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62,606 | I read somewhere that you need to be careful of your laugh because when you laugh too loud shaytan laugh with you. Is it true? | 2020/09/04 | [
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] | Imam Sadiq said "laughing loudly is from satan" (القهقهة من الشیطان). But it is an ethical advice and it does not mean that loud laughing is haram.
**Ref:** [Al-Kafi 2/663](https://ar.lib.eshia.ir/11005/2/664/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87%D9%82%D9%87%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86) | I'd say that laughing evilly, is evil. Whereas good humoured laughter is *halal* whether it is quiet or loud.
It's a question of taking into a persons character and it's always true in Islam that we must take that into account. After all, this is where the Whisperer slips in, into his heart, and then makes himself man... |
9,418 | I've done a series of chroma key shots of some co-workers for our website and generally everything came out great, except one of our guys is bald and, well, the green is reflecting onto his head. So, the question is, does anyone know of a good way to remove this sort of highlight in post-processing? I'm using Photoshop... | 2011/03/04 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/9418",
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] | There's probably several different ways to skin this cat (there always are in Photoshop), and it's be easier to give specific input if there was a picture to look at, but in general I'd probably tackle the problem with something like this:
1. Create a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer
2. Modify the layer mask such that ... | I also am a make up artist and I say put a little face powder on his head to remove that shine. |
256,491 | I was going to replace an old 3 prong dryer receptacle with a new one. It being an old townhouse built in the late 60's I assumed there wouldn't be a ground wire, but when I took the outlet out I noticed there was a metal electrical box with with the 2 hots, neutral, and an extra bare copper wire. The copper wire is pi... | 2022/09/11 | [
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] | The ground wire coming off the cable must go to the metal box *first*. That's a Code requirement.
If it is competently attached to the metal box using a feature intended for that purpose, you're all set there.
The new receptacle can pick up ground from the metal box one of three ways:
* If the mud ring is clean bare... | There should be (almost always is) a 10-32 **threaded** hole somewhere in the box. Normally it's the smallest hole. In newer boxes it's often in a "hump," which provides screw clearance if mounted to a hard surface, and makes it easier to find, but in old boxes, usually not.
If not, you can get self-threading groundin... |
256,491 | I was going to replace an old 3 prong dryer receptacle with a new one. It being an old townhouse built in the late 60's I assumed there wouldn't be a ground wire, but when I took the outlet out I noticed there was a metal electrical box with with the 2 hots, neutral, and an extra bare copper wire. The copper wire is pi... | 2022/09/11 | [
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/256491",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com",
"https://diy.stackexchange.com/users/156467/"
] | The ground wire coming off the cable must go to the metal box *first*. That's a Code requirement.
If it is competently attached to the metal box using a feature intended for that purpose, you're all set there.
The new receptacle can pick up ground from the metal box one of three ways:
* If the mud ring is clean bare... | You may have a 4" wide box under the visible mud ring. Sample photo of 1 device mud ring which may be what you have:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9vTm1.png)
Sample photo of 2 device mud ring replacement which would give you more room to work with, bu... |
56,858 | I have design this database diagram to real estate property management just I want to see if I get it right especially the relation between properties and finances because I made it one(property) to many(finances"bank loans")? | 2014/01/15 | [
"https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/56858",
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] | Properties can be resold multiple times, refinanced multiple times, have multiple loans/cash financing options per, be sublet/subdivided, have to follow government reporting requirements for all of that, etc. You need a thorough understanding of the business and proper specifications; the fact that you asked the questi... | your diagram looks good, I assume that you are going to expand on the tables that you have as you develop this diagram more.
I would pull out the Purchase information into their own table.
also addresses should be their own table as well that way you don't duplicate data when a user moves into a property. you can ju... |
929,819 | How do recursive ascent parsers work? I have written a recursive *descent* parser myself but I don't understand LR parsers all that well. What I [found on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_ascent_parser) has only added to my confusion.
Another question is why recursive ascent parsers aren't used more t... | 2009/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/929819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | The clasical [dragon book](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321486811) explains very well how LR parsers work. There is also [Parsing Techniques. A Practical Guide.](http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/PTAPG.html) where you can read about them, if I remember well. The article in wikipedia (at least the introduction... | I'm personally having a hard time understanding how a function call can be faster -- much less "significantly faster" than a table lookup. And I suspect that even "significantly faster" is insignificant when compared to everything else that a lexer/parser has to do (primarily reading and tokenizing the file). I looked ... |
929,819 | How do recursive ascent parsers work? I have written a recursive *descent* parser myself but I don't understand LR parsers all that well. What I [found on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_ascent_parser) has only added to my confusion.
Another question is why recursive ascent parsers aren't used more t... | 2009/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/929819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17500/"
] | I'm personally having a hard time understanding how a function call can be faster -- much less "significantly faster" than a table lookup. And I suspect that even "significantly faster" is insignificant when compared to everything else that a lexer/parser has to do (primarily reading and tokenizing the file). I looked ... | The Wikipedia article on recursive *ascent* parsing references what appears to be the original paper on the topic ("Very Fast LR Parsing"). Skimming that paper cleared a few things up for me. Things I noticed:
1. The paper talks about generating assembly code. I wonder if you can do the same things they do if you're g... |
929,819 | How do recursive ascent parsers work? I have written a recursive *descent* parser myself but I don't understand LR parsers all that well. What I [found on Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_ascent_parser) has only added to my confusion.
Another question is why recursive ascent parsers aren't used more t... | 2009/05/30 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/929819",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/17500/"
] | The clasical [dragon book](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0321486811) explains very well how LR parsers work. There is also [Parsing Techniques. A Practical Guide.](http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/PTAPG.html) where you can read about them, if I remember well. The article in wikipedia (at least the introduction... | The Wikipedia article on recursive *ascent* parsing references what appears to be the original paper on the topic ("Very Fast LR Parsing"). Skimming that paper cleared a few things up for me. Things I noticed:
1. The paper talks about generating assembly code. I wonder if you can do the same things they do if you're g... |
5,366 | Stage races in cycling are interesting because they typically have multiple competitions inside one race. You have the general classification (usually seen as the most important one), and then there are numerous other classifications such as *points classification*, *intermediate sprints classification*, *mountains cla... | 2014/07/21 | [
"https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/5366",
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] | Few weeks ago I did some research for the question [Why does not Vuelta have young rider jersey?](https://sports.stackexchange.com/q/14288/11439). For that, I found an [interview with La Vuelta's general director Javier Guillén](http://www.ciclismoafondo.es/competicion/entrevistas/articulo/Entrevista-a-Javier-Guillen-d... | I think that it has to do with a historic reasons. Spanish riders were always trying to be the most complete rider. Hense their disire to win stage races and excel in those. They were lousy one-day riders. (e.g. The first Spanish World Champion was Olano in 1995). So I think that the persuit of being the most complete ... |
3,995,243 | I've a .Net 3.5 windows application.One of the modules uses a Oracle stored proc which returns a recordset to the C# client.
I just want to know which one is a better approach among the following two[wrt. code-readability and performance.]:
1.If I write a multiple CASE statement in the stored proc(SP) itself, then th... | 2010/10/22 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3995243",
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] | It is bad policy to have a database stored procedure return too much data and then have a middle tier/client-side process winnow out the chaff. Not just because that process will punish the user by taking longer than filtering the result set in the database, but it will unnecessarily consume resources (network bandwidt... | It depends on the server load and security policy.
I prefer 1), but if you need to have a really available sql server you should prefer 2) in order to light the sql server load. |
347,719 | Imagine a .NET application designed using a Layered architecture.
Is it possible to use something like the [trusted subsystem](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480587.aspx) pattern when deploying all layers of an application to the same machine?
Is this design insecure by default? | 2008/12/07 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/347719",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
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] | It depends on how you're using the system and how your layers are deployed.
Let's say you have a machine where SQL Server is running in under one user account, your service layer is under another service account, and your users log in using a third account (without admin access, of course). Say the middle tier accoun... | If all layers are deployed in the same process, then I'd say almost by definition you aren't using the trusted subsystem model.
