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255,015 | If I answer a phone call from an english speaking client of my company, what is the polite way to ask why he is calling/what he wants? It seems impolite to me to just ask "what do you want?". Is there a better phrase for this?
edit, some additional context: When I ask "How can I help you?" The client sometimes asks to... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/255015",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | **"Can I help you sir/madam?"** is appropriate anywhere: anyone answering a business telephone call, shop assistants, etc. And, of course, you can also ask... **"Mr Smith from...? And your call is about...?"**
Variations exist and you could also ask **"How can I help you?" "Is he expecting your call?" "You're calling ... | "May I ask what you are calling about?" or "May I ask what your call is about?" would be the most natural phrases to me.
"May I ask what this call is regarding?" seems to be used most often by actual receptionists, if you google it. |
255,015 | If I answer a phone call from an english speaking client of my company, what is the polite way to ask why he is calling/what he wants? It seems impolite to me to just ask "what do you want?". Is there a better phrase for this?
edit, some additional context: When I ask "How can I help you?" The client sometimes asks to... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/255015",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Such a question is hard to answer, because it depends on various things.
Do you always pass through to the manager, or can you intercept the enquiry and deal with it?
Do you know clients well; are you friendly with some?
Is it a corporate company, which has some specific requirements as to what you can say?
I... | If you ask "What can I help you with today" and they ask to be connected to your manager, you can always say one of the following:
>
> I will connect you with him shortly, what can I tell him your call is about/regarding?
>
> I will connect you with him shortly, may I ask what you're calling about so that I can l... |
255,015 | If I answer a phone call from an english speaking client of my company, what is the polite way to ask why he is calling/what he wants? It seems impolite to me to just ask "what do you want?". Is there a better phrase for this?
edit, some additional context: When I ask "How can I help you?" The client sometimes asks to... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/255015",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If you ask "What can I help you with today" and they ask to be connected to your manager, you can always say one of the following:
>
> I will connect you with him shortly, what can I tell him your call is about/regarding?
>
> I will connect you with him shortly, may I ask what you're calling about so that I can l... | "May I ask what you are calling about?" or "May I ask what your call is about?" would be the most natural phrases to me.
"May I ask what this call is regarding?" seems to be used most often by actual receptionists, if you google it. |
255,015 | If I answer a phone call from an english speaking client of my company, what is the polite way to ask why he is calling/what he wants? It seems impolite to me to just ask "what do you want?". Is there a better phrase for this?
edit, some additional context: When I ask "How can I help you?" The client sometimes asks to... | 2015/06/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/255015",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Such a question is hard to answer, because it depends on various things.
Do you always pass through to the manager, or can you intercept the enquiry and deal with it?
Do you know clients well; are you friendly with some?
Is it a corporate company, which has some specific requirements as to what you can say?
I... | "May I ask what you are calling about?" or "May I ask what your call is about?" would be the most natural phrases to me.
"May I ask what this call is regarding?" seems to be used most often by actual receptionists, if you google it. |
64,472 | Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 feet(2 feet per win... | 2016/12/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64472",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2238/"
] | I'm going to take a stab at a very simple *no*, on the basis that the world's fastest bird can't even hit mach 0.15 in level flight [White-throated needletail - 105mph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_speed).
In a dive you might have a bit more of a chance, birds can fly to nearly 40,000 feet. I'... | Mach number depends on air density which in turn depends on altitude. Concorde could only do Mach 2 at high altitudes.
There are two more serious problems. The first is the reason there are no supersonic propellor-driven aircraft: having a shockwave across the blades severely impairs their operation. The same would ap... |
64,472 | Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 feet(2 feet per win... | 2016/12/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64472",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2238/"
] | I'm going to take a stab at a very simple *no*, on the basis that the world's fastest bird can't even hit mach 0.15 in level flight [White-throated needletail - 105mph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_speed).
In a dive you might have a bit more of a chance, birds can fly to nearly 40,000 feet. I'... | No, your humanoid won't fly
---------------------------
The lift to weight ratio for your humanoid isn't good enough for the speeds you're talking about. Assuming an earth like atmosphere, your humaniod is about 6 times too heavy to lift itself. Note that the albatross has the widest wingspan of living birds at about ... |
64,472 | Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 feet(2 feet per win... | 2016/12/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64472",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2238/"
] | I'm going to take a stab at a very simple *no*, on the basis that the world's fastest bird can't even hit mach 0.15 in level flight [White-throated needletail - 105mph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_speed).
In a dive you might have a bit more of a chance, birds can fly to nearly 40,000 feet. I'... | @pjc50 has the most basic physical constraint detailed very well but I'd like to expand on that answer a little bit.
In short, what you're asking is fundamentally impossible in our world of physics (but there's hope! Read to the end). Let's explore why with some simple examples.
Let's start with a definition. You wan... |
64,472 | Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 feet(2 feet per win... | 2016/12/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64472",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2238/"
] | Mach number depends on air density which in turn depends on altitude. Concorde could only do Mach 2 at high altitudes.
There are two more serious problems. The first is the reason there are no supersonic propellor-driven aircraft: having a shockwave across the blades severely impairs their operation. The same would ap... | @pjc50 has the most basic physical constraint detailed very well but I'd like to expand on that answer a little bit.
In short, what you're asking is fundamentally impossible in our world of physics (but there's hope! Read to the end). Let's explore why with some simple examples.
Let's start with a definition. You wan... |
64,472 | Let's say that there is a wind going 45 mph and the flight direction of the humanoid creature is in the same direction as the wind. As the flight is in the same direction as the wind, air resistance is minimum, so small it is basically 0. And let's say that this humanoid creature has a wingspan of 5 feet(2 feet per win... | 2016/12/13 | [
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/64472",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com",
"https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/users/2238/"
] | No, your humanoid won't fly
---------------------------
The lift to weight ratio for your humanoid isn't good enough for the speeds you're talking about. Assuming an earth like atmosphere, your humaniod is about 6 times too heavy to lift itself. Note that the albatross has the widest wingspan of living birds at about ... | @pjc50 has the most basic physical constraint detailed very well but I'd like to expand on that answer a little bit.
In short, what you're asking is fundamentally impossible in our world of physics (but there's hope! Read to the end). Let's explore why with some simple examples.
Let's start with a definition. You wan... |
12,758,789 | I instlled R 2.14 with R Commander via Ubuntu Software Center at first.
And then I installed Rstudio and it worked fine with R 2.14.
After a while, I wanted to use R 2.15 but failed compiling the R 2.15 source code.
Therefore, I tried "sudo apt-get build-dep r-base".
After that I compiled R 2.15 successfully, and i... | 2012/10/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12758789",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1305072/"
] | I found the solution myself.
Briefly, I should use make uninstall to remove R 12.5. | You're going about this in too-complicated a manner.
See the [README for Ubuntu binaries from CRAN](http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu) to get 2.15 binaries as proper `.deb` packages.
These will be in the path, have proper Depends: and just work, from command-line or via RStudio. |
128,097 | I am quite new to freelancing, and I'm wondering how freelance software developers handle confidential projects in their CVs? I recently spoke to a developer who told me that he is working on a project that is confidential and that he cannot put on his resume. I didn't have the chance to ask more, so I am asking here:
... | 2019/02/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128097",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99134/"
] | There are many reasons that a project could be confidential, from being a government job where you need a security clearance just to admit that the project exists, down to a basic business project where you don't want to signal to the competition that you are working in a certain field.
But regardless of what you are ... | Skunk projects are a huge annoyance for this reason.
Note though, that **everyone is in the same boat, so it's clearly understood what you mean**.
There are two pretty formulaic, popular solutions:
All you can do is say things like:
>
> 3. Research group of a major telco, 2018
>
>
> Working directly for the seni... |
128,097 | I am quite new to freelancing, and I'm wondering how freelance software developers handle confidential projects in their CVs? I recently spoke to a developer who told me that he is working on a project that is confidential and that he cannot put on his resume. I didn't have the chance to ask more, so I am asking here:
... | 2019/02/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128097",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99134/"
] | Skunk projects are a huge annoyance for this reason.
Note though, that **everyone is in the same boat, so it's clearly understood what you mean**.
