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55,948,072 | When running a play application from IntelliJ, VM parameters and environment variables greyed out in run configuration when 'Use sbt shell' checked.
How can I pass an env variable to the sbt task, other then unchecking the 'run as sbt task' checkbox or setting the env variable globally on the machine?
[![](https://i.s... | 2019/05/02 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55948072",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/991045/"
] | Been there. Use .env file and add plugin: <https://github.com/mefellows/sbt-dotenv> to your project. Working for me great. | I think you just needed to disable using the SBT Shell and it would've allowed you to set ENV\_VARS. Not exactly sure why is that. |
354,689 | When I go to "Report player" while in STW there is an option that says "AFK". When I try this Battle Royale that option is unavailable. Is AFKing bannable in Battle ROyale? | 2019/07/18 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/354689",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/234751/"
] | Ban reasons always depend on what the developer deem ban-worthy. Most times something is ban-worthy if it disrupts other players in their gaming experience.
In the case of Fortnite, you don't influence other players gaming experience if you go AFK. Thereofre that is the most likely reason it is not reportable/bannabl... | If you do not use **any** inputs for about 2-3 mins, the game will auto matically take you back to the lobby. This ensures that AFK players cannot cause any problems and cannot disrupt anyone else's gaming experience for long, meaning it is probably not bannable because you can't actually do it for long in the first pl... |
374 | Start-ups and organizations with limited budgets that are security conscious are often encouraged to deploy intrusion detection stacks. Given that ***prevention will always fail***, intrusion detection stacks are often vital to learn why defenses failed.
I am a fan of the following intrusion stack covering the app lay... | 2010/11/16 | [
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] | * <http://www.owasp.org/index.php/The_ESAPI_Web_Application_Firewall_%28ESAPI_WAF%29>
* <http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSensor_Project>
* <http://qosient.com/argus/>
* <http://ourmon.sourceforge.net> | The Bro IDS <http://www.bro-ids.org/> which has been funded by the National Science Foundation's Strategic Technologies for the Internet program, DOE, DEC, and other research groups. It has it's own event-driven system and can also import Snort rules for added signature based detection. |
374 | Start-ups and organizations with limited budgets that are security conscious are often encouraged to deploy intrusion detection stacks. Given that ***prevention will always fail***, intrusion detection stacks are often vital to learn why defenses failed.
I am a fan of the following intrusion stack covering the app lay... | 2010/11/16 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/374",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22/"
] | * <http://www.owasp.org/index.php/The_ESAPI_Web_Application_Firewall_%28ESAPI_WAF%29>
* <http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSensor_Project>
* <http://qosient.com/argus/>
* <http://ourmon.sourceforge.net> | Snort is an excellent IDS with a long track record. I have deployed slightly over a dozen sensors at my organization, and am continually adding more to the mix. Snort's biggest downfall is the fact that current versions are single-threaded, though that will be changing with the upcoming version 3 release. Combined with... |
374 | Start-ups and organizations with limited budgets that are security conscious are often encouraged to deploy intrusion detection stacks. Given that ***prevention will always fail***, intrusion detection stacks are often vital to learn why defenses failed.
I am a fan of the following intrusion stack covering the app lay... | 2010/11/16 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/374",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/22/"
] | Snort is an excellent IDS with a long track record. I have deployed slightly over a dozen sensors at my organization, and am continually adding more to the mix. Snort's biggest downfall is the fact that current versions are single-threaded, though that will be changing with the upcoming version 3 release. Combined with... | The Bro IDS <http://www.bro-ids.org/> which has been funded by the National Science Foundation's Strategic Technologies for the Internet program, DOE, DEC, and other research groups. It has it's own event-driven system and can also import Snort rules for added signature based detection. |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | In a series circuit, the current in each component of the series will be the same. This is true no matter what the component may be: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, battery, etc. | The current is the same when charging or discharging. The problem is if one cell is discharged faster its polarity reverses and it gets damaged. If in charge one gets charges faster it can overheat or explode when it's lithium. |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | In a series circuit, the current in each component of the series will be the same. This is true no matter what the component may be: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, battery, etc. | >
> I was wondering... if the same is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply
>
>
>
No, the current through them would be the same... and it would be less than the current that can be provided by the "weakest" supply when working alone.
The reason for this is that each p... |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | In a series circuit, the current in each component of the series will be the same. This is true no matter what the component may be: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, battery, etc. | Assuming no other connection between the batteries, no. This would be a violation of Kirchoff's Current Law. Imagine a node between the batteries. All the current entering the node must leave the node. |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | In a series circuit, the current in each component of the series will be the same. This is true no matter what the component may be: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, battery, etc. | I think the key part is the BMS system you mentioned. I believe it refers to charging control circuits that have circuitry to monitor individual cells or sets of cells, and circuitry capable of shunting charging current 'around' cells that are reaching full charge before others. As such, this arrangement is NOT strictl... |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | In a series circuit, the current in each component of the series will be the same. This is true no matter what the component may be: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode, battery, etc. | The current (charge/discharge) for true series cells will be the same.
The BMS is not truly series under charging, since it has to deal with how effective each cell is converting the charge back into the chemical structure storing it.
Small variations in how the reactions (wanted & unwanted) are propagating through the... |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | I think the key part is the BMS system you mentioned. I believe it refers to charging control circuits that have circuitry to monitor individual cells or sets of cells, and circuitry capable of shunting charging current 'around' cells that are reaching full charge before others. As such, this arrangement is NOT strictl... | The current is the same when charging or discharging. The problem is if one cell is discharged faster its polarity reverses and it gets damaged. If in charge one gets charges faster it can overheat or explode when it's lithium. |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | I think the key part is the BMS system you mentioned. I believe it refers to charging control circuits that have circuitry to monitor individual cells or sets of cells, and circuitry capable of shunting charging current 'around' cells that are reaching full charge before others. As such, this arrangement is NOT strictl... | >
> I was wondering... if the same is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply
>
>
>
No, the current through them would be the same... and it would be less than the current that can be provided by the "weakest" supply when working alone.
The reason for this is that each p... |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | I think the key part is the BMS system you mentioned. I believe it refers to charging control circuits that have circuitry to monitor individual cells or sets of cells, and circuitry capable of shunting charging current 'around' cells that are reaching full charge before others. As such, this arrangement is NOT strictl... | Assuming no other connection between the batteries, no. This would be a violation of Kirchoff's Current Law. Imagine a node between the batteries. All the current entering the node must leave the node. |
523,419 | I know current through series elements is always the same. I was wondering if the same is true for series supplies (batteries) or if it is possible for one supply to provide more or less current than another series supply.
I ask because a project for a BMS system states a specific requirement for per-cell current meas... | 2020/09/26 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/523419",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/211994/"
] | I think the key part is the BMS system you mentioned. I believe it refers to charging control circuits that have circuitry to monitor individual cells or sets of cells, and circuitry capable of shunting charging current 'around' cells that are reaching full charge before others. As such, this arrangement is NOT strictl... | The current (charge/discharge) for true series cells will be the same.
The BMS is not truly series under charging, since it has to deal with how effective each cell is converting the charge back into the chemical structure storing it.
Small variations in how the reactions (wanted & unwanted) are propagating through the... |
31,538 | I have a question I created on stackoverflow.com which was migrated to superuser.com, the question was answered on superuser.com but still remains in my questions tab in SO, how do I remove/hide these?
I've now created this as a [Feature request](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31552/could-we-have-questions-g... | 2009/12/02 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31538",
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] | You don't.
Migrated questions remain yours on the original site until they are deleted. The question becomes a place-holder for Google Searches and for duplicate question closures. It is still a question asked by you and therefore it is not disassociated from your account.
These migrations stubs will be automatical... | You can flag the question for moderator attention if you really want it deleted, and a moderator can do it for you. |
252,471 | The following is an extract from *Frankenstein* by Mary Shelley. Is the "had not been" correct? Should it have been "would not have been"?