You could (at least in theory) deploy different layers to the same physical machine while still using the trusted subsystem model, but of course it would be harder to guarantee the security o... |
71,896 | Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this \_\_\_\_".
I was wondering which of the following terms are appropriate to fill the gap: paper, thesis, text, work. | 2016/06/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/71896",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's not a paper because this term usually denotes journal articles.
You can use the term *thesis* or the more generic *work*, instead. | ***Thesis*** and ***work*** are widely used terms. I would use *thesis* to refer to the text itself, and *work* to refer to the actual work that has been done, prior to the writing, which is reported in the thesis; e.g. the experiments, implementation, process, etc.
***Text*** would also be correct but I have not enco... |
71,896 | Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this \_\_\_\_".
I was wondering which of the following terms are appropriate to fill the gap: paper, thesis, text, work. | 2016/06/25 | [
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"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's not a paper because this term usually denotes journal articles.
You can use the term *thesis* or the more generic *work*, instead. | "document" seems to be a good general solution. |
71,896 | Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this \_\_\_\_".
I was wondering which of the following terms are appropriate to fill the gap: paper, thesis, text, work. | 2016/06/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/71896",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
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] | It's not a paper because this term usually denotes journal articles.
You can use the term *thesis* or the more generic *work*, instead. | I personally referred to mine as a study, or more specifically "the current study" (text or work would fit as well). This was you can avoid using the first person.
Examples:
* the aim of the current study was to...
* Smith *et al* demonstrated that.... which is in agreement with the findings of the current study
* R... |
71,896 | Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this \_\_\_\_".
I was wondering which of the following terms are appropriate to fill the gap: paper, thesis, text, work. | 2016/06/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/71896",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57202/"
] | ***Thesis*** and ***work*** are widely used terms. I would use *thesis* to refer to the text itself, and *work* to refer to the actual work that has been done, prior to the writing, which is reported in the thesis; e.g. the experiments, implementation, process, etc.
***Text*** would also be correct but I have not enco... | "document" seems to be a good general solution. |
71,896 | Occasionally I need to refer to my master's thesis itself in its text, e.g. in the sentence "These rules are sufficient to compute any differential in this \_\_\_\_".
I was wondering which of the following terms are appropriate to fill the gap: paper, thesis, text, work. | 2016/06/25 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/71896",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/57202/"
] | I personally referred to mine as a study, or more specifically "the current study" (text or work would fit as well). This was you can avoid using the first person.
Examples:
* the aim of the current study was to...
* Smith *et al* demonstrated that.... which is in agreement with the findings of the current study
* R... | "document" seems to be a good general solution. |
1,352,564 | I'd like to map from normalized device coordinates back to viewspace.
The other way arround works like this:
viewspace -> clip space : multiply the homogeneous coordinates by the projection matrix
clip space -> normalized device coordinates: divide the (x,y,z,w) by w
now in normalized device coordinates all coordin... | 2009/08/29 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1352564",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1/"
] | Unless you actually want to recover your clip space values for some reason you don't need to calculate the W. Multiply your NDC point by the inverse of the projection matrix and then divide by W to get back to view space. | The flow graph on the top, and the formulas described on the following page, might help you : <http://www.songho.ca/opengl/gl_transform.html> |
9,502 | I enjoy taking pictures for fun with my iPhone 3GS, but I've now reached a point where I would like to be able to zoom in a bit on my motives, and I don't like the digital zoom.
Now I've seen that it is possible to buy small zoom lenses (so I can have them in my pocket all the time) that can be attached to the iPhone ... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/9502",
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] | I don't have the lens, but as some comments above say - their sample images are quite telling.
1. Their very best pictures they chose to share as sample images are quite blurry and on a real camera would probably be tossed as unusable. (As best you can tell from their image sizes).
2. They show using a tripod and that... | Part of learning about photography is learning to recognize and exploit the strengths and weaknesses of different cameras. The iPhone camera is very good for a phone, but **telephoto shots are not its strength**, and never will be. No accessory is going to change that.
I have three specific recommendations for you.
1... |
9,502 | I enjoy taking pictures for fun with my iPhone 3GS, but I've now reached a point where I would like to be able to zoom in a bit on my motives, and I don't like the digital zoom.
Now I've seen that it is possible to buy small zoom lenses (so I can have them in my pocket all the time) that can be attached to the iPhone ... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/9502",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
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] | I don't have the lens, but as some comments above say - their sample images are quite telling.
1. Their very best pictures they chose to share as sample images are quite blurry and on a real camera would probably be tossed as unusable. (As best you can tell from their image sizes).
2. They show using a tripod and that... | Here's maybe a slightly different viewpoint to the general consensus opinion of 'this is a bad idea':
Will adding a lens modifier- generally speaking a modifier of significantly lower quality than the lens itself- detract from the quality of a lenses optics? Yes. Absolutely. Your picture will never be as sharp or accu... |
9,502 | I enjoy taking pictures for fun with my iPhone 3GS, but I've now reached a point where I would like to be able to zoom in a bit on my motives, and I don't like the digital zoom.
Now I've seen that it is possible to buy small zoom lenses (so I can have them in my pocket all the time) that can be attached to the iPhone ... | 2011/03/06 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/9502",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/4181/"
] | Part of learning about photography is learning to recognize and exploit the strengths and weaknesses of different cameras. The iPhone camera is very good for a phone, but **telephoto shots are not its strength**, and never will be. No accessory is going to change that.
I have three specific recommendations for you.
1... | Here's maybe a slightly different viewpoint to the general consensus opinion of 'this is a bad idea':
Will adding a lens modifier- generally speaking a modifier of significantly lower quality than the lens itself- detract from the quality of a lenses optics? Yes. Absolutely. Your picture will never be as sharp or accu... |
67,537,339 | If the text is a clear directive and the cursor changes to a hand on mouseover, does that meet accessibility standards? Or does there have to be an actual visual change to the link itself? | 2021/05/14 | [
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] | It satisfies WCAG 2.1. It may not satisfy your own personal or organizational standards for accessibility. | The answer is clearly **no**.
IF the appearance of the link doesn't change,
* how can keyboard only users see that it is on focus ?
* more generally, how is it possible to see that the link is on focus when not using the mouse or on device that don't have a mouse (e.g. touch screen) ?
Clearly, if there is no obvious... |
50,583 | We have a NTFS file share on a Windows 2k3 server which we'd like to limit file creation size to be a specific size (~1 MB/file or less). Is it possible to set a limit like this? If so, how? I've been unable to find any information related to this specifically.
Thanks in advance,
Mark | 2009/08/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/50583",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | There's no built-in mechanism in any version of Windows Server to do what you're describing. The quota functionality only deals with the total size of files owned by a given user, not with the sizes of indvidual files. The "file screen" functionality in Windows Server 2003 R2 File Server Resource Manager only concerns ... | Off the top of my head I can't think of a way to do this. A couple of quick Google searches didn't bring my any useful answers either.
Sorry. |
50,583 | We have a NTFS file share on a Windows 2k3 server which we'd like to limit file creation size to be a specific size (~1 MB/file or less). Is it possible to set a limit like this? If so, how? I've been unable to find any information related to this specifically.
Thanks in advance,
Mark | 2009/08/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/50583",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | There's no built-in mechanism in any version of Windows Server to do what you're describing. The quota functionality only deals with the total size of files owned by a given user, not with the sizes of indvidual files. The "file screen" functionality in Windows Server 2003 R2 File Server Resource Manager only concerns ... | I know FTP server software can do this but Windows out of the box cannot do this on shared areas. |
50,583 | We have a NTFS file share on a Windows 2k3 server which we'd like to limit file creation size to be a specific size (~1 MB/file or less). Is it possible to set a limit like this? If so, how? I've been unable to find any information related to this specifically.
Thanks in advance,
Mark | 2009/08/05 | [
"https://serverfault.com/questions/50583",
"https://serverfault.com",
"https://serverfault.com/users/-1/"
] | There's no built-in mechanism in any version of Windows Server to do what you're describing. The quota functionality only deals with the total size of files owned by a given user, not with the sizes of indvidual files. The "file screen" functionality in Windows Server 2003 R2 File Server Resource Manager only concerns ... | This might not be helpful in any way, but a unix samba server could probably support somethig like that via vfs hooks.
