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2,339 | I upgraded a client system from 4.4.12 to 4.5.8 at the weekend and now message templates are not appearing when a user creates an email (regular or bulk). You can pick a template but nothing appears. In Administer/CiviMail/Message Templates all the templates are there, and can be edited & saved. My other upgrades to 4.... | 2015/05/14 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/2339",
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com",
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] | This sounds like a javascript problem. You could either [troubleshoot it yourself](http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,35850.0.html) or just upgrade to the latest version of CiviCRM which has a rewritten CiviMail interface anyway and so the problem is unlikely to be in the new version. | It sounds like a javascript problem. Use your browser development console to to check for a jQuery error on the page due to a theme / block / other module conflict problem. |
2,339 | I upgraded a client system from 4.4.12 to 4.5.8 at the weekend and now message templates are not appearing when a user creates an email (regular or bulk). You can pick a template but nothing appears. In Administer/CiviMail/Message Templates all the templates are there, and can be edited & saved. My other upgrades to 4.... | 2015/05/14 | [
"https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/2339",
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] | This sounds like a javascript problem. You could either [troubleshoot it yourself](http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,35850.0.html) or just upgrade to the latest version of CiviCRM which has a rewritten CiviMail interface anyway and so the problem is unlikely to be in the new version. | I found an answer for my issue: the Pogstone Module (drupal) was in direct conflict. Removing that module has fixed the issue. |
16,592,456 | I would like to access Sphero while charging with the [node.js SDK](https://github.com/dthompson/node-sphero).
This functionality is included in [Official Android and iOS SDK](http://forum.gosphero.com/archive/index.php/t-967.html) ([SO](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16366132/sphero-api-access-while-charging-in... | 2013/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/16592456",
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] | You can use the Sphero bluetooth API to write the appropriate command yourself into the node.js SDK.
The bluetooth API is at: <https://github.com/orbotix/DeveloperResources>
The command you would send is the SetOptionFlags command (35h). You send the id byte of that command, followed by the payload, which is a bitmas... | There is an option flag that can be turned on that will cause Sphero to stay powered on in the charger, you could add it to your SDK like ColdSnickersBar suggests or your could use the Sphero app on iOS or Android.
You can accomplish this in the iOS and Android version of the Sphero app on the Advanced Settings screen... |
312,697 | I tried asking this question first on StakOverflow in a more concrete manner, but after being pointed here I realized I should rephrase it in more general terms; however, you can still review the [original question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35895321/queryover-ensure-adding-a-join-table-only-once), if you wan... | 2016/03/14 | [
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] | You are wise to be wary of over-engineering things. Still, it does sound like your "complex queries" problem context might be a good match for investing in the [interpreter pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter_pattern), in order to help you abstract (in your BL) the use of your persistence layer, for quer... | You need basically a query builder mechanism or a mapper from your UI Layer to the DB.
Since you're using a great ORM already, you will only need to build mapping part, NHibernate will take care of query building.
For the mapping part, you need to get all of the UI specific parameters, and put your query builder logi... |
166,538 | The Termux app is a terminal emulator. If I create a file or a folder there, and then use another file explorer app to browse my device, where can I find these files? | 2017/01/11 | [
"https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/166538",
"https://android.stackexchange.com",
"https://android.stackexchange.com/users/54300/"
] | You can access the files inside the termux folder by simply doing this. (Without using any third-party app/rooting your device)
Step 1: Go to Downloads on your Device
Step 2: Go to the Appbar
Step 3: Scroll down till you find Termu... | You can view it easily with Material file manager.
<https://www.learntermux.tech/2020/10/Termux-File-Manager.html>
Here is a guide I found useful to me. |
418,719 | I am told that in Newtonian mechanics, no coordinate system is "superior" to any other. Also, all inertial frames are in a state of constant, rectilinear motion with respect to one another.
So am I right to understand that "inertness of coordinate systems" is an equivalence relation on all the coordinate systems in a ... | 2013/06/12 | [
"https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/418719",
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] | The statement that no coordinate system is superior to any other would appear to be the source of confusion. I'm not altogether sure what is meant by that statement; it does not reflect how Newtonian mechanics has historically been understood and practiced. Most likely it is intended to reflect a more recent understand... | This is true for both Newtonian mechanics and special relativity. The transformation between inertial frames is different in the two. One inertial frame can be much more convenient than others for calculation, but that does not make it superior in theory. |
129,198 | I wonder why in single player mode Pokemon trainers (some of them even *exclusively*) use Magikarp that only knows how to perform Splash. [According to this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/80566/does-magikarps-splash-move-really-never-deal-any-damage) Splash never even does real damage, unless it's... | 2013/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/129198",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | remember that in some later Pokemon Games there are Pokefan trainers who focus on either one pokemon (magikarp) or one type of pokemon (water, fish) however i think in all the games there have been Fisherman trainers and there wouldn't bee to many "Fish" pokemon
if the TV series is anything to go by there is also a gr... | It is just due to the fact that the pokemon trainers use were randomly generated; or it might possibly mean that Game Freak decided to include them because the trainers were trying to evolve their Magikarp to Gyarados. |
129,198 | I wonder why in single player mode Pokemon trainers (some of them even *exclusively*) use Magikarp that only knows how to perform Splash. [According to this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/80566/does-magikarps-splash-move-really-never-deal-any-damage) Splash never even does real damage, unless it's... | 2013/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/129198",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
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] | Consider this, at that point in the game, you should have at least passed the first gym leader, more or less, and are on your way to the next gym leader. Not true for all cases, but at that point in the game, you should be familiar with all the game mechanics.
That said, consider it as experience fodder. It's an equiv... | It is just due to the fact that the pokemon trainers use were randomly generated; or it might possibly mean that Game Freak decided to include them because the trainers were trying to evolve their Magikarp to Gyarados. |
129,198 | I wonder why in single player mode Pokemon trainers (some of them even *exclusively*) use Magikarp that only knows how to perform Splash. [According to this question](https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/80566/does-magikarps-splash-move-really-never-deal-any-damage) Splash never even does real damage, unless it's... | 2013/08/29 | [
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/129198",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com",
"https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/23901/"
] | Consider this, at that point in the game, you should have at least passed the first gym leader, more or less, and are on your way to the next gym leader. Not true for all cases, but at that point in the game, you should be familiar with all the game mechanics.
That said, consider it as experience fodder. It's an equiv... | remember that in some later Pokemon Games there are Pokefan trainers who focus on either one pokemon (magikarp) or one type of pokemon (water, fish) however i think in all the games there have been Fisherman trainers and there wouldn't bee to many "Fish" pokemon
if the TV series is anything to go by there is also a gr... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
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] | Perhaps you should go to the historical origin of the *modal* word applied to UI to find more generic alternatives. Sometimes the terms used in the definition are more elementary than those defined.
There is an interesting answer on [EnglishSE](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103192/etymology-of-modal-dial... | The proper name is **["Modal Window"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window)**, but you can also present it as a modal dialog box, pop-up window, pop-up notification, or even lightbox.
Regardless of what you call it, it's a good idea to explain what it is and what kind of content your users can view in these moda... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | "Modal" describes how it works (preventing any other operations being performed while the child window is open), not what it looks like (which is typically what clients use to communicate).
In the context of the web, I'd probably use the word "overlay" if it's a generic modal that can be used for any purpose. If it's ... | The proper name is **["Modal Window"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window)**, but you can also present it as a modal dialog box, pop-up window, pop-up notification, or even lightbox.
Regardless of what you call it, it's a good idea to explain what it is and what kind of content your users can view in these moda... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | The proper name is **["Modal Window"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_window)**, but you can also present it as a modal dialog box, pop-up window, pop-up notification, or even lightbox.
