't have a layer of thatch built up yet. Most lawns have too much thatch and they have to work on removing it. If you can just stay the course, I think that it will work out for you. Eventually you will have a thatch layer. Also, it would help to not bag your lawn clippings when y... | I would try putting some fertilizer on that part of the lawn and providing enough water to see if that helps. That should help with the overall health of the lawn and getting it to look like the right side (I am assuming they are the same type of grass). For the patchiness, I would first loosen the soil (you mentioned ... |
26,806 | When the wife and I bought our house a few years ago, the garden was an over grown mess. We hacked it down to make it presentable short term. When we came to sort it properly last autumn, budgets were tight and we probably didn't do what was best.
We had a handyman use a machine (a verticut?) to rip up the old turf (a... | 2016/06/23 | [
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/26806",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com",
"https://gardening.stackexchange.com/users/15137/"
] | I think that the problem is that you don't have a layer of thatch built up yet. Most lawns have too much thatch and they have to work on removing it. If you can just stay the course, I think that it will work out for you. Eventually you will have a thatch layer. Also, it would help to not bag your lawn clippings when y... | If I had your problem I would: Rent a SOD CUTTER. Get rid of that mess, the lighter colored what ever. Use that debris turned upside down for a new plant bed somewhere. Get some topsoil from a local outfit to get the soil leveled to the soil of the healthy lawn. ROLL, ROLL, ROLL....keep adding soil until that new level... |
46,695 | I have created a dashboard with 6 component, now i want this dashboard as the default dashboard in dashboard tab for the sales people. How can i make this changes in the users production? | 2014/08/12 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/46695",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/8132/"
] | There is no way to assign a single dashboard as a default dashboard to a specific profile ( assuming the sales users are all on one profile).
The first dashboard on the dashboard list will be selected as default for the user. You can login as the user ( if you are a sys admin and have login as (ie) modify all data ac... | @Rao
Its an old post, but still, if anyone is here to get some knowledge, "login as user" facility cant be given only by having Modify all access (as told by Rao). YOu need to go to: Settings|Security Controls|Login Access Policies... There u will have to check the flag: Administrators Can Log in as Any User[![enter i... |
189 | Some groups of questions share common elements. Any answer to a question about scaling things up or down is going to involve linear, quadratic, and cubic scaling.
Does it make sense to create a general question that can be used to provide the general answer and free up the specific questions for specific answers that... | 2014/09/24 | [
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/189",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.meta.stackexchange.com/users/30/"
] | Yes. This is what **canonical questions** are about, and they are used to good effect on several sites. We could absolutely adopt the concept.
As an example that I am familiar with, [ServerFault has a number of them](https://serverfault.com/search?tab=votes&q=is%3aquestion%20canonical) dealing with various subjects th... | I see no reason why there shouldn't be both general *and* specific questions.
To use the example, some of the general principles of scaling can be applied to animals, but not in all aspects. In fact, there is one element that cannot: Eyes. A small animal has proportionally larger eyes than a large animal, since eyes h... |
43,649 | If a bike with a deep front wheel or a front diskwheel were to receive crosswinds with a 90 degree yaw angle handling would not be affected since the pressure would be equally distributed among the entire wheel.
So why does the wheel turn at lower yaw angles?
This front "wheel" seems to be designed to handle optimall... | 2016/11/05 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43649",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25662/"
] | The answer to your title question is "moving air exerts a force on obstacles", and deep section front wheels have more area affected by side winds so there's more force.
In any crosswind there will be some side force that applies a turning torque on the front wheel of almost any bike (viz, zero rake bikes have been ma... | It's not true that a 90-degree crosswind doesn't affect handling. Suppose you're cycling in such a crosswind, coming from the right. That wind is trying to make you fall over to the left. As it pushes you over to the left, your bike steers to the left so you don't actually fall (this is why bikes are actually stable to... |
255,611 | A rational number can be represented in the form p/q. prove that the period of the the repeating decimal should at the most q-1. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/255611",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/51384/"
] | Your example is not at all random and is dangerous for the application you mention.
Perhaps you should look at the following methods of verifying the quality of random numbers. It is a difficult and very important topic in such things as simulations and cryptography.
Here are some of the test suites: PractRand, TestU... | Every manually generated number is not random. Computers generate mostly using modulo arithmetic (at their core), so called pseudo-random numbers. Good algorithms are well-understood. I suggest you pick one (eg, Wikipedia) if you care about 'good' properties. Your algorithm only generates a one-time number in a determi... |
255,611 | A rational number can be represented in the form p/q. prove that the period of the the repeating decimal should at the most q-1. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/255611",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/51384/"
] | Your example is not at all random and is dangerous for the application you mention.
Perhaps you should look at the following methods of verifying the quality of random numbers. It is a difficult and very important topic in such things as simulations and cryptography.
Here are some of the test suites: PractRand, TestU... | If you want to generate real random number then you must use current time as a variable and do some operation with them. But still they have a algorithm. *A random number is free from algorithm* |
255,611 | A rational number can be represented in the form p/q. prove that the period of the the repeating decimal should at the most q-1. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/255611",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/51384/"
] | Your example is not at all random and is dangerous for the application you mention.
Perhaps you should look at the following methods of verifying the quality of random numbers. It is a difficult and very important topic in such things as simulations and cryptography.
