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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 ... | Part part. Some grass IS greener on the other side. Single client is nice for stability, multi clients keeps you more on your toes - good for a career start, especially to slowly move towards higher ranks (planning, organization). It also keeps your knowledge more shallow, as you have less time with every technology. |
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/"
] | My day job (well, 30 hrs/wk currently) experience is in-house at a large University, though I've done a bit of consulting/project-based work, mainly for companies that have a few Linux/Unix boxes but a mostly-Windows admin.
Being in-house, especially at as large a place as I am (university, > 50k faculty, staff and s... | 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/"
] | Well, I'm lucky in that I'm in house, but also corporate. So I have my site, and my network, but I'm also a corporate "expert" who gets called by everyone and their mother to remote in and fix this or that. I even get to travel a bit.
So it's nice.
On the other hand, I've worked in house in places where there was no ... | My day job (well, 30 hrs/wk currently) experience is in-house at a large University, though I've done a bit of consulting/project-based work, mainly for companies that have a few Linux/Unix boxes but a mostly-Windows admin.
Being in-house, especially at as large a place as I am (university, > 50k faculty, staff and s... |
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, too, and I definitely like the in-house IT. There are several reasons for this.
* Client-based IT tends to be of small-scale customers who cannot afford to hire a full-time IT personnel. This means you don't get to work on fun, large-scale projects.
* Client-based IT projects are based on customer's de... | 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 ... | Well, I'm lucky in that I'm in house, but also corporate. So I have my site, and my network, but I'm also a corporate "expert" who gets called by everyone and their mother to remote in and fix this or that. I even get to travel a bit.
So it's nice.
On the other hand, I've worked in house in places where there was no ... |
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/"
] | Part part. Some grass IS greener on the other side. Single client is nice for stability, multi clients keeps you more on your toes - good for a career start, especially to slowly move towards higher ranks (planning, organization). It also keeps your knowledge more shallow, as you have less time with every technology. | 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/"
] | Well, I'm lucky in that I'm in house, but also corporate. So I have my site, and my network, but I'm also a corporate "expert" who gets called by everyone and their mother to remote in and fix this or that. I even get to travel a bit.
So it's nice.
On the other hand, I've worked in house in places where there was no ... | 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... |
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 ... | I've done both, too, and I definitely like the in-house IT. There are several reasons for this.
* Client-based IT tends to be of small-scale customers who cannot afford to hire a full-time IT personnel. This means you don't get to work on fun, large-scale projects.
* Client-based IT projects are based on customer's de... |
5,130 | This is my first question in this Meta, so I'm not sure of what the rules are yet in duplicating or un-duplicating questions.
[This question](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/110073/what-are-my-options-if-my-waning-company-values-me-highly) was marked duplicate of another question that it is clearly not a... | 2018/04/04 | [
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5130",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://workplace.meta.stackexchange.com/users/8346/"
] | If someone votes to close your question as a duplicate, you will get a notification asking you if that question solves your problem. You can then indicate that it does (which will close your question) or that it does not. If you don't believe that the question is a duplicate, it's usually worth editing your question to... | My mistake. The prompt due to a VTC had me thinking the question was *actually* closed, but in reality I should have checked the title and revision history. |
104,226 | I'm working on gathering info and scheduling a walk with my tax assessor to try and decrease my property's appraised value for a tax break. However, it occurred to me that the tax assessor's valuation might be used when valuing the home for sale.
Could I be costing myself potential money by intentionally doing anythi... | 2019/01/18 | [
"https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/104226",
"https://money.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.stackexchange.com/users/37629/"
] | Property appraisals are used as input when determining a tax assessment, not the other way around. Often, a tax assessor will allow other inputs to be used in determining the taxable value of a property (such as recent sales in the neighborhood), however the primary means of determining value is through an appraisal.
... | In my experience the opposite is actually true: a lower assessment is a potential selling point due to the tax savings to the buyer.
This statement concerns me though:
>
> Could I be costing myself potential money by intentionally doing anything I can to lower tax values?
>
>
>
This could be illegal, and so yes,... |
1,057 | How does one refresh thumbnails in nautilus? In my videos folder I have some MKVs and only half of them have the movie border and a excerpt from the movie and the others (also MKVs encoded in the same way) just have the ordinary film icon.
(F5 doesnt do it.) | 2010/08/05 | [
"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057",
"https://askubuntu.com",
"https://askubuntu.com/users/633/"
] | easier way just delete the failed to cache icons by deleting the following directory.
It will make nautilus to refresh only those thumbnails which currently have **folder like** thumbnail. **It will not help if you want to refresh for file/folder which currently have any thumbnail.**
Most of the time you should dele... | There is a hidden directory in your home called .thumbnails.
If you delete a file (or all) there, its thumbnail will be recreated by nautilus the next time that you visit the dir where it's stored.
I don't know if there is some more convenient way.
Edit: Nautilus will store the thumbnails in memory. You will need to... |
350,116 | Do modern-day protocols that our mobile phones run on eg. CDMA/GSM, 3G or 4G have a emergency break-in/broadcast protocol for authorities to issue warnings to the public? In the recent case in Hawaii of a false missile attack alert, users were [reported to have an unusual vibration and/or sound](http://edition.cnn.com/... | 2018/01/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/350116",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/69406/"
] | There is nothing hidden about what happened in Hawaii. It's called [Cell Broadcast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast).
Phones pick this up since they support these messages.
[There is even a tickbox for them.](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202743)
The sound and vibration isn't unusual, it always ... | Based on the comments, I found most of the answers to my question via both the [FCC website](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea) and [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts) on the topic. As well as a [patent](https://www.google.com/patents/US20110070861) desc... |
350,116 | Do modern-day protocols that our mobile phones run on eg. CDMA/GSM, 3G or 4G have a emergency break-in/broadcast protocol for authorities to issue warnings to the public? In the recent case in Hawaii of a false missile attack alert, users were [reported to have an unusual vibration and/or sound](http://edition.cnn.com/... | 2018/01/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/350116",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/69406/"
] | Unusual sounds/vibration can be explained by the unusual type of message being sent. Broadcast messages are usually sent using SMS-CB mechanism (instead of SMS-PP). Additionally, high-importance alerts are often sent with [SMS\_FLASH](https://archive.clickatell.com/developers/api-docs/flash-(popup)-messaging-advanced-m... | Based on the comments, I found most of the answers to my question via both the [FCC website](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea) and [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts) on the topic. As well as a [patent](https://www.google.com/patents/US20110070861) desc... |
350,116 | Do modern-day protocols that our mobile phones run on eg. CDMA/GSM, 3G or 4G have a emergency break-in/broadcast protocol for authorities to issue warnings to the public? In the recent case in Hawaii of a false missile attack alert, users were [reported to have an unusual vibration and/or sound](http://edition.cnn.com/... | 2018/01/15 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/350116",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/69406/"
] | There is nothing hidden about what happened in Hawaii. It's called [Cell Broadcast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_Broadcast).
Phones pick this up since they support these messages.
[There is even a tickbox for them.](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202743)
The sound and vibration isn't unusual, it always ... | Unusual sounds/vibration can be explained by the unusual type of message being sent. Broadcast messages are usually sent using SMS-CB mechanism (instead of SMS-PP). Additionally, high-importance alerts are often sent with [SMS\_FLASH](https://archive.clickatell.com/developers/api-docs/flash-(popup)-messaging-advanced-m... |
70,798 | I am installing a CentOS 5.3 server in an environment with pre-established security policies. One of the policies is that portmap should not be installed. To be honest I am not sure if I really need it or not.
What other common services require portmap? | 2009/10/02 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/70798",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/5200/"
] | It's only used by legacy(-ish) RPC services.