If you have an option to move the share to a small bsd/linux box (or put one "in front" of the original server) this might be worth researching. |
465,633 | When native speakers read "A Clockwork Orange", and sees "Moloko", "Devotchka", or "Kartoffel" how do they understand the meaning "moloko = milk", "Devotchka = girl", "Kartoffel = potato" ?
In "A Clockwork Orange" available 192 russian words!
---
**Maybe Anthony Burgess did a linguistic experiment?** | 2018/09/25 | [
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] | Context.
--------
It's left pretty obvious for the most part - the writer handles it well and credits his reader with some sense, letting them work it out for themselves - gradually, in some instances.
Looking at the first few lines:
>
> What's it going to be then, eh?
>
>
> There was me, that is Alex, and my thr... | When he was writing 'A Clockwork Orange', Anthony Burgess who, on top of being an author was a linguist, employed a fake 'future-slang' language called "Nadsat". This language was largely based in Russian, which Burgess stated was because of a trip he had taken to Russia in the midst of the Cold War. Of course, it's no... |
465,633 | When native speakers read "A Clockwork Orange", and sees "Moloko", "Devotchka", or "Kartoffel" how do they understand the meaning "moloko = milk", "Devotchka = girl", "Kartoffel = potato" ?
In "A Clockwork Orange" available 192 russian words!
---
**Maybe Anthony Burgess did a linguistic experiment?** | 2018/09/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/465633",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/296951/"
] | Context.
--------
It's left pretty obvious for the most part - the writer handles it well and credits his reader with some sense, letting them work it out for themselves - gradually, in some instances.
Looking at the first few lines:
>
> What's it going to be then, eh?
>
>
> There was me, that is Alex, and my thr... | The new terms in 'A Clockwork Orange' were intended to be
1. entirely new to English readers, and
2. mostly understandable from context and repetition.
If these new terms weren't perfectly definable from context, at least some sense could be made. The great majority of English speakers have no knowledge of Russian o... |
465,633 | When native speakers read "A Clockwork Orange", and sees "Moloko", "Devotchka", or "Kartoffel" how do they understand the meaning "moloko = milk", "Devotchka = girl", "Kartoffel = potato" ?
In "A Clockwork Orange" available 192 russian words!
---
**Maybe Anthony Burgess did a linguistic experiment?** | 2018/09/25 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/465633",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/296951/"
] | When he was writing 'A Clockwork Orange', Anthony Burgess who, on top of being an author was a linguist, employed a fake 'future-slang' language called "Nadsat". This language was largely based in Russian, which Burgess stated was because of a trip he had taken to Russia in the midst of the Cold War. Of course, it's no... | The new terms in 'A Clockwork Orange' were intended to be
1. entirely new to English readers, and
2. mostly understandable from context and repetition.
If these new terms weren't perfectly definable from context, at least some sense could be made. The great majority of English speakers have no knowledge of Russian o... |
103,423 | The recently introduced [Marshal badge](https://stackoverflow.com/badges/1298/marshal) is awarded for achieving a flag weight of 749. According to [this investigation by marcog](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84300/flag-weight-750-reached/84569#84569) ([meanwhile confirmed by Wladimir Palant](https://meta.sta... | 2011/08/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/103423",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | It seems that it *was* going to be impossible to reach 750, (check out the comment thread [on this answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80170/what-is-flag-weight/80178#80178)) but [*someone* messed up his rounding...](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84300/flag-weight-750-reached/84569#84569) | I think the reason is that 750 is, theoretically, the asymptotic limit for the flag weight. If it were not for computer rounding, it should not be a value that is possible to reach.
Now, it could be they are planning to change the code to calculate the flag weight, and they could use code that makes more difficult to ... |
103,423 | The recently introduced [Marshal badge](https://stackoverflow.com/badges/1298/marshal) is awarded for achieving a flag weight of 749. According to [this investigation by marcog](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84300/flag-weight-750-reached/84569#84569) ([meanwhile confirmed by Wladimir Palant](https://meta.sta... | 2011/08/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/103423",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/155585/"
] | OK, I found some (not quite satisfactory) explanation myself: the Marshal badge was introduced after a bounty was offered for the feature-request [New badges for the increased flag-weight](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/82799). There it was suggested that the badge should be awarded for achieving a flag weight of 749... | I think the reason is that 750 is, theoretically, the asymptotic limit for the flag weight. If it were not for computer rounding, it should not be a value that is possible to reach.
Now, it could be they are planning to change the code to calculate the flag weight, and they could use code that makes more difficult to ... |
103,423 | The recently introduced [Marshal badge](https://stackoverflow.com/badges/1298/marshal) is awarded for achieving a flag weight of 749. According to [this investigation by marcog](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84300/flag-weight-750-reached/84569#84569) ([meanwhile confirmed by Wladimir Palant](https://meta.sta... | 2011/08/22 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/103423",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/155585/"
] | OK, I found some (not quite satisfactory) explanation myself: the Marshal badge was introduced after a bounty was offered for the feature-request [New badges for the increased flag-weight](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/82799). There it was suggested that the badge should be awarded for achieving a flag weight of 749... | It seems that it *was* going to be impossible to reach 750, (check out the comment thread [on this answer](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80170/what-is-flag-weight/80178#80178)) but [*someone* messed up his rounding...](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84300/flag-weight-750-reached/84569#84569) |
15,571 | Say that a John Doe case (i.e. someone whose identity is unknown and the patient can't tell them) comes into the hospital and collapses, becoming incapacitated. They receive treatment yet ultimately die.
As the hospital staff doesn't know the identity of the John Doe, they can't tell if they have insurance to pay for... | 2016/11/30 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/15571",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
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] | From the legal perspective, Doe has incurred a debt which would be paid from his estate. But in this case, we don't know who he is, so we can't "find" his estate. Suppose that in reality he is billionaire Bill Smith, who disappears without a trace (he's actually dead and buried in Potter's Field). His family starts the... | In brief, the dead person or, more precisely, their estate. If the estate is bankrupt (in this case because it has no identifiable assets) then the hospital writes off their losses just like every other creditor. |
15,571 | Say that a John Doe case (i.e. someone whose identity is unknown and the patient can't tell them) comes into the hospital and collapses, becoming incapacitated. They receive treatment yet ultimately die.
As the hospital staff doesn't know the identity of the John Doe, they can't tell if they have insurance to pay for... | 2016/11/30 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/15571",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/1165/"
] | In the United States, Medicare and Medicaid pays for indigent patients in hospitals, via [Disproportionate Share Hospital](https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/financing-and-reimbursement/dsh/index.html) programs. This is not a direct reimbursement but a program based on certain qualifications and the ratios of indigent p... | In brief, the dead person or, more precisely, their estate. If the estate is bankrupt (in this case because it has no identifiable assets) then the hospital writes off their losses just like every other creditor. |
15,571 | Say that a John Doe case (i.e. someone whose identity is unknown and the patient can't tell them) comes into the hospital and collapses, becoming incapacitated. They receive treatment yet ultimately die.
As the hospital staff doesn't know the identity of the John Doe, they can't tell if they have insurance to pay for... | 2016/11/30 | [
"https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/15571",
"https://law.stackexchange.com",
"https://law.stackexchange.com/users/1165/"
] | In the United States, Medicare and Medicaid pays for indigent patients in hospitals, via [Disproportionate Share Hospital](https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/financing-and-reimbursement/dsh/index.html) programs. This is not a direct reimbursement but a program based on certain qualifications and the ratios of indigent p... | From the legal perspective, Doe has incurred a debt which would be paid from his estate. But in this case, we don't know who he is, so we can't "find" his estate. Suppose that in reality he is billionaire Bill Smith, who disappears without a trace (he's actually dead and buried in Potter's Field). His family starts the... |
2,985,176 | I am trying to write a Python code analyzer, and I am trying to avoid having to parse bare Python text files. I was hoping that once the Python compiler/interpreter parses the code there's a way to get to the object code or parse tree from within a running Python program.