Here are some of the test suites: PractRand, TestU... | As pointed out above by @gnometorule, if you generate a number using an algorithm, it is not going to be random. Instead, you need to look at pseudorandom numbers. There are interesting ways to understand pseudorandom generators in the context of computational complexity. Very loosely speaking, if ahead of time you def... |
255,611 | A rational number can be represented in the form p/q. prove that the period of the the repeating decimal should at the most q-1. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/255611",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/51384/"
] | Every manually generated number is not random. Computers generate mostly using modulo arithmetic (at their core), so called pseudo-random numbers. Good algorithms are well-understood. I suggest you pick one (eg, Wikipedia) if you care about 'good' properties. Your algorithm only generates a one-time number in a determi... | If you want to generate real random number then you must use current time as a variable and do some operation with them. But still they have a algorithm. *A random number is free from algorithm* |
255,611 | A rational number can be represented in the form p/q. prove that the period of the the repeating decimal should at the most q-1. | 2012/12/10 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/255611",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/51384/"
] | Every manually generated number is not random. Computers generate mostly using modulo arithmetic (at their core), so called pseudo-random numbers. Good algorithms are well-understood. I suggest you pick one (eg, Wikipedia) if you care about 'good' properties. Your algorithm only generates a one-time number in a determi... | As pointed out above by @gnometorule, if you generate a number using an algorithm, it is not going to be random. Instead, you need to look at pseudorandom numbers. There are interesting ways to understand pseudorandom generators in the context of computational complexity. Very loosely speaking, if ahead of time you def... |
311,750 | I ran into a strange problem with Windows 7 Backup & Restore.
I've got the following setup:
* Internal ssd with c: (system), 80GB
* Internal hard drive e: (data), 320GB, 100GB used
* External hard drive (3TB) with three partitions: g:, h: and I:
g: and h: have data (mainly movies), I: is my backup partition for Wind... | 2011/07/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/311750",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/73877/"
] | It has no partition information attached to it. Windows doesn't know if it's FAT or NTFS or otherwise. Usually a chkdsk works, but you need a letter. Try diskpart from an elevated command prompt to view the volumes. You may be able to attach a letter that way | How does it appear in Disk Management? What does it say? Is it initialized, and if so, could it possibly be a GPT partition (depending where it came from)?
Chkdsk will not run on a disk without a valid file system. That is all chkdsk does, fix the file system. It has no effect on partitions. |
311,750 | I ran into a strange problem with Windows 7 Backup & Restore.
I've got the following setup:
* Internal ssd with c: (system), 80GB
* Internal hard drive e: (data), 320GB, 100GB used
* External hard drive (3TB) with three partitions: g:, h: and I:
g: and h: have data (mainly movies), I: is my backup partition for Wind... | 2011/07/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/311750",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/73877/"
] | It has no partition information attached to it. Windows doesn't know if it's FAT or NTFS or otherwise. Usually a chkdsk works, but you need a letter. Try diskpart from an elevated command prompt to view the volumes. You may be able to attach a letter that way | Sometimes disabling it and then reenabling it will help. I had a drive that would fall asleep and Windows couldn't detect it. So I disabled it in Device manager and then reenable it. I've had to do that a few times with that same drive. PITA. . . |
311,750 | I ran into a strange problem with Windows 7 Backup & Restore.
I've got the following setup:
* Internal ssd with c: (system), 80GB
* Internal hard drive e: (data), 320GB, 100GB used
* External hard drive (3TB) with three partitions: g:, h: and I:
g: and h: have data (mainly movies), I: is my backup partition for Wind... | 2011/07/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/311750",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/73877/"
] | How does it appear in Disk Management? What does it say? Is it initialized, and if so, could it possibly be a GPT partition (depending where it came from)?
Chkdsk will not run on a disk without a valid file system. That is all chkdsk does, fix the file system. It has no effect on partitions. | Sometimes disabling it and then reenabling it will help. I had a drive that would fall asleep and Windows couldn't detect it. So I disabled it in Device manager and then reenable it. I've had to do that a few times with that same drive. PITA. . . |
2,359,931 | I've built a client-server system, where clients sign in to communicate securely with other clients through the server.
Here are the properties of my system:
-Client-server communication is SSL encrypted
-Client login details are stored as hashes securely with their salt on a database stored locally on the server
... | 2010/03/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2359931",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/249417/"
] | It seems like you could still suffer from a Trojan client application, but what you really need to do is take a step back from the various security technologies. What does all this security protect? Who would like to break it? What would they do if they could break it? Answers to those questions will help you identify ... | It looks like you are looking at this problem haphazardly - build a threat model of your design; and mitigations will come to you! Start here: <http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/getstarted/threatmodeling.aspx> |
102,056 | I'm using 220v -> 48v 830 W transformer directly connected to the 220v grid and used to operate my PCB drill.
The issue with transformer is that it's making irregular (with 0.1-2 min interval) sudden "BZZ" noises, accompanies with current spike in input coil and voltage spike in output coil.
Before using it as drill ... | 2014/03/06 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/102056",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/37963/"
] | Sounds like some kind of arcing within the transformer (perhaps turn-to-turn). If the transformer does this with no load and there is no sign of any other disruption on the incoming power, I would suggest discarding the transformer as it could be dangerous. | It could be a lamination issue - do you have it mounted so that the iron core laminations do not come into contact with something metallic - mounting it on a steel sheet might cause problems. Any conducting material touching/shorting the laminates could have this effect - think mounting brackets, fasteners thru holes i... |
230,832 | Reading the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright-field_microscopy) on Brightfield Microscopy and I notice the point:
*'Low apparent optical resolution due to the blur of out of focus material.'*
in the **Limitations** section.
