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199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
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> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
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] | ***Sanify*** is an English word, albeit rare, which means to make something healthy/healthful. ([Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanify), [Collins](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sanify))
I think it can be useful as an alternative to ***sanitize*** which is usually int... | "Untangle" and the buzzword "unpack" both have the sense of *making order out of chaos*, which is a phrase for the meaning you seek. |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | ***Rationalize***, to make it rational, to apply logic or reason to something.
You can also consider ***clarify***, to make something easy to understand. | ***Sanify*** is an English word, albeit rare, which means to make something healthy/healthful. ([Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanify), [Collins](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sanify))
I think it can be useful as an alternative to ***sanitize*** which is usually int... |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | ***Rationalize***, to make it rational, to apply logic or reason to something.
You can also consider ***clarify***, to make something easy to understand. | "Untangle" and the buzzword "unpack" both have the sense of *making order out of chaos*, which is a phrase for the meaning you seek. |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/93136/"
] | ***Rationalize***, to make it rational, to apply logic or reason to something.
You can also consider ***clarify***, to make something easy to understand. | Rehabilitate? Has both the feel of "fix" and institutionalization... |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | ***Rationalize***, to make it rational, to apply logic or reason to something.
You can also consider ***clarify***, to make something easy to understand. | Sanitize.
The term that refers to making something sanitary should be "sanitarize", right? |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | ***Rationalize***, to make it rational, to apply logic or reason to something.
You can also consider ***clarify***, to make something easy to understand. | When you **delineate** something, others may **ascertain** how to understand it.
Source: [Kids in the Hall](https://archive.nerdist.com/ascertain-the-delineation-with-the-kids-in-the-hall/) |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Rehabilitate? Has both the feel of "fix" and institutionalization... | When you **delineate** something, others may **ascertain** how to understand it.
Source: [Kids in the Hall](https://archive.nerdist.com/ascertain-the-delineation-with-the-kids-in-the-hall/) |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/93136/"
] | Rehabilitate? Has both the feel of "fix" and institutionalization... | "Untangle" and the buzzword "unpack" both have the sense of *making order out of chaos*, which is a phrase for the meaning you seek. |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/93136/"
] | Rehabilitate? Has both the feel of "fix" and institutionalization... | Sanitize.
The term that refers to making something sanitary should be "sanitarize", right? |
199,339 | What is a synonym for "stop at nothing"?
Example usage:
>
> I stop at nothing to deliver ideal and timely design solutions.
>
>
> | 2014/10/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/199339",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/93136/"
] | ***Sanify*** is an English word, albeit rare, which means to make something healthy/healthful. ([Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanify), [Collins](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sanify))
I think it can be useful as an alternative to ***sanitize*** which is usually int... | Sanitize.
The term that refers to making something sanitary should be "sanitarize", right? |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
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] | Use the pistol you start with and the Deagle. Line up your shots so one bullet takes out two targets (possible 3 or so times).
Switch to the other pistol instead of reloading. | There are some perfectly workable solutions here already, here's another.
I often run through the pit before a play session in order to warm up and "calibrate" my thumbs. If I'm not hitting stationary targets without any lag, I'm not going to hit moving ones in an actual game.
My goal is to get through in under 30 se... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
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] | Use the pistol you start with and the Deagle. Line up your shots so one bullet takes out two targets (possible 3 or so times).
Switch to the other pistol instead of reloading. | The key to completing The Pit in under 30 seconds is accuracy. The more accurate you are, the higher your bonus and the more seconds that are knocked off your actual time to give your final "score" time.
If you hit any civilians, forget it - start again.
Also, try and make use of the "snap" auto-targeting feature if ... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
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] | It's much easier with a co-op partner. When I did it, we split the targets between us in a predefined fashion so we had the whole run choreographed. I think aiming is necessary but only for a split second i.e. aim-shoot all at once. | I did it solo, after a gazillion tries, found out that lining up targets is the key, and reloading as rarely as possible.
Use the MP5, its aim-down-sight (ADS) and reload time is shorter than others.
Run between targets, ADS, fire single shots, AIS, repeat.
Melee the target at the top of the stairs, reload before jum... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
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] | Use the pistol you start with and the Deagle. Line up your shots so one bullet takes out two targets (possible 3 or so times).
Switch to the other pistol instead of reloading. | 1. Choose your guns: I recommend ACR and M9 Tactical.
2. Switch weapons: In the house, as soon Shepard says `MELEE` Switch to your pistol, continue like that.
3. Practise: Don't just think it'll be a one time miracle, practise.
4. Don't hit civilians. |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | It's much easier with a co-op partner. When I did it, we split the targets between us in a predefined fashion so we had the whole run choreographed. I think aiming is necessary but only for a split second i.e. aim-shoot all at once. | There are some perfectly workable solutions here already, here's another.
I often run through the pit before a play session in order to warm up and "calibrate" my thumbs. If I'm not hitting stationary targets without any lag, I'm not going to hit moving ones in an actual game.
My goal is to get through in under 30 se... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | It's much easier with a co-op partner. When I did it, we split the targets between us in a predefined fashion so we had the whole run choreographed. I think aiming is necessary but only for a split second i.e. aim-shoot all at once. | Keep moving....the game itself gives you hints: if you listen to the voices talking as you negotiate the course you hear something about using the Desert Eagle.
I personally used the M9 and the .45, but the Eagle is good. Pistols are faster to change to, and you also seem to move quicker.
You can still auto aim as ... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | I did it solo, after a gazillion tries, found out that lining up targets is the key, and reloading as rarely as possible.
Use the MP5, its aim-down-sight (ADS) and reload time is shorter than others.
Run between targets, ADS, fire single shots, AIS, repeat.
Melee the target at the top of the stairs, reload before jum... | Keep moving....the game itself gives you hints: if you listen to the voices talking as you negotiate the course you hear something about using the Desert Eagle.
I personally used the M9 and the .45, but the Eagle is good. Pistols are faster to change to, and you also seem to move quicker.
You can still auto aim as ... |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | I did it solo, after a gazillion tries, found out that lining up targets is the key, and reloading as rarely as possible.
Use the MP5, its aim-down-sight (ADS) and reload time is shorter than others.
Run between targets, ADS, fire single shots, AIS, repeat.
Melee the target at the top of the stairs, reload before jum... | 1. Choose your guns: I recommend ACR and M9 Tactical.
2. Switch weapons: In the house, as soon Shepard says `MELEE` Switch to your pistol, continue like that.
3. Practise: Don't just think it'll be a one time miracle, practise.
4. Don't hit civilians. |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | The key to completing The Pit in under 30 seconds is accuracy. The more accurate you are, the higher your bonus and the more seconds that are knocked off your actual time to give your final "score" time.
If you hit any civilians, forget it - start again.
Also, try and make use of the "snap" auto-targeting feature if ... | 1. Choose your guns: I recommend ACR and M9 Tactical.
2. Switch weapons: In the house, as soon Shepard says `MELEE` Switch to your pistol, continue like that.
3. Practise: Don't just think it'll be a one time miracle, practise.
4. Don't hit civilians. |
220 | I've completed the campaign mode of *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2* and I want to complete Special Ops. I'm stuck on "The Pit". We have to complete the level in 35 seconds to get three stars. I was only able to get two stars no matter how many times or how hard I tried. Can you give me some suggestions (e.g., shoot fr... | 2010/07/07 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/220",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/116/"
] | I did it solo, after a gazillion tries, found out that lining up targets is the key, and reloading as rarely as possible.
