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435,289 | I am designing PCB which has an FT601 for USB communication. No matter how hard I tried, I could not keep the traces short enough in order to avoid reflections and simulation was revealing significant overshoot and undershoot (>300 mV) so I decided to use termination resistors. The impedance of the traces is 50Ω so I a... | 2019/04/24 | [
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> What type of resistor
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>
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People use SMD resistor arrays all the time. They are easy to find on Digi-Key, Mouser, or any other place. The FTDI reference design uses 4xR arrays. Why do you question their advice?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | I assume you mean a series resistor, but just want to clarify, because a 50 ohm parallel termination to ground would be an awful lot of current.
I agree, I think the resistor packs probably save a little room, and make the BOM shorter. But they can also be sources of assembly errors, IME. I don't think it makes a diff... |
435,289 | I am designing PCB which has an FT601 for USB communication. No matter how hard I tried, I could not keep the traces short enough in order to avoid reflections and simulation was revealing significant overshoot and undershoot (>300 mV) so I decided to use termination resistors. The impedance of the traces is 50Ω so I a... | 2019/04/24 | [
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> What type of resistor
>
>
>
People use SMD resistor arrays all the time. They are easy to find on Digi-Key, Mouser, or any other place. The FTDI reference design uses 4xR arrays. Why do you question their advice?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | >
> What type of (*series*) resistor?
>
>
>
Use the 4-in-1 0804 33 Ohm package [example](https://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/EXB-U28330JX/P16170CT-ND/3982519) is equivalent to 4x discrete 0402 packages. There are many OEM's; incl. Yageo, Panasonic, Bourns, CTS.
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710,603 | I don't know quantum mechanics and know a little bit about mechanics and a very little bit about subatomic particles but I am just a curious to know the answer to my question. My question is if 'inertia' is unwillingness to of an object to change its state of rest or uniform motion then can I say that electrons have no... | 2022/05/26 | [
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] | In physics, the phenomenon of inertia is in a category where an exhaustive explanation for it is not available (and may never be). The point is: in order to have a theory of physics at all the properties of inertia must be granted. So that is what physicists do; the properties of inertia are granted.
The closest thing... | Despite quantum effects an electron without external forces will act as any other macroscopic object without external forces. In particular it will not accelerate by itself and it has constant inertia. |
710,603 | I don't know quantum mechanics and know a little bit about mechanics and a very little bit about subatomic particles but I am just a curious to know the answer to my question. My question is if 'inertia' is unwillingness to of an object to change its state of rest or uniform motion then can I say that electrons have no... | 2022/05/26 | [
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> [Inertia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia) is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its velocity. This includes changes to the object's speed, or direction of motion. An aspect of this property is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed when no forces act ... | In physics, the phenomenon of inertia is in a category where an exhaustive explanation for it is not available (and may never be). The point is: in order to have a theory of physics at all the properties of inertia must be granted. So that is what physicists do; the properties of inertia are granted.
The closest thing... |
710,603 | I don't know quantum mechanics and know a little bit about mechanics and a very little bit about subatomic particles but I am just a curious to know the answer to my question. My question is if 'inertia' is unwillingness to of an object to change its state of rest or uniform motion then can I say that electrons have no... | 2022/05/26 | [
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> [Inertia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertia) is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its velocity. This includes changes to the object's speed, or direction of motion. An aspect of this property is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at a constant speed when no forces act ... | Despite quantum effects an electron without external forces will act as any other macroscopic object without external forces. In particular it will not accelerate by itself and it has constant inertia. |
54,615 | For my studies, I am required to do an investigation on a fictional criminal VMWare image. The image is suspected of participating in DDoS attacks and other illegal activities. On this PC TrueCrypt is installed. Along with TrueCrypt, The image has Mozilla Thunderbird installed with a OpenPGP security module.
I made a ... | 2014/04/01 | [
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] | You can try to decrypt things using these keys :)
First of all I would try to decrypt the hard disk (TrueCrypt) using the keys.
Regarding OpenPGP you should know that the 2048-bit RSA key is only used to decrypt a symmetric key, which can be used to decrypt the message. It's a matter of performance. You you can try d... | It seems you are asking *how* to use the key to decrypt the Truecrypt volume with the key.
[This](http://volatility-labs.blogspot.de/2014/01/truecrypt-master-key-extraction-and.html) should point you in the right direction. |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
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] | Your question is a bit convoluted, but the answer is very simple. The breaker size must match or be lower than the wire amp rating feeding the circuit, and appliances on that circuit should not exceed the max rating of the wire or breaker. In a dedicated circuit for a dryer, for example, the normal size of the circuit ... | The 50 amp refers to the capacity of the circuit: in particular the wires. The dryer can, and likely does, draw much less, similar to plugging a 60 watt light bulb into a socket rated for a 100 watt bulb. This itself is not a problem.
That said 30amp is more typical. If that circuit runs one 30 amp outlet (<http://fam... |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
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] | The 50 amp refers to the capacity of the circuit: in particular the wires. The dryer can, and likely does, draw much less, similar to plugging a 60 watt light bulb into a socket rated for a 100 watt bulb. This itself is not a problem.
That said 30amp is more typical. If that circuit runs one 30 amp outlet (<http://fam... | You can use the 50 Amp breaker if you use a sub panel. In the second or sub panel the 50 maps can feed 1 30 amp and 1 20 amp breaker. This will power both the washer and dryer from the sub panel. Just be sure the ground in the sub panel is NOT connected to the white neutral bar. Ground needs a clear path back to the ma... |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/40436",
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] | Your question is a bit convoluted, but the answer is very simple. The breaker size must match or be lower than the wire amp rating feeding the circuit, and appliances on that circuit should not exceed the max rating of the wire or breaker. In a dedicated circuit for a dryer, for example, the normal size of the circuit ... | The 50amp will not kick as easy as the 30amp. So as long as your dryer is perfect you'll be ok but you can be in real trouble if it over heats or something goes wrong. |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/40436",
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] | Your question is a bit convoluted, but the answer is very simple. The breaker size must match or be lower than the wire amp rating feeding the circuit, and appliances on that circuit should not exceed the max rating of the wire or breaker. In a dedicated circuit for a dryer, for example, the normal size of the circuit ... | In reply to:
"but I am wondering if the 30amp dryer should be on a dedicated 50amp breaker."
Your question may have been better worded as:
"but I am wondering if the 30 amp dryer should be on a dedicated 6 gauge copper wire circuit with a 50amp breaker."
The first duty of a breaker is to protect the wiring and in you... |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
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] | Your question is a bit convoluted, but the answer is very simple. The breaker size must match or be lower than the wire amp rating feeding the circuit, and appliances on that circuit should not exceed the max rating of the wire or breaker. In a dedicated circuit for a dryer, for example, the normal size of the circuit ... | You can use the 50 Amp breaker if you use a sub panel. In the second or sub panel the 50 maps can feed 1 30 amp and 1 20 amp breaker. This will power both the washer and dryer from the sub panel. Just be sure the ground in the sub panel is NOT connected to the white neutral bar. Ground needs a clear path back to the ma... |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
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] | The 50amp will not kick as easy as the 30amp. So as long as your dryer is perfect you'll be ok but you can be in real trouble if it over heats or something goes wrong. | You can use the 50 Amp breaker if you use a sub panel. In the second or sub panel the 50 maps can feed 1 30 amp and 1 20 amp breaker. This will power both the washer and dryer from the sub panel. Just be sure the ground in the sub panel is NOT connected to the white neutral bar. Ground needs a clear path back to the ma... |
40,436 | After many pitfalls, I have gotten my new dryer working. It's a Kenmore 81182 electric dryer. ([Manual from sears](http://download.sears.com/docs/spin_prod_944175412.pdf); [Sears website](http://www.sears.com/kenmore-7.3-cu-ft-electric-dryer-w-sensor/p-02681182000P)). Very long story short, the neutral wire at the brea... | 2014/03/27 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/40436",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/20689/"
] | In reply to:
"but I am wondering if the 30amp dryer should be on a dedicated 50amp breaker."