Regardless of what you call it, it's a good idea to explain what it is and what kind of content your users can view in these moda... | When it comes to nomenclature in the IT sector, there usually seems to be a mixture of terms that stems from the technical and programming language that sometimes evolve over time in a more design-centric environment that reflects the use of languages and terms that are closer to what a non-technical person might use.
... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | "Modal" describes how it works (preventing any other operations being performed while the child window is open), not what it looks like (which is typically what clients use to communicate).
In the context of the web, I'd probably use the word "overlay" if it's a generic modal that can be used for any purpose. If it's ... | Perhaps you should go to the historical origin of the *modal* word applied to UI to find more generic alternatives. Sometimes the terms used in the definition are more elementary than those defined.
There is an interesting answer on [EnglishSE](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103192/etymology-of-modal-dial... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | Perhaps you should go to the historical origin of the *modal* word applied to UI to find more generic alternatives. Sometimes the terms used in the definition are more elementary than those defined.
There is an interesting answer on [EnglishSE](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103192/etymology-of-modal-dial... | In a comment to the question, you indicate your clients are expected to use these Modals for must-see messages, so "Important Message" and "Critical Notification" seem to be good labels for the feature. These are plain English (adjective-noun), and describe *what* the feature does instead of *how* it is done, which sho... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | Perhaps you should go to the historical origin of the *modal* word applied to UI to find more generic alternatives. Sometimes the terms used in the definition are more elementary than those defined.
There is an interesting answer on [EnglishSE](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/103192/etymology-of-modal-dial... | When it comes to nomenclature in the IT sector, there usually seems to be a mixture of terms that stems from the technical and programming language that sometimes evolve over time in a more design-centric environment that reflects the use of languages and terms that are closer to what a non-technical person might use.
... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | "Modal" describes how it works (preventing any other operations being performed while the child window is open), not what it looks like (which is typically what clients use to communicate).
In the context of the web, I'd probably use the word "overlay" if it's a generic modal that can be used for any purpose. If it's ... | In a comment to the question, you indicate your clients are expected to use these Modals for must-see messages, so "Important Message" and "Critical Notification" seem to be good labels for the feature. These are plain English (adjective-noun), and describe *what* the feature does instead of *how* it is done, which sho... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | "Modal" describes how it works (preventing any other operations being performed while the child window is open), not what it looks like (which is typically what clients use to communicate).
In the context of the web, I'd probably use the word "overlay" if it's a generic modal that can be used for any purpose. If it's ... | When it comes to nomenclature in the IT sector, there usually seems to be a mixture of terms that stems from the technical and programming language that sometimes evolve over time in a more design-centric environment that reflects the use of languages and terms that are closer to what a non-technical person might use.
... |
143,948 | Our company runs about 1,000 websites for various clients, and we just implemented a feature that will allow them to create their own modals in a "back end" that we've created for them. They are basic [Bootstrap Modals](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/components/modal/) and the feature works great.
We're at the poin... | 2022/07/19 | [
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/143948",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com",
"https://ux.stackexchange.com/users/158765/"
] | In a comment to the question, you indicate your clients are expected to use these Modals for must-see messages, so "Important Message" and "Critical Notification" seem to be good labels for the feature. These are plain English (adjective-noun), and describe *what* the feature does instead of *how* it is done, which sho... | When it comes to nomenclature in the IT sector, there usually seems to be a mixture of terms that stems from the technical and programming language that sometimes evolve over time in a more design-centric environment that reflects the use of languages and terms that are closer to what a non-technical person might use.
... |
122,687 | I have a Debian machine (actually a Raspberry Pi) that I would like to use as a rudimentary, outgoing-only mail server over a residential connection, just for kicks. Port 25 is blocked. I would like to set it up as a standalone SMTP server, not a relay. Is that possible?
Comcast gives the impression I can use port 587... | 2014/04/02 | [
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/122687",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com",
"https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/64171/"
] | If your ISP is blocking traffic that you send destined for another host's TCP port 25, you will not be able to set up an outbound mail server.
Conversely, if they are blocking inbound connections to your TCP port 25, other mail servers would not be able to deliver messages to you.
Additionally, it is typically not ve... | Port 25 is now generally considered "legacy SMTP". All my new SMTP boxes have used port 587 for some time now. There is nothing non-standard about it, in fact it is considered the norm today.
See Wikipedia's [list of ports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers). |
30,674 | Im looking into making the switch from platforms to clip-less and just saw SPD pedals with "Click'R" technology ( [Example](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00D85K5OA) ) Im not sure if its worth the extra money to buy that opposed to SPD pedals without the "Click'r" Technology.
**Has anyone tried both?**
**... | 2015/05/19 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/30674",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/19573/"
] | Another option to that new system is the existing SPD system with the ["Multi-Directional" cleat (SM-SH56)](http://www.shimano-lifestylegear.com/us/fw/products/accessory/cleat.php?pSccleat002). This cleat just makes the step-in and release a little easier than the standard cleat (no numbers on it).
The advantage (over... | The Click'R system allows for a more recessed cleat in the shoe. It is a very similar design to Shimano SPD but is marketed for commuters and trekkers who want dual purpose shoes for when they are on and off the bike.
They also allow for multi-release meaning they offer a wider range of movement to release the cleat f... |
341,355 | I come across a set of questions like these:
[What are the differences between Network and HTTP(s) load balancer in GCP](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41535226/difference-between-network-and-https-load-balancer-in-gcp/41535227)
[How do I configure managed instance group and autoscaling in Google Cloud Platform... | 2017/01/11 | [
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/341355",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com",
"https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/58129/"
] | >
> Is it a good practice? Create smaller questions to answer an original question by another user
>
>
>
Of course it's a good practice: you are breaking down a "too broad" question, with it's subsets that can arguably reused on other purposes. Do note, each of these questions should be able to stand on their own:... | The idea of breaking down a broad question into sub-questions seems like a good one - it's basically what the "too broad" policy is *instructing* you to do. But these new questions should be *instead of* the original, not subservient to it. And the fact they were created this way is a historical footnote, not an on-goi... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
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] | The other moons orbit around both Pluto and Charon, so in a way it is accurate to say that they orbit the Pluto-Charon system rather than just Pluto, since Pluto and Charon orbit a center of gravity outside of Pluto. For now, the IAU has not pursued classifying Pluto-Charon as a double planet, so the moons are all said... | They orbit the barycenter of Pluto/ Charon, as there is no other place for them to orbit. Their orbit extends beyond the Charon, so thus the only stable orbit would go around both objects. See this image from [Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pluto_moon_P5_discovery_with_moons%27_orb... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/10579/"
] | There are potentially stable Pluto-centric\* orbits in the Pluto-Charon system, but so far [nothing has been detected](http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150528) in the *[Sailboat Island of Stability](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9307/what-is-a-sailboat-island-of-stability)* or any... | They orbit the barycenter of Pluto/ Charon, as there is no other place for them to orbit. Their orbit extends beyond the Charon, so thus the only stable orbit would go around both objects. See this image from [Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Pluto_moon_P5_discovery_with_moons%27_orb... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/10579/"
] | The other moons orbit around both Pluto and Charon, so in a way it is accurate to say that they orbit the Pluto-Charon system rather than just Pluto, since Pluto and Charon orbit a center of gravity outside of Pluto. For now, the IAU has not pursued classifying Pluto-Charon as a double planet, so the moons are all said... | **The four moons (Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx) all orbit around the centre-of-gravity of the Pluto-Charon binary system.**
Image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlighting the orbits of the four moons. You can clearly see that they are orbiting the barycentre ... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/10579/"
] | The other moons orbit around both Pluto and Charon, so in a way it is accurate to say that they orbit the Pluto-Charon system rather than just Pluto, since Pluto and Charon orbit a center of gravity outside of Pluto. For now, the IAU has not pursued classifying Pluto-Charon as a double planet, so the moons are all said... | There are potentially stable Pluto-centric\* orbits in the Pluto-Charon system, but so far [nothing has been detected](http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150528) in the *[Sailboat Island of Stability](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9307/what-is-a-sailboat-island-of-stability)* or any... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/10579/"
] | The other moons orbit around both Pluto and Charon, so in a way it is accurate to say that they orbit the Pluto-Charon system rather than just Pluto, since Pluto and Charon orbit a center of gravity outside of Pluto. For now, the IAU has not pursued classifying Pluto-Charon as a double planet, so the moons are all said... | TLDR: *If we feel we have to mention Charon every time we speak of the Plutonian system, then we should give the same privilege to all the other moons as well, as even they contribute to the COG; even if, admitedly, not to the extent of being able to move the COG to inside or outside of Pluto itself. So, we would have ... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
"https://space.stackexchange.com",
"https://space.stackexchange.com/users/10579/"
] | There are potentially stable Pluto-centric\* orbits in the Pluto-Charon system, but so far [nothing has been detected](http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150528) in the *[Sailboat Island of Stability](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9307/what-is-a-sailboat-island-of-stability)* or any... | **The four moons (Nix, Hydra, Kerberos and Styx) all orbit around the centre-of-gravity of the Pluto-Charon binary system.**
Image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlighting the orbits of the four moons. You can clearly see that they are orbiting the barycentre ... |
9,636 | As the center of gravity between Pluto and Charon is outside Pluto does Pluto's satellites other than Charon such as Nix, Hydra, Kerberos or Styx orbits around Pluto or the COG? | 2015/06/24 | [
"https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9636",
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] | There are potentially stable Pluto-centric\* orbits in the Pluto-Charon system, but so far [nothing has been detected](http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150528) in the *[Sailboat Island of Stability](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/9307/what-is-a-sailboat-island-of-stability)* or any... | TLDR: *If we feel we have to mention Charon every time we speak of the Plutonian system, then we should give the same privilege to all the other moons as well, as even they contribute to the COG; even if, admitedly, not to the extent of being able to move the COG to inside or outside of Pluto itself. So, we would have ... |
136,387 | I was reading a book - "Steps to Understanding" by L.A. Hill - when i saw the sentence below:
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> One day he saw an advertisement for a suitable house in Hampshire which was claimed to be **within a stone's throw** of a railway station.