For CentOS, if you're not using NFS or NIS, then you can do without it. | Even if you do use NFS, you may **still** disable portmap on the server with one caveat, your clients would need to connect with the `-o nolock` option instead, which is the behaviour of older NFS. |
92,025 | 
Lets say I have an audio signal with a DC offset and I want to use my earplugs to listen it clearly. Since I'm a human my hearing range is 20Hz to 20kHz. It means I need to filter very low frequency components i.e where f<20Hz. It means the cutoff fr... | 2013/11/27 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/92025",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/16307/"
] | Relying on the headphone impedance for filtering is probably a bad idea. Different kinds of headphones will be significantly different. Even different instances of the same model of headphones can be different. The headphone impedance isn't just resistive but also reactive, and it will take some work to characterize it... | I would use the nominal impedance of the headphones, and pad generously. You will need a large electrolytic capacitor, well in the hundreds of microfarads or more.
If you are after fidelity, then the filter calculations you have in mind might as well be tossed out of the window, because if you're after fidelity, speak... |
114,437 | What does the word *down-level* mean?
I read an article [here](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BugAndFixASPNETFailsToDetectIE10CausingDoPostBackIsUndefinedJavaScriptErrorOrMaintainFF5ScrollbarPosition.aspx) and it says:
>
> But the versions for some browsers (like IE 10) aren't within those
> ranges any more. Therefo... | 2013/05/20 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114437",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/33659/"
] | A Google search for *“down-level”* (with the quotes) yields [the following](http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-downlevel.html) in one of the early results:
>
> **down·lev·el** / ˈdounˌlevəl/
>
>
> * adj. using an earlier version of software, hardware, or an operating system:
>
> *there are still 600 million c... | In this situation, *down-level* browsers are unclear definition browser. Maybe its standards are old and are not compatible to current standards.
And when we try to run on these browses, they'll happen unexpected errors. |
9,448,895 | Not sure what to call it, but a combined solution for starting servers/logging/consoles/development would be really nice. Here's our situation:
* Mongo database driven by a
* Scala/Akka backend server controlled by a
* Ruby/Rails front-end client using a
* PostgreSQL database
* All connecting to Memcached and
* Passin... | 2012/02/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9448895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74919/"
] | ActiveState "Stackato" (CloudFoundry with some add-ons) plus Komodo IDE plus New Relic comes close, I think. | I've seen something like this on a much smaller scale done very nicely with eclipse plugins. I know you say you want a turnkey solution, every environment is somewhat unique so its probably best to roll your own and eclipse may be a good starting point. |
9,448,895 | Not sure what to call it, but a combined solution for starting servers/logging/consoles/development would be really nice. Here's our situation:
* Mongo database driven by a
* Scala/Akka backend server controlled by a
* Ruby/Rails front-end client using a
* PostgreSQL database
* All connecting to Memcached and
* Passin... | 2012/02/25 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9448895",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/74919/"
] | [Foreman](http://blog.daviddollar.org/2011/05/06/introducing-foreman.html)
Not 100% what I was looking for, but pretty darn close. Still not sure if it's designed for non-Ruby applications, like starting an Akka server or Mongo db instance, but those can be done through rake tasks and amount to the same thing.
There'... | I've seen something like this on a much smaller scale done very nicely with eclipse plugins. I know you say you want a turnkey solution, every environment is somewhat unique so its probably best to roll your own and eclipse may be a good starting point. |
312,947 | Is there a good Silverlight Design Architecture? | 2008/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/312947",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40118/"
] | There is [Prism](http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF) it was originally designed for WPF but there is now a Silverlight release. | Also there is [Caliburn](http://www.codeplex.com/caliburn/), an "Application Framework for Silverlight and WPF". |
312,947 | Is there a good Silverlight Design Architecture? | 2008/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/312947",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40118/"
] | There is [Prism](http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF) it was originally designed for WPF but there is now a Silverlight release. | Soon, Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Prism (though unlike the earlier answer), the Silverlight version of Prism is just a proof of concept. The PnP team hope to have a full release in the next couple of months. The prevailing story today is to use the same MVVM pattern that WPF has had success with (searc... |
312,947 | Is there a good Silverlight Design Architecture? | 2008/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/312947",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40118/"
] | There is [Prism](http://www.codeplex.com/CompositeWPF) it was originally designed for WPF but there is now a Silverlight release. | You could take a look at Rocky Lhotka's CSLA.NET for Silverlight - [CslaLight](http://www.lhotka.net/cslalight/Default.aspx) |
312,947 | Is there a good Silverlight Design Architecture? | 2008/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/312947",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40118/"
] | Also there is [Caliburn](http://www.codeplex.com/caliburn/), an "Application Framework for Silverlight and WPF". | Soon, Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Prism (though unlike the earlier answer), the Silverlight version of Prism is just a proof of concept. The PnP team hope to have a full release in the next couple of months. The prevailing story today is to use the same MVVM pattern that WPF has had success with (searc... |
312,947 | Is there a good Silverlight Design Architecture? | 2008/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/312947",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/40118/"
] | You could take a look at Rocky Lhotka's CSLA.NET for Silverlight - [CslaLight](http://www.lhotka.net/cslalight/Default.aspx) | Soon, Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Prism (though unlike the earlier answer), the Silverlight version of Prism is just a proof of concept. The PnP team hope to have a full release in the next couple of months. The prevailing story today is to use the same MVVM pattern that WPF has had success with (searc... |
38,898 | If I have a [Dire Fleet Hoarder](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDire%20Fleet%20Hoarder%5d) on the field that takes a point of damage can I cast [Siren's Ruse](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bSiren%27s%5d%2b%5bRuse%5d) to save it from dying? | 2017/10/26 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/38898",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/21919/"
] | **Yes you can save your creature, if you cast your spell at the right time.**
When you exile a creature and return it to the battlefield it becomes a new object (except in special cases) as per [the comprehensive rules](https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Zone):
>
> **400.7**: An object that moves from one zone to another bec... | It depends on specifically what you mean by "takes a point of damage".
If you mean that an opponent cast something like [Lightning Strike](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bLightning%20Strike%5d), then yes, you can respond to Lightning Strike while it is still on the stack, and cast [Sir... |
5,830,162 | Can somebody help me to see the values that are stored in a database non-programatically? Using file explorer and command prompt? | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5830162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/610919/"
] | 1. using command line
a) enter adb shell
b) cd to your app directory, database file will under databases folder
c) $sqlite3 yourdb\_name
d) ## now you should enter command mode
e) select \* from your\_tablename;
2. using ddms
a) using DDMS's file explorer
b) find the database file
c) copy databases to... | use [sqlitebrowser](http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net/) |
5,830,162 | Can somebody help me to see the values that are stored in a database non-programatically? Using file explorer and command prompt? | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5830162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/610919/"
] | 1. using command line
a) enter adb shell
b) cd to your app directory, database file will under databases folder
c) $sqlite3 yourdb\_name
d) ## now you should enter command mode
e) select \* from your\_tablename;
2. using ddms
a) using DDMS's file explorer
b) find the database file
c) copy databases to... | You can use the command line tool **sqlite3(.exe)** of the SQLite library.
Source: <http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite.html> |
5,830,162 | Can somebody help me to see the values that are stored in a database non-programatically? Using file explorer and command prompt? | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5830162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/610919/"
] | 1. using command line
a) enter adb shell
b) cd to your app directory, database file will under databases folder
c) $sqlite3 yourdb\_name
d) ## now you should enter command mode
e) select \* from your\_tablename;
2. using ddms
a) using DDMS's file explorer
b) find the database file
c) copy databases to... | download sqlite browser and browse your data and you can see its tables and its data [use this blog to learn more.](http://bhutiyagirish.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/browse-android-database/) |
5,830,162 | Can somebody help me to see the values that are stored in a database non-programatically? Using file explorer and command prompt? | 2011/04/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5830162",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/610919/"
] | 1. using command line
a) enter adb shell
b) cd to your app directory, database file will under databases folder
c) $sqlite3 yourdb\_name
d) ## now you should enter command mode
e) select \* from your\_tablename;
2. using ddms
a) using DDMS's file explorer
b) find the database file
c) copy databases to... | Is it possible to get the Database from the DDMS in eclipse?