I understand that this may be in relation to the z-axis resolution, ... | 2016/01/21 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/230832",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/103431/"
] | with brigh field illumination all the different planes in z are illuminated (or excited for fluorescence). Out of focus objects will increase the background noise on the object in focus, decreasing the signal to noise ratio. So effectively the maximum resolution of the microscope cannot be attained. | The further your object is from your optic's focal plain, the more blurry it gets. There's not much more to that statement as far as I can deduce. |
353,515 | How can I setup a RAID for IBM X3630 X3 server with IBM ServeRAID M5015 disk drives?
Is there a tool to configure disk drives? I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 | 2012/01/25 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/353515",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/98101/"
] | You need to get the IBM MegaRAID software from [HERE](http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073015) and read the user manual on the same page. | 2nd option: reboot and go into MegaRAID BIOS - either via UEFI setup (F1) or pressing Ctrl-H when MR BIOS is initializing. |
353,347 | I know people sometimes write unclear questions. I think some of them can never figure out how to make their question clearer. I think for some of them, the only way they're ever going to learn is if somebody makes an attempt to try and guess what they're confused about. Then they might slowly learn from experience how... | 2020/08/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/353347",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/332046/"
] | I disagree, on several accounts.
>
> Is it really a good idea to delete questions or close them before they're answered?
>
>
>
It depends on the content of the post. Some questions are better left unanswered.
>
> On each website, their number of points for that website goes up by 1 every 30 days until it reache... | As a relative newbie to Stack Exchange I will say that they Stack Exchange community is...confusing. The user base is often inconsistent on downvoting and deleting posts in my opinion.
I've read the guide of asking and answering a question, but on a few instances people in the comments have criticized my question for ... |
161,997 | I have a question regarding which SPI to USB connector to choose and what the main difference is between them. All i want to to is monitor the SPI activity going on which is possible through an SPI port connection on my board.
There are two USB to SPI convertors I have seen:
* One at [sparkfun](https://www.sparkfun.... | 2015/03/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/161997",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/43924/"
] | When op-amps are used as unit gain amplifiers, they are often used to convert a high-impedance input (which doesn't have much drive) into a low impedance output which has more driven to interface with the next stage of the circuit.
The op-amp has such a high-impedance that it essentially draws no current from the inpu... | By definition, a (voltage) buffer provides high input impedance and low output impedance. That means that if you place a buffer in line with a signal, it essentially isolates that signal from whatever is on the other side. You're also right in that it can provide a higher current to a load, power amplifiers do precisel... |
161,997 | I have a question regarding which SPI to USB connector to choose and what the main difference is between them. All i want to to is monitor the SPI activity going on which is possible through an SPI port connection on my board.
There are two USB to SPI convertors I have seen:
* One at [sparkfun](https://www.sparkfun.... | 2015/03/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/161997",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/43924/"
] | When op-amps are used as unit gain amplifiers, they are often used to convert a high-impedance input (which doesn't have much drive) into a low impedance output which has more driven to interface with the next stage of the circuit.
The op-amp has such a high-impedance that it essentially draws no current from the inpu... | Consider the following
[simulate this circuit](/plugins/schematics?image=http%3a%2f%2fi.stack.imgur.com%2fzWGBc.png) – Schematic created using [CircuitLab](https://www.circuitlab.com/)
You have some signal (V2) and you have some load (RL). V2 has a high output impeda... |
33,160 | When an auditor performs an inspection on a process area, the auditor will use interviews and documented evidence to make a judgment about how well the process is being performed. Inspecting a risk management capability should not be any different, but I think it is.
Auditing a risk management process on a project I w... | 2021/09/23 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33160",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/574/"
] | The list that you have posted in the question would be a good starting point as necessary processes, but perhaps as you suggest it would be insufficient to demonstrate high performance.
What your list misses out is evidence of action to mitigate risks. Mitigation plans and re-analysis of risks are great, but they don'... | It's not about having a high-performance capacity, but a capacity to give potential customers or clients the confidence that the entity can meet requirements and deliver the expected products and services.
As someone who has conducted supplier assessments, one of the first things that I do is [open-source research](ht... |
33,160 | When an auditor performs an inspection on a process area, the auditor will use interviews and documented evidence to make a judgment about how well the process is being performed. Inspecting a risk management capability should not be any different, but I think it is.
Auditing a risk management process on a project I w... | 2021/09/23 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/33160",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/574/"
] | There are two standards to which risk management should be compared. First, the compliance standard.
1. Do you have the documentation? Can you defend that you have expended effort? By this standard a "risk management softball team" is equal in vale to any other risk management efforts. I have little respect for this, ... | It's not about having a high-performance capacity, but a capacity to give potential customers or clients the confidence that the entity can meet requirements and deliver the expected products and services.
As someone who has conducted supplier assessments, one of the first things that I do is [open-source research](ht... |
27,704 | I have read that the prescribed duties of brahmin are becomings priests, learning and teaching so I want to clarify this doubt. | 2018/05/28 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/27704",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/15524/"
] | Apparently **Yes**.
See the following verse from the Manu Smriti:
>
> 10.75. Teaching, studying, sacrificing for himself, sacrificing for others, making gifts and receiving them are the six acts (prescribed)
> for a Brahmana.
