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40,968,770 | I started out just reading/writing 8-bit integers to files using chars. It was not very long before I realized that I needed to be able to work with more than just 256 possible values. I did some research on how to read/write 16-bit integers to files and became aware of the concept of big and little endian. I did even ... | 2016/12/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40968770",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4885160/"
] | The most common way is simply to pass your in-memory values through htons() or htonl() before writing them to the file, and also pass the read data through ntohs() or ntohl() after reading it back from the file. (htons()/ntohs() handle 16-bit values, htonl()/ntohl() handle 32-bit values)
When compiled for a big-endian... | Basile, I agree that there is no universal answer.
In my world, embedded real time systems, using a text representation is blasphemy. Textual representations and JSON is at least 2 orders of magnitude slower than binary representations. It may be fine for the web. But that makes a difference when you have to process ... |
2,742,775 | I want to use Ovi map in my iPhone application. I searched for Ovi map on google but presently it is not open.Basically I want to know following things
1. OVi map service is from Nokia. So can i use Ovi Map in my iPhone application.
2. If answer of 1 point is Yes, then where I found support info(code sample/classes/fr... | 2010/04/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2742775",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/178978/"
] | Ovi Maps developer beta is currently closed, but you can register to be notified when it goes public here: <http://www.forum.nokia.com/Ovi/Develop_with_Ovi.xhtml> | It is not possible to use their SDK on the Iphone. They use the Ovi Maps service to promote their mobile phones just like google offers free navigation to android devices.
Therefore I think that they won't open up their API for not Nokia developers in the near future. |
2,742,775 | I want to use Ovi map in my iPhone application. I searched for Ovi map on google but presently it is not open.Basically I want to know following things
1. OVi map service is from Nokia. So can i use Ovi Map in my iPhone application.
2. If answer of 1 point is Yes, then where I found support info(code sample/classes/fr... | 2010/04/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2742775",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/178978/"
] | If you want to use the HERE maps service (formerly Ovi Maps) on iOS, a native iOS SDK is not currently available. To use HERE maps, your best bet (at the moment) would be to use the [Mobile HTML5 Framework](http://developer.here.net/mobile_html5) which can be used for cross-platform mobile HTML5 development
According ... | It is not possible to use their SDK on the Iphone. They use the Ovi Maps service to promote their mobile phones just like google offers free navigation to android devices.
Therefore I think that they won't open up their API for not Nokia developers in the near future. |
349,574 | Are hyphens instead of word spaces OK in the following:
"(a) Identification of existing trading relationships and operational requirements, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction."?
The above is from a document written in US English that I am checking, but I am not confident about correcting it as I'm a UK English speaker. Tha... | 2016/09/21 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/349574",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/194700/"
] | The OP asks which form is correct, not which is most common. So I wanted to give some references from a scholarly text.
A search in all quotations from the electronic version of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition, 1989) of "older/greater/higher age" yields four instances of "greater age", one of "older age"... | I don't think it is common to say **either** *higher age* or *older age*. People normally say (in your case):
>
> *older/younger patients*
>
>
>
Or *patients of the same age*, just like what Max said in the comment above.
But I also think it is grammatically correct to use *patients of higher age* or *of older ... |
9,805,552 | I installed my Delphi 2005 Personal but after running the IDE it gives me AV and some help bpl file error. I came to a conslusion that this occurs because somehow I don't have installed Microsoft Document Explorer.
Then my question is: where can I download Microsoft Document Explorer? I can't find any links myself. I ... | 2012/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9805552",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/451047/"
] | When installing Delphi I did a certain trick to not install .NET 1.0 stuff and I did wrong. There was the Microsoft Document Explorer in one of these packages. Just had to install the .NET SDK from Delphi installer. | Afaik it is part of MSDN, but that is an huge download:
<http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=20955>
The Embarcadero FTP server might also be a smart location to check. |
9,805,552 | I installed my Delphi 2005 Personal but after running the IDE it gives me AV and some help bpl file error. I came to a conslusion that this occurs because somehow I don't have installed Microsoft Document Explorer.
Then my question is: where can I download Microsoft Document Explorer? I can't find any links myself. I ... | 2012/03/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9805552",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/451047/"
] | When installing Delphi I did a certain trick to not install .NET 1.0 stuff and I did wrong. There was the Microsoft Document Explorer in one of these packages. Just had to install the .NET SDK from Delphi installer. | I found same problem when trying to install devExpress component for Delphi 2010. Problem was solved when reinstalling the help build. |
43,252 | I would like to make sure that my Windows 2008 servers are hardened against DDOS attacks.
There is a Microsoft Technet article on [Hardening the TCP/IP stack](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302363.aspx), but it was last revised in January 2006. There is another article (somewhat duplicative) specifically fo... | 2009/07/20 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/43252",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/11247/"
] | They re-wrote the TCP/IP stack in Vista/2008 and included many security related changes.
You may be interested in reading the "[Next Generation TCP/IP Stack](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545475.aspx)" document from Microsoft as it contains links to the [new registry settings](http://www.microsoft.com/... | Check out the DISA / NSA Windows 2008 Server Security and Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) here (Scroll down for Windows guides):
[DISA IASE Site](http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/checklist/)
The STIG has a number of security tweeks and registry changes designed to harden your network stack (and local machine in gener... |
4,398 | I've encountered an issue using Views 3 in Drupal 7.
I want to create a user list with a bunch of fields I added to the user profile (using Drupal's core user fields). I need a list of **all** users, and right now I keep getting the currently created content and its author (with the appropriate user fields). Not all u... | 2011/05/30 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/4398",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/1472/"
] | Your question makes it sound like you've created a node view, listing content. If you create a view listing *users*, you should be able to accomplish what you're trying here.
 | You can now get a better administrative users list by installing the [Administrative Views](https://www.drupal.org/project/admin_views) module. |
10,736 | hello all,
ok the thing is, i already have h4n..the quality is emmm...kinda ok for beginning, now i'm thinking about upgrade and as far as i know, the audio will be cleaner with h4n with sd, but the thing is i will be mostly recording sounds for sound design so i think i need 192khz sampling rate(what as far as i know... | 2011/10/06 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10736",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/1055/"
] | I own a Tascam DR-100 and in conjunction with a good shotgun microphone (although not the best on the market) the Tascam is extremely good quality and will give you professional recordings of the sound you want to capture.
I have used the R44 and it is a very, very good portable recorder, and I don't have anything neg... | thanks for all the answers..so to sum up, most of you(i mean in other forums too) prefer battery life to a little bit better preamps? |
10,736 | hello all,
ok the thing is, i already have h4n..the quality is emmm...kinda ok for beginning, now i'm thinking about upgrade and as far as i know, the audio will be cleaner with h4n with sd, but the thing is i will be mostly recording sounds for sound design so i think i need 192khz sampling rate(what as far as i know... | 2011/10/06 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/10736",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/1055/"
] | I own a Tascam DR-100 and in conjunction with a good shotgun microphone (although not the best on the market) the Tascam is extremely good quality and will give you professional recordings of the sound you want to capture.
I have used the R44 and it is a very, very good portable recorder, and I don't have anything neg... | There is a new recorder coming out from Roland in a weeks time:
<http://www.rolandsystemsgroup.com/products/100093>
I'm really excited about it and it may(or may not) be the upgrade option from the zoom. Waiting for the first reviews! The mic preamps are going to be the determining factor if it's worth the money. |
1,321,396 | I am writing an ETL (in python with a mongodb backend) and was wondering : what kind of standard functions and tools an ETL should have to be called an ETL ?
This ETL will be as general purpose as possible, with a scriptable and modular approach. Mostly it will be used to keep different databases in sync, and to impo... | 2009/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1321396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14262/"
] | Let's think of the ETL use cases for a moment.
1. Extract.
* Read databases through a generic DB-API adapter.