I was searching in the data folder for the application and I didn't find it there. |
5,440 | I was working with the API and trying to paginate the results and I ran into an error which says 'Skip value must 5000 or less'. It would be nice if you guys could add this to your documentation because I had no idea that this limit was being imposed until I started to try and clean the data. Now I must go and download... | 2015/06/15 | [
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/5440",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/users/6767/"
] | Thanks for your note. The skip limit was, until recently, unbounded. Unfortunately, we found that queries with large skip values were overloading the servers. To ensure the service remained available for everyone, we introduced the skip limits.
We are currently investigating if we can support large skip values without... | Is this issue going to be resolved soon? Is there any workaround? I need to access data through multiple years which requires skip values over 5000, as the limit is only 100 for the API |
5,440 | I was working with the API and trying to paginate the results and I ran into an error which says 'Skip value must 5000 or less'. It would be nice if you guys could add this to your documentation because I had no idea that this limit was being imposed until I started to try and clean the data. Now I must go and download... | 2015/06/15 | [
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/5440",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/users/6767/"
] | Thanks for your note. The skip limit was, until recently, unbounded. Unfortunately, we found that queries with large skip values were overloading the servers. To ensure the service remained available for everyone, we introduced the skip limits.
We are currently investigating if we can support large skip values without... | A workaround would be to modify the searching strategy. For example, breaking down the data you wanted in accordance with a date range. |
5,440 | I was working with the API and trying to paginate the results and I ran into an error which says 'Skip value must 5000 or less'. It would be nice if you guys could add this to your documentation because I had no idea that this limit was being imposed until I started to try and clean the data. Now I must go and download... | 2015/06/15 | [
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/5440",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com",
"https://opendata.stackexchange.com/users/6767/"
] | A workaround would be to modify the searching strategy. For example, breaking down the data you wanted in accordance with a date range. | Is this issue going to be resolved soon? Is there any workaround? I need to access data through multiple years which requires skip values over 5000, as the limit is only 100 for the API |
17,097 | It's easy to browse a list of songs using home sharing and import all the songs that are "not in my library".
**Once that is done, is there an easy way to get the same playlist on the new library?**
There is no option to import a playlist. You can drag a playlist from another computer to one of yours. But that woul... | 2011/07/07 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/17097",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/5472/"
] | 1. Create a new playlist on your local machine with the same name as the one you would like to import.
2. Click on the library that you wish to import a playlist from over Home Sharing.
3. Expand the library by clicking on the arrow to the left of the name.
4. Expand the folder called Playlists from within the library.... | On the macbook i wanted the playlists imported to had file sharing set up as opposed to Home Sharng.
In iTunes i went to >file>library>import playlists then on the other mac i went to the >music>itunes> iTunes music library.xml file and imported it.
This imported all the playlists in 1 go, which is what i needed to ... |
109,761 | In the 5/15 minute scrum meeting the 3 questions are asked.
For the last question
"what impediments are getting in your way"
If a dev has problems - the xyz is going to have problems, this is likely going to draw the meeting out past 15 mins and could go into a hour long discussion.
Is it the scrum masters job to he... | 2010/05/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/109761",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6959/"
] | Remind everyone that the daily scrum meeting needs to be short, and ask them to briefly list their impediments during the meeting.
Then, if any impediments need a lot of discussion, schedule a meeting with those involved immediately after the scrum to discuss the details. Everyone else can get on with their day while ... | In our dailies, if someone says that he has a problem that may require a long time to investigate\ solve, the scrum master just refers to the relevant person (who can help), from\ outside of the scrum team, and suggests to close the issue out of the meeting. Dailies, as the scrum methodology, are intended for the WHOLE... |
109,761 | In the 5/15 minute scrum meeting the 3 questions are asked.
For the last question
"what impediments are getting in your way"
If a dev has problems - the xyz is going to have problems, this is likely going to draw the meeting out past 15 mins and could go into a hour long discussion.
Is it the scrum masters job to he... | 2010/05/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/109761",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6959/"
] | Remind everyone that the daily scrum meeting needs to be short, and ask them to briefly list their impediments during the meeting.
Then, if any impediments need a lot of discussion, schedule a meeting with those involved immediately after the scrum to discuss the details. Everyone else can get on with their day while ... | If the impediments can be resolved quickly (in a couple of min) - deal with it at the stand-up meeting, if it requires more time to resolve - park it and deal with it after the meeting in the order to priority.
Stand-ups should be time-boxed and kept under 15min in order to be effective for the whole scrum team. When... |
109,761 | In the 5/15 minute scrum meeting the 3 questions are asked.
For the last question
"what impediments are getting in your way"
If a dev has problems - the xyz is going to have problems, this is likely going to draw the meeting out past 15 mins and could go into a hour long discussion.
Is it the scrum masters job to he... | 2010/05/23 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/109761",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/6959/"
] | If the impediments can be resolved quickly (in a couple of min) - deal with it at the stand-up meeting, if it requires more time to resolve - park it and deal with it after the meeting in the order to priority.
Stand-ups should be time-boxed and kept under 15min in order to be effective for the whole scrum team. When... | In our dailies, if someone says that he has a problem that may require a long time to investigate\ solve, the scrum master just refers to the relevant person (who can help), from\ outside of the scrum team, and suggests to close the issue out of the meeting. Dailies, as the scrum methodology, are intended for the WHOLE... |
53,177 | I am trying to set up a development environment for our web server. I would like all emails that are relayed by the server go to a specific mailbox, regardless of who they were sent to. For example, some application on the server sends an email to shopper@yahoo.com. I want that email to go to devbox@mysite.com. Is that... | 2009/08/12 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/53177",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/16461/"
] | IIS' SMTP server isn't particularly bright. I'd recommend using a more intelligent mail server that you control perform the address munging and/or forwarding to a specific address, and having IIS' SMTP server "smart host" to it.
The "more intelligent" mail server need not be a normal mail MTA application; a simple scr... | If you want a custom server option you might look at [hMailServer](http://www.hmailserver.com/) as well (free and easy to use) |
4,983 | My (maybe wrong) impression is that while probability is widely used in science (for example, in statistical mechanics), it is rarely seen in pure mathematics. Which leads me to the question -
**Are there some interesting application of Probability Theory in pure mathematics, outside Probability Theory itself?** | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4983",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/766/"
] | The topic of Probabilistic Combinatorics. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic_method>
This is a powerful way of giving non-constuctive existence proofs for lots of different (finite) mathematical structures and determining their properties.
I found this the highlight of all my undergraduate probability c... | In addition to examples, the overall "gestalt" answer to the question is: probability is used everywhere in mathematics. It is a basic idea on the level of algorithm, algebraic structure, geometry, calculus, or other very ubiquitous things. It has become a very popular source of questions and intuitions in research, in... |
4,983 | My (maybe wrong) impression is that while probability is widely used in science (for example, in statistical mechanics), it is rarely seen in pure mathematics. Which leads me to the question -
**Are there some interesting application of Probability Theory in pure mathematics, outside Probability Theory itself?** | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4983",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
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] | The [Erdős–Kac theorem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Kac_theorem) shows that the (log of the log of the) prime factors of a number are Poisson/normally distributed. | You may find some interesting examples on this MathOverFlow thread:
<https://mathoverflow.net/questions/9218/probabilistic-proofs-of-analytic-facts> |
4,983 | My (maybe wrong) impression is that while probability is widely used in science (for example, in statistical mechanics), it is rarely seen in pure mathematics. Which leads me to the question -
**Are there some interesting application of Probability Theory in pure mathematics, outside Probability Theory itself?** | 2010/09/19 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4983",
"https://math.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.stackexchange.com/users/766/"
] | One of my favorite examples is a proof of the Weierstrass approximation theorem, the fact that polynomials are dense in the space of continuous functions over an interval.