>
>
>
In the Sanskrit Shloka, the word used, which is translated as "teaching", is **a... | As per **Chapter 2 (Varnashrama Dharma) of Kurma Purana**, there are six types of action that are recommended for brahmanas. These are
1. yajana (performing sacrifices),
2. yaajana (acting as priests at sacrifices),
3. dana (donation of alms),
4. pratigraha (receiving gifts),
5. adhyapana (teaching) and
6. adhyayana (... |
295,626 | I have a .net 3.5 WinForms application that runs fine on my machine, but on another machine it immediately crashes with a system.io.fileloadexception. Unfortunately, there are absolutely no details on which file failed to load, so I do not know where the problem actually is.
I believe I know which one it could be (SQL... | 2008/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/295626",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91/"
] | Turn on [fusion logging](http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook/archive/2003/05/29/57120.aspx)?
[This blog entry](http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/we-were-crashin.html) from Brad Wilson gives information on what to do if that fails... | Grab the Microsoft Debugging Tools SDK, and use either windbg or cordbg to attach and run your application. This should give you at least a clue where the problem is, if not pinpoint the problem. |
295,626 | I have a .net 3.5 WinForms application that runs fine on my machine, but on another machine it immediately crashes with a system.io.fileloadexception. Unfortunately, there are absolutely no details on which file failed to load, so I do not know where the problem actually is.
I believe I know which one it could be (SQL... | 2008/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/295626",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91/"
] | Turn on [fusion logging](http://blogs.msdn.com/suzcook/archive/2003/05/29/57120.aspx)?
[This blog entry](http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/we-were-crashin.html) from Brad Wilson gives information on what to do if that fails... | Hook and log [AppDomain.AssemblyResolve](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.appdomain.assemblyresolve.aspx) |
295,626 | I have a .net 3.5 WinForms application that runs fine on my machine, but on another machine it immediately crashes with a system.io.fileloadexception. Unfortunately, there are absolutely no details on which file failed to load, so I do not know where the problem actually is.
I believe I know which one it could be (SQL... | 2008/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/295626",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/91/"
] | Hook and log [AppDomain.AssemblyResolve](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.appdomain.assemblyresolve.aspx) | Grab the Microsoft Debugging Tools SDK, and use either windbg or cordbg to attach and run your application. This should give you at least a clue where the problem is, if not pinpoint the problem. |
761 | Here is an oddity, methinks:
* if I add tags, *and only that,* to someones question, all is well. I
can add as few or as many (5) as I like.
* if I add tags *and* fix a tinyweenylittle bit of text, ("i might as
well do it, since I am already adding tags") such as adding the odd
comma, capitalising a few words. *Then*... | 2014/01/11 | [
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/761",
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17773/"
] | Editing questions is a little weird.
[Retagging used to be a separate privilege from editing](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/182586/do-we-still-need-the-retag-privilege). For that and other reasons, when you make an edit, the system checks to see whether you edited only tags, or made changes to the title or... | I think the rule against "minor edits" is related to the fact that [too many distinct edits triggers a conversion to Community Wiki status](https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/edit). Plus, if you don't have enough rep for the edits to be committed, then some one else has to review each one.
However... |
165,454 | At my work, I have a network administrator that presumably sees everything I connect to on the internet (and has banned things like Facebook, Youtube, etc). However, tor seems to let me through those blocks. How does Tor prevent my network admin and local network from seeing what I'm doing. It seems to me that everythi... | 2010/07/19 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/165454",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/5921/"
] | The [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29#Operation) explains this quite nicely.
Basically, you run a proxy *on your system* which encrypts outgoing traffic, so no, your admin cannot see what you are doing, as data only leaves your system in encrypted form. | Because it uses a proxy (different port than HTTP) configured in your browser, your Network admin has not blocked that port yet. Tor uses encryption to mask any data that goes between your PC and the tor network.
<http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/surf-the-web-anonymously-and-securely-with-tor/> |
199,180 | I don't really understand the `unique`-ness in LoL. Is it per item or per passive type? It doesn't seem like the internet fully agrees about this (it's not clear to me at least).
If I have both [the Hextech Revolver](http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Hextech_Revolver) (Unique: +12 % Spell Vamp) and [Will of the Ac... | 2015/01/03 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/199180",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11954/"
] | Uniqueness works in a couple of ways. If an item is unique (without a name, like Will of the Ancients (WOTA) or Hextech Revolver) then it will stack with each-other, giving a total of 32% in your example. However, if you upgraded that Revolver into a WOTA, your spell vamp will be only 20%. This being, if you have multi... | In simple terms unique means its unique to that individual item once, so if you get more than one of the item you will not have that buff stack. |
7,959,847 | Do most use real phones to test Google Account specific Android features? For example, I want to develop/test the Ice Cream Sandwich calendar api and in the emulator I can add a Google Gmail account to the operating system, but the calendars never seem to sync.
Here's a related post:
[How to read and edit Android cal... | 2011/10/31 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7959847",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/770345/"
] | One work around is to add you Google account as an Exchange account -- see <http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138636&topic=14299> for info.
Basically, enter your gmail address, but change the server it connects to to m.google.com and enable SSL. | I was never able to get a Google account to work since Google blocks active sync on free accounts.
The solution for me was to signup for a free outlook.com account and use outlook.com's active sync settings as I did not have access to an Exchange account.
The steps I followed are from [my blog](http://samuelhaddad.co... |
300,272 | I want to know is there any way in R/Python to specify to the model to emphasize its learning more on specific subset of data , while it considers the whole data.
For example - i have sales behavior data from 2011 to 2016 and i am predicting likelihood to buy in 2017 - i want the model to emphasize more on 2015-2016 ... | 2017/08/29 | [
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/300272",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com",
"https://stats.stackexchange.com/users/155843/"
] | One general approach is to try oversampling more/undersampling less important data.