* Read flat files through a similar adapter.
* Read spreadsheets through a similar adapter.
2. Cleanse.
* Arbitrary rules
* Filter and reject
* Replace
* Add columns of data
3. Profile Data.
* Statisti... | Here's a random list, in no particular order:
1. Connect to a wide range of sources, including all the major relational databases.
2. Handle non-relational data sources like text files, Excel, XML, etc.
3. Allow multiple sources to be mapped into a single target.
4. Provide a tool to help map from source to target fie... |
1,321,396 | I am writing an ETL (in python with a mongodb backend) and was wondering : what kind of standard functions and tools an ETL should have to be called an ETL ?
This ETL will be as general purpose as possible, with a scriptable and modular approach. Mostly it will be used to keep different databases in sync, and to impo... | 2009/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1321396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14262/"
] | Here's a random list, in no particular order:
1. Connect to a wide range of sources, including all the major relational databases.
2. Handle non-relational data sources like text files, Excel, XML, etc.
3. Allow multiple sources to be mapped into a single target.
4. Provide a tool to help map from source to target fie... | Automatic / heuristic mapping of column names. E.g simple string mappings:
DB1: customerId
DB2: customer\_id
I find a lot of the work I (have) done in DTS / SSIS could've been automatically generated.
* not necessarily "required functionality", but would keep a lot of your users very happy indeed. |
1,321,396 | I am writing an ETL (in python with a mongodb backend) and was wondering : what kind of standard functions and tools an ETL should have to be called an ETL ?
This ETL will be as general purpose as possible, with a scriptable and modular approach. Mostly it will be used to keep different databases in sync, and to impo... | 2009/08/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1321396",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14262/"
] | Let's think of the ETL use cases for a moment.
1. Extract.
* Read databases through a generic DB-API adapter.
* Read flat files through a similar adapter.
* Read spreadsheets through a similar adapter.
2. Cleanse.
* Arbitrary rules
* Filter and reject
* Replace
* Add columns of data
3. Profile Data.
* Statisti... | Automatic / heuristic mapping of column names. E.g simple string mappings:
DB1: customerId
DB2: customer\_id
I find a lot of the work I (have) done in DTS / SSIS could've been automatically generated.
* not necessarily "required functionality", but would keep a lot of your users very happy indeed. |
41,156 | I am trying to design a small cooling setup which has two parts: the compressed air vessel and the turbines. My understanding is that the compressed air, upon being released, passes through the turbine and loses its energy to a useful process (the turbine could run another compressor for instance) and thus becomes cold... | 2021/03/24 | [
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/41156",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://engineering.stackexchange.com/users/24715/"
] | First thing first, you need to get hand on the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC Code). Starting division 8, section 1, for safety and quality of your pressure vessel.
After checking on all relevant provisions/standards, you can use the equations to derive the required wall thickness for your application.
[!... | That is certainly the hard way to do it. You could go to a local welding supplier and buy or lease a standard steel pressure bottle / tank ; good for probably 3 X your maximum pressure (designed and built in conformance to ASME Sec. 8 , Div.1 ). Stainless steel is certainly not needed for air or most gasses. You don't ... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | A *proof* in mathematics as well as an "argument" in general has also a "social" aspect.
See Yuri Manin, [A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1441906142) (2010), page 45 :
>
> A proof becomes a proof only after the social act of “accepting it as a proof.”
> Th... | How to assure that a logical conclusion is correct?
A logical conclusion is correct if and only if it adheres to the rules of logical reasoning. These rules are named valid syllogisms. One finds the table of all valid syllogism in textbooks on classical logic. Valid syllogism determine how a conclusion follows from tw... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You seem to have discovered the "regress argument". Here is a good explication of the argument and some answers to it: <http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/intro/epistemology3.htm>
Your professor was too dismissive of your concerns; this is not just wordplay, it is a known philosophical paradox.
ETA: You may want to... | A *proof* in mathematics as well as an "argument" in general has also a "social" aspect.
See Yuri Manin, [A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1441906142) (2010), page 45 :
>
> A proof becomes a proof only after the social act of “accepting it as a proof.”
> Th... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You seem to have discovered the "regress argument". Here is a good explication of the argument and some answers to it: <http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/intro/epistemology3.htm>
Your professor was too dismissive of your concerns; this is not just wordplay, it is a known philosophical paradox.
ETA: You may want to... | How to assure that a logical conclusion is correct?
A logical conclusion is correct if and only if it adheres to the rules of logical reasoning. These rules are named valid syllogisms. One finds the table of all valid syllogism in textbooks on classical logic. Valid syllogism determine how a conclusion follows from tw... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If the argument is truly formal, you can take that inventory. I can know, when doing algebra (or deductions in the kinds of logic that are 'algebras') whether or not I have obeyed the rules. I can check at each step, because the allowed variations of operations are stated. But truly formal arguments work on models that... | How to assure that a logical conclusion is correct?
A logical conclusion is correct if and only if it adheres to the rules of logical reasoning. These rules are named valid syllogisms. One finds the table of all valid syllogism in textbooks on classical logic. Valid syllogism determine how a conclusion follows from tw... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | The other posts talk about the regress argument, but I think your problem is of a different sort.
The physicist, for example, has to go through a process of creating a mathematical model of whatever "real world" objects he studies, and ponder how well the model reflects the real object.
You seem to have the analogous... | How to assure that a logical conclusion is correct?
A logical conclusion is correct if and only if it adheres to the rules of logical reasoning. These rules are named valid syllogisms. One finds the table of all valid syllogism in textbooks on classical logic. Valid syllogism determine how a conclusion follows from tw... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You seem to have discovered the "regress argument". Here is a good explication of the argument and some answers to it: <http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/intro/epistemology3.htm>
Your professor was too dismissive of your concerns; this is not just wordplay, it is a known philosophical paradox.
ETA: You may want to... | If the argument is truly formal, you can take that inventory. I can know, when doing algebra (or deductions in the kinds of logic that are 'algebras') whether or not I have obeyed the rules. I can check at each step, because the allowed variations of operations are stated. But truly formal arguments work on models that... |
35,853 | Yesterday I was talking to one of my mathematics professor regarding the notion of proof in general (whatever the word "general" means to the reader).
In short my claim was,
>
> We can only be certain at the cost of certainty.
>
>
>
Now, let me explain how I came to this seemingly paradoxical idea. **Please corr... | 2016/06/08 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/35853",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | You seem to have discovered the "regress argument". Here is a good explication of the argument and some answers to it: <http://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/intro/epistemology3.htm>
Your professor was too dismissive of your concerns; this is not just wordplay, it is a known philosophical paradox.
ETA: You may want to... | The other posts talk about the regress argument, but I think your problem is of a different sort.
The physicist, for example, has to go through a process of creating a mathematical model of whatever "real world" objects he studies, and ponder how well the model reflects the real object.
You seem to have the analogous... |
138,967 | I have a SharePoint site with groups Readers,Contributers and Owners. Site is showing "Site Actions" to Owners and Contributers but not reader. If i upgrade a Reader to Contributer, it works fine. Readers can see only something like below (image copied from another question).
![enter image description here](https://i.... | 2015/04/20 | [
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/138967",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com",
"https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/users/37274/"
] | First, you need a web application created on farm B at <http://af-spt1-srv>
Second, lets clean up your command...it has a mix of parameters from remove-spsite and restore-spsite and some you just don't need. Use this instead: Restore-SPSite -Identity "<http://af-spt1-srv/sites/test>" -Path C:\Users\spvfarm\Desktop\t\hr... | check the permission of the account and even run powershell as administrator. |
174,011 | I would like to find a way to stack multiple selected points in ArcGIS, either using the field calculator or python script. For example, I want to snap all points representing houses on a street into one point. Is there a way to reference one of the existing coordinate sets to use as the values for all selected points? | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/174011",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/63986/"
] | Using the Field Calculator:
1. Select features.
2. Select field Shape, parser Python
3. Type arcpy.Point(EEEEE.eee, NNNNN.nnn) in the field calculator
where E-numbers to represent X, N - north | So many ways.