Is there anyway to do this?
Thank you | 2010/06/06 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2985176",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9435/"
] | A combination of [ast](http://docs.python.org/library/ast.html) and [tokenize](http://docs.python.org/library/tokenize.html) should provide the necessary framework for what you want to do. | You can take a look at [Python's abstract syntax trees](http://docs.python.org/library/ast.html). |
254 | I posted a "proposed update" to the [mortgage tag wiki](https://money.stackexchange.com/tags/mortgage/info) yesterday, and got a message that it would display after being peer reviewed.
I've also noticed that I have the [approve tag wiki edits](https://money.stackexchange.com/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits) privile... | 2011/02/23 | [
"https://money.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/254",
"https://money.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://money.meta.stackexchange.com/users/855/"
] | It's a part of the newfangled review functionality:
<https://money.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits>
(It's the right most tab, if you go to the base ../review page.) | I was the one who approved your mortgage tag edit.
I've seen these tag wiki edit requests show up as flags for moderator attention next to the "mod" link in the top bar. The notification is a number link, but colored different than the abuse-type flags for moderator attention.
As to how *you* can see the edits and ap... |
277,275 | I selected two non rechargable **CR123A lithium-manganese** battery to power my project due to their ability to operate under extreme temperature. A single battery is **3V** with a rated capacity of **1550mAh**. Since I need more capacity I decided to wire them in parallel so that the total capacity is 3100 but the vol... | 2016/12/28 | [
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/277275",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com",
"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/83880/"
] | I wouldn't worry about a battery exceeding 3.3 V. The voltage comes from the chemistry. Someone would have to use significantly different chemicals to make a higher voltage.
You might consider putting the batteries in series, then using a buck converter. By the time the cells get down to 1.65 V each, there is so littl... | Parallel is fine if you use schottky diodes to OR them.
If the 0.25V Vf drop is too much for application, use ideal diodes such as LM66100 (see datasheet for proper configuration when using two of them).
With resepect to the voltages, you'd be much better off using components that work down to 2.5V than to use a boos... |
5,602 | I have a trigger on the Custom Object that calls a class. That class makes an HTTP GET request to a Web Service.
However I get the following error:
**Callout from triggers are currently not supported.**
How can I get data to an external Web Service using Apex code?
However i can use **@future** method but it can on... | 2012/12/20 | [
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/5602",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com",
"https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/users/537/"
] | Callouts cannot be made from triggers as that would hold up the database transaction until the callout completed, which can be up to 120 seconds from a limits perspective. This could obviously cause significant contention with other transactions and impact performance.
The only way that you can execute a callout from ... | A very late-to-the-party answer, but one that takes a slightly different approach to the existing answers.
As stated in Bob Buzzard's answer, the Salesforce platform doesn't allow synchronous invocation of a callout here and [Salesforce has recommended](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=000386018&type=1) th... |
1,781,052 | I have a scenario where I would like to display a message to the users of my application alerting them that his session will expire soon and that he should save his work to avoid the loss of his work.
This would be a typical scenario where a user is typing information on a textbox and then leaves his computer unatten... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1781052",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/205764/"
] | Reminders are not going to be much use if the user has left their computer for any period of time over 20 mins. The session will still time out. You'd be better off keeping the session alive:
* [AH, Ah, ah, ah…Staying Alive…Staying Alive](http://weblogs.asp.net/stevewellens/archive/2009/06/09/ah-ah-ah-ah-staying-alive... | To answer my own question, looks like the best way to accomplish this is to use a setTimeout javascript function to alert a reminder X mins before the session timeout. |
1,781,052 | I have a scenario where I would like to display a message to the users of my application alerting them that his session will expire soon and that he should save his work to avoid the loss of his work.
This would be a typical scenario where a user is typing information on a textbox and then leaves his computer unatten... | 2009/11/23 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/1781052",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/205764/"
] | Reminders are not going to be much use if the user has left their computer for any period of time over 20 mins. The session will still time out. You'd be better off keeping the session alive:
* [AH, Ah, ah, ah…Staying Alive…Staying Alive](http://weblogs.asp.net/stevewellens/archive/2009/06/09/ah-ah-ah-ah-staying-alive... | One way to do this is by **registing ClientScript**.
Pass the session expiry value to the client side java script. Which will execute a countdown, and at the end display the Popup. |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | You should always record at the highest possible settings (imho). I see no reason not to since storage is so cheap these days, plus you're future-proofing your library as well as technology allows.
Regarding dithering, I personally don't do anything special in that regard when mastering my recordings. I simply clean t... | After some considerable looking around on the womb and gearslutz, the shared knowledge there seems to be that recording at 44.1khz is just fine (especially if you're going to be bringing it back to 44.1 for CD), though if you've got enough processing power, mixing at 88.2 offers some benefits as when using plugins, "th... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | You should always record at the highest possible settings (imho). I see no reason not to since storage is so cheap these days, plus you're future-proofing your library as well as technology allows.
Regarding dithering, I personally don't do anything special in that regard when mastering my recordings. I simply clean t... | A key thing to understand is that post-CD/DVD, you may not be the one who is making the file that the listener gets. The music or video service does that, because the listeners may not all be getting the same format.
If you submit your masters to [iTunes](http://itunesconnect.apple.com/), they want the 24/96 master. F... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | Always record at the highest bit depth you can, so you have the best dynamic range to work with. After you've mixed and gotten the levels right, then you can convert to 16-bit/44.1 kHz for end users. Playback at anything higher than 48 kHz decreases fidelity while doubling file size. (If you're distributing sound effec... | After some considerable looking around on the womb and gearslutz, the shared knowledge there seems to be that recording at 44.1khz is just fine (especially if you're going to be bringing it back to 44.1 for CD), though if you've got enough processing power, mixing at 88.2 offers some benefits as when using plugins, "th... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | I believe this article sums it up far better than I ever could. And I like it because it doesn't seem to lean to either side of the "sample rate war". I recommend everyone read it of you have the time.
<http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2013/02/04/the-science-of-sample-rates-when-higher-is-better-and-when-it-isnt/>
... | After some considerable looking around on the womb and gearslutz, the shared knowledge there seems to be that recording at 44.1khz is just fine (especially if you're going to be bringing it back to 44.1 for CD), though if you've got enough processing power, mixing at 88.2 offers some benefits as when using plugins, "th... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | After some considerable looking around on the womb and gearslutz, the shared knowledge there seems to be that recording at 44.1khz is just fine (especially if you're going to be bringing it back to 44.1 for CD), though if you've got enough processing power, mixing at 88.2 offers some benefits as when using plugins, "th... | A key thing to understand is that post-CD/DVD, you may not be the one who is making the file that the listener gets. The music or video service does that, because the listeners may not all be getting the same format.
If you submit your masters to [iTunes](http://itunesconnect.apple.com/), they want the 24/96 master. F... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | Always record at the highest bit depth you can, so you have the best dynamic range to work with. After you've mixed and gotten the levels right, then you can convert to 16-bit/44.1 kHz for end users. Playback at anything higher than 48 kHz decreases fidelity while doubling file size. (If you're distributing sound effec... | A key thing to understand is that post-CD/DVD, you may not be the one who is making the file that the listener gets. The music or video service does that, because the listeners may not all be getting the same format.
If you submit your masters to [iTunes](http://itunesconnect.apple.com/), they want the 24/96 master. F... |
2,757 | Hello.
Maybe this question has already answered itself as I'm not quite sure how else it would be done. But say I'm recording sound effects for distribution and I want to offer them in different variants... 24bit 96khz, 24bit 48khz and 16bit 44.1khz.
Is it absolute common practice to record in the highest possible fo... | 2010/08/13 | [
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/2757",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com",
"https://sound.stackexchange.com/users/54/"
] | I believe this article sums it up far better than I ever could. And I like it because it doesn't seem to lean to either side of the "sample rate war". I recommend everyone read it of you have the time.