With respect to weights it will depend on the algorihtm.
In **Python** it seems many algorithms in **scikit-learn** have it, for example [SVMs](http://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/svm/plot_weighted_samples.html), [Stochastic... | Keras offers the ability to apply weight to every sample invdividually.
You can view the entire keras model api [here](https://keras.io/models/sequential/).
The description of the sample\_weight parameter of keras "fit" function is as follows:
>
> sample\_weight: Optional Numpy array of weights for the training sa... |
3,712,801 | My company is trying to decide if we are going to standardize on Moq, Rhino Mocks or MS Moles and Stubs.
I know Rhino Mocks and Moles and Stubs fairly well. But I am unfamiliar with Moq. How does the syntax work? Does it support Arrange Act Assert (AAA) like Rhino Mocks (I hear they created it, but I am not sure). Doe... | 2010/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3712801",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16241/"
] | I've done a multi-part blog series on the differences between a number of mocking frameworks. Feel free to check it out at <http://www.richard-banks.org/2010/07/mocking-comparison-part-1-basics.html> | Have you looked at <http://code.google.com/p/moq/wiki/QuickStart> ?
Moq supports AAA and strong typing (via use of lambdas) |
3,712,801 | My company is trying to decide if we are going to standardize on Moq, Rhino Mocks or MS Moles and Stubs.
I know Rhino Mocks and Moles and Stubs fairly well. But I am unfamiliar with Moq. How does the syntax work? Does it support Arrange Act Assert (AAA) like Rhino Mocks (I hear they created it, but I am not sure). Doe... | 2010/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3712801",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16241/"
] | Have you looked at <http://code.google.com/p/moq/wiki/QuickStart> ?
Moq supports AAA and strong typing (via use of lambdas) | This project compares many mock framework against each other: [mocking frameworks compare](http://code.google.com/p/mocking-frameworks-compare/) |
3,712,801 | My company is trying to decide if we are going to standardize on Moq, Rhino Mocks or MS Moles and Stubs.
I know Rhino Mocks and Moles and Stubs fairly well. But I am unfamiliar with Moq. How does the syntax work? Does it support Arrange Act Assert (AAA) like Rhino Mocks (I hear they created it, but I am not sure). Doe... | 2010/09/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3712801",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16241/"
] | I've done a multi-part blog series on the differences between a number of mocking frameworks. Feel free to check it out at <http://www.richard-banks.org/2010/07/mocking-comparison-part-1-basics.html> | This project compares many mock framework against each other: [mocking frameworks compare](http://code.google.com/p/mocking-frameworks-compare/) |
163,319 | Good Day - I am writing a review paper of some techniques, which involve mathematical models. The authors utilize some equations to represent their model comprised of different components. Since I need to explain their methodology, its not possible to do it without referring to their equations. So I have to add their e... | 2021/03/03 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/163319",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/135799/"
] | Plagiarism is representing the work of another as you own. You aren't doing this here if you properly cite the work, so no, it isn't plagiarism. Just make sure that your citation is somehow "attached" to the equations, perhaps by using appropriate phrasing when including them in addition to the citation. "The following... | I assume that the work of other authors that you are referring to has already been published.
You can add someone else's equation in your work, but it has to be absolutely clear to the reader that this is the original work of someone else. And it must be clear if you chose to modify it a bit, e.g., by using different ... |
163,319 | Good Day - I am writing a review paper of some techniques, which involve mathematical models. The authors utilize some equations to represent their model comprised of different components. Since I need to explain their methodology, its not possible to do it without referring to their equations. So I have to add their e... | 2021/03/03 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/163319",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/135799/"
] | Following up on my comments, you state that your context is writing a review article on variational approximations. There's no need to cite individual equations. The standard format might be:
"Rasmussen et al 2021 introduce the SuperVar method, which uses a factorised joint p(x, y) = p(x)p(y). Under these assumptions,... | I assume that the work of other authors that you are referring to has already been published.
You can add someone else's equation in your work, but it has to be absolutely clear to the reader that this is the original work of someone else. And it must be clear if you chose to modify it a bit, e.g., by using different ... |
163,319 | Good Day - I am writing a review paper of some techniques, which involve mathematical models. The authors utilize some equations to represent their model comprised of different components. Since I need to explain their methodology, its not possible to do it without referring to their equations. So I have to add their e... | 2021/03/03 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/163319",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/135799/"
] | Plagiarism is representing the work of another as you own. You aren't doing this here if you properly cite the work, so no, it isn't plagiarism. Just make sure that your citation is somehow "attached" to the equations, perhaps by using appropriate phrasing when including them in addition to the citation. "The following... | Since you *will properly cite every author's work*, you shouldn't face any plagiarism issues. Just make sure to explain that the mathematical models include the equations you present. For instance:
>
> Alice, Bob, and Charlie propose a mathematical model comprising Equations (1)-(3) [ABC21].