Your question may have been better worded as:
"but I am wondering if the 30 amp dryer should be on a dedicated 6 gauge copper wire circuit with a 50amp breaker."
The first duty of a breaker is to protect the wiring and in you... | You can use the 50 Amp breaker if you use a sub panel. In the second or sub panel the 50 maps can feed 1 30 amp and 1 20 amp breaker. This will power both the washer and dryer from the sub panel. Just be sure the ground in the sub panel is NOT connected to the white neutral bar. Ground needs a clear path back to the ma... |
163,129 | When a job application asks me to enter job info, after uploading a resume, should I re-enter all the positions on my resume (jobs/clubs/etc.) or just the relevant ones or just paid jobs? I am a college student by the way. | 2020/08/24 | [
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] | Generally it's wise to put in all the information that is relevant (or ones that you wish the company to consider).
When it comes to unpaid jobs, there usually is a section for community service or volunteer work where you can include that kind of information. | Yes. At least this shows you're willing to put in the effort. I would also wager that this helps them as CVs cannot always be split into information.
Unless your skillset is so in demand that they are the one asking you to please apply, you should partake.
Though I would advise to only provide elements that ar only o... |
517,648 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lq0YU.png)
I cannot seem to understand this. Please explain the Kvl part for this as well. | 2020/08/21 | [
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] | Current will only flow through Rg during start up, due to the reason that the gate of a mosfet is capacitive, except for extremely small leakages of course.
So when the circuit of yours reach steady state the current will stop flowing through Rg to the gate of the mosfet.
[ between the gate and substrate (the two parallel lines in the symbol of the MOSFET M1) so that the input circuit is broken. The resistor Rg is connected with its upper end to the drain and its lower end is "floating" (unconnected). There is no current flowing through it... so there is... |
9,438,690 | I have a need to define a polygon that would be the "legal" area, and allow a user to move a rectangle around within that polygon, preventing them from moving the rectangle anywhere where its points venture outside the polygon.
The polygon is a fixed shape, so, I was thinking it may be easiest to import a PNG of that... | 2012/02/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9438690",
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] | Metanet's [excellent collision detection tutorial](http://www.metanetsoftware.com/technique/tutorialA.html) has a good section on how to do swept collision with axis-aligned bounding boxes (AABB) and arbitrary "walls."
If your polygon is concave, you'll probably find it easiest to first decompose it into multiple conv... | If you only looking to check the corners of the rectangle, you can do a "inside" test for each of them.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_in_polygon>
And if you also want to make sure that no pointy part of the polygon "punctures" your rectangle you could do a test for each of the 4 lines in the rectangle against al... |
39,597,474 | Is it possible to know maximum CPU speed in MHZ in java programatically?
After a huge search in google and here i did not find the way to get it.
I found a way to do it which works in Android but I'm not developing this for android, so it does not work. (<https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/19810/how-can-i-de... | 2016/09/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39597474",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | No, there is no standard API in the JVM that reveals this information. You can create JNI for each platform that calls appropriate native OS methods to learn this information, but nothing is part of the standard, 100%-java, API. | On windows, you should be able to get the info from Win32 SystemInfo
<http://search.cpan.org/~cjohnston/Win32-SystemInfo-0.12/SystemInfo.pm> |
2,768 | I have a series of Selenium2 test cases in C#/NUnit that are run sequentially. Each test case runs in a new instance of the WebDriver (and this is necessary) - which means that each time a new test case it reached, a new browser window opens over the top of whatever else I'm working on.
Is there any way to configure t... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/questions/2768",
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"https://sqa.stackexchange.com/users/2152/"
] | A heavier weight solution that may net you more flexibility/control in the end is to run all your tests in a VM on your local machine. With a VM, it's fairly easy to setup snapshots so you can be sure that you're resetting your testing environment to a specific, known point every single test run. That's freakin' nice. ... | If you don't care much about the driver you use (Firefox, Chrome, IE), try this one:
<http://seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.html#htmlunit-driver>
It has no GUI, but uses JS engine different from the browsers listed above, which can result in different behavior and, as a result, in missed or false positive bugs. |
3,974 | I'm thinking about picking up my first motorcycle. I'm looking at older bikes, 60s-80s, primarily Japanese bikes. I'm plenty handy around cars, so the maintenance tasks don't concern me, but I'm wondering if finding replacement parts for these bikes will be very difficult.
Where does one find parts for vintage bikes? | 2012/07/18 | [
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] | It depends entirely on where you are and the individual make and type of the vehicle. The best bet is to join a local marque-specific owners club, these will usually have all the contacts you need, and many are actively involved in sourcing (and in some cases remanufacturing) rare parts.
The same applies to any older... | This place has lots of good stuff: [Garage Company](http://www.garagecompany.com) |
3,974 | I'm thinking about picking up my first motorcycle. I'm looking at older bikes, 60s-80s, primarily Japanese bikes. I'm plenty handy around cars, so the maintenance tasks don't concern me, but I'm wondering if finding replacement parts for these bikes will be very difficult.
Where does one find parts for vintage bikes? | 2012/07/18 | [
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] | It depends entirely on where you are and the individual make and type of the vehicle. The best bet is to join a local marque-specific owners club, these will usually have all the contacts you need, and many are actively involved in sourcing (and in some cases remanufacturing) rare parts.
The same applies to any older... | If you're willing to look into an old British bike, parts availability is really good. You can literally build a new Norton Commando from all new parts. |
3,974 | I'm thinking about picking up my first motorcycle. I'm looking at older bikes, 60s-80s, primarily Japanese bikes. I'm plenty handy around cars, so the maintenance tasks don't concern me, but I'm wondering if finding replacement parts for these bikes will be very difficult.
Where does one find parts for vintage bikes? | 2012/07/18 | [
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] | I've gotten car parts from [Vintage Parts](http://www.vpartsinc.com/). Looks like they carry some Harley parts, but no Yamaha, for example. Almost everything that was ever mass produced turns up on Ebay if you wait long enough, for certain definitions of 'long enough'. | This place has lots of good stuff: [Garage Company](http://www.garagecompany.com) |
3,974 | I'm thinking about picking up my first motorcycle. I'm looking at older bikes, 60s-80s, primarily Japanese bikes. I'm plenty handy around cars, so the maintenance tasks don't concern me, but I'm wondering if finding replacement parts for these bikes will be very difficult.
Where does one find parts for vintage bikes? | 2012/07/18 | [
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"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
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] | This place has lots of good stuff: [Garage Company](http://www.garagecompany.com) | If you're willing to look into an old British bike, parts availability is really good. You can literally build a new Norton Commando from all new parts. |
3,974 | I'm thinking about picking up my first motorcycle. I'm looking at older bikes, 60s-80s, primarily Japanese bikes. I'm plenty handy around cars, so the maintenance tasks don't concern me, but I'm wondering if finding replacement parts for these bikes will be very difficult.
Where does one find parts for vintage bikes? | 2012/07/18 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/3974",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/2002/"
] | I've gotten car parts from [Vintage Parts](http://www.vpartsinc.com/). Looks like they carry some Harley parts, but no Yamaha, for example. Almost everything that was ever mass produced turns up on Ebay if you wait long enough, for certain definitions of 'long enough'. | If you're willing to look into an old British bike, parts availability is really good. You can literally build a new Norton Commando from all new parts. |
8,903,312 | Which is my real IP? The one shown in ipconfig /all or the one shown in ([whatismyip.org](http://www.whatismyip.org/)) (I'll just call it WISMIP for short)?
If I'm not wrong, the one in WISMIP is the IP from my ISP's proxy?