<http://www.trustmeimascientist.com/2013/02/04/the-science-of-sample-rates-when-higher-is-better-and-when-it-isnt/>
... | A key thing to understand is that post-CD/DVD, you may not be the one who is making the file that the listener gets. The music or video service does that, because the listeners may not all be getting the same format.
If you submit your masters to [iTunes](http://itunesconnect.apple.com/), they want the 24/96 master. F... |
89,165 | I've recently booked a trip to Mexico through Groupon. The trip is booked as all-inclusive. There is a section in the deal description that says that all "hotel taxes and gratuities included." **What can I reasonably assume is covered by hotel gratuities?** Specifically, I'm concerned about these things:
* We are work... | 2017/03/02 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/89165",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/58155/"
] | **It basically means that you are not expected to tip.** In such resorts, people usually do not carry any cash, cards or even a wallet at all.
The bill at the end of the stay *usually* includes how much of the payement was used for involuntary tip. It's frankly a strange concept but in theory, you are allowed to tip m... | To be sure, you'll have to ask the booking agent or contact the property directly.
What they're trying to portray is the all-inclusive aspect, similar to a cruise benefit where gratuities are 'included' or 'pre-paid'.
So, it's not wrong to not tip since the deal is advertised as 'all-inclusive, including gratuities' ... |
66,742 | I am using screen shots to present my web work then building an .svg with some additional layers, the resolution turns out great. I choose to save it as an svg because it maintains clarity, in the future I could animate some layers, so it gives me flexibility.
I am using illustrator for the quality it delivers, but wh... | 2016/02/09 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/66742",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/41222/"
] | Illustrator and SVG only deliver quality and clarity if you create documents with vector shapes in them, but you are storing bitmaps in there.
Vectors are like a recipe that can be scaled up or down to feed 2 or 200, while a bitmap is like a TV dinner for 1. It will never feed 200. You can’t increase its quality beyon... | The problem is that SVG is a text format and therefore images (afaik) are all embedded via a base64 string. That is usually pretty big.
What you can do is try and optimize the PNG (reducing colors, etc) as much as possible with a tool before putting it into illustrator and hope it doesn't undo all of that.
Binary fo... |
66,742 | I am using screen shots to present my web work then building an .svg with some additional layers, the resolution turns out great. I choose to save it as an svg because it maintains clarity, in the future I could animate some layers, so it gives me flexibility.
I am using illustrator for the quality it delivers, but wh... | 2016/02/09 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/66742",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/41222/"
] | Illustrator and SVG only deliver quality and clarity if you create documents with vector shapes in them, but you are storing bitmaps in there.
Vectors are like a recipe that can be scaled up or down to feed 2 or 200, while a bitmap is like a TV dinner for 1. It will never feed 200. You can’t increase its quality beyon... | There might be several issues:
The PNG you are saving might have transparency, also called an alpha channel. If it blends with other objects, or Illustrator thinks it might, this could cause the file size to get big. SOLUTION: Make sure the PNG doesn't have a transparency or, even better, save as a jpeg, which can't h... |
66,742 | I am using screen shots to present my web work then building an .svg with some additional layers, the resolution turns out great. I choose to save it as an svg because it maintains clarity, in the future I could animate some layers, so it gives me flexibility.
I am using illustrator for the quality it delivers, but wh... | 2016/02/09 | [
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/66742",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com",
"https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/users/41222/"
] | Illustrator and SVG only deliver quality and clarity if you create documents with vector shapes in them, but you are storing bitmaps in there.
Vectors are like a recipe that can be scaled up or down to feed 2 or 200, while a bitmap is like a TV dinner for 1. It will never feed 200. You can’t increase its quality beyon... | As Jeremy S. has already pointed out, creating a PDF of the website is one way. Here's a quick tip for converting websites to PDF using [Paparazzi!](https://derailer.org/paparazzi/) and [Sketch](https://www.sketch.com/).
* [The 3 step guide to convert any webpage into Sketch | Hacking UI](http://hackingui.com/design/w... |
12,371,343 | We have always traditionally used SAN as a backend storage for our databases. But recently our SAN vendor threw in an idea that we can even load our Application Servers (JBoss) directly from SAN.
I was suprised, but the concept is to install the application server on the SAN LUN and then run it from there. The SAN ven... | 2012/09/11 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/12371343",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/1579031/"
] | I Tried to revoke acces to an app engine project of mine and I was able to revoke the permission by going to google accounts setting page. There you can revoke access from android login service. After that I had to remove the google account from my phone and add it back. If you start your app again you should see the p... | Resetting/revoking the permission generally depend on the type of token. There are two sides of this: revoking the token on the server side using your Google profile page and revoking the permission for your app to use this type of token (on Android). For the server side you can revoke OAuth and AuthSub tokens, but not... |
10,169 | My nutrition shop websites for tampa and brandon were coming up on page one of google search results and now they have dissappeared. The 2 websites serve different markets although they are close geographically and have the same products, keywords, and layouts. Brandon, FL is considered a suburb of Tampa, FL and could ... | 2011/03/07 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/10169",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/5847/"
] | We have so little information to go on that it's hard to say for sure but if you have three websites all with the same content then the odds are this site has been hit with a duplicate content penalty.
**UPDATE**
*From the comments below*
Those sites are definitely clones of each other so it's no surprise one is fi... | Duplicate information can hurt you... but it is impossible to say more without knowing more :)
The main point you should consider is if it is your website that is going down in rank or your competitors going up. Check the ones which rank about you to see if they are more relevant or have more recent content. |
10,169 | My nutrition shop websites for tampa and brandon were coming up on page one of google search results and now they have dissappeared. The 2 websites serve different markets although they are close geographically and have the same products, keywords, and layouts. Brandon, FL is considered a suburb of Tampa, FL and could ... | 2011/03/07 | [
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/10169",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com",
"https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/users/5847/"
] | Several days ago, Google has made some changes to its algorithm which has been affecting a huge number of sites. Some sites have dropped unbelievably low in the SERPs, while some (like eHow) have seen a huge boost. See the attached Wall Street Journal article on the change. You may want to look into your duplicate cont... | Duplicate information can hurt you... but it is impossible to say more without knowing more :)
The main point you should consider is if it is your website that is going down in rank or your competitors going up. Check the ones which rank about you to see if they are more relevant or have more recent content. |
5,329,306 | I have a list of companies that I would like to get the wikipedia page's of. Does wikipedia offer an api or a way of doing this so I don't have to go and search each on individually?
Thanks for the help! | 2011/03/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5329306",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/156445/"
] | Wikipedia does have an API, which is documented at <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API>. You can also export a list of pages (by title) using [Special:Export](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%3aExport). But if you are intending to download a large number of articles, you would be better served with a [database downl... | <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API> |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/25554/"
] | Tag named (graphing-functions) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. | Tag named (plotting) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Tag named (graphing) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. | Tag named (plotting) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
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] | Tag named (graphing) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. | I think the following proposal addresses all points:
Blacklist the tag [graph]. Put an entry in the tag-wiki indicating to consider either [graph-theory] or [graphing].
Make [plot] and [plotting] into synonyms for [graphing].
If people want it, also add [function-graph] to cover questions like [this one Martin Slez... |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/25554/"
] | I think the following proposal addresses all points:
Blacklist the tag [graph]. Put an entry in the tag-wiki indicating to consider either [graph-theory] or [graphing].
Make [plot] and [plotting] into synonyms for [graphing].
If people want it, also add [function-graph] to cover questions like [this one Martin Slez... | Tag named (function-graph) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/25554/"
] | Tag named (graphing-functions) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. | I think the following proposal addresses all points:
Blacklist the tag [graph]. Put an entry in the tag-wiki indicating to consider either [graph-theory] or [graphing].
Make [plot] and [plotting] into synonyms for [graphing].
If people want it, also add [function-graph] to cover questions like [this one Martin Slez... |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/25554/"
] | I think the following proposal addresses all points:
Blacklist the tag [graph]. Put an entry in the tag-wiki indicating to consider either [graph-theory] or [graphing].
Make [plot] and [plotting] into synonyms for [graphing].