Use the MP5, its aim-down-sight (ADS) and reload time is shorter than others.
Run between targets, ADS, fire single shots, AIS, repeat.
Melee the target at the top of the stairs, reload before jum... | There are some perfectly workable solutions here already, here's another.
I often run through the pit before a play session in order to warm up and "calibrate" my thumbs. If I'm not hitting stationary targets without any lag, I'm not going to hit moving ones in an actual game.
My goal is to get through in under 30 se... |
5,567 | How would I measure the number of database writes on SQL Server 2008 R2
For example, how many updated rows and how many new rows in a database over a period of time (1 day, 1 week or 1 month)? | 2011/09/08 | [
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] | An audit trail would meet your needs ... this article describes how to implement a simple one yourself.
<http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/pop-rivetts-sql-server-faq-no.5-pop-on-the-audit-trail/>
The basic concept works well, but beware of performance implications. | Use the various counters provided through [performance monitor](http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2007/performance-monitor-general/). You can also access these [programatically](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2625833/monitor-disk-activity-programmatically-windows/2626057#2626057). |
5,567 | How would I measure the number of database writes on SQL Server 2008 R2
For example, how many updated rows and how many new rows in a database over a period of time (1 day, 1 week or 1 month)? | 2011/09/08 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/5567",
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] | I would look at using extended events. Truthfully I have not worekd with these and it's one of those things I have not sat down and tried to learn...yet. So I cannot give you an exact example of how you would impliment with your example.
The advantage to these over trace files is no performance hit. They were specific... | Use the various counters provided through [performance monitor](http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2007/performance-monitor-general/). You can also access these [programatically](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2625833/monitor-disk-activity-programmatically-windows/2626057#2626057). |
5,567 | How would I measure the number of database writes on SQL Server 2008 R2
For example, how many updated rows and how many new rows in a database over a period of time (1 day, 1 week or 1 month)? | 2011/09/08 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/5567",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
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] | I would look at using extended events. Truthfully I have not worekd with these and it's one of those things I have not sat down and tried to learn...yet. So I cannot give you an exact example of how you would impliment with your example.
The advantage to these over trace files is no performance hit. They were specific... | An audit trail would meet your needs ... this article describes how to implement a simple one yourself.
<http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/pop-rivetts-sql-server-faq-no.5-pop-on-the-audit-trail/>
The basic concept works well, but beware of performance implications. |
504 | By sensitive questions, I refer specifically to questions about Adolf Hitler, or topics (e.g. Nazism) derived from him. (One might plausibly substitute Josef Stalin, and his dealing with the Ukrainians, or Mao Zedong and his cultural revolution in this context.)
I was put off by an answer to this question.
[Can we cl... | 2013/04/20 | [
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> The elimination of Jews was popular at home, made for good propaganda. The resource drain on German manpower and industry was relatively light in comparison. The system also provided for a nice base of cheap (slave) labour.
>
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To me, this seems like a factual statement and nothing more. I do find it annoyin... | I think we need to be entirely "clinical" about such things. That is the only way to arrive at Truth: When seeking Truth, nothing is "sensitive".
Everything must be evaluated only in terms of its historical and logical accuracy. If you have "thin skin" you will never arrive at Truth, which often is not particularly p... |
504 | By sensitive questions, I refer specifically to questions about Adolf Hitler, or topics (e.g. Nazism) derived from him. (One might plausibly substitute Josef Stalin, and his dealing with the Ukrainians, or Mao Zedong and his cultural revolution in this context.)
I was put off by an answer to this question.
[Can we cl... | 2013/04/20 | [
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> I was careful to refer to Hitler as a "jailbird," and a "derelict," thereby distancing myself from his actions.
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I'm not sure that *distances* you from anything; both of those terms are judgmental - you're not referring to him as a prisoner or convict; "jailbird" carries with it the connotation of "habit... | I think we need to be entirely "clinical" about such things. That is the only way to arrive at Truth: When seeking Truth, nothing is "sensitive".
Everything must be evaluated only in terms of its historical and logical accuracy. If you have "thin skin" you will never arrive at Truth, which often is not particularly p... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
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] | The post of **Head** of Auror Department is a political one, not a technical one. It is like being Director of the CIA. Do you need to be a superspy for that? No, you just need to be appointed by the President and accepted by the Congress. | I was under the impression that there was additional Auror training which was acquired on the job. I think it was supposed to an additional three years of classes in an applied graduate school. The time that the they were searching down Horcruxes is an equivalent to those three years. It is analagous to a battlefield c... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
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] | There's no canon answer I'm aware of. But out of universe, there are plenty of clear mechanisms for such things in Real World:
1. [Honoris Causa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree) degrees being awarded on the basis of achievement OR notoriety.
2. Credits for classes granted by passing exams. Happened to me... | The post of **Head** of Auror Department is a political one, not a technical one. It is like being Director of the CIA. Do you need to be a superspy for that? No, you just need to be appointed by the President and accepted by the Congress. |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
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] | Late answer, but browsing around I found a precis on the interview with J.K. Rowling "[Beyond the epilogue](http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/articles/jk-rowling-goes-beyond-the-epilogue.html)", which states:
>
> An often asked question is what are Harry, Ron and Herione doing now? J.K. said that Harry, alon... | Well for one thing: Harry didn't become the head of the Auror Department right away. But he didn't need to do the training, I read, since he already passed by doing what he had done fighting. |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
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] | There's no canon answer I'm aware of. But out of universe, there are plenty of clear mechanisms for such things in Real World:
1. [Honoris Causa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree) degrees being awarded on the basis of achievement OR notoriety.
2. Credits for classes granted by passing exams. Happened to me... | The question asks for *canon*, which is sadly lacking. The Epilogue is the weakest part of the whole series, giving no information to support or refute the generally excellent conjectures above. The closest we can come is that Dumbledore routinely waived or disregarded rules, so presumably Shacklebolt could and would d... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
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] | There's no canon answer I'm aware of. But out of universe, there are plenty of clear mechanisms for such things in Real World:
1. [Honoris Causa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree) degrees being awarded on the basis of achievement OR notoriety.
2. Credits for classes granted by passing exams. Happened to me... | Another point worth mentioning is character. The Ministry of Magic and Hogwart's faced a series of humiliatations throughout the HP books, culminating in the corruption of the Ministry at its highest levels, as key personnel were exposed as death-eaters and/or pureblood racists. Maybe a "character test" provision got a... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | There's no canon answer I'm aware of. But out of universe, there are plenty of clear mechanisms for such things in Real World:
1. [Honoris Causa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_degree) degrees being awarded on the basis of achievement OR notoriety.
2. Credits for classes granted by passing exams. Happened to me... | Well for one thing: Harry didn't become the head of the Auror Department right away. But he didn't need to do the training, I read, since he already passed by doing what he had done fighting. |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | Although I believe alexwlchan's answer to be the correct one. Give all of that information, the question of 'how' still sit's on "Kingsly said so".
Though that's good enough as the Minister of Magic seems to be able to do whatever he/she pleases without diplomatic process, I'll add another answer...