I like the proof because it's elementary and the conclusion comes as a surprise. | In addition to examples, the overall "gestalt" answer to the question is: probability is used everywhere in mathematics. It is a basic idea on the level of algorithm, algebraic structure, geometry, calculus, or other very ubiquitous things. It has become a very popular source of questions and intuitions in research, in... |
3,679,361 | I need to know how to join two tables together with their timestamps. The timestamps differ consistently by 1.8 seconds every time and there is a data entry every half hour. any ideas? | 2010/09/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3679361",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/323332/"
] | Direct show will do exactly what you need through the ICaptureGraphBuilder
For a C# wrapper, see:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/directshownet/> | I have used this [VideoTexture Class](http://www.codeproject.com/KB/game/VidTextureClassWebcamApp.aspx) before with success and would recommend you to use it. It gives you the current state as `Texture2D`, which is easily renderable and should be reasonable to convert to an avi. If you are using Windows Vista or 7 you ... |
6,646,835 | I have a set of mysql data that i want to share to a friend using asp.net.
My question is what is the best way for me to share some tables. He can read only the datas.
Thanks in advance. | 2011/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6646835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723335/"
] | you can simply give access to mysql db | Just create another account that can access the database and give the account limited access rights. So he will only be able to read the data and not edit the data. But using asp you can create a website of sorts that displays the data to your friend in a easy to read format. But personally I am a php fan |
6,646,835 | I have a set of mysql data that i want to share to a friend using asp.net.
My question is what is the best way for me to share some tables. He can read only the datas.
Thanks in advance. | 2011/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6646835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723335/"
] | you can simply give access to mysql db | You may create View of the tables for which you want other application to allow. |
6,646,835 | I have a set of mysql data that i want to share to a friend using asp.net.
My question is what is the best way for me to share some tables. He can read only the datas.
Thanks in advance. | 2011/07/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/6646835",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/723335/"
] | You may create View of the tables for which you want other application to allow. | Just create another account that can access the database and give the account limited access rights. So he will only be able to read the data and not edit the data. But using asp you can create a website of sorts that displays the data to your friend in a easy to read format. But personally I am a php fan |
169,271 | 1. I take my coffee with milk and sugar.
=) With milk and sugar, I take my coffee.
But
2. Today is the first day of the month.
=) Of the month, today is the first day.
3. He is the son of Bill.
=) Of Bill, he is the son.
I know Nb1 is correct, but inside Nb2 and Nb3 three there may be problem starting with prepo... | 2018/06/12 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/169271",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/19956/"
] | It's an abbreviated reference, to save having to say the same thing twice...
>
> Anglicanism was coined to describe *the common religious tradition* of these churches; as also [*(to describe) the common religious tradition]* of the Scottish Episcopal Church
>
>
> | **that** = relative (anaphoric) pronoun referring back to an earlier noun or noun-phrase
**as** = in the same way, similarly
**also** = in addition, as well, too
and also too that [i.e. *the common religious tradition*] of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Compare:
>
> This "Renaissance" of the Latin language (as al... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | I usually try the following, in order:
1) Check the mailing list or forums to see whether my bug is new, it's already on the tracker, or is fixed in a newer version/SVN/whatever
2) If the bug isn't known, ask about it in the mailing list. This is when you get told it's a feature, not a bug, and/or RTFM ;)
3) If the ... | If you have a good idea how to reproduce the bug, then writing a unit test exposing the bug would be a good starting point. (Often, open source projects already have large test suites).
The failing unit test is a good way to communicate the "bug" to the project maintainer. If it is not a bug but simply you who are usi... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | I usually try the following, in order:
1) Check the mailing list or forums to see whether my bug is new, it's already on the tracker, or is fixed in a newer version/SVN/whatever
2) If the bug isn't known, ask about it in the mailing list. This is when you get told it's a feature, not a bug, and/or RTFM ;)
3) If the ... | Write a clean test case, then submit it to the mailing list.
IME more often than not you find an error in your own code while writing the test case. |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | The great thing about OSS is that you have the source code!
So you can make the fix yourself, or hire someone to do it.
The important thing is to give back to the community and check in your fix! | Just because it hasn't been mentioned yet, give "[How To Ask Questions The Smart Way](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html)" a read. It has lots of invaluable advise on how to approach asking questions and asking for help from a development community. A lot of it boils down to: understand the way the comm... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | I usually try the following, in order:
1) Check the mailing list or forums to see whether my bug is new, it's already on the tracker, or is fixed in a newer version/SVN/whatever
2) If the bug isn't known, ask about it in the mailing list. This is when you get told it's a feature, not a bug, and/or RTFM ;)
3) If the ... | The great thing about OSS is that you have the source code!
So you can make the fix yourself, or hire someone to do it.
The important thing is to give back to the community and check in your fix! |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | The great thing about OSS is that you have the source code!
So you can make the fix yourself, or hire someone to do it.
The important thing is to give back to the community and check in your fix! | The most sensible way I have found, when you have an issue with a library and you don't have the skills to find the problem yourself, is to contact the maintainers. They know the code and will be grateful to find out about bugs, if that's what it is, or will point you in the direction of how to use the library correctl... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | If you have a good idea how to reproduce the bug, then writing a unit test exposing the bug would be a good starting point. (Often, open source projects already have large test suites).
The failing unit test is a good way to communicate the "bug" to the project maintainer. If it is not a bug but simply you who are usi... | Write a clean test case, then submit it to the mailing list.
IME more often than not you find an error in your own code while writing the test case. |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | The most sensible way I have found, when you have an issue with a library and you don't have the skills to find the problem yourself, is to contact the maintainers. They know the code and will be grateful to find out about bugs, if that's what it is, or will point you in the direction of how to use the library correctl... | Write a clean test case, then submit it to the mailing list.
IME more often than not you find an error in your own code while writing the test case. |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | The most sensible way I have found, when you have an issue with a library and you don't have the skills to find the problem yourself, is to contact the maintainers. They know the code and will be grateful to find out about bugs, if that's what it is, or will point you in the direction of how to use the library correctl... | Just because it hasn't been mentioned yet, give "[How To Ask Questions The Smart Way](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html)" a read. It has lots of invaluable advise on how to approach asking questions and asking for help from a development community. A lot of it boils down to: understand the way the comm... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | If you have a good idea how to reproduce the bug, then writing a unit test exposing the bug would be a good starting point. (Often, open source projects already have large test suites).
The failing unit test is a good way to communicate the "bug" to the project maintainer. If it is not a bug but simply you who are usi... | Just because it hasn't been mentioned yet, give "[How To Ask Questions The Smart Way](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html)" a read. It has lots of invaluable advise on how to approach asking questions and asking for help from a development community. A lot of it boils down to: understand the way the comm... |
40,488 | We are using some open source libraries in our projects. Sometimes there are some issues found in some of them (most likely library bugs, but it may also be a wrong usage from our side, especially when sometimes documentation is not exactly 100 % complete). As the libraries are often quite complex, debugging them to pi... | 2011/01/27 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40488",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/1502/"
] | The great thing about OSS is that you have the source code!
So you can make the fix yourself, or hire someone to do it.
The important thing is to give back to the community and check in your fix! | Write a clean test case, then submit it to the mailing list.