If people want it, also add [function-graph] to cover questions like [this one Martin Slez... | Tag named (plotting) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. |
8,729 | The [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'") tag is supposed to be for questions about the graphs of functions. But it is very commonly misapplied to questions that are about the graphs of graph theory. These questions are supposed to have the [graph-theory](https:/... | 2013/03/10 | [
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8729",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/25554/"
] | Tag named (graphing) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. | Tag named (function-graph) would be a good replacement for [graph](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/graph "show questions tagged 'graph'").
Please upvote/downvote this answer to show your opinion on this. |
9,990,588 | Let's say I have a 6-core machine with 12MB cache. I use it for a server application that has a few gigabytes of heap (much of it 2nd level Hibernate cache).
I noticed that most of the time I have a handful threads actively serving client requests (burning CPU and talking to DB), as well as about 30-50 more threads th... | 2012/04/03 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/9990588",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/277683/"
] | >
> Does context switching for one of the many network IO threads ruin thread/CPU cache of the "active" threads?
>
>
>
There are no hard guarantees, but my gut feeling is that, in practice, CPU caches get updated by order(s) of magnitude more frequently than the scheduler switches threads. If this is the case, th... | There will be an impact and you can get some jitter when you have more active threads than cpus. However, the jitter is usually considered to be relatively small 10 to 100 micro-seconds.
You can have the thread competing for cache resources, but there is not much you can do about it except reduce the amount of active ... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | I found this page after running into this same problem.
What I found worked for me might be *part* of the answer you need:
Take a look at the Page Manager Redirect Module <http://drupal.org/project/page_manager_redirect> . I just started playing with it.
It uses the Page Manager module of CTools to redirect one pag... | I am having the same problem, and are currently thinking of the following solution where all the content of a node is to be displayed to certain users (permission based):
- unpublish node
- create a new published checkbox
- create a view with fields that shows alle the content
Haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but it ... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | Tough one.
If you want to have many nodes like this and do the "displaying elsewhere" dynamically, I can't think of anything right now (at 2:20 AM I rarely can).
If there is onne such page (or very few), I'd restrict access to it by any available means (Permissions, Nodeaccess, Content Access, TAC, whatever) and then... | I found this page after running into this same problem.
What I found worked for me might be *part* of the answer you need:
Take a look at the Page Manager Redirect Module <http://drupal.org/project/page_manager_redirect> . I just started playing with it.
It uses the Page Manager module of CTools to redirect one pag... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | I am having the same problem, and are currently thinking of the following solution where all the content of a node is to be displayed to certain users (permission based):
- unpublish node
- create a new published checkbox
- create a view with fields that shows alle the content
Haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but it ... | I used Rules module with an "entity is of bundle" and the built-in "Page redirect" action. |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | There is also another module [Rabbit Hole](https://drupal.org/project/rabbit_hole) which has a similar functionality like [Internal Nodes](https://drupal.org/project/internal_nodes) but works for all entities, not only nodes. | I used Rules module with an "entity is of bundle" and the built-in "Page redirect" action. |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | Tough one.
If you want to have many nodes like this and do the "displaying elsewhere" dynamically, I can't think of anything right now (at 2:20 AM I rarely can).
If there is onne such page (or very few), I'd restrict access to it by any available means (Permissions, Nodeaccess, Content Access, TAC, whatever) and then... | In Drupal 7 you can use: <http://drupal.org/project/internal_nodes>
Description: Some content/nodes should never be viewed directly; only visible be through something else such as Views or Panels. This module denies access to node/[nid] URLs while allowing the content to stay published and otherwise viewable.
Full di... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | In Drupal 7 you can use: <http://drupal.org/project/internal_nodes>
Description: Some content/nodes should never be viewed directly; only visible be through something else such as Views or Panels. This module denies access to node/[nid] URLs while allowing the content to stay published and otherwise viewable.
Full di... | There is a really easy way to do this if you only want to show a content type through a view.
1. create a content type as and make it unpublished.
2. create a view and on the filter option set the filter to "Content: Published (No)"
the view will give anon users access to the content through the view but they won't h... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | I found this page after running into this same problem.
What I found worked for me might be *part* of the answer you need:
Take a look at the Page Manager Redirect Module <http://drupal.org/project/page_manager_redirect> . I just started playing with it.
It uses the Page Manager module of CTools to redirect one pag... | I used Rules module with an "entity is of bundle" and the built-in "Page redirect" action. |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | In Drupal 7 you can use: <http://drupal.org/project/internal_nodes>
Description: Some content/nodes should never be viewed directly; only visible be through something else such as Views or Panels. This module denies access to node/[nid] URLs while allowing the content to stay published and otherwise viewable.
Full di... | I used Rules module with an "entity is of bundle" and the built-in "Page redirect" action. |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | Tough one.
If you want to have many nodes like this and do the "displaying elsewhere" dynamically, I can't think of anything right now (at 2:20 AM I rarely can).
If there is onne such page (or very few), I'd restrict access to it by any available means (Permissions, Nodeaccess, Content Access, TAC, whatever) and then... | I am having the same problem, and are currently thinking of the following solution where all the content of a node is to be displayed to certain users (permission based):
- unpublish node
- create a new published checkbox
- create a view with fields that shows alle the content
Haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but it ... |
3,783,337 | I have seen many somewhat similar questions, but nothing quite what I'm looking for. So at the risk of being told this is a duplicate... here it goes.
I've found that there are times I have a node that simply contains content that will be displayed somewhere else, but shouldn't be viewed directly. That is, no one shou... | 2010/09/24 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/3783337",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/318158/"
] | I found this page after running into this same problem.
What I found worked for me might be *part* of the answer you need:
Take a look at the Page Manager Redirect Module <http://drupal.org/project/page_manager_redirect> . I just started playing with it.
It uses the Page Manager module of CTools to redirect one pag... | There is a really easy way to do this if you only want to show a content type through a view.
1. create a content type as and make it unpublished.
2. create a view and on the filter option set the filter to "Content: Published (No)"
the view will give anon users access to the content through the view but they won't h... |
10,070 | I'm toying with the idea of writing a single standalone book and then later follow it with a series, in the same world with some of the same characters.
Are there any examples of this? I couldn't think of any.
Also, is this a good idea? Any major detractors to doing this? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10070",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/6517/"
] | Many series consist of books that conclude their respective plots and don't continue it in the next volume.
Examples:
* Safe-Keepers series by [Sharon Shinn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Shinn)
* Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn, has an ongoing subplot, but this only comes to the foreground of the storytel... | The *Rama* series by Arthur Clarke would fit that bill. the first book was very hard scifi, basically a history book, and books 2 to 4 were a trilogy about a specific family and their travails. |
10,070 | I'm toying with the idea of writing a single standalone book and then later follow it with a series, in the same world with some of the same characters.
Are there any examples of this? I couldn't think of any.
Also, is this a good idea? Any major detractors to doing this? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10070",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/6517/"
] | It can be justified it is indeed a very good idea, if you want to publish it through a classic publishing house. This is because publishers prefer to try how well a book sells before committing to a full series, and finding, halfway through, it would be better (from a business point of view) to discontinue it.
I am cu... | The *Rama* series by Arthur Clarke would fit that bill. the first book was very hard scifi, basically a history book, and books 2 to 4 were a trilogy about a specific family and their travails. |
10,070 | I'm toying with the idea of writing a single standalone book and then later follow it with a series, in the same world with some of the same characters.
Are there any examples of this? I couldn't think of any.
Also, is this a good idea? Any major detractors to doing this? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10070",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/6517/"
] | It can be justified it is indeed a very good idea, if you want to publish it through a classic publishing house. This is because publishers prefer to try how well a book sells before committing to a full series, and finding, halfway through, it would be better (from a business point of view) to discontinue it.
I am cu... | Many series consist of books that conclude their respective plots and don't continue it in the next volume.
Examples:
* Safe-Keepers series by [Sharon Shinn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Shinn)
* Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn, has an ongoing subplot, but this only comes to the foreground of the storytel... |
10,070 | I'm toying with the idea of writing a single standalone book and then later follow it with a series, in the same world with some of the same characters.
Are there any examples of this? I couldn't think of any.