Harry defeated V... | The question asks for *canon*, which is sadly lacking. The Epilogue is the weakest part of the whole series, giving no information to support or refute the generally excellent conjectures above. The closest we can come is that Dumbledore routinely waived or disregarded rules, so presumably Shacklebolt could and would d... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | The question asks for *canon*, which is sadly lacking. The Epilogue is the weakest part of the whole series, giving no information to support or refute the generally excellent conjectures above. The closest we can come is that Dumbledore routinely waived or disregarded rules, so presumably Shacklebolt could and would d... | Well for one thing: Harry didn't become the head of the Auror Department right away. But he didn't need to do the training, I read, since he already passed by doing what he had done fighting. |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | Two reasons spring to mind:
* **Kingsley Shacklebolt explicitly sought out Harry’s help.**
Several interviews with J.K. Rowling make it sound like Kingsley explicitly sought him out, and thus would be able to waive the usual formalities.
>
> *Could you tell us what professions Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and Luna g... | Late answer, but browsing around I found a precis on the interview with J.K. Rowling "[Beyond the epilogue](http://www.beyondhogwarts.com/harry-potter/articles/jk-rowling-goes-beyond-the-epilogue.html)", which states:
>
> An often asked question is what are Harry, Ron and Herione doing now? J.K. said that Harry, alon... |
79,282 | From the top answer on this question: [What are Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione's professions?](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/60886/what-is-harry-ginnys-profession/60888#60888)
Harry became an Auror under the new Minister of magic Kingsley Shacklebolt and Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for the... | 2015/01/15 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/79282",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/12305/"
] | The majority of the replies here are discussing variations on normal government/bureaucracy processes that could lead to Harry being hired. I think these answers miss out on a significant point.
The country and government that Kingsley Shacklebolt took over would not have been normal and fully functioning with a smoot... | After the end of second wizarding world war, the Ministry was in shambles and needed large number of employees to rebuilt it's departments. Most importantly, like the end of first wizarding world war, they were rounding up all the dark wizards around them hence they needed new and large number of Aurors for the job. Lo... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | This is not the question you should be asking IMO.
The question to ask is: "Does using wordpress make creating this website easier ?"
If the pages you will be creating are related to the blog posts, then yes. For example, with Wordpress, your posts categories can be listed as sub-menu items.
But, if your pages are ... | WordPress can be used for more than just blogs, having recently won an award for best CMS proves that!
The reviews and articles would just be posts, in different parent categories.
The forum could be implented with bbPress (<http://bbpress.org>) or SimplePress (<http://simplepressforum.com>)
The buying/selling photo... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | This is not the question you should be asking IMO.
The question to ask is: "Does using wordpress make creating this website easier ?"
If the pages you will be creating are related to the blog posts, then yes. For example, with Wordpress, your posts categories can be listed as sub-menu items.
But, if your pages are ... | You mentioned you were gonna do it in PHP but now are thinking about WordPress. I just found that funny because WordPress IS written in PHP ;). Wordpress has been used as a CMS for a while now and I think it's often a great place to start. I love WordPress but it's not the only CMS out there you should look at Drupal, ... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | This is not the question you should be asking IMO.
The question to ask is: "Does using wordpress make creating this website easier ?"
If the pages you will be creating are related to the blog posts, then yes. For example, with Wordpress, your posts categories can be listed as sub-menu items.
But, if your pages are ... | >
> But, if your pages are not related to
> the "main" blog, why bother using
> Wordpress?
>
>
>
* It's a well known plataform, tested and used by millions of people;
* A Huge plugin ecosystem that deals with SEO, Backup, Twitter, E-commerce, you name it;
* A great documentation;
* A great admin interface with W... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | This is not the question you should be asking IMO.
The question to ask is: "Does using wordpress make creating this website easier ?"
If the pages you will be creating are related to the blog posts, then yes. For example, with Wordpress, your posts categories can be listed as sub-menu items.
But, if your pages are ... | Here are some sites that I've done with Wordpress that are more than just blogs:
* [Driia's Dreams](http://driia.com/), which is blog and online store for my wife's jewelry business. (*I take **no** responsibility for her theme.*)
* [Barking Mad Productions](http://barkingmad.org/), which is primarily a CMS for an eve... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | WordPress can be used for more than just blogs, having recently won an award for best CMS proves that!
The reviews and articles would just be posts, in different parent categories.
The forum could be implented with bbPress (<http://bbpress.org>) or SimplePress (<http://simplepressforum.com>)
The buying/selling photo... | You mentioned you were gonna do it in PHP but now are thinking about WordPress. I just found that funny because WordPress IS written in PHP ;). Wordpress has been used as a CMS for a while now and I think it's often a great place to start. I love WordPress but it's not the only CMS out there you should look at Drupal, ... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | WordPress can be used for more than just blogs, having recently won an award for best CMS proves that!
The reviews and articles would just be posts, in different parent categories.
The forum could be implented with bbPress (<http://bbpress.org>) or SimplePress (<http://simplepressforum.com>)
The buying/selling photo... | >
> But, if your pages are not related to
> the "main" blog, why bother using
> Wordpress?
>
>
>
* It's a well known plataform, tested and used by millions of people;
* A Huge plugin ecosystem that deals with SEO, Backup, Twitter, E-commerce, you name it;
* A great documentation;
* A great admin interface with W... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | WordPress can be used for more than just blogs, having recently won an award for best CMS proves that!
The reviews and articles would just be posts, in different parent categories.
The forum could be implented with bbPress (<http://bbpress.org>) or SimplePress (<http://simplepressforum.com>)
The buying/selling photo... | Here are some sites that I've done with Wordpress that are more than just blogs:
* [Driia's Dreams](http://driia.com/), which is blog and online store for my wife's jewelry business. (*I take **no** responsibility for her theme.*)
* [Barking Mad Productions](http://barkingmad.org/), which is primarily a CMS for an eve... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | You mentioned you were gonna do it in PHP but now are thinking about WordPress. I just found that funny because WordPress IS written in PHP ;). Wordpress has been used as a CMS for a while now and I think it's often a great place to start. I love WordPress but it's not the only CMS out there you should look at Drupal, ... | Here are some sites that I've done with Wordpress that are more than just blogs:
* [Driia's Dreams](http://driia.com/), which is blog and online store for my wife's jewelry business. (*I take **no** responsibility for her theme.*)
* [Barking Mad Productions](http://barkingmad.org/), which is primarily a CMS for an eve... |
1,800,241 | I have been making plans to create a site that would contain several different sections, such as several blog feeds for reviews and articals, a forum, and also a stock site where people can sell/buy photos.
I was planning on doing this in PHP, but have recently started using wordpress and found it to be very powerful.... | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1800241",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/185885/"
] | >
> But, if your pages are not related to
> the "main" blog, why bother using
> Wordpress?
>
>
>
* It's a well known plataform, tested and used by millions of people;
* A Huge plugin ecosystem that deals with SEO, Backup, Twitter, E-commerce, you name it;
* A great documentation;
* A great admin interface with W... | Here are some sites that I've done with Wordpress that are more than just blogs:
* [Driia's Dreams](http://driia.com/), which is blog and online store for my wife's jewelry business. (*I take **no** responsibility for her theme.*)
* [Barking Mad Productions](http://barkingmad.org/), which is primarily a CMS for an eve... |
6,034 | I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great. | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/6034",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/3405/"
] | Take a look at [numpty](https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/). It claims to have a ELO of about 1500-1800. I've played it on FICS before and it usually has a blitz rating of 1900-2100. Note that FICS ratings are usually horribly skewed by all the cheating that happens on there. | Actually, on the CCRL 40/4 there're around 170 engines under 1800, not just a dozen. You can also check this list based on bullet games: <http://e4e6.com/ratings.php?id=1001>
Most of the engines work properly, especially at long time controls.