>
>
>
You can then go... |
163,319 | Good Day - I am writing a review paper of some techniques, which involve mathematical models. The authors utilize some equations to represent their model comprised of different components. Since I need to explain their methodology, its not possible to do it without referring to their equations. So I have to add their e... | 2021/03/03 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/163319",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/135799/"
] | Following up on my comments, you state that your context is writing a review article on variational approximations. There's no need to cite individual equations. The standard format might be:
"Rasmussen et al 2021 introduce the SuperVar method, which uses a factorised joint p(x, y) = p(x)p(y). Under these assumptions,... | Plagiarism is representing the work of another as you own. You aren't doing this here if you properly cite the work, so no, it isn't plagiarism. Just make sure that your citation is somehow "attached" to the equations, perhaps by using appropriate phrasing when including them in addition to the citation. "The following... |
163,319 | Good Day - I am writing a review paper of some techniques, which involve mathematical models. The authors utilize some equations to represent their model comprised of different components. Since I need to explain their methodology, its not possible to do it without referring to their equations. So I have to add their e... | 2021/03/03 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/163319",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/135799/"
] | Following up on my comments, you state that your context is writing a review article on variational approximations. There's no need to cite individual equations. The standard format might be:
"Rasmussen et al 2021 introduce the SuperVar method, which uses a factorised joint p(x, y) = p(x)p(y). Under these assumptions,... | Since you *will properly cite every author's work*, you shouldn't face any plagiarism issues. Just make sure to explain that the mathematical models include the equations you present. For instance:
>
> Alice, Bob, and Charlie propose a mathematical model comprising Equations (1)-(3) [ABC21].
>
>
>
You can then go... |
9,618 | I am asking about the [6416U 1 in. x 1 in. x 48 in. Hardwood Round Dowel](https://www.homedepot.com/p/6416U-1-in-x-1-in-x-48-in-Hardwood-Round-Dowel-10001808/203334068) they sell at Home Depot.
I plan to join 3 4x4s and use the middle one as a swivel, the middle one will be under load and the 2 outside 4x4s will be st... | 2019/05/23 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/9618",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/7446/"
] | Per the following testing of dowels of various diameters in double shear at Purdue. <https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fnr/faculty/eckelman/pdf/fpj57(5)60-64.pdf>.
The smallest dowel tested was a 1.5" softwood dowel. Your 1" dowel would be approximately 1/3 the strength of the 1.5" dowels. Their weakest dowel had a ... | There isn't one answer to this, not least because HD sell it as "hardwood" so even the species isn't known. But even if the species were known (and it never changed1) wood can always be different from the textbook numbers because it's a natural material and it varies. Even pieces from the same tree can vary a lot or a ... |
9,618 | I am asking about the [6416U 1 in. x 1 in. x 48 in. Hardwood Round Dowel](https://www.homedepot.com/p/6416U-1-in-x-1-in-x-48-in-Hardwood-Round-Dowel-10001808/203334068) they sell at Home Depot.
I plan to join 3 4x4s and use the middle one as a swivel, the middle one will be under load and the 2 outside 4x4s will be st... | 2019/05/23 | [
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/questions/9618",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com",
"https://woodworking.stackexchange.com/users/7446/"
] | Per the following testing of dowels of various diameters in double shear at Purdue. <https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fnr/faculty/eckelman/pdf/fpj57(5)60-64.pdf>.
The smallest dowel tested was a 1.5" softwood dowel. Your 1" dowel would be approximately 1/3 the strength of the 1.5" dowels. Their weakest dowel had a ... | In what direction is the load? Depending on what the blue and red pieces are made of, and the grain direction in them, and the direction of the load, I would not be surprised if they failed first.
The more precisely the dowel fits in the hole, the stronger the result will be.
I would be surprised if a 1" dowel in rea... |
106,178 | Yesterday, I posted <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7408039/upgrade-visual-studio-2008-professional-to-visual-studio-2010-professional-agai> regarding purchasing Visual Studio. It was closed as off-topic.
Can anyone explain why Visual Studio is not considered part of "software tools commonly used by programmers,"... | 2011/09/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/106178",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Because it's not programming related. You are basically asking a support question on Visual Studio and that is *off topic*. It wasn't migrated anywhere and just marked *off topic* because there is no StackExchange site for Visual Studio Licensing/Upgrade questions. Yes, Visual Studio questions are asked and answered he... | It's true that the FAQ reports that questions about "software tools commonly used by programmers" are on-topic, but that doesn't mean that all the questions about that topic are acceptable on Stack Overflow. For example, these questions are questions that would probably not be acceptable.
* Do you prefer using C++Buil... |
106,178 | Yesterday, I posted <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7408039/upgrade-visual-studio-2008-professional-to-visual-studio-2010-professional-agai> regarding purchasing Visual Studio. It was closed as off-topic.
Can anyone explain why Visual Studio is not considered part of "software tools commonly used by programmers,"... | 2011/09/14 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/106178",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Because it's not programming related. You are basically asking a support question on Visual Studio and that is *off topic*. It wasn't migrated anywhere and just marked *off topic* because there is no StackExchange site for Visual Studio Licensing/Upgrade questions. Yes, Visual Studio questions are asked and answered he... | You're not asking how to use a tool effectively. You're asking how to buy it and install it. These are support questions that should go to the product vendor and have little or no value in a programming discussion site. |
485,519 | e.g.: I was a(n) \_\_\_\_\_ to/of his kindness.
**Not** 'object'. | 2019/02/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/485519",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/330294/"
] | from the iWeb Corpus: I was a beneficiary of his kindness. | I would use **recipient**.
For instance, from ["Affection—Expressions of Affection](http://family.jrank.org/pages/49/Affection-Expressions-Affection.html)":
>
> Public praise or admiration of the spouse, even if it is not said directly to the spouse (either it is overheard or relayed by a third party), enhances the ... |
485,519 | e.g.: I was a(n) \_\_\_\_\_ to/of his kindness.