Also, is this a good idea? Any major detractors to doing this? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10070",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/6517/"
] | Many series consist of books that conclude their respective plots and don't continue it in the next volume.
Examples:
* Safe-Keepers series by [Sharon Shinn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Shinn)
* Twelve Houses series by Sharon Shinn, has an ongoing subplot, but this only comes to the foreground of the storytel... | To expand on the idea that What presented that a wildly successful book sometimes draws sequels, after Jim Baen's death It was mentioned that David Weber's Honor books did not meet this pattern and that *that* was unusual. |
10,070 | I'm toying with the idea of writing a single standalone book and then later follow it with a series, in the same world with some of the same characters.
Are there any examples of this? I couldn't think of any.
Also, is this a good idea? Any major detractors to doing this? | 2014/01/17 | [
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10070",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com",
"https://writers.stackexchange.com/users/6517/"
] | It can be justified it is indeed a very good idea, if you want to publish it through a classic publishing house. This is because publishers prefer to try how well a book sells before committing to a full series, and finding, halfway through, it would be better (from a business point of view) to discontinue it.
I am cu... | To expand on the idea that What presented that a wildly successful book sometimes draws sequels, after Jim Baen's death It was mentioned that David Weber's Honor books did not meet this pattern and that *that* was unusual. |
6,908 | Can I target a creature as soon as it is played, even with summoning sickness?
*Example:* If my card, [Beguiler of Wills](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Beguiler%20of%20Wills), reads "Gain control of target creature," or [Dungeon Geist](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?na... | 2012/03/18 | [
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/6908",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com",
"https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/users/2645/"
] | Yes you can target a creature with Summoning Sickness. Summoning Sickness only prevents creatures that you haven't controlled since the start of your turn from attacking or using activated abilities with {T} (Tap) or {Q} (Untap) in their activation cost.
>
> \**Summoning Sickness Rule \**
>
>
> Informal term for a ... | You are right. The *only* thing that summoning sickness prevents is using the creature's own tap ability or attacking. You are allowed to target a just-summoned creature with spells and abilities. You're also allowed to enchant it, to sacrifice it, to attach Equipment to it, and to block with it. You can even tap it if... |
269,746 | How would you create the vines of the wood, because I'm not sure how to approach that before getting to sculpting, and what is the problem with the shading?
I still don't understand how to avoid shading problems like that.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SnrGz.png) | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/269746",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com",
"https://blender.stackexchange.com/users/149688/"
] | This happens because you have a large ngon that Blender tries to shade smooth with the adjacent faces. Ngons, under the hood and like any other faces, are made of tris, but contrary to quads the tris organization can be messy, therefore the bad shading. You need to convert your ngon to a series of quads, see the differ... | [moonboots' answer](https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/269746/what-am-i-doing-wrong-shading-and-modeling/269748#269748) is correct. Adding to that: For the vines, you can just use a spline all around the wood and add geometry to that spline so it will be like a cylinder all around.
Don't try to always add geo... |
514,833 | How to delete a workspace in Eclipse? | 2009/02/05 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/514833",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/24424/"
] | For Eclipse PDT in Mac OS, once you have deleted the actual workspace directory the option to select and switch to that workspace will still be available unless you delete the entry from **Preferences** >> **General** >> **Startup and Shutdown** >> **Workspaces**. | Just go to the \eclipse-java-helios-SR2-win32\eclipse\configuration.settings directory and change or remove **org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs** file. |
5,333,681 | what do I need to study before programming a windows chat application in C#?? Moreover, can you recommended me books names or tutorials links about this topic?? | 2011/03/17 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5333681",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/224754/"
] | You'll need to understand interprocess communication if you want to make a "chat" application.
Typically, in C#, this is currently handled via [Windows Communication Foundation](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731082.aspx). That would be a good place to start. | It depends on the specific requirements for your chat program. Is your application going to be web-based (runs in the browser) or will people need to download a program for it to work? Will communication be handled directly from one computer to another (peer-to-peer), or will there be a central server that handles comm... |
8,495 | Do the Cylons in the new Battlestar Galactica always have the latest memories present after being downloaded to a new body? That is, do they remember up to the moment of their death?
If so, does that require some kind of permanent link with a Cylon network? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8495",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/143/"
] | Yes. Upon death, the Cylon's consciousness is downloaded into a new body. The memories come along with it.
The limitation is that they must be in range of a [Resurrection Ship](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Resurrection_Ship) or the [Resurrection Hub](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Resurrection_Hub) at the mome... | Yes they do remember.....e.g. the rebel Cylon that killed the human then killed her in new Caprica ...
And no, there is no permanent link. Three had to transfer the images of Hera via a raider; she couldn't send the info by herself. |
8,495 | Do the Cylons in the new Battlestar Galactica always have the latest memories present after being downloaded to a new body? That is, do they remember up to the moment of their death?
If so, does that require some kind of permanent link with a Cylon network? | 2012/01/04 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8495",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/143/"
] | Yes. Upon death, the Cylon's consciousness is downloaded into a new body. The memories come along with it.
The limitation is that they must be in range of a [Resurrection Ship](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Resurrection_Ship) or the [Resurrection Hub](http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Resurrection_Hub) at the mome... | They most definitely remember the moment of their death. This was stated VERY plainly as the justification for the **exceptional** hatred which *Scar* had for the colonials. He had been shot down countless times, and they made it quite plain in the series that he took it extra personal, and that was what made him so vi... |
97,557 | Is a polymorphed familiar still considered a familiar for purposes of casting touch spells through them? | 2017/04/03 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/97557",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/34308/"
] | Yes.
----
While [polymorph](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/polymorph) bans the polymorphed form from casting spells, the wording of the [find familiar](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/find-familiar) spell states that familiars do not cast spells--they only deliver them:
>
> Finally, when you cast a spell with a r... | No. Polymorphed creatures can't cast spells
===========================================
The effects of Polymorph over the target creature's new capabilities include the following (I have added emphasis to the relevant parts of the text):
>
> The creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature of its ... |
254,457 | Set 1:
>
> 1. China is close **to be** the centre of world trade.
>
>
>
>
> 2. China is close **to being** the centre of world trade.
>
>
>
Set 2:
>
> 1. I am on my way **to be** 25.
>
>
>
>
> 2. I am on my way **to being** 25
>
>
>
Which is the correct form, the first or the second? What is the d... | 2020/07/21 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/254457",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/105168/"
] | If memory serves me correctly, he had just gotten out of jail. Sprung is an abbreviated form of “sprung out of jail”.
So, in its entirety, the sentence is...
>
> Tuco, what's happening my brother. Sick crib,yo! You've been keeping it real since you been sprung *out of jail*. What, [it’s] been like a year?
>
>
> | It's not an adjective, but a verb. The following is from Merriam-Webster's definition of *spring*:
>
> *transitive verb*
>
> **7** : to release or cause to be released from confinement or custody
>
> // *sprung* them from jail
>
>
>
---
Note that it's not necessary to provide *from jail* or *out of jail*, ... |
91,822 | I'm in the Physics community. I've already published an article on a journal where I've described a solution scheme that serves to solve a certain problem. Now, I've discovered that the same approach can be used to solve a different model. Of course the model, the comments the results, the plots, etc are different, but... | 2017/07/07 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/91822",
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] | Technically this is self-plagiarism and not OK. We had problems before where we published the 6th paper on a very similar topic and one sentence in our introduction was the same as in another of our papers (there are only so many ways to describe one thing) and it got flagged and we had to rewrite it, which in my perso... | I never do this, and I would not recommend doing this to anyone. You can keep the same meaning, but change the wording, add a couple of new sentences, etc. It's pretty simple. |
91,822 | I'm in the Physics community. I've already published an article on a journal where I've described a solution scheme that serves to solve a certain problem. Now, I've discovered that the same approach can be used to solve a different model. Of course the model, the comments the results, the plots, etc are different, but... | 2017/07/07 | [
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] | Technically this is self-plagiarism and not OK. We had problems before where we published the 6th paper on a very similar topic and one sentence in our introduction was the same as in another of our papers (there are only so many ways to describe one thing) and it got flagged and we had to rewrite it, which in my perso... | If you explicitly state that "*the following section describes the method and is identical to §2.2 of our previous work [4]"*, then this is IMHO okay. However, you should definitely check with the journal editor before submission.