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>
>
I know what "throw" means. I was expecting to see a kind of distance ... | 2017/07/14 | [
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/136387",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com",
"https://ell.stackexchange.com/users/37346/"
] | No, it's not meant to be taken literally. It simply means *close (by)*. There is no fixed distance that constitutes a "stone's throw", much like how "close" or "near" are not fixed.
>
> [**within a stone's throw (of something)**](http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/within+a+stone%27s+throw) and (just) a stone's throw... | "stone's throw" refers to a short distance away. Obviously most of us can't throw a stone too far, so people use this phrase to describe two places that are not far apart.
>
> **a stone’s throw (away)**
>
>
> a short distance:
>
>
> *The animal was sitting just a stone's throw away from us*.
>
>
> *The... |
43,306 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LRUFk.jpg)I have a very steep hill on my route which levels out after about 2 km. The first quarter is extremely steep and shortly after I enter it the bike skips around a little bit and by the time I'm at the bottom I'm gr... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43306",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25176/"
] | High speed stability can be dramatically affected by the geometry of the bike in question. There's a chance that the head angle on your 29'er is slacker which should give greater stability.
I know that on a car at certain rpm's you can get vibration through the car if a wheel is not correctly balanced. You might want ... | There is no limit to safe downhill speed on your bike. The limit is when you come off your bike. In which case even a low speed crash of 20 to 30 mph can be pretty nasty on chip and seal type surfaces or where there are obstacles (oncoming traffic anyone?).
You can ride a modern road bike up to 60 mph, even a little m... |
43,306 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LRUFk.jpg)I have a very steep hill on my route which levels out after about 2 km. The first quarter is extremely steep and shortly after I enter it the bike skips around a little bit and by the time I'm at the bottom I'm gr... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43306",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25176/"
] | High speed stability can be dramatically affected by the geometry of the bike in question. There's a chance that the head angle on your 29'er is slacker which should give greater stability.
I know that on a car at certain rpm's you can get vibration through the car if a wheel is not correctly balanced. You might want ... | I don't think there's anything like a **specific** safe speed for going downhill. From my experience there are many reasons for a bike becoming unhandlable when going downhill:
**your bike**: i'd say the main factors that enable you to go downhill fast *& safe* are:
* frame & fork: a super stiff carbon frame or an al... |
43,306 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LRUFk.jpg)I have a very steep hill on my route which levels out after about 2 km. The first quarter is extremely steep and shortly after I enter it the bike skips around a little bit and by the time I'm at the bottom I'm gr... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43306",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25176/"
] | The maximum safe speed is the speed where you still have control you think is needed.
There are levels of control
* Can you stop if a car suddenly reverses out of a driveway?
This is the highest level of control; it means we'd never exceed about **25kph (16mph)** on the flat. Obviously we frequently exceed that, a... | There is no limit to safe downhill speed on your bike. The limit is when you come off your bike. In which case even a low speed crash of 20 to 30 mph can be pretty nasty on chip and seal type surfaces or where there are obstacles (oncoming traffic anyone?).
You can ride a modern road bike up to 60 mph, even a little m... |
43,306 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LRUFk.jpg)I have a very steep hill on my route which levels out after about 2 km. The first quarter is extremely steep and shortly after I enter it the bike skips around a little bit and by the time I'm at the bottom I'm gr... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43306",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25176/"
] | I don't think there's anything like a **specific** safe speed for going downhill. From my experience there are many reasons for a bike becoming unhandlable when going downhill:
**your bike**: i'd say the main factors that enable you to go downhill fast *& safe* are:
* frame & fork: a super stiff carbon frame or an al... | There is no limit to safe downhill speed on your bike. The limit is when you come off your bike. In which case even a low speed crash of 20 to 30 mph can be pretty nasty on chip and seal type surfaces or where there are obstacles (oncoming traffic anyone?).
You can ride a modern road bike up to 60 mph, even a little m... |
43,306 | [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LRUFk.jpg)I have a very steep hill on my route which levels out after about 2 km. The first quarter is extremely steep and shortly after I enter it the bike skips around a little bit and by the time I'm at the bottom I'm gr... | 2016/10/20 | [
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/43306",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com",
"https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/users/25176/"
] | The maximum safe speed is the speed where you still have control you think is needed.
There are levels of control
* Can you stop if a car suddenly reverses out of a driveway?
This is the highest level of control; it means we'd never exceed about **25kph (16mph)** on the flat. Obviously we frequently exceed that, a... | I don't think there's anything like a **specific** safe speed for going downhill. From my experience there are many reasons for a bike becoming unhandlable when going downhill:
**your bike**: i'd say the main factors that enable you to go downhill fast *& safe* are:
* frame & fork: a super stiff carbon frame or an al... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | Successful strategies in both areas can have the same math requirement. It just depends on the algorithm. PhD level mathematics is not a requirement in either area, despite the impression you may get from academic papers (note that a lot of these papers use math to build a sim market, which is completely dislocated fro... | Unfortunately, the ability and tools to develop a low latency trading system are extremely commoditized and will be insufficient for you to make a living in this field. An overwhelming majority of electronic market makers are staffed 100% by PhDs because trading experience and research compose their primary differentia... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | Successful strategies in both areas can have the same math requirement. It just depends on the algorithm. PhD level mathematics is not a requirement in either area, despite the impression you may get from academic papers (note that a lot of these papers use math to build a sim market, which is completely dislocated fro... | No. All you need is to be naturally smart, and not lack common sense.