There are two pretty formulaic, popular solutions:
All you can do is say things like:
>
> 3. Research group of a major telco, 2018
>
>
> Working directly for the seni... | >
> Why might a project be confidential? Why wouldn't I be able to put it on my CV?
>
>
>
It could be part of a government project that can not be discussed for security reasons. It could be related to some new commercial product that the company doesn't want discussed in public until the product isn't announced.
... |
128,097 | I am quite new to freelancing, and I'm wondering how freelance software developers handle confidential projects in their CVs? I recently spoke to a developer who told me that he is working on a project that is confidential and that he cannot put on his resume. I didn't have the chance to ask more, so I am asking here:
... | 2019/02/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128097",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99134/"
] | Skunk projects are a huge annoyance for this reason.
Note though, that **everyone is in the same boat, so it's clearly understood what you mean**.
There are two pretty formulaic, popular solutions:
All you can do is say things like:
>
> 3. Research group of a major telco, 2018
>
>
> Working directly for the seni... | >
> How do freelancers handle confidential projects
>
>
>
If it's confidential you leave out all the details or omit it altogether. With confidential freelance work you would normally charge a lot more, one of the reasons for this is because you're constrained by confidentiality. So you trade off that way. |
128,097 | I am quite new to freelancing, and I'm wondering how freelance software developers handle confidential projects in their CVs? I recently spoke to a developer who told me that he is working on a project that is confidential and that he cannot put on his resume. I didn't have the chance to ask more, so I am asking here:
... | 2019/02/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128097",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99134/"
] | There are many reasons that a project could be confidential, from being a government job where you need a security clearance just to admit that the project exists, down to a basic business project where you don't want to signal to the competition that you are working in a certain field.
But regardless of what you are ... | >
> Why might a project be confidential? Why wouldn't I be able to put it on my CV?
>
>
>
It could be part of a government project that can not be discussed for security reasons. It could be related to some new commercial product that the company doesn't want discussed in public until the product isn't announced.
... |
128,097 | I am quite new to freelancing, and I'm wondering how freelance software developers handle confidential projects in their CVs? I recently spoke to a developer who told me that he is working on a project that is confidential and that he cannot put on his resume. I didn't have the chance to ask more, so I am asking here:
... | 2019/02/04 | [
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/128097",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.stackexchange.com/users/99134/"
] | There are many reasons that a project could be confidential, from being a government job where you need a security clearance just to admit that the project exists, down to a basic business project where you don't want to signal to the competition that you are working in a certain field.
But regardless of what you are ... | >
> How do freelancers handle confidential projects
>
>
>
If it's confidential you leave out all the details or omit it altogether. With confidential freelance work you would normally charge a lot more, one of the reasons for this is because you're constrained by confidentiality. So you trade off that way. |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke) defines "woke" as:
>
> a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americ... | "Woke"
======
I think it is a disservice to ignore the fact that "woke" is vernacular from the Black community. A kind of whitewashing, even. The reason I bring this up is because it strikes at the heart of your question: there are issues which concern the Black community which are also shared by whites and other grou... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | Progressive groups
------------------
The "woke" ideology is, in essence, being conscious of various prevailing discriminations, and actively working to reform the system against such.
They would like to call themselves [Progressives](https://web.archive.org/web/20190321174257/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/defini... | *This is my attempt to synthesise the many excellent comments and answers, particularly [dsollen](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77810/45152), [Philipp](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77804/45152) and [whoisit](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77807/45152).*
No communal name
================
Although ... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke) defines "woke" as:
>
> a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americ... | *This is my attempt to synthesise the many excellent comments and answers, particularly [dsollen](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77810/45152), [Philipp](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77804/45152) and [whoisit](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77807/45152).*
No communal name
================
Although ... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | "Woke"
======
I think it is a disservice to ignore the fact that "woke" is vernacular from the Black community. A kind of whitewashing, even. The reason I bring this up is because it strikes at the heart of your question: there are issues which concern the Black community which are also shared by whites and other grou... | If I understood this right, you are asking for a unifying label for all people who participate in protests against conservative ideologies. And you are asking for a label those people would accept, not one that is imposed on them like "woke".
I think the most specific it gets is "left-wing protestor".
#### "woke or c... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | *This is my attempt to synthesise the many excellent comments and answers, particularly [dsollen](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77810/45152), [Philipp](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77804/45152) and [whoisit](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77807/45152).*
No communal name
================
Although ... | This answer covers the term "cancel culture".
Different groups will give themselves different names. There is no generic term, and in particular "cancel culture" exists on both sides of the political spectrum. Since other answers are already discussing progressive opposition to conservative or right-wing content, this... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | Progressive groups
------------------
The "woke" ideology is, in essence, being conscious of various prevailing discriminations, and actively working to reform the system against such.
They would like to call themselves [Progressives](https://web.archive.org/web/20190321174257/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/defini... | This answer covers the term "cancel culture".
Different groups will give themselves different names. There is no generic term, and in particular "cancel culture" exists on both sides of the political spectrum. Since other answers are already discussing progressive opposition to conservative or right-wing content, this... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | I mostly agree with [Phillip's answer](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801/what-do-woke-and-cancel-groups-call-themselves/77804#77804), but I want to get more in depth with how woke is used and why it's hard to give a good alternative.
The problem is that while woke was once a real term created and used... | This answer covers the term "cancel culture".
Different groups will give themselves different names. There is no generic term, and in particular "cancel culture" exists on both sides of the political spectrum. Since other answers are already discussing progressive opposition to conservative or right-wing content, this... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | I mostly agree with [Phillip's answer](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801/what-do-woke-and-cancel-groups-call-themselves/77804#77804), but I want to get more in depth with how woke is used and why it's hard to give a good alternative.
The problem is that while woke was once a real term created and used... | "Woke"
======
I think it is a disservice to ignore the fact that "woke" is vernacular from the Black community. A kind of whitewashing, even. The reason I bring this up is because it strikes at the heart of your question: there are issues which concern the Black community which are also shared by whites and other grou... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | This answer covers the term "cancel culture".
Different groups will give themselves different names. There is no generic term, and in particular "cancel culture" exists on both sides of the political spectrum. Since other answers are already discussing progressive opposition to conservative or right-wing content, this... | If I understood this right, you are asking for a unifying label for all people who participate in protests against conservative ideologies. And you are asking for a label those people would accept, not one that is imposed on them like "woke".
I think the most specific it gets is "left-wing protestor".
#### "woke or c... |
77,801 | I'm aware of ["woke"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77592/what-does-woke-indoctrination-mean) and ["cancel culture"](https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/63032/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancel-culture) being used by conservatives as pejorative terms *and* by others as non-pejorative attempts to desc... | 2023/01/20 | [
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/77801",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com",
"https://politics.stackexchange.com/users/45152/"
] | *This is my attempt to synthesise the many excellent comments and answers, particularly [dsollen](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77810/45152), [Philipp](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77804/45152) and [whoisit](https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/77807/45152).*
No communal name
================
Although ... | If I understood this right, you are asking for a unifying label for all people who participate in protests against conservative ideologies. And you are asking for a label those people would accept, not one that is imposed on them like "woke".
I think the most specific it gets is "left-wing protestor".
#### "woke or c... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
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] | I think you should consider being proficient in both, since I believe it will make you a better programmer than one just knowing one.
For where to start? Well, where you can pick up a job. Then learn what they need you to know, and then start picking up what you lack.
Programming is a never ending process of learning... | Choose programming, not a language. If I were still in school, java and C# would be the last things on my list. Look at the crazy academic stuff while you can, like Haskell and Lisp. Then come back to the mundane code you will spend 95% of your professional career slinging. |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. | Choose programming, not a language. If I were still in school, java and C# would be the last things on my list. Look at the crazy academic stuff while you can, like Haskell and Lisp. Then come back to the mundane code you will spend 95% of your professional career slinging. |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
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] | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. | I'm a java guy by trade, but it does look that C# is the language/platform that people are migrating to. This is just my observation from jobs advertised, and my previous and current employers.
However, I also think (and hope) that Java will be relevant for a good few years yet.