Does this mean that if a site blocks this IP, its blocking everyone who routes through this pr... | 2012/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8903312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440646/"
] | [whatismyip.org](http://whatismyip.org/) will show you the address that your ISP has provided to you: this is the IP address that everyone else in the world can see, and the one that is blocked. Unless you are connecting directly to your ISP - no router, no wireless - this would not be what shows up in ipconfig. This i... | You're connect to a router, no? Your ipconfig will show your local ip. The websites will show your routers IP with your ISP. Give them the one Whatismyip says. That is the one all websites will see. |
8,903,312 | Which is my real IP? The one shown in ipconfig /all or the one shown in ([whatismyip.org](http://www.whatismyip.org/)) (I'll just call it WISMIP for short)?
If I'm not wrong, the one in WISMIP is the IP from my ISP's proxy?
Does this mean that if a site blocks this IP, its blocking everyone who routes through this pr... | 2012/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8903312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440646/"
] | If a site is blocking an ip, it's only blocking your external ip, ip config shows your internal ip. Changing your internal ip makes no change to if a site blocks you. If your ip is dynamically assigned by your ISP rebooting your router might sometimes give you a new external ip. Otherwise your ip will be fixed so once ... | You're connect to a router, no? Your ipconfig will show your local ip. The websites will show your routers IP with your ISP. Give them the one Whatismyip says. That is the one all websites will see. |
8,903,312 | Which is my real IP? The one shown in ipconfig /all or the one shown in ([whatismyip.org](http://www.whatismyip.org/)) (I'll just call it WISMIP for short)?
If I'm not wrong, the one in WISMIP is the IP from my ISP's proxy?
Does this mean that if a site blocks this IP, its blocking everyone who routes through this pr... | 2012/01/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/8903312",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/440646/"
] | [whatismyip.org](http://whatismyip.org/) will show you the address that your ISP has provided to you: this is the IP address that everyone else in the world can see, and the one that is blocked. Unless you are connecting directly to your ISP - no router, no wireless - this would not be what shows up in ipconfig. This i... | If a site is blocking an ip, it's only blocking your external ip, ip config shows your internal ip. Changing your internal ip makes no change to if a site blocks you. If your ip is dynamically assigned by your ISP rebooting your router might sometimes give you a new external ip. Otherwise your ip will be fixed so once ... |
8,213 | I had this "Kebab Bombay" in Holland a few years ago, to which belonged a very thick, creamy, slightly yoghurty, very fresh sauce/salat containing fresh cucumbers. Supposedly it was an Indian dish, but that may just have been "inspired by".
(sauce visible on the ... | 2010/10/17 | [
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/8213",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com",
"https://cooking.stackexchange.com/users/2873/"
] | Sounds like a Cucumber Raita to me. It's quite a common accompaniment to spicy food as the yoghurt element really helps ease the burn.
Very simple to make and often contains fresh mint along with the cucumber to give it a really cool, fresh taste.
Example recipe here: [Good Food Channel](http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe... | That sounds like the Greek Tzatziki sauce to me. |
75,298 | I am looking for an app that will back everything up to my ftp server. I have a couple of gigs available.
I know I can use Carbonite or something like that, but don't really want yet another monthly bill. | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/75298",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2805/"
] | Go back and check your settings for the firewall that you're running. Quite possible that one or both are blocking them from seeing the other computer. | Have you tried temporarily disabling all firewalls (windows firewall and sygate) on the two machines? If it starts working after disabling the firewall then you'll be sure of the culprit. |
75,298 | I am looking for an app that will back everything up to my ftp server. I have a couple of gigs available.
I know I can use Carbonite or something like that, but don't really want yet another monthly bill. | 2009/11/25 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/75298",
"https://superuser.com",
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] | First, you don't want to use DOMAIN, you want to use WORKGROUP.
And change workgroup name to something else besides MSHOME.
On computer A, create a user "B" with a password of "B".
Then on computer B, create a user "A" with a password of "A".
Delete all the shares on your folders then create the shares again.
You sho... | Have you tried temporarily disabling all firewalls (windows firewall and sygate) on the two machines? If it starts working after disabling the firewall then you'll be sure of the culprit. |
386,982 | I'm trying to use the library released by Novell (Novell.Directory.Ldap). Version 2.1.10.
What I've done so far:
* I tested the connection with an application ([LdapBrowser](http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/index.html)) and it's working, so its not a communication problem.
* It's compiled in Mono, but I'm working ... | 2008/12/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/386982",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16154/"
] | 91 is "cannot connect". Try to put the server in "ldap://x.x.x.x" format, check that userDN is set properly (with domain etc).
I am often using [WireShark](http://www.wireshark.org) to see what is going on at the network level (it is aware of LDAP protocol). | Following my previous post - if you have to use secure connection, try to use ldaps:// as a prefix to server address.
If there is no SSL/TLS support, you can try [this](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/dotnetopenldap.aspx) - guidelines and .NET wrapper for OpenLDAP library.
One important point - there are setti... |
386,982 | I'm trying to use the library released by Novell (Novell.Directory.Ldap). Version 2.1.10.
What I've done so far:
* I tested the connection with an application ([LdapBrowser](http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~gawor/ldap/index.html)) and it's working, so its not a communication problem.
* It's compiled in Mono, but I'm working ... | 2008/12/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/386982",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/16154/"
] | I think I may have already offered this answer to someone else in a different question.
[OtherQuestion on LDAP][1]
Two issues I think: 1) What kind of bind are you trying to do? SSL? Clear text? Anonymous?
2) How is it configured on the eDirectory side for LDAP binds?
The tool LDAP Browser, are you referring to the... | Following my previous post - if you have to use secure connection, try to use ldaps:// as a prefix to server address.
If there is no SSL/TLS support, you can try [this](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/dotnetopenldap.aspx) - guidelines and .NET wrapper for OpenLDAP library.
One important point - there are setti... |
5,027 | We have an organization where we're moving to [two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog](https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4667/how-should-an-organization-divide-user-stories-between-scrum-teams). I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't ha... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5027",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2124/"
] | According to Scrum, it is not possible, but in the real life it happens time to time, and it is a good thing and it is working. Make sure that she can attend both stand-up and planning meetings so that she can organize his work, know what will come and the teams know what to expect from her. I don't see any other good ... | Have her contribute to each team sequentially. It is not ideal. But, it is better than having her multi-task. |
5,027 | We have an organization where we're moving to [two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog](https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4667/how-should-an-organization-divide-user-stories-between-scrum-teams). I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't ha... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5027",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2124/"
] | I see this happen all of the time with System Architects. Their specialized skills are needed by multiple teams, but no single team consumes all of their time during the sprint.
The best solution I've seen for this type of situation is to have the group of specialized individuals (architects, designers, whatever) oper... | Have her contribute to each team sequentially. It is not ideal. But, it is better than having her multi-task. |
5,027 | We have an organization where we're moving to [two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog](https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4667/how-should-an-organization-divide-user-stories-between-scrum-teams). I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't ha... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5027",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2124/"
] | Scrum by the book, states that team members need to be neither in different teams nor in different projects.
This is an ideal situation, but if a company is transitioning to scrum/agile it may take a while to be able to get project resources structured in a scrum way.
I would start with having them on multiple teams a... | Have her contribute to each team sequentially. It is not ideal. But, it is better than having her multi-task. |
5,027 | We have an organization where we're moving to [two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog](https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4667/how-should-an-organization-divide-user-stories-between-scrum-teams). I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't ha... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5027",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2124/"
] | I see this happen all of the time with System Architects. Their specialized skills are needed by multiple teams, but no single team consumes all of their time during the sprint.
The best solution I've seen for this type of situation is to have the group of specialized individuals (architects, designers, whatever) oper... | According to Scrum, it is not possible, but in the real life it happens time to time, and it is a good thing and it is working. Make sure that she can attend both stand-up and planning meetings so that she can organize his work, know what will come and the teams know what to expect from her. I don't see any other good ... |
5,027 | We have an organization where we're moving to [two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog](https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/4667/how-should-an-organization-divide-user-stories-between-scrum-teams). I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't ha... | 2012/03/07 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/5027",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/2124/"
] | I see this happen all of the time with System Architects. Their specialized skills are needed by multiple teams, but no single team consumes all of their time during the sprint.