Well, clearly, a bare minimum of education (the 4 operations should suffice) ;-)
Also sometimes, too much specialized education may really be detrimental (it's common the case of Physics PhDs, who have an harmful tendency towards predictive models)... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | Successful strategies in both areas can have the same math requirement. It just depends on the algorithm. PhD level mathematics is not a requirement in either area, despite the impression you may get from academic papers (note that a lot of these papers use math to build a sim market, which is completely dislocated fro... | I think a lot of people look for PhDs are not only for their mathematical or quantitative skills, but also for their research mindset. It takes a lot of iterations, trying a lot of ideas most of which would not work to come up with a profitable trading strategy. Having a PhD becomes a sort of testament to the fact that... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | The primary quant skill needed to make the market is **optimal control** (a typical paper is [Guéant, O., L, and J. Fernandez-Tapia (2013, September). Dealing with the inventory risk: a solution to the market making problem. Mathematics and Financial Economics 4 (7), 477-507](http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3115)), because y... | Unfortunately, the ability and tools to develop a low latency trading system are extremely commoditized and will be insufficient for you to make a living in this field. An overwhelming majority of electronic market makers are staffed 100% by PhDs because trading experience and research compose their primary differentia... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | The primary quant skill needed to make the market is **optimal control** (a typical paper is [Guéant, O., L, and J. Fernandez-Tapia (2013, September). Dealing with the inventory risk: a solution to the market making problem. Mathematics and Financial Economics 4 (7), 477-507](http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3115)), because y... | No. All you need is to be naturally smart, and not lack common sense.
Well, clearly, a bare minimum of education (the 4 operations should suffice) ;-)
Also sometimes, too much specialized education may really be detrimental (it's common the case of Physics PhDs, who have an harmful tendency towards predictive models)... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | The primary quant skill needed to make the market is **optimal control** (a typical paper is [Guéant, O., L, and J. Fernandez-Tapia (2013, September). Dealing with the inventory risk: a solution to the market making problem. Mathematics and Financial Economics 4 (7), 477-507](http://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3115)), because y... | I think a lot of people look for PhDs are not only for their mathematical or quantitative skills, but also for their research mindset. It takes a lot of iterations, trying a lot of ideas most of which would not work to come up with a profitable trading strategy. Having a PhD becomes a sort of testament to the fact that... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | Unfortunately, the ability and tools to develop a low latency trading system are extremely commoditized and will be insufficient for you to make a living in this field. An overwhelming majority of electronic market makers are staffed 100% by PhDs because trading experience and research compose their primary differentia... | No. All you need is to be naturally smart, and not lack common sense.
Well, clearly, a bare minimum of education (the 4 operations should suffice) ;-)
Also sometimes, too much specialized education may really be detrimental (it's common the case of Physics PhDs, who have an harmful tendency towards predictive models)... |
12,767 | I understand there is an awful lot of Quantitative Math required for statistical arbitrage/algorithmic trading. However, would someone "in the know" be able to tell me whether there is less quantitative requirement for being a market-maker?
My (simplistic) viewpoint on market making is you simply want to keep quoting... | 2014/06/23 | [
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/12767",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com",
"https://quant.stackexchange.com/users/6089/"
] | Unfortunately, the ability and tools to develop a low latency trading system are extremely commoditized and will be insufficient for you to make a living in this field. An overwhelming majority of electronic market makers are staffed 100% by PhDs because trading experience and research compose their primary differentia... | I think a lot of people look for PhDs are not only for their mathematical or quantitative skills, but also for their research mindset. It takes a lot of iterations, trying a lot of ideas most of which would not work to come up with a profitable trading strategy. Having a PhD becomes a sort of testament to the fact that... |
106,379 | In the UK Visa application form, the question asks: Total Monthly Income from Savings and Investments. Do I put my total savings balance or the interest I receive from the savings? For example, in the Philippines, I have savings of say 1 million pesos, but this only earns very small interest of 3 thousand pesos per mon... | 2017/12/06 | [
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/106379",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com",
"https://travel.stackexchange.com/users/71223/"
] | 3,000. Or whatever the real figure is. The question asks about the income, not the capital. As an aside, most working age people in the UK and the Philippines get most or all of their income from work (wage or salary) not from investments so this won't seem strange to the visa office. | You should put your interest amount only. they are asking you about your income from your saving. do not put how much savings you have. kindly mention how much you get interest from your savings.so you should put 3 thousand pesos as per your details. |
5,039,402 | I've developed a web application which uses ASP.net 4.0 Routing. It's working fine without using Window Azure.
But when I use it with Window Azure, it's not working, giving me 404 not found error. Means routing is not working.
I've follows the link: <http://www.michaelckennedy.net/blog/2009/05/27/ASPNETRoutingInWindo... | 2011/02/18 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/5039402",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/622847/"
] | By default the web role for asp.net web forms is created with an operating system image based on Windows Server 2008 but for MVC applications which support routing the web role image is based on Windows Server 2008 R2.
So by manually switching OS family from 1 to 2 in the service configuration file on my web role it i... | I was having this problem and it was driving me crazy.
The solution is to enable "HTTP Redirection":
Windows Features -> Internet Information Services -> Word Wide Web services -> Common HTTP Features |
51,315,818 | I'm trying to delete Service catalog portfolio on my account, but I'm getting following error:
>
> **Delete portfolio failed**
>
>
> Portfolio port-xxx still has associated Principals
>
>
> | 2018/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/51315818",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9350422/"
] | Delete all principles, shares, constraints and products and then you will be able to delete it. | We have faced the same issue and we have to remove the IAM roles that are associated with the portfolio. |
51,315,818 | I'm trying to delete Service catalog portfolio on my account, but I'm getting following error:
>
> **Delete portfolio failed**
>
>
> Portfolio port-xxx still has associated Principals
>
>
> | 2018/07/12 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/51315818",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9350422/"
] | Delete all principles, shares, constraints and products and then you will be able to delete it. | 1. First click on the Portfolio that you want to delete.
2. Goto the tab, Users and roles.
3. Select the associated user and delete it from the Portfolio one by one.
4. Now try to delete the Portfolio. |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | The raw format is un-rendered, so you get to decide what the resulting pixels look like. If your comparing in camera rendered jpeg files, you can do far better to aim for what you want not what the camera provided as your goals.
If your expecting a "standard" rendering that is similar to a camera rendered jpeg file o... | It's unclear to me why you set the white balance to Tungsten, didn't like the results, and now think this is a problem. You can -- *should* -- adjust the white balance to whatever you think looks good.
The biggest problem as I see it is your use of tungsten white balance: Is the light in your photo tungsten? More spec... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | The raw format is un-rendered, so you get to decide what the resulting pixels look like. If your comparing in camera rendered jpeg files, you can do far better to aim for what you want not what the camera provided as your goals.
If your expecting a "standard" rendering that is similar to a camera rendered jpeg file o... | tl;dr : no. You do not need anything more than lightroom (in terms of software to process the file)
Transforming from a raw file (that is the pure sensor readings per pixel) to something that you are displaying on a monitor is a rather complex process that involves a lot of math, quite some information additionally to... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | I think your overthinking things. Every RAW file is TAGGED with a white balance value. The tag simply contains the Kelvin rating for the white balance. If you selected Tungsten in camera, then by default the image, when rendered with Lightroom, will be rendered with a Kelvin rating somewhere between 2800K and 3300K (de... | The raw format is un-rendered, so you get to decide what the resulting pixels look like. If your comparing in camera rendered jpeg files, you can do far better to aim for what you want not what the camera provided as your goals.
If your expecting a "standard" rendering that is similar to a camera rendered jpeg file o... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | It all boils down to different meanings for the word "tungsten".
Lightroom (or Adobe Camera Raw) is expecting "tungsten photographic lighting" when you select the Tungsten white balance preset. That means photofloods (type A or P bulbs with high wattage ratings - typically 250W or 500W - and a life expectancy of about... | It's unclear to me why you set the white balance to Tungsten, didn't like the results, and now think this is a problem. You can -- *should* -- adjust the white balance to whatever you think looks good.