Also, I don't think they are mutually... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think you should consider being proficient in both, since I believe it will make you a better programmer than one just knowing one.
For where to start? Well, where you can pick up a job. Then learn what they need you to know, and then start picking up what you lack.
Programming is a never ending process of learning... | I'm a java guy by trade, but it does look that C# is the language/platform that people are migrating to. This is just my observation from jobs advertised, and my previous and current employers.
However, I also think (and hope) that Java will be relevant for a good few years yet.
Also, I don't think they are mutually... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think you should consider being proficient in both, since I believe it will make you a better programmer than one just knowing one.
For where to start? Well, where you can pick up a job. Then learn what they need you to know, and then start picking up what you lack.
Programming is a never ending process of learning... | The number one benefit of Java over .NET is it's platform independence.You can only write .NET codes for Windows environment.
I have somewhat of limited experience in both and in my opinion, if you are only going to be developing applications for Windows, then .NET is better.
Also, those who come from C++ background,... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think you should consider being proficient in both, since I believe it will make you a better programmer than one just knowing one.
For where to start? Well, where you can pick up a job. Then learn what they need you to know, and then start picking up what you lack.
Programming is a never ending process of learning... | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | I think you should consider being proficient in both, since I believe it will make you a better programmer than one just knowing one.
For where to start? Well, where you can pick up a job. Then learn what they need you to know, and then start picking up what you lack.
Programming is a never ending process of learning... | C# and Java are similar enough that if you know one, you'll be able to pick up the other easily. Contrary to popular belief, you *can* develop C# on non-Windows platforms, although the level of support may not be as great.
As for the long term, that's up in the air; it depends on how much Oracle continues to act like... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. | Learn whatever's in demand in the area where you want to live. The languages are very similar, so it doesn't take a whole lot of time to learn one once you know the other. Check out job listings for the area and see what's in demand. Part of making yourself marketable is knowing the market. |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. | The number one benefit of Java over .NET is it's platform independence.You can only write .NET codes for Windows environment.
I have somewhat of limited experience in both and in my opinion, if you are only going to be developing applications for Windows, then .NET is better.
Also, those who come from C++ background,... |
20,800 | **I just want to hear some pro and con's - it's obvious that there is no right answer**
So would Java be a better choice for a long term career? Or should I opt for .Net since it could be the platform having all the latest advances?
**I just want to hear others point of view, so please don't close this question just... | 2010/11/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/20800",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | Both languages are very similar.
I came from a Java background but took a C# job. I got some time to learn the language and it felt like a Java copy.
Pick one and the second language will not be hard to learn. | C# and Java are similar enough that if you know one, you'll be able to pick up the other easily. Contrary to popular belief, you *can* develop C# on non-Windows platforms, although the level of support may not be as great.
As for the long term, that's up in the air; it depends on how much Oracle continues to act like... |
199,350 | If air of a certain temperature blows through a car radiator (or a computer case), what effect will air humidity (non-condensing) have on cooling rate? | 2015/08/08 | [
"https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/199350",
"https://physics.stackexchange.com",
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] | The cooling effect of air will depend in the flow rate and thermal conductivity of air. The latter is in turn a function of temperature, pressure and water content. Counter-intuitively, if we keep pressure constant, the most water the less thermal conductivity, and the decrease in thermal conductivity is more significa... | The fins don't have moisture so no difference from evaporative cooling there.
Air with higher humidity has a higher capacitance. As humid air passes from the front the back it will adsorb the same amount of heat and temperature at the trailing edge will be lower than the dry air. So humid air will maintain a greater ... |
117,645 | I have this USB flash drive which has two partitions separated by the manufacturer. The interface included doesn't allow me to merge them and I was wondering if someone has come across such problem. | 2010/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/117645",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/30566/"
] | If it's one of those silly\* U3 flash drives where one piece masquerades as a CD-RW, you will need to run the uninstaller to remove that partition.
\*silly because it's amazing how much malware you can cram into that CD-RW piece and autorun will happily execute it because it's supposed to be a CD-ROM drive. | See [this discussion](http://help.lockergnome.com/general/repartition-flash-drive--ftopict51786.html). It covers, among other things, getting the flash drive recognized so you can fdisk it. |
117,645 | I have this USB flash drive which has two partitions separated by the manufacturer. The interface included doesn't allow me to merge them and I was wondering if someone has come across such problem. | 2010/03/08 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/117645",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/30566/"
] | If it's one of those silly\* U3 flash drives where one piece masquerades as a CD-RW, you will need to run the uninstaller to remove that partition.
\*silly because it's amazing how much malware you can cram into that CD-RW piece and autorun will happily execute it because it's supposed to be a CD-ROM drive. | Some flash drives appear as two partitions because, internally, they are literally two separate devices.
Older flash drives, or cheaper units, might use a memory controller that can only address X memory, but the manufacturer wants to provide a device of 2X capacity. Each controller is detected by Windows as a separa... |
194,383 | I am using LM2596 for a dc supply where I could alter the output voltage. [Datasheet here.](http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm2596.pdf)
I have setup according to page 9 "Adjustable Output Voltage Versions". Everything worked fine. The output voltage alters as I changes the value of R2 (potentiometer used for R2, R1 r... | 2015/10/09 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/194383",
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] | It's a feedback loop. It will vary the output and read the output voltage, compare that with the internal reference and set the output voltage one way or the other until the output voltage divided by the resistors matches the internal reference.
What you have done is cut the loop. The regulation of the output will hav... | The voltage at the feedback pin is typically 1.23 volts but can be as low as 1.18 volts or as high as 1.28 volts (see top of page 4 of the data sheet). Somewhere in that small range will be a voltage that, if exceeded by a millivolt or so, will turn the output off completely. If you were a milli volt under that voltage... |
6,049 | Have you ever used conky? More precisely Crunchbang Linux? Crunchbang comes with conky installed by default on desktop and inside conky you'll see useful shortcuts that you can use, and it's visible all the time. See shortcut keys section.
I'm an em... | 2015/01/05 | [
"https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/6049",
"https://emacs.stackexchange.com",
"https://emacs.stackexchange.com/users/4079/"
] | *As @Dan asked me to write up my comment to an aswer:*
What I've done once to achieve what you want:
Use an already existing [Emacs cheatsheet](https://i.imgur.com/RxlwP.png) or a customized one, as your desktop wallpaper. And whenever you need to use Emacs, launch it inside a terminal with a transparent background (... | FWIW, A similar feature to guide-key is that provided by [**Icicles**](http://www.emacswiki.org/Icicles) [*key completion*](http://www.emacswiki.org/Icicles_-_Key_Completion). You can see all of the keys currently available to you.
After you type a prefix key, you see, for example, only the possible keys that continu... |
43,453,823 | tl;dr: i need help to setup drupal mailchimp campaigns.
Hi.
I'm struggling to set up mailchimp campaigns for a drupal website.
Following the mailchimp tutorial on drupalize.me (<https://drupalize.me/videos/send-campaigns-drupal?p=2235>)
I have succesfully linked mailchimp module with my mailchimp account with app A... | 2017/04/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/43453823",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4682827/"
] | You need to code your own template at the Mailchimp site. The Mailchimp templates seem to miss the editable areas which are needed to insert content in Drupal.
You can export and re-import an existing template and add the editable section. There is a simple tutorial which explains this step.
<https://drupalize.me/vid... | Same problem here found. So far i found out two things:
A few of the Mailchimp templates showing the content section, e. g. Order invoice, Refund confirmation or Cancellation information.