1. Turn each street into a point at its center point and create an x, y field in the attribute table.
2. Attribute join the addresses to the street point based on the street name.
3. The points now have the street point x,y. Just add them to arcmap based on x,y. |
174,011 | I would like to find a way to stack multiple selected points in ArcGIS, either using the field calculator or python script. For example, I want to snap all points representing houses on a street into one point. Is there a way to reference one of the existing coordinate sets to use as the values for all selected points? | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/174011",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/63986/"
] | So many ways.
1. Turn each street into a point at its center point and create an x, y field in the attribute table.
2. Attribute join the addresses to the street point based on the street name.
3. The points now have the street point x,y. Just add them to arcmap based on x,y. | 1. Turn the streets to points.
2. Use spatial join . Make the > Target the points converted from the street, > the join layer the houses, use one to many join, Make sure you use the CLOSEST matching criteria.
you now will have stacked points at the center of the road with the attributes of all the houses that are close... |
174,011 | I would like to find a way to stack multiple selected points in ArcGIS, either using the field calculator or python script. For example, I want to snap all points representing houses on a street into one point. Is there a way to reference one of the existing coordinate sets to use as the values for all selected points? | 2015/12/16 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/174011",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/63986/"
] | Using the Field Calculator:
1. Select features.
2. Select field Shape, parser Python
3. Type arcpy.Point(EEEEE.eee, NNNNN.nnn) in the field calculator
where E-numbers to represent X, N - north | 1. Turn the streets to points.
2. Use spatial join . Make the > Target the points converted from the street, > the join layer the houses, use one to many join, Make sure you use the CLOSEST matching criteria.
you now will have stacked points at the center of the road with the attributes of all the houses that are close... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | >
> What is the best way to have a strong market value to jump 8 months to one year from now?
>
>
>
Given the information, your best outcome is a good reference and whatever you manage to educate yourself with. Both of which are quite valuable assets.
Don't expect too much when you first join the workforce. | Ask to schedule a meeting with your boss about feedback. Get him to write down a specific time before you leave the room, and if he doesn’t, email him repeatedly until he does schedule a time (though obviously don’t spam his inbox).
In that meeting, tell him exactly what you told us. Ask him if he’d be willing to talk... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
>
> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | Getting professional experience is more than just improving your technical skills with real-world programming challenges, but also learning to navigate your way through a dysfunctional workplace.
No company you'll work for will do things the right way, and even less the right way for you. Startups move fast and break ... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | ### You should quit.
* You are not long there and there is already enough to warrant leaving. It is not even two months and you already find a pile of poor practices.
* More importantly, since you are not long there, you are not really invested in neither the project nor your career in this company. So nothing stops y... | Ask to schedule a meeting with your boss about feedback. Get him to write down a specific time before you leave the room, and if he doesn’t, email him repeatedly until he does schedule a time (though obviously don’t spam his inbox).
In that meeting, tell him exactly what you told us. Ask him if he’d be willing to talk... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
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> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | Look for a different job. Until you find one with a legally binding job offer, you stay where you are, because it puts money in your pocket.
In parallel, you can try to improve things at your place. Even if it comes to nothing, it is a good learning experience. Write down what is happening, why it is wrong, and what ... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | Start looking for a job now.
I was in a similar situation in my first IT job after graduating.
Where it was apparent that it wasn't a very good job from the start - I convinced my self to 'at least stay for a year, because it wouldn't be a good look to leave early'.
The problem with that kind of thinking, is that... | Ask to schedule a meeting with your boss about feedback. Get him to write down a specific time before you leave the room, and if he doesn’t, email him repeatedly until he does schedule a time (though obviously don’t spam his inbox).
In that meeting, tell him exactly what you told us. Ask him if he’d be willing to talk... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
>
> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | Start looking for a job now.
I was in a similar situation in my first IT job after graduating.
Where it was apparent that it wasn't a very good job from the start - I convinced my self to 'at least stay for a year, because it wouldn't be a good look to leave early'.
The problem with that kind of thinking, is that... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
>
> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | >
> What is the best way to have a strong market value to jump 8 months to one year from now?
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Given the information, your best outcome is a good reference and whatever you manage to educate yourself with. Both of which are quite valuable assets.
Don't expect too much when you first join the workforce. |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
>
> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | Ask to schedule a meeting with your boss about feedback. Get him to write down a specific time before you leave the room, and if he doesn’t, email him repeatedly until he does schedule a time (though obviously don’t spam his inbox).
In that meeting, tell him exactly what you told us. Ask him if he’d be willing to talk... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | Look for a different job. Until you find one with a legally binding job offer, you stay where you are, because it puts money in your pocket.
In parallel, you can try to improve things at your place. Even if it comes to nothing, it is a good learning experience. Write down what is happening, why it is wrong, and what ... | Ask to schedule a meeting with your boss about feedback. Get him to write down a specific time before you leave the room, and if he doesn’t, email him repeatedly until he does schedule a time (though obviously don’t spam his inbox).
In that meeting, tell him exactly what you told us. Ask him if he’d be willing to talk... |
147,452 | I am a recent graduate on my first full time software development job. The job promised mentoring and effective development, but has in the 6 weeks I have been here provided none of those things.
The major problems with the environment:
1. The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lac... | 2019/11/02 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/147452",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/111449/"
] | **1**
>
> The lead developer (not my boss) openly subscribes to the thinking that a lack of documentation is a form of job security. As a result, nothing is written down.
>
>
>
**2**
>
> The manager (my boss, who is technical) is seemingly unmotivated and uninterested in the work. He takes every Friday off and... | ### You should quit.
* You are not long there and there is already enough to warrant leaving. It is not even two months and you already find a pile of poor practices.
* More importantly, since you are not long there, you are not really invested in neither the project nor your career in this company. So nothing stops y... |
9,000 | HI,
I have been using Firefox for the past couple of years. In the meantime I have always been updating to the latest version. But for that I have to download the setup file and have to reinstall from the very beginning.
Why isn't the upgrade done as a patch to the existing version which requires only a small file to ... | 2009/07/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/9000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2959/"
] | I would imagine it is for simplicity; both for the user and the developers.
It is easier for the developers to create something which will replace all the files and not have to worry about which prior version the user it running. If you make a patch you have to create separate installers to upgrade from each version, ... | Because they rewrote a lot of the program in the new version, and the update wouldn't fit into a "small file" as you said. I guess theoretically they could do that, but it would be basically the exact same thing as a manual installation, except automated. Also, it's much easier to just pack the entire thing into an exe... |
9,000 | HI,
I have been using Firefox for the past couple of years. In the meantime I have always been updating to the latest version. But for that I have to download the setup file and have to reinstall from the very beginning.
Why isn't the upgrade done as a patch to the existing version which requires only a small file to ... | 2009/07/20 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/9000",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/2959/"
] | I would imagine it is for simplicity; both for the user and the developers.
It is easier for the developers to create something which will replace all the files and not have to worry about which prior version the user it running. If you make a patch you have to create separate installers to upgrade from each version, ... | Firefox does download a patch for major upgrades, in fact it's [larger than the standalone installer](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501672). |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
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"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | A major factor was the war of 1812. The Federalist party for a long time supported peace with Britain and war with France whereas the Democratic-Republican party had the exact opposite position. Eventually, British behavor towards the US during its war with France caused anti-British and thus anti-Federalist sentiment.... | The Federalist party had the perception of favoring the upper class, and as a result they began to lose support of the general population. The Democratic and Republican parties started focusing on issues that appealed more to the "common man", and as a result began to sway voters away from the Federalist party until it... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
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] | An under-appreciated reason for the collapse of the Federalists is that they were, essentially, a neo-mercantalist party. Hamilton and others were pro-industrialization not so much because they wanted to see individuals get rich through manufacturing, but because industrialization made the United States a more powerful... | The Federalist party had the perception of favoring the upper class, and as a result they began to lose support of the general population. The Democratic and Republican parties started focusing on issues that appealed more to the "common man", and as a result began to sway voters away from the Federalist party until it... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
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] | The Federalist party had been on a downslope after its initial success. This was due to the fact that its first candidate was George Washington, war hero and Virginian that was equally acceptable to the South as to the North.