The biggest problem as I see it is your use of tungsten white balance: Is the light in your photo tungsten? More spec... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | I think your overthinking things. Every RAW file is TAGGED with a white balance value. The tag simply contains the Kelvin rating for the white balance. If you selected Tungsten in camera, then by default the image, when rendered with Lightroom, will be rendered with a Kelvin rating somewhere between 2800K and 3300K (de... | It's unclear to me why you set the white balance to Tungsten, didn't like the results, and now think this is a problem. You can -- *should* -- adjust the white balance to whatever you think looks good.
The biggest problem as I see it is your use of tungsten white balance: Is the light in your photo tungsten? More spec... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | It all boils down to different meanings for the word "tungsten".
Lightroom (or Adobe Camera Raw) is expecting "tungsten photographic lighting" when you select the Tungsten white balance preset. That means photofloods (type A or P bulbs with high wattage ratings - typically 250W or 500W - and a life expectancy of about... | tl;dr : no. You do not need anything more than lightroom (in terms of software to process the file)
Transforming from a raw file (that is the pure sensor readings per pixel) to something that you are displaying on a monitor is a rather complex process that involves a lot of math, quite some information additionally to... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | I think your overthinking things. Every RAW file is TAGGED with a white balance value. The tag simply contains the Kelvin rating for the white balance. If you selected Tungsten in camera, then by default the image, when rendered with Lightroom, will be rendered with a Kelvin rating somewhere between 2800K and 3300K (de... | tl;dr : no. You do not need anything more than lightroom (in terms of software to process the file)
Transforming from a raw file (that is the pure sensor readings per pixel) to something that you are displaying on a monitor is a rather complex process that involves a lot of math, quite some information additionally to... |
50,523 | I have a Canon Powershot S100 and use Adobe Photoshop 5.1, up until this point I have just saved images on my camera jpeg but I decided to try saving as raw format as well. So I set my camera to save as raw and jpeg, and in Lightroom I selected Preferences:General:Treat JPEG files as separate photos so I could compare ... | 2014/05/24 | [
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/50523",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com",
"https://photo.stackexchange.com/users/28237/"
] | I think your overthinking things. Every RAW file is TAGGED with a white balance value. The tag simply contains the Kelvin rating for the white balance. If you selected Tungsten in camera, then by default the image, when rendered with Lightroom, will be rendered with a Kelvin rating somewhere between 2800K and 3300K (de... | It all boils down to different meanings for the word "tungsten".
Lightroom (or Adobe Camera Raw) is expecting "tungsten photographic lighting" when you select the Tungsten white balance preset. That means photofloods (type A or P bulbs with high wattage ratings - typically 250W or 500W - and a life expectancy of about... |
196,887 | I'm considering taking the Fearsome Rune on a weapon, and have feats or other runes which impose a saving throw on a hit/crit. Does the fear effect get applied before the saving throw, or after?
That is to say, will the fear penalty to checks apply to all these saves I might impose on a crit?
[Fearsome rune](https://... | 2022/03/17 | [
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/196887",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com",
"https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/23134/"
] | It's unclear
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I couldn't remember seeing a ruling on this, and that's no surprise as there is nothing in the [Encounter Mode](https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=429), [Playing the Game: Encounters](https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=13), [Turns](https://2e.aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?ID=435), nor [Actions](htt... | They’re Frightened When They Make the Save
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As I've more deeply gone into with this [answer](https://rpg.stackexchange.com/a/199857/72765), each effect here happens at the same time. There's no mention in the rules about ordering these effects, so they all happen at the final ... |
190,455 | In the episode "The Red Forest," we deal extensively with a timeline where Cassie dies in 2015. In fact, this timeline's existence is crucial in providing Cole with important information about Operation Troy.
Now, in the season 4 episode "One Minute More" we've learned that
>
> Hannah Jones is Cole's mother.
>
>
... | 2018/07/01 | [
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/190455",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com",
"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/57672/"
] | Terry has answered this officially on Twitter.
Tara O'Shea asked him:
>
> Ever have that thing where you're going crazy trying to understand how the dead Cole in the alternative future shown in #12Monkeys s1 "The Red Forest" could exist if in that timeline, Cole and Cassie never went back in time to save Cole's own ... | You’re right, it doesn’t make sense. That “Red Forest” episode is in my view the show’s biggest plot hole. Just think through all the consequences of Cassie dying in 2015:
1. No Athan Cole
2. No Olivia embracing her destiny in the 1970’s
3. No Army of the 12 Monkeys
4. No funding of Project Splinter
And many other th... |
309,049 | I have a question regarding "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. The book is written in past tense and uses past perfect form to tell us of what had happened before, but in this sentence Cormac uses present perfect instead:
>
> "In the produce section in the bottom of the bins they found a few ancient runner beans **and wh... | 2016/02/22 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/309049",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | "Good" has many meanings, depending both on what kind of thing it is being applied to, and the context (eg, the purpose).
Some possible answers are 'quality', 'virtue', 'skill'. 'kindness', 'appropriateness'. I'm sure there are plenty more. | Technically, you can use "goodness" in that blank. However, if you define it that way, it's a bit of a circular definition ("good" would describe "goodness", hence "good" would describe "the quality of being good").
Perhaps "good describes the benevolence of someone" or "good is the quality of intending to leave a pos... |
80,076 | I know Joel says that rewrites are always bad, m'kay, but that is assuming the person who wrote the code in the first place had some idea what they were doing.
I've got a medium sized (for a single developer anyway, ~18k LoC) C++ project, which I started when I did not truly know C++. Therefore, there are several thin... | 2011/05/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80076",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/886/"
] | Two things:
1. It is said that only 20% of all features in a system is actually used, so if you want to shorten the rewrite time, consider working only on those 20% and release when they are done. Work incrementally.
2. You should use your knowledge of the old system and make the new system better, more focused and us... | This is a bit of a cop out answer, but if you find yourself getting too conflicted, that can in itself be your worst enemy. I think there's merit in both points of view. Search your feelings on it and commit to it, and follow through. In the end, it'll be about whether you completed or not. I doubt anyone will persecut... |
80,076 | I know Joel says that rewrites are always bad, m'kay, but that is assuming the person who wrote the code in the first place had some idea what they were doing.
I've got a medium sized (for a single developer anyway, ~18k LoC) C++ project, which I started when I did not truly know C++. Therefore, there are several thin... | 2011/05/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80076",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/886/"
] | It sounds like you are suffering from [Second System Effect](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SecondSystemEffect).
I would suggest going back to the old system. Then choose between refactoring (which I'm not as big a fan of as many around here) or trying to write a minimal usable replacement for as little of the functionality o... | This is a bit of a cop out answer, but if you find yourself getting too conflicted, that can in itself be your worst enemy. I think there's merit in both points of view. Search your feelings on it and commit to it, and follow through. In the end, it'll be about whether you completed or not. I doubt anyone will persecut... |
80,076 | I know Joel says that rewrites are always bad, m'kay, but that is assuming the person who wrote the code in the first place had some idea what they were doing.
I've got a medium sized (for a single developer anyway, ~18k LoC) C++ project, which I started when I did not truly know C++. Therefore, there are several thin... | 2011/05/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80076",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/886/"
] | Two things:
1. It is said that only 20% of all features in a system is actually used, so if you want to shorten the rewrite time, consider working only on those 20% and release when they are done. Work incrementally.
2. You should use your knowledge of the old system and make the new system better, more focused and us... | In my experience, when you have a project that is quite simply wrong from the bottom up, the best thing to do is set fire to it all and run around in your underwear for a bit, before sitting down and not just doing a rewrite, but a complete, bottom-up, clean-room rewrite of the entire project.
Some projects can be ref... |
80,076 | I know Joel says that rewrites are always bad, m'kay, but that is assuming the person who wrote the code in the first place had some idea what they were doing.