Do not use development environment with localhost. Your Drupal needs to be accessible via internet. |
278,251 | Normally I'm a software guy, but I've recently decided to try my hand at some electronics projects. What I want to do is make my own impact sensor for target shooting. What I'm picturing is a piece of AR-500 steel for the target, and a sensor that can detect when the round hits the target. I've started by using an Ardu... | 2017/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/278251",
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] | Yes, the output of a piezo-electric sensor should keep increasing as the target is whacked harder. There should be a substantial difference between tapping the target with your fingers and hitting it with a hammer or a bullet. One problems with piezo sensors is to keep them from frying the input stage if accidentally w... | Any Piezo-electric sensor can be used including an Electret mic. a piezo sensor (or even a ceramic capacitor with signal amp). All being high resistance with some capacitance with varying sensitivities, the output is a current proportional to sound vibration and the voltage is proportional to resistance. Thus the gain ... |
278,251 | Normally I'm a software guy, but I've recently decided to try my hand at some electronics projects. What I want to do is make my own impact sensor for target shooting. What I'm picturing is a piece of AR-500 steel for the target, and a sensor that can detect when the round hits the target. I've started by using an Ardu... | 2017/01/03 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/278251",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/134863/"
] | Yes, the output of a piezo-electric sensor should keep increasing as the target is whacked harder. There should be a substantial difference between tapping the target with your fingers and hitting it with a hammer or a bullet. One problems with piezo sensors is to keep them from frying the input stage if accidentally w... | May be put a resistor with the correct value at the out of the piezo, to find the correct value you could solder a potentiometer (in the correct Ohm range of the piezo) and do some test until the arduino will detect the signal. Then you mesure the potentiometer with your ohm/voltmeter and replace it with the correct re... |
44,475 | I'm creating a database that will be used by researchers in population genetics with different goals and sampling strategies. The database needs to accommodate locations as points, lines, or polygons and I'm puzzling over whether those should be kept in a single "locations" table, or in separate tables for "point\_loca... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/44475",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/6697/"
] | You could create one Parent table called 'location' that doesn't actually contain any data, then create three child tables related to that table, each with constraints on geom\_type, and load all data into those tables. You could also create triggers on the parent table, so that any geom type loaded into it will be aut... | I do not recommend put all stuff into a single table.
But you can create at least um column for each geometry type
a point\_location, line\_location, polygon\_location. This will avoid using the geometry type that allows geometrycollections etc.
Using separate tables, or columns would allow for additional checks on ea... |
223,096 | I have a project where a DC motor needs to pull on a yarn and keep it a constant tension. The tension also needs to be adjustable.
I have tried to google this but it seems like I am not asking the right questions...
Would it be as simple as reading the motor current and adjusting the voltage to reduce the current or ... | 2016/03/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/223096",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/38464/"
] | Ideally, you want a motor control that allows you to set the current to the motor. Most controllers have this ability, sometimes by directly accepting a torque reference, or indirectly by controlling the current limits.
It is probably best to control the current limit, and leave the controller in speed mode... with th... | Typically in a motor current is proportional to torque, so you need to have a motor controller that can deliver a controlled current.
Whether or not it is bad to have the motor engaged and not moving depends on the motor and how much current you are pushing through it while stalled. You could easily push too much powe... |
223,096 | I have a project where a DC motor needs to pull on a yarn and keep it a constant tension. The tension also needs to be adjustable.
I have tried to google this but it seems like I am not asking the right questions...
Would it be as simple as reading the motor current and adjusting the voltage to reduce the current or ... | 2016/03/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/223096",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
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] | Typically in a motor current is proportional to torque, so you need to have a motor controller that can deliver a controlled current.
Whether or not it is bad to have the motor engaged and not moving depends on the motor and how much current you are pushing through it while stalled. You could easily push too much powe... | I've a very similar application for pulling string to a constant and repeatable tension, I'm considering using a worm motor such as the ones for opening windows and pair with a adjustable current limiter.
I need a precise tension between 20-30 lbs every time it is pulled, would this setup work, or there is a better al... |
223,096 | I have a project where a DC motor needs to pull on a yarn and keep it a constant tension. The tension also needs to be adjustable.
I have tried to google this but it seems like I am not asking the right questions...
Would it be as simple as reading the motor current and adjusting the voltage to reduce the current or ... | 2016/03/17 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/223096",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/38464/"
] | Ideally, you want a motor control that allows you to set the current to the motor. Most controllers have this ability, sometimes by directly accepting a torque reference, or indirectly by controlling the current limits.
It is probably best to control the current limit, and leave the controller in speed mode... with th... | I've a very similar application for pulling string to a constant and repeatable tension, I'm considering using a worm motor such as the ones for opening windows and pair with a adjustable current limiter.
I need a precise tension between 20-30 lbs every time it is pulled, would this setup work, or there is a better al... |
641,320 | Let's say I have some stranded wire that was cut in half and I want to splice the ends back together. Easily done with some solder and a heat shrink tube, which will make a good electrical connection with high tensile strength, and looks quite clean if done well. Unfortunately, it's also much more rigid than the flexib... | 2022/11/05 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/641320",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/233001/"
] | Brazing more closely approaches the aesthetic, electrical and mechanical properties of an uncut wire. Welding even closer.
By definition, solder uses a low temperature fill material: brazing uses a medium temperature filler material, and welding uses a high temperature filler material.
Because of the superiority of t... | Simply put, no. Find a point where the wire doesn't need to be as flexible to make the splice. Add more wire and use two splices if you must. Or just replace the entire wire, as you suggested.
You might be able to use something that looks nicer than a wire nut, though. Wago (no affiliation) makes some reasonably nice-... |
15,965 | I have a baby bearded dragon that's 28 days old and haven't had any feeding nor pooping problems until today in the morning.
I ran out of crickets 2 days ago and went to buy more crickets at a different shop that I usually go to. They didn't have any pinhead crickets but they had "small" crickets available and I took ... | 2016/12/26 | [
"https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/15965",
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] | If they seemed too big for her they may have upset her belly, it happens sometimes that the bugs haven't digested properly. Feel free to feed her some greens as well, a bit easier to digest.
Another thing to consider are parasites, always good to bring a fecal sample to your vet hospital to check, I have yet to look ... | A good way to tell if your bearded dragon Should be able to eat a cricket is if the cricket is big enough to fit in the gap between their eyes. Never feed a bearded dragon anything bigger than that gap. I have had my bearded dragon since she was a baby and I have always fed her small crickets and she loves them. Unfort... |
132,648 | I connected my Gamecube to my HDTV using a PS3 composite cable (shown below). However, the image displayed is blurry, in black and white, and without sound. The cable fits perfectly on the analog AV out port, so I'm not sure whether this is a problem of incompatibility. Before buying a new cable I was wondering: are th... | 2013/09/30 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/132648",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/8583/"
] | This is what you see when you plug a [composite video](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_video) output (yellow cable) into a [component video](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video) luminance input (green port).
Put simply, a Yellow/Red/White cable does not connect to Green/Red/Blue ports because Yellow (V... | The problem is due to using a PLAYSTATION VIDEO CABLE for a NINTENDO GAMECUBE. I just now tried it on my normal tiny composite TV and it yields the same result. It's the cable not getting all of the channels because they don't line up just right probably, so it gets the basic stuff. It's an incompatibility issue. Not w... |
267,901 | I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge R410 and no disks. I have downloaded the Dell Systems Build and Update Utility for the R410 and booted from the optical drive. In the management console you have the option to deploy and O/S which is what I have done, selected Windows Server 2003 and then all seems okay, until I have r... | 2011/05/09 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/267901",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/48043/"
] | with w2k3 if you need additional drivers not provide by the oem on the install cd you'll need to have a floppy disk then hit f5/6 can't remember during the install and it will use the drivers found on the floppy. | 1. Assuming that you have already configured a RAID array on your new drives, you can boot and install directly from the installation media without using the Dell utilities. Depending on your BIOS settings, you may need to press F12 at boot to specify CD or USB. Because your version of Windows is much older than your h... |
32,017,650 | I have a Visual Studio online Team Project with a repository. I have been using this with VS 2013 for a while now.
I installed VS 2015 and connected to Visual Studio online in team explorer and chose the project in question.
however, under solutions it says:
You must clone the repository to open solutions for this ... | 2015/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32017650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/76674/"
] | Because Visual Studio 2013 maintains a list of the repositories that it's seen (and their remotes) separately from where VS 2015 stores this information.
Open Team Explorer, go to the Connect page, and in the Local Git Repositories section, click the Add button. Navigate to the repository that you cloned previously.
... | At least for Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Team Services:
If you have several repositories in your Team Foundation Server or VSTS project make sure you are connected to the specific repo your clone is for, not just the project. You can then enter the location at the bottom of the "Connect to Project" dialog or ... |
32,017,650 | I have a Visual Studio online Team Project with a repository. I have been using this with VS 2013 for a while now.