>
> "A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion to a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility. I do not think th... | 2020/06/30 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/252471",
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"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/3865/"
] | This seems to be an archaic form of the subjunctive; the sentence is introduced with *if*, indicating an irrealis condition. I found a paper by [Éva Kovács](https://linguistlist.org/people/personal/get-personal-page2.cfm?PersonID=133003) in the *Eger Journal of English Studies* IX (2009) 79–90, "[On the Development of ... | We need to remember that, despite her undoubted intelligence and acquaintance with well educated and eloquent people, the author had little or no formal education, and her prose style suffers as a result. Here she is using "had" to indicate a subjunctive, a statement contrary to fact or belief. The form is still used w... |
10,640,836 | According to the R 'Memory-limits' documentation, it isn't possible to allocate a vector of length longer than 2^31-1. This is because the integer used as an index can only use 31 bits (one bit for the sign). But on a 64-bit system, I should be able to allocate longer vectors.
Why does R impose this same max length on ... | 2012/05/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/10640836",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1401630/"
] | If you're willing to work with the development version of R, you can have **experimental** support for this feature. From <http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/doc/html/NEWS.html> :
>
> LONG VECTORS
>
>
> There are the beginnings of support for vectors longer than
> 2^31 - 1 elements on 64-bit platforms. This app... | Here are some more details that will complement Ben's answer. The limitations seem to be inherited from the lower level programming languages used to build R, especially (apparently) the FORTRAN code. So, obviously, transitioning R so that it can take full advantage of 64-bit addressing systems is going to be a major p... |
13,022 | I've read in various places that the average college student IQ is about 115, and the various estimations of IQ by college major reached by converting SAT to IQ all use 115 as the starting point for college students. However, the most recent source for this number is The Bell Curve, which was in the early 1990s. It is ... | 2016/01/09 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/13022",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
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] | If you search for "IQ students" on google scholar since 2012 you will find plenty of literature. However, the problem will be that there are many different "standardised intelligence tests", and not all of them call themselves "IQ". You might want to restrict your search to a specific test like the Wechsler Adult Intel... | <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232514979_The_IQ_of_the_average_college_student>
I found this article that seems to answer your question in the abstract. I didn't bother to sign up and read the whole thing though. |
13,022 | I've read in various places that the average college student IQ is about 115, and the various estimations of IQ by college major reached by converting SAT to IQ all use 115 as the starting point for college students. However, the most recent source for this number is The Bell Curve, which was in the early 1990s. It is ... | 2016/01/09 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/13022",
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] | Ok I finally found the official demographic norming data from the WAIS-IV on page 104 of this book:
"WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives"
You can see a preview of this book at <http://tinyurl.com/z3vr44e>.
The answer to my question is: **Some college: 102.28
College graduat... | <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232514979_The_IQ_of_the_average_college_student>
I found this article that seems to answer your question in the abstract. I didn't bother to sign up and read the whole thing though. |
13,022 | I've read in various places that the average college student IQ is about 115, and the various estimations of IQ by college major reached by converting SAT to IQ all use 115 as the starting point for college students. However, the most recent source for this number is The Bell Curve, which was in the early 1990s. It is ... | 2016/01/09 | [
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/13022",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com",
"https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/users/10351/"
] | Ok I finally found the official demographic norming data from the WAIS-IV on page 104 of this book:
"WAIS-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspectives"
You can see a preview of this book at <http://tinyurl.com/z3vr44e>.
The answer to my question is: **Some college: 102.28
College graduat... | If you search for "IQ students" on google scholar since 2012 you will find plenty of literature. However, the problem will be that there are many different "standardised intelligence tests", and not all of them call themselves "IQ". You might want to restrict your search to a specific test like the Wechsler Adult Intel... |
7,878,939 | I am sending out a nightly email through rules scheduler, when I manually execute it sends out one email as it should, however when it runs on the schedule it sends me 10 duplicate emails. I've looked all over and can't seem to find any solution to the problem.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions | 2011/10/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7878939",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1011293/"
] | Use Job scheduler module. In this module you first insert the data in job\_schedule and create a queue for each schedule . when crons run it start executing each queue and send mails then it delete its entry from the job\_scheduler table. hence it will not send same mail again and again to the same person.. There is pr... | This sounds like a bug in the Rules module; it has its quirks. I see you have reported this issue in the Rules issue queue: <http://drupal.org/node/1314916>, which is what I was first going to suggest. So now I know your issue is for Rules 7.x-2.x dev integration with Views 7... both of which have more than a few bugs.... |
126,245 | I want to know how many schematics there are in total in the game for Fallout new vegas as I am not sure how many weapons there are. if its at all possible could someone tell me the location of these schematics or link me to a page im on a personal errand to get all the constructible weapons in the game. | 2013/08/02 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/126245",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/50371/"
] | Fallout New Vegas doesn't really have a whole lot of *weapon* crafting, unless you're into Explosives and want to make bombs. In fact, without DLC, there's exactly **one** craftable weapon that isn't a bomb or mine - [the Dog Tag Fist](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Dog_tag_fist), which you can make with a Repair skill ... | There are no "true" schematics in FNV that create weapons,you need certain skills to attain these schematics through console commands[PC] or use wild wasteland[all]to get named weapons unique like the Alien blaster,found North of the horowitz farmstead at the northern end of the game/road to jakobstown,North of NV,just... |
1,716,814 | I have exported emails from outlook which is using IMAP protocal with size of 8GB, when i am trying to import the back up file in other PC, i am getting the synchronization error with error code 800CCC15-0-0-430. Please refer the following image to view the error message. Please help me to solve the error.
[Error Code]... | 2022/04/18 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/1716814",
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] | **Summary:**
***Issue*:**
When importing the back up file in other PC, i am getting the synchronization error with error code 800CCC15-0-0-430.
***Solution:***
I have created Gmail account and enabled IMAP and it worked. | Have you done any specific operations before the issue occur? Such as creating subfolders in Inbox? If so, please move subfolders outside the Inbox folder and import again to check if there're any differences.
In addition, I found a similar thread as your issue mentioned that it may be affected by the root folder path... |
16,242 | In March 2017, the Dutch Prime Minister [Mark Rutte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rutte) declared that the Turkish minister [Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mevl%C3%BCt_%C3%87avu%C5%9Fo%C4%9Flu) was [not](http://nos.nl/artikel/2161220-rutte-wil-turkse-campagnebijeenkomst-tegenhouden.html) [welcome... | 2017/03/09 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/16242",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/130/"
] | To make a blunt comparison: you wouldn't want a North-Korean official campaigning for Kim Jong-un in your country, would you?
Erdoğan is not Kim Jong-un, but his government in widely seen as as having authoritarian tendencies, especially after the failed coup attempt last year. To make matters worse, the specific refe... | The rally in Germany was officially canceled because of [fire safety concerns](http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2017-03/mevlut-cavusoglu-hamburg-tuerkischer-aussenminister-auftritt-absage), not for political reasons.
That being said, there are currently at least [three issues](http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausl... |
71,921 | I need a list of the central points (centroid) for all countries:
China: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in China)
France: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in France)
etc... | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/71921",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19876/"
] | Frank Donnelly provides a [CSV file of country centroids](http://gothos.info/2009/02/centroids-for-countries/) that's based on data taken from the GeoNames Server, but hand curated by Frank. The data was last updated in February 2012.
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May 2018
The former source isn't available anymore, here is a newer one, with ... | Since many of the urls in the previous answers are outdated here's a list that google provides:
<https://developers.google.com/public-data/docs/canonical/countries_csv> |
71,921 | I need a list of the central points (centroid) for all countries:
China: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in China)
France: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in France)
etc... | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/71921",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19876/"
] | Frank Donnelly provides a [CSV file of country centroids](http://gothos.info/2009/02/centroids-for-countries/) that's based on data taken from the GeoNames Server, but hand curated by Frank. The data was last updated in February 2012.