IME more often than not you find an error in your own code while writing the test case. |
43,463 | I want to set up a wireless network over two floors at the department, which will need several devices. The unversity provides several end-points, so to maximize speed I thought that I would place a wireless router each with their own IP address at strategical points, so each will only handle the traffic actually going... | 2017/08/22 | [
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/43463",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/users/39098/"
] | The APs should be on different channels to avoid interference. If there are other APs in the building, try to minimize co-channel interference by selecting unused channels (if possible).
You can use the same SSID, which will make roaming a little easier.
I'm assuming you're using access points and not routers, so the... | Controller Based:
If these users require same privileges yes you can use same SSID this will minimize interference (the more SSIDs you broadcast the more they interfere with each other). Additionally it makes roaming easier as they will not need to reconnect to a different SSID. This strategy also enables you to pull t... |
22,577 | I so far brew beer using two different beer brewing kits. One required adding honey, the other sugar, for the bottling.
First of all - isn't this breaking the reinheitsgebot? As a German I feel obliged to it.
Shouldn't the dextrose produced during mashing be sufficient for sweetness?
Then again I read that the sugar... | 2018/02/27 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/22577",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/16084/"
] | Yes. Priming with sugar would break the reinheitsgeboten.
The way you want to go is to retain unfermented mash and add it when bottling takes place.
There's a really handy calculator right here: <https://www.brewersfriend.com/gyle-and-krausen-priming-calculator/> | The easiest way to not break the Reinheitsgebot rules is to use malt extract. Either liquid or dried. Simple as that. Many people do this and most homebrew books have a way to calculate the amounts. Malt extract is derived solely from malt sugars. Therefore, in essence it is barley and water and then dehydrated. So all... |
22,577 | I so far brew beer using two different beer brewing kits. One required adding honey, the other sugar, for the bottling.
First of all - isn't this breaking the reinheitsgebot? As a German I feel obliged to it.
Shouldn't the dextrose produced during mashing be sufficient for sweetness?
Then again I read that the sugar... | 2018/02/27 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/22577",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/16084/"
] | Yes. Priming with sugar would break the reinheitsgeboten.
The way you want to go is to retain unfermented mash and add it when bottling takes place.
There's a really handy calculator right here: <https://www.brewersfriend.com/gyle-and-krausen-priming-calculator/> | Take a portion of wort and prime with this. This is how almost all German brewers who do not force carbonate prime. To comply with Reinheitsgebot the forced carbonation must be done with CO2 recovered from the brewing process.
They don't store wort for long periods of time, but ensure they brew on bottling day and mix... |
22,577 | I so far brew beer using two different beer brewing kits. One required adding honey, the other sugar, for the bottling.
First of all - isn't this breaking the reinheitsgebot? As a German I feel obliged to it.
Shouldn't the dextrose produced during mashing be sufficient for sweetness?
Then again I read that the sugar... | 2018/02/27 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/22577",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/16084/"
] | Yes. Priming with sugar would break the reinheitsgeboten.
The way you want to go is to retain unfermented mash and add it when bottling takes place.
There's a really handy calculator right here: <https://www.brewersfriend.com/gyle-and-krausen-priming-calculator/> | As a German I don't get the hype about the Reinheitsgebot. I think it was a nice invention back then and sure is a good marketing thing nowadays. You should read into why the Reinheitsgebot was originally introduced and think about its relevance in present days. I personally just like a good flavoured beer and am open ... |
22,577 | I so far brew beer using two different beer brewing kits. One required adding honey, the other sugar, for the bottling.
First of all - isn't this breaking the reinheitsgebot? As a German I feel obliged to it.
Shouldn't the dextrose produced during mashing be sufficient for sweetness?
Then again I read that the sugar... | 2018/02/27 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/22577",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/16084/"
] | The easiest way to not break the Reinheitsgebot rules is to use malt extract. Either liquid or dried. Simple as that. Many people do this and most homebrew books have a way to calculate the amounts. Malt extract is derived solely from malt sugars. Therefore, in essence it is barley and water and then dehydrated. So all... | Take a portion of wort and prime with this. This is how almost all German brewers who do not force carbonate prime. To comply with Reinheitsgebot the forced carbonation must be done with CO2 recovered from the brewing process.
They don't store wort for long periods of time, but ensure they brew on bottling day and mix... |
22,577 | I so far brew beer using two different beer brewing kits. One required adding honey, the other sugar, for the bottling.
First of all - isn't this breaking the reinheitsgebot? As a German I feel obliged to it.
Shouldn't the dextrose produced during mashing be sufficient for sweetness?
Then again I read that the sugar... | 2018/02/27 | [
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/questions/22577",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com",
"https://homebrew.stackexchange.com/users/16084/"
] | The easiest way to not break the Reinheitsgebot rules is to use malt extract. Either liquid or dried. Simple as that. Many people do this and most homebrew books have a way to calculate the amounts. Malt extract is derived solely from malt sugars. Therefore, in essence it is barley and water and then dehydrated. So all... | As a German I don't get the hype about the Reinheitsgebot. I think it was a nice invention back then and sure is a good marketing thing nowadays. You should read into why the Reinheitsgebot was originally introduced and think about its relevance in present days. I personally just like a good flavoured beer and am open ... |
543,561 | If you set up a table's column to be a computed column whose Formula calls a Function, it becomes a pain to change that underlying Function. With every change, you have to find every single column whose Formula that references the Function, remove the reference, save the Table, alter the Function, add everything back, ... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/543561",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61332/"
] | Sorry for this late answer, but it can be useful.
You can use a dummy function for each computed column that will call your real function.
>
> Example:
>
> The computed column use the formula: dbo.link\_comp('123')
>
> This function forward the arguments and calls and return the function dbo.link('123') (You... | The consequences of the ALTER could be huge.
Have you indexed the columns? Used it in a view with schemabinding? Persisted it? Foreign key relationship to it?
What if the ALTER changes the datatype, NULLability or determinism?
It's easier to stop ALTER FUNCTION with dependencies than deal with so many scenarios. |
543,561 | If you set up a table's column to be a computed column whose Formula calls a Function, it becomes a pain to change that underlying Function. With every change, you have to find every single column whose Formula that references the Function, remove the reference, save the Table, alter the Function, add everything back, ... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/543561",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61332/"
] | No, as far as I know, you cannot do this - you'll have to first remove all computed columns referencing a function, alter the function, and then recreate the computed columns.
Maybe MS will give us a "CREATE OR ALTER FUNCTION" command in SQL Server 2010/2011? :-)
Marc | You could change the column to be not-computed, and update it by TRIGGER.
Or you could rename the table to something else, drop the computed column, and create a VIEW in place of the original table (i.e. with the original table name) and including the "computed" column you need.
EDIT: note that this may mess with you... |
543,561 | If you set up a table's column to be a computed column whose Formula calls a Function, it becomes a pain to change that underlying Function. With every change, you have to find every single column whose Formula that references the Function, remove the reference, save the Table, alter the Function, add everything back, ... | 2009/02/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/543561",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/61332/"
] | No, as far as I know, you cannot do this - you'll have to first remove all computed columns referencing a function, alter the function, and then recreate the computed columns.
Maybe MS will give us a "CREATE OR ALTER FUNCTION" command in SQL Server 2010/2011? :-)
Marc | The consequences of the ALTER could be huge.
Have you indexed the columns? Used it in a view with schemabinding? Persisted it? Foreign key relationship to it?
What if the ALTER changes the datatype, NULLability or determinism?
It's easier to stop ALTER FUNCTION with dependencies than deal with so many scenarios. |
112,406 | Do I need to create tablespace and also add all datafiles before importing a schema using datapump? Or does impdp add all data files itself first and then unloads data into it? | 2015/08/27 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/112406",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com",
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/users/73736/"
] | `impdp` is able to create the tablespaces. You can even change the location of the datafiles if needed. Check [the documentation](http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/dp_import.htm) for more information since there are many parameters with this tool (**REMAP\_DATAFILES** and **REUSE\_DATAFILES** for ex... | You need to do the following:
* User is created (create user blah identified by blah:)
* Create the tablespace (create tablespace blah...)