The party's next standard-bearer, John Adams, barely beat the Democratic-Republicans Jefferso... | The Federalist party had the perception of favoring the upper class, and as a result they began to lose support of the general population. The Democratic and Republican parties started focusing on issues that appealed more to the "common man", and as a result began to sway voters away from the Federalist party until it... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
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] | A major factor was the war of 1812. The Federalist party for a long time supported peace with Britain and war with France whereas the Democratic-Republican party had the exact opposite position. Eventually, British behavor towards the US during its war with France caused anti-British and thus anti-Federalist sentiment.... | An under-appreciated reason for the collapse of the Federalists is that they were, essentially, a neo-mercantalist party. Hamilton and others were pro-industrialization not so much because they wanted to see individuals get rich through manufacturing, but because industrialization made the United States a more powerful... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | A major factor was the war of 1812. The Federalist party for a long time supported peace with Britain and war with France whereas the Democratic-Republican party had the exact opposite position. Eventually, British behavor towards the US during its war with France caused anti-British and thus anti-Federalist sentiment.... | People also forget, the death of Hamilton. With their leader Alexander hamilton killed by Burr. The Federalist party is left without direction or a party leader. Had Alexander been around they would have had a sense of direction and focused on the industry and common man. Since Alexander himself was an orphan, he could... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | A major factor was the war of 1812. The Federalist party for a long time supported peace with Britain and war with France whereas the Democratic-Republican party had the exact opposite position. Eventually, British behavor towards the US during its war with France caused anti-British and thus anti-Federalist sentiment.... | The Federalist party had been on a downslope after its initial success. This was due to the fact that its first candidate was George Washington, war hero and Virginian that was equally acceptable to the South as to the North.
The party's next standard-bearer, John Adams, barely beat the Democratic-Republicans Jefferso... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | An under-appreciated reason for the collapse of the Federalists is that they were, essentially, a neo-mercantalist party. Hamilton and others were pro-industrialization not so much because they wanted to see individuals get rich through manufacturing, but because industrialization made the United States a more powerful... | People also forget, the death of Hamilton. With their leader Alexander hamilton killed by Burr. The Federalist party is left without direction or a party leader. Had Alexander been around they would have had a sense of direction and focused on the industry and common man. Since Alexander himself was an orphan, he could... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | An under-appreciated reason for the collapse of the Federalists is that they were, essentially, a neo-mercantalist party. Hamilton and others were pro-industrialization not so much because they wanted to see individuals get rich through manufacturing, but because industrialization made the United States a more powerful... | The Federalist party had been on a downslope after its initial success. This was due to the fact that its first candidate was George Washington, war hero and Virginian that was equally acceptable to the South as to the North.
The party's next standard-bearer, John Adams, barely beat the Democratic-Republicans Jefferso... |
249 | When John Wycliffe's followers gained support from the common people, why did the church call them Lollards? What does Lollard mean? Why didn't they just call them Wycliffites? | 2011/10/13 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/249",
"https://history.stackexchange.com",
"https://history.stackexchange.com/users/16/"
] | The Federalist party had been on a downslope after its initial success. This was due to the fact that its first candidate was George Washington, war hero and Virginian that was equally acceptable to the South as to the North.
The party's next standard-bearer, John Adams, barely beat the Democratic-Republicans Jefferso... | People also forget, the death of Hamilton. With their leader Alexander hamilton killed by Burr. The Federalist party is left without direction or a party leader. Had Alexander been around they would have had a sense of direction and focused on the industry and common man. Since Alexander himself was an orphan, he could... |
968 | Currently when you display an archive category page, it only displays it for the main parent, and doesn't display any of the posts that may be in the subcategories under it's parent.
How can I alter it so that for every category archive it will display all posts under it, including the subcategory posts? | 2010/08/27 | [
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/968",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com",
"https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I ran another test and unless I'm loosing my mind **child categories are definitely displayed** on the category archive page in WordPress v3.0.1 (is that the version you are running, or are you on an earlier version?)
Here are two screenshots, the first showing **the category layout for my test install**:
[ to search and browse through the scenes, and even download them. But I do not want to download them to my own computer fo... | 2013/09/29 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/72816",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4478/"
] | I intend to do the same so I start an Amazon EC-2 instance and install the Bulk Download on it.
But as far as I know it's a graphical application and nothing in the doc [Bulk Download Tutorial](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/resources/Bulk_tutorial_ee.pdf) lets hope that you can use it with the terminal.
I read [here](... | Esta plataforma é simples ! faça download do KMl e abra-o no google earth . Pesquise um lugar e achara o path/row (lugar central de possiveis imagens)
ponha o path/row que achou para o lugar e ponha na plataforma.
Todas as imagens para aquele local aparecera
***Google Translation:***
*This platform is simple! downl... |
72,816 | I have not been able to find out this myself, but is there a way to programmatically access Landsat 8 Satellite Images?
I know that I can go to [USGS EarthExplorer](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) to search and browse through the scenes, and even download them. But I do not want to download them to my own computer fo... | 2013/09/29 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/72816",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
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] | How about firing up an EC2 or rackspace instance and installing the EarthExplorer bulk download application:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/bulk/>
You could hit the EarthExplorer service with a POST request to submit jobs programmatically:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/subscription/submit/>
You would need to provi... | <https://github.com/olivierhagolle/LANDSAT-Download>
This script, with some tweaking (indentation issues and some comments/variables were in french) has been extremely helpful to me. However, it can only download the data that's already in the archive. So for data that hasn't been processed, you have to order it. I'm ... |
72,816 | I have not been able to find out this myself, but is there a way to programmatically access Landsat 8 Satellite Images?
I know that I can go to [USGS EarthExplorer](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) to search and browse through the scenes, and even download them. But I do not want to download them to my own computer fo... | 2013/09/29 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/72816",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4478/"
] | How about firing up an EC2 or rackspace instance and installing the EarthExplorer bulk download application:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/bulk/>
You could hit the EarthExplorer service with a POST request to submit jobs programmatically:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/subscription/submit/>
You would need to provi... | I intend to do the same so I start an Amazon EC-2 instance and install the Bulk Download on it.
But as far as I know it's a graphical application and nothing in the doc [Bulk Download Tutorial](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/resources/Bulk_tutorial_ee.pdf) lets hope that you can use it with the terminal.
I read [here](... |
72,816 | I have not been able to find out this myself, but is there a way to programmatically access Landsat 8 Satellite Images?
I know that I can go to [USGS EarthExplorer](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) to search and browse through the scenes, and even download them. But I do not want to download them to my own computer fo... | 2013/09/29 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/72816",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4478/"
] | <https://github.com/olivierhagolle/LANDSAT-Download>
This script, with some tweaking (indentation issues and some comments/variables were in french) has been extremely helpful to me. However, it can only download the data that's already in the archive. So for data that hasn't been processed, you have to order it. I'm ... | Esta plataforma é simples ! faça download do KMl e abra-o no google earth . Pesquise um lugar e achara o path/row (lugar central de possiveis imagens)
ponha o path/row que achou para o lugar e ponha na plataforma.
Todas as imagens para aquele local aparecera
***Google Translation:***
*This platform is simple! downl... |
72,816 | I have not been able to find out this myself, but is there a way to programmatically access Landsat 8 Satellite Images?