Almost all of them are still available on the Internet, just Google them.
A... |
6,034 | I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great. | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/6034",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/3405/"
] | Adam Hair has a rating list for weaker engines:
<http://adamsccpages.blogspot.com/p/also-rans-rating-list.html>
Grizzly and Chenard are UCI, but a lot of the weaker engines tend to be CECP. | Actually, on the CCRL 40/4 there're around 170 engines under 1800, not just a dozen. You can also check this list based on bullet games: <http://e4e6.com/ratings.php?id=1001>
Most of the engines work properly, especially at long time controls.
Almost all of them are still available on the Internet, just Google them.
A... |
6,034 | I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great. | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/6034",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/3405/"
] | Take a look at [numpty](https://sites.google.com/site/numptychess/). It claims to have a ELO of about 1500-1800. I've played it on FICS before and it usually has a blitz rating of 1900-2100. Note that FICS ratings are usually horribly skewed by all the cheating that happens on there. | There is an engine called Delfi made by [msb software](http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/ "msb software"). It is designed to play at lower ratings but also to play more like a human amateur. It is commercial, not free but I think there is a free version with some limitations. |
6,034 | I am looking for an UCI compatible engine with an ELO of less than 1800. Not a version of Houdini or Stockfish with an ELO of 1800. I want a engine with a real ELO rating of 1800 or less. If you can help me with links, that would be great. | 2014/08/10 | [
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/6034",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com",
"https://chess.stackexchange.com/users/3405/"
] | Adam Hair has a rating list for weaker engines:
<http://adamsccpages.blogspot.com/p/also-rans-rating-list.html>
Grizzly and Chenard are UCI, but a lot of the weaker engines tend to be CECP. | There is an engine called Delfi made by [msb software](http://www.msbsoftware.it/delfi/ "msb software"). It is designed to play at lower ratings but also to play more like a human amateur. It is commercial, not free but I think there is a free version with some limitations. |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | It is mostly a license issue. These developments end up patching the code quite heavily, so if you were to deal with MySQL, you'd either have to open-source your code or be at the mercy of MySQL's corporate owner for the life of your business. Some offers for MySQL get around that by implementing their work as a storag... | I can see two reasons:
1) historically, PostgreSQL had better query planner and statistics analyzer. This might be not true now, but few years ago PostgreSQL was much better then MySQL on complex queries, which is OLAP ones.
2) PostgreSQL have better functions/triggers/etc programming support. |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | I can see two reasons:
1) historically, PostgreSQL had better query planner and statistics analyzer. This might be not true now, but few years ago PostgreSQL was much better then MySQL on complex queries, which is OLAP ones.
2) PostgreSQL have better functions/triggers/etc programming support. | I built an MPP system on MySQL and I discarded the system for two reasons:
1) is Oracle
2) is the lack of hash joins - nested loop and index joins do not scale to the level required in a MPP system - again because Oracle inhibited the promised delivery of hash joins in the 5.x code line after it took ownership.
MPP ... |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | I can see two reasons:
1) historically, PostgreSQL had better query planner and statistics analyzer. This might be not true now, but few years ago PostgreSQL was much better then MySQL on complex queries, which is OLAP ones.
2) PostgreSQL have better functions/triggers/etc programming support. | As Peter Eisentraut correctly pointed out, first and foremost it's a licensing issue. Postgres is licensed under a BSD-like agreement, which makes it essentially a "free for all", so long as you credit the original developers in your derivative work.
The MVCC vs. locking scheduler debate has been the subject of more ... |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | It is mostly a license issue. These developments end up patching the code quite heavily, so if you were to deal with MySQL, you'd either have to open-source your code or be at the mercy of MySQL's corporate owner for the life of your business. Some offers for MySQL get around that by implementing their work as a storag... | I built an MPP system on MySQL and I discarded the system for two reasons:
1) is Oracle
2) is the lack of hash joins - nested loop and index joins do not scale to the level required in a MPP system - again because Oracle inhibited the promised delivery of hash joins in the 5.x code line after it took ownership.
MPP ... |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | It is mostly a license issue. These developments end up patching the code quite heavily, so if you were to deal with MySQL, you'd either have to open-source your code or be at the mercy of MySQL's corporate owner for the life of your business. Some offers for MySQL get around that by implementing their work as a storag... | As Peter Eisentraut correctly pointed out, first and foremost it's a licensing issue. Postgres is licensed under a BSD-like agreement, which makes it essentially a "free for all", so long as you credit the original developers in your derivative work.
The MVCC vs. locking scheduler debate has been the subject of more ... |
1,099 | Astor Data, Greenplum and GridSQL all allow Massive Parallel Processing of SQL queries. They are also all built around PostgreSQL technology. Is this just because of licensing issues or are there other reasons? To me, it seems like the MyISAM, not being ACID complient and therefore not running into the same issues with... | 2011/02/06 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1099",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/71/"
] | As Peter Eisentraut correctly pointed out, first and foremost it's a licensing issue. Postgres is licensed under a BSD-like agreement, which makes it essentially a "free for all", so long as you credit the original developers in your derivative work.
The MVCC vs. locking scheduler debate has been the subject of more ... | I built an MPP system on MySQL and I discarded the system for two reasons:
1) is Oracle
2) is the lack of hash joins - nested loop and index joins do not scale to the level required in a MPP system - again because Oracle inhibited the promised delivery of hash joins in the 5.x code line after it took ownership.
MPP ... |
61,085 | On November 21, 2022, the Orion Navigation Camera made [several images](https://images.nasa.gov/search-results?q=orion%20navigation%20camera&page=1&media=image&yearStart=2022&yearEnd=2022) of the lunar surface.
[![Flight Day 6: Orion's Optical Navigation Camera Captures Lunar Surface
NASA ID: art001e000333 - 2022-11-2... | 2022/11/25 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/61085",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/22752/"
] | A navigation camera is going to have different goals than one designed to study fine details. Specifically, the navigation camera's goal will be to make recognition of key objects as reliable as possible. Most computer vision algorithms are going to pre-process the image into something that doesn't look all that pretty... | Probably the images are raw and not stacked yet, and NASA may need to release a large number of images of the same place after merging and combining. |
30,570,132 | Using APNS in small environments and low volume notifications is not the problem.
The problem (for me at least) is how to work with APNS limitations in a large, high volume of notifications environment.
APNS has some limitations (by design) that make it harder for smooth work
1. Constant connecting and disconnectin... | 2015/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30570132",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/972789/"
] | As you know APNS Service is not reliable. You can use
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
It is is a fast, flexible, fully managed push notification service that lets you send individual messages or to fan-out messages to large numbers of recipients. Amazon SNS makes it simple and cost effective to send ... | This is what I found from the [Local and Remote Notification Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/NetworkingInternet/Conceptual/RemoteNotificationsPG/Chapters/CommunicatingWIthAPS.html)
**Best Practices for Managing Connections**
>
> You may establish multiple connections to the s... |
95,327 | 
Most of you know this diagram. If this diagram is true, all software is free to not know the levels lower than ISA. But it's not true. Softwares like performance-critical programs or system softwares like OS and compilers, are often forced to ... | 2018/07/17 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/95327",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com",
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/users/91751/"
] | Nothing is 100% sure in life.