* Put dmp file in dmp directly (usually installation home directly/admin/dpdump) unless you create your own then you'll need to go into sqlplus and create the directory object and ... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | Some thoughts and references can be found here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Philosophical_issues>
Practically, of course, we have no idea how to do this at this point. Philosophers have investigated questions of [personal identity](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/) -- if you upl... | According to the Hindu text Shvetashvatara Upanishad:
>
> God, who is one only, is hidden in all beings. He is all-pervading,
> and is the inner self of all creatures. He presides over all actions,
> and all beings reside in Him. He is the witness, and He is the Pure
> Consciousness
>
>
>
According to this you... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | Some thoughts and references can be found here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Philosophical_issues>
Practically, of course, we have no idea how to do this at this point. Philosophers have investigated questions of [personal identity](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/) -- if you upl... | Renee's answer has some interesting data points to consider. One in particular that I think is notable to point out would be number 7:
>
> 7. third person cameras create an "out of body" experience a long with a sense of being "sucked back in" when ending the session, so moving our point-of-view is not the challenge,... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | If consciousness is simply an artefact of the brain, then we only need to recreate a suitable environment for ourselves. We know:
1. the brain can transfer control from one side to the other in cases of brain injury; this isn't easy, it takes a lot of retraining
2. the brain is capable of learning how to control extra... | According to the Hindu text Shvetashvatara Upanishad:
>
> God, who is one only, is hidden in all beings. He is all-pervading,
> and is the inner self of all creatures. He presides over all actions,
> and all beings reside in Him. He is the witness, and He is the Pure
> Consciousness
>
>
>
According to this you... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | If consciousness is simply an artefact of the brain, then we only need to recreate a suitable environment for ourselves. We know:
1. the brain can transfer control from one side to the other in cases of brain injury; this isn't easy, it takes a lot of retraining
2. the brain is capable of learning how to control extra... | Renee's answer has some interesting data points to consider. One in particular that I think is notable to point out would be number 7:
>
> 7. third person cameras create an "out of body" experience a long with a sense of being "sucked back in" when ending the session, so moving our point-of-view is not the challenge,... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | I remember Leibnitz once particularly talked about this in one of his philosophy books (forget the book name, maybe Monadology). He said something like if consciousness can be made up of mechanical parts, then try imagine to enlarge this machine proportionally until you can locate where is the part to know "I". I never... | My thought is that it would be difficult to transfer consciousness to a machine before we know what it is and how it arises. Not one person who speculates this transfer is possible knows this. |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | Renee's answer has some interesting data points to consider. One in particular that I think is notable to point out would be number 7:
>
> 7. third person cameras create an "out of body" experience a long with a sense of being "sucked back in" when ending the session, so moving our point-of-view is not the challenge,... | My thought is that it would be difficult to transfer consciousness to a machine before we know what it is and how it arises. Not one person who speculates this transfer is possible knows this. |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | Some thoughts and references can be found here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Philosophical_issues>
Practically, of course, we have no idea how to do this at this point. Philosophers have investigated questions of [personal identity](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/) -- if you upl... | I remember Leibnitz once particularly talked about this in one of his philosophy books (forget the book name, maybe Monadology). He said something like if consciousness can be made up of mechanical parts, then try imagine to enlarge this machine proportionally until you can locate where is the part to know "I". I never... |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | If consciousness is simply an artefact of the brain, then we only need to recreate a suitable environment for ourselves. We know:
1. the brain can transfer control from one side to the other in cases of brain injury; this isn't easy, it takes a lot of retraining
2. the brain is capable of learning how to control extra... | My thought is that it would be difficult to transfer consciousness to a machine before we know what it is and how it arises. Not one person who speculates this transfer is possible knows this. |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | Some thoughts and references can be found here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading#Philosophical_issues>
Practically, of course, we have no idea how to do this at this point. Philosophers have investigated questions of [personal identity](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/) -- if you upl... | My thought is that it would be difficult to transfer consciousness to a machine before we know what it is and how it arises. Not one person who speculates this transfer is possible knows this. |
65,362 | What are some views on the ability to transfer consciousness into a machine? So when discussing this question, there are two set of questions that arises. What is consciousness, is it something that arises from the brain or the soul? The second set of question relates to the question of whether the consciousness of a h... | 2019/08/19 | [
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/65362",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com",
"https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/users/40864/"
] | According to the Hindu text Shvetashvatara Upanishad:
>
> God, who is one only, is hidden in all beings. He is all-pervading,
> and is the inner self of all creatures. He presides over all actions,
> and all beings reside in Him. He is the witness, and He is the Pure
> Consciousness
>
>
>
According to this you... | My thought is that it would be difficult to transfer consciousness to a machine before we know what it is and how it arises. Not one person who speculates this transfer is possible knows this. |
70,434 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rrXc0.jpg)
[Photo](https://web.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2735178159834212&set=g.1408822416108586&type=1&theater&ifg=1).
What is the reason for making the empennage of this Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation's desig... | 2019/10/07 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/70434",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/34998/"
] | Complicated is a matter of opinion and I wont address that specifically since its somewhat subjective. But the core of the question is "why did the L-1049E have 3 tails" which is a legitimate question for this site.
The design was to [allow the aircraft to fit in hangars of the time](https://www.airvectors.net/avconn... | Food for thought: perhaps the design of the Constellation's tail was inherited -- aesthetically if not engineering-wise-- from the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, where the position of the two vertical fins was selected to put them in the optimal position relative to the propwash from the two engines. Even on the P-38, it see... |
30,388,971 | I need in simple ANSI SQL parser and am looking for some instant solution. Does antlr have SQL grammar out of the box or should I write it on my own from scratch? | 2015/05/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/30388971",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2786156/"
] | Here is an SQLite grammar for ANTLR4
<https://github.com/antlr/grammars-v4/blob/master/sqlite/SQLite.g4> | Have a look at this site. It has a java solution
<http://jsqlparser.sourceforge.net/home.php>
Johan |
755,213 | My company maintains two SVN repositories, Repository 1 and Repository 2:
1. This repository has multiple projects in it, and is only accessed by the developers within the company. Access is through HTTPS and authentication is through the Windows domain.
2. This repository has a single project in it, and is accessed b... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/755213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68283/"
] | If SVN externals would work, but the only stumbling block is access rights, then why not make a clone of the repository and point the externals to that?
SVN now has good support for mirroring:
<https://www.opends.org/wiki/page/MirroringASubversionRepository>
You can lock down the mirror repository using any authenti... | Do you need to have the external developers change the code in the folder in repository 2, if not you may not need to use SVN at all.
In general, having two repositories with SVN with the same code in is going to be confusing.
Other options
* If you need the external developers
to edit the files in repository 2,
c... |
755,213 | My company maintains two SVN repositories, Repository 1 and Repository 2:
1. This repository has multiple projects in it, and is only accessed by the developers within the company. Access is through HTTPS and authentication is through the Windows domain.
2. This repository has a single project in it, and is accessed b... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/755213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68283/"
] | I see you need to make changes from both repositories.
You might be able to use the same svnsync idea to build a [write-through proxy](http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.5.html#webdav-proxy).
Using this, the mirror repository passes write requests back to the master proxy. Now I'm not sure at this poin... | Do you need to have the external developers change the code in the folder in repository 2, if not you may not need to use SVN at all.
In general, having two repositories with SVN with the same code in is going to be confusing.