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May 2018
The former source isn't available anymore, here is a newer one, with ... | Here is an open data site that hosts the center point data in several formats: [World Countries Centroids](https://github.com/gavinr/world-countries-centroids) (direct links: [CSV](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gavinr/world-countries-centroids@v1/dist/countries.csv) | [GeoJSON](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gavinr/world-co... |
71,921 | I need a list of the central points (centroid) for all countries:
China: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in China)
France: lat/long (coordinates of the most central point in France)
etc... | 2013/09/19 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/71921",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19876/"
] | Since many of the urls in the previous answers are outdated here's a list that google provides:
<https://developers.google.com/public-data/docs/canonical/countries_csv> | Here is an open data site that hosts the center point data in several formats: [World Countries Centroids](https://github.com/gavinr/world-countries-centroids) (direct links: [CSV](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gavinr/world-countries-centroids@v1/dist/countries.csv) | [GeoJSON](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gavinr/world-co... |
50,415 | It is clear from Big Internet Search Engine that not all knowledge is considered wisdom but, can some knowledge be foolish?
>
> "Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom." -Hermann Hesse, Germa... | 2018/04/02 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/50415",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
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] | It says a great deal. Take for instance Platos criticism of writing in the *Phaedrus*:
>
> If men learn this it will implant forgetfulness in the soul because they will rely on that which is written calling things to remembrence that which no longer lies within themselves, but by means of external marks.
>
>
>
Th... | 'Not all knowledge is wisdom'
▻ WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE ARE CATEGORICALLY DIFFERENT
By this I mean that, as I understand 'wisdom' and as I think it is generally understood, wisdom is a synthesis or combination of intelligence and sound judgement. There is no direct link with knowledge. I'd accept that sound judgement de... |
122,390 | In my Google Slide, I have linked to a chart from a Google Sheet, and I want it to have a transparent background.
In my Google Sheet, on the chart, I have the background set to "None", which makes the chart transparent in Google Sheet. However, this transparent background property does not transfer to the chart in Go... | 2018/11/21 | [
"https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/122390",
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] | What you can do is set the background color to None which gives you a fully transparent background. | I had the same question, and found some Google's Product Forums that this is not possible: <https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/sites/IIr76F7R2sM/KlAw1lCMDQAJ>
For a workaround I'm making the background color of the chart the same as the slide. |
55,485,837 | I was using Keras' CNN to classify MNIST dataset. I found that using different batch-sizes gave different accuracies. Why is it so?
[Using Batch-size 1000](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ad4oO.png) (Acc = 0.97600)
[Using Batch-size 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CRLd3.png) (Acc = 0.97599)
Although, the difference is very... | 2019/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55485837",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7364466/"
] | That is because of the Mini-batch gradient descent effect during training process. You can find good explanation [Here](https://machinelearningmastery.com/gentle-introduction-mini-batch-gradient-descent-configure-batch-size/) that I mention some notes from that link here:
>
> Batch size is a slider on the learning pr... | This is not connected to Keras. The batch size, together with the learning rate, are critical hyper-parameters for training neural networks with mini-batch stochastic gradient descent (SGD), which entirely affect the learning dynamics and thus the accuracy, the learning speed, etc.
In a nutshell, SGD optimizes the wei... |
55,485,837 | I was using Keras' CNN to classify MNIST dataset. I found that using different batch-sizes gave different accuracies. Why is it so?
[Using Batch-size 1000](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ad4oO.png) (Acc = 0.97600)
[Using Batch-size 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CRLd3.png) (Acc = 0.97599)
Although, the difference is very... | 2019/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55485837",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7364466/"
] | That is because of the Mini-batch gradient descent effect during training process. You can find good explanation [Here](https://machinelearningmastery.com/gentle-introduction-mini-batch-gradient-descent-configure-batch-size/) that I mention some notes from that link here:
>
> Batch size is a slider on the learning pr... | I want to add two points:
1) When use special treatments, it is possible to achieve similar performance for a very large batch size while speeding-up the training process tremendously. For example,
[*Accurate, Large Minibatch SGD:Training ImageNet in 1 Hour*](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.02677.pdf)
2) Regarding your M... |
55,485,837 | I was using Keras' CNN to classify MNIST dataset. I found that using different batch-sizes gave different accuracies. Why is it so?
[Using Batch-size 1000](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ad4oO.png) (Acc = 0.97600)
[Using Batch-size 10](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CRLd3.png) (Acc = 0.97599)
Although, the difference is very... | 2019/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/55485837",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7364466/"
] | This is not connected to Keras. The batch size, together with the learning rate, are critical hyper-parameters for training neural networks with mini-batch stochastic gradient descent (SGD), which entirely affect the learning dynamics and thus the accuracy, the learning speed, etc.
In a nutshell, SGD optimizes the wei... | I want to add two points:
1) When use special treatments, it is possible to achieve similar performance for a very large batch size while speeding-up the training process tremendously. For example,
[*Accurate, Large Minibatch SGD:Training ImageNet in 1 Hour*](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.02677.pdf)
2) Regarding your M... |
208,429 | I've got a BlackBerry Storm running OS 5.0 and I'm looking to control it from my Windows (and/or Mac) as the screen button it broken! I only plan to use this for development until we buy another device but I was wondering if it was possible to do this and if so, does anyone have any links :)
The control can be over th... | 2010/11/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/208429",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/32045/"
] | It is somewhat costly, but you could check out Impatica viaDock. I downloaded the demo and it works fine. | It does not seem you can control your BlackBerry from your computer.
BlackBerry useful sites- downloads are free.
Main BlackBerry download site:
<http://www.blackberrydownload.net/>
BlackBerry Help Doc's: <http://docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/17860/BlackBerry_Desktop_Software-User_Guide--12363... |
208,429 | I've got a BlackBerry Storm running OS 5.0 and I'm looking to control it from my Windows (and/or Mac) as the screen button it broken! I only plan to use this for development until we buy another device but I was wondering if it was possible to do this and if so, does anyone have any links :)
The control can be over th... | 2010/11/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/208429",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/32045/"
] | It is somewhat costly, but you could check out Impatica viaDock. I downloaded the demo and it works fine. | Try SOTI Pocket Controller-Pro for BlackBerry which will work via USB and WiFi. You will also see your device skin which is very cool.
Link to the product is on www.soti.net
Let me know if you have any issues getting the product. |
59,585 | Does food in the Druid form change size with you? Let's say you transform into an Allosaurus, and eat an entire deer, when you transform back would your stomach explode from having a deer in it, or would it shrink with my form? If I ate part of a crumb as a fly, would I be full when I transform back to my normal form? | 2015/04/15 | [
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] | **Ask your DM**
This is not covered by any rule in the PHB or DMG. The only rule that comes a little close to this would be equipment, but that doesn't sufficiently cover it. Personally, I would rule that the food in your stomach is part of you, and it would change size with you, but it is not covered by any current r... | Since the transformation can be considered magical, I believe your stomach size changes in percentages. For example: when you eat an entire deer when transformed into an Allosaurus, you are 100% full. When you transform back into your human self, you're still 100% full.
Your stomach can then be compared to Hermiones ... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Dairy Farming
=============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S5csK.jpg)
Your game has the players be skeletons. Skeletons are made of bones. Bones need calcium. Calcium comes from milk which comes from cows.
>
> I want to add a farming mechanic
>
>
>... | Mycorrhizal networks: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network>
A feature from real life that has seen more use in sci-fi in recent years such as the electrical network in Avatar and the mycelial network in "Star Trek: Discover how to write please".
Mycorrhizal networks let plants and trees give nutrients... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Tiberium crystals
=================
In the CnC Tiberium universe we can see a crystal that has some similarities. A quick talk about Tiberium crystals and what parts you can take from it.