I've got a medium sized (for a single developer anyway, ~18k LoC) C++ project, which I started when I did not truly know C++. Therefore, there are several thin... | 2011/05/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80076",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/886/"
] | It sounds like you are suffering from [Second System Effect](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SecondSystemEffect).
I would suggest going back to the old system. Then choose between refactoring (which I'm not as big a fan of as many around here) or trying to write a minimal usable replacement for as little of the functionality o... | In my experience, when you have a project that is quite simply wrong from the bottom up, the best thing to do is set fire to it all and run around in your underwear for a bit, before sitting down and not just doing a rewrite, but a complete, bottom-up, clean-room rewrite of the entire project.
Some projects can be ref... |
80,076 | I know Joel says that rewrites are always bad, m'kay, but that is assuming the person who wrote the code in the first place had some idea what they were doing.
I've got a medium sized (for a single developer anyway, ~18k LoC) C++ project, which I started when I did not truly know C++. Therefore, there are several thin... | 2011/05/29 | [
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/80076",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com",
"https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/users/886/"
] | It sounds like you are suffering from [Second System Effect](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SecondSystemEffect).
I would suggest going back to the old system. Then choose between refactoring (which I'm not as big a fan of as many around here) or trying to write a minimal usable replacement for as little of the functionality o... | Two things:
1. It is said that only 20% of all features in a system is actually used, so if you want to shorten the rewrite time, consider working only on those 20% and release when they are done. Work incrementally.
2. You should use your knowledge of the old system and make the new system better, more focused and us... |
529,998 | I was wondering what could be the effect and possible advantage/disadvantage of replacing the Virtual VMWare with physical servers on performance of a web application | 2009/02/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/529998",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/21380/"
] | Unfortunately there's not nearly enough information to give any advice on this.
If you have one VMware ESX server on a high-end hardware box, converting it to a physical server will give you a minimal performance advantage.
But there are SO many variables here, your application could be going slower than it would on ... | You need to look at where your performance is being hit - are you CPU, memory, drive, network bound? You need to understand what is slowing you down before you can even start to ask questions like this.
If you are CPU bound then can you move clients between you host boxes to even out load. If you are memory bound then... |
8,906 | Is there any combination of iPhone and/or Mac apps that I can use to send a push notification to my iPhone?
For example, let's say I want to create a service (invoked via (Application Name) > Services) which sends the highlighted text on my Mac to my iPhone as a push notification message. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8906",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/218/"
] | The free app [Boxcar](http://boxcar.io/) allows you to forward Growl notifications to your iPhone. You can also use their [API](http://boxcar.io/help/api/providers) to send custom push notifications from any app or script. I use it with Growl (never used their API, though) and it works great. | Depends on what you're looking for, but you could use [Find my iPhone](http://me.com/find). It's [free](http://lifehacker.com/#!5696311/how-to-enable-and-use-find-my-iphone-for-free-on-iphone-3gs-and-other-pre+2010-devices), native and [easy to install](http://www.apple.com/iphone/find-my-iphone-setup/) and it [feature... |
8,906 | Is there any combination of iPhone and/or Mac apps that I can use to send a push notification to my iPhone?
For example, let's say I want to create a service (invoked via (Application Name) > Services) which sends the highlighted text on my Mac to my iPhone as a push notification message. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8906",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/218/"
] | I think a combination of [**Growl**](http://growl.info/) (OS X notifier) and [**Prowl**](http://www.prowlapp.com/) (an iPhone app that forwards Push Notifcations from Growl) with your AppleScript interacting with Growl directly would be the way to go for this. | The free app [Boxcar](http://boxcar.io/) allows you to forward Growl notifications to your iPhone. You can also use their [API](http://boxcar.io/help/api/providers) to send custom push notifications from any app or script. I use it with Growl (never used their API, though) and it works great. |
8,906 | Is there any combination of iPhone and/or Mac apps that I can use to send a push notification to my iPhone?
For example, let's say I want to create a service (invoked via (Application Name) > Services) which sends the highlighted text on my Mac to my iPhone as a push notification message. | 2011/02/22 | [
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/8906",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com",
"https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/218/"
] | The free app [Boxcar](http://boxcar.io/) allows you to forward Growl notifications to your iPhone. You can also use their [API](http://boxcar.io/help/api/providers) to send custom push notifications from any app or script. I use it with Growl (never used their API, though) and it works great. | There is a web service <http://pushme.to/> and ios app that could be implemented that would solve your problem although it doesn't appear to be in the app store at the moment pending some bug fixes i believe.
There are other apps that use an api to push messages to an ios device via a wordpress site oddly. <http://ipu... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | For a soft seat you could sense occupancy with an LED and photo-sensor at opposite ends of a short somewhat flexible tube that gets flexed when the cushion compresses, interrupting the light. That or a microswitch would have to be the cheapest means of sensing.
Getting from there to the server depends a little on how... | You could use [the awesome CapSense-Library](http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/CapacitiveSensor?from=Main.CapSense). Additionally to the Library you only need a thin piece of conducting material e.g. aluminium foil and two pins on your arduino. The only thing you have to do is experiment with different resistors to rel... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | I'm not going to answer this directly, because then you wouldn't learn anything! However, here are a few suggestions:
* Use a pressure sensor on the seat of the chair or
* Put a distance sensor (IR or ultrasonic) pointing at the chair.
* Use the official [Arduino WiFi shield](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoWiFiShiel... | You could use [the awesome CapSense-Library](http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/CapacitiveSensor?from=Main.CapSense). Additionally to the Library you only need a thin piece of conducting material e.g. aluminium foil and two pins on your arduino. The only thing you have to do is experiment with different resistors to rel... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | Oh wow, so many ways you could do this. To start, get an arduino with a wifi shield to transmit and read data. Familiarize yourself with how the arduino works with the shield, and how to read it on the other end. Then it's time to look at sensors you could use. Here's a couple ideas, I would recommend using more than o... | You could use [the awesome CapSense-Library](http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/CapacitiveSensor?from=Main.CapSense). Additionally to the Library you only need a thin piece of conducting material e.g. aluminium foil and two pins on your arduino. The only thing you have to do is experiment with different resistors to rel... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | You could use Electric Field Sensing, it allows you to detect the presence and position of conductive objects even if the sensor is covered by an opaque object. The technology is used in cars to detect if someone is sitting in a seat so the car can beep at you to put your seat-belt on. However, if all you want to do is... | conductive foam as sensor. it chg resistance when compressed.
or use image from camera to determine if seat is occupied. only one source for all data. |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | Oh wow, so many ways you could do this. To start, get an arduino with a wifi shield to transmit and read data. Familiarize yourself with how the arduino works with the shield, and how to read it on the other end. Then it's time to look at sensors you could use. Here's a couple ideas, I would recommend using more than o... | I'm not going to answer this directly, because then you wouldn't learn anything! However, here are a few suggestions:
* Use a pressure sensor on the seat of the chair or
* Put a distance sensor (IR or ultrasonic) pointing at the chair.
* Use the official [Arduino WiFi shield](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoWiFiShiel... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | You could use [the awesome CapSense-Library](http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/CapacitiveSensor?from=Main.CapSense). Additionally to the Library you only need a thin piece of conducting material e.g. aluminium foil and two pins on your arduino. The only thing you have to do is experiment with different resistors to rel... | conductive foam as sensor. it chg resistance when compressed.
or use image from camera to determine if seat is occupied. only one source for all data. |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | For a soft seat you could sense occupancy with an LED and photo-sensor at opposite ends of a short somewhat flexible tube that gets flexed when the cushion compresses, interrupting the light. That or a microswitch would have to be the cheapest means of sensing.
Getting from there to the server depends a little on how... | conductive foam as sensor. it chg resistance when compressed.
or use image from camera to determine if seat is occupied. only one source for all data. |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | I'm not going to answer this directly, because then you wouldn't learn anything! However, here are a few suggestions:
* Use a pressure sensor on the seat of the chair or
* Put a distance sensor (IR or ultrasonic) pointing at the chair.