The best solution I've seen for this type of situation is to have the group of specialized individuals (architects, designers, whatever) oper... | Scrum by the book, states that team members need to be neither in different teams nor in different projects.
This is an ideal situation, but if a company is transitioning to scrum/agile it may take a while to be able to get project resources structured in a scrum way.
I would start with having them on multiple teams a... |
36,049 | In Skyrim, does the weight I carry (other than armour worn) affect sneaking? | 2011/11/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36049",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3454/"
] | From the Skyrim manual:
>
> How stealthy you are is affected by many factors:
>
>
> * **Your Sneak skill only helps you when you are crouching** The higher your Sneak skill, the easier it is to remain undetected. Increase
> your Sneak skill by staging successful stealth attacks, or by sneaking
> within range of a t... | it does not. the only thing it would affect would be the amount of loot you can steal from people.
keep in mind, how fast you are moving while sneaking does affect how well you can go undetected |
36,049 | In Skyrim, does the weight I carry (other than armour worn) affect sneaking? | 2011/11/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36049",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | it does not. the only thing it would affect would be the amount of loot you can steal from people.
keep in mind, how fast you are moving while sneaking does affect how well you can go undetected | Do not wear heavy boots while sneaking. Boots affect sneaking a lot. The overall armor as well. How much you're carrying only affects your movement speed. And your sneak skill improves while you are sneaking , or doing a sneak attack. This [link](http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Sneak) ought to give you a lot of informa... |
36,049 | In Skyrim, does the weight I carry (other than armour worn) affect sneaking? | 2011/11/14 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36049",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/3454/"
] | From the Skyrim manual:
>
> How stealthy you are is affected by many factors:
>
>
> * **Your Sneak skill only helps you when you are crouching** The higher your Sneak skill, the easier it is to remain undetected. Increase
> your Sneak skill by staging successful stealth attacks, or by sneaking
> within range of a t... | Do not wear heavy boots while sneaking. Boots affect sneaking a lot. The overall armor as well. How much you're carrying only affects your movement speed. And your sneak skill improves while you are sneaking , or doing a sneak attack. This [link](http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Sneak) ought to give you a lot of informa... |
24,085 | Windows XP enables it by default, I don't know about vista or 7, in Mac OS X you have to buy a shareware to remove both mouse acceleration AND accelerated scrolling.
Why are those things always accelerated and why isn't there an option, is there any science behind it, because it feels so unnatural, I don't understand ... | 2012/07/28 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/24085",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/6182/"
] | What mouse acceleration essentially does is applies a sort of **logarithmic scale** to the distance moved per milisecond based on the speed you are moving at.
The general concept is that when you are moving the mouse faster, you are trying to move it to a point further away, so acceleration scaled the distance the po... | Because it allows users to seek targets quickly at the cost of accuracy, which is bearable in a desktop environment because large monitors can accommodate large buttons and icons, increasing target size.
This is a different interaction to that you experience playing an FPS (you mention this as a comparison in one of ... |
45,066,755 | Is there any easy way to copy the SVN url? I deal with dozens of projects at once and I don't care to memorize paths. I can see the URL's at the bottom of the SmartSVN window -- not selectable text. I can also hover over the root folder in the Directories pane and see the URL details, also NOT selectable text. I can al... | 2017/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/45066755",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1836553/"
] | **Edit|Copy URL** is present in the main window, as well as the repository browser. | If not using a pro-version, click on the 'window' tab, and select 'New Repository Browser' all your recent repository URLs will appear in the dropdown.
I'm unsure if the repository URL can be located in the pro-version through the same options. |
346,963 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [Offline update of Windows?](https://superuser.com/questions/7261/offline-update-of-windows)
>
>
>
I'd like to keep my development box off-net physically as far as possible having connected to the net only at installation. At present I use a dedicated pen-drive to update the ant... | 2011/10/15 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/346963",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/67030/"
] | Yes, you can download almost all Windows updates manually. However, it will be challenging finding what you need to download on Microsoft's site and keeping track of what you've downloaded/installed already. Here are a couple of links that can give you a little guidance.
[WorldStart](http://www.worldstart.com/manually... | <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx>
Use the Microsoft Download center. Then sort by Security and/Or Updates. Then on the right, order by most recent date. |
45,657 | According to the documentation, a [potion of cure light wounds](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/potions#TOC-Table:-Specific-Potions-and-Oils) points to the spell "[cure light wounds](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/c/cure-light-wounds)".
Now, the spell has some info about healing:
>
> cures 1d8 points of... | 2014/08/08 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/45657",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/9368/"
] | The caster level (CL) is set by the creator of the potion, as per [Brew Potion](http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/item-creation-feats/brew-potion-item-creation---final):
>
> When you create a potion, you set the caster level, which must be
> sufficient to cast the spell in question and no higher than your own
> level.
... | The **spell** is 1d8 +1 for every caster level.
The **potion** on the other hand is just a 1d8+1 |
39,824,690 | Is there any way to use only two sets of drawables, one for xxxhdpi and xxhdpi and the other one for xhdpi/hdpi/mdpi/ldpi without having to create 6 drawable-{dpi} folders and duplicating the files. | 2016/10/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39824690",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6875597/"
] | You can.
Use [SVG Images](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Scalable_Vector_Graphics) instead of PNG or normal extension pictures.
Then use the following link to convert the [SVG to Vector](http://a-student.github.io/SvgToVectorDrawableConverter.Web/).
Use vector as your drawable, your drawable (single) will support multip... | Vector drawables are the stuff you mean. The limitation is that it is mostly used for drawing simple shapes.
You can sue it like this. Make a vector drawable for xxhdpi and it'll be used for all resolution sizes with suitable sizes automatically. This technique is currently being used to decrease apk sizes reasonably. |
64,842 | I am drawing a state transition diagram using LibreOffice draw on Ubuntu 11.04. I am able to get almost everything that I needed except the final state. Typically we use two circles [embedded in](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aDFAexample.svg) for showing a final state of a state transition diagram. Could someone h... | 2011/10/08 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/64842",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/101157/"
] | I suggest you to use [inkscape](http://packages.ubuntu.com/inkscape) [](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/inkscape) to produce graphics like that, it takes a little time to learn how to use the tools but it is well rewarded with the graphic quality of the product. | Lucidchart is a good option. Free version available and works in any decent browser. I know that there dev team are all running Linux so there is that as well because I work there :) |
64,842 | I am drawing a state transition diagram using LibreOffice draw on Ubuntu 11.04. I am able to get almost everything that I needed except the final state. Typically we use two circles [embedded in](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3aDFAexample.svg) for showing a final state of a state transition diagram. Could someone h... | 2011/10/08 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/64842",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/101157/"
] | I suggest you to use Dia software for your state diagram or any other UML or flow diagrams. It contains numbers of shapes and easy drag drop facilities. So go for dia. For more information visit [this link](http://daksh21ubuntu.blogspot.in/2012/04/dia-tool-for-drawing-uml-and-other.html). | Lucidchart is a good option. Free version available and works in any decent browser. I know that there dev team are all running Linux so there is that as well because I work there :) |
13,533 | Let's say we have two samples, sample 1 and sample 2, and we're running an RNA seq experiment. Consider genes A and B for both. For simplicity, let's say that when we run the RNA seq experiment, we get the following results:
gene A sample 1 count: 2
gene B sample 1 count: 4
gene A sample 2 count: 2000
gene B sample... | 2020/06/12 | [
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/13533",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/users/8601/"
] | 1. We cannot be sure about this. For all we know, they could have been sequenced to the same depth and there is a biological difference that drives the 1000x (ridiculously large) fold change.