A Tiberium crystal is green. It grows quickly by itself, but upon contact with living organisms it tries to mutate them to spread ... | Mycorrhizal networks: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network>
A feature from real life that has seen more use in sci-fi in recent years such as the electrical network in Avatar and the mycelial network in "Star Trek: Discover how to write please".
Mycorrhizal networks let plants and trees give nutrients... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Offerings:
==========
Your energy is derived from chaos beings, so it's a hair's breath from magic. So how about agricultural products being an offering to elemental beings?
All entropy leads to greater powers of chaos beings. The dissolution or burning of offerings fuels a chaos being that then returns part of the d... | Mycorrhizal networks: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network>
A feature from real life that has seen more use in sci-fi in recent years such as the electrical network in Avatar and the mycelial network in "Star Trek: Discover how to write please".
Mycorrhizal networks let plants and trees give nutrients... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229960",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
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] | Tiberium crystals
=================
In the CnC Tiberium universe we can see a crystal that has some similarities. A quick talk about Tiberium crystals and what parts you can take from it.
A Tiberium crystal is green. It grows quickly by itself, but upon contact with living organisms it tries to mutate them to spread ... | Biomass burner or bioconverter to energy is not a bad idea. Plants do not only have desired parts, depending on the plant, they also have leaves, roots, stems, etc... which can be used to convert to life energy to harness the power of the crystals. Thus the harvest will not be used for energy, but the byproduct. It cou... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229960",
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] | Earth spirit
------------
The planet is a magical entity, and its hackles are up because some damn fool detonated a kind of nuclear crystal bomb recently. For its own safety, the Earth spirit has made the natural environment become hostile to the activity of intelligent creatures -- *all* intelligent creatures. The ho... | Mycorrhizal networks: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network>
A feature from real life that has seen more use in sci-fi in recent years such as the electrical network in Avatar and the mycelial network in "Star Trek: Discover how to write please".
Mycorrhizal networks let plants and trees give nutrients... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229960",
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] | **[Propolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propolis)**. (AKA. Bee glue.)
You say the crystals shattered, and were imbued with the essence of Elder, the element of chaos. They need to be re-balanced.
Bees collect nectar and pollen from all the flowering plants, much of agriculture relies on the action of bees to perpe... | Biomass burner or bioconverter to energy is not a bad idea. Plants do not only have desired parts, depending on the plant, they also have leaves, roots, stems, etc... which can be used to convert to life energy to harness the power of the crystals. Thus the harvest will not be used for energy, but the byproduct. It cou... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Offerings:
==========
Your energy is derived from chaos beings, so it's a hair's breath from magic. So how about agricultural products being an offering to elemental beings?
All entropy leads to greater powers of chaos beings. The dissolution or burning of offerings fuels a chaos being that then returns part of the d... | Tiberium crystals
=================
In the CnC Tiberium universe we can see a crystal that has some similarities. A quick talk about Tiberium crystals and what parts you can take from it.
A Tiberium crystal is green. It grows quickly by itself, but upon contact with living organisms it tries to mutate them to spread ... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/229960",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/96153/"
] | **[Propolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propolis)**. (AKA. Bee glue.)
You say the crystals shattered, and were imbued with the essence of Elder, the element of chaos. They need to be re-balanced.
Bees collect nectar and pollen from all the flowering plants, much of agriculture relies on the action of bees to perpe... | Mycorrhizal networks: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network>
A feature from real life that has seen more use in sci-fi in recent years such as the electrical network in Avatar and the mycelial network in "Star Trek: Discover how to write please".
Mycorrhizal networks let plants and trees give nutrients... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Offerings:
==========
Your energy is derived from chaos beings, so it's a hair's breath from magic. So how about agricultural products being an offering to elemental beings?
All entropy leads to greater powers of chaos beings. The dissolution or burning of offerings fuels a chaos being that then returns part of the d... | Dairy Farming
=============
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/S5csK.jpg)
Your game has the players be skeletons. Skeletons are made of bones. Bones need calcium. Calcium comes from milk which comes from cows.
>
> I want to add a farming mechanic
>
>
>... |
229,960 | This is for the video game I'm developing called [Skullborn](https://www.skullborn.net/).
In this game there are large crystals that have energy that the player can harness. Claiming a crystal is essentially how the player claims territory (of the area surrounding the crystal). The energy of the crystal protects the pl... | 2022/05/13 | [
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] | Offerings:
==========
Your energy is derived from chaos beings, so it's a hair's breath from magic. So how about agricultural products being an offering to elemental beings?
All entropy leads to greater powers of chaos beings. The dissolution or burning of offerings fuels a chaos being that then returns part of the d... | Earth spirit
------------
The planet is a magical entity, and its hackles are up because some damn fool detonated a kind of nuclear crystal bomb recently. For its own safety, the Earth spirit has made the natural environment become hostile to the activity of intelligent creatures -- *all* intelligent creatures. The ho... |
62,294 | I was asking on a forum if it could be a good idea to create spatial indexes on subsets of a table when your application display on map only those subsets and never the entire table.
I was asking this question because I though that as the subsets do not have the same extents of the whole table, maybe it would be faste... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/62294",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/14426/"
] | For displaying purposes it is always good to use a spatial index. It will improve speed of both rendering and spatial queries. However, if you plan to update large quantities of objects, it might be wise to remove the spatial index during the update. Otherwise the update process will become significantly slower, becaus... | On large databases or a database with may changes it can be very important to have spatial indexes in place and updated regularly.
(Keeping it simple here)
For example for Oracle
Spatial indexing capabilities into the Oracle database engine is a key feature of the Spatial product. **A spatial index, like any other i... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
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"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | >
> He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
>
>
>
There's no basis in the rules to allow this. NPC's cannot be run by the player; that's actually the definition of an NPC. As DM you need to assert control of the NPC's actions; only if the PC dies might you consider letting him run the NPC in lieu of generating ... | **Say Yes**
Although at first, I thought *"There is no way you should let him run the NPC."* I took a step back and thought when there would be a time to do so. As mentioned by others, larger combat may require additional time and having a player run the NPC be used in combat by a player can save you a lot of time.
S... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
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"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | >
> He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
>
>
>
There's no basis in the rules to allow this. NPC's cannot be run by the player; that's actually the definition of an NPC. As DM you need to assert control of the NPC's actions; only if the PC dies might you consider letting him run the NPC in lieu of generating ... | You should say no.
All NPC's should be controlled by the DM, otherwise they'd be a PC.
In game this can be handled by: "You don't find any/they cost too much."
OR
"Try as you might, most of the local hired hands feel inadequate given the power you possess."
By it's definition, a Non-Player Character (NPC) is a char... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | As stated by others, explain to him that this game will be a different experience from Skyrim - you think he will enjoy it, but that is for him to decide.
In particular, he needs to understand that NPCs do not exist for his benefit - they have their own agendas.
"He likes to have others get their hands dirty for him... | Take control of the NPC from him. Make sure he's aware of the rule. You as the DM reserve that right. Tell him that he can take in as many NPC's as he wants but he *must* let *you* control them.
Why do this?
In the midst of heated battles when your friend is very vulnerable, suddenly go, "NPC X has been colluding wit... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
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] | There is opportunity cost to having NPCs around.
------------------------------------------------
If an NPC provides meaningful assistance in a fight, they take a portion of the XP that fight awards. This generally stops most people from having tag-a-longs "help" in a fight. Rarely are other party members willing to g... | You should say no.
All NPC's should be controlled by the DM, otherwise they'd be a PC.
In game this can be handled by: "You don't find any/they cost too much."
OR
"Try as you might, most of the local hired hands feel inadequate given the power you possess."
By it's definition, a Non-Player Character (NPC) is a char... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | You have a few options here...
Before I go into these...as always 'talk to your player and let him know what your concerns are' is always the best first step.