I know that I can go to [USGS EarthExplorer](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) to search and browse through the scenes, and even download them. But I do not want to download them to my own computer fo... | 2013/09/29 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/72816",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/4478/"
] | How about firing up an EC2 or rackspace instance and installing the EarthExplorer bulk download application:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/bulk/>
You could hit the EarthExplorer service with a POST request to submit jobs programmatically:
<http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/subscription/submit/>
You would need to provi... | Esta plataforma é simples ! faça download do KMl e abra-o no google earth . Pesquise um lugar e achara o path/row (lugar central de possiveis imagens)
ponha o path/row que achou para o lugar e ponha na plataforma.
Todas as imagens para aquele local aparecera
***Google Translation:***
*This platform is simple! downl... |
50,534 | So, I tried out a new thing. Take this segment from *The Eye of Argon*:
>
> The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked
> climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the
> Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting
> sands of time shone dully against the dust sp... | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/50534",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25507/"
] | To be fair, I'd recommend that you solely work on your writing before you start to critique others, especially if these others are already published. If they've published, they were likely already professionally edited. Your works have not. Perfect your own writing by reading aloud your work, and by giving it some rest... | Personally I'd say that exposing yourself to other material (like you're saying you're doing) is always good because you learn new things from it which you can incorporate into your own work. Reading many different types of work and styles surely can help you determine which things you like and which things you don't, ... |
50,534 | So, I tried out a new thing. Take this segment from *The Eye of Argon*:
>
> The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked
> climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the
> Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting
> sands of time shone dully against the dust sp... | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/50534",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25507/"
] | To be fair, I'd recommend that you solely work on your writing before you start to critique others, especially if these others are already published. If they've published, they were likely already professionally edited. Your works have not. Perfect your own writing by reading aloud your work, and by giving it some rest... | To answer your question “could this practice be detrimental to developing my own style?”
I would say no, as what your doing is rewriting it in your own style. But developing your own style would probably be better served by rewriting it from scratch. So its all in your own style, rather than just editing it so only pa... |
50,534 | So, I tried out a new thing. Take this segment from *The Eye of Argon*:
>
> The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked
> climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the
> Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting
> sands of time shone dully against the dust sp... | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/50534",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25507/"
] | To be fair, I'd recommend that you solely work on your writing before you start to critique others, especially if these others are already published. If they've published, they were likely already professionally edited. Your works have not. Perfect your own writing by reading aloud your work, and by giving it some rest... | This is similar to an older exercise of learning how to be a writer. It involved transcribing selected passages exactly. The point of the exercise was to kind of force you to think, “Why did they use this word in that sentence?”
Your method extends that technique. It might be helpful in finding your own voice — as in,... |
50,534 | So, I tried out a new thing. Take this segment from *The Eye of Argon*:
>
> The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked
> climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the
> Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting
> sands of time shone dully against the dust sp... | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/50534",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25507/"
] | To be fair, I'd recommend that you solely work on your writing before you start to critique others, especially if these others are already published. If they've published, they were likely already professionally edited. Your works have not. Perfect your own writing by reading aloud your work, and by giving it some rest... | Could it be detrimental to your style? Maybe. It's complicated.
On the one hand, this kind of line-editing will help you to craft your own voice, especially if you understand from the outset that this is what you've set out to do. Instead of asking yourself, "How should this be said?" I would encourage you to ask you... |
50,534 | So, I tried out a new thing. Take this segment from *The Eye of Argon*:
>
> The weather beaten trail wound ahead into the dust racked
> climes of the baren land which dominates large portions of the
> Norgolian empire. Age worn hoof prints smothered by the sifting
> sands of time shone dully against the dust sp... | 2020/03/18 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/50534",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/25507/"
] | To be fair, I'd recommend that you solely work on your writing before you start to critique others, especially if these others are already published. If they've published, they were likely already professionally edited. Your works have not. Perfect your own writing by reading aloud your work, and by giving it some rest... | The initial goal behind your idea is **correct**. Going over other people's works with a **writer's hat on** is going to teach you a lot of things. But rather than trying to "fix" those writer's works, I suggest you ask different questions:
***Why does it work?
Why does it make me feel what I'm feeling?
What do ... |
25,426 | I'm building a script that redirects visitors with mobile devices to mobile version of the website. I was wondering, what is the best practice regarding whether to ask if the user wants to be redirected or redirecting without asking?
Naturally there will be link to desktop version on the mobile site and vice versa. | 2012/09/06 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/25426",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/2185/"
] | This really depends on how good your mobile solution is. If the advantages outweigh the the disadvantages of using your desktop site on a mobile device for most people you should redirect. But there are some things to keep in mind:
* Always redirect to the page the user requested, never redirect all mobile traffic to ... | Serve the version of the page that is appropriate for the device that is requesting it.
Whether you are achieving this through a responsive design or a redirect to a separate mobile site, serve the version that is optimized for the viewing platform.
I would not first prompt the user to make a choice before loading th... |
39,657,818 | Can a GWT web application be deployed on Github?
For example, a GWT web application is created, and it works on a server intalled with Tomcat. It's known that a web page can be created on Github, like <http://help.github.com/articles/creating-pages-with-the-automatic-generator/> Can a GWT web application also be deplo... | 2016/09/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/39657818",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1762932/"
] | On Github Pages you can only use/host client-side technology like JavaScript, CSS and HTML. So your app would not have an back-end which can handle your RPCs. But it's possible on GitHub Pages to make Ajax calls (<http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/code-a-simple-github-api-webapp-using-jquery-ajax> ) , which are also the ba... | If you are using servlets and stuff : certainly no
If you are only using client stuff, my guess is also no. I don't think github even allows javascript, or even html ? |
67,208,221 | My app is already approved on Appgallery but may be Huawei is very strict approval in the mainland china market. they sent me a refusal mail to publish in china. I revised the app and app copyright information but wasn't approved while outside of China was released.
huawei has emailed me but quite complicated, i don't ... | 2021/04/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/67208221",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10156612/"
] | The first question is that lack copyright qualification.
You need to submit the copyright qualification according to your own app classification and the regulations in this document:
[Submission of Copyright and Publication Approval Number](https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/doc/distribution/app/30215)
Copyrig... | 0
Looks like this question was answered by Shirley and moved to:
[How to provide The Computer Software Copyright Certificate in China](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67216256/how-to-provide-the-computer-software-copyright-certificate-in-china)
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nScL9.png... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | [devexpress](http://www.devexpress.com/) provides Add-in [Refactor! for C++](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/RefactorCPP/index.xml) for VS2005 and VS2008. | I'd like to point out that Qt Creator (a C++ IDE which is compatible with VC++ libraries and build system) provides symbol renaming that works very well:
>
> You can rename symbols in all files in a project. When you rename a class, you can also change filenames that match the class name.
>
>
>
[Qt Creator - Refa... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | I'm not sure why it is like this, but third-party tools exist that help. For example, right now I'm evaluating [Visual Assist X](http://www.wholetomato.com/) (by Whole Tomato). We're also using Visual Studio 2005. | Eclipse does few c++ refactorings including 'rename'. Check out this [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/130913/what-is-the-state-of-c-refactor-support-in-eclipse) here on StackOverflow.
It is also possible to use Microsoft compiler with Eclipse. Check out [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8816923/... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | [devexpress](http://www.devexpress.com/) provides Add-in [Refactor! for C++](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/RefactorCPP/index.xml) for VS2005 and VS2008. | Well in spite of comments by all you experts I totally disagree that refactoring support issue has something to do with C++ language semantics or any language semantics for that matter. Except the compiler builder themselves don't choose to implement one in first case due to their own reasons or constraints whatsoever ... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | There is a lot of fud and confusion around this issue. This amazing youtube video should clear up why C++ refactoring is hard: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVbDzTM21BQ>
tl;dr Google refactors their entire 100 million line C++ codebase by using a compiler (Clang + LLVM) that allows access to its intermediate format... | Well in spite of comments by all you experts I totally disagree that refactoring support issue has something to do with C++ language semantics or any language semantics for that matter. Except the compiler builder themselves don't choose to implement one in first case due to their own reasons or constraints whatsoever ... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | Eclipse does few c++ refactorings including 'rename'. Check out this [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/130913/what-is-the-state-of-c-refactor-support-in-eclipse) here on StackOverflow.