2. See above
The only thing you can say for sure is that gene B is expressed twice as much as gene A in samples 1 and 2. That's... | The process of RNA-seq is a sampling process of all the RNA molecules. We cannot make reliable comparisons before we know how deep we sample. And since we know it is a sample from a population, the absolute value does not make sense. |
13,533 | Let's say we have two samples, sample 1 and sample 2, and we're running an RNA seq experiment. Consider genes A and B for both. For simplicity, let's say that when we run the RNA seq experiment, we get the following results:
gene A sample 1 count: 2
gene B sample 1 count: 4
gene A sample 2 count: 2000
gene B sample... | 2020/06/12 | [
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/13533",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/users/8601/"
] | 1. We cannot be sure about this. For all we know, they could have been sequenced to the same depth and there is a biological difference that drives the 1000x (ridiculously large) fold change.
2. See above
The only thing you can say for sure is that gene B is expressed twice as much as gene A in samples 1 and 2. That's... | You obviously have to normalize for differences in depth followed by a proper statistical test to get fold changes and significances. Sequencing depth is a technical confounder that has to be removed, and that is what normalization does. You have been posting a lot of very basic RNA-seq questions, I suggest you read th... |
13,533 | Let's say we have two samples, sample 1 and sample 2, and we're running an RNA seq experiment. Consider genes A and B for both. For simplicity, let's say that when we run the RNA seq experiment, we get the following results:
gene A sample 1 count: 2
gene B sample 1 count: 4
gene A sample 2 count: 2000
gene B sample... | 2020/06/12 | [
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/questions/13533",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com",
"https://bioinformatics.stackexchange.com/users/8601/"
] | You obviously have to normalize for differences in depth followed by a proper statistical test to get fold changes and significances. Sequencing depth is a technical confounder that has to be removed, and that is what normalization does. You have been posting a lot of very basic RNA-seq questions, I suggest you read th... | The process of RNA-seq is a sampling process of all the RNA molecules. We cannot make reliable comparisons before we know how deep we sample. And since we know it is a sample from a population, the absolute value does not make sense. |
64,526 | I want to ask if there is a difference between "which one do you like?" and "which do you like?".
I think both sentences are correct, Is that right? | 2015/08/17 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/64526",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/15432/"
] | *Which one do you like?* should be used if whoever you are asking can choose only one of something.
*Which do you like?* should be used if the person you are asking can choose one or more of something, or if the choices involved are not "things" (e.g. *We can go to the park or go home. Which do you want to do?*) | *Which do you like?* is a good example of an ellipsis in the English language. All the languages I have studied have them and the meaning is always inferred based on context.
Here, the word being omitted is either "one" or "ones". Consequently, sometimes these two sentences are identical and sometimes they are slight... |
94,024 | With social-distancing measures being implemented in many countries I would expect other viruses, like the ones that cause seasonal flus, to have also a hard time propagating in these circumstances. Are there any estimates or research (epidemiological models) I can check, about the possibility we are winning by acciden... | 2020/06/08 | [
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/94024",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com",
"https://biology.stackexchange.com/users/57540/"
] | Yes, this helps as well with other infectious diseases. A good example is the flu, which season was measurably shorter this year than in other years on record. See the figure from the reference 1 for comparision:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0NKtY.png... | In addition to Chris' answer above, the effect is even more pronounced in Southern Hemisphere countries where flu season started during the pandemic. The New Zealand lockdown and health response dramatically lowered the prevalence of reported flu-like symptoms.
[![Flu in New Zealand, 2020 is much lower than other years... |
536 | What's the difference between *access to moderator tool(which requires 10000 rep point)* and *being an moderator(official moderator)*? | 2011/08/10 | [
"https://gamedev.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/536",
"https://gamedev.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gamedev.meta.stackexchange.com/users/6877/"
] | The obvious conference-related promotional stuff could be to sponsor advertising at the various game developers' conferences.
The big organization that covers this is <http://www.gdconf.com/> There's a big one in San Francisco, and smaller ones in Austin, China, and Europe. | There are several indie game developer competitions going on, one way would be to sponsor them with prizes? This would be very beneficial for both parties as well.
Take **[Ludum Dare](http://ludumdare.com/)** for example. |
47,823 | If you want to get a Russian biometric passport, you have to have your picture taken in the office of the issuing authority.
However, it seems like for the American biometric passport, you provide your own photographs. I guess this is potentially linked to the idea that the US is a private-enterprise-based economy, th... | 2015/05/18 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/47823",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/6598/"
] | Canadian passport rules follow rules similar to the US as the photo is not taken by the passport office or any government location. You must have the photo signed by a person verifying your identity in the photo. This person is one of a group of people that is generally believed to have strong ethics (there is a long l... | It seems like a good measure to allow only in-person photos to be taken. There are some standars that must be followed for the photography to be valid, for instance (in Brazil, at least), you should not wear anything that covers your *face* (*face* here, means from one ear to other and from your chin to your forehead).... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/132519",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | A very dead troll
-----------------
[Jeremy Crawford says](http://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/05/02/if-a-druid-wildshapes-into-a-wolf-and-is-targeted-with-power-word-kill-dead-or-alive/):
>
> If you have 100 hp or fewer, power word kill causes you to die. Notice that it doesn't say you drop to 0 hp.
>
>
> Beast form en... | From the PHB page 76:
>
> Most DMs have a monster die the instant it drops to 0 hit points, rather than having it fall unconscious and make death saving throws. Mighty villains and special nonplayer characters are common exceptions; the DM might have them fall unconscious and follow the same rules as player character... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | The rules as written are ambiguous - and so it's up to the DM's ruling (and designer clarification has gone both ways)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unfortunately, it's not clear exactly how these rules interact. The troll has an ... | The spell is more specific, so the troll dies
---------------------------------------------
The troll's regeneration ability is a specific rule that overrides the general rule, which is that monsters die immediately upon dropping to 0 HP. It's telling you that simply dropping the troll to 0 HP does not kill it, and de... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | It's unclear which is more specific
===================================
This is a case where it's not clear which specific rule beats the general rule, since it's not clear which rule is "more specific". In this case the rules are:
* The normal general rules by which a creature dies;
* The specific rules by which the... | I think that while the letter-by-letter interpretation of the troll's description *may* lend to think it wouldn't die, the intended wording is very obviously much more like:
>
> The troll regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the troll takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn't function at the start o... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | The spell is more specific, so the troll dies
---------------------------------------------
The troll's regeneration ability is a specific rule that overrides the general rule, which is that monsters die immediately upon dropping to 0 HP. It's telling you that simply dropping the troll to 0 HP does not kill it, and de... | Surely regeneration only applies if the Troll takes enough damage to render it unconscious? An instant death effect would kill it (i.e. remove the life force) and make it incapable of regeneration. |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | Regeneration protects the troll from instant death
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This is because of several properties of the second part of *Regeneration*:
>
> The troll dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
First, *Regeneration* cannot be restricte... | Surely regeneration only applies if the Troll takes enough damage to render it unconscious? An instant death effect would kill it (i.e. remove the life force) and make it incapable of regeneration. |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | A very dead troll
-----------------
[Jeremy Crawford says](http://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/05/02/if-a-druid-wildshapes-into-a-wolf-and-is-targeted-with-power-word-kill-dead-or-alive/):
>
> If you have 100 hp or fewer, power word kill causes you to die. Notice that it doesn't say you drop to 0 hp.