I installed VS 2015 and connected to Visual Studio online in team explorer and chose the project in question.
however, under solutions it says:
You must clone the repository to open solutions for this ... | 2015/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32017650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/76674/"
] | Because Visual Studio 2013 maintains a list of the repositories that it's seen (and their remotes) separately from where VS 2015 stores this information.
Open Team Explorer, go to the Connect page, and in the Local Git Repositories section, click the Add button. Navigate to the repository that you cloned previously.
... | Or just close VS, then navigate to the directory that you have cloned and open the solution in your newer Visual studio.
You will see VS changes "applicationhost.config" file, and then remembers that it was cloned |
32,017,650 | I have a Visual Studio online Team Project with a repository. I have been using this with VS 2013 for a while now.
I installed VS 2015 and connected to Visual Studio online in team explorer and chose the project in question.
however, under solutions it says:
You must clone the repository to open solutions for this ... | 2015/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32017650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/76674/"
] | Because Visual Studio 2013 maintains a list of the repositories that it's seen (and their remotes) separately from where VS 2015 stores this information.
Open Team Explorer, go to the Connect page, and in the Local Git Repositories section, click the Add button. Navigate to the repository that you cloned previously.
... | I suddenly had the same problem. VS2015 didn't longer recognize, that one of the local repos is a clone and I should make a new clone to "[ProjName]2"...
For me it helped to reconnect to the remote Team Project:
1. Open the local repository solution
2. Go to the connection manager ("Manage Connections")
3. Uncheck th... |
32,017,650 | I have a Visual Studio online Team Project with a repository. I have been using this with VS 2013 for a while now.
I installed VS 2015 and connected to Visual Studio online in team explorer and chose the project in question.
however, under solutions it says:
You must clone the repository to open solutions for this ... | 2015/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32017650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/76674/"
] | At least for Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Team Services:
If you have several repositories in your Team Foundation Server or VSTS project make sure you are connected to the specific repo your clone is for, not just the project. You can then enter the location at the bottom of the "Connect to Project" dialog or ... | Or just close VS, then navigate to the directory that you have cloned and open the solution in your newer Visual studio.
You will see VS changes "applicationhost.config" file, and then remembers that it was cloned |
32,017,650 | I have a Visual Studio online Team Project with a repository. I have been using this with VS 2013 for a while now.
I installed VS 2015 and connected to Visual Studio online in team explorer and chose the project in question.
however, under solutions it says:
You must clone the repository to open solutions for this ... | 2015/08/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/32017650",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/76674/"
] | At least for Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Team Services:
If you have several repositories in your Team Foundation Server or VSTS project make sure you are connected to the specific repo your clone is for, not just the project. You can then enter the location at the bottom of the "Connect to Project" dialog or ... | I suddenly had the same problem. VS2015 didn't longer recognize, that one of the local repos is a clone and I should make a new clone to "[ProjName]2"...
For me it helped to reconnect to the remote Team Project:
1. Open the local repository solution
2. Go to the connection manager ("Manage Connections")
3. Uncheck th... |
46,035,573 | Is it possible to query all the transactions that contain a specific asset in Hyperledger Composer?.
Is it also possible to query the transaction history by identifier? | 2017/09/04 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/46035573",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3446115/"
] | Looks like you should use the Historian if you want to search through transactions.
<https://hyperledger.github.io/composer/reference/historian.html> | Please add the below JSON into your .qry file and try to access it from logic file.
query transactionHistory{
description: "It will return all transaction history record."
statement: SELECT org.acme.sample.NAME\_OF\_TRANSACTION\_CLASS
} |
330,495 | Albeit a general question my scope is rather C# as I am aware that languages like C++ have different semantics regarding constructor execution, memory management, undefined behaviour, etc.
Somebody asked me an interesting question which was for me not easily answered.
Why (or is it at all?) regarded as bad design to ... | 2016/09/08 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/330495",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/245342/"
] | +1 For least astonishment, but this is a hard concept to articulate to new devs.
At a pragmatic level, it is hard to debug exceptions raised within constructors, if the object fails to initialise it will not exist for you to inspect the state of or log from outside of that constructor.
If you feel the need to do thi... | The purpose of a constructor is to, well, contruct your object. Before the constructor has completed, it is in principle unsafe to use any methods of that object. Of course, we may call methods of the object within the constructor, but then each time we do so, we have to make sure that doing so is valid for the object ... |
41,501,419 | I am looking for building an iOS/Android and Angular app with Java at the backend(REST API). Java will use spring framework. I am looking for the options for User authentication. iOS/Android App will be used by the client and Angular web app will be used my management. Angular web users will have different roles so req... | 2017/01/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/41501419",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5828621/"
] | i had created basic login application in angular application by referring the links:
1. <http://jasonwatmore.com/post/2015/03/10/angularjs-user-registration-and-login-example-tutorial>
and i have used cakePHP3 for rest API generation and Token is generated on the the basis of JWT, JSON Web Token (JWT) is a JSON-based... | The Ideal Project for you is [Spring Security OAuth2](https://projects.spring.io/spring-security-oauth/docs/oauth2.html). With this you can make your REST API Stateless and no need to worry about Cookies and Sessions. |
222,116 | I have a 5630 LED strip ~3.5 length powered by a 12V 1A wall PSU. After 30 min of operation the PSU gets very hot and the light gets dimmed down a bit. I assume that 1Ampere is not enough but I am a newbie to electronics so I am not sure at all.
If the ampere is low how can I calculate it and find the ideal amount?
I ... | 2016/03/11 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/222116",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/103257/"
] | **Assuming you do not want to modify your current source, and only want to modify the load:** Instead of inserting the switch in series, it is more important to provide an alternate path for the current to take. If I understand you correctly, you are considering the schematic on the left. Replacing it with the one on t... | With the output side series switch the OP may be justifiably nervous about the instantaneous higher than rated voltage at the time of switch on. These can cause a current spike outside the safe operating range every time the load is switched on though not a problem usually for a filament bulb it can be a problem for an... |
45,869 | >
> The first level, the Realm of Formlessness (Arupaloka), consists of
> four planes of brahmas who have no physical body, consisting entirely
> of mind, but who may create a physical body if they want to be seen.
> They are not completely free from the fetters of suffering (dukkha),
> but the dukkha experienced here... | 2021/09/21 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45869",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/19338/"
] | The difference between the formless realms and extinguishment is the degree of emptiness. In MN121, the Buddha advises Venerable Ānanda on the progressive stages of the meditation on emptiness. Here is the transition leaving the realm of form:
>
> [MN121:6.1](https://suttacentral.net/mn121/en/sujato#mn121:6.1): Furth... | **What is the difference between Arupaloka and Nibbana except Nibbana has no incarnation, no dukkha and has Buddhism teaching ?**
The arupa ayatanas are the subtle enclaves of the coarse human
consciousness. The word *consciousness* here means the continuum of experience derived from the arising of sensate phenomenon,... |
45,869 | >
> The first level, the Realm of Formlessness (Arupaloka), consists of
> four planes of brahmas who have no physical body, consisting entirely
> of mind, but who may create a physical body if they want to be seen.
> They are not completely free from the fetters of suffering (dukkha),
> but the dukkha experienced here... | 2021/09/21 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45869",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/19338/"
] | **What is the difference between Arupaloka and Nibbana except Nibbana has no incarnation, no dukkha and has Buddhism teaching ?**
The arupa ayatanas are the subtle enclaves of the coarse human
consciousness. The word *consciousness* here means the continuum of experience derived from the arising of sensate phenomenon,... | >
> Q1) What is the difference between Arupaloka and Nibbana except Nibbana has no incarnation, no dukkha and has Buddhism teaching ?
>
>
>
Arupaloka beings still attach to their "atta" (self conception). |
45,869 | >
> The first level, the Realm of Formlessness (Arupaloka), consists of
> four planes of brahmas who have no physical body, consisting entirely
> of mind, but who may create a physical body if they want to be seen.