It is also possible to use Microsoft compiler with Eclipse. Check out [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8816923/... | I've been using [Visual Assist X](http://www.wholetomato.com/) with visual studio for about one year and a half. It's an incredible tool that helps you a lot with ordinary C++ code, but it doesn't perform very well on templated code. For instance, you if have a sophisticated policy-based template design, it won't know ... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | Don't feel hard-done-by, it isn't available in VB.Net either :)
C++ is a HARD language to parse compared with C# (VB too unless you've "Option Explicit" and "Option Strict" switched on, it's difficult to tell exactly what any line of code is doing out of a MUCH larger context).
At a guess it could have something to d... | I'd like to point out that Qt Creator (a C++ IDE which is compatible with VC++ libraries and build system) provides symbol renaming that works very well:
>
> You can rename symbols in all files in a project. When you rename a class, you can also change filenames that match the class name.
>
>
>
[Qt Creator - Refa... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | [devexpress](http://www.devexpress.com/) provides Add-in [Refactor! for C++](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/RefactorCPP/index.xml) for VS2005 and VS2008. | Eclipse does few c++ refactorings including 'rename'. Check out this [question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/130913/what-is-the-state-of-c-refactor-support-in-eclipse) here on StackOverflow.
It is also possible to use Microsoft compiler with Eclipse. Check out [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8816923/... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | Don't feel hard-done-by, it isn't available in VB.Net either :)
C++ is a HARD language to parse compared with C# (VB too unless you've "Option Explicit" and "Option Strict" switched on, it's difficult to tell exactly what any line of code is doing out of a MUCH larger context).
At a guess it could have something to d... | Install plugin which enables you that functionality: <https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/164904b2-3b47-417f-9b6b-fdd35757d194> |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | I've been using [Visual Assist X](http://www.wholetomato.com/) with visual studio for about one year and a half. It's an incredible tool that helps you a lot with ordinary C++ code, but it doesn't perform very well on templated code. For instance, you if have a sophisticated policy-based template design, it won't know ... | Well in spite of comments by all you experts I totally disagree that refactoring support issue has something to do with C++ language semantics or any language semantics for that matter. Except the compiler builder themselves don't choose to implement one in first case due to their own reasons or constraints whatsoever ... |
363,292 | When programming in C++ in Visual Studio 2008, why is there no functionality like that seen in the refactor menu when using C#?
I use **Rename** constantly and you really miss it when it's not there. I'm sure you can get plugins that offer this, but why isn't it integrated in to the IDE when using C++? Is this due to ... | 2008/12/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/363292",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/82/"
] | [devexpress](http://www.devexpress.com/) provides Add-in [Refactor! for C++](http://www.devexpress.com/Products/Visual_Studio_Add-in/RefactorCPP/index.xml) for VS2005 and VS2008. | I've been using [Visual Assist X](http://www.wholetomato.com/) with visual studio for about one year and a half. It's an incredible tool that helps you a lot with ordinary C++ code, but it doesn't perform very well on templated code. For instance, you if have a sophisticated policy-based template design, it won't know ... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | Yes, I recommend another sprint
-------------------------------
I am surprised that your Product Owner didn't want to do another sprint. Generally Product Owners tend to push the development teams to get releases out sooner rather than later. They are always up against external drivers such as launching at some trade ... | When working as part of large teams (or when you have multiple teams on one code base) this can be known as a **hardening sprint**. Although you aren't driving down the outstanding points of the mvp per se, you are making things better overall.
You can undertake a number of tasks to improve things:
* refactoring
* re... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | I think it is also important to make sure the Product Owner understands that he also has commitments to the team. If he wants the team to commit to delivering planned features by the end of the sprint, he also need to commit to feeding the team with high quality input of the sprint - his requirement.
So I think the te... | >
> So I was going to suggest they do another sprint anyway but just focus on technical debt…
>
>
>
If you are talking about focusing on technical debt, it sounds like **anticipating what the priorities will become** in the product backlog. You might be right, or you might be wrong.
This may sound purist, but I w... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | I think it is also important to make sure the Product Owner understands that he also has commitments to the team. If he wants the team to commit to delivering planned features by the end of the sprint, he also need to commit to feeding the team with high quality input of the sprint - his requirement.
So I think the te... | When working as part of large teams (or when you have multiple teams on one code base) this can be known as a **hardening sprint**. Although you aren't driving down the outstanding points of the mvp per se, you are making things better overall.
You can undertake a number of tasks to improve things:
* refactoring
* re... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | From my experience, taking a week off and working on other things isn't usually too big of a problem. A lot of times that's when the developers get their own time to work on whatever pet project they have. Other times, it's around the Thanksgiving Holiday or the Christmas/New Years Holiday, so a large part of the team ... | TL;DR
-----
In your specific case, it would be best to treat the week as a drag on productivity. This won't actually affect team velocity if you don't jigger with sprint lengths; what it will do is act as a visible cost in your project's release planning by reducing the number of full-length sprints remaining in your ... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | Yes, I recommend another sprint
-------------------------------
I am surprised that your Product Owner didn't want to do another sprint. Generally Product Owners tend to push the development teams to get releases out sooner rather than later. They are always up against external drivers such as launching at some trade ... | >
> So I was going to suggest they do another sprint anyway but just focus on technical debt…
>
>
>
If you are talking about focusing on technical debt, it sounds like **anticipating what the priorities will become** in the product backlog. You might be right, or you might be wrong.
This may sound purist, but I w... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | From my experience, taking a week off and working on other things isn't usually too big of a problem. A lot of times that's when the developers get their own time to work on whatever pet project they have. Other times, it's around the Thanksgiving Holiday or the Christmas/New Years Holiday, so a large part of the team ... | I think it is also important to make sure the Product Owner understands that he also has commitments to the team. If he wants the team to commit to delivering planned features by the end of the sprint, he also need to commit to feeding the team with high quality input of the sprint - his requirement.
So I think the te... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | TL;DR
-----
In your specific case, it would be best to treat the week as a drag on productivity. This won't actually affect team velocity if you don't jigger with sprint lengths; what it will do is act as a visible cost in your project's release planning by reducing the number of full-length sprints remaining in your ... | >
> So I was going to suggest they do another sprint anyway but just focus on technical debt…
>
>
>
If you are talking about focusing on technical debt, it sounds like **anticipating what the priorities will become** in the product backlog. You might be right, or you might be wrong.
This may sound purist, but I w... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | I think it is also important to make sure the Product Owner understands that he also has commitments to the team. If he wants the team to commit to delivering planned features by the end of the sprint, he also need to commit to feeding the team with high quality input of the sprint - his requirement.
So I think the te... | TL;DR
-----
In your specific case, it would be best to treat the week as a drag on productivity. This won't actually affect team velocity if you don't jigger with sprint lengths; what it will do is act as a visible cost in your project's release planning by reducing the number of full-length sprints remaining in your ... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | From my experience, taking a week off and working on other things isn't usually too big of a problem. A lot of times that's when the developers get their own time to work on whatever pet project they have. Other times, it's around the Thanksgiving Holiday or the Christmas/New Years Holiday, so a large part of the team ... | When working as part of large teams (or when you have multiple teams on one code base) this can be known as a **hardening sprint**. Although you aren't driving down the outstanding points of the mvp per se, you are making things better overall.