First, bear in mind that you can deny a Persuade attempt if it is impossible. Dice only hit the table for non-trivial, but possible attempts at using a skill. ... | There is opportunity cost to having NPCs around.
------------------------------------------------
If an NPC provides meaningful assistance in a fight, they take a portion of the XP that fight awards. This generally stops most people from having tag-a-longs "help" in a fight. Rarely are other party members willing to g... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | You have a few options here...
Before I go into these...as always 'talk to your player and let him know what your concerns are' is always the best first step.
First, bear in mind that you can deny a Persuade attempt if it is impossible. Dice only hit the table for non-trivial, but possible attempts at using a skill. ... | Depends on the content you have available and whether this is fun / manageable. If you are using a module that won't scale well to large groups, you'd have to retool a lot of things.
Reading through my 1st edition reprints, a lot of the rules (that are fairly vague) seem to point to huge vs huge group combat. If you a... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | You have a few options here...
Before I go into these...as always 'talk to your player and let him know what your concerns are' is always the best first step.
First, bear in mind that you can deny a Persuade attempt if it is impossible. Dice only hit the table for non-trivial, but possible attempts at using a skill. ... | You've gotten lots of great answers here and plenty of options to work with, so I just have a couple of things to throw into the mix.
NPCs are ultimately under the DM's control - even if you cede that control in combat or for a little while during an adventure.
If you pay someone very little for their work, they must... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | You have a few options here...
Before I go into these...as always 'talk to your player and let him know what your concerns are' is always the best first step.
First, bear in mind that you can deny a Persuade attempt if it is impossible. Dice only hit the table for non-trivial, but possible attempts at using a skill. ... | 1. Don't let the Player control the NPC. (By definition, it's a NON-Player Character)
2. **Let the PC experience Management and Team Dynamics.**
A good team works well together, puts the team ahead of themselves, and understands each others limitations and abilities. (E.g., you know Gandalf is always late for things, ... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
---
I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/98242",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/35327/"
] | As stated by others, explain to him that this game will be a different experience from Skyrim - you think he will enjoy it, but that is for him to decide.
In particular, he needs to understand that NPCs do not exist for his benefit - they have their own agendas.
"He likes to have others get their hands dirty for him... | There's actually a Leadership Feat in 3.5 D&D that has specific rules concerning this. And there are rules because you do want to prevent it from being abused. 5 might not have these rules, but I would seriously think about converting them.
Lots of the answers here have been good ones. Like the fact that NPC stands fo... |
98,242 | TL;DR: I have a player who wants to recruit lots of NPCs to avoid putting his own character in danger and to grab more spotlight for himself. I'm concerned about how this will affect challenge balance and the amount of fun the other players have. He doesn't want me to run the NPCs either.
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I recently started runni... | 2017/04/17 | [
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] | There is opportunity cost to having NPCs around.
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If an NPC provides meaningful assistance in a fight, they take a portion of the XP that fight awards. This generally stops most people from having tag-a-longs "help" in a fight. Rarely are other party members willing to g... | As stated by others, explain to him that this game will be a different experience from Skyrim - you think he will enjoy it, but that is for him to decide.
In particular, he needs to understand that NPCs do not exist for his benefit - they have their own agendas.
"He likes to have others get their hands dirty for him... |
2,803,763 | In Volume I of [Fundamentals of Mathematics](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/fundamentals-mathematics-volume-1), Edited by H. Behnke, F. Bachmann, K. Fladt, W. Süss and H. Kunle, it is stated that **"[T]he function sign '+' is a two-place predicate"**.
To me, a predicate is a statement which takes one or more argument... | 2018/06/01 | [
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] | You are right; it is not usual to call + a predicate.
Either the book you're quoting is using very nonstandard terminology, or it's a typo. | Suppose that + is a predicate. Then it takes two truth values and returns a truth value (note that I didn't say true or false, I'm NOT assuming conventional two-valued logic). Now, the context consists of conventional arithmetic, so let's suppose the natural numbers instead of the integers (the integers end up worse to... |
18,316,808 | Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 On premise.
According to <http://mostlymscrm.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/understanding-createdon-and.html> overriddencreatedon can be set when creating a new record to override the default value for createdon.
I am using Simego Data Synchronisation Studio to create some records in CRM and when ... | 2013/08/19 | [
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] | From Simego support:
"When you set a value in overriddencreatedon the createdon field will receive this new value but overriddencreatedon will receive the datetime the record was actually created." | The overridecreatedon field is used in all of the display fields/forms in the user interface so the user can understand the original created date. This is useful when the data comes from another systems or processes and you want the users to see the original date.
In the underlying createdon field will always be the ... |
193,647 | In an Agile development process usually the main focus is on User stories, but sometimes a single requirement may span several user stories.
For example, the client may request a search page for all users in a forum, and there are several actions that can occur on each user such as ban user, delete user, reset Passwor... | 2013/04/02 | [
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] | Take it iteratively. You're working directly with the users, right? So it should never really be a mess.
First do the search page. You and the users should keep in mind that they'll want to be able to do actions on the results. Do the users like it? OK, you've got your search.
Now add the "Change Password" (or whatev... | The first user story can be the design of the whole interface -- they don't have to design just one piece of it. It is the design as a whole that adds business value.
That being said, I see at least two distinct features here: the ability to search for users, and the ability to perform a function on one or more users... |
193,647 | In an Agile development process usually the main focus is on User stories, but sometimes a single requirement may span several user stories.
For example, the client may request a search page for all users in a forum, and there are several actions that can occur on each user such as ban user, delete user, reset Passwor... | 2013/04/02 | [
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] | Take it iteratively. You're working directly with the users, right? So it should never really be a mess.
First do the search page. You and the users should keep in mind that they'll want to be able to do actions on the results. Do the users like it? OK, you've got your search.
Now add the "Change Password" (or whatev... | I feel like I say this a lot. Agile does not mean you need to put blinders on to ignore the future and design yourselves into a corner. Agile is about how you *deliver* functionality, and has very little to do with how you *design* functionality.
In other words, it's okay to look as far into the future as you want whe... |
193,647 | In an Agile development process usually the main focus is on User stories, but sometimes a single requirement may span several user stories.
For example, the client may request a search page for all users in a forum, and there are several actions that can occur on each user such as ban user, delete user, reset Passwor... | 2013/04/02 | [
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] | Take it iteratively. You're working directly with the users, right? So it should never really be a mess.
First do the search page. You and the users should keep in mind that they'll want to be able to do actions on the results. Do the users like it? OK, you've got your search.
Now add the "Change Password" (or whatev... | I had an opportunity to intern at an Agile/Extreme programming factory. They were using story-cards to drive the iterative development process. Each story-card drove an implementation or change. The key was user interaction. How can one successfully design an interface meant for a user without interacting with a user o... |
193,647 | In an Agile development process usually the main focus is on User stories, but sometimes a single requirement may span several user stories.
For example, the client may request a search page for all users in a forum, and there are several actions that can occur on each user such as ban user, delete user, reset Passwor... | 2013/04/02 | [
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] | I feel like I say this a lot. Agile does not mean you need to put blinders on to ignore the future and design yourselves into a corner. Agile is about how you *deliver* functionality, and has very little to do with how you *design* functionality.
In other words, it's okay to look as far into the future as you want whe... | The first user story can be the design of the whole interface -- they don't have to design just one piece of it. It is the design as a whole that adds business value.
That being said, I see at least two distinct features here: the ability to search for users, and the ability to perform a function on one or more users... |
193,647 | In an Agile development process usually the main focus is on User stories, but sometimes a single requirement may span several user stories.
For example, the client may request a search page for all users in a forum, and there are several actions that can occur on each user such as ban user, delete user, reset Passwor... | 2013/04/02 | [
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] | I feel like I say this a lot. Agile does not mean you need to put blinders on to ignore the future and design yourselves into a corner. Agile is about how you *deliver* functionality, and has very little to do with how you *design* functionality.