> They are not completely free from the fetters of suffering (dukkha),
> but the dukkha experienced here... | 2021/09/21 | [
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/questions/45869",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com",
"https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/19338/"
] | The difference between the formless realms and extinguishment is the degree of emptiness. In MN121, the Buddha advises Venerable Ānanda on the progressive stages of the meditation on emptiness. Here is the transition leaving the realm of form:
>
> [MN121:6.1](https://suttacentral.net/mn121/en/sujato#mn121:6.1): Furth... | >
> Q1) What is the difference between Arupaloka and Nibbana except Nibbana has no incarnation, no dukkha and has Buddhism teaching ?
>
>
>
Arupaloka beings still attach to their "atta" (self conception). |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | A GIL wouldn't be necessary if python used a more advanced Garbage Collector like [IBM's Recycler](http://www.research.ibm.com/people/d/dfb/recycler.html) instated of a primitive reference counting method. This is something that [Unladen Swallow](http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpre... | The GIL is process specific, so you can get around it by launching several Python processes. The [multiprocessing module](http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html) provides an easy-to-use API for this.
Another way is to use C-extensions (or write your own) which release the GIL while doing the kind of data ... |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | The GIL is process specific, so you can get around it by launching several Python processes. The [multiprocessing module](http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html) provides an easy-to-use API for this.
Another way is to use C-extensions (or write your own) which release the GIL while doing the kind of data ... | Simple. Have no mutable state, much like Haskell and other functional programming languages do. Since nothing in memory needs to be changed, no global lock is ever needed. |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | The GIL is process specific, so you can get around it by launching several Python processes. The [multiprocessing module](http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html) provides an easy-to-use API for this.
Another way is to use C-extensions (or write your own) which release the GIL while doing the kind of data ... | You can get rid of the GIL in quite the same way the Linux guys got rid of the Big Kernel Lock: simply add lots of more fine grained locks or use atomic primitives that don't need locks.
The downside and main reason Python doesn't do it, is performance. For example the Tcl interpreter has no GIL but can be compiled t... |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | A GIL wouldn't be necessary if python used a more advanced Garbage Collector like [IBM's Recycler](http://www.research.ibm.com/people/d/dfb/recycler.html) instated of a primitive reference counting method. This is something that [Unladen Swallow](http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpre... | Simple. Have no mutable state, much like Haskell and other functional programming languages do. Since nothing in memory needs to be changed, no global lock is ever needed. |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | A GIL wouldn't be necessary if python used a more advanced Garbage Collector like [IBM's Recycler](http://www.research.ibm.com/people/d/dfb/recycler.html) instated of a primitive reference counting method. This is something that [Unladen Swallow](http://code.google.com/p/unladen-swallow/wiki/ProjectPlan#Global_Interpre... | You can get rid of the GIL in quite the same way the Linux guys got rid of the Big Kernel Lock: simply add lots of more fine grained locks or use atomic primitives that don't need locks.
The downside and main reason Python doesn't do it, is performance. For example the Tcl interpreter has no GIL but can be compiled t... |
5,177,895 | CPython uses a [Global Interpreter Lock](http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/api/threads.html). Linux has removed all traces of the [Big Kernel Lock](http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Removing_the_Big_Kernel_Lock). What is the alternative to these locks? How can a system make full use of a truly multi-core or multi-processo... | 2011/03/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5177895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/183528/"
] | Simple. Have no mutable state, much like Haskell and other functional programming languages do. Since nothing in memory needs to be changed, no global lock is ever needed. | You can get rid of the GIL in quite the same way the Linux guys got rid of the Big Kernel Lock: simply add lots of more fine grained locks or use atomic primitives that don't need locks.
The downside and main reason Python doesn't do it, is performance. For example the Tcl interpreter has no GIL but can be compiled t... |
13,428,397 | Hi using font forge in windows when i load the font file it creates glyph name for each glyph in font file. My area of interest is how this name are generated in fontforge? | 2012/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13428397",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1787818/"
] | By default, FontForge uses the [Adobe Glyph List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Glyph_List) as its name list, which provides glyph names like *ydieresis*; these are the names used within FontForge .sfd files. FontForge also displays Unicode names such as *LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS*.
If you like, you ca... | These names are decided by the Unicode consortium.
<https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist> is a C library that FontForge uses to look the information up. |
13,428,397 | Hi using font forge in windows when i load the font file it creates glyph name for each glyph in font file. My area of interest is how this name are generated in fontforge? | 2012/11/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/13428397",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1787818/"
] | By default, FontForge uses the [Adobe Glyph List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Glyph_List) as its name list, which provides glyph names like *ydieresis*; these are the names used within FontForge .sfd files. FontForge also displays Unicode names such as *LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS*.
If you like, you ca... | Most unicode character has a unique name.
See: <http://unicode.org/charts/charindex.html> |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | You've really got two questions here:
1. Is killing too brutal for my book?
2. Do my characters need to make mistakes?
No one here can answer #1 for you. It depends on your audience and the tone of your book. I won't go so far to say that books for kids shouldn't have killing; people die in Harry Potter and even in n... | Yes. It’s fine to have someone die. Just make sure that you don’t only kill side Characters, because then it makes the main characters seem immortal, and the reader expects them to turn out okay.
The way I avoided this in my book is creating a main character who’s sole purpose is to get really important, draw a lot of... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | You've really got two questions here:
1. Is killing too brutal for my book?
2. Do my characters need to make mistakes?
No one here can answer #1 for you. It depends on your audience and the tone of your book. I won't go so far to say that books for kids shouldn't have killing; people die in Harry Potter and even in n... | I have a slightly different take from other people on this. I don't think it is true protagonists should never be perfect; it might depend on what we mean by "perfect" but I think interesting and compelling stories can be written with characters that don't have deep flaws (or not flaws the author or reader sees as such... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Does it serve the story? Then, yes.
Putting that particular mistake in will alter who your target audience is, though. Some people will find it too brutal; some people will find the lack of such things means that the stakes are too low.
Also, how you treat it will affect how your audience reacts to your character. Ho... | I say let em' die.
My reasoning? Simple. **Protagonists are human too. You can't expect them to be perfect and neither will the reader.**
I don't know about the rest of you. But I read books for two reasons. The first reason is obvious: because they're entertaining. But the second reason is different: To show that 1. ... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Well, first off, I kind of *hate* your backup plan. It's just... simply because someone is the hero of the *story*, doesn't mean they have to be unflinchingly, superhumanly *heroic* at every turn. The larger-than-life hero archetype has been done to death. Sciborg is right to invoke the Mary Sue trope. It's not that it... | I have a slightly different take from other people on this. I don't think it is true protagonists should never be perfect; it might depend on what we mean by "perfect" but I think interesting and compelling stories can be written with characters that don't have deep flaws (or not flaws the author or reader sees as such... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Yes, absolutely. Protagonists aren't perfect.
---------------------------------------------
In many ways, **protagonists making mistakes helps to humanize them**. Of course, it seems wrong to write a scene where your hero, the good guy of the story, accidentally gets somebody killed or completely screws things up for ... | You've really got two questions here:
1. Is killing too brutal for my book?
2. Do my characters need to make mistakes?
No one here can answer #1 for you. It depends on your audience and the tone of your book. I won't go so far to say that books for kids shouldn't have killing; people die in Harry Potter and even in n... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | You've really got two questions here:
1. Is killing too brutal for my book?
2. Do my characters need to make mistakes?
No one here can answer #1 for you. It depends on your audience and the tone of your book. I won't go so far to say that books for kids shouldn't have killing; people die in Harry Potter and even in n... | I say let em' die.
My reasoning? Simple. **Protagonists are human too. You can't expect them to be perfect and neither will the reader.**
I don't know about the rest of you. But I read books for two reasons. The first reason is obvious: because they're entertaining. But the second reason is different: To show that 1. ... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Yes, absolutely. Protagonists aren't perfect.
---------------------------------------------
In many ways, **protagonists making mistakes helps to humanize them**. Of course, it seems wrong to write a scene where your hero, the good guy of the story, accidentally gets somebody killed or completely screws things up for ... | I have a slightly different take from other people on this. I don't think it is true protagonists should never be perfect; it might depend on what we mean by "perfect" but I think interesting and compelling stories can be written with characters that don't have deep flaws (or not flaws the author or reader sees as such... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Does it serve the story? Then, yes.