Abstractions are rarely perfect; they can be [leaky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction). Nonetheless, just because developers at higher levels *sometimes* need to know about lower layers doesn't mean they always do, or usually do; and it doesn't mean the abstraction is usele... | I had the pleasure once to debug a problem that happened if the user put their computer to sleep and switched it on again after 40 to 50 seconds. Less than 40 or more than 50 seconds, and the problem wouldn't happen. (The 40 or 50 seconds were on the hardware that I used, the times might have been different on other ha... |
95,327 | 
Most of you know this diagram. If this diagram is true, all software is free to not know the levels lower than ISA. But it's not true. Softwares like performance-critical programs or system softwares like OS and compilers, are often forced to ... | 2018/07/17 | [
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Abstractions are rarely perfect; they can be [leaky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction). Nonetheless, just because developers at higher levels *sometimes* need to know about lower layers doesn't mean they always do, or usually do; and it doesn't mean the abstraction is usele... | I develop high-optimized (mostly compression) algorithms and use micro-architecture knowledge every day. It allows to make algorithms 10-100x faster compared to naive variants. Here is how you can learn to this level of knowledge:
[What are the best resources (book, thesis, and academia papers) for one to become bette... |
95,327 | 
Most of you know this diagram. If this diagram is true, all software is free to not know the levels lower than ISA. But it's not true. Softwares like performance-critical programs or system softwares like OS and compilers, are often forced to ... | 2018/07/17 | [
"https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/95327",
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] | I had the pleasure once to debug a problem that happened if the user put their computer to sleep and switched it on again after 40 to 50 seconds. Less than 40 or more than 50 seconds, and the problem wouldn't happen. (The 40 or 50 seconds were on the hardware that I used, the times might have been different on other ha... | I develop high-optimized (mostly compression) algorithms and use micro-architecture knowledge every day. It allows to make algorithms 10-100x faster compared to naive variants. Here is how you can learn to this level of knowledge:
[What are the best resources (book, thesis, and academia papers) for one to become bette... |
43,805 | If I understand correctly. SegWit is one of the solutions to the full 1MB block problem that doesn't require a hard fork. But I've read this only increases the 1MB to maybe about 2-4x only. If that is the case, wouldn't we have the same problem down the line when transactions reach that level again? | 2016/04/21 | [
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Note that a hard-fork for larger blocks would also just delay the problem. | Firstly, it depends on how you define the "problem". Nothing is infinitely scalable. If we are to assume that bitcoin network capacity needs to increase, then no solution that still contains a limit (such as block size limit increases) will forever be a solution, they all will just "buy time". SegWit is a better soluti... |
43,805 | If I understand correctly. SegWit is one of the solutions to the full 1MB block problem that doesn't require a hard fork. But I've read this only increases the 1MB to maybe about 2-4x only. If that is the case, wouldn't we have the same problem down the line when transactions reach that level again? | 2016/04/21 | [
"https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/43805",
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] | Just like a hard-fork blocksize increase SegWit will not solve the scalability issue by itself. Either provides chiefly a fixed factor increase in capacity.
SegWit is also a way to kick the can down the road, but in comparison to the hard-fork blocksize increase, it also solves other issues, doesn't require a hard-fo... | Firstly, it depends on how you define the "problem". Nothing is infinitely scalable. If we are to assume that bitcoin network capacity needs to increase, then no solution that still contains a limit (such as block size limit increases) will forever be a solution, they all will just "buy time". SegWit is a better soluti... |
26,802 | Genesis 5:3-32 ESV spends a great deal of time describing the age of the men in Adam's lineage through Seth. Why are the men of Genesis so old? Were the dating systems just different? Are all of these old ages supposed to have symbolic meaning? Why does the Bible focus on the age at which they had one child in particul... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | This is a great question. The Bible never provides a direct rationale for the seemingly long ages recorded in the Old Testament. It just states them as a matter of fact with no apology for them.
As we look more closely at the ages, though, we find some very interesting things. The ages fall quite dramatically at a ver... | There is nothing symbolic about those old ages they are there to remind us of just how continuing to sin sorrows God:
All Scripture is quoted from the King James translation.
Gen 6:1 through 6
>
> And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the ... |
26,802 | Genesis 5:3-32 ESV spends a great deal of time describing the age of the men in Adam's lineage through Seth. Why are the men of Genesis so old? Were the dating systems just different? Are all of these old ages supposed to have symbolic meaning? Why does the Bible focus on the age at which they had one child in particul... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | This is a great question. The Bible never provides a direct rationale for the seemingly long ages recorded in the Old Testament. It just states them as a matter of fact with no apology for them.
As we look more closely at the ages, though, we find some very interesting things. The ages fall quite dramatically at a ver... | Adam was created to live forever. However, Because of the fall, he had to die. He also forfeited his right to eternal life. The genetics of Adam were such that generations following would benefit exponentially, until the influence would be depleted. Thus, succeeding generations lived shorter periods of time. The ages p... |
26,802 | Genesis 5:3-32 ESV spends a great deal of time describing the age of the men in Adam's lineage through Seth. Why are the men of Genesis so old? Were the dating systems just different? Are all of these old ages supposed to have symbolic meaning? Why does the Bible focus on the age at which they had one child in particul... | 2014/03/25 | [
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] | This is a great question. The Bible never provides a direct rationale for the seemingly long ages recorded in the Old Testament. It just states them as a matter of fact with no apology for them.
As we look more closely at the ages, though, we find some very interesting things. The ages fall quite dramatically at a ver... | Dittos to Narnian's answer, I won't repeat his material, but let me add some further thoughts:
I've heard theories that the word translated "year" in our Bibles is really referring to some much shorter unit of time. One writer suggested it should be translated "month", so the ages of 800 and 900 years become 800 and 9... |
46,323 | The pigeon in [Sibi's story](https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m12/m12a145.htm) says
>
> one is especially bound to do so if one happens to lead a life of domesticity that **consists of the five sacrifices**. If one, while leading a life of domesticity, does not, from want of judgment, perform the five sacrifices, one... | 2021/05/15 | [
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] | It is talking about householders and the necessity of doing the Pancha Mahayajnas daily. For a householder it's stated that there are five slaughter houses in their home itself.
>
> Manu 3.68. A householder has five slaughter-houses (as it were, viz.)
> the hearth, the grinding-stone, the broom, the pestle and mortar... | Swami Sivananda in his "All about Hinduism" writes
>
> There are five great daily sacrifices that are to be performed by
> every householder. They are: (i) Brahma Yajna, called also Veda Yajna,
> sacrifice to Brahman or the Vedas or the sages; (ii) Deva Yajna,
> sacrifice to the celestials; (iii) Pitri Yajna, sacrifi... |
136,922 | I've always felt that the dwarf's ability to ignore speed reduction from armor is a bit of a red herring, or perhaps a holdover from 4th edition that has lost its purpose because of the way the armor rules changed. It sounds like a kind of cool little benefit, but when you really look at it, it doesn't have much applic... | 2018/12/06 | [
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] | Any build that is heavy in Dexterity and has low Strength would benefit from the Dwarf ability, as long as they have proficiency in heavy armor. A ranged fighter with 10 strength would need this ability for speed in getting in position. This is only one of many examples. | I would argue that clerics and fighters can both easily use dex instead of strength. Fighters could use a bow or rapiers and clerics would probably use their light crossbow. Paladins can also like fighters use a bow or rapier. The main advantage of doing so would be that dex is overall a more useful stat than strength,... |
72,605,652 | We have on-prem sql server database which is connected to a legacy application. The on-prem database contains the username and password for the users. We are in process of migrating the existing solution to Cloud, and using Azure AD B2C for Authentication.