In other words, it's okay to look as far into the future as you want whe... | I had an opportunity to intern at an Agile/Extreme programming factory. They were using story-cards to drive the iterative development process. Each story-card drove an implementation or change. The key was user interaction. How can one successfully design an interface meant for a user without interacting with a user o... |
16,680,594 | Short question:
I wish to be able to show only text ads using admob on some cases programmatically.
Is it possible? or is it completely random? | 2013/05/21 | [
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] | Yes! Just follow these steps:
1. Login to your admob account
2. Select "Manage Settings" for your ad
3. Select "Ad filters"
4. Select "Category / Type Settings"
5. Disable "Image Ads" at the bottom of the page | I don't believe this is possible. Why do you want to only show text ads, to reduce download usage? |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | The prisoners we chanting "Deshi Basara", which is Arabic for "He Rises".[ref](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120725165308AAGoNAN) | As you can hear [around 1:04 in the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8&feature=player_embedded#t=64s), the chant is:
>
> Deshi deshi basara basara
>
>
>
The film-makers [used UJAM](http://www.ujam.com/campaigns/darkknightrises) to solicit hundreds of tracks from fans to make what you hear in the ... |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | The prisoners we chanting "Deshi Basara", which is Arabic for "He Rises".[ref](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120725165308AAGoNAN) | on wikipedia, it says the phrase they used in arabic was 'teejee b'sur3a', so they came a long way to end up with 'deshi basara'. yes, it does mean 'come quickly', which is a bit silly really.
it isn't necessarily moroccan arabic, anyone would understand that phrase, except the chant used in the movie sounds nothing li... |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | The prisoners we chanting "Deshi Basara", which is Arabic for "He Rises".[ref](http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120725165308AAGoNAN) | deshi basara is actually tiji bsoraa meaning 'come quickly' and not 'he rises' despite all your research. It really is quite elementary, the writers of the movie didn't do their due diligence. |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | As you can hear [around 1:04 in the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8&feature=player_embedded#t=64s), the chant is:
>
> Deshi deshi basara basara
>
>
>
The film-makers [used UJAM](http://www.ujam.com/campaigns/darkknightrises) to solicit hundreds of tracks from fans to make what you hear in the ... | on wikipedia, it says the phrase they used in arabic was 'teejee b'sur3a', so they came a long way to end up with 'deshi basara'. yes, it does mean 'come quickly', which is a bit silly really.
it isn't necessarily moroccan arabic, anyone would understand that phrase, except the chant used in the movie sounds nothing li... |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
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] | As you can hear [around 1:04 in the trailer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8&feature=player_embedded#t=64s), the chant is:
>
> Deshi deshi basara basara
>
>
>
The film-makers [used UJAM](http://www.ujam.com/campaigns/darkknightrises) to solicit hundreds of tracks from fans to make what you hear in the ... | deshi basara is actually tiji bsoraa meaning 'come quickly' and not 'he rises' despite all your research. It really is quite elementary, the writers of the movie didn't do their due diligence. |
21,275 | As the title says, what were the words that the people in the prison chanted when anyone attempted to climb out of it? What language was it in? | 2012/07/30 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/21275",
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] | on wikipedia, it says the phrase they used in arabic was 'teejee b'sur3a', so they came a long way to end up with 'deshi basara'. yes, it does mean 'come quickly', which is a bit silly really.
it isn't necessarily moroccan arabic, anyone would understand that phrase, except the chant used in the movie sounds nothing li... | deshi basara is actually tiji bsoraa meaning 'come quickly' and not 'he rises' despite all your research. It really is quite elementary, the writers of the movie didn't do their due diligence. |
136,415 | I have a Furnace connected to my AE network using an ME Interface. This interface contains the maximum amount of Encoded Patterns it can hold. If I wanted to introduce additional patterns for my furnace to craft would I need to make a second Furnace and a second ME Interface or could I simply make only a second Interfa... | 2013/10/20 | [
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] | no but you can use a vanilla hopper that has multiple interfaces pushing stuff into it and funnels it down to the furnace
you can even stack them | You can't stack them to the same furnace. Even if you could, the setting would not be optimized as having multiple furnaces for different recipe would help paralleling the cooking.
Since you need, in all the case, need a new interface, the cost of any furnace should not really be a problem (unless you are dealing with... |
55,889 | As per title, I read -- in a very uninformed way -- of these traditions, among many others, in regards to March, 25th:
>
> A) it would be the date of the creation of the world
>
>
> B) it would be the date of the creation of Adam and Eve
>
>
> C) it would be the date of the original sin
>
>
>
"A" seems to me,... | 2017/03/18 | [
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] | To get a better understanding of this, one must realize that in the Middle Ages people more willingly accepted tradition as being true. Pious traditions or legends were told from [time immemorial](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_immemorial) were simply believed.
It seems that the number one source of your pious le... | Up until the first Passover in Egypt, the Jewish first month was Tishri, being about September. That was considered the creation of the earth and Adam/Eve.
>
> 2. this month [Nisan] shall be unto you the beginning of months--the first not only in order but in estimation. It had formerly been the seventh according to ... |
55,889 | As per title, I read -- in a very uninformed way -- of these traditions, among many others, in regards to March, 25th:
>
> A) it would be the date of the creation of the world
>
>
> B) it would be the date of the creation of Adam and Eve
>
>
> C) it would be the date of the original sin
>
>
>
"A" seems to me,... | 2017/03/18 | [
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] | Hippolytus's Easter table has ΠΑΘΟϹ ΧϹ (the passion of Christ) on a day on which the 14th of the Paschal moon falls on Friday, March 25th.
The computist of AD 243 says that the world was created on March 25th, and that Jesus was born on Wednesday, March 28th, the same day that the sun and moon were created. (*De Pasch... | Up until the first Passover in Egypt, the Jewish first month was Tishri, being about September. That was considered the creation of the earth and Adam/Eve.
>
> 2. this month [Nisan] shall be unto you the beginning of months--the first not only in order but in estimation. It had formerly been the seventh according to ... |
108,669 | I have been searching for answers and some suggestions doesn't seem to work. I can connect to WiFi but I am not able to use it, (Facebook, Play store, Etc.) because the WiFi icon seem to turn into gray. What will I do?? | 2015/05/07 | [
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] | This, at least for me, happens when my device connects to Wi-Fi, but with wrong parameters. I fix this by entering the Wi-Fi settings, choosing "Static IP" instead of "DHCP", and then editing the network parameters manually, like this:
***These settings may be different on your router, so check that if it isn't workin... | When you get internet access from wifi hotspot.That gray WiFi icon automatically turns to blue color. |
9,897 | >
> His aunt and uncle hadn't been able to think of anything else to do
> with him, but before they'd left, Uncle Vernon had taken Harry aside.
>
> "I'm warning you," he had said, putting his
> large purple face right up close to Harry's, "I'm warning you now, boy
> -- any funny business, anything at all --... | 2013/09/06 | [
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] | It could refer to either a person or a shop, but probably a person. However, nearly all barbers work in barber shops. So, in effect, the person is going to go to a barber (person) who works in a barber shop (place) that is located downtown. | Well the dictionary indicates a *barber* is a person, not a shop. Should I infer that you doubt the definition in dictionary? The term for the place is "barber shop" or "barber's shop". But yes, the implicit meaning is that he goes to a barber shop; this is accentuated by the lack of otherwise specification and by the ... |
4,394 | I am 23 years old, my height is 5'8" and weight is 56kg. I have been going to the gym for the last two months. my target is to gain muscle and weight.
After doing some initial routine (without weight) for 15 days, my instructor gave me a weight training schedule that covers 3 days of training (covering major parts of ... | 2011/10/30 | [
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] | I know your situation very well. I'm 24 yrs old, height 5'11", and 2 months ago my weight was 63kg. Today it's 72kg, with zero fat gain. So I gained about 1kg of muscle per week. Before that I've tried gaining muscle many times, and failed just like you. People told me to simply be patient, but they were wrong.