**Not** 'object'. | 2019/02/14 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/485519",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/330294/"
] | I was a ***focus*** of his kindness. From [MW](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focus):
>
> ***[focus](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/focus)***
>
>
> 1. a. a center of activity, attraction, or attention
>
> *the focus of the meeting was drug abuse*
>
> *put immigration into focus as a ho... | I would use **recipient**.
For instance, from ["Affection—Expressions of Affection](http://family.jrank.org/pages/49/Affection-Expressions-Affection.html)":
>
> Public praise or admiration of the spouse, even if it is not said directly to the spouse (either it is overheard or relayed by a third party), enhances the ... |
110,053 | Take the following example (I'm a guitar player, so I'm going to give a guitar-centric example):
Let's say you start by playing an A major triad using the C-shape. So you're fingering the 9th fret on the G string (E), the 11th fret on the D string (C#), and the 12th fret on the A string (A). You strum it. Mountains mo... | 2021/01/22 | [
"https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/110053",
"https://music.stackexchange.com",
"https://music.stackexchange.com/users/1915/"
] | This is usually referred to as an open or spread voicing, it is a general term to indicate the voicing of the chord spans beyond regular stacking, or close voicing. You are right that it isn’t an inversion. The guitar lends itself to many different ways to voice the same chord. Depending on the chord sometimes the guit... | I guess you’re looking for a term like ‘drop 2 voicing’, where the second note from the top in a close position chord is dropped an octave? I suppose we could say ‘drop 4’ (if it’s a 4-note chord), but we don’t really. There’s the general idea of a ‘spread’ or ‘open’ voicing, but that doesn’t mean ‘keep the top notes c... |
371,573 | I want to use the [L293D](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/l293.pdf) to control 2 motors forward/backward. My question is if I set all inputs (A) high, do I have a short circuit? Because the driver gets really really hot. | 2018/04/30 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/371573",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/173720/"
] | The supply for the op-amp must come from the input voltage. Note that the simulated circuit is not really an LDO regulator since the highest a perfect op-amp could possibly swing is the input supply voltage and the output will be at least one diode drop below that.
Of course simulated circuits don't even necessarily ... | It comes from the input voltage to the LDO, unless Vin specifications and process limitations require a pre-regulator to condition the voltage prior to powering the error amp. |
67,698,634 | I am new to unity and started making games recently. I am making a line game and trying to replicate player movement like in this game
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ThirdState.SineLine&hl=en_IN&gl=US>
Basically, I want the player's body to move in the curve when swiped left or right as it does in t... | 2021/05/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/67698634",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3953486/"
] | i think you can use sine function.
[sine function graph](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPg1f.png)
so you just need to apply the function to your current time, and multiply it with the speed, And apply the result to your player x position, and put a simple function to make the player move up when get touched. with it, you ... | To achieve the excact same affect, your best bet is to use physics. First attach a movement script to the player. Now, in the start function, get the component, rigidbody2d. Next, in the fixedupdate function, add a force on the x axis(both left and right i mean). Then in the update function, check if the player positio... |
20,411,361 | I'm running xcode 5.0.1. In previous version Xcode, there was to be a checkbox for not using storyboard when creating a ios project. How do I turn off storyboards and just use xib files in xcode 5.0.1? | 2013/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/20411361",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2831663/"
] | Unfortunately, the built-in project templates in Xcode 5 mandate storyboards, unless you pick the Empty Application template. Your choices therefore boil down to:
* Start every project as an Empty Application and add your view controllers from the ground up
* Start using one of the storyboard-based templates, then:
+... | Open a new project as an empty project. The selection is in the bottom row, second from the right. Then you can add your view controllers in your app delegate. Hope this helps. |
54,338 | Give a layer with some brush drawings, I want to use the lasso tool to select some parts of my drawing. However, I want the selection to only contain visible pixels. As it is now, the lasso tool's selection will contain the entire selection, regardless of there being transparent or visible pixels. Is this possible?
Lo... | 2015/06/01 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/54338",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/3767/"
] | Do this:
1. Make selection
2. Right click on layer thumbnail and choose **Intersect Transparency Mask**
**Image 1**: Animation of intersecting the selection with transparency mask | So I stumbled upon this post with the same exact question, and I figured out another way while trying the other answers.
Here's what you do:
1. Make your selection any way you want; marquee, lasso, whatever.
2. Switch to the move tool (v)
3. Move your selection with the arrow keys any direction.
Your selection will... |
228,289 | I want to make this kind of animation [GIF](https://blogs-images.forbes.com/startswithabang/files/2018/08/ezgif-5-014fc9ef71.gif).
It has to work in **Eevee** with multiple objects. Unfortunately I couldn't do it via **wireframes modifier** and **proportional editing**. Do you have any suggestions?
[![Enter image desc... | 2021/06/21 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/228289",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/100787/"
] | A similar (**though not physically realistic**) effect can be done using array modifiers and a wireframe modifier to create the 3 dimensional space-time lattice, and then a cast modifier to create the gravitational effect.
1. Start with a cube, and then add three array modifiers, one for each dimension, and then a wir... | Great answer from *jwrush*! - I'll add that with regards to texturing, this seems to do the trick. Make sure to select your "Warp sphere" as the Object basis for the Texture Coordinate. You may have to alter your mapping scale values and the ColorRamp sliders to accommodate the size of your objects.
[.
* The two worlds are fundamentally Earth-like.
* The native humanoid species on each world are genetically compatible.
* A native of the blue sun system visits the world in the yellow sun system.