Other options
* If you need the external developers
to edit the files in repository 2,
c... |
755,213 | My company maintains two SVN repositories, Repository 1 and Repository 2:
1. This repository has multiple projects in it, and is only accessed by the developers within the company. Access is through HTTPS and authentication is through the Windows domain.
2. This repository has a single project in it, and is accessed b... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/755213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68283/"
] | If SVN externals would work, but the only stumbling block is access rights, then why not make a clone of the repository and point the externals to that?
SVN now has good support for mirroring:
<https://www.opends.org/wiki/page/MirroringASubversionRepository>
You can lock down the mirror repository using any authenti... | There is [SVNReplicate](https://open.datacore.ch/DCwiki.open/Wiki.jsp?page=SVNreplicate), which maybe could be customized to work with a single project, but this seems a case where a [distributed VCS](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dvcs) should be more appropiate. |
755,213 | My company maintains two SVN repositories, Repository 1 and Repository 2:
1. This repository has multiple projects in it, and is only accessed by the developers within the company. Access is through HTTPS and authentication is through the Windows domain.
2. This repository has a single project in it, and is accessed b... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/755213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68283/"
] | If SVN externals would work, but the only stumbling block is access rights, then why not make a clone of the repository and point the externals to that?
SVN now has good support for mirroring:
<https://www.opends.org/wiki/page/MirroringASubversionRepository>
You can lock down the mirror repository using any authenti... | I see you need to make changes from both repositories.
You might be able to use the same svnsync idea to build a [write-through proxy](http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.5.html#webdav-proxy).
Using this, the mirror repository passes write requests back to the master proxy. Now I'm not sure at this poin... |
755,213 | My company maintains two SVN repositories, Repository 1 and Repository 2:
1. This repository has multiple projects in it, and is only accessed by the developers within the company. Access is through HTTPS and authentication is through the Windows domain.
2. This repository has a single project in it, and is accessed b... | 2009/04/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/755213",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/68283/"
] | I see you need to make changes from both repositories.
You might be able to use the same svnsync idea to build a [write-through proxy](http://subversion.apache.org/docs/release-notes/1.5.html#webdav-proxy).
Using this, the mirror repository passes write requests back to the master proxy. Now I'm not sure at this poin... | There is [SVNReplicate](https://open.datacore.ch/DCwiki.open/Wiki.jsp?page=SVNreplicate), which maybe could be customized to work with a single project, but this seems a case where a [distributed VCS](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dvcs) should be more appropiate. |
12,392 | I have this wierd impact thing where I can flag and that stuff, what does the Impact mean?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gl6e2.png)
What does the 66 mean? | 2017/04/26 | [
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12392",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/186038/"
] | "Impact" is an approximate measure of the number of people who have viewed your questions and answers. In your case, around 66 people have viewed your questions, which corresponds to the total view count. | Hovering over the "Impact" (specifically the number of people reached) displays a tool tip telling you what it is:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HlGRK.png) |
1,293,016 | I work in field robotics and we have a central server keeps track of a whole heap of data to do with vehicle state, environment state, tasks, task grouping and so on. There are processes which deal with different parts of this data, and user interfaces which need to be updated when specific parts change.
What I want i... | 2009/08/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1293016",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/158334/"
] | You may want a [tuple space](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple_space). In java, there's [JavaSpaces](http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jini/javaspaces/), which is part of [Jini](http://www.jini.org/wiki/Main_Page). I don't know if it supports change notification out of the box, or if you'll have to add some kind of notif... | I probably would (sort of ab-)use [Apache ServiceMix](https://servicemix.apache.org/index.html) for this scenario. Using a message oriented middleware can only benefit your project.
Describing my solution from a very high level view:
The way I see it, when abstracting the problem a bit, we are talking of events that ... |
25,765 | If you are not aware, [London Gatwick](http://www.fly-sea.com/charts/EGKK.pdf) (aka EGKK) has a setup with a primary air carrier runway and a backup runway immediately next to it, such that only one runway can be used at a time.
The main runway 8R/26L (South) has full HIALS (ALSF-2 in FAA parlance) with CAT III ILS as... | 2016/03/03 | [
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/25765",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com",
"https://aviation.stackexchange.com/users/3825/"
] | You use circling minima for sidestep manoeuvres. While not commonly practiced, they may be requested by the pilot, have done so many times when LEMD (MAD) is in N config, saves 20min taxi-time... | After a lot of Googling, it looks to me like a side-step ILS approach is exclusively a US term and - at least practically speaking - it doesn't exist in the rest of the world. There are almost no relevant search hits for the term in other countries; Transport Canada [includes it in their glossary](https://www.tc.gc.ca/... |
76,812 | What factors determine which approach is more appropriate? | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/76812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/337/"
] | I agree with Orion, but I'm going to rephrase the decision process.
You have a noun and a verb / an object and an action.
* If many objects of this type will use this action, try to make the action part of the object.
* Otherwise, try to group the action separately, but with related actions.
I like the File / string... | Not nearly enough information here. It depends if your language even supports the construct "Thing.something" or equivalent (ie. it's an OO language). If so, it's far more appropriate because that's the OO paradigm (members should be associated with the object they act on). In a procedural style, of course, DoSomething... |
76,812 | What factors determine which approach is more appropriate? | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/76812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/337/"
] | I agree with Orion, but I'm going to rephrase the decision process.
You have a noun and a verb / an object and an action.
* If many objects of this type will use this action, try to make the action part of the object.
* Otherwise, try to group the action separately, but with related actions.
I like the File / string... | I have to agree with [Kevin Conner](https://stackoverflow.com/users/10906/kevin-conner)
Also keep in mind the caller of either of the 2 forms. The caller is probably a method of some other object that definitely does something to your Thing :) |
76,812 | What factors determine which approach is more appropriate? | 2008/09/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/76812",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/337/"
] | I agree with Orion, but I'm going to rephrase the decision process.
You have a noun and a verb / an object and an action.
* If many objects of this type will use this action, try to make the action part of the object.
* Otherwise, try to group the action separately, but with related actions.
I like the File / string... | DoSomethingToThing(Thing n) would be more of a functional approach whereas Thing.DoSomething() would be more of an object oriented approach. |
80,350 | We have a scenario where we require our users to enter in a six character hexadecimal serial number from an IOT device into a website textbox. Unfortunately, due to the form factor of the IOT device, the label that has the hexadecimal characters is only about 1'' wide by 3/4'' height. Also, this is a consumer device so... | 2015/06/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80350",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67569/"
] | Here are some recommendations:
* Monaco
* Courier
* Consolas
At smaller font sizes I would recommend turning anti-aliasing off for readability. Also, [this is a good reference](http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts) which shows the display of the fonts mentioned. | In general, when I go for sheer legibility and don't care about other font features, I go with [Source Sans Pro](https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Sans+Pro). It's clear, compact and works great on any size, so it's pretty common choice for your kind of tasks
Another good choice is [Droid](http://damieng.com... |
80,350 | We have a scenario where we require our users to enter in a six character hexadecimal serial number from an IOT device into a website textbox. Unfortunately, due to the form factor of the IOT device, the label that has the hexadecimal characters is only about 1'' wide by 3/4'' height. Also, this is a consumer device so... | 2015/06/18 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/80350",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/67569/"
] | Here are some recommendations:
* Monaco
* Courier
* Consolas
At smaller font sizes I would recommend turning anti-aliasing off for readability. Also, [this is a good reference](http://hivelogic.com/articles/top-10-programming-fonts) which shows the display of the fonts mentioned. | I have a similar situation, small labels with 16 digits that must be human readable. What I have done is used a fixed width font (Courier), I've split the numbers into groups like #### #### #### #### and also set the spacing between the letters to be a little wider than default. This is pretty readable even at 9pt font... |
103,556 | What lens should I purchase to take pictures of fast moving subjects at a distance, magnify them with crisp detail so to speak freeze them in action, and bring them close (as subjects for my drawings and paintings)?