I went... | Without knowing caloric intake, output, etc. it's difficult to say.
To gain weight, you must consume more than you burn.
Realistically, you're likely to gain anywhere from .5-1.5lb/month (~.25-.75kg/month) depending on a huge number of factors--I'd say you're right in that range.
It takes time, patience, and consist... |
4,394 | I am 23 years old, my height is 5'8" and weight is 56kg. I have been going to the gym for the last two months. my target is to gain muscle and weight.
After doing some initial routine (without weight) for 15 days, my instructor gave me a weight training schedule that covers 3 days of training (covering major parts of ... | 2011/10/30 | [
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] | Without knowing caloric intake, output, etc. it's difficult to say.
To gain weight, you must consume more than you burn.
Realistically, you're likely to gain anywhere from .5-1.5lb/month (~.25-.75kg/month) depending on a huge number of factors--I'd say you're right in that range.
It takes time, patience, and consist... | A lot has been said here. I wll add just a few thoughts:
1) You should be getting 100 grams of protein spread out during the day.
2) Your last rep of each exercise should push the muscle to failure. If you can do another rep, do it.
3) Think long term. If you wind up adding 1 kg per month for a year, you will have d... |
4,394 | I am 23 years old, my height is 5'8" and weight is 56kg. I have been going to the gym for the last two months. my target is to gain muscle and weight.
After doing some initial routine (without weight) for 15 days, my instructor gave me a weight training schedule that covers 3 days of training (covering major parts of ... | 2011/10/30 | [
"https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/4394",
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] | I know your situation very well. I'm 24 yrs old, height 5'11", and 2 months ago my weight was 63kg. Today it's 72kg, with zero fat gain. So I gained about 1kg of muscle per week. Before that I've tried gaining muscle many times, and failed just like you. People told me to simply be patient, but they were wrong.
I went... | A lot has been said here. I wll add just a few thoughts:
1) You should be getting 100 grams of protein spread out during the day.
2) Your last rep of each exercise should push the muscle to failure. If you can do another rep, do it.
3) Think long term. If you wind up adding 1 kg per month for a year, you will have d... |
103,470 | I'm attempting to design a system with 2 CAN transceivers, a High speed and Low speed that use the same CANH and CANL lines, like so:
I was planning on using 4 MOSFETs or 4 Relays connected to the CANH and CANL lines of each transceiver and having t... | 2014/03/19 | [
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] | You'll see smoke I reckon. Think of a transformer with an AC voltage applied to both primary and secondary windings - unless this is totally matching the turns ratio there'll be a lot of smoke.
Imagine a synchronous motor run like an induction motor - you can easily do this by shorting the rotor slip rings. When first... | If the AC frequency applied to rotor and stator windings is the same, the motor will consume some energy and turn it into heat. The result depends on the windings' cooling, resistance and applied voltage.
If the frequencies are different, the syncronous motor will turn into a double-feed synchronous machine, and it wi... |
103,470 | I'm attempting to design a system with 2 CAN transceivers, a High speed and Low speed that use the same CANH and CANL lines, like so:
I was planning on using 4 MOSFETs or 4 Relays connected to the CANH and CANL lines of each transceiver and having t... | 2014/03/19 | [
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] | You'll see smoke I reckon. Think of a transformer with an AC voltage applied to both primary and secondary windings - unless this is totally matching the turns ratio there'll be a lot of smoke.
Imagine a synchronous motor run like an induction motor - you can easily do this by shorting the rotor slip rings. When first... | A doubly-fed machine requires a poly-phase rotor, while the rotor on a synchronous machine is typically only wound on one axis (they are effectively single-phase). In order to achieve a frequency difference, it is necessary to have a revolving magnetic flux on both the rotor and stator, but the flux can only decrease t... |
103,470 | I'm attempting to design a system with 2 CAN transceivers, a High speed and Low speed that use the same CANH and CANL lines, like so:
I was planning on using 4 MOSFETs or 4 Relays connected to the CANH and CANL lines of each transceiver and having t... | 2014/03/19 | [
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] | You'll see smoke I reckon. Think of a transformer with an AC voltage applied to both primary and secondary windings - unless this is totally matching the turns ratio there'll be a lot of smoke.
Imagine a synchronous motor run like an induction motor - you can easily do this by shorting the rotor slip rings. When first... | About 2009, TECO informed me they could use VFD start on synchronous motor, but had to change excitation to ac. The project didn't get funded so it never went any further. |
13,790 | Tibetan texts that belong to the genre of *tenets* (doctrinal classification) usually claim that the Cittamatra school refutes external existence. These texts further claim that Cittamatrin posit that *'the apprehended object and the apprehending consciousness are empty of being different substances'*. They say that, a... | 2016/01/21 | [
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] | According to Kagyu understanding, Yogacara's position isn't metaphysical, it is methodological. It's not that the external world does not exist, it is that our experience of the world is 100% always represented by organs and/or mind, there is no experience outside of that, so practically speaking mind-made experience i... | I think Cittamatra texts do explicitly refute it. Vasubhandu's Twenty Stanzas and autocommentary is a text that gives logical arguments against the presence of an external world. The very begining of this text reads:
>
> "The three realms are consciousness only" of the Mahayana is
> established through the scriptura... |
13,790 | Tibetan texts that belong to the genre of *tenets* (doctrinal classification) usually claim that the Cittamatra school refutes external existence. These texts further claim that Cittamatrin posit that *'the apprehended object and the apprehending consciousness are empty of being different substances'*. They say that, a... | 2016/01/21 | [
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] | According to Kagyu understanding, Yogacara's position isn't metaphysical, it is methodological. It's not that the external world does not exist, it is that our experience of the world is 100% always represented by organs and/or mind, there is no experience outside of that, so practically speaking mind-made experience i... | No. Nothing exists as we perceive it. We are seeing through eyes, hearing through ears, never experiential: or first hand. So essentially the world does not exist as we think it does, so is that non-existent or different? |
13,790 | Tibetan texts that belong to the genre of *tenets* (doctrinal classification) usually claim that the Cittamatra school refutes external existence. These texts further claim that Cittamatrin posit that *'the apprehended object and the apprehending consciousness are empty of being different substances'*. They say that, a... | 2016/01/21 | [
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] | I think Cittamatra texts do explicitly refute it. Vasubhandu's Twenty Stanzas and autocommentary is a text that gives logical arguments against the presence of an external world. The very begining of this text reads:
>
> "The three realms are consciousness only" of the Mahayana is
> established through the scriptura... | No. Nothing exists as we perceive it. We are seeing through eyes, hearing through ears, never experiential: or first hand. So essentially the world does not exist as we think it does, so is that non-existent or different? |
4,300 | Whenever I have a one hour window to play, I try this game, and it tends to take more like 2 hours. So far, I find the negotiating really entertaining - so I'm not sure if I want to go crazy trying to enforce time constraints on play.
The box says a game takes 45 minutes. Does that hold true for anyone? Are there thin... | 2011/08/01 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4300",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
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] | I've never had it take more than an hour, even with 6 people. Odds are you guys are analyzing the trades too much.
There's a variant I always play with that I think improves the game immensely, and that's **play with everyone's hand face-up in front of them**. This makes it easy to see who has what, so you won't have ... | One obvious route would be to run through the deck only twice instead of three times.
It's probably not ideal, but it would keep your games down to a manageable length of time while people get to grips with the trading aspect. I do think, as I said in my comment, that 2 hours is an excessive amount of time for a game... |
4,300 | Whenever I have a one hour window to play, I try this game, and it tends to take more like 2 hours. So far, I find the negotiating really entertaining - so I'm not sure if I want to go crazy trying to enforce time constraints on play.