**Question**
Would the blue... | 2018/01/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/101613",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/40609/"
] | It might depend on if your natives are human and just live there over several generations, or if they took a different evolutionary track.
On earth, being able to pick out camouflaged creatures is actually [EASIER if you are colorblind](http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051205/full/news051205-1.html). This is the reason... | If you have ever had to fight with lighting in a video studio, you will know the frustration that ensues because your eye is self adjusting for white balance. When you look at he scene in real life, whites are white. Look at it on the video monitor, and everything is red because of the tungsten lights.
After an adjust... |
101,613 | **Assumptions**
* One habitable world in each system (blue sun system and yellow sun system).
* The two worlds are fundamentally Earth-like.
* The native humanoid species on each world are genetically compatible.
* A native of the blue sun system visits the world in the yellow sun system.
**Question**
Would the blue... | 2018/01/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/101613",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/40609/"
] | If you have ever had to fight with lighting in a video studio, you will know the frustration that ensues because your eye is self adjusting for white balance. When you look at he scene in real life, whites are white. Look at it on the video monitor, and everything is red because of the tungsten lights.
After an adjust... | If the humans have the same structure in their eyes, which can be assumed by the fact that they are genetically compatible, the color of the sun should have no effect on their perception of the world.
There might be cultural differences based on what colors are significant important on either world. But that affect i... |
101,613 | **Assumptions**
* One habitable world in each system (blue sun system and yellow sun system).
* The two worlds are fundamentally Earth-like.
* The native humanoid species on each world are genetically compatible.
* A native of the blue sun system visits the world in the yellow sun system.
**Question**
Would the blue... | 2018/01/06 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/101613",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/40609/"
] | It might depend on if your natives are human and just live there over several generations, or if they took a different evolutionary track.
On earth, being able to pick out camouflaged creatures is actually [EASIER if you are colorblind](http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051205/full/news051205-1.html). This is the reason... | If the humans have the same structure in their eyes, which can be assumed by the fact that they are genetically compatible, the color of the sun should have no effect on their perception of the world.
There might be cultural differences based on what colors are significant important on either world. But that affect i... |
2,862 | The [F.A.Q.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/faq) doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never going to be a good reference site builder because of how the content is solicited. A... | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/255/"
] | 1. Barring a very specific and wide analysis of a majority of such "limited list" questions (and not just 2 that you cherry-picked to make your point) clearly showing that they actively harm the site, generate bad content, and are worth banning - **the burden of proof that such questions are worth banning is on you**. ... | We are purely a "curiosity" site. There are no "problems" to be solved, this isn't superuser or stackoverflow.
If anything, we need to reconsider allowing all list questions once again, after crafting a policy that would make them as un-obnoxious as possible. For instance, some say that it messes up the popularity of ... |
2,862 | The [F.A.Q.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/faq) doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never going to be a good reference site builder because of how the content is solicited. A... | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/255/"
] | It could make sense to ***allow list questions, but make them CW*** and build the list inside one answer. This would remove the problem of an increasing amount of answers and allow the OP to accept *the single* correct answer, if they're satisfied.
List questions are easily identified so it would be trivial to enforce... | We are purely a "curiosity" site. There are no "problems" to be solved, this isn't superuser or stackoverflow.
If anything, we need to reconsider allowing all list questions once again, after crafting a policy that would make them as un-obnoxious as possible. For instance, some say that it messes up the popularity of ... |
2,862 | The [F.A.Q.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/faq) doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never going to be a good reference site builder because of how the content is solicited. A... | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/255/"
] | **TL,DR** Feel free to scroll to the conclusion section and read only that.
Here's the reasons I think list questions are bad:
**I think that they run afoul of the idle curiosity clause in the FAQ**. I can't remember a single non-idle-curiosity list question. Of course, that said, I don't have any examples since you ... | We are purely a "curiosity" site. There are no "problems" to be solved, this isn't superuser or stackoverflow.
If anything, we need to reconsider allowing all list questions once again, after crafting a policy that would make them as un-obnoxious as possible. For instance, some say that it messes up the popularity of ... |
2,862 | The [F.A.Q.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/faq) doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never going to be a good reference site builder because of how the content is solicited. A... | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/255/"
] | **TL;DR:** Yes, allowing limited lists has generated some good content, and we should continue to allow them, but we should also continue to monitor them and edit to improve wherever possible.
>
> So after a two years of accepting these kind of questions, the question we need to ask ourselves is "Are they generating ... | We are purely a "curiosity" site. There are no "problems" to be solved, this isn't superuser or stackoverflow.
If anything, we need to reconsider allowing all list questions once again, after crafting a policy that would make them as un-obnoxious as possible. For instance, some say that it messes up the popularity of ... |
2,862 | The [F.A.Q.](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/faq) doesn't actually forbid list questions, instead forbidding a specific subset of those questions. However, the fact remains that we are NOT a reference site. This format (Q & A) is never going to be a good reference site builder because of how the content is solicited. A... | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2862",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/users/255/"
] | It could make sense to ***allow list questions, but make them CW*** and build the list inside one answer. This would remove the problem of an increasing amount of answers and allow the OP to accept *the single* correct answer, if they're satisfied.
List questions are easily identified so it would be trivial to enforce... | 1. Barring a very specific and wide analysis of a majority of such "limited list" questions (and not just 2 that you cherry-picked to make your point) clearly showing that they actively harm the site, generate bad content, and are worth banning - **the burden of proof that such questions are worth banning is on you**. ... |
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