Putting that particular mistake in will alter who your target audience is, though. Some people will find it too brutal; some people will find the lack of such things means that the stakes are too low.
Also, how you treat it will affect how your audience reacts to your character. Ho... | I have a slightly different take from other people on this. I don't think it is true protagonists should never be perfect; it might depend on what we mean by "perfect" but I think interesting and compelling stories can be written with characters that don't have deep flaws (or not flaws the author or reader sees as such... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Well, first off, I kind of *hate* your backup plan. It's just... simply because someone is the hero of the *story*, doesn't mean they have to be unflinchingly, superhumanly *heroic* at every turn. The larger-than-life hero archetype has been done to death. Sciborg is right to invoke the Mary Sue trope. It's not that it... | Yes. It’s fine to have someone die. Just make sure that you don’t only kill side Characters, because then it makes the main characters seem immortal, and the reader expects them to turn out okay.
The way I avoided this in my book is creating a main character who’s sole purpose is to get really important, draw a lot of... |
52,864 | I'm rereading my draft, and there is a part in the book where when the main character is helping others escape prison, she accidentally reveals herself to the prison guards who chase her down and kill one of the people she was trying to rescue.
Is this too brutal? I don't want my reader to hate the main character for ... | 2020/10/01 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/52864",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/46701/"
] | Yes, absolutely. Protagonists aren't perfect.
---------------------------------------------
In many ways, **protagonists making mistakes helps to humanize them**. Of course, it seems wrong to write a scene where your hero, the good guy of the story, accidentally gets somebody killed or completely screws things up for ... | Does it serve the story? Then, yes.
Putting that particular mistake in will alter who your target audience is, though. Some people will find it too brutal; some people will find the lack of such things means that the stakes are too low.
Also, how you treat it will affect how your audience reacts to your character. Ho... |
7,770,005 | I am working on a module that will allow the customer to not only sign up with our webstore, but also give them the ability to register with another site via a web service. How do I determine, from within my module, when a customer is registering so that I can send the appropriate information off to the other site? | 2011/10/14 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7770005",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/843195/"
] | Magento has a good event system that dispatches events to registered observers when they occur. This allows you to do exactly what you want.
Take a look at customer\_register\_success event ( app/code/core/Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php : 322 )
More on event/observer pattern in magento:
<http://www.... | ~~actually there is no event for user registring~~ Ok, there is one (see [code\_burgar's answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7770005/determine-when-a-new-customer-registers-from-within-custom-module-magento/7770190#7770190)), but it ain't fired when customer register during checkout. So your best shot is the cu... |
16,832,302 | I'm studying Software Engineering at the moment and some of my courses include the theory of computation and analyzing algorithms. I find it hard to relate a Turing Machine for example, to Software Engineering or just plain programming. So my question is:
Why include theoretical subjects that play an important role in... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16832302",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2312939/"
] | A bit of theory is always required. It helps you thinking in the right way.
I know it may seem very detached at the first approach, but if you are able to catch the true meaning of it, you'll have that extra oomph, especially in your field.
The **Turing machine**, for example, you have mentioned, is a classical logic ... | There are two reasons why these subjects are included.
1. As Gengiolo says, these form the theoretical basis that we should, arguably, all have.
2. In attempting to understand these fundamental principles, we develop our reasoning skills and can apply them to complex multi-disciplinary problems.
I rarely use any of t... |
16,832,302 | I'm studying Software Engineering at the moment and some of my courses include the theory of computation and analyzing algorithms. I find it hard to relate a Turing Machine for example, to Software Engineering or just plain programming. So my question is:
Why include theoretical subjects that play an important role in... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16832302",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2312939/"
] | A bit of theory is always required. It helps you thinking in the right way.
I know it may seem very detached at the first approach, but if you are able to catch the true meaning of it, you'll have that extra oomph, especially in your field.
The **Turing machine**, for example, you have mentioned, is a classical logic ... | Well,
Software Engineering education is problematic. And Computer Science also.
I do not think that to study Turing Machine, will give you more insight about algoritmic complexity nor limits of computation. But they are part of our history.We should know them.
At least we should know Alan Turing :-)
And It is hard to... |
16,832,302 | I'm studying Software Engineering at the moment and some of my courses include the theory of computation and analyzing algorithms. I find it hard to relate a Turing Machine for example, to Software Engineering or just plain programming. So my question is:
Why include theoretical subjects that play an important role in... | 2013/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16832302",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2312939/"
] | There are two reasons why these subjects are included.
1. As Gengiolo says, these form the theoretical basis that we should, arguably, all have.
2. In attempting to understand these fundamental principles, we develop our reasoning skills and can apply them to complex multi-disciplinary problems.
I rarely use any of t... | Well,
Software Engineering education is problematic. And Computer Science also.
I do not think that to study Turing Machine, will give you more insight about algoritmic complexity nor limits of computation. But they are part of our history.We should know them.
At least we should know Alan Turing :-)
And It is hard to... |
48,697,976 | I am trying to use SQS on aws (on a linux box) using generic C. Not using any sdk (not that there is one for C). I can not find an example I can relate to. Sorry, I don't relate to these newfangled languages. I am proficient in Cobol, fortran, pascal and C. Not python, c++, c# or java. There are "steps" on amazon site,... | 2018/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/48697976",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9336265/"
] | Have a look at <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-signed-request-examples.html>
If you're proficient with any programming language, you should be able to understand all of that code. It's just string operations and some hashing for which you'll have to use another library. There's also lots of commen... | You can use libcurl for the call:
Use CURLOPT\_AWS\_SIGV4 argument for the signature <https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_AWS_SIGV4.html>
You can take a look at CURLOPT\_WRITEFUNCTION if you want to store the result into a variable: <https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION.html>
And for debugging purpose CURLO... |
7,656,554 | I want to request a list of sizes from a database on my server (which is obviously not on ebay.co.uk's domain). I could do it entirely through flash... but it seems clumsy for a simple form. I think the ideal solution would be a javascript + flash solution. The problem is all of the sites I have found seem to have very... | 2011/10/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/7656554",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/187227/"
] | Read [Ways to circumvent the same-origin policy](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3076414/ways-to-circumvent-the-same-origin-policy) for many ways of circumventing the same-origin policy.
In your case, I would suggest <http://anyorigin.com> - it's simple to use and (unless you're sending volatile information) perfe... | eBay will not allow including javascript or even iframes in item description.
The only solution for that will probably be using Flash object(that is allowed by eBay) that will communicate with server side scripting page(php/asp) which will make the request to your database.
The cross-domain communication will be betwee... |
57,046 | I'm trying to date a circuit from an organ. It contains transistors in a TO-92 (plastic) package.
Approximately when did these transistors first appear?
 | 2013/02/04 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/57046",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/13746/"
] | **Edit**
Thanks for the picture, by any chance are their any identifying text left on the packages or the boards? Just a shot in the dark, but I would say that board was from the aprox: 1972 to 1985. But it depends on so many other factors. And it also my not be original to the organ it'self.
---
**Original Answer*... | Look for date codes on (unlikely) the transistors; (likely) any TO3 transistors in the power supply; definitely ICs if there are any; and (sometimes) large electrolytic capacitors, again in the PSU. Also that screened can (inductor?).
Earlier than 1970 I think the TO18 can would be more common (there's 1 in your pictu... |
618,152 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uX6.jpg)
This is for a 24V 6.25A power supply. The power supply brick will feed into the connector then power a prototype device.
What are the conventions or best practices to solder a wire to a much smaller diameter ... | 2022/05/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618152",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/311386/"
] | The best practice is to use the correct cable/connector sizes, period. Everything else falls under the category "dirty hacks/lab junk", including:
* It is bad practice to forcefully twist the strands tighter to make them fit a smaller connector. This makes for a worse solder joint with potential strain built-in.
* It ... | Since the maximum current is 6 A, switch to a smaller wire, such as 22 AWG ([reference](https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm)). |
618,152 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uX6.jpg)
This is for a 24V 6.25A power supply. The power supply brick will feed into the connector then power a prototype device.