>
>
> Beast form en... | The Troll Dies
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I think it helps to look at a few other Regenerate effects for comparison. Fortunately, there's only 2 others in the SRD, so that's relatively easy:
**Vampire**
>
> The vampire regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point and isn’t in sunlight or runnin... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | The spell is more specific, so the troll dies
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The troll's regeneration ability is a specific rule that overrides the general rule, which is that monsters die immediately upon dropping to 0 HP. It's telling you that simply dropping the troll to 0 HP does not kill it, and de... | It's unclear which is more specific
===================================
This is a case where it's not clear which specific rule beats the general rule, since it's not clear which rule is "more specific". In this case the rules are:
* The normal general rules by which a creature dies;
* The specific rules by which the... |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | The spell is more specific, so the troll dies
---------------------------------------------
The troll's regeneration ability is a specific rule that overrides the general rule, which is that monsters die immediately upon dropping to 0 HP. It's telling you that simply dropping the troll to 0 HP does not kill it, and de... | Troll is dead. Regenerate only works if the troll starts its turn with 0 hit points. Since it is already dead, it does not 'start its turn' at all and so remains dead. Also, a spell is more specific than an ability like Regenerate, regardless of wording. |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | The rules as written are ambiguous - and so it's up to the DM's ruling (and designer clarification has gone both ways)
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Unfortunately, it's not clear exactly how these rules interact. The troll has an ... | Troll is dead. Regenerate only works if the troll starts its turn with 0 hit points. Since it is already dead, it does not 'start its turn' at all and so remains dead. Also, a spell is more specific than an ability like Regenerate, regardless of wording. |
132,519 | Part of the [Troll](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/troll)'s *Regeneration* feature says:
>
> The troll dies **only** if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
>
>
>
Does this case beat instant kill effects, such as [*Divine Word*](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/divine-word) or [*Power ... | 2018/09/27 | [
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] | A very dead troll
-----------------
[Jeremy Crawford says](http://www.sageadvice.eu/2016/05/02/if-a-druid-wildshapes-into-a-wolf-and-is-targeted-with-power-word-kill-dead-or-alive/):
>
> If you have 100 hp or fewer, power word kill causes you to die. Notice that it doesn't say you drop to 0 hp.
>
>
> Beast form en... | I think that while the letter-by-letter interpretation of the troll's description *may* lend to think it wouldn't die, the intended wording is very obviously much more like:
>
> The troll regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the troll takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn't function at the start o... |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
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] | I think F’x has nailed the best one, with **The cat’s out of the bag.** But also:
* *All is revealed!* (A classic phrase, in eg [this urban legend](http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=19954).)
* *We’ve been rumbled!* (If it was “our” secret.)
* *The game is up!* (Works well as a confrontational one, e.g. detect... | Usually, when a secret is out, either an activity is brought to a halt, or consequences follow. For such events, some pertinent phrases are:
* *The game is up*
* *The burble has burst*
* *The honeymoon is over*
* *The whistle has been blown* (not usually in the passive, though)
* *The skeleton is out*
* *The dirty lin... |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
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] | Apart from the cat quote, ***"the s--t has hit the fan"*** might apply, especially if there is heavy (media, legal, etc) fallout starting to occur from said uncovering. | *The kimono has been opened* gets some exposure, maybe too much. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
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] | I don't know how popular this is but I often hear **and the earth is round**.
When someone is holding a secret and it seems like everyone else knows and that person reveals it, one might say "and the earth is round" sarcastically. | *The kimono has been opened* gets some exposure, maybe too much. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/482/"
] | Depending on the context, a secret can be *uncovered, exposed, revealed, let out, disclosed, blabbed, discovered, manifested, unveiled, unmasked, divulged, confessed, unbosomed, dismasked, uncloaked, undraped, unshrouded, made known, confided, published, tattled, blurted, leaked, admitted,* or *squealed.*
Other phrase... | >
> The pickle is out of the jar.
>
>
>
I told my friends I was gay and one of them shouted this out loudly. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | Depending on the context, a secret can be *uncovered, exposed, revealed, let out, disclosed, blabbed, discovered, manifested, unveiled, unmasked, divulged, confessed, unbosomed, dismasked, uncloaked, undraped, unshrouded, made known, confided, published, tattled, blurted, leaked, admitted,* or *squealed.*
Other phrase... | One that I use sometimes is: "The jig is up" |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/482/"
] | Usually, when a secret is out, either an activity is brought to a halt, or consequences follow. For such events, some pertinent phrases are:
* *The game is up*
* *The burble has burst*
* *The honeymoon is over*
* *The whistle has been blown* (not usually in the passive, though)
* *The skeleton is out*
* *The dirty lin... | *The kimono has been opened* gets some exposure, maybe too much. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
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] | [*The cat is out of the bag.*](http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag.html) | I don't know how popular this is but I often hear **and the earth is round**.
When someone is holding a secret and it seems like everyone else knows and that person reveals it, one might say "and the earth is round" sarcastically. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/482/"
] | [*The cat is out of the bag.*](http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag.html) | >
> The pickle is out of the jar.
>
>
>
I told my friends I was gay and one of them shouted this out loudly. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/482/"
] | Usually, when a secret is out, either an activity is brought to a halt, or consequences follow. For such events, some pertinent phrases are:
* *The game is up*
* *The burble has burst*
* *The honeymoon is over*
* *The whistle has been blown* (not usually in the passive, though)
* *The skeleton is out*
* *The dirty lin... | I don't know how popular this is but I often hear **and the earth is round**.
When someone is holding a secret and it seems like everyone else knows and that person reveals it, one might say "and the earth is round" sarcastically. |
19,075 | What is a good way to say 'the secret is out'? | 2011/04/02 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19075",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/482/"
] | One that I use sometimes is: "The jig is up" | *The kimono has been opened* gets some exposure, maybe too much. |
136,900 | I have a view with some exposed filters that show some links. When I select a filter option, an ajax search is done and it shows the results. I click in one link and then I click in the browswer back button to go back to the view page.
Now, all results are shown and not the filter option ones.
How can I get that the ... | 2014/11/14 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/136900",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/22808/"
] | The answer to this question should include a "non-Drupal" part since what happens when you click the "Back" button is browser-related.
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What happens on the browser
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I'm not an expert on the subject, but basically all browsers add the last request that you did in a "history cache" and p... | It seems to work if your view display is a *page*, and the exposed filters are displayed through a block (configure the *Exposed form* of that page view display to do so).
(I'm using [BEF](https://www.drupal.org/project/better_exposed_filters), but I guess that's not related.) |
183,680 | **Context**
I'm currently working on a personal project involving functional reactive JavaScript, and I've come up with an odd question. Note that this question is not JavaScript specific, but that is the context in which I am asking it.
**Scenario**
When filtering a collection of data, you end up with a smaller set... | 2013/01/15 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/183680",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Well the obvious answer is that for some data structures knowing that the data is already sorted changes lookups from O(n) to O(log n) e.g. finding an element in an array using [binary search](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm) rather than [linear](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_search).
I'm n... | Various scenarios spring to mind, the textbook ones being searches and finding minimum / maximum values; on a sorted list, searching is typically O(log n) and min/max is O(1), while on an unsorted list, you'll get O(n) for both.
Besides that, depending on what you need to do with your data, other optimizations may be ... |
19,482,200 | Does anyone know what is the current version of final Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 (the one that was released for sale)? | 2013/10/20 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/19482200",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1418438/"
] | The RTM version that you can download [here](http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads) is:
Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate 2013
Version 12.0.21005.1 REL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.51641
 | the 1 that i download yesterday from <https://www.dreamspark.com/> (a website from microsoft where students can download some of there software) was still the rc
edit
Visual Studio Professional 2013 final version will be available on October 31st |
51,965 | The [Riemann Hypothesis](https://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/riemann-hypothesis) is a mathematical hypothesis that describes the distribution of prime numbers. It is one of the seven Millennium Problems put forth by the Clay Mathematics Institute, notorious for its difficulty and has a $1,000,000 prize for the... | 2021/06/29 | [
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] | Summary
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The current version of the question asks two things:
>
> Have mathematicians concluded that an Indian mathematical physicist has solved the Riemann Hypothesis?