But, do you really need to do this? Surely, you can improve the text and/or adapt it to ... |
70,632 | I searched extensively for good materials for prevention of XSS attacks using OWASP ESAPI, but could not find any beginner material. Can some one please give me an example how this works? | 2014/10/14 | [
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] | your best bet for this would be probably to look at the other OWASP ESAPI implementations to see how they've handled it, which should at least give you the approaches to look at, even if you then need to translate that over to PHP.
In terms of information you could look at this [post](http://www.jtmelton.com/2009/01/1... | I found this tutorial which steps through creating first an unsafe web application with PHP and then securing it with ESAPI. I haven't yet tried the tutorial with an up to date version of ESAPI (tutorial dates from 2010) but am about to.
In any case it seems to give a good basic idea on how to use ESAPI.
<http://jack... |
4,458,275 | right now i am working on one ipad application where i am giving facility of opening the pdf file and also to customize it,now i want to add one functionality like i want to convert that pdf file in .doc format.
I researched but did not get any way around. Can anybody help me out?
Thanking you in advance. | 2010/12/16 | [
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] | It’s not possible to convert a generic PDF back into a text format. I guess you could render the PDF into images and create a DOC from those, but that doesn’t sound very useful. | I wrote [an article on PDF to text conversion issues](http://www.jpedal.org/PDFblog/2009/04/pdf-text/). If you look at some of the existing PDF to Word conversion tools (ie BCL) you will see what is realistically possible with a lot of work. |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | It is not at all a simple task to reverse the habits cultivated over umpteenth lifetimes. It is next to impossible without gaining a good knowledge of the Dhamma and putting it to practice diligently. Then, and only then you are going to have any success in thwarting the mind’s ingrained habits. The personality view is... | The Pali Buddhist scriptures teach that present happiness & suffering of a person are not caused by actions performed in the past. Refer to [AN 3.61](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.061.than.html), which states:
>
> *When one falls back on what was done in the past as being essential, monks, ther... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | Easy. Well, easy in theory :) -- you need to get fed up! You need to get really sick and tired of your conditions, so sick that you cannot live like that anymore. You are so fed up that you are either ready to die - or to change your habits. So that desire to get out leads to iron intent to change. | The Pali Buddhist scriptures teach that present happiness & suffering of a person are not caused by actions performed in the past. Refer to [AN 3.61](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.061.than.html), which states:
>
> *When one falls back on what was done in the past as being essential, monks, ther... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | It is not at all a simple task to reverse the habits cultivated over umpteenth lifetimes. It is next to impossible without gaining a good knowledge of the Dhamma and putting it to practice diligently. Then, and only then you are going to have any success in thwarting the mind’s ingrained habits. The personality view is... | If a yard has lots of weeds, just by getting rid of the weeds alone won't be effective. One will also need to overseed their yard with strong grass so that they will overwhelm the weeds and grow into a healthy lush green lawn. Similarly, not only one needs to abandon bad habits, one'd also need to cultivate good habits... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | It is not at all a simple task to reverse the habits cultivated over umpteenth lifetimes. It is next to impossible without gaining a good knowledge of the Dhamma and putting it to practice diligently. Then, and only then you are going to have any success in thwarting the mind’s ingrained habits. The personality view is... | Each experience can trigger your habitual response which might be followed by and intention to act. What triggers your habitual or reflexive response is and external stimuli coming in contact with your sense faculties.
So what you have to see is if your intention is good or bad. If it is good follow through else try t... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | It is not at all a simple task to reverse the habits cultivated over umpteenth lifetimes. It is next to impossible without gaining a good knowledge of the Dhamma and putting it to practice diligently. Then, and only then you are going to have any success in thwarting the mind’s ingrained habits. The personality view is... | Paying conscious attention to whatever you are doing now fully, whatever the activity may be. Life is happening right now, right this moment as you read.
Any actions have consequences, even thoughts. Unconscious activities have unknowable/unforeseeable consequences. Habits are like unconscious activities. If you are ... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | Easy. Well, easy in theory :) -- you need to get fed up! You need to get really sick and tired of your conditions, so sick that you cannot live like that anymore. You are so fed up that you are either ready to die - or to change your habits. So that desire to get out leads to iron intent to change. | If a yard has lots of weeds, just by getting rid of the weeds alone won't be effective. One will also need to overseed their yard with strong grass so that they will overwhelm the weeds and grow into a healthy lush green lawn. Similarly, not only one needs to abandon bad habits, one'd also need to cultivate good habits... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | Easy. Well, easy in theory :) -- you need to get fed up! You need to get really sick and tired of your conditions, so sick that you cannot live like that anymore. You are so fed up that you are either ready to die - or to change your habits. So that desire to get out leads to iron intent to change. | Each experience can trigger your habitual response which might be followed by and intention to act. What triggers your habitual or reflexive response is and external stimuli coming in contact with your sense faculties.
So what you have to see is if your intention is good or bad. If it is good follow through else try t... |
18,708 | If one has cultivated a habit for countless lifetimes, how is it possible to reverse such habit? Is it possible at all? Is that person entirely at the mercy of external factors? (are we ever not entirely at the mercy of external factors? This is an entirely different question though).
I have trouble understanding how ... | 2016/12/31 | [
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] | Easy. Well, easy in theory :) -- you need to get fed up! You need to get really sick and tired of your conditions, so sick that you cannot live like that anymore. You are so fed up that you are either ready to die - or to change your habits. So that desire to get out leads to iron intent to change. | Paying conscious attention to whatever you are doing now fully, whatever the activity may be. Life is happening right now, right this moment as you read.
Any actions have consequences, even thoughts. Unconscious activities have unknowable/unforeseeable consequences. Habits are like unconscious activities. If you are ... |
412,407 | One of the practice questions for my upcoming test is this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0SGlc.png)
After some googling, it seems like the correct answer is A. But why? | 2018/12/15 | [
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] | Push-Pull is used for analog , digital, Class B, D,E, half-bridge switches and all sorts of applications.
In theory with sine wave and ideal saturation =0V say with MOSFETs, it is η=π/4 or 78.5% but 78% may be closer to what is possible but given no assumptions choose (c) ~~(d)~~ for sine as this is the typical signal... | The answer can be found by integrating over one cycle the product of the output current and the voltage across the collector of the output transistor, which represents the loss in the amplifier. The output voltage times the output current is the output power. The resultant value, found by dividing the power loss by the... |
32,789 | In the famous [Alexander Mosaic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic) found in Pompeii, Darius is wearing some form of head covering, it appears to just be cloth wrapped around his head. What is the hat called? I can't find any information on it. Was this common combat attire, or just artistic?
[![enter ima... | 2016/09/16 | [
"https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/32789",
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] | From this website <http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/clothing-ii> , in a section concerning historical clothing it goes into length on several styles of headgear. This style falls under the designation 'tiara'.
>
> In any event, *the tiara* had a top like a hood, often lined inside with
> luxurious animal fur. O... | It looks like a [padded coif](https://www.google.com/search?q=padded+coif):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z0fae.jpg)
(source: [tripod.com](http://mailmaker.tripod... |
286,716 | *Disclaimer*:
* I have read [How does the bounty system works?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work).
* I have read questions such as [How to award a bounty (+50) instantly?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166318/how-to-award-a-bounty50-instantly), and its peers, cl... | 2016/11/07 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/286716",
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] | As I see it, the "Reward existing answer" is kind of a "hack", not something that was meant to be part of the bounty system.
The original intent of the bounty system was to attract attention to questions that passed their "glory time" of activity, which is usually in the first few hours, until it's buried deep down th... | I think that the reason you can't do this is the same reason why I can't accept my own answer for a few days after I ask the question: the question has a lot more attention (by which I mean it's displayed in a specific tab) before awarding the bounty, and *you might just find a better answer on the way.* Additionally, ... |
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