* Use the official [Arduino WiFi shield](http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoWiFiShiel... | You could use Electric Field Sensing, it allows you to detect the presence and position of conductive objects even if the sensor is covered by an opaque object. The technology is used in cars to detect if someone is sitting in a seat so the car can beep at you to put your seat-belt on. However, if all you want to do is... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | For a soft seat you could sense occupancy with an LED and photo-sensor at opposite ends of a short somewhat flexible tube that gets flexed when the cushion compresses, interrupting the light. That or a microswitch would have to be the cheapest means of sensing.
Getting from there to the server depends a little on how... | You could use Electric Field Sensing, it allows you to detect the presence and position of conductive objects even if the sensor is covered by an opaque object. The technology is used in cars to detect if someone is sitting in a seat so the car can beep at you to put your seat-belt on. However, if all you want to do is... |
1,288 | I am planning to build a device able to detect and tell a server via Wi-Fi if a chair is occupied. How would you do it? And how cheap do you think the device could be? | 2014/04/25 | [
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/questions/1288",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com",
"https://arduino.stackexchange.com/users/1178/"
] | Oh wow, so many ways you could do this. To start, get an arduino with a wifi shield to transmit and read data. Familiarize yourself with how the arduino works with the shield, and how to read it on the other end. Then it's time to look at sensors you could use. Here's a couple ideas, I would recommend using more than o... | conductive foam as sensor. it chg resistance when compressed.
or use image from camera to determine if seat is occupied. only one source for all data. |
2,687,099 | Can anyone tell me how to create a custom installer to 'install' games. I say custom meaning I don't want the user to have the option where the game is installed. I want it to be a straight forward process, maybe with just one loading bar.
The program I'm developing is a 'center' for game playing, which includes a co... | 2010/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2687099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/303221/"
] | I'm presuming your game is developed in C#, rather than requiring the installer be written in C#?
If that's the case, there are plenty of options available to you for installer packages. Probably the most customisable option, whilst still being free, is [Nullsoft Install System](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page).... | Another system you can use is called Inno Setup - <http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php> |
2,687,099 | Can anyone tell me how to create a custom installer to 'install' games. I say custom meaning I don't want the user to have the option where the game is installed. I want it to be a straight forward process, maybe with just one loading bar.
The program I'm developing is a 'center' for game playing, which includes a co... | 2010/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2687099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/303221/"
] | I'm presuming your game is developed in C#, rather than requiring the installer be written in C#?
If that's the case, there are plenty of options available to you for installer packages. Probably the most customisable option, whilst still being free, is [Nullsoft Install System](http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page).... | If the games already exist your best option would be to call the MSI installers in administrative mode (see documentation for MSIExec). Then you could actually
* Set a predetermined location for the games
* Remove any UI and replace that with your custom installer UI
Obviously that would only work if the installs ar... |
2,687,099 | Can anyone tell me how to create a custom installer to 'install' games. I say custom meaning I don't want the user to have the option where the game is installed. I want it to be a straight forward process, maybe with just one loading bar.
The program I'm developing is a 'center' for game playing, which includes a co... | 2010/04/21 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2687099",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/303221/"
] | Another system you can use is called Inno Setup - <http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php> | If the games already exist your best option would be to call the MSI installers in administrative mode (see documentation for MSIExec). Then you could actually
* Set a predetermined location for the games
* Remove any UI and replace that with your custom installer UI
Obviously that would only work if the installs ar... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I regularly have to explain what *computer science* is to parents, and I have lately settled into this explanation:
Technology keeps changing all the time. You get used to the menus in Microsoft Word, and then they change it to the Ribbon. You learn to program buttons in Java using Applets, and then Applets get remove... | I would explain it like this:
In reality, you have to solve problems on your daily basis. It may be a time problem, like "how do I get these five tasks done it just 1 hour?" or "how can I stack these boxes so that they all fit into the cupboard?".
Computer science is in many ways equal to solving these problems, only... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I'll attempt a self-answer here, based on hindsight and a few previous experiences where I went in knowing I wanted to do this.
I've found that starting off with an analogy helps a lot of the time. Friends and co-workers have reported similar results in my super unscientific poll. The one we use is along the lines of
... | I don't know if this will help you, but I often find myself in the position of explaining the difference between CS and IT to students / prospective students / parents, and I use the experience of being a one-time emergency medical technician to help.
I compare the difference between CS and IT to the difference betwee... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I regularly have to explain what *computer science* is to parents, and I have lately settled into this explanation:
Technology keeps changing all the time. You get used to the menus in Microsoft Word, and then they change it to the Ribbon. You learn to program buttons in Java using Applets, and then Applets get remove... | I don't know if this will help you, but I often find myself in the position of explaining the difference between CS and IT to students / prospective students / parents, and I use the experience of being a one-time emergency medical technician to help.
I compare the difference between CS and IT to the difference betwee... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I regularly have to explain what *computer science* is to parents, and I have lately settled into this explanation:
Technology keeps changing all the time. You get used to the menus in Microsoft Word, and then they change it to the Ribbon. You learn to program buttons in Java using Applets, and then Applets get remove... | I'll attempt a self-answer here, based on hindsight and a few previous experiences where I went in knowing I wanted to do this.
I've found that starting off with an analogy helps a lot of the time. Friends and co-workers have reported similar results in my super unscientific poll. The one we use is along the lines of
... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I would explain it like this:
In reality, you have to solve problems on your daily basis. It may be a time problem, like "how do I get these five tasks done it just 1 hour?" or "how can I stack these boxes so that they all fit into the cupboard?".
Computer science is in many ways equal to solving these problems, only... | Dealing with (my) parents who are not particularly aware of computers or the difference between a server and a database, I believe I have a fairly simple answer for this question.
*Computer science* is the theory and study of how computers work, algorithms (in layman's terms, a process to solve a problem), and how to ... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I would explain it like this:
In reality, you have to solve problems on your daily basis. It may be a time problem, like "how do I get these five tasks done it just 1 hour?" or "how can I stack these boxes so that they all fit into the cupboard?".
Computer science is in many ways equal to solving these problems, only... | I don't know if this will help you, but I often find myself in the position of explaining the difference between CS and IT to students / prospective students / parents, and I use the experience of being a one-time emergency medical technician to help.
I compare the difference between CS and IT to the difference betwee... |
918 | I was at a party a few days ago with a doctor (the medical kind, not the research kind) who was thinking about writing a computer program to solve a scheduling problem at work. Someone introduced him to me because I have a CS degree and worked as a software engineer for a few years.
It wasn't long before we moved on f... | 2017/06/21 | [
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/questions/918",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com",
"https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/users/1166/"
] | I regularly have to explain what *computer science* is to parents, and I have lately settled into this explanation:
Technology keeps changing all the time. You get used to the menus in Microsoft Word, and then they change it to the Ribbon. You learn to program buttons in Java using Applets, and then Applets get remove... | Dealing with (my) parents who are not particularly aware of computers or the difference between a server and a database, I believe I have a fairly simple answer for this question.
*Computer science* is the theory and study of how computers work, algorithms (in layman's terms, a process to solve a problem), and how to ... |
25,666 | The major limitations of decision tree approaches to data analysis that I know of are:
1. Provide less information on the relationship between the predictors and the response.
2. Biased toward predictors with more variance or levels.
3. Can have issues with highly collinear predictors.
4. Can have poor prediction accu... | 2017/12/14 | [
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com/questions/25666",
"https://datascience.stackexchange.com",
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] | Simple decision trees have some limitations listed below. Fortunately, some of these can be fixed used ensemble learning techniques (think bagging, boosting...).