You can undertake a number of tasks to improve things:
* refactoring
* re... |
15,431 | Our two Scrum development teams are located in India. Our shared product owner is permanently relocating to the US, and we're just about to finish our first sprint. Him and the team suggested delaying the next sprint by a week while he's in transit. The loss of rhythm to the team concerns me, as well as violating one o... | 2015/07/09 | [
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/questions/15431",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com",
"https://pm.stackexchange.com/users/34/"
] | TL;DR
-----
In your specific case, it would be best to treat the week as a drag on productivity. This won't actually affect team velocity if you don't jigger with sprint lengths; what it will do is act as a visible cost in your project's release planning by reducing the number of full-length sprints remaining in your ... | When working as part of large teams (or when you have multiple teams on one code base) this can be known as a **hardening sprint**. Although you aren't driving down the outstanding points of the mvp per se, you are making things better overall.
You can undertake a number of tasks to improve things:
* refactoring
* re... |
4,474 | Is there a standard or best practice for us in terms of when ( how long after starting ) to award a bounty?
I offered a bounty on a question ( the current one ), and I was hoping for better answers, but it appears the best answer is already given, based on the votes. | 2017/04/25 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4474",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/61096/"
] | The meta you linked to has barely a hundred views. The normal go-to meta on this subject is ["Reviewing low quality posts: when to delete"](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141851/reviewing-low-quality-posts-when-to-delete) and its parent post. But the main topic on deletions is of course [How does deleting wor... | Answer to Post 1) Contains a joke answer which is longer than the actual answer the responder gave. I don't mind a good chuckle, but it should be secondary to the advice itself. This **might** be debatable as to whether it's "bad" or just worthy of a downvote.
Answer to Post 2) This one should be deleted because it co... |
4,474 | Is there a standard or best practice for us in terms of when ( how long after starting ) to award a bounty?
I offered a bounty on a question ( the current one ), and I was hoping for better answers, but it appears the best answer is already given, based on the votes. | 2017/04/25 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4474",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/61096/"
] | The meta you linked to has barely a hundred views. The normal go-to meta on this subject is ["Reviewing low quality posts: when to delete"](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141851/reviewing-low-quality-posts-when-to-delete) and its parent post. But the main topic on deletions is of course [How does deleting wor... | Some one flagged these or they received low scores. That is when they get put into the queue so that we can decide if the posts need action. You are not required to go through the queue and it is perfectly acceptable to take no action on an item if it doesn't need any action. The queue is intended to move some of the m... |
44,511,545 | Need to benchmark the performance of Windows Media server. The videos are hosted on this server.To access these videos, MMS(Microsoft Media Services) hyperlinks are provided in the web page.
Load Runner doesn't have the option of adding both Web(HTTP/HTML) and MMS(Media Player) protocol in Multiple Protocol while crea... | 2017/06/13 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/44511545",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/473085/"
] | >
> "Load Runner doesn't have the option of adding both Web(HTTP/HTML) and
> MMS(Media Player) protocol in Multiple Protocol while creating a new
> project."
>
>
>
That is **not true**.
When creating a new script, Loadrunner lets you choose bothe MMS and HTTP after selecting "Multiple Protocols" from the catego... | 1. Configured mms.lrp File - [Configure MMS(Media Player) in Multiple Protocol List](https://community.saas.hpe.com/t5/LoadRunner-Practitioners-Forum/Function-mms-play-cannot-passed-more-than-2-vusers-when-running/td-p/589038)
2. Created a new script - Multiple Protocol with MMS(Media Player) and Web(HTTP/HTML).
3. Rec... |
10,274 | 6 weeks ago, I accepted a job offer for a senior position based overseas and signed and returned the offer letter. The onboard date was determined to be 2 weeks from now. Everything seems good. I am in the process of making international relocation, selling my house, furniture, cars...
Yesterday, I was notified that t... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/10274",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/8211/"
] | Taken mostly from a very similar question [here](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/10123/advice-on-starting-a-job-in-usa/10126#10126), adjusted slightly to fit your situation.
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10,274 | 6 weeks ago, I accepted a job offer for a senior position based overseas and signed and returned the offer letter. The onboard date was determined to be 2 weeks from now. Everything seems good. I am in the process of making international relocation, selling my house, furniture, cars...
Yesterday, I was notified that t... | 2013/03/14 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/10274",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/8211/"
] | I have seen few of my friends in similar situation wanting to take a job overseas and relocate with family there. The best way I think is to go step by step for it. Do not sell everything at once. What you can do is, take the offer if you trust it, then go there without your family. Most companies provide accommodation... | I am going to answer your question directly,
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If you have **Not** signed the employment contract, negotiate one with your ... |
883,190 | Is there any way of monitoring activity over a bluetooth connection either using a software hook or an external bluetooth monitor, where the bluetooth is emulating a RS232 serial port.
When I'm using a cabled connection, I could use an in-line datascope for this activity, which was basically checking whether comms bet... | 2009/05/19 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/883190",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/22564/"
] | Sysinternals's Portmon can monitor serial ports, see <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896644.aspx> Presumably it can monitor Bluetooth virtual serial ports... | You can get over the air tracing of a Bluetooth connection using [Frontline](http://www.fte.com/products/FTS4BT-01.asp). I think you need to be able to set default security and encryption for this to work though.
If your problem is in the air interface, this is a pretty good tool. |
7,446 | I am not sure "deadbolt" is the correct term for what I am looking for. I am searching for the metal piece on the side of doors that extends to lock it, but one that can be controlled electronically (with Arduino).
The thing on the right of [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyt6pUXYY6A) is exactly what I wa... | 2017/05/27 | [
"https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7446",
"https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com",
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] | I accidentally found the answer to my own question. What I am looking for suddenly happened to appear in my Amazon recommendations (even though I haven't searched for anything like this on Amazon), and found you can find a lot of electric door locks by searching "open frame type solenoid" including [this one](http://ra... | You might have the most success with installing an actual non-electronic deadbolt bought at a hardware store such as Home Depot (if one is not already installed), such as in this video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vmOj4DII8I>
And then hooking up a servo motor controlled by an arduino (or similar) attached an RFI... |
5,574,246 | I am using the Apache FTP server in a web application in Java.
A legacy Windows based device is using ASCII mode to push video files to this FTP server.
I want to know if its possible to: force a NON-conversion of CR LF to LF for all transferred ASCII data?
I found out that the Apache FTP server is enforcing the CR... | 2011/04/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5574246",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/613217/"
] | Found 2 ways around the problem:
1. Running Wine on Suse and running a Windows FTP server on it. Since I will need the FTP server to run on port 21 (less than 1024) some Wine configuration is needed.
2. Also, a change made to the Apache FTP server src to force binary transfer works as well. | >
> A legacy Windows based device is using
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39,704 | I have created a views with trimmed fields and displaying more button to show the full content.I want to do something like collapse text ie.,when i click on more button it has to expand and show the full text.Any help will be much appreciated on how to do this.Thanks in advance. | 2012/08/13 | [
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/39704",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com",
"https://drupal.stackexchange.com/users/5734/"
] | This will require some custom theming to accomplish:
1. In your view, don't trim the field, just show it all for now. This will mean if a user has JavaScript disabled they will still have access the all the content.
2. In order to enhance the interface as you've described for users with JavaScript enabled, you should ... | There's a contributed module that does this, [Readmore](https://www.drupal.org/project/readmore). The other answers explain how to set this up yourself, but that's no longer necessary.