As the existing system is very big, so there is a phased trans... | 2022/06/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/72605652",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1437992/"
] | B2C supports integrating external identity providers. You can find a full list of them here:
<https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/identity-provider-local?pivots=b2c-custom-policy>
However, you are seeking to use a custom (generic) identity provider (IDP). This scenario is supported if the cus... | API connectors only work for sign-up.
There's an example [here](https://medium.com/the-new-control-plane/using-a-different-identity-repository-for-authentication-using-azure-ad-b2c-e662bf17e072) but you will have to use custom policies. |
247,023 | Haskell's [type classes](http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/classes.html) are a very powerful tool and give Haskell a great expressive ability, compared to functional languages that don't have them. When were they invented, and who invented them? | 2014/07/06 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/247023",
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] | The paper which introduced type classes was "[How to make ad-hoc polymorphism less ad-hoc](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/wadler/topics/type-classes.html)" by Wadler and Blott in 1988. In the paper, they mention that type classes were discovered during the standardization work on Haskell, however the wording doesn't mak... | Comically, type classes were invented by accident, when one researcher misunderstood another. The paper [A History of Haskell: Being Lazy With Class](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/history.pdf?from=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fum%2Fpeople%2Fsimonpj%2Fpapers%2Fhisto... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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] | The short answer, according to Turner (1951), is: we don't know. The Romans were not interested in recording theoretical mathematics, so we don't have any written accounts how they did it. It is assumed that whatever they knew was learned from the Greeks, but alas there is no Greek account (from the period) of a pure n... | I'm not all that sure that Romans had much need to perform complex division that often.
Typcially, they used Abaci for general maths usage, and the Roman numerals were used for simple recording the results at the end of the process.
[](https://i.stac... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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] | **The usage of using numerals for division neither existed nor was it necessary. Symbols were only used for recording results.**
This also explains why the romans used their system because it is easy for recording. Big numbers first and easy to remember symbols for the different steps of 100,50,10,10,5,1.
The operati... | I'm not all that sure that Romans had much need to perform complex division that often.
Typcially, they used Abaci for general maths usage, and the Roman numerals were used for simple recording the results at the end of the process.
[](https://i.stac... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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] | I'm not all that sure that Romans had much need to perform complex division that often.
Typcially, they used Abaci for general maths usage, and the Roman numerals were used for simple recording the results at the end of the process.
[](https://i.stac... | You can find Stephen K Stephenson's video presentation of [the technique described by Fizz](https://history.stackexchange.com/a/41438/27774) [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQ9l5QlwSQ).
You might like to follow the [sequence of videos](https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=545ABCC6BA8D6F44) from the beginnin... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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] | I'm not all that sure that Romans had much need to perform complex division that often.
Typcially, they used Abaci for general maths usage, and the Roman numerals were used for simple recording the results at the end of the process.
[](https://i.stac... | There's a paper on that ([Egyptians using division](https://web.archive.org/web/20171221094633/http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57574.html)), with an example or two, of **153/9** and **17/3**:
>
> Egyptian division is basically Egyptian multiplication in reverse. The divisor is repeatedly doubled to give the ... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27431/"
] | The short answer, according to Turner (1951), is: we don't know. The Romans were not interested in recording theoretical mathematics, so we don't have any written accounts how they did it. It is assumed that whatever they knew was learned from the Greeks, but alas there is no Greek account (from the period) of a pure n... | **The usage of using numerals for division neither existed nor was it necessary. Symbols were only used for recording results.**
This also explains why the romans used their system because it is easy for recording. Big numbers first and easy to remember symbols for the different steps of 100,50,10,10,5,1.
The operati... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
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] | The short answer, according to Turner (1951), is: we don't know. The Romans were not interested in recording theoretical mathematics, so we don't have any written accounts how they did it. It is assumed that whatever they knew was learned from the Greeks, but alas there is no Greek account (from the period) of a pure n... | You can find Stephen K Stephenson's video presentation of [the technique described by Fizz](https://history.stackexchange.com/a/41438/27774) [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQ9l5QlwSQ).
You might like to follow the [sequence of videos](https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=545ABCC6BA8D6F44) from the beginnin... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27431/"
] | The short answer, according to Turner (1951), is: we don't know. The Romans were not interested in recording theoretical mathematics, so we don't have any written accounts how they did it. It is assumed that whatever they knew was learned from the Greeks, but alas there is no Greek account (from the period) of a pure n... | There's a paper on that ([Egyptians using division](https://web.archive.org/web/20171221094633/http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57574.html)), with an example or two, of **153/9** and **17/3**:
>
> Egyptian division is basically Egyptian multiplication in reverse. The divisor is repeatedly doubled to give the ... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27431/"
] | **The usage of using numerals for division neither existed nor was it necessary. Symbols were only used for recording results.**
This also explains why the romans used their system because it is easy for recording. Big numbers first and easy to remember symbols for the different steps of 100,50,10,10,5,1.
The operati... | You can find Stephen K Stephenson's video presentation of [the technique described by Fizz](https://history.stackexchange.com/a/41438/27774) [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQ9l5QlwSQ).
You might like to follow the [sequence of videos](https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=545ABCC6BA8D6F44) from the beginnin... |
41,435 | How did Romans do division in their numeral system? Was it by [repeated subtraction](http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/roman/) or did they know anything faster? | 2017/11/03 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41435",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/27431/"
] | **The usage of using numerals for division neither existed nor was it necessary. Symbols were only used for recording results.**
This also explains why the romans used their system because it is easy for recording. Big numbers first and easy to remember symbols for the different steps of 100,50,10,10,5,1.
The operati... | There's a paper on that ([Egyptians using division](https://web.archive.org/web/20171221094633/http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57574.html)), with an example or two, of **153/9** and **17/3**:
>
> Egyptian division is basically Egyptian multiplication in reverse. The divisor is repeatedly doubled to give the ... |
18,952 | Me and my wife have been married for almost 5 years and together for 7. We are both relatively young, she is still in her twenties.
The past year or so, I have not acknowledged her very much. I have done my own thing mostly without consideration for her. She tried to make an effort during this time to maintain a healt... | 2018/09/28 | [
"https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/18952",
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] | I think you are realizing the wrong thing. You realize that you need to rebuild the relationship but should state that you realize that you messed up pretty badly. That's the first step in rebuilding this. I've had a somewhat similar issue: my sleep apnea was undiagnosed for a long time. As a result, I was pretty crabb... | Its your turn to understand and manage her moods and tantrums.
--------------------------------------------------------------
**Marriage** is the mutual kind of understanding. The partners should understand each other. If one partner is down/angree/sad then other partner should manage the situation and vice a versa. T... |
141,431 | I want to download this folder to my computer.