The box says a game takes 45 minutes. Does that hold true for anyone? Are there thin... | 2011/08/01 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4300",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
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] | I've never had it take more than an hour, even with 6 people. Odds are you guys are analyzing the trades too much.
There's a variant I always play with that I think improves the game immensely, and that's **play with everyone's hand face-up in front of them**. This makes it easy to see who has what, so you won't have ... | A drastic variant would be to make the last two phases of a turn simultaneous after a whole round of everyone doing the first couple.
So:
* Player A plants 1, turns up 2 trades
* Player B plants 2, turns up 2 trades
* Player C plants 1, turns up 2 trades
* Everyone trades at once until all beans have been traded or ... |
4,300 | Whenever I have a one hour window to play, I try this game, and it tends to take more like 2 hours. So far, I find the negotiating really entertaining - so I'm not sure if I want to go crazy trying to enforce time constraints on play.
The box says a game takes 45 minutes. Does that hold true for anyone? Are there thin... | 2011/08/01 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4300",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/762/"
] | I've never had it take more than an hour, even with 6 people. Odds are you guys are analyzing the trades too much.
There's a variant I always play with that I think improves the game immensely, and that's **play with everyone's hand face-up in front of them**. This makes it easy to see who has what, so you won't have ... | People often forget the rule that *non-active players may not trade amongst themselves* which could slow down the game. |
4,300 | Whenever I have a one hour window to play, I try this game, and it tends to take more like 2 hours. So far, I find the negotiating really entertaining - so I'm not sure if I want to go crazy trying to enforce time constraints on play.
The box says a game takes 45 minutes. Does that hold true for anyone? Are there thin... | 2011/08/01 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/4300",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/762/"
] | I've never had it take more than an hour, even with 6 people. Odds are you guys are analyzing the trades too much.
There's a variant I always play with that I think improves the game immensely, and that's **play with everyone's hand face-up in front of them**. This makes it easy to see who has what, so you won't have ... | (tldnr: use a timer when trading)
I will assume 6 players, so all cards are used.
There are 151 cards in the deck. 30 are dealt out at the start leaving us with 121.
Each turn 5 cards are draw, meaning before the first reshuffle there will be 24 turns.
You can't use simple math to show how long the other 2 reshuffles ... |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | Answer 1: Unfortunately, no. The [license](http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/eula.aspx) specifically states in the first bullet point in section 1
>
> You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in your home-ba... | 1. Yes
2. Depends on your definition of 'adequate'. It does real-time scanning and auto-updates, and is reportedly very good on not reporting false positives. For 200-300 desktops you might want something with more centralised control over rollouts and so on. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | You can install MSE on whatever computers you want, as long as it meets the minimum requirements. However, it does not work with any Windows Server flavors. MSE seems good enough for me; all the reviews I have read have given it nothing but praise.
The disadvantage of MSE is that you have no centralized management of ... | About point 2, MSE is just a scanner, it has no prevention feature against zero-days malware and exploits which are the most prevalent threats. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | 1. Yes
2. Depends on your definition of 'adequate'. It does real-time scanning and auto-updates, and is reportedly very good on not reporting false positives. For 200-300 desktops you might want something with more centralised control over rollouts and so on. | About point 2, MSE is just a scanner, it has no prevention feature against zero-days malware and exploits which are the most prevalent threats. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | In addition to the other answers given her, just a small remark:
From benchmarks that I've seen MSE seems to give a very good level of protection, almost as good as any other anti-virus product on the market. Apparently you need have no fears on that account. | Just to address question #2 - I have been running MSE with religious updates and was infected last week with a GDI vulnerability attack that nearly forced a total wipe. I'm re-evaluating the whole thing. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | "Microsoft Security Essentials is NOT supported for businesses of any kind. Not only that, but it is licensed for consumer use only, and carries similar license wording to Office Home & Student. Commercial or for-profit institutions must pay for the software. AVG and Avast have similar licensing."
I will ask MSFT if h... | You can install MSE on whatever computers you want, as long as it meets the minimum requirements. However, it does not work with any Windows Server flavors. MSE seems good enough for me; all the reviews I have read have given it nothing but praise.
The disadvantage of MSE is that you have no centralized management of ... |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | Just to address question #2 - I have been running MSE with religious updates and was infected last week with a GDI vulnerability attack that nearly forced a total wipe. I'm re-evaluating the whole thing. | About point 2, MSE is just a scanner, it has no prevention feature against zero-days malware and exploits which are the most prevalent threats. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | Answer 1: Unfortunately, no. The [license](http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/eula.aspx) specifically states in the first bullet point in section 1
>
> You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in your home-ba... | Just to address question #2 - I have been running MSE with religious updates and was infected last week with a GDI vulnerability attack that nearly forced a total wipe. I'm re-evaluating the whole thing. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | "Microsoft Security Essentials is NOT supported for businesses of any kind. Not only that, but it is licensed for consumer use only, and carries similar license wording to Office Home & Student. Commercial or for-profit institutions must pay for the software. AVG and Avast have similar licensing."
I will ask MSFT if h... | About point 2, MSE is just a scanner, it has no prevention feature against zero-days malware and exploits which are the most prevalent threats. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | In addition to the other answers given her, just a small remark:
From benchmarks that I've seen MSE seems to give a very good level of protection, almost as good as any other anti-virus product on the market. Apparently you need have no fears on that account. | 1. Yes
2. Depends on your definition of 'adequate'. It does real-time scanning and auto-updates, and is reportedly very good on not reporting false positives. For 200-300 desktops you might want something with more centralised control over rollouts and so on. |
52,663 | This is 2 questions really -
1. Am I allowed to install Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 in a business of 200 - 300 users?
2. Is Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0 adequate protection (real-time scanning, updates etc)? | 2009/10/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/52663",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/9694/"
] | Answer 1: Unfortunately, no. The [license](http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/eula.aspx) specifically states in the first bullet point in section 1
>
> You may install and use any number of copies of the software on your devices in your household for use by people who reside there or for use in your home-ba... | About point 2, MSE is just a scanner, it has no prevention feature against zero-days malware and exploits which are the most prevalent threats. |
45,838 | I like to recreate effect like in this video with Animation Nodes addon :
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIHOJTrzsK4>
I don't for now care about whole process, because I know what I need to do.
The real thing is, that I don't know how to get animated trail from object which will have armature. So yeah, We need to ... | 2016/01/28 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/45838",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/21308/"
] | The 3d instance trails can be done in more than 1 way in Animation Nodes.
*First, please note that the example video is actually using 2d footage with alpha (green screen) and basically stacks the img/frames on top of each other. The impression of 3d is just like those Dragon paintings that are allover the net. There ... | There are generally three different trail effects in that video. As o.g. demostrated, it is doable by using Animation Nodes anyway. Actually o.g. provided an excellent answer, here I just bring it a bit more specific. Inspired by o.g., the first trail effect can be mimicked by creating an outline mesh around the deform... |
68,653 | just to put this question into perspective, the car I'm talking about is a 2007 Alfa Romeo 159 1.9l jtdm turbodiesel.
So, I was driving it and I needed a bit of life out of the engine, so to get the turbo to kick in I revved the engine to around 3500 rpm before shifting into 2nd and 3rd gear (I was merging into the hi... | 2019/07/05 | [
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/questions/68653",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com",
"https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/users/24918/"
] | There are actually two types of sliding calipers.
Fist-style calipers are two piece calipers with one part providing the squeezing force and the other holding the caliper in place (and the pads).
The second is a floating caliper. Typically there are large pieces of metal that are permanently attached to the spindle/sus... | A fixed caliper has two pistons, one on each side of the brake disk. The piston and pad on each side work independently.
A fist caliper only has a piston on one side. The whole caliper assembly slides in a housing to equalize the pressure on both brake pads.
See [here](https://pagid.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ca... |
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