>
>
>
**No.** There isn't a single professional mathematician who publicly stated that they have read Kumar's proof and determined that i... | Following up @DanRomik's full, accurate answer: I was one of the thousands of people asked to study and comment upon the original document. After a brief look, I realized that it was of a fairly typical sort of not-really-mathematical approaches to many things. Numerical stuff, heuristics, etc. I did not read it carefu... |
51,965 | The [Riemann Hypothesis](https://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/riemann-hypothesis) is a mathematical hypothesis that describes the distribution of prime numbers. It is one of the seven Millennium Problems put forth by the Clay Mathematics Institute, notorious for its difficulty and has a $1,000,000 prize for the... | 2021/06/29 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/51965",
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] | Summary
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The current version of the question asks two things:
>
> Have mathematicians concluded that an Indian mathematical physicist has solved the Riemann Hypothesis?
>
>
>
**No.** There isn't a single professional mathematician who publicly stated that they have read Kumar's proof and determined that i... | >
> "So, has the committee actually come to the conclusion that the Riemann Hypothesis has been solved by Kumar Eswaran?"
>
>
>
[***Yes they did***](https://sreenidhi.edu.in/pdffls/A_Report_on_Riemann_Hypothesis_updated(25-06-21).pdf#page=5): "On the basis of the assessment, this expert committee has concluded tha... |
51,965 | The [Riemann Hypothesis](https://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/riemann-hypothesis) is a mathematical hypothesis that describes the distribution of prime numbers. It is one of the seven Millennium Problems put forth by the Clay Mathematics Institute, notorious for its difficulty and has a $1,000,000 prize for the... | 2021/06/29 | [
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/51965",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com",
"https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/users/59827/"
] | Following up @DanRomik's full, accurate answer: I was one of the thousands of people asked to study and comment upon the original document. After a brief look, I realized that it was of a fairly typical sort of not-really-mathematical approaches to many things. Numerical stuff, heuristics, etc. I did not read it carefu... | >
> "So, has the committee actually come to the conclusion that the Riemann Hypothesis has been solved by Kumar Eswaran?"
>
>
>
[***Yes they did***](https://sreenidhi.edu.in/pdffls/A_Report_on_Riemann_Hypothesis_updated(25-06-21).pdf#page=5): "On the basis of the assessment, this expert committee has concluded tha... |
9,068 | [This answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/9065/10) to the question [Can numbers be illegal?](https://law.stackexchange.com/q/9044/10) makes a good *argument*, and *AFAIK* it comports with the law. It follows other answers in observing that any piece of information can be encoded by numbers. Yes, there are pieces of... | 2016/05/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/9068",
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"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/10/"
] | Intent would greatly factor into the case. As mentioned, possession of child pornography is illegal. There was [a case](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/man-beats-child-porn-rap-by-proving-accidental-downloading/), where a man had inadvertently downloaded such images. In the case, it was shown that there was ... | Most jurisdictions have adopted codified rather than common law crimes - the concept of *mens rea* is therefore largely irrelevant. A crimes act will define what constitutes the crime and what the permissible defences are. Therefore you need to go to the statute that makes the possession illegal and find out what it sa... |
9,068 | [This answer](https://law.stackexchange.com/a/9065/10) to the question [Can numbers be illegal?](https://law.stackexchange.com/q/9044/10) makes a good *argument*, and *AFAIK* it comports with the law. It follows other answers in observing that any piece of information can be encoded by numbers. Yes, there are pieces of... | 2016/05/06 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/9068",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/10/"
] | Intent would greatly factor into the case. As mentioned, possession of child pornography is illegal. There was [a case](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/man-beats-child-porn-rap-by-proving-accidental-downloading/), where a man had inadvertently downloaded such images. In the case, it was shown that there was ... | I want to give a mathematical answer rather than a legal answer. The legal experts may want to comment about what a judge would think about this, and Nicholas Psoras's answer already hints at it, but I can promise you this much: if they find it necessary, the prosecution will put on the stand an expert witness with imp... |
85,845 | To get the "Blue Sparks" challenge I need to "power slide" into enemies to kill them. Since I've successfully completed the game without ever killing a single enemy in this way, I apparently don't know how to do it.
I have (I think) killed several enemies with the Boost ability in cars and I've got plenty of progress... | 2012/09/26 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/85845",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/11920/"
] | Apply the brake while in a turn to power slide. That's the right bumper on a 360 controller.
This causes the wheels to lose traction, and the vehicle to move sideways.
Power sliding over an enemy - very difficult.
---
"Blue Sparks" is a reference to Mario Kart Wii, where power sliding builds up blue sparks. These s... | there's a video tutorial that tells you how to do it |
206,439 | I have a Linux machine with two Ethernet cards both using the Intel e1000 driver. lspci reports different models of Ethernet cards, but I can't tell which is eth0 and which is eth1. Other than turning off the machine and reading the chips, how can I tell which model is eth0 and which is eth1? | 2010/11/02 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/206439",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/15291/"
] | I haven't tried it myself, but try the ethtool command. With
>
> ethtool -p eth0
>
>
>
you can get the LEDs on the card to blink. You can then easily identify which card is blinking. | Parse the output of ifconfig. It will give you the hardware MAC address that you can use to identify which card is which. |
52,512,436 | It comes to me that when I keep adding a same prefab to one scene, the draw calls keep increasing. Can I do Something to make it lower? | 2018/09/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52512436",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7467120/"
] | To reduce draw calls you can use different technics and which technic you use really depends on the type of game you create and targeted platform.
Some ways to reduce draw calls:
* Occlusion Culling
* Batching
* GPU instancing
For more information please read Unity3D documentation on [Optimizing graphics rendering ... | The easiest way of reducing draw calls while keeping the same assets is to use merging, where you create a single mesh from various meshes. This will increase the the video memory, as you will have to replicate all meshes data.
Another approach, more complex and which requires you to write your own shaders is to use i... |
52,512,436 | It comes to me that when I keep adding a same prefab to one scene, the draw calls keep increasing. Can I do Something to make it lower? | 2018/09/26 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/52512436",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7467120/"
] | To reduce draw calls you can use different technics and which technic you use really depends on the type of game you create and targeted platform.
Some ways to reduce draw calls:
* Occlusion Culling
* Batching
* GPU instancing
For more information please read Unity3D documentation on [Optimizing graphics rendering ... | There are a lot of ways to reduce draw calls, and optimize.
1. Using Atlas/Spritesheet. Renderers that uses Sprites from the same atlas can help reduce draw calls especially if the layering of game objects are done right.
2. You can use Unity's Frame Debugger to know if you can still optimize the prefabs/game objects ... |
34,441 | I recently bought a new Polygon Strada 5.0 mountain bike with Shimano BR-M355 hydraulic disc brakes and have had issues with the brakes rubbing. I fixed the rub but now it is happening again.
The fixing process takes time and I'm asking if there are any suggestions/ideas on how to prevent this from happening again. | 2015/09/15 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/34441",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/22570/"
] | I agree if the bike is new and has not been abused the shop repair it for free. I have repaired several "new" bikes with a sticking link. I generally remove the affected link and replace it with a master link for a chain of the correct size. Total cost under $5 if you already have a chain tool. I don't know why it happ... | I work at a shop that sells Fuji and I've built many Nevadas. I'll admit that certain models are great and the lower ones are, well.....not as great. However, I assure you that problem is not specific to that brand/model; it's a component issue. I have seen that problem before, and I just pushed the pin out and replace... |
4,681 | When I use a Facebook account to login to another website, **what does 'logging in with Facebook' allow that website do with my Facebook account?**
Can they post messages on my wall or news feed or anything else that might be considered unwanted, especially if it is without permission?
*Edit:* after having another l... | 2010/07/25 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/4681",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com",
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/2496/"
] | You can find all Extended Permission [Here](http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions)
publish\_stream will be required if the site want to post something on your wall, otherwise will throw an error with message
>
> (#200) The user hasn't authorized the
> application to perform this action
>
>... | Yes. If you click that you accept their terms, make sure that you read them. Some sites will post status updates on your wall, others will store your information from facebook. Make sure you trust the site that you use facebook login with, and always read the Extended Permissions like Ntf said. |
256,747 | I am self-taught in electronics, and I am learning using several different sources, both online and off. This URL shows a circuit (and I've seen similar before) of a low-power voltage divider using an emitter follower.