I've adding feature request to have this functionality added to Drupal Core. See [Allow for expandable text with "Read more/less" link... |
124,596 | I have recently had a paper rejected with 2 Accepts and 1 Reject from a CORE A\* conference. I did understand the risks of being rejected when I made the submission, the problem is that I got back some set of reviews that are not applicable (let alone constructive) to my work. The 2 Accepts qualified the work as being ... | 2019/02/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/124596",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/104177/"
] | In good conferences (and I would certainly assume this to be the case in an A\* conference) decisions are *not* made solely and directly by the PC Chairs, and definitely not only by looking at the scores. What usually happens is that after each assigned PC member submits their reviews, a discussion phase among the revi... | You can argue it, and might be successful. But you might also *not* be successful. The PC may believe the third reviewer has more weight to bear. For a conference, however, I think your chances are slim, just because of the time factor.
Ultimately, however, it is your responsibility to be clear enough in your writing... |
124,596 | I have recently had a paper rejected with 2 Accepts and 1 Reject from a CORE A\* conference. I did understand the risks of being rejected when I made the submission, the problem is that I got back some set of reviews that are not applicable (let alone constructive) to my work. The 2 Accepts qualified the work as being ... | 2019/02/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/124596",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/104177/"
] | You can argue it, and might be successful. But you might also *not* be successful. The PC may believe the third reviewer has more weight to bear. For a conference, however, I think your chances are slim, just because of the time factor.
Ultimately, however, it is your responsibility to be clear enough in your writing... | If it is a conference (not a journal), do not waste your time. Get over it ad think of another venue. Unfair judgements, misunderstandings, happens all the time. The only way to overcome it is to improve your apper and make clarification that does not allow this misunderstanding to happen again. Then submit it in anoth... |
124,596 | I have recently had a paper rejected with 2 Accepts and 1 Reject from a CORE A\* conference. I did understand the risks of being rejected when I made the submission, the problem is that I got back some set of reviews that are not applicable (let alone constructive) to my work. The 2 Accepts qualified the work as being ... | 2019/02/08 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/124596",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/104177/"
] | In good conferences (and I would certainly assume this to be the case in an A\* conference) decisions are *not* made solely and directly by the PC Chairs, and definitely not only by looking at the scores. What usually happens is that after each assigned PC member submits their reviews, a discussion phase among the revi... | If it is a conference (not a journal), do not waste your time. Get over it ad think of another venue. Unfair judgements, misunderstandings, happens all the time. The only way to overcome it is to improve your apper and make clarification that does not allow this misunderstanding to happen again. Then submit it in anoth... |
47,192 | Improving your abilities as a worker can be difficult. If you only learn what your current position demands to, you could end in a position where you won't be able to make your career advance, whether in your current company or not.
Besides, learning things beyond the scope of your current position could be good both ... | 2015/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/47192",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/36319/"
] | **You don't.**
What people do after working hours is entirely their business. Work is not the only important thing in life. You cannot demand or even expect that everyone else should be reading technical books after working hours, neither can you pass judgements like these on people who don't. | While I share the reservations at the underlying assumptions of your question, I think you have some options here.
If you are in a position to do so, you can allocate funds to send employees on training courses, subsidize books, provide a lending library, etc. Anything that is of benefit to the company should come at ... |
47,192 | Improving your abilities as a worker can be difficult. If you only learn what your current position demands to, you could end in a position where you won't be able to make your career advance, whether in your current company or not.
Besides, learning things beyond the scope of your current position could be good both ... | 2015/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/47192",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/36319/"
] | **You don't.**
What people do after working hours is entirely their business. Work is not the only important thing in life. You cannot demand or even expect that everyone else should be reading technical books after working hours, neither can you pass judgements like these on people who don't. | Present them benefits of learning new and improving existing skills (which can be done via other ways that just with books). Getting raises for being more efficient, opening career alterations that are closer to what someone desires (like a web developer moving to become a system architect), keeping themselves viable i... |
47,192 | Improving your abilities as a worker can be difficult. If you only learn what your current position demands to, you could end in a position where you won't be able to make your career advance, whether in your current company or not.
Besides, learning things beyond the scope of your current position could be good both ... | 2015/05/27 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/47192",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/36319/"
] | While I share the reservations at the underlying assumptions of your question, I think you have some options here.
If you are in a position to do so, you can allocate funds to send employees on training courses, subsidize books, provide a lending library, etc. Anything that is of benefit to the company should come at ... | Present them benefits of learning new and improving existing skills (which can be done via other ways that just with books). Getting raises for being more efficient, opening career alterations that are closer to what someone desires (like a web developer moving to become a system architect), keeping themselves viable i... |
40,446,707 | I've been spending a considerable amount of time learning MongoDB as part of the MEAN stack (I'm new to the MEAN stack), and I feel like I'm just barely starting to get the hang of it. Recently, however, my supervisor at work (who's an experienced programmer) suggested I learn relational databases (it could be that it'... | 2016/11/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40446707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6946549/"
] | The first thing you need is to assess what type of data you are going to deal with (will it be structured, easily represented by **tables**, or it will be more of the non-structured type).
If structured, RDBMS is the way to go.
Incidentally, as far as I know, the first versions of Facebook were implemented using MySQ... | Well, anyone have concern about learn SQL (and use JOIN), but:
One day, you don't know how, you will use it (or understand it), so perhaps is better take a moment for SQL (it's the most widespread)
MongoDB is good if you development a REST service, but if you want make a social network like project, perhaps is be... |
40,446,707 | I've been spending a considerable amount of time learning MongoDB as part of the MEAN stack (I'm new to the MEAN stack), and I feel like I'm just barely starting to get the hang of it. Recently, however, my supervisor at work (who's an experienced programmer) suggested I learn relational databases (it could be that it'... | 2016/11/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/40446707",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6946549/"
] | Farid, as you're a junior programmer, I'd suggest you to learn as much as possible of both approach.
The knowledge acquired on one of them will also help you getting the most from the other (as they both concern data, how to structure it and how to query it).
Also, in the day by day job (unless you specialize only i... | Well, anyone have concern about learn SQL (and use JOIN), but:
One day, you don't know how, you will use it (or understand it), so perhaps is better take a moment for SQL (it's the most widespread)
MongoDB is good if you development a REST service, but if you want make a social network like project, perhaps is be... |
9,550,959 | Does anyone know how I can reuse inline data in Gnuplot, I've been googling it and can't find nothing everything suggests to input the data gain? Basically reuse the '-' file. | 2012/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9550959",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/906042/"
] | There is the [JBoss Seam Forge project](https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/FORGE/Home) for JavaEE/JPA CRUD pages generation.
But if You've an existing JPA project, You can use the [Metawidget project](http://metawidget.org/) to realize Your own simple one-page CRUD solution as I made for myself. | * Spring Roo
* Grails
* AppFuse
Netbeans was able to do this at one point, not sure anymore |
9,550,959 | Does anyone know how I can reuse inline data in Gnuplot, I've been googling it and can't find nothing everything suggests to input the data gain? Basically reuse the '-' file. | 2012/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9550959",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/906042/"
] | With Telosys Tools you can generate this kind of CRUD pages
( see the demo on line : <http://bookstore-spring.telosys-tools-demo.cloudbees.net/> )
The simplest way is to follow this tutorial (for Spring MVC - Spring Data - JPA ) :
<https://sites.google.com/site/telosystutorial/springmvc-jpa-springdatajpa> | * Spring Roo
* Grails
* AppFuse
Netbeans was able to do this at one point, not sure anymore |
9,550,959 | Does anyone know how I can reuse inline data in Gnuplot, I've been googling it and can't find nothing everything suggests to input the data gain? Basically reuse the '-' file. | 2012/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9550959",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/906042/"
] | There is the [JBoss Seam Forge project](https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/FORGE/Home) for JavaEE/JPA CRUD pages generation.
But if You've an existing JPA project, You can use the [Metawidget project](http://metawidget.org/) to realize Your own simple one-page CRUD solution as I made for myself. | You should seek for IDE features instead of Libraries. Oracle JDeveloper with ADF Components can do the work, and [Netbeans](http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/nbm-crud.html) has a similar feature with JSF and JPA. You should give them a try. |
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