What are the conventions or best practices to solder a wire to a much smaller diameter ... | 2022/05/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618152",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/311386/"
] | The best practice is to use the correct cable/connector sizes, period. Everything else falls under the category "dirty hacks/lab junk", including:
* It is bad practice to forcefully twist the strands tighter to make them fit a smaller connector. This makes for a worse solder joint with potential strain built-in.
* It ... | The industry standard that covers this - IPC/WHMA-A-620 - explicitly forbids severing individual strands in stranded wire and does not allow for wire strands outside the cup of a solder terminal, so there's probably a good reason not to do it. Mechanical weakness/breakage, inadvertently overloading a cut-down section o... |
618,152 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uX6.jpg)
This is for a 24V 6.25A power supply. The power supply brick will feed into the connector then power a prototype device.
What are the conventions or best practices to solder a wire to a much smaller diameter ... | 2022/05/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618152",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/311386/"
] | The best practice is to use the correct cable/connector sizes, period. Everything else falls under the category "dirty hacks/lab junk", including:
* It is bad practice to forcefully twist the strands tighter to make them fit a smaller connector. This makes for a worse solder joint with potential strain built-in.
* It ... | As stated before, any use of a wire whose gauge is larger than the receptacle would be a hack. You could, however, use crimping pins(not the sort mentioned earlier which are meant for connecting two different gauged wires together), cutting off the long tip and soldering it into the connector. NASA provides an [illustr... |
618,152 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uX6.jpg)
This is for a 24V 6.25A power supply. The power supply brick will feed into the connector then power a prototype device.
What are the conventions or best practices to solder a wire to a much smaller diameter ... | 2022/05/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618152",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/311386/"
] | The industry standard that covers this - IPC/WHMA-A-620 - explicitly forbids severing individual strands in stranded wire and does not allow for wire strands outside the cup of a solder terminal, so there's probably a good reason not to do it. Mechanical weakness/breakage, inadvertently overloading a cut-down section o... | Since the maximum current is 6 A, switch to a smaller wire, such as 22 AWG ([reference](https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm)). |
618,152 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7uX6.jpg)
This is for a 24V 6.25A power supply. The power supply brick will feed into the connector then power a prototype device.
What are the conventions or best practices to solder a wire to a much smaller diameter ... | 2022/05/02 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/618152",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/311386/"
] | As stated before, any use of a wire whose gauge is larger than the receptacle would be a hack. You could, however, use crimping pins(not the sort mentioned earlier which are meant for connecting two different gauged wires together), cutting off the long tip and soldering it into the connector. NASA provides an [illustr... | Since the maximum current is 6 A, switch to a smaller wire, such as 22 AWG ([reference](https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm)). |
20,646 | We have heard that Lord Parashurama killed Kshatriya kings one by one. He was a very angry person. So, I want to know why he killed many Kshatriya kings?
Was he alive during Ramayana and as well as Mahabharata times? Because I have heard that he did fight with the Pandava sons. | 2017/09/04 | [
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/20646",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com",
"https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/users/4172/"
] | Story of Parashurama is mentioned in many Puranas and in the Mahabharata. I'm quoting a section of the [Chapter 116](http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03116.htm) and [117](http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03117.htm) of the **Vana Parva of Mahabharata.**
Parashurama was the son of Rishi Jamadagni and Renuka.
... | According to Puranas, Parasurama was the 6th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He makes a brief appearance in Srimad Ramayana in penultimate Sargas of Bala Kanda.
His story was described in those penultimate Sargas of Bala Kanda of Srimad Ramayana as follows:
Vishnu handed over a supreme bow to Sage Riciika, the son of Bhr... |
161,698 | In my current architecture, my backend issues a JWT back to the (mobile) client. The primary reason to opt for a JWT is stateless authentication, i.e. the server doesn't need to store data in the session/database, which means less overhead and scalability issues.
A common strategy is to log in the user and return ba... | 2017/06/10 | [
"https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/161698",
"https://security.stackexchange.com",
"https://security.stackexchange.com/users/47567/"
] | One of the main criticisms of stateless session tokens is the lack of a secure logout. Having a separate access/refresh token allows a compromise. You can greatly reduce the amount of database access, while having a secure logout function with a 15-minute delay.
The design doesn't do anything to protect against sessio... | Unless there are other answers to this question, my own current solution is that it is a question of assessing the tradeoffs of security risk against performance.
My main consideration is to increase the time window of the "short lived" jwt access token of 15 minutes to a day.
This given that HTTPS is required, an... |
129,555 | I wish to create a personalized google map (as is shown [here](http://earth.google.com/outreach/tutorial_mymaps.html)),
I see it is possible to import a geo file (KML, KMZ or GeoRSS) with many points. I would love to use that but don't know how to create such a geo file in the first place.
Which one should I use? Wha... | 2010/04/10 | [
"https://superuser.com/questions/129555",
"https://superuser.com",
"https://superuser.com/users/28536/"
] | As mentioned in Gnoupi's answer, you can export from [Google Earth](http://earth.google.com/). You can also create them directly in the browser though. Log in to your Google account, then go to [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/), and click on "My Maps". Then click "create new map".
 allows you to create such files. You can mark several locations, and save a folder with all of them as a kml or kmz file.
Also, [here is the documentation](http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/whatiskml.html) from Google about kml files. |
140,872 | When I mount my Android phone with USB cable to Ubuntu 12.04 I get "these files are on a digital audio player" and open with rhythmbox in nautilus.This means that I am not able to see any file within my android.
Is it possible to disable the recognition of digital audio player and just list all files as usual?
EDIT
... | 2012/05/22 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/140872",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/65391/"
] | Each USB device presents itself to the operating system with a [device class code](http://www.usb.org/developers/defined_class). This determines what kind of device is plugged into your computer and thus enables your OS to initiate class dependent actions.
It is likely that your phone sends the device class identifier... | You may disable this behaviour by going to system settings, details, removable media and select the 'do nothing' option. |
296,955 | Im trying to calculate certain values of a newly calculated point. So I use the field calculator to write an equation to determine the values.
Is there a way to save that equation, so that if and when I start a new job, I don't have to retype it in?
Something similar to how you save styles and symbology for a array... | 2018/09/25 | [
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/296955",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com",
"https://gis.stackexchange.com/users/128184/"
] | QGIS saves the last equation used in the field calculator under the tab "Recent" where you can reuse it by double-clicking it
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wvkVF.png) | Additionally to the solution by @LaughU, you may incorporate any field calculator operation into a graphical model and then save and run the model. This but requires your column names always to be the same. |
123,000 | ServerFault Community,
It seems there are two positions SysAdmins find themselves in, either you are working for a non-IT services based single client (your employer) and providing in-house IT support or you work for a company who provides out sourced IT services to multiple clients.
Right now I work for a company w... | 2010/03/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/123000",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/7829/"
] | I've done both.
The first six years of my career was for a software company where I was on a team which did desktop support, server operations, backups, network architecture -- you name it, we did it. All that and the configuration management/release management for the product too. Through that six years I was twice ... | In house IT ususally has no money, doesn't keep up with the latest versions of software, and increasingly, rather than invest in training the staff management will call in out sourced talent to perform "interesting" tasks like domain upgrades, exchange upgrades etc. Saying that you've worked with windows 2003 (only) on... |
123,000 | ServerFault Community,
It seems there are two positions SysAdmins find themselves in, either you are working for a non-IT services based single client (your employer) and providing in-house IT support or you work for a company who provides out sourced IT services to multiple clients.
Right now I work for a company w... | 2010/03/16 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/123000",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/7829/"
] | I've done both.
The first six years of my career was for a software company where I was on a team which did desktop support, server operations, backups, network architecture -- you name it, we did it. All that and the configuration management/release management for the product too. Through that six years I was twice ... | There are many different IT shops. It is not simply a choice between contract shops and in-house IT.
IT can be many things:
* Internal support/helpdesk
* Development environments
* Windows intranet, internal tools focused.
* Service provider based/external facing services
* Internet Service Provider based
The previ... |
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