Can you show me how to download the complete folder.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z1rz2.jpg) | 2020/04/16 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/141431",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The owner of that folder has prevented viewers from downloading the items.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oVij5.jpg) | I don't think you can download this folder or download any video as the owner of the video has restricted the user to download them.
But you can do i think but it will take time. You use any Screen recorder and record them easily. I know looks like really stupid but yes it works...
Please reply if it helps! :) |
72,954,526 | I have a list of cities and an energy expenditure between each of them. I want to find the "best" (shortest) path between some specific pairs, that leads to the least energy loss. All roads are two-way roads, same energy expenditure from one city to another in a pair, but in the "best" path, each city should be visited... | 2022/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/72954526",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14920690/"
] | The problem of finding the lowest-cost simple path (a path that doesn’t repeat nodes) in a graph containing negative cycles is NP-hard, which means that at present we don’t have any efficient algorithms for the problem and it’s possible that none exists. (You can prove NP-hardness by a reduction from the Hamiltonian pa... | 1. add the absolute value of the most negative weight to EVERY weight.
2. Apply the Dijkstra algorithm. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm>
3. Subtract absolute value of the most negative weight times number of hops from cost of optimal path found in 2 |
33,291,572 | I noticed this afternoon that my Bluemix IoT Application was in the 'Unknown' state. When I mined into the app to see what the problem could be, I got the following pop-up:
[App staging failed in the buildpack compile phase](http://i.stack.imgur.com/h5yOq.png)
I haven't made any changes to my NodeRED flows in months,... | 2015/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/33291572",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5477712/"
] | A recent update to the underlying application stack has caused an incompatibility with older versions of the IoTF boilerplate.
The fix is to edit your application's package.json file and remove the 'mqlight' entry under the dependencies section. New instances of the boilerplate already have this entry removed - hence ... | Perhaps check the bluemix server status at <https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/support/#status>
There were some issues reported around scheduled maintenance. There are also buildpack updates scheduled. |
19,405,061 | Firstly, I apologise that I am NOT a developer...
We're using a third-party web-based application that uses .NET and Silverlight. I don't know if it's .NET v2 or .NET v3.5 that it uses but we're using Windows 7. We have a group of PCs where a control does not appear on a page in the app. From what I can tell, these ar... | 2013/10/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19405061",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2886558/"
] | The cause is this:
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh367887.aspx#web>
"Managed browser hosting controls from the .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0" - "Hosting these controls is blocked in Internet Explorer." | I had a similiar dl3 cache error, and the only thing that fixed it was installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 (Offline Installer)
<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42642>
I also installed SQL Server 2014 Client tools earlier, and this may also have had a positive impact by installing a newe... |
37,396 | Due to an injury I have a partial paralysis in my left arm, both shoulder and elbow.
This means I cannot do most of the upper body exercises. The only things I can do are single handed (dumbbell/machine) ones- biceps curl, triceps extension, shoulder press, chest press, etc.
I can grip stuff but I cannot lift any weig... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/37396",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/users/15566/"
] | Try consult with your doctor, maybe is possible use electric device like compex to stimulate your paralysed side.
for legs and core, you can do air squats, pistol squats (if possible hold balance, if not, try assisted), leg extensions, leg presses, back extensions, crunches.
How I understand, you can do very limite... | Are you able to front squat bodybuilding-style? That's a great all-rounder if so but you would need to be able to touch your right shoulder with your left hand (but not bear any load or grip anything)
<https://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/BBFrontSquat>
You could also do suitcase deadlifts although I'm not sure... |
37,396 | Due to an injury I have a partial paralysis in my left arm, both shoulder and elbow.
This means I cannot do most of the upper body exercises. The only things I can do are single handed (dumbbell/machine) ones- biceps curl, triceps extension, shoulder press, chest press, etc.
I can grip stuff but I cannot lift any weig... | 2018/03/21 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/37396",
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com",
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] | For core work, you could do a farmer’s walk with a dumbbell. In fact, doing it loaded on one side and then the other really adds to the benefits. If you don’t know, this involves walking while you carry the biggest freaking dumbbell you can grip at your side. No lifting needed.
You can also do a walking lunge with wei... | Are you able to front squat bodybuilding-style? That's a great all-rounder if so but you would need to be able to touch your right shoulder with your left hand (but not bear any load or grip anything)
<https://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/BBFrontSquat>
You could also do suitcase deadlifts although I'm not sure... |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | **UK**
[The Societies 2012 Photographic Convention](http://www.swpp.co.uk/convention/) (in january) - [Matt Grum](https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/1375/matt-grum)
**US**
[PDN PhotoPlus Expo October 27-29](http://www.photoplusexpo.com/) - [Jay Lance](https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2838/jay-lance-photograp... | I'll cast my vote with Jay Lance should the situation arise. I think such an event would be well suited to a professional that has been active on the site and, I think, Jay has fit the bill quite nicely here. |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | **UK**
[The Societies 2012 Photographic Convention](http://www.swpp.co.uk/convention/) (in january) - [Matt Grum](https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/1375/matt-grum)
**US**
[PDN PhotoPlus Expo October 27-29](http://www.photoplusexpo.com/) - [Jay Lance](https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/2838/jay-lance-photograp... | I think it'd be valuable to send someone to this:
<http://www.pmai.org/PMA_CES.aspx?id=21838>
It's more a *show* than a conference, but there are associated conferences as well. I don't know if it'd be too late for someone to actually run a session at either PMA@CES or DIMA, or if they have more informal "birds of a ... |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | It'd obvious we should send an active member of the community to the conference.
I would recommend Jay Lance Photography off the top of my head, I think he'd be an excellent choice to represent this community. But, that's just a thought. | I'll cast my vote with Jay Lance should the situation arise. I think such an event would be well suited to a professional that has been active on the site and, I think, Jay has fit the bill quite nicely here. |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | It'd obvious we should send an active member of the community to the conference.
I would recommend Jay Lance Photography off the top of my head, I think he'd be an excellent choice to represent this community. But, that's just a thought. | I think it'd be valuable to send someone to this:
<http://www.pmai.org/PMA_CES.aspx?id=21838>
It's more a *show* than a conference, but there are associated conferences as well. I don't know if it'd be too late for someone to actually run a session at either PMA@CES or DIMA, or if they have more informal "birds of a ... |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | As I mentioned in chat, I appreciate the votes of confidence. I'd happily promote the photo-SE community during a speaking opportunity of mine, if the photo-SE community supported such promotion...
In addition to being a full-time professional photographer I also teach photography in one-on-one and classroom settings... | I'll cast my vote with Jay Lance should the situation arise. I think such an event would be well suited to a professional that has been active on the site and, I think, Jay has fit the bill quite nicely here. |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | As I mentioned in chat, I appreciate the votes of confidence. I'd happily promote the photo-SE community during a speaking opportunity of mine, if the photo-SE community supported such promotion...
In addition to being a full-time professional photographer I also teach photography in one-on-one and classroom settings... | I think it'd be valuable to send someone to this:
<http://www.pmai.org/PMA_CES.aspx?id=21838>
It's more a *show* than a conference, but there are associated conferences as well. I don't know if it'd be too late for someone to actually run a session at either PMA@CES or DIMA, or if they have more informal "birds of a ... |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | I'm having problems finding it, but I suspect someone here might know more, so I'll just post what I'm looking for, and hope someone'll know.