I have an EOS Rebel T7i, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, and EF-S 55-250mm lenses.
I am an amateur photographer, I... | 2018/12/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/103556",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/80673/"
] | You can do perspective correction in PS, an easy way is for example via Camera Raw, or the Distort/Lens Correction filter.
Another method to retain straight verticals *while shooting* is to shoot with a wide FoV and keep your lens pointed horizontally. Your object will be in the lower part of the image,but you can cro... | On the software side, it can be corrected in [Photoshop](https://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/3-ways-fix-perspective-errors-photoshop-71412122). Lightroom even has a panel in the development module dedicated that. There is also software that only does the perspective corrections.
You have to take into account that when ... |
103,556 | What lens should I purchase to take pictures of fast moving subjects at a distance, magnify them with crisp detail so to speak freeze them in action, and bring them close (as subjects for my drawings and paintings)?
I have an EOS Rebel T7i, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, and EF-S 55-250mm lenses.
I am an amateur photographer, I... | 2018/12/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/103556",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/80673/"
] | You can do perspective correction in PS, an easy way is for example via Camera Raw, or the Distort/Lens Correction filter.
Another method to retain straight verticals *while shooting* is to shoot with a wide FoV and keep your lens pointed horizontally. Your object will be in the lower part of the image,but you can cro... | The expensive optical solution is to employ a [tilt-shift lens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt%E2%80%93shift_photography#Available_lenses). The advantage opposed to computational solutions is that you retain the full sensor resolution to work with. Whether this results in an actually higher resolution of the result... |
103,556 | What lens should I purchase to take pictures of fast moving subjects at a distance, magnify them with crisp detail so to speak freeze them in action, and bring them close (as subjects for my drawings and paintings)?
I have an EOS Rebel T7i, Canon EF-S 18-55mm, and EF-S 55-250mm lenses.
I am an amateur photographer, I... | 2018/12/15 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/103556",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/80673/"
] | On the software side, it can be corrected in [Photoshop](https://www.creativebloq.com/adobe/3-ways-fix-perspective-errors-photoshop-71412122). Lightroom even has a panel in the development module dedicated that. There is also software that only does the perspective corrections.
You have to take into account that when ... | The expensive optical solution is to employ a [tilt-shift lens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt%E2%80%93shift_photography#Available_lenses). The advantage opposed to computational solutions is that you retain the full sensor resolution to work with. Whether this results in an actually higher resolution of the result... |
25,066 | How can I add padding or margin easily when exporting drawing or selection to bitmap?
What I've been doing is changing the width and x, y values when exporting but it's a lot of work when exporting many selections one by one. | 2013/11/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/25066",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/7131/"
] | I simply mark the whole drawing, and resize the page to it, so that the page has the desired margin to the drawing. I nearly always use page format A4 landscape or A4 portrait with visible page border.
While bitmap exporting, I can easily choose between drawing, page or selection. | Draw a rectangle over the area you want to export. Make the rectangle have transparant fill. Select the rectangle and export the selection |
25,066 | How can I add padding or margin easily when exporting drawing or selection to bitmap?
What I've been doing is changing the width and x, y values when exporting but it's a lot of work when exporting many selections one by one. | 2013/11/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/25066",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/7131/"
] | I simply mark the whole drawing, and resize the page to it, so that the page has the desired margin to the drawing. I nearly always use page format A4 landscape or A4 portrait with visible page border.
While bitmap exporting, I can easily choose between drawing, page or selection. | If you want a border of, say, *100px* around your selection/document:
* add a reclangle, put its
+ position: 0, 0,
+ size: doc-width, doc-height,
+ fill: transparent, border: transparent
+ bodrer-size: *100px*
* select all (Ctrl+A)
* export selection |
25,066 | How can I add padding or margin easily when exporting drawing or selection to bitmap?
What I've been doing is changing the width and x, y values when exporting but it's a lot of work when exporting many selections one by one. | 2013/11/27 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/25066",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/7131/"
] | Draw a rectangle over the area you want to export. Make the rectangle have transparant fill. Select the rectangle and export the selection | If you want a border of, say, *100px* around your selection/document:
* add a reclangle, put its
+ position: 0, 0,
+ size: doc-width, doc-height,
+ fill: transparent, border: transparent
+ bodrer-size: *100px*
* select all (Ctrl+A)
* export selection |
91,010 | The dictionary explains this as:
>
> To show somebody that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
>
>
>
The explanation indicates the subject of the sentence is the one that offers help, but I think this one is also correct:
>
> I'll try it first, and if I can't handle it, I'll reach out to you fo... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/91010",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2796/"
] | The definition shown in your dictionary is unnecessarily narrow, which has led to your confusion. More broadly, "to reach out" means *to initiate contact with someone*, with the usual implication that the contact is helpful or beneficial.
For that reason, either the helper or the person requesting help can be said to ... | “Reach out” is just so much mindless business twaddle. There are lots of web pages excoriating its promulgators.
For example, John Smurf’s [MBA Jargon Watch](http://www.johnsmurf.com/jargon2.htm) defines it as follows:
>
> **reach out** (*v.*)
>
>
> To call or email. For this one, we can blame those old AT&T ads t... |
91,010 | The dictionary explains this as:
>
> To show somebody that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
>
>
>
The explanation indicates the subject of the sentence is the one that offers help, but I think this one is also correct:
>
> I'll try it first, and if I can't handle it, I'll reach out to you fo... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/91010",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2796/"
] | The definition shown in your dictionary is unnecessarily narrow, which has led to your confusion. More broadly, "to reach out" means *to initiate contact with someone*, with the usual implication that the contact is helpful or beneficial.
For that reason, either the helper or the person requesting help can be said to ... | Leaving aside the twaddleity of *reach out*, the matter of who is helping whom is resolved thus:
* *reach out **for** help* signifies “get in touch with in order to obtain help”
* *reach out **to** help* signifies “get in touch with in order to offer help”
* *thank you **for** reaching out* signifies “I feel gratitude... |
91,010 | The dictionary explains this as:
>
> To show somebody that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
>
>
>
The explanation indicates the subject of the sentence is the one that offers help, but I think this one is also correct:
>
> I'll try it first, and if I can't handle it, I'll reach out to you fo... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/91010",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2796/"
] | The definition shown in your dictionary is unnecessarily narrow, which has led to your confusion. More broadly, "to reach out" means *to initiate contact with someone*, with the usual implication that the contact is helpful or beneficial.
For that reason, either the helper or the person requesting help can be said to ... | Hard to tell what exactly he/she means without more of the context.
In general, I think when someone says "Thanks for reaching out to me", they are both taking it as a compliment that you would consult their help (when you are obviously working on something or in the process of doing or researching something), and sim... |
91,010 | The dictionary explains this as:
>
> To show somebody that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
>
>
>
The explanation indicates the subject of the sentence is the one that offers help, but I think this one is also correct:
>
> I'll try it first, and if I can't handle it, I'll reach out to you fo... | 2012/11/12 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/91010",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/2796/"
] | “Reach out” is just so much mindless business twaddle. There are lots of web pages excoriating its promulgators.
For example, John Smurf’s [MBA Jargon Watch](http://www.johnsmurf.com/jargon2.htm) defines it as follows:
>
> **reach out** (*v.*)
>
>
> To call or email. For this one, we can blame those old AT&T ads t... | Leaving aside the twaddleity of *reach out*, the matter of who is helping whom is resolved thus:
* *reach out **for** help* signifies “get in touch with in order to obtain help”
* *reach out **to** help* signifies “get in touch with in order to offer help”
* *thank you **for** reaching out* signifies “I feel gratitude... |
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