Concerning limitations :
* Trees tend to overfit quickly at the bottom. If you have few observations in last nodes, poor decision can be taken. In this situ... | 1)**Over Fitting** is one of the most practical difficulty for decision tree models. This problem gets solved by setting constraints on model parameters and pruning.
2)**Not fit for continuous variables**: While working with continuous numerical variables, decision tree looses information when it categorizes variables... |
21,159,889 | I am very very new to AWS S3.
I have the following questions,
Question 1) Is it possible to have folders and sub-folders in S3 buckets?
For e.g. as below:
Here \*\*Root folder 'Folder' has 2 sub-folders and a file. Then Sub-folder1 has 2 sub-fold... | 2014/01/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/21159889",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2652197/"
] | In aws s3, every file is an object. If you want to upload a specific file in say folder1 your object key should be folder1/filename.ext, if in subfolder of folder1 then it should be folder1/subfolder/filename.ext. So your question 1 is possible even though it is practically not a directory.
When requesting for object... | Yes, you can group S3 objects in a [logical hierarchy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/user-guide/using-folders.html).
Yes, you can retrieve objects using any support language, including Java. The web has plenty of examples of how to do this, and it's quite simple. The canonical example is [Get an Object u... |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | By the way, Google docs help a lot too here! And come at a great price - free!
Their tools, comparable to Word, Excel are all free and read for collaboration. | You also need an issue tracker. I prefer [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) which brings on a bunch of other project management features as well. |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | By the way, Google docs help a lot too here! And come at a great price - free!
Their tools, comparable to Word, Excel are all free and read for collaboration. | We're are leveraging email for project related collaboration with this tool:
<http://yoxel.com/personal-commitment-manager.html>
We also use Skype alot. |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | By the way, Google docs help a lot too here! And come at a great price - free!
Their tools, comparable to Word, Excel are all free and read for collaboration. | For service oriented businesses, such as programming, you may benefit in collaboration from a well rounded application that lets you manage multiple aspects of your work.
I'm not sure what you use besides Skype right now, but I'm assuming somehow you're taking care of other aspects of your business too, most likely th... |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | You also need an issue tracker. I prefer [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) which brings on a bunch of other project management features as well. | We're are leveraging email for project related collaboration with this tool:
<http://yoxel.com/personal-commitment-manager.html>
We also use Skype alot. |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | You also need an issue tracker. I prefer [Redmine](http://www.redmine.org/) which brings on a bunch of other project management features as well. | For service oriented businesses, such as programming, you may benefit in collaboration from a well rounded application that lets you manage multiple aspects of your work.
I'm not sure what you use besides Skype right now, but I'm assuming somehow you're taking care of other aspects of your business too, most likely th... |
2,842,308 | I am collaborating with someone on a project and currently use Skype for collaboration. I like it because we can be on a call to say things that are hard to say by typing out. We can share our screens so we can help with code writing. And we can use the text chat to copy-paste code between each other. We also use Subve... | 2010/05/16 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/2842308",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/304725/"
] | We're are leveraging email for project related collaboration with this tool:
<http://yoxel.com/personal-commitment-manager.html>
We also use Skype alot. | For service oriented businesses, such as programming, you may benefit in collaboration from a well rounded application that lets you manage multiple aspects of your work.
I'm not sure what you use besides Skype right now, but I'm assuming somehow you're taking care of other aspects of your business too, most likely th... |
12,804 | I really want to know what a paronym is because we're supposed use them in class. | 2011/02/16 | [
"https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/12804",
"https://english.stackexchange.com",
"https://english.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | There is no different nuance in meaning as you describe in any dialect of English I am aware of.
The *a/an* pattern is a purely phonological pattern; using one or the other has no impact on meaning. The use is simply governed by the sound of the following word. So, we say:
>
> * *A* boy *("boy" starts with consonant... | The general rule is that *an* is used when the following word starts with a vowel sound. The rule is also valid for *English*.
* an eagle
* a young boy
* a young animal
* an elephant
* a young elephant
* an English man
* an English airport
Nobody gives a different meaning to *a English nerd* and *an English nerd*; th... |
50,641,790 | I am not into SSL at all, so bear with me please. I have no idea how to start to actually solve my problem.
**Current situation:**
* 1x Webserver with Webspace for a Website and it includes a Domain Administration, also to order SSL Certificates etc.
* 1x Different Webserver at Amazon Web Services with a PHP-based So... | 2018/06/01 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50641790",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9879998/"
] | You have several options in hand,
* If you already have a SSL certificate purchased, you can include it inside the webserver (e.g; configure apache for SSL).
If you plan to use free SSL certificates from Amazon, you can use one of the following options after creating a SSL certificate in AWS Certificate Manager.
* C... | All you need to do is, on AWS ACM (AWS Certificate Manager) procure a certificate for your subdomain and use AWS ELB to use the certificate and point to the AWS webserver.
After this use the ELB IP in the DNS settings.
There are other options too like procuring the subdomain certificate and installing it on the webse... |
50,261,067 | This happens in the API Explorer and using the .NET client API. In the API Explorer, I was trying to use the query param, but eventually I just removed it and now send the request with no params, and it still turns around 400 even though I am authenticating successfully with OAuth2 in browser.
Why is this endpoint bro... | 2018/05/09 | [
"https://Stackoverflow.com/questions/50261067",
"https://Stackoverflow.com",
"https://Stackoverflow.com/users/843567/"
] | The problem was the `customer` field was not filled in. It must contain a valid customer id. Once I populated that, it worked.
Really wish Google would work on providing better error feedback and improve their docs. This field (as of today) is still listed as optional. | As the documentation says:
>
> either the customer or the domain parameter must be provided
>
>
>
I tried to specify `domain` name and it worked. |
4,420 | In Thai there are particles which can be used at the end of many sentences to make them more polite. Different particles are used by male and female speakers:
* "ครับ" (kráp) : male
* "ค่ะ" (kâ) : female
Lao is so closely related to Thai that they are apparently mostly mutually comprehensible.
Yet one of the first t... | 2013/09/10 | [
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/4420",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com",
"https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/users/51/"
] | This video from Youtube, [Stories behind Polite Endings in Thai ครับ/ค่ะ and Lao](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMlSEKwqyhM), answers all of your questions. Let me write down some excerpts from there:
The polite particles came from legacy words of master/servant relations. As you know, social status and relationship ... | Another word widely heard in Laos when they want to make a sentence more polite, I hear "ໂດຍ" or "ໂດຍຂ້ານ້ອຍ". After asking some friends who speak Lao as a mothertongue, they always use "ໂດย", the shorten form of "ໂດຍຂ້ານ້ອຍ" which is older and more polite, with people in general but prefer using "ເຈົ້າ" with people in... |
151,584 | I've found interesting sounding reference written in Czech.
If wanting to read non-English references, then are there translators that work well for science papers? | 2020/07/09 | [
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/151584",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com",
"https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/125350/"
] | I would say [DeepL](https://www.deepl.com/translator). It's a free-to-use, machine-learning based translator. It deals with technical terms way better than google translate does. However, it doesn't support Czech, so it probably wont solve your problem.
Of course, it's not perfect, and as stated in other comments here... | Based on getting things like google translate to translate technical terms, I have to go with **NO**.
Works fine for simple language but technical language is a different game.
Even people who claim to be bi-lingual cannot translate technical information. I had this argument once and gave a lady who claimed she could... |
86,913 | Even though I got ~~banned~~ suspended, I'm able to mark a question as a favorite. Is this functionally correct? | 2011/04/11 | [
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86913",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com",
"https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/-1/"
] | If by *ban*, you mean that stackoverflow isn't accepting questions/answers from your account, then, why would it be appropriate to prevent you from marking questions as favourites?
The ban is to prevent negative behaviour that detracts from the value of the site, i.e. poor questions/answers. You being able to mark a q... | There was a bug in the javascript that made it *seem* like you could favorite questions - the server still rejected any attempts you made.
A fix will be deployed in the next push. |
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