Let's be honest here. This site probably isn't going to be attractive to a photographer in the business for 30 years, for a variety of reasons, unless said person is already som... | I'll cast my vote with Jay Lance should the situation arise. I think such an event would be well suited to a professional that has been active on the site and, I think, Jay has fit the bill quite nicely here. |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | I'll cast my vote with Jay Lance should the situation arise. I think such an event would be well suited to a professional that has been active on the site and, I think, Jay has fit the bill quite nicely here. | I think it'd be valuable to send someone to this:
<http://www.pmai.org/PMA_CES.aspx?id=21838>
It's more a *show* than a conference, but there are associated conferences as well. I don't know if it'd be too late for someone to actually run a session at either PMA@CES or DIMA, or if they have more informal "birds of a ... |
992 | We're evaluating the feasibility of **sponsoring a member of the photo community to speak at a conference in 2011**.
Speaking is a relatively big "ask", so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started!
We'd like the community to establish **where** ...
>
> What relevant photography conference... | 2011/04/15 | [
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/992",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/users/94/"
] | I'm having problems finding it, but I suspect someone here might know more, so I'll just post what I'm looking for, and hope someone'll know.
Let's be honest here. This site probably isn't going to be attractive to a photographer in the business for 30 years, for a variety of reasons, unless said person is already som... | I think it'd be valuable to send someone to this:
<http://www.pmai.org/PMA_CES.aspx?id=21838>
It's more a *show* than a conference, but there are associated conferences as well. I don't know if it'd be too late for someone to actually run a session at either PMA@CES or DIMA, or if they have more informal "birds of a ... |
3,761,666 | I am going to learn Windows7 mobile programming soon, what are tools and frameworks I should make sure to know very well before start.
For example, is know silverlight or wpf is something important? what else important? | 2010/09/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3761666",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/20126/"
] | WP7 is all based on Silverlight. Know it well.
If you're developing games, you'll need to know [XNA](http://creators.xna.com/en-US/education/gettingstarted) as well.
You will also most definitely want to familiarize yourself with [Model-View-ViewModel](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx) developme... | For Phone7 the (only?) choices are SilverLight and XNA.
A very good understanding of .NET is important for both. |
30,404 | I'm quite interested in WW2, and was thinking about the beaches of Normandy and what wondering about the following
Could Hitler have won WW2 after losing the beaches of Normandy and what were the key points in Hitler's actual defeat at Normandy, if so, how what would he have to had done differently and if not, how com... | 2016/06/16 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30404",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/19050/"
] | Hitler probably couldn't have won WW2 after the end of 1942, if ever. The writing was on the wall in one sense during Barbarossa, when the Germans thought they had the Soviets on the ropes. The Soviets started with 5.5 million men in theater, lost 6 million in the first 9 months, and despite those staggering losses, at... | No.
Another poster has made a good case that Hitler had lost the war before Normandy. And even the threat of an invasion was enough to tie down over a million German troops in France, decisively weakening the German defense of Soviet territory. But Normandy was arguably the "last straw," or Hitler's last (slim) chanc... |
30,404 | I'm quite interested in WW2, and was thinking about the beaches of Normandy and what wondering about the following
Could Hitler have won WW2 after losing the beaches of Normandy and what were the key points in Hitler's actual defeat at Normandy, if so, how what would he have to had done differently and if not, how com... | 2016/06/16 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30404",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/19050/"
] | Hitler probably couldn't have won WW2 after the end of 1942, if ever. The writing was on the wall in one sense during Barbarossa, when the Germans thought they had the Soviets on the ropes. The Soviets started with 5.5 million men in theater, lost 6 million in the first 9 months, and despite those staggering losses, at... | No. He had lost the war in the East by the time of the Normandy invasions. Note where the Russian armies were in June 1944. Modern histories of WWII are beginning to be less 'west centric' and to see that there was continuous, severe fighting in the East and that Hitler concentrated his attention there, having secured ... |
30,404 | I'm quite interested in WW2, and was thinking about the beaches of Normandy and what wondering about the following
Could Hitler have won WW2 after losing the beaches of Normandy and what were the key points in Hitler's actual defeat at Normandy, if so, how what would he have to had done differently and if not, how com... | 2016/06/16 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/30404",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/19050/"
] | No.
Another poster has made a good case that Hitler had lost the war before Normandy. And even the threat of an invasion was enough to tie down over a million German troops in France, decisively weakening the German defense of Soviet territory. But Normandy was arguably the "last straw," or Hitler's last (slim) chanc... | No. He had lost the war in the East by the time of the Normandy invasions. Note where the Russian armies were in June 1944. Modern histories of WWII are beginning to be less 'west centric' and to see that there was continuous, severe fighting in the East and that Hitler concentrated his attention there, having secured ... |
239,860 | Which one should I use gerund or infinitive while asking a questin like below?
>
> Which one costs more, to repair it or to buy a new one?
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> Which one costs more, repairing it or buying a new one?
>
>
> | 2020/03/09 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/239860",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/84824/"
] | >
> Which one does it cost more , to repair it or to buy new one ?
>
>
> Which one does cost more ,repairing it or buying new one?
>
>
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This is supposed to be the subject question, so you don't need the auxiliary "do" (does) in it.
As for using either the infinitive or the gerund--to me, both sound okay, at l... | Both versions in the question as edited sound correct to me, but gerunds are used more often than infinitives in questions like this. The most common way to say this would be something like:
>
> Which costs more, repairing it or buying a new one?
>
>
>
Some real examples that I found in a quick search:
* “Which ... |
709,609 | I have read this question:
>
> Clearly as you approach the singularity the tidal force on a body increases.
>
>
>
[Are the fundamental forces unified in a black hole?](https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/316629/are-the-fundamental-forces-unified-in-a-black-hole/316706#316706)
Based on the questions on th... | 2022/05/19 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/709609",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/users/132371/"
] | An electric fence is powered by a supply circuit which produces a high-voltage output which is fed to the fence wire. The current accompanying the high voltage is limited by that circuit to a low enough value so a shock from the fence wire will be annoying but not lethal. To save power, the circuit turns on briefly eve... | Thank you Niels, your answer along with some more searching as to what the equations might be and thus the parameters I need to fill these equations allowed me to "simulate" a range of plausible values or at least, I think so.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the following might be the equations to calculate the strength o... |
6,028 | Which personality traits are strong in people with values such as:
* kindness
* humility
* sympathy
* empathy
* abnegation
* church-professed values
+ solidarity
+ love for others
+ forgiving the other
+ defending the weak
+ putting the interest of other people at the same level of our interest
+ Trying to maxim... | 2014/03/19 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/6028",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/4425/"
] | Check out [Schwartz (1992)](http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=z9vHEy0osBAC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=schwartz+1992+universals&ots=Pfwwi1iYfG&sig=JKPk-oPl_9n8ccKgKro-9jIcaM0#v=onepage&q=schwartz%201992%20universals&f=false) on [universal values](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_values#Psychology_and_the_search_fo... | I believe that the most commonly accepted personality model in psych is the 5-factor model. I would argue that Conscientiousness and Agreeableness are pro-social, in the sense that Agreeableness captures many of the values you've listed, while Conscientiousness captures many other pro-social values, such as willingness... |
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