<https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/transistors/applications-ii-amplifiers>
However, on the outpu... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/256747",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/116087/"
] | >
> It says that the power consume by the light source is equal to the light power emitted
>
>
>
That's probably not a true statement: at best it's intuitively misleading.
By the law of conservation of energy we know that all the electrical power consumed must go somewhere, but it doesn't need to go into light. C... | No, it's not. Most of the energy you put into a diode goes into heat rather than light. Heat can remain as energy within the device or it can radiate as well. So any LED will have energy going into the frequency of light you want, radiated energy in the infrared range due to thermal radiation and then you still have co... |
16,143,451 | I want to know how to use google map api in my application.I have found google add on libraies for android 2.1 which contains maps.jar in it.But google says maps api is supported in android 2.2+.So I want to know if I can use maps api or not.If yes then please provide me any example. | 2013/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16143451",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1917769/"
] | You cannot use Google Maps Android API v2 on 2.1.
You can:
1. continue to use Google Maps Android API v1 (if you have a key for old maps - you cannot request new keys)
2. use Google Maps API v3 - embed javascript API in WebView
3. run Google Maps application via Intent
4. Use other maps providers, like [osmdroid](htt... | Although I didn't personally tried for my self, if they say it doesn't work I would trust what they're saying.
I believe it's due to the [lack of support for OpenGl 2.0](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/android-developers/XpP2CN2qELE) on Eclair
But just for your consideration, there are virtually n... |
42,923 | In the "quick settings" grid you get by pulling down the right-hand end of the notification bar, the top-left item is a photo. I'd like to edit or remove this photo, but when I tap it, it says "The contact doesn't exist."
How can I edit or remove this photo? | 2013/04/03 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/42923",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/31545/"
] | Go into the **People** or **Contacts** app. At the top of the list is a heading **Me** with a special item to **Set up my profile**. Click that item and it takes you to the "New contact" screen. On this screen, to the right of the "name" field, there's a little grey "contact icon" box. If you click that you can replace... | The picture you are looking for is
/data/system/users/0/photo.png
just delete it to get rid of it.
God bless. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Here are some links for you:
* Collabedit, Online Code Editor <http://collabedit.com/>
* Stypi, a realtime editor <https://www.stypi.com/> (not about coding)
* ShareJS, Live concurrent editing in your app. <http://sharejs.org/> (not about coding)
* Tutti, Test Javascript on different browsers simultaneously <http://tu... | Try
<http://jsbin.com/>
<http://jsconsole.com/>
JSBin is very close to what your looking for. provides HTML, CSS, JS and Console code practices.
JSConsole on the other hand is very simple only used for console coding ofcourse. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Here are some links for you:
* Collabedit, Online Code Editor <http://collabedit.com/>
* Stypi, a realtime editor <https://www.stypi.com/> (not about coding)
* ShareJS, Live concurrent editing in your app. <http://sharejs.org/> (not about coding)
* Tutti, Test Javascript on different browsers simultaneously <http://tu... | This answer is 3 years late, but should help if you are still checking this post. JSFiddle now has ***collaboration mode*** - it allows you to voice chat and IM, while editing together. Just click the button in the header and set it up!
<http://jsfiddle.net#collaborate> |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Here are some links for you:
* Collabedit, Online Code Editor <http://collabedit.com/>
* Stypi, a realtime editor <https://www.stypi.com/> (not about coding)
* ShareJS, Live concurrent editing in your app. <http://sharejs.org/> (not about coding)
* Tutti, Test Javascript on different browsers simultaneously <http://tu... | <http://syncfiddle.net/> is exactly what you're looking for. Simple clean interface that syncs real-time, but also functions as well as any other site out there. But be careful to save your code, it seems to delete your code after enough inactivity. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Almost two years later, a few great alternatives exist. The real-time enhancements to jsfiddle and plunkr are great, but for this use case, I haven't found any easier than [Coderpad](https://coderpad.io/). It's marketed for doing code interviews and saves a history. Has JS/Coffeescript/Ruby/Java and more. | Try
<http://jsbin.com/>
<http://jsconsole.com/>
JSBin is very close to what your looking for. provides HTML, CSS, JS and Console code practices.
JSConsole on the other hand is very simple only used for console coding ofcourse. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Almost two years later, a few great alternatives exist. The real-time enhancements to jsfiddle and plunkr are great, but for this use case, I haven't found any easier than [Coderpad](https://coderpad.io/). It's marketed for doing code interviews and saves a history. Has JS/Coffeescript/Ruby/Java and more. | This answer is 3 years late, but should help if you are still checking this post. JSFiddle now has ***collaboration mode*** - it allows you to voice chat and IM, while editing together. Just click the button in the header and set it up!
<http://jsfiddle.net#collaborate> |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | Almost two years later, a few great alternatives exist. The real-time enhancements to jsfiddle and plunkr are great, but for this use case, I haven't found any easier than [Coderpad](https://coderpad.io/). It's marketed for doing code interviews and saves a history. Has JS/Coffeescript/Ruby/Java and more. | <http://syncfiddle.net/> is exactly what you're looking for. Simple clean interface that syncs real-time, but also functions as well as any other site out there. But be careful to save your code, it seems to delete your code after enough inactivity. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | This answer is 3 years late, but should help if you are still checking this post. JSFiddle now has ***collaboration mode*** - it allows you to voice chat and IM, while editing together. Just click the button in the header and set it up!
<http://jsfiddle.net#collaborate> | Try
<http://jsbin.com/>
<http://jsconsole.com/>
JSBin is very close to what your looking for. provides HTML, CSS, JS and Console code practices.
JSConsole on the other hand is very simple only used for console coding ofcourse. |
10,274,181 | I would like to use an online tool to work remotely with people to do Javascript learning and testing exercises.
The solution could be a shared, public Javascript console.
Does such a thing exist? I have seen <http://jsfiddle.net>. This works ok, but we have to keep updating our URL every time the other person change... | 2012/04/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10274181",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/111243/"
] | <http://syncfiddle.net/> is exactly what you're looking for. Simple clean interface that syncs real-time, but also functions as well as any other site out there. But be careful to save your code, it seems to delete your code after enough inactivity. | Try
<http://jsbin.com/>
<http://jsconsole.com/>
JSBin is very close to what your looking for. provides HTML, CSS, JS and Console code practices.
JSConsole on the other hand is very simple only used for console coding ofcourse. |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Take your typical broken programming help forum and make three important changes:
* A voting mechanism for answers that works and people actually use, so you don't have to go digging through a question to find what works.
* And wiki-based editing system and people who actually use it. Questions and answers are worded ... | >
> "Remember that website you always run
> into when searching for
> programming-related solutions on Google ? Well
> you can even ask your own questions there !"
>
>
>
Also what I did once was to wait for the person to ask me a question. Then I'd ask the question on SO, wait 5 minutes for the answer and then ... |
38,070 | Visiting Stack Overflow daily, I am simply enamoured by it all.
Sadly, most of my colleagues don't know about the site, let alone the trilogy.
How do I explain to them the concept of the site?
**EDIT:**
* What are the points to be mentioned
which attracts developers who are not
a part of stackoverflow?
* How do ... | 2010/02/03 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38070",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/138350/"
] | Leverage the fact that you can ask **ANY** programming related question and always get an answer in less than 5 minutes.
Obviously it's not always true, but it's true enough times.
---
A little story that will show you how some people will just refuse to come to SO for some reason only they know.
I have a friend wh... | If they try to solve their problems by searching the web, chances are they've already been to Stack Overflow.
That's why I joined: I started using SO because I noticed it keeps popping up in search results. |
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